Weekend Homework?????

Hi everyone,
Yes, there is some work for some kids this weekend.

1. Reading - we are having our reading test on Tuesday.

2. Math - my math class has a test over Unit 5 on Wednesday. The study guide came home today and is due on Tuesday. There will be no homework on Monday, just in case you are wondering.

3. Singer presentations are next week. Your child should be prepared with the report to share about the singer.

4. Progress reports came home today! Please discuss with your child, sign and return. As always, please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

Thanks, and enjoy your weekend! STUDY YOUR FACTS! READ!

You can be on this site!!!

Would you like to write or have your picture on this site?

Kids - If you would like to write something special to share with the class - maybe a special moment, a family tradition, a funny picture, have your parents email it to me and I will make a special place just for you on the blog site! Your friends can see it and you will be a published author!!

Fun in 4G

Have your kids tell you about the cooperative learning they did today with a game called "Heads Together." Today we did it about what we all celebrate this time of year. Our classmates celebrate Eid and Christmas. ALso, have them tell you about our brain activator called A, B, C, D. Have them show you! We are being introduced to our singers and next week, we will present them to the class. Your child will bring home their work tomorrow, along with Progress Reports that are coming home. The kids had fun trying to perfect a "James Brown" yell and did some mulitplication multiples to a song by Jimmy Buffett (too fast) and Sting. Who said learning can't be fun!

HOMEWORK for Thursday

Reading - Today - Vocabulary sentences (5 X 5) Use 5 of the words in a sentence with at least 5 words.(some kids finished in class so they may not have it at home)

Reading test on The Emperor and the Kite - next Tuesday (I had it for Wednesday, but I am giving the Math test that day)

Math - 4S - none-LUCKY!!! 4G - 5.8

Reading - Fluency due on Friday

Spelling - contract due Friday - test Friday

Is anyone using this site?

I specifically didn't use this last week to see if anyone would write me an email to remind me. I want to use this site as a tool to share info with you. I understand there are days I forget and that is why it is an additional tool to use for information, but I wonder if this is something you feel helpful enough for me to continue. Please email me at christi_grezlik@ipsd.org and let me know if you will use this. If I ever go more than one day, please call me or email me and just write, "This is just a reminder that you didn't post yesterday." This is just a busy time of year and I am not getting any younger. Reminders are so appreciated!

With all that said, here is the homework for today:
Spelling: Unit 14 - Abbreviations - your child is responsible for knowing the words too! Students on contract - work due Friday morning

Reading - Fluency due Friday

Math - 4G - 5.5 (review doing partial products - use your SRB)
4S - test tomorrow

Social Studies - Keep studying the states and capitals, if you don't have your cards, you can still write them out from memory!

Thank you,
Mrs. Grezlik

HOMEWORK

No spelling this week.
Reading Fluency - due tomorrow
4th grade - boxes page 104, 97, 92, 89. These will be graded tomorrow. Student should use their SRB.

The only homework over Thanksgiving break is to study the multiplication and division flash cards! Please send them back on the 1st!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! There will be no post tomorrow!

HOMEWORK

WRITING- biography worksheet due - both sides - if you have a cd you can send in that I could copy a song from, it would be most appreciated!

SPELLING - 3 activities (#3 must be done) and test is Friday

MATH - 4th grade - 4.8 due WED. and study guide due on THurs. Test will be on Friday!

READING - The Baker's NEighbor story - test on Monday!

HOMEWORK

Spelling - Unit 11 words - activities for the week include writing the words 3 times each in print and 3 times in cursive (do your best). Also, 10 sentences. THis work is due on Friday. Test Friday

Math - 4th grade - JOURNAL page 91 and study link 4.6
Be sure to line up the decimals and use graph paper(if you have it)

5th grade - boxes

Reading -none

Fluency - try to read through this once per night aloud with someone - it is not due until Friday! Plan your time accordingly

Social Studies - read pages 38 -42 and answer questions 1-3 on p. 43.

