Hey, I am on a roll!! Two days of posts in a row!!
Today was a unique day! 1/1/11!! We had a two minute party to celebrate!!
Here is what you wonderful people have to look forward to tomorrow!
We will have a spelling test - FINALLY!! After so many weeks without one!! Be sure to bring your work if you are on contract!
My class has a math quiz on Wednesday. Study guides should be signed and turned in. Also, you should finish page 147 and 148 in your journal if you didn't in class today. THis lesson was about changing from fractions to decimals to percents.
Continue to study Chapter 5 in social studies - we have read lesson one and two and tomorrow will read lesson three about the pilgrims. Tomorrow we will complete a DR-TA for this lesson. Do you remember what that is?
Tomorrow will be our final work day on your book review. You will have about 30 minutes to polish it up for grading! Publish date: Thursday
See you all tomorrow!!
:-)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Two posts in one day????
Now I hope to make up for the past couple of months by being better about posting. It is a goal of mine to post at least a couple of times a week. Let's see if I can keep up with it!
Today, we read lesson 1 from chapter 5 in social studies. We read about The Lost Colony of Roanoke and the first successful colony of Jamestown. Many students remembered learning about Jamestown in 3rd grade! It was a fascinating lesson, comparing the two attempts and evaluating why the colony of Jamestown "stuck it out" and made it work. The class is supposed to review the lesson (pages 156 - 161) and be prepared for an entrance slip covering the main ideas tomorrow.
My math class will have a quiz over chapter 5 Wednesday. A study guide came home today and only the odds need to be done for homework (due Wednesday). Mr. Klein's class will test tomorrow.
Take a look at the upcoming events to mark on your calendar which days the kids have off this month and next month.
:-)
Today, we read lesson 1 from chapter 5 in social studies. We read about The Lost Colony of Roanoke and the first successful colony of Jamestown. Many students remembered learning about Jamestown in 3rd grade! It was a fascinating lesson, comparing the two attempts and evaluating why the colony of Jamestown "stuck it out" and made it work. The class is supposed to review the lesson (pages 156 - 161) and be prepared for an entrance slip covering the main ideas tomorrow.
My math class will have a quiz over chapter 5 Wednesday. A study guide came home today and only the odds need to be done for homework (due Wednesday). Mr. Klein's class will test tomorrow.
Take a look at the upcoming events to mark on your calendar which days the kids have off this month and next month.
:-)
Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year to everyone!
We have easily transitioned back into the swing of things here in 5G! We are busy at work on our book reviews. One book was to be chosen to write a review about. It could have been a recent read or one that you finished over Winter Break. We are in the process of putting our ideas and opinions into a published pamphlet. We are learning a great deal about how to use the Publisher program!
As a reminder, field trip permission slips and money are due back soon for our trip to the Robert Crown Health Center. This is a trip we take to learn about human development. If you are curious about this programs, just click here to go to the Robert Crown site and click on Grade 5 and 6 program to read about the 5th grade program. Remember to open the lines of discussion with your child (or if you are the child reading this - talk to your parent!).
Spelling test this week is on Wednesday (and contract due).
My math class will have a quiz over Chapter 5 on Wednesday as well.
Last day for Accelerated Reader tests for this quarter will be Thursday!
:-)
We have easily transitioned back into the swing of things here in 5G! We are busy at work on our book reviews. One book was to be chosen to write a review about. It could have been a recent read or one that you finished over Winter Break. We are in the process of putting our ideas and opinions into a published pamphlet. We are learning a great deal about how to use the Publisher program!
As a reminder, field trip permission slips and money are due back soon for our trip to the Robert Crown Health Center. This is a trip we take to learn about human development. If you are curious about this programs, just click here to go to the Robert Crown site and click on Grade 5 and 6 program to read about the 5th grade program. Remember to open the lines of discussion with your child (or if you are the child reading this - talk to your parent!).
Spelling test this week is on Wednesday (and contract due).
My math class will have a quiz over Chapter 5 on Wednesday as well.
Last day for Accelerated Reader tests for this quarter will be Thursday!
:-)
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Bedtime
This afternoon, some of the kids and I had an intetesting discussion about a couple of things: 1) how much sleep they get each night and 2) which scary movie is theIr favorite. As you can imagine, I had to put my two cents in since I was the only adult to provide a responsible comment! Some kids (who shall remain nameless) told of staying up until past midnight on school nights, often watching the television in their room or talking on the phone. Of course, I gave them my best parent lecture about how their brains need that down time to rejuvenate and rebuild some stamina for the next day. This is verified through so many research studies! Kids should get 9-11 hours of sleep each night- in my girls' cases, most nights! I know it can be hard some nights, but it makes such a difference in the school day. This little change, which can be mastered in a short while, can change the level of success your child experiences! Another thing that could help make big changes in your child's progress is checking their diet. What they eat on a routine basis affects the amount of attention they can give to each day's lessons and activities. Sending them to school with some protein in their bellies(a cheese stick, yogurt, peanut or almond butter, a piece of turkey, etc) instead of only simple carbohydrates like sugar cereal or toast will also make a difference! Try these changes and see if you notice a difference in school and home attitude. You will be impressed! I won't even mention what I said during the scary movie discussion....I will let you guess my stance on putting those types of images in a child's brain forever! Ok- down off my soapbox!
