Language Arts:
Right after double specials, we jumped right into our novel study. We took our vocabulary quiz, took a short ten question quiz over the story thus far, reviewed our comprehension questions, and listened to the next chapter. Whew!
Homework:
***Study 5 vocabulary words
***Complete Ch. 12 comprehension questions
***In friendly letter format, write a letter to Zeus
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Math:Mental Math Monday
After completing our minute, working a computation review, and diving into mental math on white boards, we worked on a practice unit 1 test with our table groups.
Homework:
***Complete the practice test. Our first test over unit 1 will be tomorrow.
***Skill sheet is due on Friday
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today we started chapter 2 which discussed the American Indians. We also spent some time reviewing the Midwest region, the states, and their capitals. We will be having a quiz over this region on September 19.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, September 12, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
9/9/11
Language Arts:
Today was a productive day in our classroom. We took our vocabulary quiz over chapter 10, reviewed the comprehension questions from chapter 10, read and discussed chapter 11, and filled in our time line with important events that added to the plot of our story. We were introduced to a new character today and she wasn't very nice!
We had some independent work time where the students completed a Venn diagram where they compared a character from our novel to another character from another book that they have read, worked on comprehension questions from chapter 11, and created a writing piece where they made a text-to-world connections. We accomplished all of this before moving on to Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Although the students had a lot of work time in class, they still need to have their comprehension questions completed, the Venn diagram, and their test-to-world writing.
***Study 5 vocabulary words from chapter 11. I would love to have everyone receive a 100%.
***We will be having a quiz on Monday over the first half of our novel. Review your comprehension questions.
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Math: Fraction Friday
Today we completed our minute, graded our homework, exercised our minds, then hit the floor for Fraction Friday review on white boards. This was a review over addition, subtraction, multiplying, and dividing fractions.
Our lesson of the day focused on persuasive graphs, samples, and surveys. We spent the second portion of our class playing Landmark Shark. This is an Everyday Math game that focuses on finding the mean, median, mode, and range of a set of data. It is great practice for their upcoming test.
Homework:
***None
***We will be having a quiz over Unit 1 skills on Monday as well as a review of skills. The Unit 1 test will be on Tuesday.
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Social Studies:(Mrs. Doms)
Today was our chapter 1 test
Homework:
***None
Have a great weekend!
Today was a productive day in our classroom. We took our vocabulary quiz over chapter 10, reviewed the comprehension questions from chapter 10, read and discussed chapter 11, and filled in our time line with important events that added to the plot of our story. We were introduced to a new character today and she wasn't very nice!
We had some independent work time where the students completed a Venn diagram where they compared a character from our novel to another character from another book that they have read, worked on comprehension questions from chapter 11, and created a writing piece where they made a text-to-world connections. We accomplished all of this before moving on to Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Although the students had a lot of work time in class, they still need to have their comprehension questions completed, the Venn diagram, and their test-to-world writing.
***Study 5 vocabulary words from chapter 11. I would love to have everyone receive a 100%.
***We will be having a quiz on Monday over the first half of our novel. Review your comprehension questions.
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Math: Fraction Friday
Today we completed our minute, graded our homework, exercised our minds, then hit the floor for Fraction Friday review on white boards. This was a review over addition, subtraction, multiplying, and dividing fractions.
Our lesson of the day focused on persuasive graphs, samples, and surveys. We spent the second portion of our class playing Landmark Shark. This is an Everyday Math game that focuses on finding the mean, median, mode, and range of a set of data. It is great practice for their upcoming test.
Homework:
***None
***We will be having a quiz over Unit 1 skills on Monday as well as a review of skills. The Unit 1 test will be on Tuesday.
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Social Studies:(Mrs. Doms)
Today was our chapter 1 test
Homework:
***None
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
9/8/11
Language Arts:
Today we continued on with chapter 10. Our story is really getting "action packed!" We added events to our story time line, took our daily vocabulary quiz, met with our third grade reading buddies, and switched for Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
*** Study your chapter 10 vocabulary words.
***Complete the chapter 10 comprehension questions.
***Next Monday will be our half-way point in the novel. We will be having a short quiz over what has happened so far.
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Math: Thinking Thursday
After we completed our minute, we graded our homework and hit the floor for some skill review. The skills that we reviewed today were multiple step fractions word problems, adding absolute values, multiplying and dividing exponents, and exponential notation. Next, since it was Thinking Thursday, we reviewed RIT vocabulary.
