It is Red Ribbon Week here at Northpoint!
It was neat seeing everyone supporting Red Ribbon Week by wearing red. Don't forget that tomorrow is wear a hat to school day.
Reminders:
***Conferences are happening this week. Please check your time so that you do not miss yours!
***Picture retakes are this Wednesday.
Language Arts:
This is a short week this week and next but we are still plugging along. Be sure to practice the RIT words for the week, the spelling words, and the story vocabulary every night. Our words are getting tricky.
Today we read our story for the week which is a fantasy. The comprehension skill for the week is cause and effect relationships. We will work on this tomorrow as we fill out a graphic organizer related to our story.
Our grammar skill for the week is run- on sentences. Boy can we use some work on this!
Homework:
***Safety posters are due on Wednesday
***Weekly homework packet is due on Thursday this week. We will have all of assessments on that day too.
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Math:
Today was our last day to work in two separate groups. While some students retook their Unit 4 test, the rest of us worked on computation skills and mental math that dealt with algebra, math vocabulary, ratios, fractions, and order of operations. We will start working on Unit 5 tomorrow.
Homework:
***Math Boxes 4.1 and 4.5
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today our class went diving as underwater archaeologists looking for lost artifacts that Europeans may have left in their sunken ships during their voyage to the Americas. This stirred up quite a conversation as we discussed natural objects and artifacts and their purpose.
Homework:
***Northeast region test is next Tuesday-Study!
Until tomorrow...
Monday, October 24, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
10/21/11
I am sorry about not blogging yesterday. It is report card time and things are hectic after school.
Language Arts:
Today we took our usual Friday assessments and started a "Round Robin Writing."We also had a fun program in the gym provided by Health Works.
Homework:
***Read for your reading project that is due on December 16.
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Math:
We completed our minute today with Mr. Kistler(our student teacher), graded our homework, completed computation on white boards. Next, I took over and we split into two groups. Some students worked with me on the floor while others worked independently at their seats on fraction and skill review. Even though it is a short week next week, we are jumping into Unit 5 and starting our Odyssey time on Thursday. We will be reviewing RIT words next week as well.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today Chapter 3 tests were passed back and we started Chapter 4. We discussed how the Europeans came to the "New World" and what they intended to find when they got here.
Homework:
***None
***Don't forget to practice the states, capitals, and abbreviations for the Southeast region. This test will be the week we get back from fall break.
Have a great weekend!
Language Arts:
Today we took our usual Friday assessments and started a "Round Robin Writing."We also had a fun program in the gym provided by Health Works.
Homework:
***Read for your reading project that is due on December 16.
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Math:
We completed our minute today with Mr. Kistler(our student teacher), graded our homework, completed computation on white boards. Next, I took over and we split into two groups. Some students worked with me on the floor while others worked independently at their seats on fraction and skill review. Even though it is a short week next week, we are jumping into Unit 5 and starting our Odyssey time on Thursday. We will be reviewing RIT words next week as well.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today Chapter 3 tests were passed back and we started Chapter 4. We discussed how the Europeans came to the "New World" and what they intended to find when they got here.
Homework:
***None
***Don't forget to practice the states, capitals, and abbreviations for the Southeast region. This test will be the week we get back from fall break.
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
10/19/11
Today is the last day of the first grading period. Hooray!
Language Arts:
Today in class we reviewed complex sentences, vocabulary, and then spent time working on using context clues. Before we knew it, it was time to switch for Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Friday
***Grammar page(If not completed in class.)
***Read for your reading project which is due on December 16th
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Math:
Today was a mental math and review day. Then we jumped into working on a few pages from unit 4 dealing with fractions.
Homework:
***Study Links -pages 85,87, and 89
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Art Smart- Thank you to all our parent volunteers! The lesson today was a fun one!
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in class we reviewed complex sentences, vocabulary, and then spent time working on using context clues. Before we knew it, it was time to switch for Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Friday
***Grammar page(If not completed in class.)
***Read for your reading project which is due on December 16th
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Math:
Today was a mental math and review day. Then we jumped into working on a few pages from unit 4 dealing with fractions.
Homework:
***Study Links -pages 85,87, and 89
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Art Smart- Thank you to all our parent volunteers! The lesson today was a fun one!
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
10/18/11
Language Arts:
Today in class we worked on our grammar minute which practiced finding the simple subject and complete subject of a sentence and reviewed writing complex sentences by using special conjunctions.
