Another sunny day!
Language Arts: Today was a great day in Language Arts. We discussed a variety of terms including denotation, connotation, and onomatopoeia. We even had time to do a practice book sheet on them. We listened to our read aloud too! We are almost at the end...I wonder if the Calcets will get their house on wheels?We should know by Monday when we finish the book.
Homework:
***Reading calendars are due-Please have a parent initial by each date.
***LTBN data sheets are due
*** Spelling /cursive is due- Spelling test
Reminders:
***Some assessments were sent home yesterday. Be looking for them in backpacks.
***Afternoon adventure sheets were sent home today.
***Tomorrow report cards will be coming home with Language Arts.
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Math: Today in Math we spent 25 minutes in the computer lab working on Study Island. The students worked their way through lessons and games dealing with area and perimeter. We also continued our discussion and practice with finding volume.
Homework:
***Math Box 9.9 and Friday skill sheet(This was sent home on Monday.)
***If all goes well, we will have our Unit test on Wednesday of next week. Please look in planners tomorrow for specific topics that will be tested.
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Content: Today in content we reviewed quickly lesson 1. The students were able to retell the events as if they were telling a story. (Wow-How impressive!) We also passed out notes and a study guide for Lesson 2- Native Americans Fight for their land. We will continue with this tomorrow as well as fill out our study guide. We will have a short quiz over lesson 2 on Monday.
Homework:
***Quiz over lesson 2 will be on Monday.
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
3/17/09
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Today was a busy Tuesday! With the weather being so beautiful outside, it was hard keeping the kids on task. Make sure they get a chance to go outside and play this afternoon...
LA: Today we continued working with adjectives and proper adjectives as well as reviewed sources of information. We found a little time to work on our published books. Our goal is have them completed by Friday.
Homework:
***Read and record minutes
***Let There Be Light sheets due each day
***Spelling Test and Cursive-due Friday
Reminders:
***Tomorrow is "Overall Good Book Day." Come dressed as a farmer and be ready to read!
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Math: We continued studying area today. We also discussed and worked through examples of the following vocabulary: transversal, corresponding angles,vertical angles, proportions, and rational numbers. We will add on each day. I am hoping on taking the Unit 9 test next Tuesday or Wednesday. I am not certain yet of the date. I want to make sure that we are ALL ready.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 9.7 and Math Box 9.8
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Social Studies: Thanks to Mr. Glassman, we enjoyed the outdoors and listened to him talk about prey, predators, and many other interesting things.
Until tomorrow...
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Today was a busy Tuesday! With the weather being so beautiful outside, it was hard keeping the kids on task. Make sure they get a chance to go outside and play this afternoon...
LA: Today we continued working with adjectives and proper adjectives as well as reviewed sources of information. We found a little time to work on our published books. Our goal is have them completed by Friday.
Homework:
***Read and record minutes
***Let There Be Light sheets due each day
***Spelling Test and Cursive-due Friday
Reminders:
***Tomorrow is "Overall Good Book Day." Come dressed as a farmer and be ready to read!
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Math: We continued studying area today. We also discussed and worked through examples of the following vocabulary: transversal, corresponding angles,vertical angles, proportions, and rational numbers. We will add on each day. I am hoping on taking the Unit 9 test next Tuesday or Wednesday. I am not certain yet of the date. I want to make sure that we are ALL ready.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 9.7 and Math Box 9.8
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Social Studies: Thanks to Mr. Glassman, we enjoyed the outdoors and listened to him talk about prey, predators, and many other interesting things.
Until tomorrow...
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Monday, March 16, 2009
3/16/09
What a beautiful day! I hope everyone can find the time to take a great book outside and read!
We had a busy day around here. We started off by taking our spelling pretest, listening to our new story, Because of Winn Dixie, and discussed adjectives, proper adjectives and practiced our summarizing skills. We will continue to focus on these things this week as well as work on illustrating our published books, reviewing our figurative language terms, and wrapping up our read aloud.
Homework:
***Spelling test/Cursive 2x each-due Friday
***Read and record your minutes. We need to set a record of reading minutes this week!
***Biography- Wax Museum Reading Project- due May 15th
Reminders:
***Tomorrow we will not have content rotations. We will have a visit with Mr. Glassman instead
***Wednesday is "Overall Good Book" day. Dress in your overalls and be prepared to read, read, read!
***We recorded our information for the "Let There Be Night "project. Please be sure to record as close to 9:30 or later. We need to collect your readings each day.
***Report cards will be sent home on Friday.
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In Math we completed Set #5 which contained a variety of skills and vocabulary, and we worked on finding the area of parallelograms and triangles again today.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 9.6
***Skill sheet- (2 sided)- due Friday
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Social Studies- Welcome back homeroom students! We spent the day today discussing Chapter 4- Lesson 1. This lesson dealt with such things as the Northwest Territory and The Ordinance of 1785. We will continue to go over this lesson on Wednesday as well as the notes that were passed out today. We will have a short quiz over this material only on Wednesday.