Kids-if you read this post and understood the three opinions I was pushing with my commentary, you have an idea of one of our future areas of focus in writing: the Op-Ed (opinion-editorial). Whisper to me tomorrow two of my opinions and you're bank account will grow by two dollars!
:-)
Kids-if you read this post and understood the three opinions I was pushing with my commentary, you have an idea of one of our future areas of focus in writing: the Op-Ed (opinion-editorial). Whisper to me tomorrow two of my opinions and you're bank account will grow by two dollars!
:-)
Monday, December 13, 2010
Long lost blogger...
HI everyone! Yes, it is me - back from the great beyond! Let me apologize for not keeping up on the blogging. Between Thanksgiving visitors, sick children, getting ready for Christmas, and all the holiday preparations, I have just been a little overwhelmed lately! We have also been extremely busy in the classroom, just last week finishing up our Explorer projects and presentations. Thank you to all the parents who were able to come in to help, either with research in the LMC or to watch our explorer speeches. The kids did a great job and they came home today with their reports graded and their presentation rubrics.
Today we began our one week folktale unit. Today, we discussed different types of folktales (fairy tales, tall tales, fables, myths, legends, etc.). This week during literacy, we will travel to the different fifth grade classrooms to have each of the fifth grade teachers present 5 G with a different story and activity. Be sure to ask your child what they did during literacy each day! We will wrap up with a special movie next week that will incorporate many folktale characters.
**WARNING - SHOCKING NEWS AHEAD**
There is homework for Winter Break. Now that all the research is done, we are moving on to our Book Review unit. I know this is something that is done in fourth grade, but with the fifth graders, we get more in depth and create a brochure using the Publisher program on the computer. By the time we return from break on Jan. 5, it is expected that each child be able to write about a book that is finished over break or that has VERY recently been read completely start to finish. A book read earlier in the school year or in 3rd or 4th grade is not sufficient. Please see that the Book Review form (it will actually come home THIS Friday)is filled out completely. Also, extra credit in writing will be given for a detailed account of the author of the book to add to the book review brochure. Sometimes, this is my favorite part of a book review anyway!! I love reading about authors!!
Here is our homework for this week:
No Fluency
Spelling - Contract for Unit 15 is due Wednesday - test is Wednesday (We will not get a new list for Unit 16 - I will send that home on Jan. 5)
Spelling Bee - our first bee to determine contestant #1 from 5G is this Friday. Every student is to participate and try their best. Study time is given sporadically in class and these should be studies at home as well.
Math - 5th grade math is moving on to our fraction unit. Today we have journal page 122 to do. We will have math homework everyday this week.
Reading - for our folktale unit, read the first folktale in the story "Folktales from Asia" Be ready for an entrance slip in the morning!
Science - we are studying magnets this week and moving onto electricity when we get back from break.
My enrichment group (guided reading time) will take a mini-test over suffixes we have been studying NEXT MONDAY! We are studying these along with a variety of reading strategies during this time.
Next Tuesday, we will open the Treasure box to shop a bit - so earn that money when you can. We also will have our Winter Party. Lots of fun to look forward to!
Today we began our one week folktale unit. Today, we discussed different types of folktales (fairy tales, tall tales, fables, myths, legends, etc.). This week during literacy, we will travel to the different fifth grade classrooms to have each of the fifth grade teachers present 5 G with a different story and activity. Be sure to ask your child what they did during literacy each day! We will wrap up with a special movie next week that will incorporate many folktale characters.
**WARNING - SHOCKING NEWS AHEAD**
There is homework for Winter Break. Now that all the research is done, we are moving on to our Book Review unit. I know this is something that is done in fourth grade, but with the fifth graders, we get more in depth and create a brochure using the Publisher program on the computer. By the time we return from break on Jan. 5, it is expected that each child be able to write about a book that is finished over break or that has VERY recently been read completely start to finish. A book read earlier in the school year or in 3rd or 4th grade is not sufficient. Please see that the Book Review form (it will actually come home THIS Friday)is filled out completely. Also, extra credit in writing will be given for a detailed account of the author of the book to add to the book review brochure. Sometimes, this is my favorite part of a book review anyway!! I love reading about authors!!
Here is our homework for this week:
No Fluency
Spelling - Contract for Unit 15 is due Wednesday - test is Wednesday (We will not get a new list for Unit 16 - I will send that home on Jan. 5)
Spelling Bee - our first bee to determine contestant #1 from 5G is this Friday. Every student is to participate and try their best. Study time is given sporadically in class and these should be studies at home as well.
