Where did the day go?
Today was a very quick day in Language Arts. With double specials, we were still able to add three word parts to our Vocabulary Vine and work on singular and plural nouns. This is a little tricky because we need to remember the specific rules in spelling some plural words. (We build on this next week when we discuss plural forms of nouns that change words altogether or do not change at all!)
Homework: Tomorrow is a very busy day for us. We will collect Fluency and Flow, take all of our Reading assessments, and begin the Cereal Box Projects. They are all due tomorrow.
Get your reading chart signed.
Math: We reviewed our assessments that were handed back today. They need parent signatures. We continued on our study of fractions, percents, and decimals.
Social Studies: We worked on Lesson 4. Our test is on Monday over Chapter 1.
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
10/8/08
Rain, Rain, Go Away...
Language Arts:Today in class we added 4 more word parts to our Vocabulary Vine, enjoyed a 30 minute session on bullying with Mrs. Slater, and reviewed singular and plural nouns. Please ask your child the rules for making singular nouns plural: What do I add if the noun ends in an s? an x? a sh? a ch? What happens if the noun ends in a consonant and a y? What happens if the noun ends in a vowel and a y? These questions are a great review for our end of the week test. In computer lab, we also reviewed this skill by using the Classworks program.
Homework: Fluency and Flow and Spelling test- Friday.
Cereal box projects are due Friday too!
Math: Today in Math, we worked on computation for a while with white boards. We reviewed such things as adding fractions, comparing fractions, multiplying decimals, dividing decimals, finding the Lease Common Denominator of two numbers, and ordering decimals from smallest to largest. We also started our first lesson in unit 9. This lesson deals with Fractions, Decimals and Percents. Be looking for assessment to come home tomorrow. They will need a parent signature.
Homework:Complete pages 266 and 267
Social Studies: Today we reviewed Lesson 2 and discussed lesson 3. The students were given a handout of notes for this lesson.
Homework:If it was not completed during class, practice book page 19 is homework. Get Chapter 1- Lesson 1 quiz signed to return to school tomorrow.
Our test over all of Chapter 1 will be next Monday, October 13. We will be working on an in-class project next week.The last day for this Social Studies rotation is Wednesday, October 15. (This is the last day of the grading period.)
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:Today in class we added 4 more word parts to our Vocabulary Vine, enjoyed a 30 minute session on bullying with Mrs. Slater, and reviewed singular and plural nouns. Please ask your child the rules for making singular nouns plural: What do I add if the noun ends in an s? an x? a sh? a ch? What happens if the noun ends in a consonant and a y? What happens if the noun ends in a vowel and a y? These questions are a great review for our end of the week test. In computer lab, we also reviewed this skill by using the Classworks program.
Homework: Fluency and Flow and Spelling test- Friday.
Cereal box projects are due Friday too!
Math: Today in Math, we worked on computation for a while with white boards. We reviewed such things as adding fractions, comparing fractions, multiplying decimals, dividing decimals, finding the Lease Common Denominator of two numbers, and ordering decimals from smallest to largest. We also started our first lesson in unit 9. This lesson deals with Fractions, Decimals and Percents. Be looking for assessment to come home tomorrow. They will need a parent signature.
Homework:Complete pages 266 and 267
Social Studies: Today we reviewed Lesson 2 and discussed lesson 3. The students were given a handout of notes for this lesson.
Homework:If it was not completed during class, practice book page 19 is homework. Get Chapter 1- Lesson 1 quiz signed to return to school tomorrow.
Our test over all of Chapter 1 will be next Monday, October 13. We will be working on an in-class project next week.The last day for this Social Studies rotation is Wednesday, October 15. (This is the last day of the grading period.)
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
10/7/08
What a terrific Tuesday!
***Keep those box tops coming! It helps us buy a lot of cool things for our school.
Language Arts: We accomplished a lot today for a double special day. We finished our read aloud and will be taking the AR test tomorrow during computer lab. We also worked on singular and plural nouns and the special spelling rules that apply. Last, but not least, we added four word parts to our Vocabulary Vine.