During our spelling portion of our day, we sorted our spelling words into their spelling patterns and worked on a definition and synonym page using our words.
In reading, we worked on reviewing our RIT and story vocabulary as well as used a graphic organizer to summarize our weekly story.
In writing, we spent some time working on our school wide Red Ribbon Week writing prompt. The final copy of this is due tomorrow.
Homework:
***Red Ribbon writing
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
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Math:
Today was a review day and catch up day. Some students worked with me on white boards while others finished up their assessments.
Unit 3 tests were passed back today. The were awesome!
Homework:
***Get test signed
***Journal pages 122, 124, 125
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Social Studies( Suddarth)
Today we started Chapter 4. We completed the preview and read only the first section in the chapter.
Homework:
***Study the Northeast region, the states, capitals, and abbreviations. The test will be on Nov. 1
I hope to see you at Culvers tonight!
Until tomorrow...
Today in class we worked on our grammar minute which practiced finding the simple subject and complete subject of a sentence and reviewed writing complex sentences by using special conjunctions.
During our spelling portion of our day, we sorted our spelling words into their spelling patterns and worked on a definition and synonym page using our words.
In reading, we worked on reviewing our RIT and story vocabulary as well as used a graphic organizer to summarize our weekly story.
In writing, we spent some time working on our school wide Red Ribbon Week writing prompt. The final copy of this is due tomorrow.
Homework:
***Red Ribbon writing
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
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Math:
Today was a review day and catch up day. Some students worked with me on white boards while others finished up their assessments.
Unit 3 tests were passed back today. The were awesome!
Homework:
***Get test signed
***Journal pages 122, 124, 125
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Social Studies( Suddarth)
Today we started Chapter 4. We completed the preview and read only the first section in the chapter.
Homework:
***Study the Northeast region, the states, capitals, and abbreviations. The test will be on Nov. 1
I hope to see you at Culvers tonight!
Until tomorrow...
Monday, October 17, 2011
10/17/11
Language Arts:
Today was a busy Monday. Right after double specials we started with our spelling pretest then jumped into our story for the week. This week we have 8 vocabulary words. They are as follows: adjusted, function, disasters, environment, mission, maze, zone and gravity. These words are important to know and should be talked about as you read the story together this week.
Our RIT words for the week are climax, cliche, allegory, bias, and caricature. These words along with the other RIT vocabulary in their binder should be reviewed each week. We periodically have quizzes over all of the words learned.
Homework:
***Weekly homework packet
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Math:
Today we completed our minute, reviewed on white boards, and took our Unit 4 pretest.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms')
Today we took our Chapter 3 test
Until tomorrow...
Today was a busy Monday. Right after double specials we started with our spelling pretest then jumped into our story for the week. This week we have 8 vocabulary words. They are as follows: adjusted, function, disasters, environment, mission, maze, zone and gravity. These words are important to know and should be talked about as you read the story together this week.
Our RIT words for the week are climax, cliche, allegory, bias, and caricature. These words along with the other RIT vocabulary in their binder should be reviewed each week. We periodically have quizzes over all of the words learned.
Homework:
***Weekly homework packet
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Math:
Today we completed our minute, reviewed on white boards, and took our Unit 4 pretest.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms')
Today we took our Chapter 3 test
Until tomorrow...
Friday, October 14, 2011
10/14/11
Happy Friday!
Language Arts:
Today was a busy day. We took all of the usual assessments, played a RIT review, worked on our writing which is due on Monday, and switched for Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Brochure and Picture prompt tree writing is due on Monday
***Decide which book you would like to start reading for your flip book project. This book needs to be approved by me by Wednesday. It should not be a book that you have NOT read before. I will be looking at books to make certain that they fit your individual reading level.
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Math:
We took our Unit 3 test today.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
We took our Chapter 3 test today. Mrs. Doms' homeroom will have their test on Monday. Their page 20 in their ISNB is also due on Monday.
Homework:
***None
Have a great weekend!
Until Monday...
Language Arts:
Today was a busy day. We took all of the usual assessments, played a RIT review, worked on our writing which is due on Monday, and switched for Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Brochure and Picture prompt tree writing is due on Monday
***Decide which book you would like to start reading for your flip book project. This book needs to be approved by me by Wednesday. It should not be a book that you have NOT read before. I will be looking at books to make certain that they fit your individual reading level.
