We are almost there...Only two more wake-ups!
Language Arts: Today in Language Arts we switched for Vocabulary Vine, listened to our read aloud, reread our story for the week, reviewed our vocabulary and took the selection assessment over it. We also squeezed in time to complete two different writing activities on unity and structure and then we worked on our stories with our writing partner.
Homework:
***Study spelling words
***Reading projects are due on January 7th
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Math: Today was our test over Unit 6. It covered order of operations, working with fractions, integers, and solving algebraic equations and inequalities.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies: Today in Social Studies we joined Mrs. Auter's class to watch a very interesting video about Christopher Columbus. The students were able to make many connections with what we have already read in our book about him.
Looking Ahead... Our Chapter 4 test will most likely be the Thursday we return after break.
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
12/15/09
Language Arts: This morning in Language Arts we switched for Vocabulary Vine, reviewed our grammar skill for the Week(forms of the verb have),worked on a worksheet practicing reading a time line, and listened to our read aloud. We were then off to double specials.
Homework:
***Study your spelling words
***Read and work on your reading project which is due on January 7th
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Math: Today in math we worked on white boards practicing for our test tomorrow.We also completed a practice test with table groups. Our test tomorrow will cover the following: fractions, graphing inequalities, pan balances, order of operations,and algebraic equations. It will be in the same format as the practice test.
Homework:
***Complete the practice test
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Social Studies: Today in Social Studies we watched a Safari video that dealt with the history of explorers. It was an interesting video that tied in nicely with our chapter. We able to have a short discussion about how the video related to what we have learned in class.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Homework:
***Study your spelling words
***Read and work on your reading project which is due on January 7th
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Math: Today in math we worked on white boards practicing for our test tomorrow.We also completed a practice test with table groups. Our test tomorrow will cover the following: fractions, graphing inequalities, pan balances, order of operations,and algebraic equations. It will be in the same format as the practice test.
Homework:
***Complete the practice test
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Social Studies: Today in Social Studies we watched a Safari video that dealt with the history of explorers. It was an interesting video that tied in nicely with our chapter. We able to have a short discussion about how the video related to what we have learned in class.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Monday, December 14, 2009
12/14/09
We are in the final stretch...
Language Arts: Reading-This week our story is the Time for Kids article which is very short. Therefore, we will not have a weekly homework packet. Instead, the students were grouped by tables and they discussed the questions together to formulate an answer for their question. We tried this last week, and I thought that it really helped those students who struggle to create a detailed answer.
Spelling-We will have a spelling test on Friday. I know that this week will be very busy for everyone, but please study spelling a little each night. The students are also expected to know the definitions of their high- lighted words. They will write detailed sentences with them on Friday.
Grammar- We discussed helping verbs and main verbs today. This will be the skill that is tested on Friday.
Writing- We found some time to squeeze in two chapters in our read aloud and time to write with our writing partner. So far, the stories are coming together nicely. They should be completed by the end of the week.
Homework:
***None-Just read!
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Math: Today in math we reviewed inequalities, pan balances, fractions, order of operations, and fractions in preparation for our Unit 6 test on Wednesday. We will work on a practice test tomorrow which will look a lot like the actual test. This will be a great way to review for the test.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies: On Friday of last week, we pretended we were divers and dove to the bottom of a sunken ship to recover artifacts and natural objects that were left by explorers. We discussed why each item may have been used. We also read and discussed lessons 4.3-4.10.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts: Reading-This week our story is the Time for Kids article which is very short. Therefore, we will not have a weekly homework packet. Instead, the students were grouped by tables and they discussed the questions together to formulate an answer for their question. We tried this last week, and I thought that it really helped those students who struggle to create a detailed answer.
Spelling-We will have a spelling test on Friday. I know that this week will be very busy for everyone, but please study spelling a little each night. The students are also expected to know the definitions of their high- lighted words. They will write detailed sentences with them on Friday.
Grammar- We discussed helping verbs and main verbs today. This will be the skill that is tested on Friday.
Writing- We found some time to squeeze in two chapters in our read aloud and time to write with our writing partner. So far, the stories are coming together nicely. They should be completed by the end of the week.
Homework:
***None-Just read!
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Math: Today in math we reviewed inequalities, pan balances, fractions, order of operations, and fractions in preparation for our Unit 6 test on Wednesday. We will work on a practice test tomorrow which will look a lot like the actual test. This will be a great way to review for the test.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies: On Friday of last week, we pretended we were divers and dove to the bottom of a sunken ship to recover artifacts and natural objects that were left by explorers. We discussed why each item may have been used. We also read and discussed lessons 4.3-4.10.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Monday, December 7, 2009
12/7/09
It sure was a snowy start to our day!
Language Arts: Today was a busy one in room 24. Since we did not have any specials today, we were able to get through a lot of different things. In spelling, we started by taking our spelling pretest. The words for the week have the V/V spelling pattern. Be sure to study these words a little each night since several of them can be tricky. Also, be sure to study the 5 highlighted words on your list. You we will be asked to know their definitions and to write them in a good sentence that use context clues.
In reading, we listened to our next story in our basal. Since we will not have a weekly homework packet this week, we divided up into table groups to work on the comprehension questions at the end of the story together. I think this helped each student see the details that need to be included in each answer in order to be specific and relate their answer to the story.
In grammar, we practiced writing verbs in their present, past and future tense. This is the grammar skill that will be tested on Friday as well as the comprehension skill of fact and opinion. We will continue reviewing these skills throughout the week.
We also found some time to meet with our third grade reading buddies, listen to our read a loud, and practice our word master words.
Homework:
***No Weekly Homework Packet this week.(This is a reward for the students winning the food drive.)
***Study your spelling words, definitions and Word Master words. Our W.M. test will be either Wednesday or Thursday of this week.
***Flip Through a Book project-Due January 7th. Please do not wait until winter break to get started on it. I expect 9 weeks worth of effort on this project.
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, reviewed problems on white boards and jumped in to Order of Operations, Number Sentences, and Solving Equations with Variables. These are not new concepts and we simply reviewed each one. We did, however, take the time to review the vocabulary that corresponds to each skill as well.
Homework:
***Math Boxes and Study Links 6.7 and 6.8
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Social Studies:
The entire 40 minutes of our content time was spent today getting ready for our chapter 3 test tomorrow. We filled out a chart differentiating between the differences between the Makahs, Taos, Iowas, and the Senecas. This is a great study guide to review for the test. We also spent some time playing a game reviewing the important concepts of chapter 3.
Homework:
***Study for the chapter 3 test(It is tomorrow.)
Reminders:
***Please remember to send in your donations for the family that we are sponsoring by Wednesday.Thank you so much for your help!
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts: Today was a busy one in room 24. Since we did not have any specials today, we were able to get through a lot of different things. In spelling, we started by taking our spelling pretest. The words for the week have the V/V spelling pattern. Be sure to study these words a little each night since several of them can be tricky. Also, be sure to study the 5 highlighted words on your list. You we will be asked to know their definitions and to write them in a good sentence that use context clues.
In reading, we listened to our next story in our basal. Since we will not have a weekly homework packet this week, we divided up into table groups to work on the comprehension questions at the end of the story together. I think this helped each student see the details that need to be included in each answer in order to be specific and relate their answer to the story.
In grammar, we practiced writing verbs in their present, past and future tense. This is the grammar skill that will be tested on Friday as well as the comprehension skill of fact and opinion. We will continue reviewing these skills throughout the week.
We also found some time to meet with our third grade reading buddies, listen to our read a loud, and practice our word master words.
Homework:
***No Weekly Homework Packet this week.(This is a reward for the students winning the food drive.)
***Study your spelling words, definitions and Word Master words. Our W.M. test will be either Wednesday or Thursday of this week.
***Flip Through a Book project-Due January 7th. Please do not wait until winter break to get started on it. I expect 9 weeks worth of effort on this project.
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, reviewed problems on white boards and jumped in to Order of Operations, Number Sentences, and Solving Equations with Variables. These are not new concepts and we simply reviewed each one. We did, however, take the time to review the vocabulary that corresponds to each skill as well.
Homework:
***Math Boxes and Study Links 6.7 and 6.8
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Social Studies:
The entire 40 minutes of our content time was spent today getting ready for our chapter 3 test tomorrow. We filled out a chart differentiating between the differences between the Makahs, Taos, Iowas, and the Senecas. This is a great study guide to review for the test. We also spent some time playing a game reviewing the important concepts of chapter 3.
Homework:
***Study for the chapter 3 test(It is tomorrow.)
Reminders:
***Please remember to send in your donations for the family that we are sponsoring by Wednesday.Thank you so much for your help!
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, December 3, 2009
12/3/09
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we switched for Vocabulary Vine, reviewed Word Families, our grammar skill for the week, and listened to our read a loud. Many students also finished up their typing today based on our writing for the week and they will be ready to create a picture and mount it tomorrow.
Homework:
***Last day for December book orders
***Weekly Homework Packet
***Study your spelling words and your Word Master Words. The Word Master test will be next Thursday.
***Reading projects are due on January 7th. Do you have your flip book?
***Assessments were passed back today. Please look for them in folders.
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Math:
Today was our day in the computer lab to practice Study Island skills. We also took a quiz over fractions and order of operations.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
We had a fun time today in Social Studies! The students were divided into teams and each team was assigned a specific category to fill out about the 7 regions that the American Indians inhabited. After they found their information, they taught the rest of the class their information.
Study guides were passed out today. Our test is planned for next Tuesday. Is a great idea to study charts, pictures, and review the study guide a little every day.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Today in Language Arts we switched for Vocabulary Vine, reviewed Word Families, our grammar skill for the week, and listened to our read a loud. Many students also finished up their typing today based on our writing for the week and they will be ready to create a picture and mount it tomorrow.
Homework:
***Last day for December book orders
***Weekly Homework Packet
***Study your spelling words and your Word Master Words. The Word Master test will be next Thursday.
***Reading projects are due on January 7th. Do you have your flip book?
***Assessments were passed back today. Please look for them in folders.
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Math:
Today was our day in the computer lab to practice Study Island skills. We also took a quiz over fractions and order of operations.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
We had a fun time today in Social Studies! The students were divided into teams and each team was assigned a specific category to fill out about the 7 regions that the American Indians inhabited. After they found their information, they taught the rest of the class their information.
Study guides were passed out today. Our test is planned for next Tuesday. Is a great idea to study charts, pictures, and review the study guide a little every day.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
12/1/09
Thank you for sending in the donation survey today. I was able to get information back to those students who handed their survey in today. Keep them comin'. Happy shopping!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we reviewed vocabulary for the week, practiced our grammar skill, and worked on our writing piece for the week.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet
***Book orders are due on Thursday
***Continue reading and taking those AR tests. Our next book project is due on January 7th.
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Math:
Math was cut today due to our CoAt testing and a fire drill. We only had a few minutes to complete some practice problems on white boards.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
Today we added to our list of American Indians. Today we discussed American Indians of the Great Plains, Plateau, and the Eastern Woodlands.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we reviewed vocabulary for the week, practiced our grammar skill, and worked on our writing piece for the week.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet
***Book orders are due on Thursday
***Continue reading and taking those AR tests. Our next book project is due on January 7th.
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Math:
Math was cut today due to our CoAt testing and a fire drill. We only had a few minutes to complete some practice problems on white boards.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
Today we added to our list of American Indians. Today we discussed American Indians of the Great Plains, Plateau, and the Eastern Woodlands.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, November 30, 2009
11/30/09
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving with your family and friends. It is hard to believe that we only have 3 full weeks left before winter break. Let's work together to make sure that our students stay focused and on task as our break approaches.
Language Arts: Today in Language Arts we took our spelling pre-test, discussed our new RIT vocabulary for the week, reviewed this weeks story vocabulary, listened to our story for the week, and worked on action verbs in grammar. We also found some time to listen to a chapter in our read a loud, and start our writing project for the week. We finished up the morning by going over our Word Master words by using analogies, definitions, categories, and examples.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet
***Book orders are due on Thursday. This will be the last one before Christmas.( Be sure to look careful at the Tab book order since some titles contain mature content.)
***Book projects are due on January 7. Do you have your flip book?
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, reviewed skills on white boards, and jumped into the lesson of reviewing positive and negative integers.
Homework:
***Math Box 6.3 and 6.4
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Social Studies:
Today in content we discussed the regions of the Northwest Coast, the California-Inter mountain, and the Southwest. We discussed the tribes that lived in these areas, their housing and the artifacts that made each group unique. I advised the students that it is a good idea to review this material a little each night since we will be adding to it each day. It makes studying for the test next week a lot easier.
Homework:
***Review Interactive workbook pages 16 and 17
Homeroom Reminders:
***Letters were sent home today about the family that our classroom will be sponsoring this holiday. Please be sure to fill out the survey and send it back to school tomorrow so that I can get you specific information about sizes and interests of our three children. Thank you in advance for helping make a family feel "Special" this holiday season.(Remember it is optional, though).
Happy shopping!
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts: Today in Language Arts we took our spelling pre-test, discussed our new RIT vocabulary for the week, reviewed this weeks story vocabulary, listened to our story for the week, and worked on action verbs in grammar. We also found some time to listen to a chapter in our read a loud, and start our writing project for the week. We finished up the morning by going over our Word Master words by using analogies, definitions, categories, and examples.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet
***Book orders are due on Thursday. This will be the last one before Christmas.( Be sure to look careful at the Tab book order since some titles contain mature content.)
***Book projects are due on January 7. Do you have your flip book?
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, reviewed skills on white boards, and jumped into the lesson of reviewing positive and negative integers.
