Homework and Notes from 4/30/14

Homework:

Math
None
Get a good night's rest. The State Test is Thursday and Friday.

ALL:

Spelling Unit 30
4 x each(words on blog)

Notes:


Test tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the New York State Mathematics exam Part 2.

Mr. Giangaspro will out of class for Thursday and Friday for a Professional Development Seminar. I will be back on Monday!

Homework and Notes from 4/29/14

Homework:

Math
None
Get a good night's rest. The State Test is Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

ALL:

Spelling Unit 30
ABC Order (words on blog)

Notes:


English:
In class today, we read a non fiction text about the famous astronomer Copernicus. We continued discussing non fiction text and the author's purpose. Our author, Mary Lynn Bushong, was writing to inform! In the early 1500s, when virtually everyone believed Earth was the center of the universe, Polish scientist Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the planets instead revolved around the sun. Although his model wasn't completely correct, it formed a strong foundation for future scientists to build on and improve mankind's understanding of the motion of heavenly bodies. (Source: http://www.space.com/15684-nicolaus-copernicus.html)

Test tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the New York State Mathematics exam. It will be from Wednesday 4/29- Friday 5/2.

Homework and Notes from 4/28/14

Homework:

Math

6th: Finish Percents work (10% of a number) worksheets

7th: Finish Equivalent Fractions worksheets

ALL:

Spelling Unit 30
21 Sentences (words on blog)

Notes:

English:

Check out our new literature board in our classroom.  Our class is consistently analyzing short stories, excerpts from various novels and poems in different genres. We are talking about author’s purpose and how perspective affects an authors’ writing style even in fictional texts. We are looking at the lives of famous authors like Lois Lowry, Louis Sachar, Carl Hiassen, JK Rowling, J.R.R  Tolkien, Jerry Spinelli, Shel Silverstein and Jeff Kinney. By studying their lives, we can better understand what influenced them throughout the writing process.

We are asking the critical questions: 
How do our lives affect the way we write? 
How can we use our own personal experiences to add to our writing pieces?

Spelling Unit 30

1. celery
2. hygiene
3. supported
4. boulevard
5. civilize
6. souvenir
7. biscuit
8. spacious
9. phrase
10. suspicious
11. scheme
12. bulletin
13. fierce
14. traitor
15. tutor
16. women
17. future
18. habitat
19. potatoes
20. rubbish
21. category

Homework and Notes from 4/25/14

Homework:

Spelling Unit 29 

TEST ON MONDAY!

Study over the weekend.

Notes:



Today we had our Autism Walk-A-Thon and it was an overwhelming success. Our kids walked to raise money and awareness for a great cause. Thank you so much for all of your generous donations! We really appreciate all of the help. We had a great day.

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#WeekinReview: 10th Edition
Hello all! We are back with our 10th edition of #WeekinReview. Believe it or not, this is the last edition of April! Next time we come to you will be in May. Wow!

We all enjoyed our Spring Break and we hope you did as well! Our newest edition is packed with hard hitting news. We are missing some of our weekly contributors such as Noah's Knick Knacks because of the shortened week. No worries, for they will be back next week!

We work on the paper twice a week and since we came back on Wednesday, this week was only one work day! We are still so impressed with what our classes were able to churn out on short notice! But a deadline is a deadline! Everyone needs their news and we know that!

Thanks for reading! Hope everyone enjoys the Gersh Academy Walk-A-Thon. Look for pictures in next week's edition. Have a great weekend.

Make sure to check out our digital edition
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Homework and Notes from 4/24/14

Homework:

Math

6th: Finish Percents work sheets

7th: Finish Equivalent fraction worksheets

ALL:

Spelling Unit 29
ABC Order (words on blog)

Notes:

WALK-A-THON TOMORROW!


Tomorrow April 25th, is our Walk-A-Thon for Autism Awareness! We will be walking from 11:00 11:45.
 


In English, we read a story entitled The Man Who Named America  It is about Martin Waldseemüller who was a cartographer that named America after he made the map. We talked about the author's purpose which was to inform! He definitely did a great job of that. The map has been referred to in various circles as America's birth certificate and for good reason; it is the first document on which the name "America" appears. It is also the first map to depict a separate and full Western Hemisphere and the first map to represent the Pacific Ocean as a separate body of water. The purchase of the map concluded a nearly century-long effort to secure for the Library of Congress that very special cartographic document which revealed new European thinking about the world nearly 500 years ago. 

Homework and Notes for 4/23/14

Homework:

Math

6th: Finish Percents work (textbook page 368) # 12-33

7th: Finish Percents work (textbook page 346) #1-25

ALL:

Spelling Unit 29
21 Sentences (words on blog)

Notes:

In English, we read a story entitled Toward a Rainbow Nation.  It is because of the many different ethnic groups, cultures and languages (11 official languages) that people refer to South Africa as the Rainbow nation. We talked about Author's purpose and perspective when writing.

Spelling Unit 29

1.              morale

2.              murmur

3.              nuance

4.              colleague

5.              mysterious

6.              movement

7.              colonel

8.              obviously

9.              hesitant

10.        musician

11.        illumination

12.        nurture

13.        confiscate

14.        endurance

15.        havoc

16.        qualified

17.        restaurant

18.        phantom

19.        media

20.        supervisor

21.        statistics