Mrs. Mann's Blog: March 2012

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

We celebrated Pi Day with some of the high school math students. We made Pi bracelets.

Science Fest is Friday. We begin science activities at 8:10 and have an early dismissal at 11:30.
Science- (in class) We will make imovies Monday and Tuesday, review, and have a test on our six natural disasters next Thursday.
History- We will be discussing the opening of the Civil War (Ft. Sumter) and 1st Bull Run.
Language- pp.214-220
math- pp. 496-501 (area and perimeter)
Spelling- unit 29 (test Thursday)
reading- Blue/skill: dividing words into syllables

spelling- Unit 28
reading - Monday we should complete The Mysterious Benedict Society. Then we will begin a new class novel, BLUE.
math - pp.486-495
Bible- Numbers 11 and 12
history- We will be discussing the causes for the Civil War, the differences in the North and the South, Alabama leaving the Union, and the states in the CSA and the USA.(pp.198-202)
language- pp. 204-213
science- We are working on six natural disasters. We should finish the study this week and make IMOVIES next week as a review before our test.
MARCH 14th - CLASS PICTURES
MARCH 16th- Erice Litwin (Pete the Cat) visits TPS

spelling- unit 27
reading - The Mysterious Benedict Society/skills: inferences, quotations, and syllables
math- pp.324-333
history- We will finish reading and discussing the chapter about the capitals of Alabama and then begin the Civil War. (pp.198-199) Mrs. Hixon is coming this Wednesday to teach a lesson about slave ads. She taught this lesson at Old Alabama Town for many years. It is very interesting.
science- We are working on natural disasters. The children will be doing some hands on activities about tornadoes, earthquakes, etc. in science lab this week and next week.
language- The children are learning how to punctuate conversation.
Bible- We will be reading and learning about the Tabernacle. Exodus 20: 1-11 is due Monday and then Exodus 20:1-17 is due Friday.