It is hard to believe that it is November already!
Language Arts:
Today in class Mr. Kisler started by giving the spelling pre-test. From there, he discussed 10 new RIT vocabulary words and the story vocabulary for the week. This week we are reading Shiloh. Be sure to review the vocabulary words and their meanings as you read the story together.
In grammar, we took time to review the grammar skill for the week. This week we are focusing on both common and proper nouns.
Homework:
***Weekly homework packet-due Friday
***Don't forget about the reading project that is due on December 16th. This is a nine week project and should reflect nine weeks worth of effort. Keep reading!
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute and spent our computation time working on the trick of the day. (Ask your child how to mentally figure out what 107 squared is. They should be able to explain it to you without any computation.) Our lesson for the day worked on finding the degree sector of a circle and finding the coordinates of a coordinate grid.
Homework:
***Math boxes 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
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Social Studies: Suddarth
Today Mr. Kisler met with the students on the floor and they read and discussed the summary of chapter 4 as well as the Reading Further section. They spent the remainder of the class working on their test over the Northeast region of the United States.
Homework:
***Interactive Student Notebook page 25-due Friday
***Chapter 4 Test- Everyone received a study guide. Are you studying yours?
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
10/24/11
It is Red Ribbon Week here at Northpoint!
It was neat seeing everyone supporting Red Ribbon Week by wearing red. Don't forget that tomorrow is wear a hat to school day.
Reminders:
***Conferences are happening this week. Please check your time so that you do not miss yours!
***Picture retakes are this Wednesday.
Language Arts:
This is a short week this week and next but we are still plugging along. Be sure to practice the RIT words for the week, the spelling words, and the story vocabulary every night. Our words are getting tricky.
Today we read our story for the week which is a fantasy. The comprehension skill for the week is cause and effect relationships. We will work on this tomorrow as we fill out a graphic organizer related to our story.
Our grammar skill for the week is run- on sentences. Boy can we use some work on this!
Homework:
***Safety posters are due on Wednesday
***Weekly homework packet is due on Thursday this week. We will have all of assessments on that day too.
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Math:
Today was our last day to work in two separate groups. While some students retook their Unit 4 test, the rest of us worked on computation skills and mental math that dealt with algebra, math vocabulary, ratios, fractions, and order of operations. We will start working on Unit 5 tomorrow.
Homework:
***Math Boxes 4.1 and 4.5
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today our class went diving as underwater archaeologists looking for lost artifacts that Europeans may have left in their sunken ships during their voyage to the Americas. This stirred up quite a conversation as we discussed natural objects and artifacts and their purpose.
Homework:
***Northeast region test is next Tuesday-Study!
Until tomorrow...
It was neat seeing everyone supporting Red Ribbon Week by wearing red. Don't forget that tomorrow is wear a hat to school day.
Reminders:
***Conferences are happening this week. Please check your time so that you do not miss yours!
***Picture retakes are this Wednesday.
Language Arts:
This is a short week this week and next but we are still plugging along. Be sure to practice the RIT words for the week, the spelling words, and the story vocabulary every night. Our words are getting tricky.
Today we read our story for the week which is a fantasy. The comprehension skill for the week is cause and effect relationships. We will work on this tomorrow as we fill out a graphic organizer related to our story.
Our grammar skill for the week is run- on sentences. Boy can we use some work on this!
Homework:
***Safety posters are due on Wednesday
***Weekly homework packet is due on Thursday this week. We will have all of assessments on that day too.
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Math:
Today was our last day to work in two separate groups. While some students retook their Unit 4 test, the rest of us worked on computation skills and mental math that dealt with algebra, math vocabulary, ratios, fractions, and order of operations. We will start working on Unit 5 tomorrow.
Homework:
***Math Boxes 4.1 and 4.5
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today our class went diving as underwater archaeologists looking for lost artifacts that Europeans may have left in their sunken ships during their voyage to the Americas. This stirred up quite a conversation as we discussed natural objects and artifacts and their purpose.
