This Week's Math Royalty

Congratulations to Queen Kendra, Prince Ethan, and Duke AJ!

Have a great weekend!  Hope you can find some time to READ FOR ENJOYMENT!

Congratulations to Kendra, Our November Character Trait Winner

Any more helpers available for Tuesday, the 13th, or Thursday, the 15th???

Tonight:  please check to see that your child is inderstanding equivalent fractions and reducing fractions.  Besides our reading super bowl minutes, the spiral math sheet front and back is all the homework for tonight.

If my picture of our houses would not have been so contrary tonight, I would have let you have a peek at our masterpieces so far.  Maybe another day when they are even more colorful.

tonight:  math sheet front and back, super bowl reading

We still need helpers for Tuesday, December 11th, and before and after the Christmas Program on the 13th for our Santa workshop.  Anyone still available??

Our class picture will be in The Clay City News this week.  I'll try to copy a picture off for the kids.

Tonight's homework:  spelling workbook, math spiral, science p93-94 if not finished

Book orders were sent home today.  If you want to order, please bring your order and check a week from today.  (You can always order online also and earn free books for our class.)

Our second Acuity Language Arts test was today.  We'll be regrouping for RTI soon based on the scores.  Our math test is on Friday at 9:30.

Start Earning Candy for Gingerbread House!

We will be making gingerbread houses on Wednesday.  To earn candies for the houses,  the students will

• read nightly for their reading super bowl minutes
• turn in signed, practice spelling tests
• turn in completed spelling workbook sheets
• have at least +7/10 on spiral math homework sheets
• empty behavior chart
• wear monarch shirt when asked
• etc...

Tonight's homework is the reading minutes, practice spelling test, and math spiral.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone enjoyed our pancakes this morning.  I sent a recipe that you can make very easily at home.

If your child gets bored, don't forget they have an ixl.com account that is really good.  We are just beginning to find equivalent fractions, reduce, and simplify.  I think that is M4.   We have also been working on B7, K2, Y1, Y2, and Y3.  If you haven't checked it out, maybe this weekend will be the time to take a look.

Hope reading a good book sounds like a fun, relaxing way to spend some of your vacation time.

Tonight:
finish math sheet Thursday (did Wednesday together)
spelling workbook pages
finish soc studies lesson 7 if needed

Our Math Royalty for This Week

King Ethan, Prince AJ (not pictured), and Duke Dakota

Tonight:
spelling practice test
complete science review pages for lesson 1 unit 2
math spiral Monday and Tuesday

Hoping to have more helpers volunteer for our Santa Workshop.

It's Friday!!

Hope you have a great weekend! 

If you can help with our Santa Workshop, please send your letter in as soon as possible.

I'll try to take a picture of our new royalty court on Monday.  Congratulations to King Ethan, Prince AJ,  and Duke Dakota.

Getting too easy in my old age....only homework is our reading at least 20 minutes and the math spiral if it didn't get finished in class.  Don't forget that ixl.com is a GREAT way to practice the specific skills we are working on in class.  Each student now has a username and password of their own, so they can practice at home anytime. 

I will try to give everyone their scootpad username tomorrow.  It has practice for reading and math skills we can do in class or at home.  Acuityathome.com is another great resouce to get ready for ISTEP in the spring.

Have a great evening together.

Santa Workshop Helpers Needed

Tomorrow I will be sending home request papers for 5th grade parents to consider helping with our annual Santa Workshop.  That is our only fundraiser for our St. Louis field trip.  Because of this fund raiser, all students are able to go free of charge.  Please be watching for this paper tomorrow.

Today:

math spiral sheet/ Bubbling Over side only sheet

Our iPad is Up and Running!

Finally!  My new iPad is up and going.  I have downloaded Splash Math and Scoot Pad so far.  If you know of other apps, please pass that on to me and I'll see what I can do.  I'm sure the kids will help me get comfortable with the programs.

Tonight (I think most were finished with just about everything but the spelling workbook.  Hope so.)

•  spelling workbook
• math sheet if not finished
• Weekly Reader if not finished
• Social Studies sheet if not finished

We have started a countdown to Thanksgiving on 10 things we're thankful for...but the object is to be very specific, narrow it down to something only you could say because it includes details of your family or life.  For example, one student had written she was thankful for her family and how they do things together.  We suggested saying, "I'm thankful that ____, ____________, _____________,  and I get to go to movies like Spiderman together."

We're trying to add one each day.

We're ready for Texas tomorrow on our states and capitals unit.

We Thank Our Veterans

We enjoyed a nice Veteran's Day program this morning.  I was happy with how respectful our monarchs represented our class.

Tomorrow you may bring your spelling workbook to do the stressed syllable page together.

Math spiral sheet and practice spelling test only homework besides READING FOR 20 MINUTES AT LEAST/ please encourage this to become a habit.

CCE Teachers and Staff Enjoy Monarchs' Cinnamon Rolls Today!

I'm going tonight for an iPad training session at Central Office.  Hopefully, this new technology will bring some creative lessons we can learn from as well as enjoy.