Homework:
***Math Box 6.3 and 6.4
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Social Studies:
Today in content we discussed the regions of the Northwest Coast, the California-Inter mountain, and the Southwest. We discussed the tribes that lived in these areas, their housing and the artifacts that made each group unique. I advised the students that it is a good idea to review this material a little each night since we will be adding to it each day. It makes studying for the test next week a lot easier.
Homework:
***Review Interactive workbook pages 16 and 17
Homeroom Reminders:
***Letters were sent home today about the family that our classroom will be sponsoring this holiday. Please be sure to fill out the survey and send it back to school tomorrow so that I can get you specific information about sizes and interests of our three children. Thank you in advance for helping make a family feel "Special" this holiday season.(Remember it is optional, though).
Happy shopping!
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
11/24/09
A Foggy Tuesday Morning...
Language Arts: Since today was our double special day, we did not have Language Arts at all. We went straight to music and gym.
Homework:
***Remember that our Unit 2 spelling test is tomorrow. Please study!
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, spent time reviewing during computation, graded our homework, and started dividing fractions. I was not surprised that this lesson was very easy for everyone. We ended the math class by completing an exit card over multiplying fractions.
Homework:
***None- We earned our "No Homework" night because we had 10 days of completed homework.
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Social Studies:
Today we started new rotations. Welcome Mrs. Doms' class.! Today we started Chapter 3. This chapter deals with the American Indians and their cultural regions. This is a long chapter, but I think that the students will enjoy learning about the different cultural regions through skits, role playing, and writing.
Today the vocabulary was passed out. Be sure to look over and study these new vocabulary words that are on lime green paper. Studying a little each night will be very helpful as we work together through this chapter.
Homework:
***None
Happy Thanksgiving!
Language Arts: Since today was our double special day, we did not have Language Arts at all. We went straight to music and gym.
Homework:
***Remember that our Unit 2 spelling test is tomorrow. Please study!
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, spent time reviewing during computation, graded our homework, and started dividing fractions. I was not surprised that this lesson was very easy for everyone. We ended the math class by completing an exit card over multiplying fractions.
Homework:
***None- We earned our "No Homework" night because we had 10 days of completed homework.
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Social Studies:
Today we started new rotations. Welcome Mrs. Doms' class.! Today we started Chapter 3. This chapter deals with the American Indians and their cultural regions. This is a long chapter, but I think that the students will enjoy learning about the different cultural regions through skits, role playing, and writing.
Today the vocabulary was passed out. Be sure to look over and study these new vocabulary words that are on lime green paper. Studying a little each night will be very helpful as we work together through this chapter.
Homework:
***None
Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday, November 23, 2009
11/23/09
Welcome to a short week!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we accomplished many things. Since we did not have any specials today, we were able to use the morning as a great review. We started the morning by listening to a short chapter in our read a loud. We then took the overall Unit 2 assessment. In handwriting we practiced the letters m and n since these two letters are sometimes confused in our writing. We also worked on the capital z,x, and v. We also put the final touches on our writing piece and they are now hanging proudly in the hall. Finally, we played several Bingo games as a way to practice our Word Master words. Lastly, we met with our third grade reading buddies to spend some time reading together.
Homework:
***There is no Weekly Homework Packet this week since we have a short week.
***Study your Word Master words and Unit 2 spelling words( Our spelling test is on Wednesday. Our Word Master test will be on December 11th-Please study each night.)
***Read
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Math:
Today in math, we completed our minute and spent some time working on computation on white boards. We spent the majority of our practice on algebra, interest, and finding the tip of a check given the bill and the percent.
Journal 2 was passed out today. be sure to read the Family Letter that was sent home today as well. It tells you everything that we will work on in this upcoming unit. This unit, I assume, will be fairly easy for the students.The lesson today dealt with multiplying fractions. We continue to practice this skill over and over during our computation time.
Homework:
***Journal Pages 207-210
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Social Studies:
We had our Chapter 3 test today and finished up sharing our logs from our Interactive Workbook. Tomorrow will start new rotations. My homeroom class will have Mrs. Doms for the remainder of the grading period to work on Science.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we accomplished many things. Since we did not have any specials today, we were able to use the morning as a great review. We started the morning by listening to a short chapter in our read a loud. We then took the overall Unit 2 assessment. In handwriting we practiced the letters m and n since these two letters are sometimes confused in our writing. We also worked on the capital z,x, and v. We also put the final touches on our writing piece and they are now hanging proudly in the hall. Finally, we played several Bingo games as a way to practice our Word Master words. Lastly, we met with our third grade reading buddies to spend some time reading together.
Homework:
***There is no Weekly Homework Packet this week since we have a short week.
***Study your Word Master words and Unit 2 spelling words( Our spelling test is on Wednesday. Our Word Master test will be on December 11th-Please study each night.)
***Read
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Math:
Today in math, we completed our minute and spent some time working on computation on white boards. We spent the majority of our practice on algebra, interest, and finding the tip of a check given the bill and the percent.
Journal 2 was passed out today. be sure to read the Family Letter that was sent home today as well. It tells you everything that we will work on in this upcoming unit. This unit, I assume, will be fairly easy for the students.The lesson today dealt with multiplying fractions. We continue to practice this skill over and over during our computation time.
Homework:
***Journal Pages 207-210
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Social Studies:
We had our Chapter 3 test today and finished up sharing our logs from our Interactive Workbook. Tomorrow will start new rotations. My homeroom class will have Mrs. Doms for the remainder of the grading period to work on Science.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
11/19/09
Today flew by!
Language Arts:(Double Specials)
Today in Language Arts we listened to our read a loud, reviewed our grammar skill of the week, took our selection assessment, and took turns typing our "I Am" poem.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet
***Study your spelling words for the test
***Read independently and record minutes. (Remember your parent signature.)
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Math:
Today was our day in the computer lab to work on Study Island. We also completed a minute, reviewed our RIT vocabulary, went over our Unit 5 test and Midyear assessment, and graded our homework from last night.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 5.10
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we reviewed orally for the test and worked on our Log in our Interactive Workbook. In the log, we pretended to be an explorer and wrote all all about coming to the New World. We will share these in class tomorrow.
Homework:
***The test on Monday will include information from textbook as well as the Interactive Workbook. To prepare for the test, the students should reread each section, know the vocabulary, and be able to describe the objects that could be found in a sunken ship.
***Complete your log in it was not completed in class.
Reminders:
Tomorrow is the last day for our Food Drive. Please bring in canned goods.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:(Double Specials)
Today in Language Arts we listened to our read a loud, reviewed our grammar skill of the week, took our selection assessment, and took turns typing our "I Am" poem.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet
***Study your spelling words for the test
***Read independently and record minutes. (Remember your parent signature.)
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Math:
Today was our day in the computer lab to work on Study Island. We also completed a minute, reviewed our RIT vocabulary, went over our Unit 5 test and Midyear assessment, and graded our homework from last night.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 5.10
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we reviewed orally for the test and worked on our Log in our Interactive Workbook. In the log, we pretended to be an explorer and wrote all all about coming to the New World. We will share these in class tomorrow.
Homework:
***The test on Monday will include information from textbook as well as the Interactive Workbook. To prepare for the test, the students should reread each section, know the vocabulary, and be able to describe the objects that could be found in a sunken ship.
***Complete your log in it was not completed in class.
Reminders:
Tomorrow is the last day for our Food Drive. Please bring in canned goods.
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
11/18/09
D.A.R.E. Day!
Language Arts:
With today being our D.A.R.E. graduation, our time in Language Arts was cut short. We were still able to meet with our editing partners to edit sentences focusing on direct quotations, spelling, and punctuation with contractions.We also completed a proofreading page in our grammar book, and finished up either writing or typing our "I AM" writing piece.
Homework:
***Study your RIT vocabulary
***Weekly Homework Packet is due Friday
***Reading projects are due in January. If you have not received your flip book from me, please see me when you are ready.
***Study spelling words
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute and spent quite a bit of time on different skills. This was a great review for everyone. We spent some time working on a few pages in our journal independently.
Homework:
***Journal pages 200-203
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Social Studies:
We spent the afternoon discussing and reviewing chapter 4. The students were then divided into groups to role play different events that took place between the years 1400-1500. They were then asked to summarize their acting out and that of their friends by writing a short sentence summary of their skit by using the vocabulary words given in their interactive workbooks. We had great discussions today. We will continue on tomorrow, review on Friday, and our chapter test is scheduled for Monday.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
With today being our D.A.R.E. graduation, our time in Language Arts was cut short. We were still able to meet with our editing partners to edit sentences focusing on direct quotations, spelling, and punctuation with contractions.We also completed a proofreading page in our grammar book, and finished up either writing or typing our "I AM" writing piece.
Homework:
***Study your RIT vocabulary
***Weekly Homework Packet is due Friday
***Reading projects are due in January. If you have not received your flip book from me, please see me when you are ready.
***Study spelling words
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute and spent quite a bit of time on different skills. This was a great review for everyone. We spent some time working on a few pages in our journal independently.
Homework:
***Journal pages 200-203
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Social Studies:
We spent the afternoon discussing and reviewing chapter 4. The students were then divided into groups to role play different events that took place between the years 1400-1500. They were then asked to summarize their acting out and that of their friends by writing a short sentence summary of their skit by using the vocabulary words given in their interactive workbooks. We had great discussions today. We will continue on tomorrow, review on Friday, and our chapter test is scheduled for Monday.
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
11/17/09
It is time to bring out those sweaters and long pants! Recess was cold!
Today in Language Arts we switched for Vocabulary Vine, listened to a short chapter in our read a loud, practiced our spelling words by completing a sheet together, and worked on capitalizing, punctuating, and underlining titles in grammar.
Homework:
***Study your spelling words
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Study RIT Vocabulary
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Math:
Math was a bit shorter today due to a brief play put on by several of our students to inform us about their "Granger Paths Project." We did have time to take our Unit 5 test, however. I will get those graded and returned to the students by the end of the week. We will start Unit 6 tomorrow. This is my favorite Unit and I think the students are eager to jump into it as well. With all the extra work that we have been doing with algebra, they are all eager to get started with this unit.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
Today in content we read and discussed the Reading Further section. This stirred up a lot of questions about war and religion. Although it was brief, I was impressed with how respectful everyone was with their comments. Tomorrow we will role play. Our Chapter 4 test is scheduled for Monday. We will start new rotations on Tuesday of next week.
Until tomorrow...
Today in Language Arts we switched for Vocabulary Vine, listened to a short chapter in our read a loud, practiced our spelling words by completing a sheet together, and worked on capitalizing, punctuating, and underlining titles in grammar.
Homework:
***Study your spelling words
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Study RIT Vocabulary
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Math:
Math was a bit shorter today due to a brief play put on by several of our students to inform us about their "Granger Paths Project." We did have time to take our Unit 5 test, however. I will get those graded and returned to the students by the end of the week. We will start Unit 6 tomorrow. This is my favorite Unit and I think the students are eager to jump into it as well. With all the extra work that we have been doing with algebra, they are all eager to get started with this unit.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
Today in content we read and discussed the Reading Further section. This stirred up a lot of questions about war and religion. Although it was brief, I was impressed with how respectful everyone was with their comments. Tomorrow we will role play. Our Chapter 4 test is scheduled for Monday. We will start new rotations on Tuesday of next week.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, November 16, 2009
11/16/09
Language Arts:
We were able to accomplish quite a few things today since we did not have any specials.
Spelling- We took our pretest and sorted words that have the VCCV spelling pattern. Please take some extra time to practice your words this week by writing them out several times.
Reading- We read our story for the week, discussed text information and made inferences. We also discussed our story vocabulary and our new RIT vocabulary.
***It is very important that every student take the extra time to review the 5 or 6 new RIT words for the week. We are trying to add on to our list of vocabulary words each week so the students need to know definitions and examples each week in order for us to add additional words.
Grammar- Today in grammar we practiced plural nouns and possessive plural nouns. With continued practice, this skill will keep getting better and better.
Read Aloud- We started our new read a loud today. The novel is called Among the Hidden. This is a great novel in a series of books. My hope is that by reading it, it will encourage the students to read the following books in the series.
Writing- Today in writing, we started an "I Am" poem. Even though this sounds basic, it was difficult because we added a twist. The students had to write their poem using personification. This had them really thinking!
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- Remember to take extra time in answering your comprehension questions.
***Read 20 minutes and record your minutes
***Flip Books are now ready! Whenever you finish your book for the next book project, you can pick up your assembled Flip Book.
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Math:
Today in math we went through our Unit 5 practice quiz in groups. The students were given huge chart paper and asked to work on different problems at their table and they had to include a written explanation of their answer. I received great feedback from the kids who thought that reviewing in this way was fun and very helpful.
Homework:
***Finish the practice quiz. We will go over it before the test tomorrow.
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Social studies:
We continued on today with our discussion of the explorers. Tomorrow we will role play! I look forward to this!
Homework:
***None
***Chapter 3 tests are in mailboxes today.
Reminders:
***Please bring in non perishable food items for our food drive.
***D.A.R.E. graduation is on Wednesday at 8:15.
Thank you to everyone who made a donation to our D.A.R.E. Read-a-thon. We will present Officer Redman with a check at graduation.
Until tomorrow...
We were able to accomplish quite a few things today since we did not have any specials.
Spelling- We took our pretest and sorted words that have the VCCV spelling pattern. Please take some extra time to practice your words this week by writing them out several times.
Reading- We read our story for the week, discussed text information and made inferences. We also discussed our story vocabulary and our new RIT vocabulary.
***It is very important that every student take the extra time to review the 5 or 6 new RIT words for the week. We are trying to add on to our list of vocabulary words each week so the students need to know definitions and examples each week in order for us to add additional words.
Grammar- Today in grammar we practiced plural nouns and possessive plural nouns. With continued practice, this skill will keep getting better and better.