Homework: Fluency and Flow(due Friday), Study Spelling, Read and record minutes in planners, work on cereal box project(due Friday)
Math: Today in Math some students finished up their tests while others worked with me in small groups reviewing skills. The Midyear Assessment was sent home today for a parent signature. (I will use these skills as a review during computation time over the next two weeks with a focus on measuring.)We will start Unit 9 tomorrow- Fractions-Decimals- and Percents.( We have done a lot of work on the board preparing them for this unit. I anticipate that it will be much easier than expected for them.)
Homework: Get the Midyear Assessment signed, Math Boxes 9.1 and 9.2
Social Studies: Today in Social Studies, the students were handed back their Introduction Quiz. This needs to be signed and returned tomorrow. We reviewed lessons 1 and 2 and took a short 10 question vocabulary quiz over lesson 1. The students were then given time to complete page 18 in their practice books.
Homework: Practice Book page 18- Review lesson 2 notes.
Until tomorrow...
***Keep those box tops coming! It helps us buy a lot of cool things for our school.
Language Arts: We accomplished a lot today for a double special day. We finished our read aloud and will be taking the AR test tomorrow during computer lab. We also worked on singular and plural nouns and the special spelling rules that apply. Last, but not least, we added four word parts to our Vocabulary Vine.
Homework: Fluency and Flow(due Friday), Study Spelling, Read and record minutes in planners, work on cereal box project(due Friday)
Math: Today in Math some students finished up their tests while others worked with me in small groups reviewing skills. The Midyear Assessment was sent home today for a parent signature. (I will use these skills as a review during computation time over the next two weeks with a focus on measuring.)We will start Unit 9 tomorrow- Fractions-Decimals- and Percents.( We have done a lot of work on the board preparing them for this unit. I anticipate that it will be much easier than expected for them.)
Homework: Get the Midyear Assessment signed, Math Boxes 9.1 and 9.2
Social Studies: Today in Social Studies, the students were handed back their Introduction Quiz. This needs to be signed and returned tomorrow. We reviewed lessons 1 and 2 and took a short 10 question vocabulary quiz over lesson 1. The students were then given time to complete page 18 in their practice books.
Homework: Practice Book page 18- Review lesson 2 notes.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, October 6, 2008
10/6/08
What a Magnificent Monday!
Language Arts: Today was a busy day here at Northpoint. With no specials today, we were able to accomplish a lot! We took our Spelling pre-test, worked on consonant clusters in Spelling, listened to our new story for the week, and reviewed our new Grammar skill which is singular and plural nouns. We found time to work with our reading buddies and read a few pages in our read aloud as well. Whew! It was a busy morning!
Homework and Reminders:
Our Spelling test will be on Friday and Fluency and Flow is also due then. We will work in some time to listen to our cereal book project presentations that are due on Friday, Oct. 10.
***The students were given a half sheet today that tells them what their lexile range is for Reading. They should use the lexile website when picking out a book.
***Everyone needs to record their reading minutes each night in their planners. This will be reviewed periodically throughout the month.
Math: We worked on our Unit 8 test today. Many students still need some more time so we will devote a small amount of time to this tomorrow.
Homework: None
Social Studies: I gave the students a chance to "peek" at their grade on the introduction quiz, but I will not give them back until everyone has taken the quiz. Today we reviewed Lesson 1 again and discussed Lesson 2. The students will have a short quiz tomorrow on Lesson 1 concepts. They are able to discuss the Lesson and use the vocabulary correctly, so I know that they are ready for the quiz!
Homework: Study for the Chapter 1- Lesson 1 quiz. Please use the handout as a study guide.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts: Today was a busy day here at Northpoint. With no specials today, we were able to accomplish a lot! We took our Spelling pre-test, worked on consonant clusters in Spelling, listened to our new story for the week, and reviewed our new Grammar skill which is singular and plural nouns. We found time to work with our reading buddies and read a few pages in our read aloud as well. Whew! It was a busy morning!
Homework and Reminders:
Our Spelling test will be on Friday and Fluency and Flow is also due then. We will work in some time to listen to our cereal book project presentations that are due on Friday, Oct. 10.
