6 Things
We are practicing a time management skill this week called, "Six Things." Each day this week we are making a list of 6 tasks (or things) we want to complete that day. The list may cover home or school tasks and it should be specific. For instance, rather than one of the tasks be, "clean my room;" the task would be more focused--"clean my desk," or "clean under my bed." I am also doing the six things each day and reporting to the students my progress each morning. Being accountable to them has been enormously helpful to me! You might want to try this strategy at home!
Word Origins--for 5th Graders
The 5th graders are beginning to focus on word histories or word origins in class, as an accompaniment to their weekly spelling work. The following websites were used in homework this week:
- http://etymonline.com/abbr.php
- http://www.fun-with-words.com
- www.dictionary.com
Spelling bee announcement: Interested 5th graders will compete in a classroom spelling bee on Monday! Three winners from the class will go on to compete in a schoolwide spelling bee in two weeks. Two winners from Waukazoo will go on to compete in a countywide spelling bee later this winter. This information was just passed on to me, so I'm sorry if this seems like late notice. However, there is not usually a great deal of time given between the announcement of the date and the actual class and school spelling bee. The following website might offer some assistance to the 5th graders that want to compete in the spelling bee: http://www.spellingbee.com/students-parents. *Sorry 4th grade parents: but students younger than the 5th grade are not permitted to participate in the Howard Scripps National Spelling Bee competition.
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