PARENTS! I know some of you may think I have gone crazy with the homework this week. I AM giving kids some independent work time in the afternoon (today we had 15 minutes - it gives me time to help those who need it and it helps all the kids learn to use time wisely - good prep for middle school). Please talk to your child if they brought home Social Studies today, your child should have finished that in class, as well as the math journal page 91. If your child brought thesse 2 things home, they need to be working more efficiently in class (ie. not talking or looking around, but focusing on the work at hand and asking for help if needed.)

HOMEWORK

Spelling - Unit 11 words - activities for the week include writing the words 3 times each in print and 3 times in cursive (do your best). Also, 10 sentences. THis work is due on Friday. Test Friday

Math - 4th grade - BOXES ON PAGE 84 AND 89. Be careful when solving for missing numbers.- Be sure to line up the decimals and use graph paper(if you have it)

5th grade - TEST

Reading -none

Fluency - try to read through this once per night aloud with someone - it is not due until Friday! Plan your time accordingly

HOMEWORK

Spelling - Unit 11 words - activities for the week include writing the words 3 times each in print and 3 times in cursive (do your best). Also, 10 sentences. THis work is due on Friday. Test Friday

Math - 4th grade - 4.4 and 4.5 - be sure you are lining up the decimals and using graph paper(provided)

5th grade - boxes/ study guide, and 4.7

Reading -none

Fluency - try to read through this once per night aloud with someone - it is not due until Friday! Plan your time accordingly.

HOMEWORK

Just a reminder-some of you have conferences wtih me tomorrow night! Check your child's assignment notebook.

Tomorrow is the reading test for AMelia and Eleanor.

Spelling test is Friday - contract (3 act.) is due Friday

NO FLUENCY this week.

Math - 4th - 4.2 - use SRB (reminder to bring home was given)
5th grade - 4.4

I'm Baaaccckkk!

So sorry, everyone! I have been so busy to tend to this problem I was having on this site. Now, hopefully, it is up and going again. Please check in daily to find out what's going on!

Tuesday: Today is Parent/Teacher Conference Day! Your child's homework is the following:
Math:
4th grade - 4.1 and writing the words that name 3 of your numbers (for example: 3,210.450 - three thousand, two hundred ten and four hundred fifty thousandths)
5th grade: 4.4

Spelling - If you are on contract (9 are off this week) do 3 of the activities on the contract, due Friday.

Fluency - NO FLUENCY THIS WEEK!

Science - complete the 4 sheets (we had time to work on these in class) on food chain, producers, comsumers, and scavengers.

Reading - test on Amelia and Eleanor will be on Thursday.

Some of you still owe me the letter about the singer your parent chose for you.

Thanks!

HOMEWORK

What a fun day...a few jokes, some cricket observations, beginning to learn about biographical sketch! What more could a fourth grader want?

HOMEWORK, OF COURSE!
Spelling - due Friday / Test Friday

Math - Ms. Swift's class has a test tomorrow, 4th grade math has 3.11 (use your SRB) and the test will be on Tuesday of next week.

Fluency - due Friday - practice every night.

Reading - our test on Lou Gehrig is tomorrow! Be prepared!

Thursday is sports shirt day! See you tomorrow.

HOMEWORK

Math - both classes 3.10 worksheet
4th grade - test next Tuesday

Spelling - do activity #3 and 2 others Test Friday

Fluency - due, signed by Friday

Science - color your cricket (some kids finished in school)

Reading - Lou Gehrig test on Thursday

PICTURE DAY TOMORROW! BRING A JOKE!

Homework

Spelling - Unit 8 words - do #3 on contract and 2 other activities...keep it light this week, we have a lot going on! Test Friday

Math - 4th grade - 3.8 and 3.9 (parents - 3.8 was given for homework on Friday and the kids were told they could do it over the weekend or save it for Monday)

5th grade - boxes and 3.9

Reading - Read Lou Gehrig (we have read it 3 times already - so skimming the story is fine) and write a short summary (no more than 5 sentences) about what you learned.
READING TEST ON THURSDAY!!

Fluency - try to read through this once per night aloud with someone - it is not due until Friday! Plan your time accordingly.

Joke day on Wed. - memorize a joke to share and earn some cash!