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Math:
We took our Unit 3 test today.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
We took our Chapter 3 test today. Mrs. Doms' homeroom will have their test on Monday. Their page 20 in their ISNB is also due on Monday.
Homework:
***None
Have a great weekend!
Until Monday...
Thursday, October 13, 2011
10/13/11
Language Arts:
We are ready for our Friday assessments! We spent our time this morning reviewing all of the vocabulary and RIT words of the week, practicing creating compound sentences but joining two simple sentences with a comma and a conjunction. We also met with our reading buddies and worked on our brochure and weekly writing assignment.
Homework:
***Our second grading period reading project paper and instructions were passed out and discussed yesterday. Please make sure that you put the paper and guidelines in a safe spot. The actual project is due on December 16. The students will be presenting these to the class as part of their listening and speaking standard grade. The first thing that I told each student that they need to do is start reading the book that they would like to complete the project on. This book should be approved by me, on their independent reading level, and be a chapter book. Get reading!
***Weekly Homework Packets are due tomorrow- Remember all the signatures.
***Tree brochure and picture prompt writing are due on Monday.
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Math:
After completing our minute today, the students rotated through three stations where they completed two different assessments for a grade and worked with a partner on their practice test for our test tomorrow.
Homework:
***Complete the practice test. We will go over all of the problems prior to taking the test to clear up any existing problems.
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We did not have content today. We had D.A.R.E. The students have quite a bit of stories to tell about what they learned today from Officer Redman. Ask them.
Until tomorrow...
We are ready for our Friday assessments! We spent our time this morning reviewing all of the vocabulary and RIT words of the week, practicing creating compound sentences but joining two simple sentences with a comma and a conjunction. We also met with our reading buddies and worked on our brochure and weekly writing assignment.
Homework:
***Our second grading period reading project paper and instructions were passed out and discussed yesterday. Please make sure that you put the paper and guidelines in a safe spot. The actual project is due on December 16. The students will be presenting these to the class as part of their listening and speaking standard grade. The first thing that I told each student that they need to do is start reading the book that they would like to complete the project on. This book should be approved by me, on their independent reading level, and be a chapter book. Get reading!
***Weekly Homework Packets are due tomorrow- Remember all the signatures.
***Tree brochure and picture prompt writing are due on Monday.
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Math:
After completing our minute today, the students rotated through three stations where they completed two different assessments for a grade and worked with a partner on their practice test for our test tomorrow.
Homework:
***Complete the practice test. We will go over all of the problems prior to taking the test to clear up any existing problems.
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We did not have content today. We had D.A.R.E. The students have quite a bit of stories to tell about what they learned today from Officer Redman. Ask them.
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
10/12/11
Language Arts:
Today was a fun day in Language Arts! After we finished with reviewing and practicing our grammar skill of the week, we gathered by the rocking chair and worked on some research on the Ipad which involved different kinds of deciduous and coniferous trees for creating our brochures. The students really enjoyed viewing the different kinds of leaves of each tree and learning all the specific facts about where they are found and what particular things their wood is used for.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Picture prompt writing and brochure will be due on Monday.(These should be kept at school because the students will have time to work on them as they finish up other things in class.)
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Math:Word Problem Wednesday
Today we worked on lesson 3.10 which continued to practice formulas, variables, and graphs.
Homework:
***Study Link 3.10 and Journal Page 121
***Our Unit test will be on Friday and our Unit 4 pretest will be on Monday of next week.
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Social Studies:(Doms')
Today we finished up our chapter by reading and discussing the Reading Further section of our chapter. The students were given a handout about the four tribes that we read about today. This chart will be very useful in preparing for the test on Monday.
Homework:
***Test over chapter 3 is on Monday for Mrs. Doms' homeroom students. Use the study guide and both charts to help you prepare for the test.
***The letter from your Interactive Student Notebook page 20 is due on Monday as well. Please follow the guidelines found on page 20. This should be on regular notebook paper to be handed in prior to the test.
Until tomorrow...
Today was a fun day in Language Arts! After we finished with reviewing and practicing our grammar skill of the week, we gathered by the rocking chair and worked on some research on the Ipad which involved different kinds of deciduous and coniferous trees for creating our brochures. The students really enjoyed viewing the different kinds of leaves of each tree and learning all the specific facts about where they are found and what particular things their wood is used for.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Picture prompt writing and brochure will be due on Monday.(These should be kept at school because the students will have time to work on them as they finish up other things in class.)