Read Aloud- We started our new read a loud today. The novel is called Among the Hidden. This is a great novel in a series of books. My hope is that by reading it, it will encourage the students to read the following books in the series.
Writing- Today in writing, we started an "I Am" poem. Even though this sounds basic, it was difficult because we added a twist. The students had to write their poem using personification. This had them really thinking!
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- Remember to take extra time in answering your comprehension questions.
***Read 20 minutes and record your minutes
***Flip Books are now ready! Whenever you finish your book for the next book project, you can pick up your assembled Flip Book.
*************************************************************************************
Math:
Today in math we went through our Unit 5 practice quiz in groups. The students were given huge chart paper and asked to work on different problems at their table and they had to include a written explanation of their answer. I received great feedback from the kids who thought that reviewing in this way was fun and very helpful.
Homework:
***Finish the practice quiz. We will go over it before the test tomorrow.
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Social studies:
We continued on today with our discussion of the explorers. Tomorrow we will role play! I look forward to this!
Homework:
***None
***Chapter 3 tests are in mailboxes today.
Reminders:
***Please bring in non perishable food items for our food drive.
***D.A.R.E. graduation is on Wednesday at 8:15.
Thank you to everyone who made a donation to our D.A.R.E. Read-a-thon. We will present Officer Redman with a check at graduation.
Until tomorrow...
Friday, November 13, 2009
11/13/09
What a Friday!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we switched for Vocabulary Vine, took our usual Friday assessments, and spent some time discussing and going over our Word Master words that were passed out today. Word Masters is an academic analogy competition that is given three times per year. The students in my class are expected to participate in this competition. It is an excellent way to learn many different vocabulary words that hopefully will spill over into their verbal skills and writing. For this first competition, the students were assigned only one word to look up . An example was given on their assignment sheet. Time was given in class today to ask questions and get started. It is expected that this word will be typed and complete by Monday. (It is homework and written in planners!) We will compile all words as a packet for others, so be sure to include every definition of the word. We will play a variety of games over the next several weeks before the actual test.
Homework:
***Word Master Word- typed and complete
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Math:
Today in math, we completed our minute, worked on a variety of computation skills including finding the simply interest on a loan, and finished up Unit 5 Checking Progress and a Midyear Assessment.
Homework:
***None
***We will work with partners and small groups on Monday working on a practice test for Unit 5. This will be exactly like the test on Tuesday. It will cover measuring angles, finding the missing angles, finding the degree measure of a sector, and drawing a congruent triangle in a coordinate grid when given one side and then plotting the points.
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Content:
We had a blast in Social Studies today! While listening to "Underwater sounds", we took turns diving down into a ship to recover artifacts that may have been recovered from a sunken European ship. We then acted as researchers and took notes to draw our finding and to decide how and why these artifacts may have helped the Europeans.
Have a great weekend!
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Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we switched for Vocabulary Vine, took our usual Friday assessments, and spent some time discussing and going over our Word Master words that were passed out today. Word Masters is an academic analogy competition that is given three times per year. The students in my class are expected to participate in this competition. It is an excellent way to learn many different vocabulary words that hopefully will spill over into their verbal skills and writing. For this first competition, the students were assigned only one word to look up . An example was given on their assignment sheet. Time was given in class today to ask questions and get started. It is expected that this word will be typed and complete by Monday. (It is homework and written in planners!) We will compile all words as a packet for others, so be sure to include every definition of the word. We will play a variety of games over the next several weeks before the actual test.
Homework:
***Word Master Word- typed and complete
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Math:
Today in math, we completed our minute, worked on a variety of computation skills including finding the simply interest on a loan, and finished up Unit 5 Checking Progress and a Midyear Assessment.
Homework:
***None
***We will work with partners and small groups on Monday working on a practice test for Unit 5. This will be exactly like the test on Tuesday. It will cover measuring angles, finding the missing angles, finding the degree measure of a sector, and drawing a congruent triangle in a coordinate grid when given one side and then plotting the points.
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Content:
We had a blast in Social Studies today! While listening to "Underwater sounds", we took turns diving down into a ship to recover artifacts that may have been recovered from a sunken European ship. We then acted as researchers and took notes to draw our finding and to decide how and why these artifacts may have helped the Europeans.
Have a great weekend!
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
11/11/09
It is Veteran's Day!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we read independently during Vocabulary Vine, practiced our story and RIT vocabulary, and worked on using singular and plural possessive nouns. During computer time, we took our AR tests since AR has been out of commission for about a week and then finished up with Study Island. During our writing time, we spent some time sharing our writing from last week and fine tuning it. We will type our finished product on Friday.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Read and record minutes
***Study story and RIT vocabulary
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Math:
Math flew by today! We completed our minute, graded our homework and worked on a variety of skills during computation time. For example, we worked on finding the simple interest on a loan, multiplying exponents, multiplying binomials with the F.O.I.L. method, and solving for a variable. Quite a bit of time was spent today on algebra concepts.
Homework:
***Worksheet-Page 12 and 14
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Content:
We had our last D.A.R.E. today. Officer Redman assigned our D.A.R.E. essays today. Everyone must turn in their essay by Monday. Our graduation will be next Wednesday. More information about graduation will be sent home soon.
Until Friday....(I will be out of the building tomorrow.)
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we read independently during Vocabulary Vine, practiced our story and RIT vocabulary, and worked on using singular and plural possessive nouns. During computer time, we took our AR tests since AR has been out of commission for about a week and then finished up with Study Island. During our writing time, we spent some time sharing our writing from last week and fine tuning it. We will type our finished product on Friday.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Read and record minutes
***Study story and RIT vocabulary
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Math:
Math flew by today! We completed our minute, graded our homework and worked on a variety of skills during computation time. For example, we worked on finding the simple interest on a loan, multiplying exponents, multiplying binomials with the F.O.I.L. method, and solving for a variable. Quite a bit of time was spent today on algebra concepts.
Homework:
***Worksheet-Page 12 and 14
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Content:
We had our last D.A.R.E. today. Officer Redman assigned our D.A.R.E. essays today. Everyone must turn in their essay by Monday. Our graduation will be next Wednesday. More information about graduation will be sent home soon.
Until Friday....(I will be out of the building tomorrow.)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
11/11/09
Language Arts:
Today was a busy one in room 24. We switched for Vocabulary Vine where we added to our independent reading minutes, finished our read aloud, practiced our spelling skills for the week, and worked on plural possessive nouns. The students started a grammar sheet in class that we will go over tomorrow in class. It is homework if it was not completed in class.
(Double Specials)
Homework:
***Book orders are due tomorrow
***Grammar-Page 51
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Friday
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, worked on computation and skill review on the board, and worked on pages in our journal that covered angle measures and fractions(review).
Homework:
***Journal pages 197 and 198
***Worksheet(both sides)
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Social Studies:
We started Chapter 4 today -How and Why Europeans Came to the New World. This should be an interesting chapter. The students were told today that they will divide down into a sunken ship to uncover artifacts that may have been left behind... They are going to have some fun!
Until tomorrow...
Today was a busy one in room 24. We switched for Vocabulary Vine where we added to our independent reading minutes, finished our read aloud, practiced our spelling skills for the week, and worked on plural possessive nouns. The students started a grammar sheet in class that we will go over tomorrow in class. It is homework if it was not completed in class.
(Double Specials)
Homework:
***Book orders are due tomorrow
***Grammar-Page 51
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Friday
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, worked on computation and skill review on the board, and worked on pages in our journal that covered angle measures and fractions(review).
Homework:
***Journal pages 197 and 198
***Worksheet(both sides)
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Social Studies:
We started Chapter 4 today -How and Why Europeans Came to the New World. This should be an interesting chapter. The students were told today that they will divide down into a sunken ship to uncover artifacts that may have been left behind... They are going to have some fun!
Until tomorrow...
Monday, November 9, 2009
11/9/09
Another Filled Day!
Language Arts:
Today was a productive day in Language Arts. Since we did not have any specials today, we were able to accomplish quite a few things. We took our spelling pretest, discussed our new RIT vocabulary, reviewed our story vocabulary, and listened to our basal story on tape. The story for the week is called The Night of San Juan. It is an interesting story that should elicit a good conversation while reading it together.
We are just about ready to wrap up our current read aloud. With only one more chapter to go, everyone is anxious to see what happens to Sam, the main character.
We also met with our reading buddies today. It is always fun to see the interaction and listen to the conversations that take place between our class and our third grade friends.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- This is due on Friday as usual. I took out the summary this week and added some nonfiction reading and practice with context clues.
***Book orders are due on Wednesday.
***Read and record your reading minutes.
***Practice your RIT vocabulary every night this week.
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Math:
Math flew by today! We were able to complete our minute and then we jumped right into copying triangles, quadrangles, and reviewed our quiz from last week. The students are getting the hang off copying these shapes and using their compass.
We are getting closer to the end of our Unit. We will be having our test some time early next week.
Homework:
***Study Link 5.8
***Study your RIT vocabulary
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Social Studies:
We took our Chapter 3 test today. We will jump into Chapter 4 tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today was a productive day in Language Arts. Since we did not have any specials today, we were able to accomplish quite a few things. We took our spelling pretest, discussed our new RIT vocabulary, reviewed our story vocabulary, and listened to our basal story on tape. The story for the week is called The Night of San Juan. It is an interesting story that should elicit a good conversation while reading it together.
We are just about ready to wrap up our current read aloud. With only one more chapter to go, everyone is anxious to see what happens to Sam, the main character.
We also met with our reading buddies today. It is always fun to see the interaction and listen to the conversations that take place between our class and our third grade friends.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- This is due on Friday as usual. I took out the summary this week and added some nonfiction reading and practice with context clues.
***Book orders are due on Wednesday.
***Read and record your reading minutes.
***Practice your RIT vocabulary every night this week.
*****************************************************************************************************************
Math:
Math flew by today! We were able to complete our minute and then we jumped right into copying triangles, quadrangles, and reviewed our quiz from last week. The students are getting the hang off copying these shapes and using their compass.
We are getting closer to the end of our Unit. We will be having our test some time early next week.
Homework:
***Study Link 5.8
***Study your RIT vocabulary
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Social Studies:
We took our Chapter 3 test today. We will jump into Chapter 4 tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Friday, November 6, 2009
11/6/09
Language Arts:
Today in Vocabulary Vine the students took a break and had time to independent read. In class we took our usual assessments, went to the library, and completed our weekly writing in our writer's notebook.
Homework:
***None
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Math:
Math class was very busy today and boy did it fly by!
We completed our minute and jumped right into the lesson of the day. We spent time copying line segments, triangles, finding the degree sector of a percent of a circle and the degree of a fraction of a circle. We ended the class by starting to go over the measuring angles quiz that I passed back. We will continue going over it on Monday.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
We spent the majority of our class time today playing a review game to get ready for our test on Monday over Chapter 3. The remainder of class was spent applying what we know by writing a letter in our Interactive Workbooks on page 20.
Homework:
***Study for the test. Use the Study guide, book, and charts from your interactive workbook
***Finish the letter if you did not complete it during class time
Until Monday...
Today in Vocabulary Vine the students took a break and had time to independent read. In class we took our usual assessments, went to the library, and completed our weekly writing in our writer's notebook.
Homework:
***None
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Math:
Math class was very busy today and boy did it fly by!
We completed our minute and jumped right into the lesson of the day. We spent time copying line segments, triangles, finding the degree sector of a percent of a circle and the degree of a fraction of a circle. We ended the class by starting to go over the measuring angles quiz that I passed back. We will continue going over it on Monday.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
We spent the majority of our class time today playing a review game to get ready for our test on Monday over Chapter 3. The remainder of class was spent applying what we know by writing a letter in our Interactive Workbooks on page 20.
Homework:
***Study for the test. Use the Study guide, book, and charts from your interactive workbook
***Finish the letter if you did not complete it during class time
Until Monday...
Thursday, November 5, 2009
11/5/09
Today in Language Arts we reviewed inflectional endings in preparation for our spelling test, listened to our read a loud, practiced our grammar skills of making singular nouns plural, and learned new word parts to add to our Vocabulary Vine. We accomplished all of this before heading to double specials.
Homework:
*** Our Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow. Don't forget to log your reading minutes and get a parent signature.
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Math:
We spent part of our math class in the computer lab working on
Study Island. The remainder of the class was spent completing our minute, working on computation, and learning how to construct a duplicate triangle by using only a straight edge and a compass. For some students, trying to construct a triangle was a bit frustrating. I promised them that with practice, it will get easier.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we discussed the Seneca Tribe, completed our chart and discussed the similarities and differences between the groups. We had great conversations today and I feel that the students are really prepared for their test. Tomorrow we will do a writing activity and play a review game. Our chapter 3 test will be on Monday.
Until tomorrow...
Homework:
*** Our Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow. Don't forget to log your reading minutes and get a parent signature.
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Math:
We spent part of our math class in the computer lab working on
Study Island. The remainder of the class was spent completing our minute, working on computation, and learning how to construct a duplicate triangle by using only a straight edge and a compass. For some students, trying to construct a triangle was a bit frustrating. I promised them that with practice, it will get easier.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we discussed the Seneca Tribe, completed our chart and discussed the similarities and differences between the groups. We had great conversations today and I feel that the students are really prepared for their test. Tomorrow we will do a writing activity and play a review game. Our chapter 3 test will be on Monday.
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
11/05/09
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we added two new words to our Vocabulary Vine, listened to our read aloud, and started our next writing piece. We also had a bullying session with Mrs. Slater that involved watching an interesting DVD.
During computer lab time, we worked on Study Island.