UPDATE

Hello, everyone!
I hope you all are having a great weekend! We had a terrific party on Friday, lots of fun! I'd like to thank the moms who came in and provided lots of fun games. Thank you to Mrs. Dresser, Mrs. Klopp, and Mrs. Ahern. A big thanks also goes out to Mrs. Harazin, who provided all the special goody bag items. You all were extremely generous with your time and resources. Thank you!

Just a few reminders for this week:
Wednesday is Picture Day - if you want to purchase picture packages for your child, be sure to send the forms and money in by Wed.

We are currently reading the story, "Lou Gehrig." We will have a test on Thursday.

4th grade math students will have a study guide come home on Thursday and it is due on Monday. The test will be on Tuesday, October 28. I try to plan to not have homework like this over the weekend, but it just worked out this way. We will complete some of it in class, but I am sure some kids will need to complete it (possibly with some guidance and support from you) over next weekend. Thank you in advance for your help in this.

Please let me know if the conference time and day that I sent home will work for you. I need to finalize my schedule this week, so please email me or call.

This week marks the end of the first quarter, with report cards going home next Friday.

Thanks for checking in!

HOMEWORK

Thursday, 10/16

Some kids forgot their Scientific Method homework 1/2 sheet. They need to remember to bring this tomorrow.

Spelling - 3 times each and sentences due tom. and test tomorrow

Reading - re-read Lou Gehrig

Fluency - signed, due Friday

Math - 4th grade - 4.7
5th grade - boxes

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

Please send the blue note about conference time and day back as soon as possible so we can work out any conflicts. My room number is 630-428-6133. email - christi_grezlik@ipsd.org
THANK YOU!

HOMEWORK

I hope you all enjoyed your afternoon off while we teachers sat in meetings learning how to help you be smarter, more successful people!

TODAY:
Spelling - due Friday - 3 times each and test Friday

Math - skip counting (connect it to knowing the multiples - on the back, list multiples nad name a pattern that you see)

Fluency - practice at least once each night - bring to school on Friday, signed!

Science - practice the Scientific Method steps (with motions!)

Do the Macarena (Matherena) with the multiples of the list you are currently focusing on!

See you tomorrow!

HOMEWORK

Goodness, I am forgetful lately. I need a nice, responsible student to remind me every day at 3:30 to post a new blog! Thank you!

Remember that tomorrow is an Early Dismissal Day - at 12:00.

Homework
Spelling - due Friday - 3 times each (print or coursive)
Test Friday

Math - 4G - 3.4 and 3.5
4S - 3.6, I think??

Fluency - parents, please have your child read this nightly and sign it - it is not allowed to be turned in until Friday!

Letters about conferences were sent home last Friday. If you need a different day or a phone conference, please let me know!

Thank you

HOMEWORK

Spelling - 3 activities and test Frdiay

Fluency - read nightly - due on FRIDAY!! SIGNED!!

Math _4th grade - review worksheet - back of the page, create 2 rule charts, one addition, one subtraction
5th grade - 3.2

Reading - My Name is Maria Isabel test on Thurs.

HOMEWORK FOR TODAY

Spelling - 3 activities from the form sent home - test Friday

Math - please help your child complete the story problem sheet. We will work on this in class. We are working on describing the processes we use in Math.

Reading - Test on Thursday on My Name is Maria Isabel. Please have your child read this to you throughout the week.

Fluency - Please have your child read this nightly for fluency practice. Sign it and have it returned on FRIDAY! It is not to be returned before Friday.

Study Math fact cards.

Return your fundraiser money and forms.

Thanks.

NOTICE Monday, 10-6-08

Notes for this week:
We will have our Reading test on "My Name is Maria Isabel" on Thursday this week.

Our Fall Party is next Friday, October 17 at 2:15p.m. If you can come in and help, we guarantee you will have a fun time!

Parent conferences are the first part of November. If you didn't sign up for a time, I will send home an assigned date and time. You need to email me or call me to change the day and time, if necessary. If you know right now what day or day you would like your conference, I will try to accommodate you. I can also plan other days for conferences if it works better for your schedule. A phone conference is also a option, although I greatly encourage you coming in to talk. I am perfectly fine with you bringing in your child to the conference.

