Colony Life

There are several places on this site that are useful and fun. It is a great way to view life in early colonies. 

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html

This site may actually be better.
http://www.history.org/almanack/life/classes.cfm

5 minute video  on kid life...
http://www.history.org/media/videoplayer/index.cfm?cat=kids&file=KidsTelltheStory

Spelling TEST Friday 10-4

Students will turn in vocabulary on Friday. We will have time to define in class tomorrow.

1. proposition
2. summon
3. statement
4. glucose
5. oxygen
6. slavery
7. colonists
8. shimmering
9. humane
10. assemblies

Grammar Practice Games

Here are two of my favorite site to practice grammar. Please make sure you are spending some time at least a few times a week practicing. The best part is they are games, so you get to have fun while you learn!
http://funenglishgames.com/topics/grammar.html

http://www.hoodamath.com/games/word.html

Field Trip

Parents,

Permission slips have been sent home to go to the water expo at Marshall this Friday. There is no charge. Please make sure your child's permission slip is signed so they can attend this excellent learning experience.

Friday is also a half day. Dismissal will begin at 11:45.

New Spelling Words TEST Thurs. 9-27

1. caravan
2. modulated
3. preserve
4. species
5. settlement
6. encounter ( I goofed on this one on your handout by forgetting the r.)
7. vascular
8. photosynthesis

Students the test will be Thursday this week. You will have some time to define the words tomorrow in class.

BrainPOP

Don't forget about Brain POP!
user name: sjwv
password: irish

Choose anything you are interested in. School topics include...

1. Spanish Conquistadors
2. Colombian Exchange 
3. Columbus 
4. Explorers 
5. paraphrasing
6. main idea
7. Drama
8. cells 
9. domains 
10. classification
11. kingdoms

My Student's Progress

Dear Students and Parents,


From this day on homework will only be on mystudentsprogress.com. This will hopefully remove any confusion on where to find homework. I will still post weekly spelling lists, and all our fun interactive sites, as well as class assignments. No more homework assignments will be here on my blog. Please check mystudentsprogress.com from now on. I am sorry for any confusion this has caused.


Thank you,
Mrs. Casto