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Math:Word Problem Wednesday
Today we worked on lesson 3.10 which continued to practice formulas, variables, and graphs.
Homework:
***Study Link 3.10 and Journal Page 121
***Our Unit test will be on Friday and our Unit 4 pretest will be on Monday of next week.
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Social Studies:(Doms')
Today we finished up our chapter by reading and discussing the Reading Further section of our chapter. The students were given a handout about the four tribes that we read about today. This chart will be very useful in preparing for the test on Monday.
Homework:
***Test over chapter 3 is on Monday for Mrs. Doms' homeroom students. Use the study guide and both charts to help you prepare for the test.
***The letter from your Interactive Student Notebook page 20 is due on Monday as well. Please follow the guidelines found on page 20. This should be on regular notebook paper to be handed in prior to the test.
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
10/11/11
Language Arts:
Today was a great day to get a lot accomplished! Here is what we did:
In grammar, we completed our minute which reviewed adding the correct punctuation to sentences. We also reviewed our weekly skill by practicing on white boards and completing a page in our grammar workbooks. This week our skill is creating compound sentences by adding a conjunction and a comma to combine two complete thoughts.
In spelling, we completed a word sort with our different spelling words. (This is definitely a tricky list!) We also completed a definition and synonym page related to our words of the week.
In reading, we reviewed our story vocabulary, all of our RIT vocabulary, and created a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting both deciduous and coniferous trees.(This relates to our weekly nonfiction article that we read in class.)
In writing, we will be working on creating a story this week based on a picture prompt. This story should be loaded with facts about what it would be like if we did not have trees.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Writing- due Monday
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Math:
Today's lesson focused on mystery graphs. The students also worked on completing a standard assessment on data and probability as well as problem solving.
Homework:
***Study Link 3.9
***Our test will be this Friday.
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today we completed our chart of the seven regions where American Indians lived. We also read and discussed the Reading Further section in our books. In this section, we learned about the lives and jobs of four different American Indians and their duties within their tribes.
Homework:
***Chapter 3 test is on Friday. Please study the chart that we completed as a class, the chart that was passed out today, as well as the study guide that was passed out yesterday.
***Page 20(Interactive Student Notebook is due on Friday before the start of the test.)
This should be completed on lined paper and not in the journal.
Reminders:
***Tomorrow is Super Hero day!
Until tomorrow...
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Today was a great day to get a lot accomplished! Here is what we did:
In grammar, we completed our minute which reviewed adding the correct punctuation to sentences. We also reviewed our weekly skill by practicing on white boards and completing a page in our grammar workbooks. This week our skill is creating compound sentences by adding a conjunction and a comma to combine two complete thoughts.
In spelling, we completed a word sort with our different spelling words. (This is definitely a tricky list!) We also completed a definition and synonym page related to our words of the week.
In reading, we reviewed our story vocabulary, all of our RIT vocabulary, and created a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting both deciduous and coniferous trees.(This relates to our weekly nonfiction article that we read in class.)
In writing, we will be working on creating a story this week based on a picture prompt. This story should be loaded with facts about what it would be like if we did not have trees.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Writing- due Monday
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Math:
Today's lesson focused on mystery graphs. The students also worked on completing a standard assessment on data and probability as well as problem solving.
Homework:
***Study Link 3.9
***Our test will be this Friday.
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today we completed our chart of the seven regions where American Indians lived. We also read and discussed the Reading Further section in our books. In this section, we learned about the lives and jobs of four different American Indians and their duties within their tribes.
Homework:
***Chapter 3 test is on Friday. Please study the chart that we completed as a class, the chart that was passed out today, as well as the study guide that was passed out yesterday.
***Page 20(Interactive Student Notebook is due on Friday before the start of the test.)
This should be completed on lined paper and not in the journal.
Reminders:
***Tomorrow is Super Hero day!
Until tomorrow...
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Monday, October 10, 2011
10/10/11
Language Arts:
Today was a busy one! Right after double specials we jumped right into our spelling pretest, new story for the week, RIT vocabulary, and our new grammar skill.
This week we are reading a short nonfiction article. The vocabulary words are as follows: major, quest, settings, reduce and buffet. Please discuss these definitions as you read the story together this week.
