It was a cold day today!
Please make sure that your child is equipped for outside recess. Many students returned to math complaining that their hands were freezing! Remember, we go outside unless the temperature is below degrees. My classroom is often a bit chilly ,too, so a sweatshirt to keep here at school is a great idea!
Today in Language Arts we added six word parts to our Vocabulary Vine, reviewed past, future, and present tense verbs, and started our new read aloud. This new read aloud has really caught their interest. I hope that it will inspire them to read other books by the same author.
Homework:
***It is a new month. Please read and record minutes on the December calendar in the planner.
***Reading projects are due next week!
***Fluency and Flow and assessments will be on Friday as usual.
In Math we continued our work on finding rates. If you have any grocery ads that include rates, I would appreciate it if you send them in tomorrow.
Homework:
***Pages 330, 333,334
In Social Studies we reviewed Chapter 4 and took our test. Today is the last day for this rotation. Miss Grannan's homeroom students will have Mrs. Woods for Health next.
Reminders:
***Continue to send him items for our "Adopt a Family". We still have a great need.
Thank you so much in advance for your generosity!
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
12/01/08
Welcome Back to A Snowy December Day!
I hope that everyone enjoyed their time off with family and friends. Just think...only three more weeks until winter break!
Language Arts-We had a great start to a Monday. We took our spelling test which was pretty tricky. The list this week contains silent letters and some homophones. Some students were surprised at the list that they were on for the week. I think that it will encourage them to study a little each night. We were also able to read our story My Brother Martin. We had a great discussion using the new vocabulary words about segregation and the great work of Dr. King. While reading at home, it would also be a great discussion starter...
We had our Winter MAP testing today in Reading. The testing will continue during different days next week as well. Next week Math will be tested.
Homework:
***Fluency and Flow is due on Friday
***Study spelling
***Reading projects are due on Dec. 12
***Read and record minutes- Remember today starts a new month on the calendar in planners
***Handwriting-Pages 29,30,31
Math- We started our last unit in the 4th grade journal today. It deals with rates. This seemed to be pretty easy for everyone. We will complete this unit, review, and start the 5th grade journal right after break. I am proud of the progress that we are making.
Homework:
***Pages 328,329,331
Social Studies- Today we reviewed and worked on the Chapter 4 review and pages 33 and 34 of our practice book. Tomorrow is the last day of our rotation. We will have the test over Chapter 4.
Homework:
***Chapter 4 Review- Questions 1-5 and 14-18
***Practice Book pages 33 and 34
***Review the notes for the test
Reminders:
***Keep bringing in items for our "Adopt A Family". The final day to donate Dec. 12.
Until Tomorrow...
I hope that everyone enjoyed their time off with family and friends. Just think...only three more weeks until winter break!
Language Arts-We had a great start to a Monday. We took our spelling test which was pretty tricky. The list this week contains silent letters and some homophones. Some students were surprised at the list that they were on for the week. I think that it will encourage them to study a little each night. We were also able to read our story My Brother Martin. We had a great discussion using the new vocabulary words about segregation and the great work of Dr. King. While reading at home, it would also be a great discussion starter...
We had our Winter MAP testing today in Reading. The testing will continue during different days next week as well. Next week Math will be tested.
Homework:
***Fluency and Flow is due on Friday
***Study spelling
***Reading projects are due on Dec. 12
***Read and record minutes- Remember today starts a new month on the calendar in planners
***Handwriting-Pages 29,30,31
Math- We started our last unit in the 4th grade journal today. It deals with rates. This seemed to be pretty easy for everyone. We will complete this unit, review, and start the 5th grade journal right after break. I am proud of the progress that we are making.
Homework:
***Pages 328,329,331
Social Studies- Today we reviewed and worked on the Chapter 4 review and pages 33 and 34 of our practice book. Tomorrow is the last day of our rotation. We will have the test over Chapter 4.