Homework:
***Northeast region test is next Tuesday-Study!
Until tomorrow...
Friday, October 21, 2011
10/21/11
I am sorry about not blogging yesterday. It is report card time and things are hectic after school.
Language Arts:
Today we took our usual Friday assessments and started a "Round Robin Writing."We also had a fun program in the gym provided by Health Works.
Homework:
***Read for your reading project that is due on December 16.
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Math:
We completed our minute today with Mr. Kistler(our student teacher), graded our homework, completed computation on white boards. Next, I took over and we split into two groups. Some students worked with me on the floor while others worked independently at their seats on fraction and skill review. Even though it is a short week next week, we are jumping into Unit 5 and starting our Odyssey time on Thursday. We will be reviewing RIT words next week as well.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today Chapter 3 tests were passed back and we started Chapter 4. We discussed how the Europeans came to the "New World" and what they intended to find when they got here.
Homework:
***None
***Don't forget to practice the states, capitals, and abbreviations for the Southeast region. This test will be the week we get back from fall break.
Have a great weekend!
Language Arts:
Today we took our usual Friday assessments and started a "Round Robin Writing."We also had a fun program in the gym provided by Health Works.
Homework:
***Read for your reading project that is due on December 16.
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Math:
We completed our minute today with Mr. Kistler(our student teacher), graded our homework, completed computation on white boards. Next, I took over and we split into two groups. Some students worked with me on the floor while others worked independently at their seats on fraction and skill review. Even though it is a short week next week, we are jumping into Unit 5 and starting our Odyssey time on Thursday. We will be reviewing RIT words next week as well.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Today Chapter 3 tests were passed back and we started Chapter 4. We discussed how the Europeans came to the "New World" and what they intended to find when they got here.
Homework:
***None
***Don't forget to practice the states, capitals, and abbreviations for the Southeast region. This test will be the week we get back from fall break.
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
10/19/11
Today is the last day of the first grading period. Hooray!
Language Arts:
Today in class we reviewed complex sentences, vocabulary, and then spent time working on using context clues. Before we knew it, it was time to switch for Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Friday
***Grammar page(If not completed in class.)
***Read for your reading project which is due on December 16th
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Math:
Today was a mental math and review day. Then we jumped into working on a few pages from unit 4 dealing with fractions.
Homework:
***Study Links -pages 85,87, and 89
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Art Smart- Thank you to all our parent volunteers! The lesson today was a fun one!
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in class we reviewed complex sentences, vocabulary, and then spent time working on using context clues. Before we knew it, it was time to switch for Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-due Friday
***Grammar page(If not completed in class.)
***Read for your reading project which is due on December 16th
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Math:
Today was a mental math and review day. Then we jumped into working on a few pages from unit 4 dealing with fractions.
Homework:
***Study Links -pages 85,87, and 89
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Art Smart- Thank you to all our parent volunteers! The lesson today was a fun one!
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
10/18/11
Language Arts:
Today in class we worked on our grammar minute which practiced finding the simple subject and complete subject of a sentence and reviewed writing complex sentences by using special conjunctions.
During our spelling portion of our day, we sorted our spelling words into their spelling patterns and worked on a definition and synonym page using our words.
In reading, we worked on reviewing our RIT and story vocabulary as well as used a graphic organizer to summarize our weekly story.
In writing, we spent some time working on our school wide Red Ribbon Week writing prompt. The final copy of this is due tomorrow.
Homework:
***Red Ribbon writing
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
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Math:
Today was a review day and catch up day. Some students worked with me on white boards while others finished up their assessments.
Unit 3 tests were passed back today. The were awesome!
Homework:
***Get test signed
***Journal pages 122, 124, 125
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Social Studies( Suddarth)
Today we started Chapter 4. We completed the preview and read only the first section in the chapter.