Remember- It is a great idea to work on Study Island at home. This helps to reinforce both Language Arts and Math skills that will help with preparing us for the ISTEP in the spring.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday
***Study spelling
***Read independently and record minutes with a parent signature
***Book orders are due on Nov. 11
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Math:
Today in Math, we completed our minute, graded our homework, worked on algebraic equations as computation review and took a quiz over measuring angles. We also started our next lesson which deals with using a straight edge and a protractor to copy angles and triangles. After a brief introduction, the students were anxious to get started. We will dive into this later in the week.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
We had D.A.R.E. today.
Reminder: A study guide was sent home yesterday to help prepare for our Chapter 3 test which will be on Monday, Nov. 9. Remember to study a little each night.
Until tomorrow...
Today in Language Arts we added two new words to our Vocabulary Vine, listened to our read aloud, and started our next writing piece. We also had a bullying session with Mrs. Slater that involved watching an interesting DVD.
During computer lab time, we worked on Study Island.
Remember- It is a great idea to work on Study Island at home. This helps to reinforce both Language Arts and Math skills that will help with preparing us for the ISTEP in the spring.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday
***Study spelling
***Read independently and record minutes with a parent signature
***Book orders are due on Nov. 11
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Math:
Today in Math, we completed our minute, graded our homework, worked on algebraic equations as computation review and took a quiz over measuring angles. We also started our next lesson which deals with using a straight edge and a protractor to copy angles and triangles. After a brief introduction, the students were anxious to get started. We will dive into this later in the week.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
We had D.A.R.E. today.
Reminder: A study guide was sent home yesterday to help prepare for our Chapter 3 test which will be on Monday, Nov. 9. Remember to study a little each night.
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
11/03/09
Tired Tuesday!
Language Arts:
This morning in language Arts we tried to fit a lot of things in before heading to double specials. In Vocabulary Vine we added two new word parts to our every growing list of new vocabulary. In class we practiced the inflected endings of ing and ed with our spelling words. We also reviewed and practiced singular and plural nouns, listened to our read a loud, and squeezed in 15 minutes of independent reading time.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet and Weekly Assessments- Friday
***Read independently and record minutes
***Our next reading project is due in early January- Blank flip books will be provided shortly
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, reviewed some algebra concepts on white boards, graded our homework, and continued our discussion of angle measures, reflections, transformations, rotations, and flips. We will have a quiz tomorrow over Unit 5 concepts/skills that have been covered so far.
Homework:
***Math Boxes 5.6,5.7,5.8,5.9
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we discussed 4 different Young American Indians. They were from the Taos, the Iowas and the Mahkahs. We also filled out a chart in our interactive workbook. This is a great resource for our test next Monday. Study guides were passed out today. It is a good idea to start to study early.
Homework:
***Our test is on Monday, Nov. 9
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
This morning in language Arts we tried to fit a lot of things in before heading to double specials. In Vocabulary Vine we added two new word parts to our every growing list of new vocabulary. In class we practiced the inflected endings of ing and ed with our spelling words. We also reviewed and practiced singular and plural nouns, listened to our read a loud, and squeezed in 15 minutes of independent reading time.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet and Weekly Assessments- Friday
***Read independently and record minutes
***Our next reading project is due in early January- Blank flip books will be provided shortly
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, reviewed some algebra concepts on white boards, graded our homework, and continued our discussion of angle measures, reflections, transformations, rotations, and flips. We will have a quiz tomorrow over Unit 5 concepts/skills that have been covered so far.
Homework:
***Math Boxes 5.6,5.7,5.8,5.9
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we discussed 4 different Young American Indians. They were from the Taos, the Iowas and the Mahkahs. We also filled out a chart in our interactive workbook. This is a great resource for our test next Monday. Study guides were passed out today. It is a good idea to start to study early.
Homework:
***Our test is on Monday, Nov. 9
Until tomorrow...
Monday, November 2, 2009
11/02/09
Everyone looks rested after our three day weekend!
Language Arts:
Today in language Arts we covered a lot. We took our spelling pretest, discussed our new RIT words for the week. They are as follows: verse, works cited, third person point of view, understatement, and symbol. We also discussed our new vocabulary for our story of the week, listened to our read a loud and reviewed irregular plural and singular nouns. We also found a few minutes to jot down ideas about what was on our minds. We will share these things later on in the week.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Friday
***Read independently and record minutes
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, reviewed skills on white boards, and then jumped into our lesson for the day. The lesson today dealt with translations, reflections, and rotations of figures.
Homework:
***Journal pages 181-183
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we played a review game. The students were divided into two teams. Each student wrote 3 compare/contrast questions about the American Indian groups and the regions they inhabited. This was a fun way to review their chart of facts and an excellent way to review for the test next week.
Homework:
***Chapter 3 test- Monday
Reminders:
***A note was sent home today about a D.A.R.E. Read-a-thon that we will be having. Please read the information that was sent home in blue folders.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in language Arts we covered a lot. We took our spelling pretest, discussed our new RIT words for the week. They are as follows: verse, works cited, third person point of view, understatement, and symbol. We also discussed our new vocabulary for our story of the week, listened to our read a loud and reviewed irregular plural and singular nouns. We also found a few minutes to jot down ideas about what was on our minds. We will share these things later on in the week.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Friday
***Read independently and record minutes
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, reviewed skills on white boards, and then jumped into our lesson for the day. The lesson today dealt with translations, reflections, and rotations of figures.
Homework:
***Journal pages 181-183
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we played a review game. The students were divided into two teams. Each student wrote 3 compare/contrast questions about the American Indian groups and the regions they inhabited. This was a fun way to review their chart of facts and an excellent way to review for the test next week.
Homework:
***Chapter 3 test- Monday
Reminders:
***A note was sent home today about a D.A.R.E. Read-a-thon that we will be having. Please read the information that was sent home in blue folders.
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
10/28/09
I was out sick yesterday, so I am glad to be back!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we listened to our read aloud, reviewed our skills for the week, took our selection assessment over our weekly story, and added on to our Vocabulary Vine. Also, in recognition of Red Ribbon Week, we worked on a persuasive essay about "Saying No TO Drugs."
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow since we will not be in school on Friday
***Persuasive essay is due tomorrow if you did not complete it in class
***Report Cards and some assessments are in blue folders. Be sure to look for them.
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Math:
Today we reviewed how to find the degree sector of a circle, reviewed algebra skills on white boards, and took a short quiz over measuring angles.
Homework:
***None
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Content:
We had D.A.R.E. today.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we listened to our read aloud, reviewed our skills for the week, took our selection assessment over our weekly story, and added on to our Vocabulary Vine. Also, in recognition of Red Ribbon Week, we worked on a persuasive essay about "Saying No TO Drugs."
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow since we will not be in school on Friday
***Persuasive essay is due tomorrow if you did not complete it in class
***Report Cards and some assessments are in blue folders. Be sure to look for them.
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Math:
Today we reviewed how to find the degree sector of a circle, reviewed algebra skills on white boards, and took a short quiz over measuring angles.
Homework:
***None
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Content:
We had D.A.R.E. today.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, October 26, 2009
10/26/09
I am glad to be back at school after missing Friday!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we had a busy morning. We listened to our read a loud first and then took our spelling pretest. The list for the week is a little tricky. It deals with making words plural including specific rules for making them plural. Please make sure to study a little each night. Our test will be on Friday. Remember: If a word ends in sh, ch, s, or x, you need to add an es to make it plural.
In Reading, we discussed our story vocabulary. Our words for the week are as follows: species, alert, vibrates, surroundings, prey, predators, lunging, and survive. Our story is called Rattlers and it is loaded with interesting facts. Please talk about these as you read the story together this week.
Our RIT vocabulary words are as follow: antecedent, independent clause, dependent clause, fragment, denotation, connotation, and appendix. Every student has a copy of these definitions and examples with them in their RIT folder. They should be reviewed each night for a short quiz on Thursday this week.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Thursday
***New Reading Projects were passed out today. They will be due on January 7. Please see the purple handout for specific details.
***Handwriting- Pages 26 and 27
***Spelling tests and RIT quiz were passed back today-Check blue take home folders.
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Math:
Today we completed our minute, reviewed skills on white boards, discussed our new RIT skill. This week the RIT skills is Solving Inequalities. We will start this concept very slowly. I expect that the students will become more familiar with it by the end of the week.
Our lesson for today dealt with making circle graphs by using a protractor. The students have a template tonight to help them with their homework.
Homework:
***Pages 171, 172 and Math Box and Study Link 5.3
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we covered the rest of our American Indian groups in the chapter. We discussed the following groups: American Indians of the Great Plains, Eastern Woodlands, and the Southeast. We used the information that we learned today to complete pages in our Interactive Workbook.
It looks as though our test over chapter 3 will be some time next week. Since we only have Social Studies one more time this week, I do not want to rush through the material. I will let the students know what day the test will be as soon as we get closer. It is always a good idea to review what we cover in class each night. This will make studying for the test a whole lot easier.
Homework:
***No written homework
Reminders:
This is Red Ribbon Week. Remember to wear you athletic gear tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we had a busy morning. We listened to our read a loud first and then took our spelling pretest. The list for the week is a little tricky. It deals with making words plural including specific rules for making them plural. Please make sure to study a little each night. Our test will be on Friday. Remember: If a word ends in sh, ch, s, or x, you need to add an es to make it plural.
In Reading, we discussed our story vocabulary. Our words for the week are as follows: species, alert, vibrates, surroundings, prey, predators, lunging, and survive. Our story is called Rattlers and it is loaded with interesting facts. Please talk about these as you read the story together this week.
Our RIT vocabulary words are as follow: antecedent, independent clause, dependent clause, fragment, denotation, connotation, and appendix. Every student has a copy of these definitions and examples with them in their RIT folder. They should be reviewed each night for a short quiz on Thursday this week.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Thursday
***New Reading Projects were passed out today. They will be due on January 7. Please see the purple handout for specific details.
***Handwriting- Pages 26 and 27
***Spelling tests and RIT quiz were passed back today-Check blue take home folders.
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Math:
Today we completed our minute, reviewed skills on white boards, discussed our new RIT skill. This week the RIT skills is Solving Inequalities. We will start this concept very slowly. I expect that the students will become more familiar with it by the end of the week.
Our lesson for today dealt with making circle graphs by using a protractor. The students have a template tonight to help them with their homework.
Homework:
***Pages 171, 172 and Math Box and Study Link 5.3
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we covered the rest of our American Indian groups in the chapter. We discussed the following groups: American Indians of the Great Plains, Eastern Woodlands, and the Southeast. We used the information that we learned today to complete pages in our Interactive Workbook.
It looks as though our test over chapter 3 will be some time next week. Since we only have Social Studies one more time this week, I do not want to rush through the material. I will let the students know what day the test will be as soon as we get closer. It is always a good idea to review what we cover in class each night. This will make studying for the test a whole lot easier.
Homework:
***No written homework
Reminders:
This is Red Ribbon Week. Remember to wear you athletic gear tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, October 22, 2009
10/22/09
What a dreary day!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we reviewed our story vocabulary, played an intense RIT vocabulary game, listened to our read a loud, and reviewed our grammar skill for the week.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow
***Read and Record your minutes
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Math:
Math was short today due to Bus Safety Day. We spent time in the computer lab working on Study Island, graded our homework, and worked on algebraic equations. We are getting a lot more confident with these.
Homework:
***None
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies due to Bus Safety Day. The students watched a short video about procedures and then we practiced evacuating the bus properly. Believe it or not, they enjoy jumping out of the back of a bus!
Until Tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we reviewed our story vocabulary, played an intense RIT vocabulary game, listened to our read a loud, and reviewed our grammar skill for the week.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow
***Read and Record your minutes
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Math:
Math was short today due to Bus Safety Day. We spent time in the computer lab working on Study Island, graded our homework, and worked on algebraic equations. We are getting a lot more confident with these.
Homework:
***None
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies due to Bus Safety Day. The students watched a short video about procedures and then we practiced evacuating the bus properly. Believe it or not, they enjoy jumping out of the back of a bus!
Until Tomorrow...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
10/21/09
The last day of this grading period...
Language Arts:
Today was a busy one! After Vocabulary Vine, we completed a worksheet together using our spelling words and their meanings, practiced common and proper nouns, worked with our editing partners in finding grammatical mistakes in two different paragraphs, and listened to our read a loud.
During computer lab time, we created our own sentences using both common and proper nouns and color coded them.
Writing: We spent time working on our writing piece using transition words. Many students finished theirs in class today but it is homework if it was not completed in class.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- Due Friday
***Transition writing piece due tomorrow
***Read 20 minutes and log your minutes
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, worked on algebraic expressions during computation time, reviewed the RIT vocabulary that we've worked on so far this year, and jumped into measuring even more difficult angles.
Homework:
***Journal pages 168 and 169
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies today because of D.A.R.E.
Enjoy the last nice day before the rain...
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today was a busy one! After Vocabulary Vine, we completed a worksheet together using our spelling words and their meanings, practiced common and proper nouns, worked with our editing partners in finding grammatical mistakes in two different paragraphs, and listened to our read a loud.
During computer lab time, we created our own sentences using both common and proper nouns and color coded them.
Writing: We spent time working on our writing piece using transition words. Many students finished theirs in class today but it is homework if it was not completed in class.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- Due Friday
***Transition writing piece due tomorrow
***Read 20 minutes and log your minutes
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, worked on algebraic expressions during computation time, reviewed the RIT vocabulary that we've worked on so far this year, and jumped into measuring even more difficult angles.
Homework:
***Journal pages 168 and 169
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies today because of D.A.R.E.
Enjoy the last nice day before the rain...
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
10/20/09
What a nice day!
Language Arts: We had a short morning today due to double specials but we were very busy. We reviewed common and proper nouns, reviewed examples of our RIT vocabulary, read our weekly story independently, did a quick review of our weekly spelling words, and worked on our handwriting. Also at 10:20 everyone dropped everything and started to write about whatever was on their mind. It was interesting to read what everyone was thinking about at 10:20 on 10/20!