Until tomorrow...
We had a busy day around here. We started off by taking our spelling pretest, listening to our new story, Because of Winn Dixie, and discussed adjectives, proper adjectives and practiced our summarizing skills. We will continue to focus on these things this week as well as work on illustrating our published books, reviewing our figurative language terms, and wrapping up our read aloud.
Homework:
***Spelling test/Cursive 2x each-due Friday
***Read and record your minutes. We need to set a record of reading minutes this week!
***Biography- Wax Museum Reading Project- due May 15th
Reminders:
***Tomorrow we will not have content rotations. We will have a visit with Mr. Glassman instead
***Wednesday is "Overall Good Book" day. Dress in your overalls and be prepared to read, read, read!
***We recorded our information for the "Let There Be Night "project. Please be sure to record as close to 9:30 or later. We need to collect your readings each day.
***Report cards will be sent home on Friday.
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In Math we completed Set #5 which contained a variety of skills and vocabulary, and we worked on finding the area of parallelograms and triangles again today.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 9.6
***Skill sheet- (2 sided)- due Friday
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Social Studies- Welcome back homeroom students! We spent the day today discussing Chapter 4- Lesson 1. This lesson dealt with such things as the Northwest Territory and The Ordinance of 1785. We will continue to go over this lesson on Wednesday as well as the notes that were passed out today. We will have a short quiz over this material only on Wednesday.
Until tomorrow...
Friday, March 13, 2009
3/13/09
Happy Friday the 13th!
I am glad to be back in school today. I was out Wednesday and yesterday afternoon sick. On a sadder note, today was Miss Nufer's last day with us. She will be flying to Ireland tomorrow to continue with the second half of her student teaching experience. We will all miss her!
***Let There Be Night observation sheets came home today. Be sure to look for them in blue folders. Recording starts tomorrow.(Homeroom)
Today in Language Arts we took our usual assessments and took some time to play a few games that we created about our favorite book as well as work on our published books.
I am proud of this weeks reading minutes. Many students worked hard and spent a lot of time reading. Let's keep it up. We have close to 14,000 minutes so far!
Homework:
***Read...Read...Read-Be sure to record your minutes on the pink calendar
***Our next reading project will be the Wax Museum. This is always a favorite! The information was sent home yesterday. Be sure to keep it someplace handy to refer to.(The rubric as to how you will be graded is on the back.)
***Be sure to bring in pictures for your published books. My goal is to have them all finished by next Friday. Order forms will come home some time next week as well.
***Be on the look out for the spelling and grammar test that was handed back today. It should be in blue folders.
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In Math today we completed a set of computation skills in our folder, worked on computation on white boards then split up into groups. Some students worked on a review packet and some worked in a small group with me. We worked on RIT vocabulary, examples, and had short mini lessons. This was a great way to see who knows what!
Homework:
***None
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Today was the end of the grading period and the last day of our content rotations. Goodbye Miss Grannan's class-See you next grading period. Be looking for the Chapter 3 tests to come home on Monday in their folders.
Until Monday...
I am glad to be back in school today. I was out Wednesday and yesterday afternoon sick. On a sadder note, today was Miss Nufer's last day with us. She will be flying to Ireland tomorrow to continue with the second half of her student teaching experience. We will all miss her!
***Let There Be Night observation sheets came home today. Be sure to look for them in blue folders. Recording starts tomorrow.(Homeroom)
Today in Language Arts we took our usual assessments and took some time to play a few games that we created about our favorite book as well as work on our published books.
I am proud of this weeks reading minutes. Many students worked hard and spent a lot of time reading. Let's keep it up. We have close to 14,000 minutes so far!
Homework:
***Read...Read...Read-Be sure to record your minutes on the pink calendar
***Our next reading project will be the Wax Museum. This is always a favorite! The information was sent home yesterday. Be sure to keep it someplace handy to refer to.(The rubric as to how you will be graded is on the back.)
***Be sure to bring in pictures for your published books. My goal is to have them all finished by next Friday. Order forms will come home some time next week as well.
***Be on the look out for the spelling and grammar test that was handed back today. It should be in blue folders.
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In Math today we completed a set of computation skills in our folder, worked on computation on white boards then split up into groups. Some students worked on a review packet and some worked in a small group with me. We worked on RIT vocabulary, examples, and had short mini lessons. This was a great way to see who knows what!
Homework:
***None
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Today was the end of the grading period and the last day of our content rotations. Goodbye Miss Grannan's class-See you next grading period. Be looking for the Chapter 3 tests to come home on Monday in their folders.
Until Monday...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
3/10/09
A Wet Tuesday!
We all came into school today feel a lot like a duck! I guess it is better than snow...
Today in Language Arts, we listened to our read aloud and learned about possessive pronouns and pronoun contractions.(It was a double special day.)