Math - 5th grade math is moving on to our fraction unit. Today we have journal page 122 to do. We will have math homework everyday this week.
Reading - for our folktale unit, read the first folktale in the story "Folktales from Asia" Be ready for an entrance slip in the morning!
Science - we are studying magnets this week and moving onto electricity when we get back from break.
My enrichment group (guided reading time) will take a mini-test over suffixes we have been studying NEXT MONDAY! We are studying these along with a variety of reading strategies during this time.
Next Tuesday, we will open the Treasure box to shop a bit - so earn that money when you can. We also will have our Winter Party. Lots of fun to look forward to!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Grateful for a great Monday!
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have just enjoyed reading all the weekend memories written today about the events over the past few days. I love hearing the kids so excited about the time they got to spend with family and friends, eating good food, watching movies, and just playing! I was also very happy that, even with 5 days off school, the kids were ready and willing to get down to work!
We have a little over three weeks until our next big break. There is so much we will attempt to fit in in that time. Please check the blog regularly to keep up on the activity. Just look below for things to come!
Homework this week:
Fluency - read about racecar driver Tazio and be able to pick out fact vs. fiction (parents - please sign your child's fluency by Friday)
Spelling - new list given today for Thursday's pretest. We are studying suffixes and they are tricky!! Everyone, let's try to take advantage of getting the list so early and everyone make the alternate list!! You can do it!
Science - we continue to study our elements and have a quiz on Thursday. Kids should bring home the yellow sheet and will get a study guide tomorrow.
Social Studies - Final Explorer report will be completed in class tomorrow. We did peer editing in the computer lab today. Wednesday will be dedicated to attempting to write a speech that is no longer than one minute and will effectively "sell" our explorer to our audience next Tuesday. Our speeches/presentations (including a map and picture of our explorer) will take place Tuesday, December 7. We need objective parent helpers to judge and vote on the presentations. Each presentation will be one minute and so we should be about one hour. 10 - 11am next Tuesday. Let me know if you can be here!
Math - 5RK is doing 4.10/5G is doing decimal division with link 4.5 and has a division test on Friday. Practice at home! Study guide will come home tomorrow!
Some other things to look forward to:
Orchestra practice is this Thursday evening at May Watts Elementary School.
Chorus concert is this Thursday (I think)
Orchestra concert is next Monday at Hill!!
Also on Thursday this week - if you did not make it to the parent meeting about our Robert Crown program, there is another opportunity to attend it at Kendall Elementary this week at 7:00p.m. on Thursday. Highly suggest attending if you didn't get to the first one (same presentation).
Progress notes for the second quarter come home this Friday. If your child does not get a note home, you can expect that they are receiving As and Bs in all subject areas. Any student currently getting a C or lower in any subject will receive a progress report.
Thanks so much for your continued support at home.
We have a little over three weeks until our next big break. There is so much we will attempt to fit in in that time. Please check the blog regularly to keep up on the activity. Just look below for things to come!
Homework this week:
Fluency - read about racecar driver Tazio and be able to pick out fact vs. fiction (parents - please sign your child's fluency by Friday)
Spelling - new list given today for Thursday's pretest. We are studying suffixes and they are tricky!! Everyone, let's try to take advantage of getting the list so early and everyone make the alternate list!! You can do it!
Science - we continue to study our elements and have a quiz on Thursday. Kids should bring home the yellow sheet and will get a study guide tomorrow.
Social Studies - Final Explorer report will be completed in class tomorrow. We did peer editing in the computer lab today. Wednesday will be dedicated to attempting to write a speech that is no longer than one minute and will effectively "sell" our explorer to our audience next Tuesday. Our speeches/presentations (including a map and picture of our explorer) will take place Tuesday, December 7. We need objective parent helpers to judge and vote on the presentations. Each presentation will be one minute and so we should be about one hour. 10 - 11am next Tuesday. Let me know if you can be here!
Math - 5RK is doing 4.10/5G is doing decimal division with link 4.5 and has a division test on Friday. Practice at home! Study guide will come home tomorrow!
Some other things to look forward to:
Orchestra practice is this Thursday evening at May Watts Elementary School.
Chorus concert is this Thursday (I think)
Orchestra concert is next Monday at Hill!!
Also on Thursday this week - if you did not make it to the parent meeting about our Robert Crown program, there is another opportunity to attend it at Kendall Elementary this week at 7:00p.m. on Thursday. Highly suggest attending if you didn't get to the first one (same presentation).
Progress notes for the second quarter come home this Friday. If your child does not get a note home, you can expect that they are receiving As and Bs in all subject areas. Any student currently getting a C or lower in any subject will receive a progress report.
Thanks so much for your continued support at home.
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