Homework:
Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed
Reading: Myth Spelling Words Homophones (greek homo=same + phon=sound): fir/fur, scent/sent, scene/seen, vain/vein, principal/principle, manor/manner, who's/whose, tacks/tax, hangar/hanger, died/dyed, phase/faze, burrow/burro/borough. Test is next Monday, 1/9. Words written 3 times due tomorrow, 1/4.
Math: Pg 141- Read letter with parent and get it signed. Pg 144 Puzzled Penguin.
Science: Stars and Moon Phases due January 12. Keep tracking the moon phases.
2-Liter empty, cleaned, label-removed bottles by January 13 (75 for the whole grade).
Shoe box for instrument by January 24. Many students brought on the beginning of the year, so we found who needs one today.
Keyboarding: Practice 5 minutes either in KBK or Edutyping. Links are on the website page.
Login for Edutype the first time: Go to our web site page. Click on Edutype. School ID:elkmea30 Pass: The word and number written in your planner. It will ask you to change your password. Use the same number that we've always used.
Social Studies/etc.: TEST! Monday, January 9 European Countries. Both European maps are due by Friday at the latest. Due by Thursday: 5 minutes of practice in Edutyping and 5 minutes of practice in MangaHigh. Manga High Login: Look on the side of our blog page. Find PAGES. Find Web Sites. Click. You will be directed to the website page. There is a link for Elk Meadows students underneath the big block of links. Click on Manga High for Elk Meadows. You will be at the proper page to login. Type in the information on your pink login paper. When it asks you to change your information, do the following: User: Your first name and last initial without any spaces. Pass: Edm. # Confirm: Same # Hint: edmodo (DO NOT just type Mangahigh.com in the URL. You will NOT be able to login! Either go to the link or type in the WHOLE URL that I gave you on the pink slip of paper.)
Passwords: Change all passwords to your number. Follow the directions given in class to Login for the first time.
You may go to edmodo and join the MangaHigh group Code: spkn4d to discuss the Mangahigh games with the students in Indiana. For the first week, you have permission to just "chat" and get to know each other. Follow our rules. Teach the other students the rules.