Please keep a keen eye on your child's progression in math fact study. We try to offer 2 opportunities to pass to a new level test each week. THere is one 2 minute test each week. These tests come home for you to see. If you would like additional tests to have your child practice at home, please let me know. For your child to progress, extra practice may be needed at home. Each child is on a different level..have your child make a set of flashcards for home use. I am doing everything I can to provide time for this valuable knowledge to sink in, but for some kids, the work we do in class is not enough. Thant you for your help!!

Homework

Spelling - 3 activities and test tomorrow

Math - 4S - Math boxes and extended response
4G - 2.9 - both sides, no ball park estimate

Bring baby picture
FLUENCY HOMEWORK IS DUE - SIGNED BY PARENT.

:-}

Homework

Spelling - 3 activities and test Friday - also, finish the 2 spelling sheets (some kids finished in class)

Math - time was given in class - Math pages in the journal p.41,44,45, 52. Many kids finished in class.

Reading - Fluency is to be read with a parent - it is due, signed, on Friday

Language - bring baby picture by Fri.

Ask you child to show you the actions they learned for landforms today.

I promise to try harder

to remember to do this everyday. I am sorry I have forgotten this week. It has totally skipped my mind. I had to leave right away yesterday to get home and had to teach religion class today after school in my daughter's class. I will put a post it on my computer so I won't leave until I add a post for the day. Please have your child remind me to post a post it. Thanks.

Spelling - Choose 3 activities from the spelling sheet. Test Friday.

Math - Test tomorrow - Bring the study guide back to school on Wed. to be turned in for a grade.

Language - Bring in a baby picture of yourself.

9/25/08

Homework:
Spelling - contract and test tomorrow
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math: 4th grade - 2.6 and 2.7 (ballpark estimate only)
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social studies: study the latitude and longitude sheet and know where you live
city, state, country, continent. know the continents and the oceans.

9/24/08

HOMEWORK

Spelling test - Friday

Spelling contract - #5 and 2 other activities due Fri.

Math - 4th grade - 2 sided worksheet but you do not have to do the estimation part.
5th grade - I am sorry I forgot to ask about your homework

Social Studies - Read p. 156 - 159 with someone at home and discuss the content.

Tuesday 9/23

I am so sorry that I didn't post yesterday. My computer at home was giving me troubles and I Couldn't add it from there! If you see me tomorrow, tell me, "It's ok, even teachers make mistakes!"

HOmework for today:
Spelling - contract - do #5 and 2 other activities - due Friday and test Friday

Math - 4th grade - 2.5
5th grade - 2.6

READING TEST ON "DONOVAN'S WORD JAR" TOMORROW!

Nice warm temperatures this week, bring a water bottle to stay hydrated. Did you know the brain doesn't function as well when the body is not properly hydrated?

See you tomorrow!

Sept. 19, 2008

HOMEWORK!!

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!
I had such a great week with you all. I love the level of participation you give me and the energy you bring to school. I enjoyed record levels of classwork and homework completion! Enjoy the weather this weekend, especially after last weekend's rain...YUK! I will look forward to another week of great learning and fun times.

Read a little if you can!
:-)

homework for today!!!

Math: 4th grade - journal boxes page 29 and 31 - these will be graded so do your best!
5th grade - family letter and 2.2

Spelling - test Fri. and 3 activities from the contract

Reading - read at least 20 minutes. Get outside with your book and enjoy reading outside, while you can. Who knows? You may find a rock!

See you tomorrow. Don't forget a snack if you need it!

Homework.... 9/16/08

Sorry this is late!
Homework for today includes:
Spelling - 3 activities from the contract due on Friday and the test Friday

Math - 4G - math boxes graded tomorrow and 2.2 due
4S - extended response

Language - Bring a rock to school (please not one bigger than your hand)

Social Studies - Where you live review (kids need to understand their city, state, country, continent, the oceans and continents, and which countries border the United States) This should be something your child talks about with you so they can understand the world and where they are on it. There will be a brief quiz tomorrow.

