About the Week of April 20th and looking ahead...

About the Week of April 20th and looking ahead... 

  We had our Ice Cream Sundae Party Friday -Congratulations Penny War Winners!

* Dunes Trip Waivers need to be turned in before the field trip.

* Our school is completely out of pencils so please send them with your child.

HOMEWORK: 

1) Math: ALL: Page Lesson 7-5 both sides AND Pg 140 in the workbook- ONLY that side.

                  SOME: Keep working in your RTI math Packet and turn in on Monday.

2) Reading: ALL: Reading daily is a homework expectation.
                            SOME:  Practice their fluency passage and ready to test on Thursday.

MATH:   

  We did some review work for order of operations and finding a rule and took a quiz on Friday to see how we're doing.We added in coordinate graphing and some problem solving work. We will continue with this until next week and take the test the week of May 4th. We will also take the 5th grade Delta Math Test that week.

 
 READING: 

We continued with book club. Students are finding that they are getting into the especially interesting parts of their books and most can't wait to see what happens next! Students are in groups reading, discussing and working on comprehension strategies. I sit in with groups each day, listening in and joining the discussion. They will choose a project to complete and have an assessment at the end of their book.

WRITING:

Students will wrap up their note-taking on Monday and begin writing their Biography drafts. We have discussed note-taking strategies such as not writing word-for-word from the book in order to be able to write our own sentences, not writing down things we don't understand, but asking about the information and using vocabulary we understand, and writing down the source for each note so we can refer to it later if needed. I have been doing a mini-lesson post work time using student work most days as this is helpful in showing students expectations and answering questions. Drafts are due Wednesday, Thursday at the latest. Some students may need to bring it home for homework. Students have a page with all the standards. There are several presentation, research, and writing standards for this piece. 

Science:
We have been discussing animal and plant classification and basic survival needs as well as observing and caring for our animals. We will begin investigation adaptations this week.

Spelling Students took Spelling Test 26 on Friday.This week's skill is homophones.

 

 

About the Week of April 13th and looking ahead...

About the Week of April 13th and looking ahead...

M-Step: As you know, the M-Step test was all week. This took up most of our regular morning academic schedule. The kids had to spend a lot of time working hard, sitting, and staying quiet- I appreciate their efforts and positive attitudes at school! Mrs. Custer and I treated them to ice cream sandwiches and a longer Friday Fun playing kickball. I have a couple pictures below.

HOMEWORK: 

1) Math: Page 84 in the workbook Volume 1- ALL.

2) Reading: * Some students must finish book club section and the corresponding paper and students must have biography book completed Monday.

MATH:   

  We did some review work for order of operations, finding a rule, and evaluating for a given variable.

 
 READING: 

We are still working through book club. We will be able to get into the full swing of this again on Monday. Students are in groups reading, discussing and working on comprehension strategies. I sit in with groups each day, listening in and joining the discussion. They will choose a project to complete and have an assessment at the end of their book. This book club may require homework on occasion if students are unable to finish in class.  
 

WRITING:

Monday students will begin taking notes and researching other sources for their biography report. This will take a couple weeks. We are going to do a poetry unit as well as write a classroom newspaper after this project.  

Science:
We started our Systems Unit and our frogs and hermit crabs have arrived. Students did some observing and we discussed care and handling. We began our discussion about classification.

Spelling  Students took Spelling Test 25 on Friday.  The skill was spelling the sound /j/ as in jar.