Monday, February 14, 2011

Skating Tomorrow

Don't forget your skates!  We are going skating tomorrow, Tuesday, February 15!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you all have the opportunity to spend the evening with the ones you love :)
Happy Valentine's Day!
Mrs. E.

Today's Homework:
Spelling: p. 88-89
Handwriting: p. 73-74
Math: WB p. 68

Also, we are uploading pictures to the posterous website for our Wolves Without Borders project.  Today we were able to view photos from other schools and comment and ask questions about them.  Tomorrow we are going to be doing the same thing. 
The Wolves Without Borders project is a project through the Wolf Center in Ely, MN.  We are the only class in the United States involved in the project (GO BABBITT-EMBARRASS!) and there is a class from Manitoba, Canada and Mexico also involved.  We are going to be studying wolves and having some lessons from Tara Johnson, a teacher at the Wolf Center, in our class.  We will be doing a three month project on wolves and will share it with the other classes.  It will be an excellent opportunity for our students to be involved in using new technology, and for them to connect with other students on our continent in a common way. 
The website that we are connecting on is called http://www.wolveswithoutborder.posterous.com/.  We are spending about two weeks getting to know eachother and we will be posting pictures that show what living in Babbitt or Embarrass is like and what school here is like.  If you take pictures you may send them to this email.  Just attach the pictures in your message.  The address is:

wwbusa@gmail.com

or you can send them to

kengman@isd2142.k12.mn.us

I am really excited about this project!  I was able to Skype with the principal from Manitoba and the 6th grade teacher last Friday.  What an experience! 

Have a good night!
Mrs. E. 

Week 22 Spelling words

  1. eagle
  2. example
  3. towel
  4. special
  5. legal
  6. little
  7. whole
  8. several
  9. terrible
  10. label
  11. question
  12. frequent
  13. telescope
  14. instead
  15. instrument
  16. celebrate
  17. declare
  18. address
  19. patterns
  20. graph

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Comments!

We learned how to utilize our blog in a new way today.  We now all know how to comment on posts!  We are going to be participating in a project through the Wolf Center in Ely.  It will connect us to a class in Canada and Mexico.  It will be very exciting! 

Homework today....Math: p. 275 1-28.

Have a good night!
Mrs. E.

Blogging Practice

Students, respond to this question:

What are some of the best reasons why it is great to live in Babbitt or Embarrass?  If you were going to convince someone to move here or visit, what fun things are there to do?  What makes Babbitt-Embarrass a fun place to be?

Blogging Practice

Students, please respond to this question:

What do you like or not like about wolves?  Do you have any wolf stories to share? 

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Wednesday, February 9

Good afternoon! 
It was a balmy -22 below zero with the windchill today.  Spring can arrive any time! :)

Today's assignments:

Spelling: WS 86-87
Math: We are working on an assignment in class and will finish tomorrow. 
Science: Water Cycle poster due Friday

Have a good night!  Stay warm!
Mrs. Engman

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Tuesday, February 8

Today's Assignments:

Spelling: pretest (write words 3x or 10x if you didn't get a perfect paper)
Reading: Vocabulary and Magic Square review
Math: WB p. 67
Science: In class--pop-ups!

Have a good night!
Mrs. E.

Wacky Wednesday is tomorrow!  Dress WACKY!!!
Skating on Friday at 2:00!

Week 21 Spelling Words

signal
regular
generous
energy
bridge
genius
dangerous
segment
figure
country
circle
concert
peaceful
nice
since
electric
dancing
decided
equation
expression

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Tuesday, February 1

Friday is PJ Day! 

We kicked off "I love to read month" today.  It should be a good month to get into a great book that you have been looking forward to reading! 

Today's Assignments:
Spelling: Week 20 practice.  Write the words 3x or 10x each.
Math: Least Common Denominator and Equivalent Fractions worksheets for more practice
Reading: Walk Two Moons Word Frame and Vocabulary WS
Handwriting: p. 65-66

Have a good night!
Mrs. E.

Week 20 spelling words

  1. awhile
  2. where
  3. thought
  4. athletes
  5. truthful
  6. purchases
  7. exchange
  8. though
  9. rhythm
  10. children
  11. chocolates
  12. friendship
  13. together
  14. white
  15. watches
  16. arithmetic
  17. months
  18. length
  19. cylinder
  20. prism