Thank you!

HOMEWORK 9/15/08

Spelling - Unit 3 3 activities due from contract on Friday Test will be on Friday

Math - 4G - (2 pages)worksheet and 2.1 study links - kids are to write numbers in a sentence telling where they saw them or what they mean, or (with your permission, of course) cut and paste them from a newspaper or magazine. Parents, please take the Parent Letter and keep it somewhere you will remember - it has important information about the upcoming chapter and includes the answers to the links attached to the unit. HELPFUL!!!
4S - no homework

Reading - read at least 20 minutes - we started discussing a new word today - if you have any words that you think are interesting, bring it in with the meaning!

HOMEWORK 9/11/08

Spelling test and contract (#11 and one other activity) due Friday


Math test - Unit 1 -Friday for both 4th and 5th grade math

Some kids need to complete their first draft packet for their "What's in a Name?" information

Some kids still owe $12 for the 2 Scholastic Newsletters that we will use in class.

GREZLIK TRUST OPEN FRIDAY FOR DEPOSITS!

NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEKEND!! This has been a very full week.

Homework Sept. 10, 2008

Spelling - contract #11 and one other activity from contract due on Friday
Test Friday

Reading - test tomorrow! Read the story again and talk about the vocab.

Math - study guide completed, signed by parent due in 4G tomorrow (TEST FRIDAY!)
4S - 1.9 and study guide due Thursday!

Read 20 minutes

Bring in Scholastic Money for the 2 newspapers we will read and study in class ($12 check made out to Scholastic)

Have your child talk to you about the Bully Prevention program we have been participating in this week. They are learning ways to deal with all kinds of bullying and teasing. Talk to them openly about how they deal with this at school and at home.

Thanks!

PRETZEL GEOMETRY

Ask your child about the "Pretzel Geometry" we did today..food is a great way for your child to understand shapes..you can use cheese or bread, give them a butter knife or toothpick and have them create shapes with different numbers of sides and have them give the angels on each corner a name (right, obtuse, or acute angle). You can use pretzel sticks, too, to let them create intersecting, perpendicular, or parallel lines (have them use their SRB to help).

Homework 9/9/08

Homework 9/9/08
Math: 4G - study guide due on Thursday - letter sent home with the answers for PARENTS ONLY!!! Test on Friday
4S - 1.8 and study guide - test Friday

Reading: Test on The Gardener on Thursday, Read 20 minutes

Spelling: Contract (#11 and one other activity) due on Friday, Test Friday

What's in a name? writing activity was due today.

Scholastic money ($12) due soon.

Website permission letter (or just write me a letter, signed by you, giving permission to post pictures and first names on our classroom website).

Thank you!

Homework Spet. 5, 2008

Homework 9-5-08

Writing - "What's in a name?" sheet - to be completed by parent and child - due for a writing activity we are doing next week.

Math - 4S - 1.7
4G - Test next Friday - please study the following concepts in the SRB, which your child should have brought home (polygons convex and nonconvex), angles, lines, line segments, rays, perpendicular and parallel line, circles - concentric and nonconcentric, vertex, intersecting lines, attributes of trapezoids, Parallelograms, quadrangles, and triangles) The study guide will come home on Tuesday and they have a simple subtraction and addition fact sheet (2 sided) that is due on Tuesday.

Reading - Read 20 minutes
We are having our reading test on The Gardener on THURSDAY next week - it was supposed to be on Wednesday, but we will have it on Thursday due to missing a day of literacy study this week. Have your child read the story and discuss it with you this weekend.

Thanks for a great week, kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy your day off while I am here at school. :-)

Homework Sept. 4, 2008

Homework for the day:

Spelling - Contract due tomorrow - Test tomorrow

Math - 4G journal page 8 and study link sheet 1.5 (use the SRB page that corresponds with the page being done)
4S - study link 1.6

Reading - Read 20 minutes
Study vocabulary sheet from our story, The Gardener

Scholastic $12 is due

4G Math test (and I heard that 4S is too) will be next Friday (9/12) Study guide will come home tomorrow.