Homework:
***Chapter 4 Review- Questions 1-5 and 14-18
***Practice Book pages 33 and 34
***Review the notes for the test
Reminders:
***Keep bringing in items for our "Adopt A Family". The final day to donate Dec. 12.
Until Tomorrow...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
11/25/08
Basketball Mania....
Tonight is the Women's Notre Dame basketball game. Come and join other Northpoint friends to cheer on the Irish girls. The school with the most participation wins a prize!
Adopt A Family information was sent home tonight. Our classroom will be adopting a family with three children. The family has two 10 year olds and 1 fourteen year old. Please discuss with your family at home whether or not you would like to bring a clothing item or a toy. I will be asking my kids tomorrow what they plan on buying. I would like to keep a list so that each child gets the same number of gifts and an assortment of both clothing and toys. If this is anything like our Thanksgiving giving, I know that it will be a success and we will make someone very happy over the holidays. Thank you in advance for participating in this meaningful project!
Today in Language Arts we added 11 word parts to our Vocabulary Vine. Boy is the list growing! (Please make sure that these are reviewed at home each week. It will be much easier to review each week instead of waiting until the list gets longer.) We also watched a little of our movie that goes right along with our read aloud. I was surprised at the moans and groans when we shut the movie off to go to specials. They are really into it!
Homework:
***Get reading chart signed
***Read and record minutes
***Reading projects are due soon!(December 12)
In Math we used a practice test in order to prepare for the test tomorrow. Please use this as a review and go over some of the problems together. The test will look a lot like the practice test.
Homework:
None
In Social Studies we briefly reviewed lesson 2 and read and discussed lesson 3. Tomorrow we will review all three lessons again to make sure that we clearly understand the concepts and skills of this chapter. Monday will be a review game while the test will be on Tuesday. Tuesday is the last day of this rotation.
Homework:
***Get the Chapter 3 test signed
***Review lesson summaries of Chapter 4
Until tomorrow...
Tonight is the Women's Notre Dame basketball game. Come and join other Northpoint friends to cheer on the Irish girls. The school with the most participation wins a prize!
Adopt A Family information was sent home tonight. Our classroom will be adopting a family with three children. The family has two 10 year olds and 1 fourteen year old. Please discuss with your family at home whether or not you would like to bring a clothing item or a toy. I will be asking my kids tomorrow what they plan on buying. I would like to keep a list so that each child gets the same number of gifts and an assortment of both clothing and toys. If this is anything like our Thanksgiving giving, I know that it will be a success and we will make someone very happy over the holidays. Thank you in advance for participating in this meaningful project!
Today in Language Arts we added 11 word parts to our Vocabulary Vine. Boy is the list growing! (Please make sure that these are reviewed at home each week. It will be much easier to review each week instead of waiting until the list gets longer.) We also watched a little of our movie that goes right along with our read aloud. I was surprised at the moans and groans when we shut the movie off to go to specials. They are really into it!
Homework:
***Get reading chart signed
***Read and record minutes
***Reading projects are due soon!(December 12)
In Math we used a practice test in order to prepare for the test tomorrow. Please use this as a review and go over some of the problems together. The test will look a lot like the practice test.
Homework:
None
In Social Studies we briefly reviewed lesson 2 and read and discussed lesson 3. Tomorrow we will review all three lessons again to make sure that we clearly understand the concepts and skills of this chapter. Monday will be a review game while the test will be on Tuesday. Tuesday is the last day of this rotation.
Homework:
***Get the Chapter 3 test signed
***Review lesson summaries of Chapter 4
Until tomorrow...
Monday, November 24, 2008
11/24/08
Missing Monday!
I was not at school today but I heard that things went well and as planned...
Things to know:
***We will not have a story or spelling list this week in Language Arts. We will spend the time reviewing some of those skills that we may not have mastered yet. We will hopefully find time to finish our read a loud and do a few fun activities. We will be doing a fun Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt in computer lab on Wednesday!
