http://lfmsboling.edublogs.org What's Going On In The Classroom Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:05:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reading- We have began reading a new novel: "Number the Stars". Our standards for these three weeks involve: figurative language, characterization, types of literary  genres, flashback and foreshadowing, identifying characters as static or dynamic, flat or round. We have a couple of in-class projects during this unit: Puzzling portraits (similes ... http://lfmsboling.edublogs.org/2009/11/17/whats-new-5/ Math - This week  we will review fractions, decimals, and percents. We will begin learning about rates and ratios, proportions and scale drawings. Here is a game to practice ratio and proportion: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/ratioandproportion/ratio/game.shtml   Pre-Algebra - We will conclude our integer unit with a test on Wednesday. Our next unit is on equations ... http://lfmsboling.edublogs.org/2009/10/20/whats-new-4/ GENERAL: Progress reports and conference request letters will go out on Monday, October 5th. Parent conferences will be scheduled for Thursday from 4-7pm and Friday from 8-12pm. Reading:  This week we begin new reading groups.  We will begin reading the novel: "The Cay". Our focus this will be on exposition, point of ... http://lfmsboling.edublogs.org/2009/10/05/whats-new-oct-5-9/ This week we will be finishing our unit. There will be a chapter test on Friday. Don't forget to check out the parent portal to see your child's grades. http://lfmsboling.edublogs.org/2009/09/23/whats-new-3/ Reading: This week we will begin new reading groups. My class will start the novel The Cay. We will discuss dialect, foreshadowing, and exposition. Math: This week we will continue our investigation of integers (positive and negative numbers). Specificly we will review comparing and ordering integers, as well as adding, subtracting, ... http://lfmsboling.edublogs.org/2009/09/10/whats-new-2/ READING: This week the first reading groups will finish up reading The Cay and complete their project. Reading groups switch on Wednesday and those students new to my reading class will begin reading The Cay novel. MATH: We'll start our fractions unit this week and take a quiz over the skills ... http://lfmsboling.edublogs.org/2009/08/23/whats-new/