HW - Wednesday, 11/7

1.  Ruskin Reads - 30 minutes 

"Reading Is Cool" Goal of the Month: MOST AUTHORS READ
Remember to read your Accelerated Reader (ZPD) Book and take the Quiz in class!

2.  RuskinFIT (Physical Exercise) - 30 minutes

3.  Spelling Activity

4.  Reading Comprehension -  # none

5.  Wordly Wise # 9e / Lesson 9 test Friday

6.  Language Arts 
- Finish LA Workbook pages 138-141
- Grammar Worksheet #4 "Nouns Ending with -y and -ies"
7.  My Math Class -  Topic 6 Test on Friday

-- Textbook pgs. 150-151, 152-153

-- Workbook pgs. 87-88

8.  Science - Text pgs. 56-63

9.  History - none

Notes:

• Wednesday Folder contains:
• Conference Schedule. Please place your Top Three choices (#1, #2, #3) for times in the matching boxes and RETURN ASAP. I will give you a confirmation paper with your conference time within a day of receiving your form.
• November STAR Reading Assessments
• AR Reading progress report since October 1
• School pictures, if they were ordered. Please contact the office if you do not receive your pictures.
• This is the last story of Unit 2. The Unit 2 test is next Wednesday.
• Calendar Reminder:
• NO SCHOOL on Monday. Veteran's Day
• Thursday and Friday are MINIMUM DAYS (1:00 p.m. dismissal)

HW - Wednesday, 10/24

1.  Ruskin Reads - 30 minutes 

Remember to read your Accelerated Reader (ZPD) Book and take the Quiz in class!

2.  RuskinFIT (Physical Exercise) - 30 minutes

3.  Spelling Activity - Spelling test (Tomas and the Library Lady) is THIS Friday. Four activities are still due Friday. No spelling activities or test for this week's story, Tanya's Reunion.

4.  Reading Comprehension -  #1  "The Day It Snowed Tortillas"

5.  Wordly Wise # 7e (Due Friday) / Lesson 7 test on Friday

6.  Language Arts - Language Arts Workbook pgs. 104-108 (started in class)
7.  My Math Class -  Topics 1-5 Quiz on Friday

-- Textbook pgs. 122-123

-- Workbook pgs. 67-70

8.  Science - none

9.  History - Unit 5 Test Prep Questions due Monday (started in class; worked in pairs/groups); Unit 5 Open Book and Notes test on Tuesday

NOTES:

• The Scholastic Book Fair ends this Friday.
• So far for the month of October,
• 31 of 32 students have taken at least one AR quiz on an independently read book
• 160 AR book quizzes have been taken, and 137 of them have been passed (60% or higher is a passing score)
• 78.4% of all AR quiz questions taken were answered correctly
• 77 AR quizzes based on our textbook stories were taken, and 72 were passed
• 87.7% of the textbook AR quiz questions were answered correctly
• So far for the SCHOOL YEAR,
• ALL 32 students have taken and passed at least one AR quiz on an independently read book
• 355 (of 416 taken) AR independently read book quizzes were passed with 76.1% of the questions answered correctly
• 163 (of 174 taken) AR textbook quizzes were passed with 85.2% of the questions answered correctly
• Congratulations to the Top Four AR point leaders: Alan, Chia-En, Hannah, and Lucy!!!