Don't forget to try to wear red, white, and blue on Monday for the Veteran's Day program.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

True Story of Three Pigs Entertains the Monarchs

Wow!  Two-hour delay and a field trip all in one day!  I was proud of our Monarchs.  I thought they behaved very well out in the big world.

We did manage to squeeze in our math spiral and a reading vocabulary sheet.  I collected everyone's reading to be finished tomorrow if needed.  I also have most of the students' math to look at tonight.  A few wanted to take them home to have them checked.  As I was going around checking, I noticed several who needed to be asking questions on problems they were struggling with.  Please encourage your child to ask when they have the opportunity to get help.  I look at these papers as practice papers, so I will help with anything I can.  Hopefully, your child will be ready for the math quiz tomorrow.

We are also reviewing simple, compound, and complex sentences.  Several are still having a hard time identifying these.  If you can, please check with your child to see if they need some extra help at home.

Monarchs Make Cinnamon Rolls for Veterans

Grr... wish I would have taken pictures of the kids making their rolls today.  They did a great job.  We'll  be able to try them on Friday.  We had to freeze them today because of time.

Another easy night for homework.  Only reading 20 minutes and the spiral math if it wasn't finished.

PLEASE WEAR YOUR MONARCH SHIRT TOMORROW FOR THE FIELD TRIP.

I'll be passing out pictures tomorrow.  Today was soooooo busy that I didn't even get to my mailbox.

Enjoy your evening.

CCE Elects Romney

The 6th grade had a great mock-trial today for all of the students.  Romney won by a landslide.  We'll see how the rest of the country compares to Mayberry.

I  have a survey I'd love for you to "complete."  I've been pondering the best way to cover our math standards.

•  I love the new spiral because of all the early practice it gives the kids before ISTEP. 
•  I liked the extra computation practice they got from Saxon. 
•  I LOVE IXL for practicing specific skills.(your child has a new password they can use at home as well as at school.  GREAT resource!)
•   I think specific skill sheets are extremely helpful.  ..
• I love the repetition they get from doing Calendar.

.How to do it all is the problem.  This week I have been trying more whole group instruction (using protractors, pretzels, and marshmallows) combined with only spiral, IXL on the computer, and today a skill sheet practicing measuring angles.
  As a parent, I would appreciate hearing your opinion.  Do you LOVE not having math homework?  Do you think your child will get enough practice without it?  What do you think of only having Saxon on Monday or Thursday and doing portions of Calendar together each day? 
One problem with homework besides the time it takes at home obviously, is that some students don't have the luxury of having someone working with them and a result is that they "practice" the wrong way.  For others, without a strong supporter at home, simply don't do it.  So, ...if you have time, I'd love hearing your two cents worth.

Tomorrow we will be making cinnamon rolls in the art room at 11:30.  We'll hopefully be able to eat ours tomorrow, but the others we'll be freezing for the staff and the veterans on Monday.  I have some helpers coming tomorrow, but you are welcome as well if you have the desire and time.

Don't forget tomorrow is our spelling test as well as workbook pages.
I think almost everyone completed their math spiral and the skill page (and some have even had them checked)  One thing I noticed was that several had not followed directions on how to create a specific size of angle.  (We drew the vertex and horizontal line, found the degree of angle being asked for, added a dot in that spot, lifted the protractor, and connected the vertex dot to the degree dot.  Finally, add arrows.)

Thanks for helping with our annual food drive.  We appreciate your generosity.

Monarchs Take the Lead for the Food Drive

Please try to send food items for our food drive this week. They are especially grateful for pancake mix/syrup, green beans, Kool-Aid, and personal hygiene products such as toothpaste, soap shampoo, etc...

Practice spelling test tonight

finish social studies unit 7 lesson 7 sheet if not already finished

math spiral Monday

We tried to correct math tests today.  It is so helpful if you review any missed answers at home as well. 

State test tomorrow through Oregon.

Reading 20 minutes/ summary or thick and thin questions

Have a great weekend!  Don't forget Monday is the first day of the food drive.  The winning intermediate class will enjoy popcorn and drinks. 

Wednesday we will be making and freezing cinnamon rolls for our teachers and veterans.

Thursday is our field trip to see The True Story of the Three Pigs.

Congratulations, Dakota!

Persuasive Paragraph due tomorrow:  I think most are finished with this in class, but a review of what the assignment looks like is this.

1. top bun:  opening sentence that states what your child is trying to persuade me to do (Mrs, Mitchell, I think .....)
2. first reason:  beginning with a transition, state the first reason you give for me doing what you are requesting (First of all, .....)
3. second reason:  ( Secondly, ....   or Next, ...)
4. third reason:  ( Finally, ....   or,  In conclusion, ......)
5. bottom bun:  restate your persuading statement (For these reasons,  I think....)

No Saxon homework tonight. Spiral math/ calendar  (please look over both of these sides to see that you agree with your child's answers.  We went over several of the correct answers, but that doesn't always mean everyone was focused.)

Next week's tests:  Monday, Social Studies unit 2 lessons 1-4
                               Tuesday, States through Oregon
                                Wednesday, Spelling, sentences, parts of speech
                                Friday, Math