5/31/11

Well... We made it!

It is hard to believe that this school year is over. Time flew by! I just wanted to say "Thank you" for all the cards and gifts that I received over the past couple of days. You are all very thoughtful.

I will miss all of my kids. Please keep them safe and push them to read each day. I look forward to starting in August right where everyone of them left off today.

Have a safe and enjoyable summer!

Mrs. Suddarth

5/16/11

Language Arts:
After double specials this morning, the students worked in groups sharing their jobs and reading the next chunk of chapters. We also took some time to divide into teams and start an ongoing game of RIT vocabulary review. My goal is to have a bank of words that the students already know so that we can add more to our list early next year.

Homework:
***Novel study job
***Day 10 Literature Log activity
***Our test over our novel will be on Wednesday
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Math:
Believe it or not, but several students are still finishing up their End of the Year assessment. Hopefully, all the assessments will be finished tomorrow so that we can spend the remainder of our math classes reviewing, playing games, and getting ahead start on a few skills for next year.

Homework:
***None

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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today we read the Reading Further section of chapter 13. We were then placed with a partner to work on a commercial advertising Portland . The chapter for Mrs. Doms' class will be on Wednesday. The students have had their study guides for over a week now. They should be ready.

Homework:
***Study for the test
***Interactive student Notebook commercial pages are due on Wednesday

Until tomorrow...

5/15/11

I am sorry that I am just blogging now. The blog site was down on Friday after school.

Language Arts:
We are in the process of finishing up our novel study. The students had time on Friday to work on their homework, but a few students still needed to finish it up.

Homework:
***Read chapters 36-38(They did this in class with their group.)
***Complete their independent literature circle job
***Create a list of events that have happened from chapters 1-38 in the book. Next, create a time line, putting the 10 events in the order in which they occurred.

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Math:
The students are finishing up the end of the year 5th grade overall assessment. Hopefully, everyone will have this completed tomorrow.

Homework:
***None

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Social Studies:
We did not have Social Studies on Friday. We had Art Smart instead. That was our last one for the year. A huge "Thank you" to all of our parents who helped with that each month. My students always looked forward to those days.

Chapter 13 study guides were passed out early last week. Both classes will have their final test at the end of this week. Specific dates for testing will be announced during classes this week.
Study early!

Until tomorrow...

5/11/11

Yesterday was a fun day. Thank you to all our parents who were a huge help!

Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we worked in our literature circle groups, read and discussed chapters 28-31, completed our individual jobs, and worked on a friendly letter from one character to another.

Homework:
***Novel study job
***Friendly letter(See Literature Log-Day 7)

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Math:
Today we completed a minute and worked on a review of skills from Unit 12. The students were able to copy the skills that will be tested along with sample problems.

Homework:
***No homework- Review the study guide and sample problems for the test tomorrow(Unit 12)
***Part 1 Unit 11 test was passed back today. Please get a parent signature

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Social Studies(Suddarth)
Today we finished up traveling through some famous cities in the West region. We visited and learned fun facts about Boise, Idaho, Las Vegas, Nevada, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Seattle Washington. Study guides for this chapter will be passed our for both classed tomorrow. The final test of the year will be next week.

Reminders:
***Remember to bring in your field day lunch sheet. They are due on Friday.

Until tomorrow...

5/4/11

Language Arts:
*** Field day T-shirt order forms are due tomorrow.

We work in groups today and almost everyone was prepared with their job completed. This really makes our Literature Circles run smoothly. Today we read together chapters 9-13.

Homework:
Literature Log Day 3 activities- Write two paragraphs.(See the sheet for details.)
Complete your personal Literature Circle job.

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Math:
Today we started Unit 12. This is our last unit! It covers things like prime factorization, finding the GCF and the LCM as well as probability. This will be a fast unit since we have covered these concepts throughout the year in detail during our board computation time. This will give me time to give the Unit test as well as the End-of-the Year test to assess where we ended the year.

Homework:
***Finish the probability page and complete Math Boxes 12.1 and 12.2

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Social Studies(Suddarth)
We took our Unit 12 test today.

Homework:
***Brochures about The Pacific Crest Trail are due on Friday.

Until tomorrow...

5/2/11

It is finally May!

Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we took our novel study test and started our next novel. We will be doing literature circles during this novel and each student will have a specific job to do for their small group. It is very important that they keep up with their job each night.

Homework:
***Read chapter 3 in our new novel
***All journal entries and Tic-Tac-Toe activities are due on Wednesday

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Math:
We worked on a practice test today in class with partners. Our Unit 11 test will be tomorrow.

Homework:
***Complete the practice test- We will go over it before our test tomorrow.

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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today we read all about The Pacific Crest Trail in the West region. We also started a brochure advertising it. The students will have time to complete the brochure on Wednesday after their Chapter 12 test.

Homework:
***Study the study guide-Your test is on Wednesday.
(Mrs. Doms' class- Your test is tomorrow. You will also have time to work on your brochure advertising The Pacific Crest Trail.)

Reminders:
***Field day T-shirt forms are due by Thursday.

Until tomorrow...