Our RIT vocabulary words this week are as follows: anecdote, idiom, mood, connotation, and denotation. The students have these words in their binders. They should be studying them each week for cumulative quizzes.
In grammar, we started working on simple and compound sentences with conjunctions. This was a little confusing at first ,but the more we practiced on white boards, the better it was.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due every Friday.
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Math:
Today we worked on lessons 3.7 and 3.8. Both of these lesson discussed working with spreadsheets. We discussed the following vocabulary: row, column, and cell name. This lesson ran very smoothly.
During our computation time, we focused on finding out how many possible combinations could be made from certain situations. This gave us practice with drawing tree diagrams.
Homework:
***Study Links 3.7 and 3.8
***Our test over Unit 3 will be this Friday.
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Social Studies:( Monday)
Today we read and discussed the section dealing with the American Indians of the Southeast, read the summary, and worked in small groups filling out informational charts that summarize all seven regions and their specific characteristics. This will be an excellent resource to study off of for our upcoming test on Monday for Mrs. Doms' class. Study guides were passed out today.
Homework:
***Start studying for the test which will be on Monday for Mrs. Doms' homeroom.
***My homeroom will have their Social Studies test this Friday. They have their study guides as well.
Until tomorrow..
Today was a busy one! Right after double specials we jumped right into our spelling pretest, new story for the week, RIT vocabulary, and our new grammar skill.
This week we are reading a short nonfiction article. The vocabulary words are as follows: major, quest, settings, reduce and buffet. Please discuss these definitions as you read the story together this week.
Our RIT vocabulary words this week are as follows: anecdote, idiom, mood, connotation, and denotation. The students have these words in their binders. They should be studying them each week for cumulative quizzes.
In grammar, we started working on simple and compound sentences with conjunctions. This was a little confusing at first ,but the more we practiced on white boards, the better it was.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due every Friday.
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Math:
Today we worked on lessons 3.7 and 3.8. Both of these lesson discussed working with spreadsheets. We discussed the following vocabulary: row, column, and cell name. This lesson ran very smoothly.
During our computation time, we focused on finding out how many possible combinations could be made from certain situations. This gave us practice with drawing tree diagrams.
Homework:
***Study Links 3.7 and 3.8
***Our test over Unit 3 will be this Friday.
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Social Studies:( Monday)
Today we read and discussed the section dealing with the American Indians of the Southeast, read the summary, and worked in small groups filling out informational charts that summarize all seven regions and their specific characteristics. This will be an excellent resource to study off of for our upcoming test on Monday for Mrs. Doms' class. Study guides were passed out today.
Homework:
***Start studying for the test which will be on Monday for Mrs. Doms' homeroom.
***My homeroom will have their Social Studies test this Friday. They have their study guides as well.
Until tomorrow..
Friday, October 7, 2011
10/7/11
Another beautiful day!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we took all of the usual Friday assessments, reviewed RIT vocabulary, and completed a "Round Robin" writing activity. This was a fun process to watch and after we were finished, we got quite a few chuckles out of how well we write!
Homework:
***Hero writing-due Monday(Many students handed it in already.)
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Math:
Today we reviewed relative frequency tables, fractions, and finding the cost per unit of various items. By now, your child should be able to pick out the "Best Buy".
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies: (Suddarth)
Today we completed our last section on the American Indians from the Southeast region, read and discussed the summary, and worked with a partner filling our information charts on the seven regions and tribes.
Homework:
***None
Have a great weekend!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we took all of the usual Friday assessments, reviewed RIT vocabulary, and completed a "Round Robin" writing activity. This was a fun process to watch and after we were finished, we got quite a few chuckles out of how well we write!
Homework:
***Hero writing-due Monday(Many students handed it in already.)
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Math:
Today we reviewed relative frequency tables, fractions, and finding the cost per unit of various items. By now, your child should be able to pick out the "Best Buy".
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies: (Suddarth)
Today we completed our last section on the American Indians from the Southeast region, read and discussed the summary, and worked with a partner filling our information charts on the seven regions and tribes.
Homework:
***None
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
10/6/11
Language Arts:
Today we finished up with our skills for the week and reviewed for our assessments. We also took some time to continue working on our weekly writing prompt and practiced RIT vocabulary. (I was very surprised at how well they are learning our new terms!)
Homework:
***Weekly Homework packet is due tomorrow. Please remember all the signatures showing that you read the story with a parent and nightly initials with number of reading minutes.