Homework:
***Read and record your minutes on your pink calendar. Minutes are due on Friday.
***Thursday is our day to vote for the WSBT-I Love to Read Challenge. Please refer to your childs' planner for times and voting instructions. We need everyone to vote!
***Tomorrow is "Dress as your favorite character" day.
***Spelling words in cursive- 2x each-due Friday
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Today in Math we worked on computation on white boards, reviewed RIT vocabulary, and continued our study of coordinates.
Homework:
***Pages 300-302
***Packet review- due Friday
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Today in Social Studies, we reviewed Chapter 3 and worked on our story boards,
Homework:
***Study for our Chapter 3 test. It is on Friday.
Until tomorrow...
We all came into school today feel a lot like a duck! I guess it is better than snow...
Today in Language Arts, we listened to our read aloud and learned about possessive pronouns and pronoun contractions.(It was a double special day.)
Homework:
***Read and record your minutes on your pink calendar. Minutes are due on Friday.
***Thursday is our day to vote for the WSBT-I Love to Read Challenge. Please refer to your childs' planner for times and voting instructions. We need everyone to vote!
***Tomorrow is "Dress as your favorite character" day.
***Spelling words in cursive- 2x each-due Friday
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Today in Math we worked on computation on white boards, reviewed RIT vocabulary, and continued our study of coordinates.
Homework:
***Pages 300-302
***Packet review- due Friday
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Today in Social Studies, we reviewed Chapter 3 and worked on our story boards,
Homework:
***Study for our Chapter 3 test. It is on Friday.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, March 9, 2009
3/09/09
What a Magnificent Monday!
We started Language Arts today spending time reading with a buddy or a parent. We shared hot chocolate and granola bars. Yummy! We had a great time.
We also took our pre-test, reviewed our new vocabulary, listened to our story of the week on tape, and finished up all the game board presentations. What a busy morning!
Homework:
***Spelling test- Friday
***Spelling words in cursive- due Friday
***We will not have Fluency and Flow this week. I would like the students to spend their extra time reading. We need a lot more minutes this week!
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In Math we passed out our 5th grade Student Reference Books, worked on computation on white boards, reviewed past vocabulary, and started our homework. The students will be given a packet each Monday that will review skills. This packet can be worked on during the week when they are finished with their nightly homework. It will be due on Friday.
Homework:
***Study Link 9.1
***Review packet-due Friday
(Checking Progress- Unit 8 was passed back today. Please ask to see your childs work.)
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In Social Studies we reviewed lessons 3 and 4 by playing "Slap-It", took a short quiz over the material, and worked on our storyboards. We will continue to work on our storyboards tomorrow over lesson 1 as a way to review.
Homework:
Looking Ahead- Our test is on Friday !
Until tomorrow...
We started Language Arts today spending time reading with a buddy or a parent. We shared hot chocolate and granola bars. Yummy! We had a great time.
We also took our pre-test, reviewed our new vocabulary, listened to our story of the week on tape, and finished up all the game board presentations. What a busy morning!
Homework:
***Spelling test- Friday
***Spelling words in cursive- due Friday
***We will not have Fluency and Flow this week. I would like the students to spend their extra time reading. We need a lot more minutes this week!
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In Math we passed out our 5th grade Student Reference Books, worked on computation on white boards, reviewed past vocabulary, and started our homework. The students will be given a packet each Monday that will review skills. This packet can be worked on during the week when they are finished with their nightly homework. It will be due on Friday.
Homework:
***Study Link 9.1
***Review packet-due Friday
(Checking Progress- Unit 8 was passed back today. Please ask to see your childs work.)
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In Social Studies we reviewed lessons 3 and 4 by playing "Slap-It", took a short quiz over the material, and worked on our storyboards. We will continue to work on our storyboards tomorrow over lesson 1 as a way to review.
Homework:
Looking Ahead- Our test is on Friday !
Until tomorrow...
Friday, March 6, 2009
3/06/09
What a beautiful day!
Today in Language Arts we started presenting our game boards. We will continue with this next week. The Pops Concert was a big hit! I was proud of the audience behavior that our 4th graders displayed.
Homework:
***Read and record your minutes- WE NEED A LOT MORE MINUTES THIS WEEK!
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No Math
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In Social Studies we finished lesson 5.
Homework:
***Page 32 if not completed in class
***Study for lessons 3 and 4 quiz on Monday
Have a great weekend-Until Monday!
Today in Language Arts we started presenting our game boards. We will continue with this next week. The Pops Concert was a big hit! I was proud of the audience behavior that our 4th graders displayed.
Homework:
***Read and record your minutes- WE NEED A LOT MORE MINUTES THIS WEEK!
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No Math
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In Social Studies we finished lesson 5.
Homework:
***Page 32 if not completed in class
***Study for lessons 3 and 4 quiz on Monday
Have a great weekend-Until Monday!
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