March 1st- March 5th

Hello Everybody!

This week is a busy busy one! I cannot believe we have hit March already. One month until Spring Break. The students deserve it! Not too much to say for the week so let's get right into what is planned.

Language Arts:
We are doing our normal vocabulary and grammar work. Do not forget about the awesome website I have found: wordlywise.com. It is a great way for the students to study at home. This way you as the parent can see what our words are as well and you can challenge your student to using them everyday. We are also starting a research project on whatever your student wants. I am asking for them to do research at home. They do not have to read through anything, just print some information out so we can do it in class. It could be on an animal, country, game, really whatever they want. Lastly this Wednesday we will be doing impromptu speeches. The students have been preparing for these with a partner every morning and I think that everyone will be great.

Math:
We will be finishing up fractions and moving toward proportions.

Science:
Thanks to everyone that donated two liter bottles for our volcanoes. We will be building those this week. We need as much newspaper as we can get for this so bring it on in. Our ocean seafloors turned out fantastic.

Ancient Civilization/History:
We have started researching the Roman Empire. We will be building the Roman Empire just as we did Egypt. If anyone has some clay or wants to get some for us that would be greatly appreciated. We are going to recycle the clay from egypt, but we will need more. The students and I are extremely excited for this project.

Thanks again for all of your support. If you have any questions or concerns please keep the open commuication.

Justin

Week of February 22-February 26

I cannot believe that it is already the end of February. Time is flying by. I hope you all heard good things about camp. We still are going to get billed so we need to keep fundraising so we will not have to pay more than the $70.00. Any ideas? I was thinking we do another Chevy's fundraiser. We made $545 last time. Another thing that I have been wanting to do is set up our aquariums. It costs money to get the animals. We have decided we want frogs, lizards, and fish. If you want to donate any money or if you know of where to get a good deal on these please let me know.

Now for this weeks agenda:

Language Arts:
This week we are really concentrating on public speaking and listening to others when giving a speech. We will also be doing our normal vocabulary work along with grammar. If you go to the website www.wordlywise.com there are a bunch of games that will help the students learn the vocabulary. The book is book 6 and we are on list 14. This will also show you the words we are learning so that you can help your student study for Friday's test along with encourage your student to start using the words in their everyday vocabulary.

Math:
We are working on multiplying and dividing fractions.

Ancient Civilization:
We are done with Egypt and heading towards Rome this week.

Science:
We are finishing up learing about the ocean floor. We did a fantastic clay model of the ocean floor. I cannot wait until everyone gets to see them. We still need about 12 more 2 liter bottles so we can make volcanoes.

MAPS:
Art on Monday and PE on Friday. Please send your student to class on Friday with the appropriate shoes.

Thank you all for you support. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Justin

Week of 2/16 to 2/19

Hello Everybody!

I am sure you have all heard how great camp was by now. We all had a blast. I will be putting pictures on a CD for everyone and videos up on the blog. I hope you all had a great long weekend and I am sure the students needed to catch up on sleep. It is a short week this week and we have a lot of work to get done. Here is what is in store for the week.


Language Arts:
We get right back on track with our vocabulary and our grammar work. We will also be writing thank you cards to camp and finishing our persuasive essays. Lastly we will be working on our essay structure.

Math:
We are going to be reviewing adding and subtracting fractions and pushing forward to multiplying and dividing fractions.

Science:
We still need 2 liter bottles so we can make volcanoes. We are working on the Earth's structure this week. We will also be finishing up our science journals from camp.

Ancient Civilization:
We have an Egypt assessment this week and are pushing forward to Mesopotamia and Kush.

Art and PE:
We miss art this week due to the short week. Friday we have PE so be sure to send your student with the appropriate shoes.


Thanks for all of your support in everything. The students really represented Innovations Academy to perfection last week. You should be really proud of your student. I know I am proud of all of them!

Justin

February 1st-5th

Hello Everybody!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Last week went really well and we got so much done. You should be very proud of your student! There are a few due dates to be aware of this week. On Wednesday our final Egypt projects are due and on Friday our persuasive essays are due. I have given a lot of time for the students to work on these in class so please ask them about their progress (it would be great to have them type these at home). This is our last week before Science Camp and it seems like almost everyone will be going. We are all very excited!

Now for this weeks agenda:

Language Arts:
This week we are finishing up our persuasive essays. We will be working on essay structure as well as our normal vocabulary, grammar, and spelling work.

Math:
Last week was amazing for our students in fraction work. Finding the common denominator can be quite difficult and the students just rocked it! This week we will be doing a little more practice with this and moving on to multiplying and dividing fractions as well.

Social Studies/History:
We are finishing up Egypt! This went on for quite some time, but the great news is the students loved it and know a ton about Egypt. Please ask them about Egypt and find out some fun new facts!

Science:
We still need 2 liter bottles so we can make volcanoes on Friday. Please send some in if you can.

MAPS:
Art on Monday and PE on Friday. Please send your student to school with the appropriate shoes on Friday.

We have a busy week as you all can see. I am so excited for our Egypt presentations. I will video tape them and put them on the blog next week.

Good questions to ask your student this week:

What do you know about Egypt?
What group are you working with for your Egypt project?
How far along are you on your persuasive essay?
What did you do your persuasive essay on?
Can you show me how to get the common denominator of two fractions?
How do you add two fractions?
How do we use fractions for in our every day lives?
Are you excited for Science Camp?!

Hope everyone is well and let me know if you have any questions!

Justin