***The students were given a half sheet today that tells them what their lexile range is for Reading. They should use the lexile website when picking out a book.
***Everyone needs to record their reading minutes each night in their planners. This will be reviewed periodically throughout the month.
Math: We worked on our Unit 8 test today. Many students still need some more time so we will devote a small amount of time to this tomorrow.
Homework: None
Social Studies: I gave the students a chance to "peek" at their grade on the introduction quiz, but I will not give them back until everyone has taken the quiz. Today we reviewed Lesson 1 again and discussed Lesson 2. The students will have a short quiz tomorrow on Lesson 1 concepts. They are able to discuss the Lesson and use the vocabulary correctly, so I know that they are ready for the quiz!
Homework: Study for the Chapter 1- Lesson 1 quiz. Please use the handout as a study guide.
Until tomorrow...
Saturday, October 4, 2008
10/4/08
Yesterday...
We had a great day yesterday! The weather decided to cooperate after all. We were able to do our book making with our reading buddies, take a nature walk, sketch and write outside, and play a wild game of kickball with Mrs. Woods' class. Even after all that, we were still able to get a couple chapters of our read aloud read and complete our weekly assessments.
Next Week: All reading projects are due on Oct. 10th. Remember to record minutes read each night in the planner.
My Math class will have their Unit 8 test on Monday.
Have a great weekend- Go Irish!
Until Monday...
We had a great day yesterday! The weather decided to cooperate after all. We were able to do our book making with our reading buddies, take a nature walk, sketch and write outside, and play a wild game of kickball with Mrs. Woods' class. Even after all that, we were still able to get a couple chapters of our read aloud read and complete our weekly assessments.
Next Week: All reading projects are due on Oct. 10th. Remember to record minutes read each night in the planner.
My Math class will have their Unit 8 test on Monday.
Have a great weekend- Go Irish!
Until Monday...
Thursday, October 2, 2008
10/2/08
What a day!
I am sorry that I am so late blogging today. I just got home from a yummy birthday dinner!
Language Arts: Language Arts went fairly quickly today since we had double specials. We were able to add five new word parts in Vocabulary Vine and spend some time reviewing common and proper nouns. I think they finally have it! We also spent about 20 minutes listening to our read aloud. We have only a few more pages left in our first read aloud.
Homework: We will be in Language Arts groups all day tomorrow because of the No Child Left Inside activities. It might be a good idea to bring a blanket to sit on, a sack lunch, and a sweatshirt or light jacket. We will be outside most of the day. We are even planning on eating lunch outside too. Fluency and Flow is due tomorrow. We will also have our Spelling test and weekly assessment sometime in between the outside activities. Please remember that our first Reading project is due in one week. (October 10) They may be turned in earlier as they are completed. Reading minutes should be logged each night and signed by a parent. These minutes will be used as a grade at the end of each month.
Math: Today in Math, we reviewed many skills on the board during computation time. We also worked with a partner on a practice test. This test is like the actual test that we will have on Monday. It will cover area and perimeter. Please review it over the weekend as a study guide.
Homework: Review the practice test for the test on Monday.
Social Studies: We started Chapter 1-Lesson 1. We discussed how the first Americans came to North America. The students were very attentive and interested in the lesson. The vocabulary we discussed today was as follows: Ice Age, Beringia, hunters and gatherers, mammoth, artifacts, archaeologists, artifacts, and Angel Mounds. Please ask your child what they can tell you about these terms.
Homework: None
Until tomorrow...
I am sorry that I am so late blogging today. I just got home from a yummy birthday dinner!
Language Arts: Language Arts went fairly quickly today since we had double specials. We were able to add five new word parts in Vocabulary Vine and spend some time reviewing common and proper nouns. I think they finally have it! We also spent about 20 minutes listening to our read aloud. We have only a few more pages left in our first read aloud.