***Hero writing is due on Monday
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Math:Thinking Thursday
Since today was Thinking Thursday we worked on two individual skills. We learned how to create and read a Box-And-Whisker Plot and all the vocabulary that goes with it. We also learned how to create a Frequency Chart as well as what the terms mean. These two skills are ways to show data that are not typical. You should be able to ask your child the following terms and they should know their definitions and how they are used to display data:median, lower extreme, upper extreme, lower quartile, upper quartile, intervals, frequency, relative frequency, and cumulative frequency.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
We had D.A.R.E. today!
Until tomorrow...
Today we finished up with our skills for the week and reviewed for our assessments. We also took some time to continue working on our weekly writing prompt and practiced RIT vocabulary. (I was very surprised at how well they are learning our new terms!)
Homework:
***Weekly Homework packet is due tomorrow. Please remember all the signatures showing that you read the story with a parent and nightly initials with number of reading minutes.
***Hero writing is due on Monday
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Math:Thinking Thursday
Since today was Thinking Thursday we worked on two individual skills. We learned how to create and read a Box-And-Whisker Plot and all the vocabulary that goes with it. We also learned how to create a Frequency Chart as well as what the terms mean. These two skills are ways to show data that are not typical. You should be able to ask your child the following terms and they should know their definitions and how they are used to display data:median, lower extreme, upper extreme, lower quartile, upper quartile, intervals, frequency, relative frequency, and cumulative frequency.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:
We had D.A.R.E. today!
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
10/5/11
What a beautiful day!
Language Arts:
We spent our morning working on commas in a series, subjects and predicates, and reviewing the plot and vocabulary of our weekly story. We also spent time working on our weekly writing prompt which deals with writing about a hero. This is a personal narrative and should include "voice." The final draft for this writing is due on Monday.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday. Parents- Please sign the top portion of the first page and write in reading minutes each night along with an initial. These minutes will be recorded each week.
***Hero writing- due Monday
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Math: Word Problem Wednesday
After completing our minute, we worked on several word problems of the day. It is my goal to have the students draw small pictures or sketches while trying to solve word problems as well as to show all of their work. So far, it is starting to work.
Our lesson today focused on a science experiment and the rate in which an object falls to the ground. Interesting!
Homework:
***Math Boxes 3.5 and #.6
***Friday Skill Sheet
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today we continued on with our discussion of the American Indians of the Southwest, Great Plains, Plateau, and Eastern Woodlands. We learned about their environment, their types of clothing, homes, and artifacts that they used. We also filled out our workbooks which will be an excellent study tool while preparing for our next test.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
We spent our morning working on commas in a series, subjects and predicates, and reviewing the plot and vocabulary of our weekly story. We also spent time working on our weekly writing prompt which deals with writing about a hero. This is a personal narrative and should include "voice." The final draft for this writing is due on Monday.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday. Parents- Please sign the top portion of the first page and write in reading minutes each night along with an initial. These minutes will be recorded each week.
***Hero writing- due Monday
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Math: Word Problem Wednesday
After completing our minute, we worked on several word problems of the day. It is my goal to have the students draw small pictures or sketches while trying to solve word problems as well as to show all of their work. So far, it is starting to work.
Our lesson today focused on a science experiment and the rate in which an object falls to the ground. Interesting!
Homework:
***Math Boxes 3.5 and #.6
***Friday Skill Sheet
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today we continued on with our discussion of the American Indians of the Southwest, Great Plains, Plateau, and Eastern Woodlands. We learned about their environment, their types of clothing, homes, and artifacts that they used. We also filled out our workbooks which will be an excellent study tool while preparing for our next test.
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
10/4/11
Language Arts:
Today was a day filled with progress. We were able to get so much accomplished during our Language Arts block of time. During grammar, we worked on finding the compound subjects and compound predicates in sentences, completed our minute, and practiced on white boards.
In reading, we reviewed our story and RIT vocabulary and filled out a Plot/Setting chart based on our weekly story.
During our spelling time, we completed a word sort of our spelling words for the week, and worked on multiple meaning words. We ended right before Vocabulary Vine by brainstorming a web for our next writing assignment.
This week we are learning how to brainstorm for a writing prompt, balance our time requirement, create a web along with a word choice box and formulate a topic sentence. Now we are ready to begin our rough drafts during class time.
