Another busy day!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we started off in Vocabulary Vine adding two new Greek and Latin word parts to our collection. We also reviewed run-on sentences by completing an overhead together and then completed a grammar page independently. We discussed quotation marks by working a few examples on the board. This seemed a little easier for the students today. We also listened to our read a loud followed by some of us typing our letters while others read independently.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- This week it is a little different so work on it a little each night.It is due on Friday.
***Even though Friday is No Child Left Inside Day and we have a lot of fun activities planned, we will still have all of our usual assessments that day.
***Reading Projects- due October 14th
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Math:
Today in Math we completed a lot of things. We worked on our minute, reviewed RIT vocabulary, worked on computation skills(Focusing on finding the Least Common Multiple-using prime factorization), worked with using two variables in a general pattern, and discussed algebraic equations.
***RIT quizzes were passed back today and placed in RIT folders. Unit 2 test and checking progress were also passed back and placed in blue take home folders.
Homework:
***Pages 90,91 and Math Boxes 3.2 and 3.3
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Social Studies:
Today we read and discussed lines of latitude and longitude and geographic terms. We also worked with our work partners to find specific locations of lines of latitude of longitude in our interactive workbooks.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
9/21/09
We had a great start to our week!
Language Arts:
Today is our long day of the week without any specials so we were able to get through a lot of material. In spelling we took our pretest, completed a word sort, and discussed the definitions of our spelling words.
In reading we reviewed our story vocabulary for the week, listened to our story Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs, and discussed the comprehension skill of the week which is cause and effect. We also discussed this weeks RIT vocabulary. This week the words are as follows: palindrome, active voice, passive voice, acronym,and initialism. Please make sure to review these a little each night.
In grammar we completed a transparency together in identifying run-on sentences. We also practiced individually by completing a grammar sheet.
We also took some time to listen to our read a loud, meet with our third grade reading buddies for the first time, and meet with Mrs. Slater to discuss conflict resolution.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday(This packet is more detailed than weeks prior. Please look over it tonight. We will spend time tomorrow going over examples of quotation marks and italics in class.)
***Reading Project- due Oct. 14
***All assessments were passed back today. If your child has received an "N" on any assessment, please sign and return it tomorrow. Thank you!
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Math:
Today in math we jumped into Unit 3 after computation review and discussed the new RIT vocabulary for the week. The words of the week are frequency table, histograms, multiple, compatible numbers,and least common numbers. We will continue to discuss them throughout the week, but every student should review their notes and definitions nightly as well for the quiz on Friday.
Unit 3 deals with variables, graphs, and formulas. We discussed general and special case patterns today with only one variable. We will continue tomorrow with two variables.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 3.1
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Social Studies:
Welcome Mrs. Doms' class! Today was only day2 but I have noticed that we are going to get through a lot of material with this class. They are active listeners and eager to learn. Today we read and discussed Chapter 1- lessons 1.1 and 1.2. We also worked with a work partner to locate specific things on a map in our interactive workbook.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today is our long day of the week without any specials so we were able to get through a lot of material. In spelling we took our pretest, completed a word sort, and discussed the definitions of our spelling words.
In reading we reviewed our story vocabulary for the week, listened to our story Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs, and discussed the comprehension skill of the week which is cause and effect. We also discussed this weeks RIT vocabulary. This week the words are as follows: palindrome, active voice, passive voice, acronym,and initialism. Please make sure to review these a little each night.
In grammar we completed a transparency together in identifying run-on sentences. We also practiced individually by completing a grammar sheet.
We also took some time to listen to our read a loud, meet with our third grade reading buddies for the first time, and meet with Mrs. Slater to discuss conflict resolution.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday(This packet is more detailed than weeks prior. Please look over it tonight. We will spend time tomorrow going over examples of quotation marks and italics in class.)
***Reading Project- due Oct. 14
***All assessments were passed back today. If your child has received an "N" on any assessment, please sign and return it tomorrow. Thank you!