Homework: We will be in Language Arts groups all day tomorrow because of the No Child Left Inside activities. It might be a good idea to bring a blanket to sit on, a sack lunch, and a sweatshirt or light jacket. We will be outside most of the day. We are even planning on eating lunch outside too. Fluency and Flow is due tomorrow. We will also have our Spelling test and weekly assessment sometime in between the outside activities. Please remember that our first Reading project is due in one week. (October 10) They may be turned in earlier as they are completed. Reading minutes should be logged each night and signed by a parent. These minutes will be used as a grade at the end of each month.
Math: Today in Math, we reviewed many skills on the board during computation time. We also worked with a partner on a practice test. This test is like the actual test that we will have on Monday. It will cover area and perimeter. Please review it over the weekend as a study guide.
Homework: Review the practice test for the test on Monday.
Social Studies: We started Chapter 1-Lesson 1. We discussed how the first Americans came to North America. The students were very attentive and interested in the lesson. The vocabulary we discussed today was as follows: Ice Age, Beringia, hunters and gatherers, mammoth, artifacts, archaeologists, artifacts, and Angel Mounds. Please ask your child what they can tell you about these terms.
Homework: None
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
10/1/08
Another Wednesday!
Today in Language Arts, we were very busy. We reviewed common and proper nouns. In computer lab, we typed sentences using both types of nouns. I am anxious to read their sentences to check for proper capitalization of those proper nouns. During our writing block, we discussed focusing and sticking to the topic. The students were then given 30 minutes to write a detailed paragraph that proves that they can do just that- stick to the topic!
Homework: Study for Spelling and continue working on Fluency and Flow. Fluency and Flow is due on Friday. Read 20-30 minutes each night. This is a daily requirement. Each night parents should log how many minutes their child reads. This will be counted towards their "Reads Independently" standard. Remember that reading projects are due on October 10. They are already starting to come in. Please continue to look over the rubric that was sent home on how it will be graded as you work on it.
***If you have not brought in your plastic container for Music. Please bring it in tomorrow.
In Math, we reviewed many skills on white boards and continued with area. Our test is scheduled for Monday. Many students who completed their work early, were able to get started on Math Practice Frenzy. This is an independent practice. Please ask your child if they have had a chance to work on it yet. Remember- we will not have Math on Friday due to the No Child Left Inside activities.
Homework: None
In Social Studies, we reviewed the introduction of Indiana and took the first quiz. Tomorrow we will actually start Chapter 1-Lesson 1.
Homework:Practice book- Page 5
Reminders:
*** Tonight is the skating party from 3:30-5:30
***My Language Arts class needs to bring in a plastic container for Music tomorrow.
***Friday is our No Child Left Inside day. Please dress appropriately. I plan on eating outside with the students ;o)
Until tomorrow...
Today in Language Arts, we were very busy. We reviewed common and proper nouns. In computer lab, we typed sentences using both types of nouns. I am anxious to read their sentences to check for proper capitalization of those proper nouns. During our writing block, we discussed focusing and sticking to the topic. The students were then given 30 minutes to write a detailed paragraph that proves that they can do just that- stick to the topic!
Homework: Study for Spelling and continue working on Fluency and Flow. Fluency and Flow is due on Friday. Read 20-30 minutes each night. This is a daily requirement. Each night parents should log how many minutes their child reads. This will be counted towards their "Reads Independently" standard. Remember that reading projects are due on October 10. They are already starting to come in. Please continue to look over the rubric that was sent home on how it will be graded as you work on it.
***If you have not brought in your plastic container for Music. Please bring it in tomorrow.
In Math, we reviewed many skills on white boards and continued with area. Our test is scheduled for Monday. Many students who completed their work early, were able to get started on Math Practice Frenzy. This is an independent practice. Please ask your child if they have had a chance to work on it yet. Remember- we will not have Math on Friday due to the No Child Left Inside activities.
Homework: None
In Social Studies, we reviewed the introduction of Indiana and took the first quiz. Tomorrow we will actually start Chapter 1-Lesson 1.
Homework:Practice book- Page 5
Reminders:
*** Tonight is the skating party from 3:30-5:30
***My Language Arts class needs to bring in a plastic container for Music tomorrow.
***Friday is our No Child Left Inside day. Please dress appropriately. I plan on eating outside with the students ;o)
Until tomorrow...
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