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday. It has new components this week so do not wait until the last minute to work on it!
***Read 20 minutes- Record your minutes
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, reviewed skills on white boards during our computation time, and jumped in to Unit 5. This unit deals with geometry so we spent some time today drawing and measuring angles as well as estimating their measure. We even found some time to play an Everyday Mathematics game- Angle Tangle.
Homework:
***None
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Content:
Welcome back homeroom students! Today we started chapter 3. This chapter talks about the American Indians settling into different parts of the United States.
***We will not meet again until Friday. Tomorrow we will have D.A.R.E. and Thursday is Bus Safety Day!
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts: We had a short morning today due to double specials but we were very busy. We reviewed common and proper nouns, reviewed examples of our RIT vocabulary, read our weekly story independently, did a quick review of our weekly spelling words, and worked on our handwriting. Also at 10:20 everyone dropped everything and started to write about whatever was on their mind. It was interesting to read what everyone was thinking about at 10:20 on 10/20!
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday. It has new components this week so do not wait until the last minute to work on it!
***Read 20 minutes- Record your minutes
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, reviewed skills on white boards during our computation time, and jumped in to Unit 5. This unit deals with geometry so we spent some time today drawing and measuring angles as well as estimating their measure. We even found some time to play an Everyday Mathematics game- Angle Tangle.
Homework:
***None
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Content:
Welcome back homeroom students! Today we started chapter 3. This chapter talks about the American Indians settling into different parts of the United States.
***We will not meet again until Friday. Tomorrow we will have D.A.R.E. and Thursday is Bus Safety Day!
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Monday, October 19, 2009
10/19/09
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we listened to our read a loud and then it was back into the basal to start Unit 2. Now that our novel study is complete, we will be working on stories from the reading book, comprehension skills, RIT vocabulary, grammar, and spelling once again. Be looking for our Weekly Homework Packet as well.
Today we read Shiloh and practiced idioms and making inferences. In grammar we discussed common and proper nouns. For most of us, this was fairly easy. Spelling this week is a little tricky. Be sure to study your words a little every night. Finally, we squeezed in 1/2 an hour to meet with our 3rd grade reading buddies.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet
***Conference forms need signed and returned tomorrow-Please!
***Read 20 minutes(at least) and log your minutes.
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute and spent some time working on review skills on our white boards. The remainder of the class was spent working on Unit 4 Checking Progress. We will begin Unit 5 today. This unit deals with Geometry.
Homework:
***Journal pages 159, 160, 162
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Content:
We painted and assembled our land form projects today. With the last few minutes remaining, we worked on our chapter 2 picture dictionaries.
Today was our last day of this rotation. Mrs. Doms' class will return to their homeroom tomorrow and have her for Science. I will have my homeroom for the next rotation. My homeroom will begin on chapter 3.
Until tomorrow...
Today in Language Arts we listened to our read a loud and then it was back into the basal to start Unit 2. Now that our novel study is complete, we will be working on stories from the reading book, comprehension skills, RIT vocabulary, grammar, and spelling once again. Be looking for our Weekly Homework Packet as well.
Today we read Shiloh and practiced idioms and making inferences. In grammar we discussed common and proper nouns. For most of us, this was fairly easy. Spelling this week is a little tricky. Be sure to study your words a little every night. Finally, we squeezed in 1/2 an hour to meet with our 3rd grade reading buddies.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet
***Conference forms need signed and returned tomorrow-Please!
***Read 20 minutes(at least) and log your minutes.
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute and spent some time working on review skills on our white boards. The remainder of the class was spent working on Unit 4 Checking Progress. We will begin Unit 5 today. This unit deals with Geometry.
Homework:
***Journal pages 159, 160, 162
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Content:
We painted and assembled our land form projects today. With the last few minutes remaining, we worked on our chapter 2 picture dictionaries.
Today was our last day of this rotation. Mrs. Doms' class will return to their homeroom tomorrow and have her for Science. I will have my homeroom for the next rotation. My homeroom will begin on chapter 3.
Until tomorrow...
Friday, October 16, 2009
10/16/09
Fall Festival Friday!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we finished up our reading projects, practiced a literary drama, listened to our read a aloud, and worked on a writing piece using transitions.
Homework:
***None
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Math:
Today in Math we completed our minute, worked on computation review on white boards, and took our test over Unit 4.
A quiz was passed back today covering Unit 4 skills. Be looking for it in blue take home folders.
WSBT was at Northpoint today and they stopped into our math class to get a sneak peak. Be sure to check out the news tonight or log onto the web to see our students in the news!
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
We had to postpone working on our land form projects today because they were still a bit to wet to paint. Instead, we worked on creating a picture dictionary of important terms and definitions from chapter 2. These will be a great resource to use at the end of the year as a way to review what we've learned in Social Studies. We will finish up our landforms on Monday. This will be the last day of our rotation.
Homework:
***None
Until Monday...
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we finished up our reading projects, practiced a literary drama, listened to our read a aloud, and worked on a writing piece using transitions.
Homework:
***None
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Math:
Today in Math we completed our minute, worked on computation review on white boards, and took our test over Unit 4.
A quiz was passed back today covering Unit 4 skills. Be looking for it in blue take home folders.
WSBT was at Northpoint today and they stopped into our math class to get a sneak peak. Be sure to check out the news tonight or log onto the web to see our students in the news!
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
We had to postpone working on our land form projects today because they were still a bit to wet to paint. Instead, we worked on creating a picture dictionary of important terms and definitions from chapter 2. These will be a great resource to use at the end of the year as a way to review what we've learned in Social Studies. We will finish up our landforms on Monday. This will be the last day of our rotation.
Homework:
***None
Until Monday...
Thursday, October 15, 2009
10/15/09
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we finished up our reading project presentations and worked on our independent novel study projects.
Homework:
***Tomorrow is the last day to take an Ar for this grading period
***Independent reading projects are due tomorrow
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Math:
Today in math we spent time in the computer lab working on Study Island, graded our homework, and worked on percent problems.
Homework:
***None
***Our Unit 4 test will be tomorrow. It will be exactly like our quiz.
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Social Studies:
We created our landforms today. It was FUN!
Until tomorrow...
Today in Language Arts we finished up our reading project presentations and worked on our independent novel study projects.
Homework:
***Tomorrow is the last day to take an Ar for this grading period
***Independent reading projects are due tomorrow
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Math:
Today in math we spent time in the computer lab working on Study Island, graded our homework, and worked on percent problems.
Homework:
***None
***Our Unit 4 test will be tomorrow. It will be exactly like our quiz.
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Social Studies:
We created our landforms today. It was FUN!
Until tomorrow...
Monday, October 12, 2009
10/12/09
Columbus Day!
Language Arts:
Since today was our long morning in Language Arts, we were able to get a lot accomplished. We read and discussed chapters 12 and 13 of our novel study. We worked both individually and in small groups to tackle the comprehension questions and figurative terms. It really helped some students to hear the opinions and answers of their peers as they were answering specific questions. The students did a great job! With this being the end of the novel, we will have our test over it tomorrow. The test will reflect the figurative terms and comprehension questions that we covered each day in class. We will continue working on our journal activities and projects throughout the week as time allows.
We also found some time to work on our handwriting this morning. Today we reviewed the letters a,d,g,o,c, and q. I realize that some students may still be grumbling about writing in cursive, but their handwriting keeps getting better and better! Keep practicing!
Homework:
***Novel study test tomorrow
***Handwriting- Pages 21-24(if not finished in class)
***Reading projects are due on Wednesday
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Math:
Today in math, we completed our minute, worked on computation on white boards, and reviewed our new RIT vocabulary for the week. (Linear and Nonlinear functions). We also spent some time on our lesson which dealt with fractions, decimals, and percents.
Homework:
***Journal pages 129 and 152
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Social Studies:
Today we drew illustrated dictionary charts in our interactive workbooks and spent the rest of the time reviewing for our test tomorrow. Friday will be the last day of our rotation. The remainder of our time this week will be spent in creating landforms.
Homework:
***Chapter 2 test- tomorrow
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Since today was our long morning in Language Arts, we were able to get a lot accomplished. We read and discussed chapters 12 and 13 of our novel study. We worked both individually and in small groups to tackle the comprehension questions and figurative terms. It really helped some students to hear the opinions and answers of their peers as they were answering specific questions. The students did a great job! With this being the end of the novel, we will have our test over it tomorrow. The test will reflect the figurative terms and comprehension questions that we covered each day in class. We will continue working on our journal activities and projects throughout the week as time allows.
We also found some time to work on our handwriting this morning. Today we reviewed the letters a,d,g,o,c, and q. I realize that some students may still be grumbling about writing in cursive, but their handwriting keeps getting better and better! Keep practicing!
Homework:
***Novel study test tomorrow
***Handwriting- Pages 21-24(if not finished in class)
***Reading projects are due on Wednesday
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Math:
Today in math, we completed our minute, worked on computation on white boards, and reviewed our new RIT vocabulary for the week. (Linear and Nonlinear functions). We also spent some time on our lesson which dealt with fractions, decimals, and percents.
Homework:
***Journal pages 129 and 152
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Social Studies:
Today we drew illustrated dictionary charts in our interactive workbooks and spent the rest of the time reviewing for our test tomorrow. Friday will be the last day of our rotation. The remainder of our time this week will be spent in creating landforms.
Homework:
***Chapter 2 test- tomorrow
Until tomorrow...
Friday, October 9, 2009
10/9/09
What a wet Friday!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we worked on the letters "j" and "p", discussed the figurative language terms from chapter 10 as well as discussed the comprehension questions. We also read chapter 11 together as a class. The students had some time before library to work on their chapter 11 comprehension questions and many of them were able to finish them. After library we worked on writing journal activities. The students were instructed to pick an entry that they felt confident in writing with specific details, use deep thinking to create their response, and be able to quote specific evidence from the book to support their answer. We will continue to work on these writing activities next week as we wrap up our novel study.
Reminder:
***Our test over the novel study will be on Tuesday.
***Reading projects are due on Oct. 14
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Math:
Today in math we continued our study of fractions.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we read the Reading Further section in our textbook. We discussed the Sioux and how they used a winter count to keep a record of the most important events in their lives.
Homework:
***Our test is next Tuesday. A study guide was passed our today.
Until Monday...
Homework:
***None
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we worked on the letters "j" and "p", discussed the figurative language terms from chapter 10 as well as discussed the comprehension questions. We also read chapter 11 together as a class. The students had some time before library to work on their chapter 11 comprehension questions and many of them were able to finish them. After library we worked on writing journal activities. The students were instructed to pick an entry that they felt confident in writing with specific details, use deep thinking to create their response, and be able to quote specific evidence from the book to support their answer. We will continue to work on these writing activities next week as we wrap up our novel study.
Reminder:
***Our test over the novel study will be on Tuesday.
***Reading projects are due on Oct. 14
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Math:
Today in math we continued our study of fractions.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
Today in Social Studies we read the Reading Further section in our textbook. We discussed the Sioux and how they used a winter count to keep a record of the most important events in their lives.
Homework:
***Our test is next Tuesday. A study guide was passed our today.
Until Monday...
Homework:
***None
Thursday, October 8, 2009
10/8/09
What a dreary day!
Language Arts:
This morning after we got back from Vocabulary Vine, we discussed chapter 9 in detail. We spent the rest of the time before double specials, reading and working on chapter 10 figurative terms and the comprehension questions.
Homework:
***Chapter 10 comprehension questions
***The last day to take AR for this grading period is Oct. 16th. Remember you must pass the test with an 80% or better-If not, you must read another book on your level. Do not wait until the last minute.
***Reading projects are due next week.
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Math:
We spent some time at the beginning of our class in the computer lab working on Study Island math skills. In class we worked on adding fractions with unlike denominators.
Homework:
***Math Box 4.3 and 4.4
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies today. We had our first Art Smart. We were lucky enough to have three mom helpers today. Thank you so much!
Next week will be a busy one for us in Social Studies. We will have our test over Chapter 3 and create land form projects in small groups. New rotations will start on Oct. 19th. I will have my homeroom students back at that time.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
This morning after we got back from Vocabulary Vine, we discussed chapter 9 in detail. We spent the rest of the time before double specials, reading and working on chapter 10 figurative terms and the comprehension questions.
Homework:
***Chapter 10 comprehension questions
***The last day to take AR for this grading period is Oct. 16th. Remember you must pass the test with an 80% or better-If not, you must read another book on your level. Do not wait until the last minute.
***Reading projects are due next week.
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Math:
We spent some time at the beginning of our class in the computer lab working on Study Island math skills. In class we worked on adding fractions with unlike denominators.
Homework:
***Math Box 4.3 and 4.4
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies today. We had our first Art Smart. We were lucky enough to have three mom helpers today. Thank you so much!
Next week will be a busy one for us in Social Studies. We will have our test over Chapter 3 and create land form projects in small groups. New rotations will start on Oct. 19th. I will have my homeroom students back at that time.
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
10/7/09
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we reviewed our chapter 8 comprehension questions and reviewed the figurative terms within the chapter. We also took some time to read together chapter 9. We are really getting to the climax of the story!
We also took some time to work with our editing partners and find errors within a paragraph. The students missed doing this since we ran out of time last week with starting our novel study.
Homework:
***Chapter 9 comprehension questions
***Reading projects are due on Oct. 14th
***Last day to take and pass an AR test for this grading period is next Friday, Oct. 16th
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Math:
We had a busy day in math class today. We completed our minute, worked on computation on white boards, reviewed RIT vocabulary, and practiced skills. We also started Unit 4. Since this unit deals with fractions, we discussed and worked on equivalent fractions and compared fractions. Ask your child how to do the ring method...
