Mrs. Fountain - Classroom Calendar
October 2011
Mon
3
CW: Writing drafts of our partner interviews, final copy due on Wednesday
HW: Final draft of partner interview is due 10/5, must follow BIG MAC format as discussed in
class
Tues
4
1:00-3:00 - KEEP KINAWA MOVING FUNDRAISER
7-9:00 - Chick Moorman - Parenting Workshop
CW: Introduced organizational patterns with Calvin & Hobbes comic, student matching
activity
HW: Finish organizational pattern matching activity and partner paragraph is due tomorrow
Wed
5
CW: Collected partner paragraph, continued to practice with organizational patterns
HW: Read 100 pages of your independent reading book by Friday, Oct. 7th
Student Count Day - District wide
Thurs
6
CW: Continued work on Organizational Patterns-study island worksheets-Finished 2nd wkst by
Monday 10
HW: Organizational Pattern-study island worksheet #2 is due Monday 10/10- Reading 100
pages due Frid
Fri
7
CW: Reading Day
HW : Finish organizational pattern -study island worksheet #2 for Monday and do some
reading!
Mon
10
CW: Pretest was given; Reviewed homework on organizational patterns; practiced finding the
main idea
HW: Finish green worksheet on main idea for tomorrow
MEAP tomorrow get a good night's rest and eat breakfast in the morning!
Tues
11
7:00 pm - Kinawa Parent Group (KPG) Meeting - ALL invited!! - LMC
CW: MEAP; took a pretest on summarizing and reviewed hmwk from main idea
HW: Read 100 pages of your independent reading book by Friday, Oct. 14th
Wed
12
CW: MEAP; took a pretest on summarizing and reviewed hmwk from main idea
HW: Read 100 pages of your independent reading book by Friday, Oct. 14th
Thurs
13
CW: Introduced Grammar with a Giggle
HW: Read 100 pages of your independent reading book by Friday, Oct. 14th
Mon
17
CW: Introduce paragraph shrinking with Greenhouse Effect piece
HW: Began reading Snowflake Bentley piece and must have first summary done for Tuesday
Tues
18
CW: MEAP-Continued reading Snowflake Bentley and practicing paragraph shrinking
HW: Read 100 pages of your independent reading book by Friday, Oct. 21st
Wed
19
3:45-5:15 - Archery Club first mtg. - NO registration - Upper gym at Kinawa
CW: Continued to read Snowflake Bentley and practiced paragraph shrinking
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HW: Read 100 pages of your independent reading book by Friday, Oct. 21st
Thurs
20
CW: Finished Snowflake Bentley piece; began preview activities for Life Without Gravity
selection
HW: Life Without Gravity preview activities worksheets are due on Monday, Oct. 24
Fri
21
12:30-3:30 - PICTURE RE-TAKES - Aud stage
CW: Reading Day
HW: Finish Life Without Gravity worksheet for Monday and read 100 pages for Thursday,
Oct. 27th
Mon
24
CW: Corrected Life Without Gravity homework and began reading the selection and worksheet
HW: Read 100 pages of your independent reading book by Thursday, October 27th
Tues
25
CW: Continued reading Life Without Gravity and answering the questions; Finish question #6
for Wed.
HW: Finish Life Without Gravity worksheet questions #6 due Wed.;read 100 pages for
Thursday, Oct. 27
Wed
26
CW: Main Idea and Summary quiz today; read more of The Bizarre Mystery of the Horribly
Hard Middle S
Early Release for Kinawa - 1:35
HW: Read 100 pages of your independent reading book by Thursday, October 27th
Thurs
27
CW: Reading Day
HW: None
Fri
28
CW: Zoo Field trip today!
HW: Read 100 pages of your independent reading book by Friday, Nov. 4th
Mon
31
CW: Reviewed quiz, more practice on main idea and summarizing
HW: NONE-Happy Halloween!
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