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Math:
Today in math we jumped into Unit 3 after computation review and discussed the new RIT vocabulary for the week. The words of the week are frequency table, histograms, multiple, compatible numbers,and least common numbers. We will continue to discuss them throughout the week, but every student should review their notes and definitions nightly as well for the quiz on Friday.
Unit 3 deals with variables, graphs, and formulas. We discussed general and special case patterns today with only one variable. We will continue tomorrow with two variables.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 3.1
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Social Studies:
Welcome Mrs. Doms' class! Today was only day2 but I have noticed that we are going to get through a lot of material with this class. They are active listeners and eager to learn. Today we read and discussed Chapter 1- lessons 1.1 and 1.2. We also worked with a work partner to locate specific things on a map in our interactive workbook.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, September 17, 2009
9/17/09
How long can this nice weather last?
Language Arts: Today in Language Arts we reviewed our RIT vocabulary for the week, discussed rhyme schemes in poetry, listened to our read a loud, took our selection assessment, and had some time to write compound and complex sentences on our own.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due tomorrow
(Don't forget parent signature and initials on reading minutes.)
***Assessments will be tomorrow. Did you study your spelling words?
***Reading Project-Due Oct. 14
Something to Think About:
***Our Weekly Homework Packet will be a little different next week. It will include practice using quotation marks and writing conversations. Please work on it a little each night.
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Math: We spent the day reviewing skills from Unit 2. We ended the day with a short quiz over adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. When students were finished with the quiz, they were able to play either Scientific Number Toss or Division Dash. Some time tomorrow will be devoted to playing these Everyday Math games after the test over Unit 2.
Homework:
***None- Test tomorrow- Review Journal pages as needed.
Something to Think About:
***Unit 3 deals with variables, formulas, and graphs. This should be a fun unit!
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Content: Today was the last day of our content rotation. Since it was Constitution Day, we spent the class period watching a video about it. New rotations will start tomorrow. My homeroom class will have Mrs. Doms for Health for the remainder of the grading period.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts: Today in Language Arts we reviewed our RIT vocabulary for the week, discussed rhyme schemes in poetry, listened to our read a loud, took our selection assessment, and had some time to write compound and complex sentences on our own.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due tomorrow
(Don't forget parent signature and initials on reading minutes.)
***Assessments will be tomorrow. Did you study your spelling words?
***Reading Project-Due Oct. 14
Something to Think About:
***Our Weekly Homework Packet will be a little different next week. It will include practice using quotation marks and writing conversations. Please work on it a little each night.
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Math: We spent the day reviewing skills from Unit 2. We ended the day with a short quiz over adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. When students were finished with the quiz, they were able to play either Scientific Number Toss or Division Dash. Some time tomorrow will be devoted to playing these Everyday Math games after the test over Unit 2.
Homework:
***None- Test tomorrow- Review Journal pages as needed.
Something to Think About:
***Unit 3 deals with variables, formulas, and graphs. This should be a fun unit!
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Content: Today was the last day of our content rotation. Since it was Constitution Day, we spent the class period watching a video about it. New rotations will start tomorrow. My homeroom class will have Mrs. Doms for Health for the remainder of the grading period.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Another gorgeous day!
Language Arts:
This morning in Language Arts we worked on white boards on complex and compound sentences. This really seemed to help us today! The students are getting really good at locating the conjunction and deciding what kind of sentence it is. We also worked with our editing partners in revising a paragraph, discussed examples of the RIT words for the week and we even had about 15 minutes to squeeze in a chapter of our read aloud. During computer lab we took some time to take AR tests and spent the remainder of the time working on Study Island skills.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due/Assessments-Friday
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Math:
We are really plowing through this unit in Math. Today we worked together again on basic skills during computation, completed a box-and-whisker plot, and practiced standard/scientific notation. Our test will be on Friday.
Homework:
***Journal pages 62-65, and 67
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies today. We had our first session of D.A.R.E. instead. The students were very excited and extremely well behaved during Officer Redman's lesson. This program will continue for the next 9 weeks.
Tomorrow will be our last Social Studies class for this rotation. The students will start Health on Friday with Mrs. Doms.