***Unit 3 tests were passed back to the students today. I was very proud of all of them! Please check take home folders to review them with your child.
Homework:
***Pages 123, 127, and 129
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Content:
We had D.A.R.E. today!
Reminders:
***We will not have content tomorrow either. We will have our first Art Smart during that time.
Until tomorrow...
Today in Language Arts we reviewed our chapter 8 comprehension questions and reviewed the figurative terms within the chapter. We also took some time to read together chapter 9. We are really getting to the climax of the story!
We also took some time to work with our editing partners and find errors within a paragraph. The students missed doing this since we ran out of time last week with starting our novel study.
Homework:
***Chapter 9 comprehension questions
***Reading projects are due on Oct. 14th
***Last day to take and pass an AR test for this grading period is next Friday, Oct. 16th
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Math:
We had a busy day in math class today. We completed our minute, worked on computation on white boards, reviewed RIT vocabulary, and practiced skills. We also started Unit 4. Since this unit deals with fractions, we discussed and worked on equivalent fractions and compared fractions. Ask your child how to do the ring method...
***Unit 3 tests were passed back to the students today. I was very proud of all of them! Please check take home folders to review them with your child.
Homework:
***Pages 123, 127, and 129
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Content:
We had D.A.R.E. today!
Reminders:
***We will not have content tomorrow either. We will have our first Art Smart during that time.
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
10/06/09
Yesterday was a busy day for me. I am sorry that I forgot to blog.
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts, we had a short morning. With double specials today, we really had to do some moving to get through our chapter today. We did have time to discuss the figurative language from Chapter 7 and go over the comprehension questions as well. We took turns reading a loud chapter 8 and comprehension questions were assigned.
Homework:
***Chapter 8 comprehension questions
***Reading projects are due on October 14th
***Did your child read an AR book in their lexile range and pass the test with an 80% or better? Remember this is a requirement each grading period. All AR tests need to be taken before next Friday. If they did not pass their test, please continue to have them read independently at home so that they can take another test by next Friday.
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Math:
Today in Math, we completed our minute and went over our Unit 3 Checking Progress prior to taking the Unit 3 test.
Homework:
***None- We earned our 10 chips this week!
***Review RIT vocabulary every night.
A Look Ahead...
*** Unit 4 deals primarily with fractions. This should be a great review for us!
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Content:
Today we discussed the environment that the Inuits had to adapt to as they came to North America from Siberia. We also "acted out" roles of the family members within that group and discussed their jobs and responsibilities. We read and discussed lesson 2.5 and had some time to reflect by writing a summary in our interactive workbook.
Homework:
***Review the chapter-Our test should be next Tuesday.A study guide will be sent home on Friday.
Reminders:
***We will not have content tomorrow because of D.A.R.E. and on Thursday because of Art Smart.
Until tomorrow...
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Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts, we had a short morning. With double specials today, we really had to do some moving to get through our chapter today. We did have time to discuss the figurative language from Chapter 7 and go over the comprehension questions as well. We took turns reading a loud chapter 8 and comprehension questions were assigned.
Homework:
***Chapter 8 comprehension questions
***Reading projects are due on October 14th
***Did your child read an AR book in their lexile range and pass the test with an 80% or better? Remember this is a requirement each grading period. All AR tests need to be taken before next Friday. If they did not pass their test, please continue to have them read independently at home so that they can take another test by next Friday.
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Math:
Today in Math, we completed our minute and went over our Unit 3 Checking Progress prior to taking the Unit 3 test.
Homework:
***None- We earned our 10 chips this week!
***Review RIT vocabulary every night.
A Look Ahead...
*** Unit 4 deals primarily with fractions. This should be a great review for us!
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Content:
Today we discussed the environment that the Inuits had to adapt to as they came to North America from Siberia. We also "acted out" roles of the family members within that group and discussed their jobs and responsibilities. We read and discussed lesson 2.5 and had some time to reflect by writing a summary in our interactive workbook.
Homework:
***Review the chapter-Our test should be next Tuesday.A study guide will be sent home on Friday.
Reminders:
***We will not have content tomorrow because of D.A.R.E. and on Thursday because of Art Smart.
Until tomorrow...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
10/02/64
Finally Friday!
This sure has been a LONG week!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we discussed chapter 4 and the literary terms within it. We also read Chapter 5 a loud and time was given in class for the students to read chapter 6 on their own and work on comprehension questions for both chapters.
Homework:
***Read chapter 6
***Comprehension questions for chapters 5 and 6
***Reading projects are due on Oct. 14. Please plan time each night to work on it.
***Unit 1 Overall Assessments were passed back to the students today.
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Math:
After grading homework from last night, the students were placed into three different groups. During the course of the class period, students rotated to complete 3 different tasks. The three tasks were to complete a review of skills on the board, play the Spreadsheet Scramble game that practiced the skills from the unit, and a standard assessment on angles. Some students worked independently with me at this time to brush up on a few skills.
Homework:
***None
***A standard assessment was passed back to the students today. Please check their blue folders.
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Content:
We started Chapter 2 today. This chapter deals with The American Indians and Their Land. We had the chance today to migrate to a different location in our classroom and reflect on our new environment. The students received a handout today with all their new vocabulary words for the chapter. These words should be reviewed often.
Homework:
***None
Until Monday...
This sure has been a LONG week!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we discussed chapter 4 and the literary terms within it. We also read Chapter 5 a loud and time was given in class for the students to read chapter 6 on their own and work on comprehension questions for both chapters.
Homework:
***Read chapter 6
***Comprehension questions for chapters 5 and 6
***Reading projects are due on Oct. 14. Please plan time each night to work on it.
***Unit 1 Overall Assessments were passed back to the students today.
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Math:
After grading homework from last night, the students were placed into three different groups. During the course of the class period, students rotated to complete 3 different tasks. The three tasks were to complete a review of skills on the board, play the Spreadsheet Scramble game that practiced the skills from the unit, and a standard assessment on angles. Some students worked independently with me at this time to brush up on a few skills.
Homework:
***None
***A standard assessment was passed back to the students today. Please check their blue folders.
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Content:
We started Chapter 2 today. This chapter deals with The American Indians and Their Land. We had the chance today to migrate to a different location in our classroom and reflect on our new environment. The students received a handout today with all their new vocabulary words for the chapter. These words should be reviewed often.
Homework:
***None
Until Monday...
Thursday, October 1, 2009
10/01/09
Language Arts:
Today was a busy morning. We discussed our literary finds from Chapter 3 and discussed the comprehension questions as well. Since this took quite a bit of time and we had double specials, I gave the students time to read chapter 4 independently and start their comprehension questions.
Homework:
***Read Chapter 4
***Complete the comprehension questions
***Due to a short day, the students will not have a written response tonight.
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Math:
Today we spent 1/2 an hour in the computer lab working on Study Island Math. We also went over our homework and started our lesson on reading graphs and tables. It looks as though our test will be next Tuesday covering algebraic equations, spreadsheets, finding the mean, area/perimeter formulas, LCM,GCF,adding positive and negative numbers, and tables and graphs.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Links 3.9 and 3.10
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Content:
We had our Chapter 1 test today.
Homework:
***None
Reminders:
***Today is Culver's day. NP will receive a portion of the profits all day today.
***Skating Party-6:00-8:00
Until tomorrow...
Today was a busy morning. We discussed our literary finds from Chapter 3 and discussed the comprehension questions as well. Since this took quite a bit of time and we had double specials, I gave the students time to read chapter 4 independently and start their comprehension questions.
Homework:
***Read Chapter 4
***Complete the comprehension questions
***Due to a short day, the students will not have a written response tonight.
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Math:
Today we spent 1/2 an hour in the computer lab working on Study Island Math. We also went over our homework and started our lesson on reading graphs and tables. It looks as though our test will be next Tuesday covering algebraic equations, spreadsheets, finding the mean, area/perimeter formulas, LCM,GCF,adding positive and negative numbers, and tables and graphs.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Links 3.9 and 3.10
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Content:
We had our Chapter 1 test today.
Homework:
***None
Reminders:
***Today is Culver's day. NP will receive a portion of the profits all day today.
***Skating Party-6:00-8:00
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
9/30/09
A Windy Wednesday!
Language Arts:
Computer Lab time was spent working on Study Island. I was quite impressed to hear that many students are taking advantage of this at home and working independently there. Way to go!
This morning in Language Arts we were able to share some of our predictions for our novel study, discuss the literary terms found throughout the chapter, and ask questions based on chapter 2. In class we read chapter 3 together, discussed the new vocabulary, and had quite an intense discussion on Jess and his loneliness. The students were given time to work on a synonym worksheet and start their homework.
Homework:
***Synonym worksheet
***5 vocabulary words of their choice(In novel study folder)
***Chapter 3 comprehension questions(Use literary terms dictionary in your novel study folder)
***Writing: (Characterization: What do you think about Jess?) This should be a detailed paragraph of 7-10 sentences.
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Math:
Math class flew by today. We spent some time working on a variety of skills on our white boards including reviewing finding the GCF and LCM. We also spent the majority of our time working on our lesson which dealt with Variables, Formulas, and Spreadsheets.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 3.8
***The students were given the "heads up" that our Unit test will be early next week.
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Content: We did not have content today. We enjoyed Officer Redman teach us about the dangers of tobacco in our third D.A.R.E lesson instead.
Reminder: We will have our Chapter 1 test tomorrow. Please review the study guide and geography dictionary.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Computer Lab time was spent working on Study Island. I was quite impressed to hear that many students are taking advantage of this at home and working independently there. Way to go!
This morning in Language Arts we were able to share some of our predictions for our novel study, discuss the literary terms found throughout the chapter, and ask questions based on chapter 2. In class we read chapter 3 together, discussed the new vocabulary, and had quite an intense discussion on Jess and his loneliness. The students were given time to work on a synonym worksheet and start their homework.
Homework:
***Synonym worksheet
***5 vocabulary words of their choice(In novel study folder)
***Chapter 3 comprehension questions(Use literary terms dictionary in your novel study folder)
***Writing: (Characterization: What do you think about Jess?) This should be a detailed paragraph of 7-10 sentences.
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Math:
Math class flew by today. We spent some time working on a variety of skills on our white boards including reviewing finding the GCF and LCM. We also spent the majority of our time working on our lesson which dealt with Variables, Formulas, and Spreadsheets.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 3.8
***The students were given the "heads up" that our Unit test will be early next week.
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Content: We did not have content today. We enjoyed Officer Redman teach us about the dangers of tobacco in our third D.A.R.E lesson instead.
Reminder: We will have our Chapter 1 test tomorrow. Please review the study guide and geography dictionary.
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
9/29/09
Language Arts:
This morning we reviewed our vocabulary from Chapter 1 in our novel study, shared some of our persuasive paragraphs, and read chapter 2 together. The students are getting really good at recognizing figurative language as it pops up in the chapter
Homework:
***3 vocabulary words in a word web
***Chapter 2 comprehension questions
***Write a prediction about what you think will happen next. This should be in paragraph form of 7-10 sentences in length.
***Reminder- Our first book project is due on Oct. 14. Be sure to refer to the handout for specific requirements and expectations.
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Math:
Today in math we reviewed skills during computation time and focused on formulas during our lesson. The students had time to work on their homework in class after working on a standard assessment.
Homework:
***Journal pages 110-111
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Content:
Today in content we spent a lot of time reviewing chapter 1. The students also took time to create challenge questions of their own. We will use these questions as a short review prior to the test on Thursday. Please be sure to reread the chapter. It is a short one! It is also helpful to review the study guide and the geography dictionary as well.
(We will not have content tomorrow due to D.A.R.E, so please remember to study tomorrow night.)
Homework:
***Study for the test which will be on Thursday
Reminders:
***Afternoon Adventures forms were sent home today.
Until tomorrow...
This morning we reviewed our vocabulary from Chapter 1 in our novel study, shared some of our persuasive paragraphs, and read chapter 2 together. The students are getting really good at recognizing figurative language as it pops up in the chapter
Homework:
***3 vocabulary words in a word web
***Chapter 2 comprehension questions
***Write a prediction about what you think will happen next. This should be in paragraph form of 7-10 sentences in length.
***Reminder- Our first book project is due on Oct. 14. Be sure to refer to the handout for specific requirements and expectations.
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Math:
Today in math we reviewed skills during computation time and focused on formulas during our lesson. The students had time to work on their homework in class after working on a standard assessment.
Homework:
***Journal pages 110-111
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Content:
Today in content we spent a lot of time reviewing chapter 1. The students also took time to create challenge questions of their own. We will use these questions as a short review prior to the test on Thursday. Please be sure to reread the chapter. It is a short one! It is also helpful to review the study guide and the geography dictionary as well.
(We will not have content tomorrow due to D.A.R.E, so please remember to study tomorrow night.)
Homework:
***Study for the test which will be on Thursday
Reminders:
***Afternoon Adventures forms were sent home today.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, September 28, 2009
9/28/09
Language Arts:
Today was a busy morning. We spent the morning discussing our new novel study. The students were all given a parent information letter, a book, and a novel study folder. All assignments and handouts will be placed in this folder during the three weeks that we are working on the novel. Please be aware that the students will have homework each day to complete. They will have some time in class to work on it, but anything not finished in class will be homework.
We also spent some time this morning with Mrs. Slater. She taught us a mini lesson on "Listening". The students were asked to role play different situations. They did a great job!
Homework:
***5 vocabulary words(in novel study folder)
***Chapter 1 comprehension questions
***Persuasive Writing-paragraph
***All assessments from last week were passed back today.
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Math:
Today we worked on computation on white boards, reviewed writing algebraic expressions, and discussed rates.
