Curriculum Update 9/15/2006

• Spelling - Students took their first spelling test today. I should have the test graded and back to the students early next week. Next week's spelling words are the fifteen frequently misspelled words from Theme 1: enough, caught, brought, thought, every, ninety, their, they're, there, there's, know, knew, o'clock, we're, and people.
• Math - Today I passed back the Chapter 2 test the students took yesterday. We took a break from Chapter 3 today and worked on Problem Solving (see below). Twenty-three students did so well on the Chapter 2 test, that they qualified to take the Pre-Test on Chapter 3, which we will do on Monday.
• Problem Solving - I am using my own curriculum on problem solving rather than the lessons included in our textbook. Today we began on our first strategy: Make a Picture or Diagram. With the Problem Solving One assignment, I gave the students five problems to work on that we discussed and reviewed together today as teaching problems. Now they are to complete Problem Solving Two on the back, which has four problems. Students must find the correct solution and show their work to receive credit for these problems. They are due next Friday, September 22, but students may turn them in earlier.