Homework:
***Study the Northeast region, the states, capitals, and abbreviations. The test will be on Nov. 1
I hope to see you at Culvers tonight!
Until tomorrow...
Today in class we worked on our grammar minute which practiced finding the simple subject and complete subject of a sentence and reviewed writing complex sentences by using special conjunctions.
During our spelling portion of our day, we sorted our spelling words into their spelling patterns and worked on a definition and synonym page using our words.
In reading, we worked on reviewing our RIT and story vocabulary as well as used a graphic organizer to summarize our weekly story.
In writing, we spent some time working on our school wide Red Ribbon Week writing prompt. The final copy of this is due tomorrow.
Homework:
***Red Ribbon writing
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
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Math:
Today was a review day and catch up day. Some students worked with me on white boards while others finished up their assessments.
Unit 3 tests were passed back today. The were awesome!
Homework:
***Get test signed
***Journal pages 122, 124, 125
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Social Studies( Suddarth)
Today we started Chapter 4. We completed the preview and read only the first section in the chapter.
Homework:
***Study the Northeast region, the states, capitals, and abbreviations. The test will be on Nov. 1
I hope to see you at Culvers tonight!
Until tomorrow...
Monday, October 17, 2011
10/17/11
Language Arts:
Today was a busy Monday. Right after double specials we started with our spelling pretest then jumped into our story for the week. This week we have 8 vocabulary words. They are as follows: adjusted, function, disasters, environment, mission, maze, zone and gravity. These words are important to know and should be talked about as you read the story together this week.
Our RIT words for the week are climax, cliche, allegory, bias, and caricature. These words along with the other RIT vocabulary in their binder should be reviewed each week. We periodically have quizzes over all of the words learned.
Homework:
***Weekly homework packet
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Math:
Today we completed our minute, reviewed on white boards, and took our Unit 4 pretest.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms')
Today we took our Chapter 3 test
Until tomorrow...
Today was a busy Monday. Right after double specials we started with our spelling pretest then jumped into our story for the week. This week we have 8 vocabulary words. They are as follows: adjusted, function, disasters, environment, mission, maze, zone and gravity. These words are important to know and should be talked about as you read the story together this week.
Our RIT words for the week are climax, cliche, allegory, bias, and caricature. These words along with the other RIT vocabulary in their binder should be reviewed each week. We periodically have quizzes over all of the words learned.
Homework:
***Weekly homework packet
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Math:
Today we completed our minute, reviewed on white boards, and took our Unit 4 pretest.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms')
Today we took our Chapter 3 test
Until tomorrow...
Friday, October 14, 2011
10/14/11
Happy Friday!
Language Arts:
Today was a busy day. We took all of the usual assessments, played a RIT review, worked on our writing which is due on Monday, and switched for Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Brochure and Picture prompt tree writing is due on Monday
***Decide which book you would like to start reading for your flip book project. This book needs to be approved by me by Wednesday. It should not be a book that you have NOT read before. I will be looking at books to make certain that they fit your individual reading level.
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Math:
We took our Unit 3 test today.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
We took our Chapter 3 test today. Mrs. Doms' homeroom will have their test on Monday. Their page 20 in their ISNB is also due on Monday.
Homework:
***None
Have a great weekend!
Until Monday...
Language Arts:
Today was a busy day. We took all of the usual assessments, played a RIT review, worked on our writing which is due on Monday, and switched for Vocabulary Vine.
Homework:
***Brochure and Picture prompt tree writing is due on Monday
***Decide which book you would like to start reading for your flip book project. This book needs to be approved by me by Wednesday. It should not be a book that you have NOT read before. I will be looking at books to make certain that they fit your individual reading level.
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Math:
We took our Unit 3 test today.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
We took our Chapter 3 test today. Mrs. Doms' homeroom will have their test on Monday. Their page 20 in their ISNB is also due on Monday.
Homework:
***None
Have a great weekend!
Until Monday...
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