Rounding Comes to Life!

Today we worked more on rounding. To make the concept come alive we created a life-size number line.

First a student would write a number to be rounded (three or four digits long)

Then another student would select the place to which we would round, and underline it (tens, hundreds, thousands). This same student would also draw an arrow to the place which dictates the "up or down" rounding of the number.

A student would write our "rounded down" number and our "rounded up" number on the two end poly spots. Our final student would walk our number up the number line to find its place.

After locating its spot, the student announces whether she would round up or round down.

Our First Student "Caught"

Calvert teachers are on the look-out for students completing "good deeds". Each week 10 different teachers hand out bracelets to reward lower school students for exceptionally good actions. One of our classmates was "caught doing a good deed" yesterday and received one of the bracelets! We are very proud of him!

The Boss of the Plains

Our reading groups are working on a variety of short stories. One such story is the true tale of John Stetson, inventor of the famous "cowboy hat". After reading the story, we created advertisements, emphasizing all of the benefits of this unique hat!

Homework Sheet 9/27

MONDAY
Reading: Worksheet
Math: See Back of homework sheet.
Spelling: Begin spelling homework due Thursday.
French: Finish Friday’s homework
Science: Study Sheet due Wednesday
TUESDAY
Reading: See Monday.
Math: See back of sheet
Spelling: Spelling due Thursday
French: Mathématiques
Science: Continue to study for test on 10/4
WEDNESDAY
Reading: See Monday.
Math: See back of sheet
Spelling: Finish spelling homework. Review for practice test.
French: None
Science: Continue to study for test
9-1 Homework Sheet
THURSDAY
Reading: See Monday.
Math: See back of sheet
Spelling: Study for test tomorrow.
French: Facts About Monet
Science: Continue to study for test
FRIDAY
Reading: None
Math: See back of sheet
Spelling: None
History: None
French: French Words Used in English
Science: Test Monday!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Spelling test on Friday.
(Practice test on Thursday).
Science Test on Monday, 10/4!
*Try to read for at least thirty minutes each night.*

MATH
Holt Purple
Monday: Enr 1-7 worksheet
Tuesday: R 1-8 worksheet
Wednesday: HW 1-8
Thursday: HW 1-9
Friday: PS 1-9 worksheet

Holt Red
Monday: HW 1-8
Tuesday: HW 1-9
Wednesday: Enr 1-9 worksheet
Thursday: Enr 1-10
Friday: Practice Test; ch 1 test Monday

Howe
Monday: HW 1-9
Tuesday: HW 1-10
Wednesday: Chapter Pretest
Thursday: Worksheet; study for tomorrow’s test
Friday: None

Preston
Monday: HW 1-9
Tuesday: HW 1-10
Wednesday: Study Guide: Vocabulary Check and 1-19
Thursday: Finish Study Guide, Review for Test
Friday: None

Strom
Monday: HW 1-8
Tuesday: Hw 1-9
Wednesday: Enr 1-9(worksheet)
Thursday: Enr 1-10(worksheet)
Friday: Practice Test; Ch 1 test Monday

Gentry
Monday: Enr 1-7 worksheet
Tuesday: R 1-8 worksheet
Wednesday: 1-8
Thursday:1-9
Friday: Study Sheet-test Wed.

Student Posting

Our newest student post was blogged today! Check it out below:

"In art this week we finished our 3-d rooms. Today we played never-out and dodge ball.Next week we have our hoppers-cricket soccer game. In class we learned how to do our names in hieroglyphics."

Word Problems Come to Life

We have been working on 4-step problems in class and are now creating our own! We had fun in class as the students took the "teacher spot" at the board and taught Ms. Gentry how to solve word problems!

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics

We are begining to study hieroglyphics in history class, so we took the time to learn how to write our names using the ancient symbols. Check out the students' work below!

Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal To!

Our math groups are covering "greater than, less than and equal to" in small groups. Ms. Gentry's group played a competitive number game to utilize our new vocabulary, review place value and add some excitment to this topic. Check out some of the photos below:

By the Shores of Silver Lake

Some of our ninth age reading groups are working on a Laura Ingalls Wilder story, "By the Shores of Silver Lake". We have been discussing how Laura's older sister, Mary, is able to get onto a train and what her train-ride experience would be like after developing blindness from scarlet fever. We are impressed with all that Mary accomplishes; especially after finding that using a partner to guide us (with closed eyes)to our seats was very difficult!