Homework:
***Math Box 3.6
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Content:
We starting class by reviewing the geographic terms by playing a quick game of Pictionary.
Next, we read the section"Reading Further" in our textbook. We discussed how one family made their way from New York to California in search of gold and all the hardships that they experienced. We started writing in our interactive workbooks a journal entry as if we were experiencing the same thing. The entry should describe in detail geographic features that they would come across during their journey.
Homework:
***Interactive workbook-Page 7
***Chapter 1 test will be on Thursday. Study guides were passed out to the students last Friday.
Until tomorrow...
Today was a busy morning. We spent the morning discussing our new novel study. The students were all given a parent information letter, a book, and a novel study folder. All assignments and handouts will be placed in this folder during the three weeks that we are working on the novel. Please be aware that the students will have homework each day to complete. They will have some time in class to work on it, but anything not finished in class will be homework.
We also spent some time this morning with Mrs. Slater. She taught us a mini lesson on "Listening". The students were asked to role play different situations. They did a great job!
Homework:
***5 vocabulary words(in novel study folder)
***Chapter 1 comprehension questions
***Persuasive Writing-paragraph
***All assessments from last week were passed back today.
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Math:
Today we worked on computation on white boards, reviewed writing algebraic expressions, and discussed rates.
Homework:
***Math Box 3.6
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Content:
We starting class by reviewing the geographic terms by playing a quick game of Pictionary.
Next, we read the section"Reading Further" in our textbook. We discussed how one family made their way from New York to California in search of gold and all the hardships that they experienced. We started writing in our interactive workbooks a journal entry as if we were experiencing the same thing. The entry should describe in detail geographic features that they would come across during their journey.
Homework:
***Interactive workbook-Page 7
***Chapter 1 test will be on Thursday. Study guides were passed out to the students last Friday.
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, September 24, 2009
9/24/09
Today was a fast day-Even for a Wednesday!
Language Arts:
Today in class we worked on new word parts during Vocabulary Vine and tried to get ahead start with our usual Friday assessments. Since tomorrow is our No Child Left Inside Day, we have a very limited amount of time of Language Arts tomorrow. We will find time to finish our Weekly Assessment and our RIT vocabulary assessment right before lunch,however.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow
***We will be outside for most of the morning. Please watch the weather and dress accordingly.
You may want to wear tennis shoes!
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Math:
Today in Math we took a "time out" and reviewed many of the skills that we have been working on so far this year. We also took a LCM(Least Common Multiple) quiz. Be looking for that to come home on Monday.
Homework:
***None- We will not have math tomorrow.
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Content:
Today in Social Studies we drew geographic terms in our geography dictionaries and reviewed the terms. We also worked with our work partners to locate these features on a diagram in our interactive workbooks. We had quite a long discussion on the differences and similarities between bays, capes, and gulfs. It is fun to listen to them use vocabulary that they really never used before.
Homework:
***Our test will be next Thursday. Get started on reviewing! A study guide will be coming home tomorrow.
Homeroom Class:
***Our Daily Geography is due tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in class we worked on new word parts during Vocabulary Vine and tried to get ahead start with our usual Friday assessments. Since tomorrow is our No Child Left Inside Day, we have a very limited amount of time of Language Arts tomorrow. We will find time to finish our Weekly Assessment and our RIT vocabulary assessment right before lunch,however.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow
***We will be outside for most of the morning. Please watch the weather and dress accordingly.
You may want to wear tennis shoes!
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Math:
Today in Math we took a "time out" and reviewed many of the skills that we have been working on so far this year. We also took a LCM(Least Common Multiple) quiz. Be looking for that to come home on Monday.
Homework:
***None- We will not have math tomorrow.
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Content:
Today in Social Studies we drew geographic terms in our geography dictionaries and reviewed the terms. We also worked with our work partners to locate these features on a diagram in our interactive workbooks. We had quite a long discussion on the differences and similarities between bays, capes, and gulfs. It is fun to listen to them use vocabulary that they really never used before.
Homework:
***Our test will be next Thursday. Get started on reviewing! A study guide will be coming home tomorrow.
Homeroom Class:
***Our Daily Geography is due tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
9/23/09
Our Pictures are Here...Our Pictures are Here!
Be sure to check backpacks.
Language Arts:
We had a filled morning. Since Friday is cut short because of the No Child Left Inside activities, we had to cover a lot of things.(We will be having most of our assessments tomorrow because of this.) We practiced quotation marks, sentence fragments and run-on sentences. We also worked with our editing partners on editing two different paragraphs, listened to our read aloud, worked on handwriting, and practiced examples of acronyms, active voice, passive voice, initialism, and palindromes on the board. During computer lab, most of us were able to complete our letter writing, take the AR test over this weeks story, and work on Study Island.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday
***Handwriting pages 14-17
***Grammar-Page 27
(Time in class was given for handwriting and the grammar page.)
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Math:
Today in math we reviewed finding the Least Common Multiple of a number, wrote algebraic expressions, and discussed formulas.
***We will have a quiz tomorrow over finding the LCM since we will not be having math class on Friday.
Homework:
***Journal pages 95-97
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies today. We met with Officer Redman for our second D.A.R.E. lesson instead.
Looking Ahead:
***Since our new Social Studies curriculum is pretty laid out for us, it looks as though we will test over Chapter 1 next Thursday, Oct. 8. A study guide will be coming home soon to help the students prepare for the test.
Until tomorrow...
Be sure to check backpacks.
Language Arts:
We had a filled morning. Since Friday is cut short because of the No Child Left Inside activities, we had to cover a lot of things.(We will be having most of our assessments tomorrow because of this.) We practiced quotation marks, sentence fragments and run-on sentences. We also worked with our editing partners on editing two different paragraphs, listened to our read aloud, worked on handwriting, and practiced examples of acronyms, active voice, passive voice, initialism, and palindromes on the board. During computer lab, most of us were able to complete our letter writing, take the AR test over this weeks story, and work on Study Island.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday
***Handwriting pages 14-17
***Grammar-Page 27
(Time in class was given for handwriting and the grammar page.)
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Math:
Today in math we reviewed finding the Least Common Multiple of a number, wrote algebraic expressions, and discussed formulas.
***We will have a quiz tomorrow over finding the LCM since we will not be having math class on Friday.
Homework:
***Journal pages 95-97
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies today. We met with Officer Redman for our second D.A.R.E. lesson instead.
Looking Ahead:
***Since our new Social Studies curriculum is pretty laid out for us, it looks as though we will test over Chapter 1 next Thursday, Oct. 8. A study guide will be coming home soon to help the students prepare for the test.
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
9/22/09
Another busy day!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we started off in Vocabulary Vine adding two new Greek and Latin word parts to our collection. We also reviewed run-on sentences by completing an overhead together and then completed a grammar page independently. We discussed quotation marks by working a few examples on the board. This seemed a little easier for the students today. We also listened to our read a loud followed by some of us typing our letters while others read independently.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- This week it is a little different so work on it a little each night.It is due on Friday.
***Even though Friday is No Child Left Inside Day and we have a lot of fun activities planned, we will still have all of our usual assessments that day.
***Reading Projects- due October 14th
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Math:
Today in Math we completed a lot of things. We worked on our minute, reviewed RIT vocabulary, worked on computation skills(Focusing on finding the Least Common Multiple-using prime factorization), worked with using two variables in a general pattern, and discussed algebraic equations.
***RIT quizzes were passed back today and placed in RIT folders. Unit 2 test and checking progress were also passed back and placed in blue take home folders.
Homework:
***Pages 90,91 and Math Boxes 3.2 and 3.3
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Social Studies:
Today we read and discussed lines of latitude and longitude and geographic terms. We also worked with our work partners to find specific locations of lines of latitude of longitude in our interactive workbooks.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we started off in Vocabulary Vine adding two new Greek and Latin word parts to our collection. We also reviewed run-on sentences by completing an overhead together and then completed a grammar page independently. We discussed quotation marks by working a few examples on the board. This seemed a little easier for the students today. We also listened to our read a loud followed by some of us typing our letters while others read independently.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- This week it is a little different so work on it a little each night.It is due on Friday.
***Even though Friday is No Child Left Inside Day and we have a lot of fun activities planned, we will still have all of our usual assessments that day.
***Reading Projects- due October 14th
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Math:
Today in Math we completed a lot of things. We worked on our minute, reviewed RIT vocabulary, worked on computation skills(Focusing on finding the Least Common Multiple-using prime factorization), worked with using two variables in a general pattern, and discussed algebraic equations.
***RIT quizzes were passed back today and placed in RIT folders. Unit 2 test and checking progress were also passed back and placed in blue take home folders.
Homework:
***Pages 90,91 and Math Boxes 3.2 and 3.3
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Social Studies:
Today we read and discussed lines of latitude and longitude and geographic terms. We also worked with our work partners to find specific locations of lines of latitude of longitude in our interactive workbooks.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Monday, September 21, 2009
9/21/09
We had a great start to our week!
Language Arts:
Today is our long day of the week without any specials so we were able to get through a lot of material. In spelling we took our pretest, completed a word sort, and discussed the definitions of our spelling words.
In reading we reviewed our story vocabulary for the week, listened to our story Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs, and discussed the comprehension skill of the week which is cause and effect. We also discussed this weeks RIT vocabulary. This week the words are as follows: palindrome, active voice, passive voice, acronym,and initialism. Please make sure to review these a little each night.
In grammar we completed a transparency together in identifying run-on sentences. We also practiced individually by completing a grammar sheet.
We also took some time to listen to our read a loud, meet with our third grade reading buddies for the first time, and meet with Mrs. Slater to discuss conflict resolution.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday(This packet is more detailed than weeks prior. Please look over it tonight. We will spend time tomorrow going over examples of quotation marks and italics in class.)
***Reading Project- due Oct. 14
***All assessments were passed back today. If your child has received an "N" on any assessment, please sign and return it tomorrow. Thank you!
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Math:
Today in math we jumped into Unit 3 after computation review and discussed the new RIT vocabulary for the week. The words of the week are frequency table, histograms, multiple, compatible numbers,and least common numbers. We will continue to discuss them throughout the week, but every student should review their notes and definitions nightly as well for the quiz on Friday.
Unit 3 deals with variables, graphs, and formulas. We discussed general and special case patterns today with only one variable. We will continue tomorrow with two variables.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 3.1
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Social Studies:
Welcome Mrs. Doms' class! Today was only day2 but I have noticed that we are going to get through a lot of material with this class. They are active listeners and eager to learn. Today we read and discussed Chapter 1- lessons 1.1 and 1.2. We also worked with a work partner to locate specific things on a map in our interactive workbook.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today is our long day of the week without any specials so we were able to get through a lot of material. In spelling we took our pretest, completed a word sort, and discussed the definitions of our spelling words.
In reading we reviewed our story vocabulary for the week, listened to our story Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs, and discussed the comprehension skill of the week which is cause and effect. We also discussed this weeks RIT vocabulary. This week the words are as follows: palindrome, active voice, passive voice, acronym,and initialism. Please make sure to review these a little each night.
In grammar we completed a transparency together in identifying run-on sentences. We also practiced individually by completing a grammar sheet.
We also took some time to listen to our read a loud, meet with our third grade reading buddies for the first time, and meet with Mrs. Slater to discuss conflict resolution.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday(This packet is more detailed than weeks prior. Please look over it tonight. We will spend time tomorrow going over examples of quotation marks and italics in class.)
***Reading Project- due Oct. 14
***All assessments were passed back today. If your child has received an "N" on any assessment, please sign and return it tomorrow. Thank you!
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Math:
Today in math we jumped into Unit 3 after computation review and discussed the new RIT vocabulary for the week. The words of the week are frequency table, histograms, multiple, compatible numbers,and least common numbers. We will continue to discuss them throughout the week, but every student should review their notes and definitions nightly as well for the quiz on Friday.
Unit 3 deals with variables, graphs, and formulas. We discussed general and special case patterns today with only one variable. We will continue tomorrow with two variables.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 3.1
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Social Studies:
Welcome Mrs. Doms' class! Today was only day2 but I have noticed that we are going to get through a lot of material with this class. They are active listeners and eager to learn. Today we read and discussed Chapter 1- lessons 1.1 and 1.2. We also worked with a work partner to locate specific things on a map in our interactive workbook.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, September 17, 2009
9/17/09
How long can this nice weather last?
Language Arts: Today in Language Arts we reviewed our RIT vocabulary for the week, discussed rhyme schemes in poetry, listened to our read a loud, took our selection assessment, and had some time to write compound and complex sentences on our own.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due tomorrow
(Don't forget parent signature and initials on reading minutes.)
***Assessments will be tomorrow. Did you study your spelling words?
***Reading Project-Due Oct. 14
Something to Think About:
***Our Weekly Homework Packet will be a little different next week. It will include practice using quotation marks and writing conversations. Please work on it a little each night.
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Math: We spent the day reviewing skills from Unit 2. We ended the day with a short quiz over adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. When students were finished with the quiz, they were able to play either Scientific Number Toss or Division Dash. Some time tomorrow will be devoted to playing these Everyday Math games after the test over Unit 2.
Homework:
***None- Test tomorrow- Review Journal pages as needed.
Something to Think About:
***Unit 3 deals with variables, formulas, and graphs. This should be a fun unit!
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Content: Today was the last day of our content rotation. Since it was Constitution Day, we spent the class period watching a video about it. New rotations will start tomorrow. My homeroom class will have Mrs. Doms for Health for the remainder of the grading period.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts: Today in Language Arts we reviewed our RIT vocabulary for the week, discussed rhyme schemes in poetry, listened to our read a loud, took our selection assessment, and had some time to write compound and complex sentences on our own.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due tomorrow
(Don't forget parent signature and initials on reading minutes.)