***Tomorrow night is the ND Women's Basketball Game. The school with the highest attendance will win a $300.00 prize. Our school won last year and we were able to spend the money on enrichment activities for our kids. It is sure to be a fun time!
***Mini Mall business proposals are soon due. Find your partner and turn in your proposal as soon as possible with a parent signature. This is always a fun way to end the grading period!
***My math class will review tomorrow for Unit 11. Be sure to use the study guide that we work on to review the skills of volume and conversions. The test will be on Wednesday.
***My Social Studies class will continue with Chapter 4-lesson 3 tomorrow. We will review on Monday after Thanksgiving and our test over Chapter 4 will be on Tuesday. The lesson summaries are an excellent way to review each lesson. They give a short, condensed version of all the important information from the lesson.
Until tomorrow...
I was not at school today but I heard that things went well and as planned...
Things to know:
***We will not have a story or spelling list this week in Language Arts. We will spend the time reviewing some of those skills that we may not have mastered yet. We will hopefully find time to finish our read a loud and do a few fun activities. We will be doing a fun Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt in computer lab on Wednesday!
***Tomorrow night is the ND Women's Basketball Game. The school with the highest attendance will win a $300.00 prize. Our school won last year and we were able to spend the money on enrichment activities for our kids. It is sure to be a fun time!
***Mini Mall business proposals are soon due. Find your partner and turn in your proposal as soon as possible with a parent signature. This is always a fun way to end the grading period!
***My math class will review tomorrow for Unit 11. Be sure to use the study guide that we work on to review the skills of volume and conversions. The test will be on Wednesday.
***My Social Studies class will continue with Chapter 4-lesson 3 tomorrow. We will review on Monday after Thanksgiving and our test over Chapter 4 will be on Tuesday. The lesson summaries are an excellent way to review each lesson. They give a short, condensed version of all the important information from the lesson.
Until tomorrow...
Friday, November 21, 2008
11/21/08
We made a difference!
This afternoon several of us had the opportunity to deliver 5 truck loads full of food to Elsie Rodgers. Teachers were waiting for us and were more than appreciative of the generosity of our Northpoint families. A big thank you goes out to everyone who donated towards such a worthy cause. Today we made a difference in our community!
Miss Nufer, our student teacher visited our classroom today. I was happy to see her and I know that the kids were too! She will be joining our class full time after winter break. We are all looking forward to that!
Language Arts: Today was a normal assessment day. We were able to get through all of them, listen to our read aloud, and we were able to go on a "comma hunt". We will continue working on using commas next week.
Hopefully your child was able to pick out an interesting book in their lexile range today during library. I encouraged everyone to pick out a book so that they have access to a book over the Thanksgiving break. With reading projects right around the corner, everyone needs to take every opportunity to read and be ready to take AR tests.
Homework:
***Read and record minutes
Math: We had a very exciting math class today! The students were excited to show Miss Nufer, our student teacher, everything that they have learned since the first week of school. We worked on fractions, integers, long division, finding the area of a room, the volume of rectangular prisms, and U.S. and Metric conversions. They were quite proud of themselves as we spent the majority of the class working on white boards and demonstrating what we've learned. We will review for our Unit 11 test on Tuesday. Using their study guide will be an excellent way to study for the test. The actual test will be on Wednesday.
Homework:
***None
In Social Studies, we started Chapter 4- Lesson 1. Even though this was a little longer of a chapter, much of the information was a review. We had a good discussion today about Christopher Columbus, the Taino, and the Columbian Exchange. I was impressed by how much they remembered from previous chapters. We will continue with this chapter next week.
Our final day of this content rotation will be the Tuesday after Thanksgiving break. We will review on Monday and test that Tuesday.
Homework:
*** Chapter 3 review(If not already turned in.)
Until tomorrow...
This afternoon several of us had the opportunity to deliver 5 truck loads full of food to Elsie Rodgers. Teachers were waiting for us and were more than appreciative of the generosity of our Northpoint families. A big thank you goes out to everyone who donated towards such a worthy cause. Today we made a difference in our community!