Our lesson of the day involved using a graph to investigate perimeter and area. We are getting close to our first test. It will be sometime next week.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 1.10
***Friday skill sheet is due
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today was our first test over chapter 1. Mrs. Doms' class will have their test with me tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Today we continued on with chapter 10. Our story is really getting "action packed!" We added events to our story time line, took our daily vocabulary quiz, met with our third grade reading buddies, and switched for Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
*** Study your chapter 10 vocabulary words.
***Complete the chapter 10 comprehension questions.
***Next Monday will be our half-way point in the novel. We will be having a short quiz over what has happened so far.
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Math: Thinking Thursday
After we completed our minute, we graded our homework and hit the floor for some skill review. The skills that we reviewed today were multiple step fractions word problems, adding absolute values, multiplying and dividing exponents, and exponential notation. Next, since it was Thinking Thursday, we reviewed RIT vocabulary.
Our lesson of the day involved using a graph to investigate perimeter and area. We are getting close to our first test. It will be sometime next week.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 1.10
***Friday skill sheet is due
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today was our first test over chapter 1. Mrs. Doms' class will have their test with me tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
9/7/11
Language Arts:
We are really moving right along in our novel study. Today we took our daily vocabulary quiz, reviewed the comprehension questions from chapter 8, and read the next chapter. Things are really "heating up" for our main character, Percy. Did he really steal the lightning bolt? The students are excited to read on to find out what happens next! Tomorrow we will be adding to our time line, evaluating the characters, and writing to make a text -to- self connection.
Homework:
***Study 5 vocabulary words from chapter 9
***Complete 10 out of the 14 questions-You pick!
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Math: Word Problem Wednesday
Our lesson today dealt with circle graphs and percent circles. This is a fun skill but we still need some extra practice in order to measure within about 5 degrees. We ended the day with an exit card that covered explaining what the 5 different landmarks are. The scores were amazing!
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 1.9
***Skills Sheet-due Friday
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Social Studies: (Doms)
Today we played a Jeopardy game as a way to review for our chapter 1 test. The students were given a study guide last week that explains exactly what they need to know for the test. Please review it. They were given the opportunity to keep their Interactive Student Notebooks to study from so I will be collecting them on Friday to their journal entry on page 7.
Homework:
***Study for the chapter 1 test which will be on Friday for Mrs. Doms' homeroom students.
Until tomorrow...
We are really moving right along in our novel study. Today we took our daily vocabulary quiz, reviewed the comprehension questions from chapter 8, and read the next chapter. Things are really "heating up" for our main character, Percy. Did he really steal the lightning bolt? The students are excited to read on to find out what happens next! Tomorrow we will be adding to our time line, evaluating the characters, and writing to make a text -to- self connection.
Homework:
***Study 5 vocabulary words from chapter 9
***Complete 10 out of the 14 questions-You pick!
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Math: Word Problem Wednesday
Our lesson today dealt with circle graphs and percent circles. This is a fun skill but we still need some extra practice in order to measure within about 5 degrees. We ended the day with an exit card that covered explaining what the 5 different landmarks are. The scores were amazing!
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 1.9
***Skills Sheet-due Friday
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Social Studies: (Doms)
Today we played a Jeopardy game as a way to review for our chapter 1 test. The students were given a study guide last week that explains exactly what they need to know for the test. Please review it. They were given the opportunity to keep their Interactive Student Notebooks to study from so I will be collecting them on Friday to their journal entry on page 7.
Homework:
***Study for the chapter 1 test which will be on Friday for Mrs. Doms' homeroom students.
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
9/6/11
I hope that everyone was able to enjoy the long weekend. We shared some stories about our long weekends and jumped right back into our novel.
Language Arts: Today we took our vocabulary quiz over chapter 7, read and discussed chapter 8, and started creating Greek vases which will tell a story.The students are really making connections and I've heard a lot of conversations about this book outside of class. Many of the students are talking about what cabin they would be in if they were at Camp Half Blood. Have you heard where your child would be? If not, ask them!
During Vocabulary Vine they learned about the prefix per . Those students who had Triumphs with me reviewed story elements and started working on the skill of sequencing events.
Homework:
***Study 5 words from your chapter 8 vocabulary
***Complete the vase in colored pencil(tans, white, reds, and oranges)
***Complete the comprehension questions
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Math: Tricks on Tuesday
After reviewing on white boards, we jumped into our lesson which dealt with step graphs. This type of graphs shows information over time so they can be a little tricky.
This week we are starting to focus on a different quick idea each day. Tuesdays will be Tricks on Tuesday. Today we learned a trick on how to multiply a number from 11 to 18 times 11 mentally. Ask them to explain!
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 1.8
*** Skill Sheet- due Friday
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today we played a fun Jeopardy game as a way to review for our test over chapter 1 which will be on Thursday for my homeroom class. Please review the study guide that was passed out last week. I gave an extension on Interactive Workbook page 7. This will be collected on Thursday while the students are taking their test. This way, they can still have their notebook to study from if they need it.
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts: Today we took our vocabulary quiz over chapter 7, read and discussed chapter 8, and started creating Greek vases which will tell a story.The students are really making connections and I've heard a lot of conversations about this book outside of class. Many of the students are talking about what cabin they would be in if they were at Camp Half Blood. Have you heard where your child would be? If not, ask them!
