Language Arts:
Today in class we took our usual vocabulary quiz, discussed questions from chapter 15, and read the next chapter. (This was a very long one!) We also discussed what was expected when writing their own personal myths that matches their vases that are hanging in our hall. Next, it was off to reading buddies and Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Study 5 vocabulary words
***Complete the Chapter 16 comprehension questions
***Write a one page(at least) myth on lined paper.
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Math: Thinking Thursday
Right after completing our minute, we worked on Thinking Thursday. The students were given their RIT vocabulary packets and we discussed the definitions and drew examples of each term. The students will be given an assessment over these terms each week as we build our new RIT vocabulary.
The lesson today consisted of writing small numbers by using negative powers of ten and decimals. The students caught on fast! They worked hard and they were amazing in class.
Homework:
***No additional homework-just the Friday skill sheet
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Social Studies:
We did not have Social Studies. Instead, the students met for the first time with Officer Redman, our D.A.R.E. officer.
Reminders:
***Please support our P.T.O. Tomorrow is jammie day. Wear your p.j.s and bring $1.00.
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
9/14/11
Today in Language Arts we took our vocabulary quiz over chapters 13 and 14. We also reviewed our comprehension questions and dove into chapter 15 together as a class.
HW: Study your 5 vocabulary words for tomorrow's quiz, finish your Greek Times newspaper article and your chapter 15 comprehension questions.
In math, we learned about writing larger numbers.
HW: Math boxes 1.3 and 2.1 are due tomorrow.
In Social Studies, we read sections 2.2-2.5 together as a class. After each section, we took time to write summaries over each section. These will come in handy when studying for the chapter 2 test.
HW: You have a quiz over the Midwest region on Monday. Check out the links below to test yourself.
midwest states quiz and midwest state capitals quiz
HW: Study your 5 vocabulary words for tomorrow's quiz, finish your Greek Times newspaper article and your chapter 15 comprehension questions.
In math, we learned about writing larger numbers.
HW: Math boxes 1.3 and 2.1 are due tomorrow.
In Social Studies, we read sections 2.2-2.5 together as a class. After each section, we took time to write summaries over each section. These will come in handy when studying for the chapter 2 test.
HW: You have a quiz over the Midwest region on Monday. Check out the links below to test yourself.
midwest states quiz and midwest state capitals quiz
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
9/13/11
Language Arts:
We started off our morning in specials and then we had our safety drills. The students were very well behaved and I was proud of them!
Today we took our vocabulary quiz over chapter 12 and then moved to the floor to listen to and discuss two chapters. Before we switched for Vocabulary Vine, we discussed how to write a newspaper article and practiced the Who? Where? What? When? Why? and How? The students will use this lesson as a spring board for writing their own newspaper article tomorrow by filing out a graphic organizer.
Homework:
***Study 10 vocabulary words(chapter 13(5) and chapter 14(5))
***complete the comprehension questions for chapters 13 and 14
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Math: Tricks Tuesday
Due to our math test, we did not have a chance to discuss the math trick of the day.
We took our first test today.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 1.12
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Social Studies(Doms)
Today we started chapter 2. This chapter deals with the American Indians.
Homework:
***The students will be having a quiz over just the states and their capitals of the Midwest region next Tuesday, September 20. They should also know the great lakes.
Until tomorrow...
We started off our morning in specials and then we had our safety drills. The students were very well behaved and I was proud of them!
Today we took our vocabulary quiz over chapter 12 and then moved to the floor to listen to and discuss two chapters. Before we switched for Vocabulary Vine, we discussed how to write a newspaper article and practiced the Who? Where? What? When? Why? and How? The students will use this lesson as a spring board for writing their own newspaper article tomorrow by filing out a graphic organizer.
Homework:
***Study 10 vocabulary words(chapter 13(5) and chapter 14(5))
***complete the comprehension questions for chapters 13 and 14
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Math: Tricks Tuesday
Due to our math test, we did not have a chance to discuss the math trick of the day.
We took our first test today.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 1.12
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Social Studies(Doms)
Today we started chapter 2. This chapter deals with the American Indians.
Homework:
***The students will be having a quiz over just the states and their capitals of the Midwest region next Tuesday, September 20. They should also know the great lakes.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, September 12, 2011
9/12/11
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...
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...
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!
**************************************************************************************
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
*************************************************************************************
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...
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