Homework September 3, 2008

Homework for 9/3/08
Spelling - 2 contract activities due Friday morning, stapled to contract
test on Friday

Math - 4G 1.3 and 1.4 (kids had time to work on this in class)
4S 1.5

Scholastic money - we are using Scholastic News and a reading newspaper called Story Works..this costs $12. Please send a check made out to Scholastic or cash. These are extremely useful and valuable parts of our reading curriculum.

green notes sent home yesterday - please read carefully all information, check boxes at teh bottom of the second page that apply, and sign and return

Goal books - please read your child's goal book, sign and return to school.

Reading test - We began reading our first reading story, The Gardener, this week. Our test will be next Wednesday. The book will come home over the weekend.

Thanks!

Secret Word

In order to find out who checks this site, I will have a secret word posted every once in a while. The secret word for today is toothbrush. Tell your child to keep it secret and tell me when I ask! Thanks!

Sept. 2, 2008 Homework

Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008

Spelling - Test Friday and complete #5 on contract (10 sentences) and one other activity on the contract.

Math
4G - Journal page 6 - Use your SRB to help you if you need assistance
4S - 1.4

Other:
A green letter came home today from me. Please read it carefully, let me know if you have any concerns or questions, check the boxes on the second sheet, sign and return with your child sometime this week! Thank you.

If your child did not bring their Goal Book back today, they still have a chance to earn some money. If they bring it back tomorrow signed by you (after reading you their goals, of course), they can earn $2 in Grezlik Bucks!

There was a note sent home about the 4th grade using the Scholastic News and StoryWorks newsletters for use in class and at home. Please send $12 for these 2 publications (cash or a check made out to Scholastic).

Thank you!

Homework 8/29/08

Read 20 minutes per night

Read Goal Book with parents

Bring Goal Book back signed by parents (earn $5)

Bring green 1/2 sheet back (personal info)

Bring any missing supplies (including art smock or paper bag)

Enjoy Labor Day weekend!

Curriculum NIght

If you were able to come to Curriculum Night tonight, I thank you for coming. If you were not able to come, your child will bring home the handouts that were passed out with the information I went over. Please read the handouts, including the district and school handbooks that were mailed to you. We are still in need of a Classroom Parent to coordinate classroom parties, so if you can help out, please know that I will help plan parties with you and we will hopefully get some more parents who can help on the day of the party. Simple is best.

Homework - August 28, 2008

Spelling test tomorrow

4G - Math think about what we learned about rays, lines, and line segments
Math Accel - 1.2

Read 20 minutes

Read Aloud (click here for a link about reading aloud)

We started reading the very entertaining book by Andrew Clements, titled Lunch Money. It is a story about an 11 year old boy who enjoys money: How to earn it, save it, use it, and spend it. Ask your child what happened in the chapter(s) we read today.

Homework August 26, 2008

Read 20 minutes

Math (4G) journal page 3 = math boxes

Spelling 5 sentences with back to school list (5 or more words per sentence)

Bring art smock and paper grocery bag by Monday

Spelling Test on Friday

Back to School

How exciting! We are in the middle of our first week of school and I still can't believe my luck. Not only do I get the chance to work at a school with a staff I admire, respect, and LIKE, I also get a class full of wonderful little (ok, some are my height) people I get to enjoy for 6 1/2 hours a day as well. I began a blog this summer for learning purposes and now I get to use what I have learned. Fortunately (and obviously, to some of you), I have a lot to learn about how to create a unique website. After permission has been granted, I can begin posting photos and videos on this site to let you, as parents, see what we are doing in the classroom. I will post homework on this site and general info. This will be just another way to communicate with you, but it will not be the only way I get information to you. There is nothing like a good old phone call or letter to let you know how things are going with your child. Your child is a unique and special person, and I want you to know what is happening with them during the time they are in school. My hope is that this site will act as a catalyst to help you talk to your child about their day. I will not put personal information on this site, but general information, dates, and reminders. Know that you can call me or email me at any time. See the info on the side bar of the site for that info. I am open to suggestions about what information you would like to see on the site. I am looking to a year full of fun and learning. Enjoy!