During Vocabulary Vine they learned about the prefix per . Those students who had Triumphs with me reviewed story elements and started working on the skill of sequencing events.
Homework:
***Study 5 words from your chapter 8 vocabulary
***Complete the vase in colored pencil(tans, white, reds, and oranges)
***Complete the comprehension questions
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Math: Tricks on Tuesday
After reviewing on white boards, we jumped into our lesson which dealt with step graphs. This type of graphs shows information over time so they can be a little tricky.
This week we are starting to focus on a different quick idea each day. Tuesdays will be Tricks on Tuesday. Today we learned a trick on how to multiply a number from 11 to 18 times 11 mentally. Ask them to explain!
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 1.8
*** Skill Sheet- due Friday
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today we played a fun Jeopardy game as a way to review for our test over chapter 1 which will be on Thursday for my homeroom class. Please review the study guide that was passed out last week. I gave an extension on Interactive Workbook page 7. This will be collected on Thursday while the students are taking their test. This way, they can still have their notebook to study from if they need it.
Until tomorrow...
Friday, September 2, 2011
9/2/11
What a hot day!
Language Arts: Today was a busy one! We took our vocabulary quiz over Chapter 6, added to our time line of events, created our character chart, and read and discussed Chapter 7. The students had some extra time today to work on their homework which involved a bit of writing as well as the usual comprehension questions.
Homework:
***Study 5 words from chapter 7
***Complete the comprehension questions in detailed sentences
***Complete the "All About Me" pages from their packet
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Math:
We did not have math today. Instead we had extended language arts.
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today we went over the answers for our geographic features and read the summary and reading further section in our books. We learned how the Wilson family struggled through many geographic features as they made their way from Missouri to California during the Gold Rush. We also took some time to write a journal entry about what it would be like to travel back then.
Homework:
***Journal page 7-due Wednesday
***Study guides were passed out today. Their test will be Sept. 9
Have a great three day weekend!
Language Arts: Today was a busy one! We took our vocabulary quiz over Chapter 6, added to our time line of events, created our character chart, and read and discussed Chapter 7. The students had some extra time today to work on their homework which involved a bit of writing as well as the usual comprehension questions.
Homework:
***Study 5 words from chapter 7
***Complete the comprehension questions in detailed sentences
***Complete the "All About Me" pages from their packet
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Math:
We did not have math today. Instead we had extended language arts.
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today we went over the answers for our geographic features and read the summary and reading further section in our books. We learned how the Wilson family struggled through many geographic features as they made their way from Missouri to California during the Gold Rush. We also took some time to write a journal entry about what it would be like to travel back then.
Homework:
***Journal page 7-due Wednesday
***Study guides were passed out today. Their test will be Sept. 9
Have a great three day weekend!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
9/1/11
Language Arts:
We made a lot of progress today in class. We took our vocabulary quiz and read and discussed the next chapter. We sure are finding a lot of examples of figurative language in our chapters! We also spent some time working on our comprehension questions right after we met with our 3rd grade Reading Buddies.
Homework:
***Study 5 vocabulary words from the chapter.
***Complete your comprehension questions in complete, detailed sentences.
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Math:
Today we completed our minute, worked on algebra during our board work time, and practiced with bar graphs during our daily lesson.
Homework:
***Friday skill sheet is due tomorrow.
***Math Box and Study Link 1.7
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Social Studies:
Today we reviewed geographic terms, read and discussed the summary of chapter 1, and learned about a family and the hardships they faced traveling from Missouri during the Gold Rush.
Study guides were passed out today. My homeroom class will take their test on Thursday, September 8. Please use the study guide to help prepare you for the test.
Reminders:
***Please make sure that all emergency cards are returned to school
***Tomorrow is picture day.
Until tomorrow...
We made a lot of progress today in class. We took our vocabulary quiz and read and discussed the next chapter. We sure are finding a lot of examples of figurative language in our chapters! We also spent some time working on our comprehension questions right after we met with our 3rd grade Reading Buddies.
Homework:
***Study 5 vocabulary words from the chapter.
***Complete your comprehension questions in complete, detailed sentences.
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Math:
Today we completed our minute, worked on algebra during our board work time, and practiced with bar graphs during our daily lesson.
Homework:
***Friday skill sheet is due tomorrow.
***Math Box and Study Link 1.7
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Social Studies:
Today we reviewed geographic terms, read and discussed the summary of chapter 1, and learned about a family and the hardships they faced traveling from Missouri during the Gold Rush.
Study guides were passed out today. My homeroom class will take their test on Thursday, September 8. Please use the study guide to help prepare you for the test.
Reminders:
***Please make sure that all emergency cards are returned to school
***Tomorrow is picture day.
Until tomorrow...
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