9/17/11

Language Arts:
We are wrapping things up with our novel. By the end of the week we will have taken the test and completed our last vocabulary quiz. We will still have a few writing activities and collaborative activities next week while we are jumping into the basal.

In class today we took our vocabulary test, discussed the questions from chapters 17 and 18 and read and discussed all that is happening in chapter 19. Boy does this book have some action! No sooner do we get through with one exciting thing then we are introduced to another character and something else is happening!

The students were given work time in class today to work on their homework. If they used their time wisely, they should have little to no homework other than studying for their vocabulary quiz tomorrow and their test on Friday.(Study guides were passed our today.)

Homework:
***Study 5 vocab. words
***Chapter 19 comprehension questions-You pick 10!
***Text-to-Self Connection
***Rewrite your myth on the special paper. Be sure to edit it with a parent.

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Math:
Today we spent our board work time reviewing skills from Unit 2. The students then started their pretest over Unit 2. We will complete this tomorrow.

Homework:
***None

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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today we worked in small groups and discussed the roles of different family members within the Inuit tribe. We also read and discussed the summary and we learned about making a pictograph and winter count to record important life events just like the Sioux. We ended our class with taking the test over the states and capitals of the Midwest Region of the United States.

Homework:
***ISNB page 13 due Wednesday
***Chapter 2 test will be next Monday, September 26 as well as the states and capitals test over the Southwest region of the United States. Study guides are being copied. Be looking for them tomorrow.

Until tomorrow...

9/16/11

Language Arts:
Today in class we took our vocabulary quiz, discussed chapter 16 questions, typed our text-to- world connections, and read chapters 17 and 18.

Homework:
***Study 5 vocabulary words from each chapter
***Chapters 17 and 18 comprehension questions

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Math:
Today we reviewed skills from unit 2. The students were given their unit 1 tests back today. They were AMAZING!!!

Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today we read sections 2.2-2.4 in chapter 2 which deals with American Indians, their migration routes, and the environments in which their chose to live. We also wrote summaries in our Interactive Student Notebook using highlighted vocabulary of the chapter.

Homework:
***Remember that next week(Monday or Tuesday) is our test over the states and capitals of the Midwest region and the great lakes.

Until Monday...Have a great weekend!

9/15/11

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...

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

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...

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...

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!