Homework Sheet 9/20-9/24

MONDAY
Math: Howe: 1-5 Preston: 1-5 Holt (Red) Worksheet
Gentry: Worksheet Strom: Worksheet Holt (purple) Worksheet
Spelling: Begin spelling homework due Thursday.
Technology: “If I were an icon” drawing due next Monday in class.
French: None
Science: Vocabulary sheet due Wednesday

TUESDAY
Math: Howe: 1-6 Preston: 1-6 Holt (Red) Enr. 1-5
Gentry: HW 1-5 Strom: Enr 1-5 Holt (purple) HW 1-5
Reading: See Monday.
Spelling: Spelling homework due Thursday.
History: Story 4 in workbook (pg. 8 & 9)
French: Practice saying French alphabet
Practice counting by 10’s (10 to 100)
Science: Finish vocabulary sheet on Wednesday

WEDNESDAY
Math: Howe: Hw 1-7 Preston: Hw 1-7 Holt (Red) Hw 1-7
Gentry: Hw 1-6 Strom: Enr 1-7 Holt (purple) Hw 1-6
Reading: See Monday.
Spelling: Finish spelling homework. Review for practice test tomorrow.
History: Finish Story 5 in workbook (pg 11-12)
French: None
Science: None

THURSDAY
Math: Howe: Hw 1-8 Preston: Hw 1-8 Holt (Red) Worksheet
Gentry: Hw 1-7 Strom: Enr 1-8 Holt (purple) Hw 1-7
Reading: See Monday.
Spelling: Study for test tomorrow.
History: None
French: Les Nombres
Science: None

FRIDAY
Math: None
Reading: None
Spelling: None
History: None
French: Encore les Nombres
Science: None

Newest Student Blogger

Our newest student blog was created today. Check it out below:

This week in 9-1 was crazy, we got a new pet a turtle named sei goo (we voted for it). We also started homework, I didn't think 9th age was going to be so hard! We had scince homework, french homework, we even had gym homework!

9-1 Homework for 9/13-9/17

MONDAY
Math: Complete 1-2 homework in book.
Reading: None
Spelling: Begin spelling homework due Thursday. For extra credit bring in your “silly sentence” with six spelling words.
History: Begin to study for history test by reading Chapter 1.
French: None
Science: Vocabulary sheet due Wednesday
TUESDAY
Math: Complete 1-3 homework in book.
Reading: None
Spelling: Spelling homework due Thursday.
History: Study review sheet for test on Thursday. Read chapter 2.
French: Comment Ça Va?
Science: None
WEDNESDAY
Math: Complete 1-3 sheet
Reading: None
Spelling: Finish spelling homework. Review for practice test tomorrow.
History: Study review sheet for test tomorrow. Read chapter 3.
French: None
Science: None
THURSDAY
Math: Complete 1-4 homework sheet
Reading: None
Spelling: Study for test tomorrow!
History: None
French: Les Salutations
Science: None
FRIDAY
Math: None
Reading: None
Spelling: Work ahead if you would like!
History: None
French: French Cognates
Science: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Thursday is our first history test.
Friday is our first spelling test. (Practice test on Thursday).
Friday is Spirit Day! Show your Calvert spirit by dressing in black and gold.

Student Posting

Today we had our second student blogger! Check out his post below:

"Today we smashed ice with our caveman tools. Ms. Gentry gave us a piece of a meteorite. A classmate brought in native american tools"

Cave Tool Project

9-1 is learning all about the lives of cave men, women and children! To learn a little more about how they lived, we created our own cave tools out of rocks, sticks and string. It was a difficult task but the boys did a terrific job!

What a busy first week!

We had an incredible first week in 9-1. From new history books to summer reading discussions, the boys dove into everything head-first and demonstrated that they had been working hard over the summer! Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend!

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First Student Post

Every week one of our 9-1 students will be writing a short blog post about a few new activities from the week. Our first posting was created today!

Check it out:

"These were the first three days of school... I really liked it when Miss Gentry read Encyclopedia Brown. I also like our class pet, chompers, the turtle. In french we did work in our notebooks. "

What a terrific job!

All School Assembly

The entire school gathered on Thursday to welcome in the new school year. It is was a wonderful opportunity for our entire community to take a moment and examine the year ahead of us all. Dr. Martire always kicks off the year with words of wisdom; this year they were "effort" and "respect". These two themes resonated with the 9-1 boys after spending part of Wednesday brainstroming our goals for the year!