We are sending Mrs. McIlvaine our love and wishes! We will miss you!

Today we started Blogging! We learned how to use our Kids Blog with the help of the Promethean Board today. Mrs. H and Miss C took us to the lab where we created our first post. Many of the students got quite creative with their castings. We look forward to viewing each others posts!

A reminder that the Blog is an extension of the classroom. All postings should be of the highest quality and should be related to what we are learning in class. The students were given a detailed outline of how to log onto their blog and how to post pictures for their assignments.

The students are reading away in Midnight for Charlie Bone book. The assignment is to read pages 105-209 for Thursday and to have your role completed and ready.

Math classes are continuing to use decimals. We are rounding money to make estimations. The students used a menu to round prices and to estimate the cost of a meal they might have at Regina's Cafe.

Science classes are using their map plotting skills by finding the longitude and latitude of the volcanoes around the world. Soon we will be studying specific volcanoes and creating a poster highlighting our research.

We also visited our learning centers today and turned fractions into decimals.

Homework:

Spelling and Reading Test on Tuesday on A Trouble Making Crow

Team Enterprise Casting Agency

Hi! I'm Mrs. Mac, and I'm a member of the Team Enterprise Casting Agency! After reading the first part of Midnight for Charlie Bone, I've decided that this book would make a great movie! One of my favorite characters is the very mysterious Uncle Paton. In the story, Uncle Paton stays to himself and seems lonely and somewhat sad. He eats by himself and only ventures out at night. I picture him thin and in shape, due to his nightly walks, and the quick way he swept through the heavy rain when we first met him in the story. Several times in the story, it says that Paton walked fast. Now knowing his endowment, I can tell he feels uncomfortable and doesn't want attention drawn to himself. Although I've just met this character, and he seems dark, I feel good about Paton. He seems to look out for Charlie and have good intentions. His sisters, who intimidate others in the family, do not seem to bother him. In deciding who I would cast as Uncle Paton, I considered many actors. I chose Orlando Bloom because he is thin, and has deep, dark eyes. I liked his strength, confidence, and loyalty to friends when playing Will Turner in Pirates of the Carribean. Also, I'd truly enjoy watching him in the movie (hahahaha). He is my pick for Uncle Paton!

The writing above is a modeled example for a new project introduced to our team today at McD's Cafe. Each member of our team now has a blog! Our blogs are private to the members of our team. We will blog about many things, and our friends in the class will be able to comment on the content! This creativity and sharing has us truly excited. Our first assignment is based on our present novel Midnight for Charlie Bone. Mrs. Mac asked us to think about the characters we have been introduced to thus far. We're asked to consider their physical traits and personality. Each of us drew a character's name from a basket today at McD's Cafe. We are to pretend that we are part of a casting agency assigned the job of choosing actors to play our selected characters. We must search for and describe what we know about the character from the story. Then, we are to choose an actor to play the part. Our actor must be a fit physically, and he/she must have shown the ability to play our character's personality. We will download a picture of the actor/actress on our blog and complete the writing. Then, we will visit each blog to see what everyone has come up with! Who knows? This may lead to a career for some of us!

Homework:
Language Arts - Read pg. 105-209 in Midnight for Charlie Bone and complete your new role. Spelling and Reading tests for A Trouble-Making Crow will be on Tuesday.
Math - Pg 21 (both sides)
Science (202)- Find the longitude and latitude for the volcanoes.
REPORT CARD ENVELOPES ARE DUE BACK TOMORROW!

I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends!

Team Enterprise is enjoying the story Midnight for Charlie Bone. There are so many interesting characters, and we're enjoying the mysterious plot. We're finding it hard to stop reading.

Tomorrow is McD's Cafe! We will be kicking off an exciting new assignment relating to the characters of Midnight for Charlie Bone. Our new Kids Blog will be used for this assignment! Enjoy the video above! Enjoy the story through page 104, and be prepared with your role. Bring your enthusiasm with you to class tomorrow!

Our first Math Benchmark test was today. We worked hard to show what we know. Results of this test will reveal our strengths and weaknesses in Math. It will help us focus more on what we need to learn.

A Trouble-Making Crow, by Jean Craighead George, is our story for the week. Today, we reviewed our vocabulary words and previewed the story to make predictions and set a purpose for reading. We read this true story about one of the author's pets to find out why it was such a trouble maker.

Our first Travel Journal assignment was submitted in Social Studies today! We were anxious to share what we learned about our chosen countries.

Homework:
Language Arts - Read p. 1-104 in Midnight for Charlie Bone and complete your role for class tomorrow.
SHARE YOUR REPORT CARD WITH YOUR PARENTS! YOU MAY KEEP THE REPORT CARD! RETURN YOUR SIGNED ENVELOPE TO SCHOOL BY FRIDAY.

Meet Miss Cataldo

For the next two days, Miss Cataldo will be shadowing Mrs. McIlvaine to get familiar with Team Enterprise's everyday routines. She will be teaching in Mrs. McIlvaine's place as she recovers in the weeks ahead.

Meet Miss Cataldo!

Hello everyone! As you've read from above, my name is Miss Cataldo. I just wanted to let you know how excited I am to join Team Enterprise over these next several weeks! I will be working closely with Mrs. McIlvaine and Mrs. Haddox to make sure that your daily routine stays the same. My new email address and contact information will be posted as soon as it is assigned to me. If at any time you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am a recent graduate of Penn State University (Go PSU!) and grew up in the nearby town of Washington, PA. I can't wait to get to know and learn much more about each of you very soon!

Homework:
Language Arts - Complete practice page 52 for review of vocabulary. Read through page 104 in Midnight for Charlie Bone and complete your assigned role for Thursday.
Math - Page 20 in workbook (both sides) Your Math benchmark test will be tomorrow.
Social Studies - Travel Journal (Country #1) is due tomorrow.
Science - Study for test tomorrow (group 202) Latitude/Longitude papers due tomorrow.

We Get a Kick Out of Reading!

Some students ALWAYS have their nose in a book! Since it is the end of the first nine week period, it was time for us to see who met their goals for our Accelerated Reading Program. Many students were rewarded today for reaching or surpassing their goals! Those super readers went to the gym at the end of the day for kickball.


Did you know that today is the 115th Anniversary of the Discovery of the X-ray?

The Math Classes had fun today comparing and ordering decimals. They used the Promethean Board to play a decimal game with the class. Remember to add a zero to a place value to help you compare decimals. On Wednesday morning, Team Enterprise will be taking their Math Benchmark.

Room 204 had a Science Review today on Erosion and Deposition. The students reviewed with the class on the Promethean Board and also quizzed each other using their review sheets. We are excited about the next chapter on Volcanoes!

Do you make judgments? We all do! Today we read a short story and looked for the judgments the author was making about wolves. We looked further to find evidence of support the author had for these opinions. Our new story is about a trouble-making crow. What do you think about crows? Do you think they're trouble-makers? Our author may provide enough evidence to change your mind.

In Social Studies, we reviewed for our test tomorrow. We also began to learn about important natural resources found in Europe and how they are used.

Homework:
Language Arts - Share your new 'Family Times' paper with your parents. Complete your trace +2 exercise. Read through page 104 in Midnight for Charlie Bone and complete your role for Thursday.
Math - p. 19 (both sides)
Social Studies - Quiz on section 2 tomorrow. Travel Journals are due this Wednesday.
Science - Quiz tomorrow.