Congratulations, Joni and Jacob

 

         Our January Accountability Character Winners:  Joni and Jacob (art)

Compare and Contrast paragraph for two presidents needs to be finished by the end of tomorrow.

Indoor recess masterpiece!

 

Enjoy our 2-hour delay tomorrow.

Wow! Clay City Is Still Holding on to 1st Place at Sumdog!

Our class is working hard on the sumdog site.  Good for you!
Parents, please look over 12A tonight to be sure your child is ready for their test over 12B.

Tomorrow we check for our hour long reading homework time/summary.

Spelling workbook/ test tomorrow
Have read at least one hour by Thursday
no math homework tonight/ please look over papers to check for understanding on missed problems

Spelling practice test - signed and corrected 2X

Most finished their math today in class. I am giving my Fab Four for the third time, so they were to finish it in class as a quiz.  If not finished, it is homework and I will give them another copy tomorrow.  Corrections will be made during recess.

Yahoo!  Our 5th grade is leading the SumDog Regional Division Contest.  They have extended the time period through Thursday.  Hopefully, we will get some playing time in tomorrow.  You're always welcome to play at home as well,

Have a Great Weekend!

Congratulations to our new royalty:  Queen Kendra
                                                             Prince AJ
                                            Duke Dakota, Duke Jordan, Duchess Kelsie

President Test Through Taylor Tomorrow

Tomorrow, students should have read one hour from last Thursday.  Don't forget to include well-written sentences for summary of each 20-30 minutes of reading.

math spiral for tomorrow

students need to finish up their Jackson crossword, social studies lesson 4 sheet, Year of Boar voc sheet tomorrow.

Revolutionary War character paragraph needs to be finished at the end of Friday.

Any science fair entry forms are also due on Friday.

Tomorrow: 

• spelling test/workbook
• math spiral (we did most together today, fixing as we went) and 11A Saxon
• should have completed a short health sheet with partner today
• president retake is tomorrow/ be prepared for next test on Friday
• Revolutionary War character paragraph should be almost complete also.  It included an attention-getter first line (quote or question often works well), a top bun topic sentence to introduce person,  a few details of what that person did during the Revolutionary Warm and finally, a bottom bun.  If your child doesn't know who their person is, please check tomorrow.

2 Hour Delay in the Morning

Tomorrow will be the president retakes if requested.  Prepare for Friday being the second test covering the second page.

Thursday everyone should have read at least for one hour since last Thursday.  Summary sentences for every 20-30 minutes.  Well-written sentences for high points in language.

tonight: math sheet and practice spelling test

Special Offer:  if your child did poorly on their first president test, I am willing to give them a second test to redeem their grade.  In order to do that, parents will need to write me a note saying their child has studied and is now ready to take the test again.  This would need to be during recess time.

Have a great weekend!

Reading Super Bowl:  composition books were checked today for the past week's reading.  Read at least one hour by next Thursday to get full reading points in Power School.  Write two-sentence summaries for every 20-30 minutes that you read.  These sentences will be graded and put under your language grade in Power School next Thursday also.  Book-It coupons will be sent home starting tomorrow for those students who are where they should be on the football field for each month's expected hour amount.  Please keep encouraging your child to get in the habit of reading for enjoyment.

We did math in class today and I think everyone had time to complete and check their paper.  If not, they can turn it in in the morning.  Don't forget that they can reach ixl.com at home to practice almost any skill we are working on at school. 

Homework:  math spiral/measurement sheet, social studies lesson 2 if not finished, have READ for one hour for this past week.

Homework for tonight:
math 10A practice if not finished/ spiral
spelling workbook pages
president test tomorrow over first five

Homework:  math spiral, test 9B if not completed, READ for 20 minutes and write a two-sentence summary of what you read

We have looked at our first four presidents:  Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison.
Tomorrow we will cover Monroe.  On Wednesday, be prepared for a quiz over the first five.

Tomorrow earn bonus bucks for bringing in a nutrition label from any product.

Have a great weekend!  See you bright and early on Monday morning.

Coming home tonight is our first week of Fab Four in math.  Each day I give the students four specific math skills as a quiz.  I bring them back to the table one-on-one to discuss any missed problems.  The next day I give them four more problems over the same specific skills.  We continue doing that from Thursday to Wednesday each week.  Hopefully, by the fifth day, the students have mastered that skill.  (Wednesday would be the last day on their sheet.)  I keep track of those students who missed three or more problems for each skill.  I also keep record of those who mastered it the last day.  I will be going back to those same skills for those needing more remediation.  Please look at your child's sheet to see where,if any, their weaknesses are.  Today we began a new set of skills including perimeter/area, adding unlike fractions, dividing (and knowing the divisibility rules), and finding the average. 
They are also bringing home a practice 9A Saxon sheet.  Please look over this sheet as well before they take their test on like problems tomorrow with 9B.  Their sheets should be corrected.
I will be listing any papers in reading or social studies that I am still needing for this week on the board tomorrow.
Hope your child is enjoying our new book, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.  You might ask them about the characters, setting, and the beginning plot.  Our writing each morning is also connected to the book.  We are working on a compare/contrast essay together.  We are looking at the differences between China in 1942 and the United States in 2013.  Each paragraph needs a contrast transition word from the sheet in their folder.  We will be working on it for a few more days before it is complete.
I am going to be talking to the kids tomorrow about a new system in reading homework.  I will be recording minutes on Tuesday and Friday.  Between those two times, everyone needs to have read for one hour each week minimum.  Our two sentence summaries will be used for our language writing grade.  Please help encourage your child to be consistent in their enjoyment reading time.

Math spiral/ practice test 9A
Read for 20 minutes.

Tired Teacher Tries to Teach on Tuesday

(I haven't forgotten that I owe my King Ethans a Royalty picture.  My browser is not cooperating with me.  Help is on the way on Thursday if  I don't figure it out before then.)

Don't forget spelling is due tomorrow.  Homework passes can be used for two sides only.
Spiral Math sheets if not finished.

Good luck to our boys at their game tonight.

Practice spelling test signed tonight
Math spiral if not already finished
Please read for your 20 minutes

Friday's our Forever Favorite

Congratulations to This Week's Math Royalty:  Kings Ethan R and Ethan T, Princess Kelsie, and Duke Dakota... (picture coming as soon as I can get it to cooperate with me.)

Have a great weekend!  I'll see you on Monday!


Come in with an example of an interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, and declarative sentence (all labeled so I know you know...) and I'll be happy to pay you for your labor.

Thankfully Thinking Thursday was Thrilling

(Besides a possible hyperbole, what is that title an example of....$$$$??....tell me in the morning. )

Reports are going home tomorrow.
Homework tonight (besides reading for 20 minutes):  finish math sheet and social studies sheet

Skills we're working on:

•  kinds of sentences (we should be well past this, but still have too many that haven't mastered classifying sentences correctly.)
• practiced using interjections
• finished our Junie B. Jones packet (great book for figurative language)  will discuss theme and author's purpose, and point of view tomorrow
• slavery in the colonies (quiz tomorrow - worksheet covers same material)
• math reviewing equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents
• math finding area of triangles

Took a math benchmark test to see who has mastered beginning of the year material.  I'll also be giving four review problems each day, Fab Four, to see what skills still need to be reviewed.  There will also be a sheet with a specific skill on one side and review questions on the back. 

Welcome to 2013!

I'm looking forward to seeing you all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the morning.  (What is that an example of......   tell me in the morning, and you'll earn some early monarch bucks.)

Science Fair sheets will be going home tomorrow.  I hope to see several of you interested in taking a project this year.  It will take place on February 16th. 

See you soon!