***Assessments will be tomorrow. Did you study your spelling words?
***Reading Project-Due Oct. 14
Something to Think About:
***Our Weekly Homework Packet will be a little different next week. It will include practice using quotation marks and writing conversations. Please work on it a little each night.
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Math: We spent the day reviewing skills from Unit 2. We ended the day with a short quiz over adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. When students were finished with the quiz, they were able to play either Scientific Number Toss or Division Dash. Some time tomorrow will be devoted to playing these Everyday Math games after the test over Unit 2.
Homework:
***None- Test tomorrow- Review Journal pages as needed.
Something to Think About:
***Unit 3 deals with variables, formulas, and graphs. This should be a fun unit!
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Content: Today was the last day of our content rotation. Since it was Constitution Day, we spent the class period watching a video about it. New rotations will start tomorrow. My homeroom class will have Mrs. Doms for Health for the remainder of the grading period.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Another gorgeous day!
Language Arts:
This morning in Language Arts we worked on white boards on complex and compound sentences. This really seemed to help us today! The students are getting really good at locating the conjunction and deciding what kind of sentence it is. We also worked with our editing partners in revising a paragraph, discussed examples of the RIT words for the week and we even had about 15 minutes to squeeze in a chapter of our read aloud. During computer lab we took some time to take AR tests and spent the remainder of the time working on Study Island skills.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due/Assessments-Friday
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Math:
We are really plowing through this unit in Math. Today we worked together again on basic skills during computation, completed a box-and-whisker plot, and practiced standard/scientific notation. Our test will be on Friday.
Homework:
***Journal pages 62-65, and 67
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies today. We had our first session of D.A.R.E. instead. The students were very excited and extremely well behaved during Officer Redman's lesson. This program will continue for the next 9 weeks.
Tomorrow will be our last Social Studies class for this rotation. The students will start Health on Friday with Mrs. Doms.
Reminders:
***Tomorrow is our Welcome Back Picnic. It sounds like a lot of fun!
Until tomorrow...
This morning in Language Arts we worked on white boards on complex and compound sentences. This really seemed to help us today! The students are getting really good at locating the conjunction and deciding what kind of sentence it is. We also worked with our editing partners in revising a paragraph, discussed examples of the RIT words for the week and we even had about 15 minutes to squeeze in a chapter of our read aloud. During computer lab we took some time to take AR tests and spent the remainder of the time working on Study Island skills.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due/Assessments-Friday
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Math:
We are really plowing through this unit in Math. Today we worked together again on basic skills during computation, completed a box-and-whisker plot, and practiced standard/scientific notation. Our test will be on Friday.
Homework:
***Journal pages 62-65, and 67
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies today. We had our first session of D.A.R.E. instead. The students were very excited and extremely well behaved during Officer Redman's lesson. This program will continue for the next 9 weeks.
Tomorrow will be our last Social Studies class for this rotation. The students will start Health on Friday with Mrs. Doms.
Reminders:
***Tomorrow is our Welcome Back Picnic. It sounds like a lot of fun!
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
9/15/09
Another sunny September day!
Language Arts: This morning in Language Arts the students worked on 5th grade Greek and Latin Roots in Vocabulary Vine, discussed creating complex sentences, and listened to our new read aloud. We also discussed finding the main idea and how it can help us create detailed summaries.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday.
***Parents- Please initial reading minutes and sign the packet-Thank you!
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Math: We continued working on writing large and small numbers using standard notation and scientific notation. We also worked together in creating a Box-and Whisker-Plot. The RIT vocabulary flowed much better today as we worked through our example together.
Homework:
Study Link 2.1-2.4
Journal pages 58 and 60( Time was given in class to work on these pages.)
***Our test will be on Friday.
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Social Studies: We put the finishing touches on our geographic landforms today. They are finally complete and on display in the library. We will review what we have learned from this rotation on Thursday.(D.A.R.E. starts tomorrow so we will not have content. It will be every Wednesday for the next 10 weeks.) Our new rotation will start on Friday.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts: This morning in Language Arts the students worked on 5th grade Greek and Latin Roots in Vocabulary Vine, discussed creating complex sentences, and listened to our new read aloud. We also discussed finding the main idea and how it can help us create detailed summaries.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday.
***Parents- Please initial reading minutes and sign the packet-Thank you!
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Math: We continued working on writing large and small numbers using standard notation and scientific notation. We also worked together in creating a Box-and Whisker-Plot. The RIT vocabulary flowed much better today as we worked through our example together.
Homework:
Study Link 2.1-2.4
Journal pages 58 and 60( Time was given in class to work on these pages.)
***Our test will be on Friday.
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Social Studies: We put the finishing touches on our geographic landforms today. They are finally complete and on display in the library. We will review what we have learned from this rotation on Thursday.(D.A.R.E. starts tomorrow so we will not have content. It will be every Wednesday for the next 10 weeks.) Our new rotation will start on Friday.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, September 14, 2009
9/14/09
What a beautiful day!
Language Arts:
I love Mondays! Even though they are long mornings without any specials, we are able to get a lot of work accomplished. This morning we took our spelling pretest,completed a word sort of our new spelling words for the week, and finished a definition sheet.
In reading, we discussed our RIT vocabulary, listened to our story of the week on tape, and discussed our weekly vocabulary. This week we will focus on context clues .
Our Story Vocabulary is as follow: disasters, zone, adjusted, environment, functions, gravity mission and maze.
Our RIT Vocabulary is as follows:
imagery, cliche, adage, idiom, and personification
In grammar we discussed complex sentences and the different conjunctions that you can use to write them.
We found some time to start our new read aloud, work on final copy of our writing, and do some independent reading. We completed all of this just before Mrs. Slater talked to us about Conflict Resolution.
Homework:
***Typed copy of writing is due tomorrow
***Weekly Homework Packet/Assessments-Friday
***Please remember that our first reading project is due on Oct. 14th. Everyone should be reading and taking their AR tests.
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Math:
Today in math we worked on computation and skill review on white boards, reviewed standard and scientific notation, and discussed our RIT vocabulary. This week we are working on Box-and Whisker Plots and the vocabulary that goes with that. We also spent some time going over pages in our journal.
Homework:
***Journal pages 52-56
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Social Studies: Today in content we worked in our groups and painted our geographic landforms.
Homework:
None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
I love Mondays! Even though they are long mornings without any specials, we are able to get a lot of work accomplished. This morning we took our spelling pretest,completed a word sort of our new spelling words for the week, and finished a definition sheet.
In reading, we discussed our RIT vocabulary, listened to our story of the week on tape, and discussed our weekly vocabulary. This week we will focus on context clues .
Our Story Vocabulary is as follow: disasters, zone, adjusted, environment, functions, gravity mission and maze.
Our RIT Vocabulary is as follows:
imagery, cliche, adage, idiom, and personification
In grammar we discussed complex sentences and the different conjunctions that you can use to write them.
We found some time to start our new read aloud, work on final copy of our writing, and do some independent reading. We completed all of this just before Mrs. Slater talked to us about Conflict Resolution.
Homework:
***Typed copy of writing is due tomorrow
***Weekly Homework Packet/Assessments-Friday
***Please remember that our first reading project is due on Oct. 14th. Everyone should be reading and taking their AR tests.
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Math:
Today in math we worked on computation and skill review on white boards, reviewed standard and scientific notation, and discussed our RIT vocabulary. This week we are working on Box-and Whisker Plots and the vocabulary that goes with that. We also spent some time going over pages in our journal.
Homework:
***Journal pages 52-56
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Social Studies: Today in content we worked in our groups and painted our geographic landforms.
Homework:
None
Until tomorrow...
Friday, September 11, 2009
9/11/09
A lot was happening in Room 24 today!
Language Arts: This morning we completed all of our assessments and took some time to type our rough drafts of our writing. We even squeezed in some time to read independently and free write.
Homework:
***Typed copies of our rough draft are due on Tuesday
***Parents-Please sign weekly homework packet and initial reading minutes each night.
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Math: Today in math we spent time working through this unit. We worked on standard notation and working with scientific notation of large and small numbers. I was able to pull small groups and work with them individually today on things that they needed specific help with. This worked out very well. We even had time to take a RIT quiz over finding the GCF of two larger numbers. If all goes well, our Unit 2 test will be at the end of next week.
Homework:
***None
***Unit 1 tests were passed out today as well as our RIT quiz from last week. We did not have time at the end of class to go over them so I asked the students to bring them back on Monday so that we could go over the correct and expected answers in class.
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Social Studies: What a messy day it was! Today we spent our class period working in groups with Mrs. Woods' class in the project activity room. We started working on our landform projects. So far they look great and the students seemed to have a great time creating them. I was happy to hear the vocabulary that they were using during the project.
Homework:
***None
***New rotations will start next Friday.
Language Arts: This morning we completed all of our assessments and took some time to type our rough drafts of our writing. We even squeezed in some time to read independently and free write.
Homework:
***Typed copies of our rough draft are due on Tuesday
***Parents-Please sign weekly homework packet and initial reading minutes each night.
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Math: Today in math we spent time working through this unit. We worked on standard notation and working with scientific notation of large and small numbers. I was able to pull small groups and work with them individually today on things that they needed specific help with. This worked out very well. We even had time to take a RIT quiz over finding the GCF of two larger numbers. If all goes well, our Unit 2 test will be at the end of next week.
Homework:
***None
***Unit 1 tests were passed out today as well as our RIT quiz from last week. We did not have time at the end of class to go over them so I asked the students to bring them back on Monday so that we could go over the correct and expected answers in class.
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Social Studies: What a messy day it was! Today we spent our class period working in groups with Mrs. Woods' class in the project activity room. We started working on our landform projects. So far they look great and the students seemed to have a great time creating them. I was happy to hear the vocabulary that they were using during the project.
Homework:
***None
***New rotations will start next Friday.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
9/10/09
Language Arts: Today in Language Arts we reviewed our RIT words for the week, reviewed simple and compound sentences as well as conjunctions, and discussed our story vocabulary. We finished the morning off with completing a Venn Diagram as a class. This compared and contrasted a coniferous forest to a deciduous forests.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow
***Rough draft of "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" is due tomorrow- The final copy will be due on Tuesday of next week. This should be typed.
***All assessments will still take place tomorrow.
***Reading projects are due Oct. 14.
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Math: We completed our minute which had a variety of skill practice. Our computation time was spent working on RIT vocabulary skills . We also worked today on standard notation, writing small and large numbers, comparing numbers, and number and word notation. We were able to get through quite a bit today.
Homework:
***None- The students earned their 10th chip in the jar today for completed homework. They earned a free day on no-homework. Congratulations!
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Social Studies: We had our Chapter 2 test today. We were also placed in groups to begin brainstorming ways to create our landform project. This project will be created in class over the course of the next 4 days. We will start new rotations next Friday. My homeroom students will then go to Mrs. Doms for Health.
Reminders:
***D.A.R.E. begins next Wednesday. It is a 10 week program and will take place during content time in the afternoon.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow
***Rough draft of "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" is due tomorrow- The final copy will be due on Tuesday of next week. This should be typed.
***All assessments will still take place tomorrow.
***Reading projects are due Oct. 14.
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Math: We completed our minute which had a variety of skill practice. Our computation time was spent working on RIT vocabulary skills . We also worked today on standard notation, writing small and large numbers, comparing numbers, and number and word notation. We were able to get through quite a bit today.
Homework:
***None- The students earned their 10th chip in the jar today for completed homework. They earned a free day on no-homework. Congratulations!
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Social Studies: We had our Chapter 2 test today. We were also placed in groups to begin brainstorming ways to create our landform project. This project will be created in class over the course of the next 4 days. We will start new rotations next Friday. My homeroom students will then go to Mrs. Doms for Health.
Reminders:
***D.A.R.E. begins next Wednesday. It is a 10 week program and will take place during content time in the afternoon.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
9/9/09
Language Arts: We were busy this morning trying to make up for missing Monday. During reading, we discussed our new vocabulary for the week, listened to our story, and discussed the differences between coniferous and deciduous trees. During grammar time, we practiced identifying simple and compound sentences. In writing, we had time to work on our "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" rough draft. Finally, during our computer lab time we worked on skills in Study Island and took our Accelerated Reader test over this weeks story.
Homework:
***Grammar Page 13 and 14
***Rough Draft of writing is due on Friday-(A lot of time has been given in class for this.)
***Weekly Homework Packet is due Friday
***We have 5 new RIT words this week- They should study a little each night!
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Math: Today in math we completed our skill practice by completing the minute, worked on RIT skills/vocabulary during our computation time, and dove into Unit 2. Now that all the Unit 2 pretests are complete, I plan to divide the students into groups to work on necessary skill work. So far, Unit 2 looks like we can cover it in a short amount of time.
Homework:
***Journal pages 48-50
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Social Studies: We completed a dictionary entry in our interactive workbook and spent the rest of the time reviewing for our test tomorrow.
Homework:
***Study the study guide. Our test is tomorrow over Chapter 2.
Homework:
***Grammar Page 13 and 14
***Rough Draft of writing is due on Friday-(A lot of time has been given in class for this.)
***Weekly Homework Packet is due Friday
***We have 5 new RIT words this week- They should study a little each night!
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Math: Today in math we completed our skill practice by completing the minute, worked on RIT skills/vocabulary during our computation time, and dove into Unit 2. Now that all the Unit 2 pretests are complete, I plan to divide the students into groups to work on necessary skill work. So far, Unit 2 looks like we can cover it in a short amount of time.
Homework:
***Journal pages 48-50
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Social Studies: We completed a dictionary entry in our interactive workbook and spent the rest of the time reviewing for our test tomorrow.
Homework:
***Study the study guide. Our test is tomorrow over Chapter 2.
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