8-31-12

Homework for the weekend:
Have planners and reading logs signed! Remember you dont' have to read over the weekend as long as you read each night during the week. (Yes, MOnday counts as a weekend)
Sentence type worksheet 2 sides
Study for spelling test on Tuesday

First Vocabulary test today went well! All students brought them home with their take home items today. Look for a purple note about band as well! NO school Monday and early out on Wednesday of next week.

8-30-12

Read the rest of your 40 minutes.

Vocabulary test tomorrow!

Spelling test Tuesday: I have been putting Monday on everything, but there is no school Monday. Sorry about that!

PB 18-19

Sentence type worksheet 2 sided

Characteristics of a scientist project are due tomorrow! Presentations will happen in class.

Reminders:
No school Monday!
RC quiz #1 due Sept. 15

8-29-12

Our morning and afterschool routines seem to be going very well. Remember...if a student needs to come in and see me before school, just give me a call or send me an email and I will let the office know!

Cheerleading camp notes are due Friday!

Homework for tonight:
Read your minutes and record them.
Practice book page 17: short vowel sort with spelling words
Start studying for vocabulary test: Friday and spelling test: Monday.
RC quiz #1 is due on Sept. 15!

August 28, 2012

Lots of homework tonight, so make sure you check that planner :)

Reading: practice book 16 on base words
Read 40 minutes between home and school

Spelling/vocabulary: Vocabulary test on Friday and Spelling test on Monday

Language arts: final draft strengths and weaknesses paragraphs

Science: Experiment description

Ask your kids about their experiments today. How can you stab three pencils through a baggie filled with water and not spill a drop? Why can you add pennies to a cup filled with water without it spilling?

8-27-12

Vocabulary and Spelling: New spelling words were handed out today. The kids now have spelling words (test Monday) and vocabulary words (test Friday) in their binders. They are also on the wiki. On the right side of this page under the column links...click on wiki and you will find all kinds of information! Homework: practice book page 11

Remember pictures are tomorrow. You got your forms on back to school conference day.

Learning objectives for the week of August 27,2012

Reading: Learn and practice predicting.
Practice main idea (this will be listed every week for some time)
Examine the genre realistic fiction
Learn to read a scientific article

Vocabulary: Use context clues to determine the meaning of weekly words
Use a thesaurus

Spelling: Use base words
Recognize the short vowels in our spelling words

Grammar: Recognize the 4 types of sentences

Writing: Write a news article

Science: Characteristics of a scientist (experiments)
Begin learning about the layers of the earth

8-24-12

Wild end to a terrific week. We are learning the characteristics of a scientist. Neatness....not a characteristic of fifth graders :) Lots of fun though!

Homework for the weekend: Rough draft of strengths and weaknesses paragraph. 2 paragraphs with 5 sentences in each one.

Vocab words were handed out today. They are in the binder and on the web. The test for those words will be next Friday.

Pictures are Tuesday!

Great first week.

8-23-12

Another great day in 5th grade. We reviewed some of our procedures that we learned yesterday, and they got them all! We began our first writing assignment on strengths and weaknesses. This isn't homework. We will be working our way through it the next couple of days. All paragraphs, at this point in our writing process, need to have 5 sentences in them. We will be getting our first vocabulary words tomorrow!

First day of school

Wow...TODAY really flew by. It was great to get to meet all of the new shinning faces! They were a little overwhelmed with rules and procedures today. I have guaranteed them all that it will be better AND easier.

No homework tonight. I didn't even give them reading logs. I think we'll wait until Monday to start those.

Please give me a call if you have any questions after these first few days!