Miss Nufer, our student teacher visited our classroom today. I was happy to see her and I know that the kids were too! She will be joining our class full time after winter break. We are all looking forward to that!
Language Arts: Today was a normal assessment day. We were able to get through all of them, listen to our read aloud, and we were able to go on a "comma hunt". We will continue working on using commas next week.
Hopefully your child was able to pick out an interesting book in their lexile range today during library. I encouraged everyone to pick out a book so that they have access to a book over the Thanksgiving break. With reading projects right around the corner, everyone needs to take every opportunity to read and be ready to take AR tests.
Homework:
***Read and record minutes
Math: We had a very exciting math class today! The students were excited to show Miss Nufer, our student teacher, everything that they have learned since the first week of school. We worked on fractions, integers, long division, finding the area of a room, the volume of rectangular prisms, and U.S. and Metric conversions. They were quite proud of themselves as we spent the majority of the class working on white boards and demonstrating what we've learned. We will review for our Unit 11 test on Tuesday. Using their study guide will be an excellent way to study for the test. The actual test will be on Wednesday.
Homework:
***None
In Social Studies, we started Chapter 4- Lesson 1. Even though this was a little longer of a chapter, much of the information was a review. We had a good discussion today about Christopher Columbus, the Taino, and the Columbian Exchange. I was impressed by how much they remembered from previous chapters. We will continue with this chapter next week.
Our final day of this content rotation will be the Tuesday after Thanksgiving break. We will review on Monday and test that Tuesday.
Homework:
*** Chapter 3 review(If not already turned in.)
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
11/20/08
The snow has started falling! Remember to come to school dressed for recess. We already have many gloves, hats, and boots in our lost and found. It is a good idea to put your name inside items if at all possible.
Reminder: Tomorrow is the last day to bring in non-perishable food for our food drive. Several of us will be packing boxes tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who helped out. Your generosity will help make a family feel very special!
Today in Language Arts we continued with our grammar review of action verbs and verb tense. This skill will be tested so we will continue to practice. We also reviewed our RIT vocabulary. Ask your child the definitions of the following words: alliteration, assonance, consonance, hyperbole, oxymoron, and idiom. These are just some of the words that we reviewed daily this week.
Homework:
***Fluency and flow is due tomorrow
***Our spelling test is tomorrow
***Read and record minutes in planners
***Reading projects are due Dec. 12
In math today, we completed our minute, worked on computation, and spent the rest of the class working on volume and capacity. Now is a great time to help your child memorize the U.S. Customary measurements. We have been spending time turning ounces to pounds and so on...
Homework: None- They students earned a "NO HOMEWORK" night because they earned 10 chips for completed assignments in the jar. Way to go!
***We will review on Tuesday of next week and have our test on Wednesday. The students will have a practice test to complete on Tuesday. This is a study guide for the test on Wednesday.
In content, we had our Chapter 3 test, worked on the Chapter Review, and finished up the last of the practice book pages for this chapter. The students were also given a project sheet where they will have the choice to demonstrate two activities of their choice. This will be completed in class.
I just realized that I was off in planning. We actually have content a few days after Thanksgiving break. We do have time to complete another chapter. We will then start Chapter 4 tomorrow.
Homework: None
Until tomorrow...
Reminder: Tomorrow is the last day to bring in non-perishable food for our food drive. Several of us will be packing boxes tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who helped out. Your generosity will help make a family feel very special!
Today in Language Arts we continued with our grammar review of action verbs and verb tense. This skill will be tested so we will continue to practice. We also reviewed our RIT vocabulary. Ask your child the definitions of the following words: alliteration, assonance, consonance, hyperbole, oxymoron, and idiom. These are just some of the words that we reviewed daily this week.