Reminders:
***Tomorrow is our Welcome Back Picnic. It sounds like a lot of fun!
Until tomorrow...
This morning in Language Arts we worked on white boards on complex and compound sentences. This really seemed to help us today! The students are getting really good at locating the conjunction and deciding what kind of sentence it is. We also worked with our editing partners in revising a paragraph, discussed examples of the RIT words for the week and we even had about 15 minutes to squeeze in a chapter of our read aloud. During computer lab we took some time to take AR tests and spent the remainder of the time working on Study Island skills.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due/Assessments-Friday
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Math:
We are really plowing through this unit in Math. Today we worked together again on basic skills during computation, completed a box-and-whisker plot, and practiced standard/scientific notation. Our test will be on Friday.
Homework:
***Journal pages 62-65, and 67
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Content:
We did not have Social Studies today. We had our first session of D.A.R.E. instead. The students were very excited and extremely well behaved during Officer Redman's lesson. This program will continue for the next 9 weeks.
Tomorrow will be our last Social Studies class for this rotation. The students will start Health on Friday with Mrs. Doms.
Reminders:
***Tomorrow is our Welcome Back Picnic. It sounds like a lot of fun!
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
9/15/09
Another sunny September day!
Language Arts: This morning in Language Arts the students worked on 5th grade Greek and Latin Roots in Vocabulary Vine, discussed creating complex sentences, and listened to our new read aloud. We also discussed finding the main idea and how it can help us create detailed summaries.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday.
***Parents- Please initial reading minutes and sign the packet-Thank you!
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Math: We continued working on writing large and small numbers using standard notation and scientific notation. We also worked together in creating a Box-and Whisker-Plot. The RIT vocabulary flowed much better today as we worked through our example together.
Homework:
Study Link 2.1-2.4
Journal pages 58 and 60( Time was given in class to work on these pages.)
***Our test will be on Friday.
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Social Studies: We put the finishing touches on our geographic landforms today. They are finally complete and on display in the library. We will review what we have learned from this rotation on Thursday.(D.A.R.E. starts tomorrow so we will not have content. It will be every Wednesday for the next 10 weeks.) Our new rotation will start on Friday.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts: This morning in Language Arts the students worked on 5th grade Greek and Latin Roots in Vocabulary Vine, discussed creating complex sentences, and listened to our new read aloud. We also discussed finding the main idea and how it can help us create detailed summaries.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday.
***Parents- Please initial reading minutes and sign the packet-Thank you!
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Math: We continued working on writing large and small numbers using standard notation and scientific notation. We also worked together in creating a Box-and Whisker-Plot. The RIT vocabulary flowed much better today as we worked through our example together.
Homework:
Study Link 2.1-2.4
Journal pages 58 and 60( Time was given in class to work on these pages.)
***Our test will be on Friday.
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Social Studies: We put the finishing touches on our geographic landforms today. They are finally complete and on display in the library. We will review what we have learned from this rotation on Thursday.(D.A.R.E. starts tomorrow so we will not have content. It will be every Wednesday for the next 10 weeks.) Our new rotation will start on Friday.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, September 14, 2009
9/14/09
What a beautiful day!
Language Arts:
I love Mondays! Even though they are long mornings without any specials, we are able to get a lot of work accomplished. This morning we took our spelling pretest,completed a word sort of our new spelling words for the week, and finished a definition sheet.
In reading, we discussed our RIT vocabulary, listened to our story of the week on tape, and discussed our weekly vocabulary. This week we will focus on context clues .
Our Story Vocabulary is as follow: disasters, zone, adjusted, environment, functions, gravity mission and maze.
Our RIT Vocabulary is as follows:
imagery, cliche, adage, idiom, and personification
In grammar we discussed complex sentences and the different conjunctions that you can use to write them.
We found some time to start our new read aloud, work on final copy of our writing, and do some independent reading. We completed all of this just before Mrs. Slater talked to us about Conflict Resolution.
Homework:
***Typed copy of writing is due tomorrow
***Weekly Homework Packet/Assessments-Friday
***Please remember that our first reading project is due on Oct. 14th. Everyone should be reading and taking their AR tests.