Homework:
***Writing About a Hero- due Monday
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
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Math:
Today our lesson focused on formulas and graphs. This was not a new concept and the students seemed to be able to "plug in" the numbers quite easily into the various formulas.
Homework:
***Finish pages 100 and 101
***Study Links 3.4 and 3.5
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today we continued our discussion of four more different regions and the American Indians that lived there. Today we looked at the Southwest region, the Great Plains, the Plateau and one other region. We discussed the tribes that lived in each region, their homes, and possible artifacts that could have left behind.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Today was a day filled with progress. We were able to get so much accomplished during our Language Arts block of time. During grammar, we worked on finding the compound subjects and compound predicates in sentences, completed our minute, and practiced on white boards.
In reading, we reviewed our story and RIT vocabulary and filled out a Plot/Setting chart based on our weekly story.
During our spelling time, we completed a word sort of our spelling words for the week, and worked on multiple meaning words. We ended right before Vocabulary Vine by brainstorming a web for our next writing assignment.
This week we are learning how to brainstorm for a writing prompt, balance our time requirement, create a web along with a word choice box and formulate a topic sentence. Now we are ready to begin our rough drafts during class time.
Homework:
***Writing About a Hero- due Monday
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
*************************************************************************************
Math:
Today our lesson focused on formulas and graphs. This was not a new concept and the students seemed to be able to "plug in" the numbers quite easily into the various formulas.
Homework:
***Finish pages 100 and 101
***Study Links 3.4 and 3.5
*************************************************************************************
Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today we continued our discussion of four more different regions and the American Indians that lived there. Today we looked at the Southwest region, the Great Plains, the Plateau and one other region. We discussed the tribes that lived in each region, their homes, and possible artifacts that could have left behind.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Monday, October 3, 2011
10/3/11
It is hard to believe that it is October already. This first grading period is flying by!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we started our second story in our basal. This week we are reading a Tall Tale and having quite a few discussions about the element of exaggeration in this type of genre! We reviewed the vocabulary and this weeks RIT words as well as worked on both simple and complete subjects and predicates in grammar.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Friday
(Please remember to sign the top portion of the homework packet verifying that you read the story together, practiced the RIT and story vocabulary, and practiced the spelling words for the week. Also, each night a parent should be logging reading minutes and putting initials by the day. Thank you!)
***The weekly reading assessment, spelling and selection test were passed back today. Please be looking for them in blue folders tonight.
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Math:Mental Math Monday
Today in math we worked on multiple step problems mentally, completed our minute, worked on computation, and jumped into our daily lesson which dealt with writing formulas.
Homework:
***Writing equations worksheet
***Math Boxes 3.4 and 3.5
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today we started chapter 3, discussed the new vocabulary, discussed the introduction, read and discussed sections 3.2 and 3.3. In these sections we learned that there are seven different regions that the American Indians came from. In this lesson we will focus on the regions, the tribes that came from each region and specific artifacts that may have been left behind that would help us in learning about their culture. We filled in two charts together in their Interactive Student Notebooks that dealt with the American Indians from the Northwest Coast and the California-InterMountain Indians.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we started our second story in our basal. This week we are reading a Tall Tale and having quite a few discussions about the element of exaggeration in this type of genre! We reviewed the vocabulary and this weeks RIT words as well as worked on both simple and complete subjects and predicates in grammar.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Friday
(Please remember to sign the top portion of the homework packet verifying that you read the story together, practiced the RIT and story vocabulary, and practiced the spelling words for the week. Also, each night a parent should be logging reading minutes and putting initials by the day. Thank you!)
***The weekly reading assessment, spelling and selection test were passed back today. Please be looking for them in blue folders tonight.
************************************************************************************
Math:Mental Math Monday
Today in math we worked on multiple step problems mentally, completed our minute, worked on computation, and jumped into our daily lesson which dealt with writing formulas.
Homework:
***Writing equations worksheet
***Math Boxes 3.4 and 3.5
*************************************************************************************
Social Studies:(Doms)
Today we started chapter 3, discussed the new vocabulary, discussed the introduction, read and discussed sections 3.2 and 3.3. In these sections we learned that there are seven different regions that the American Indians came from. In this lesson we will focus on the regions, the tribes that came from each region and specific artifacts that may have been left behind that would help us in learning about their culture. We filled in two charts together in their Interactive Student Notebooks that dealt with the American Indians from the Northwest Coast and the California-InterMountain Indians.
Until tomorrow...
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