Homework:
***Fluency and flow is due tomorrow
***Our spelling test is tomorrow
***Read and record minutes in planners
***Reading projects are due Dec. 12
In math today, we completed our minute, worked on computation, and spent the rest of the class working on volume and capacity. Now is a great time to help your child memorize the U.S. Customary measurements. We have been spending time turning ounces to pounds and so on...
Homework: None- They students earned a "NO HOMEWORK" night because they earned 10 chips for completed assignments in the jar. Way to go!
***We will review on Tuesday of next week and have our test on Wednesday. The students will have a practice test to complete on Tuesday. This is a study guide for the test on Wednesday.
In content, we had our Chapter 3 test, worked on the Chapter Review, and finished up the last of the practice book pages for this chapter. The students were also given a project sheet where they will have the choice to demonstrate two activities of their choice. This will be completed in class.
I just realized that I was off in planning. We actually have content a few days after Thanksgiving break. We do have time to complete another chapter. We will then start Chapter 4 tomorrow.
Homework: None
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
11/19/08
Keep cleaning out those kitchen cupboards- We need more food!
Thank you to everyone who has participated in our food drive so far. As of today, we have a lot of different items, but we are still in need of many things. Any contribution you can make will be greatly appreciated! We will accept items tomorrow and Friday morning. We are packing boxes during our lunch time on Friday.
Today in Language Arts, we had independent reading during Vocabulary Vine, reviewed past, present and future tense verbs, listened to our read aloud, worked on Classworks in the computer lab, and spent our writing time on our "Family" writing.
The Family homework is amazing! I can't wait for the students to share it next week!
Homework:
***Fluency/Flow and Spelling test-Friday
***Family writing is due tomorrow if it was not completed and turned in today.
***Read and record minutes in planners. The end of the month is soon approaching!
In Math today, we completed our minute, reviewed the computation skill of Order of Operations, and spent the remainder of our class time working on volume and capacity. Our review will be next Tuesday, and our test over Unit 11 will be on Wednesday of next week.
Homework: Math Box 11.5 and two volume sheets
We did not have content today. We had Art Smart instead. Thank you to Mrs. Schatz and Mrs. Walsh for a fantastic lesson. The students talked about Picasso and were able to create a self portrait. They look great and the students had fun!
Reminders:
***If you are in Ms. Grannan's homeroom, you will have your Chapter 3 Social Studies test tomorrow.
***Friday is mismatched day. If you bring in $1.00, you may wear mismatched clothing. The money will be donated to the Indiana Food Bank.
*** Our second reading project is due on December 12.
Until tomorrow...
Thank you to everyone who has participated in our food drive so far. As of today, we have a lot of different items, but we are still in need of many things. Any contribution you can make will be greatly appreciated! We will accept items tomorrow and Friday morning. We are packing boxes during our lunch time on Friday.
Today in Language Arts, we had independent reading during Vocabulary Vine, reviewed past, present and future tense verbs, listened to our read aloud, worked on Classworks in the computer lab, and spent our writing time on our "Family" writing.
The Family homework is amazing! I can't wait for the students to share it next week!
Homework:
***Fluency/Flow and Spelling test-Friday
***Family writing is due tomorrow if it was not completed and turned in today.
***Read and record minutes in planners. The end of the month is soon approaching!
In Math today, we completed our minute, reviewed the computation skill of Order of Operations, and spent the remainder of our class time working on volume and capacity. Our review will be next Tuesday, and our test over Unit 11 will be on Wednesday of next week.
Homework: Math Box 11.5 and two volume sheets
We did not have content today. We had Art Smart instead. Thank you to Mrs. Schatz and Mrs. Walsh for a fantastic lesson. The students talked about Picasso and were able to create a self portrait. They look great and the students had fun!
Reminders:
***If you are in Ms. Grannan's homeroom, you will have your Chapter 3 Social Studies test tomorrow.
***Friday is mismatched day. If you bring in $1.00, you may wear mismatched clothing. The money will be donated to the Indiana Food Bank.
*** Our second reading project is due on December 12.
Until tomorrow...
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