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Math:
Today in math we worked on computation and skill review on white boards, reviewed standard and scientific notation, and discussed our RIT vocabulary. This week we are working on Box-and Whisker Plots and the vocabulary that goes with that. We also spent some time going over pages in our journal.
Homework:
***Journal pages 52-56
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Social Studies: Today in content we worked in our groups and painted our geographic landforms.
Homework:
None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
I love Mondays! Even though they are long mornings without any specials, we are able to get a lot of work accomplished. This morning we took our spelling pretest,completed a word sort of our new spelling words for the week, and finished a definition sheet.
In reading, we discussed our RIT vocabulary, listened to our story of the week on tape, and discussed our weekly vocabulary. This week we will focus on context clues .
Our Story Vocabulary is as follow: disasters, zone, adjusted, environment, functions, gravity mission and maze.
Our RIT Vocabulary is as follows:
imagery, cliche, adage, idiom, and personification
In grammar we discussed complex sentences and the different conjunctions that you can use to write them.
We found some time to start our new read aloud, work on final copy of our writing, and do some independent reading. We completed all of this just before Mrs. Slater talked to us about Conflict Resolution.
Homework:
***Typed copy of writing is due tomorrow
***Weekly Homework Packet/Assessments-Friday
***Please remember that our first reading project is due on Oct. 14th. Everyone should be reading and taking their AR tests.
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Math:
Today in math we worked on computation and skill review on white boards, reviewed standard and scientific notation, and discussed our RIT vocabulary. This week we are working on Box-and Whisker Plots and the vocabulary that goes with that. We also spent some time going over pages in our journal.
Homework:
***Journal pages 52-56
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Social Studies: Today in content we worked in our groups and painted our geographic landforms.
Homework:
None
Until tomorrow...
Friday, September 11, 2009
9/11/09
A lot was happening in Room 24 today!
Language Arts: This morning we completed all of our assessments and took some time to type our rough drafts of our writing. We even squeezed in some time to read independently and free write.
Homework:
***Typed copies of our rough draft are due on Tuesday
***Parents-Please sign weekly homework packet and initial reading minutes each night.
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Math: Today in math we spent time working through this unit. We worked on standard notation and working with scientific notation of large and small numbers. I was able to pull small groups and work with them individually today on things that they needed specific help with. This worked out very well. We even had time to take a RIT quiz over finding the GCF of two larger numbers. If all goes well, our Unit 2 test will be at the end of next week.
Homework:
***None
***Unit 1 tests were passed out today as well as our RIT quiz from last week. We did not have time at the end of class to go over them so I asked the students to bring them back on Monday so that we could go over the correct and expected answers in class.
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Social Studies: What a messy day it was! Today we spent our class period working in groups with Mrs. Woods' class in the project activity room. We started working on our landform projects. So far they look great and the students seemed to have a great time creating them. I was happy to hear the vocabulary that they were using during the project.
Homework:
***None
***New rotations will start next Friday.
Language Arts: This morning we completed all of our assessments and took some time to type our rough drafts of our writing. We even squeezed in some time to read independently and free write.
Homework:
***Typed copies of our rough draft are due on Tuesday
***Parents-Please sign weekly homework packet and initial reading minutes each night.
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Math: Today in math we spent time working through this unit. We worked on standard notation and working with scientific notation of large and small numbers. I was able to pull small groups and work with them individually today on things that they needed specific help with. This worked out very well. We even had time to take a RIT quiz over finding the GCF of two larger numbers. If all goes well, our Unit 2 test will be at the end of next week.
Homework:
***None
***Unit 1 tests were passed out today as well as our RIT quiz from last week. We did not have time at the end of class to go over them so I asked the students to bring them back on Monday so that we could go over the correct and expected answers in class.
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Social Studies: What a messy day it was! Today we spent our class period working in groups with Mrs. Woods' class in the project activity room. We started working on our landform projects. So far they look great and the students seemed to have a great time creating them. I was happy to hear the vocabulary that they were using during the project.
Homework:
***None
***New rotations will start next Friday.
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