STATE REPORTS

It's "Report Time!"
All students drew a state this week to do a research report on. Students were given a pink packet explaining what was to be included in their report, as well as how it would be graded. There are several due dates as we go through this process. Please visit this post and the comments frequently for more information.

March 25th- Pack of colored note cards due.
March 27th- Students given information about how to do notecards and bibliographies
March 27th- Students visit computer lab to gather research.
April 8th- 20 completed notecards are due!
April 15th- Bibliography draft due
April 18th- Rough draft of paper due (This includes introduction section through the closing paragraph)
April 21st- Fact pages due in class to be shown to Ms. Herrera (remember captions must be included!
April 22nd- Published reports, Art projects, everything due!

Dynomite Dioramas!

Great job on your dioramas! Look below to see the ones that were turned in for the month of March! They are awesome!

Dioramas.

National Chocolate Caramel Day!

March 19th is National Chocolate Caramel Day! This day has been established to celebrate the wonderful taste of chocolate combined with the sweet irresistible taste of caramel. Where would the world be without this delicacy. Be sure to be in class tomorrow. Our celebration will not be a "dud!"

Verb Test Thursday

Use these sites to help prepare you for your VERB TEST!

http://www.quia.com/ws/67745.html (verbs and their past tense)

http://www.quia.com/cb/1027.html (irregular verbs)

http://www.funbrain.com/verb/index.html (verb be)
click on the bees!

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/verbquiz5.htm (all kinds of verb help)

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/verbquiz6.htm (subject-verb agreement)

Let me know how you do!

GRAMMAR DAY

Here are some pics from our GRAMMAR DAY! All students went around to different stations to do different grammar activities!

MARIO DAY (Mar. 10)

How did you like Mario Day? Was it what you expected? Be sure to play some Mario this weekend. Your coupon is below!

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MARIO DAY COUPON
This coupon entitles Ms. Herrera’s student to one uninterrupted round on any “Mario” video game!
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Practice Reading FCAT Scale

How well did you do? How close were you to the next level?

Level 5- 100%-95%
Level 4- 94%-85%
Level 3- 84%-75%
Level 2- 74%-65%
Level 1- 64% -0%

You guys did great on the practice tests! I am so proud of each of you. Keep up the good work and let's make this happen on the real test! Comment on this post and tell everyone what strategies work best for you! Be sure to explain them thoroughly!

Next Week's "Quirky" Holidays!

Monday- Mario day! No details until Monday!!!! Make sure you are here to celebrate!
Friday- International "Ask A Question" Day! - Come up with some good ones! I'll tell you later in the week what we are doing for this special day!

National Name Tag Day

Today is Nametag Day!
All students made a nametag and brought it in to share.
To celebrate the day, we wore our nametag proudly and were strangers only once to the people who did not know our name. Plus, Ms. Herrera through in a twist and made students be more creative. No pencils, markers, or crayons were allowed to be used to the names!
Ms. Herrera's Class

Mrs. Elmore's Class

March Book Log Check and Response

The monthly book log check will be on March 27th! (You are not in school on the 28th!)

As with each book log check, you have to turn in a response for a book that you have read that month! This month you have an option. You can either turn in a response in Response to Literature format or you can make a diorama.

I have included a few links about dioramas so you will know what they are and what they look like.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/diorama/

http://www.ehow.com/how_12761_make-diorama.html

WE HAVE NEW NEIGHBORS!

On February 29th, it was discovered that we had new neighbors in the area of our portable. They are polite and seem to keep to themselves. We did find out that they seem to enjoy Fruit Loops!