No homework tonight! Have a safe and Happy Halloween. The verb test has been moved to Monday to allow us another day to study!
Thursday, October 31, 2013
10-31-13
No homework tonight! Have a safe and Happy Halloween. The verb test has been moved to Monday to allow us another day to study!
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
10-30-13
Homework:
Read 20 minutes
Verb study guide-our test will be Friday or Monday, depending on how tomorrow goes
Remember that the kids can bring a snack, a drink, and a pillow for tomorrow's Halloween party/movie day. No costumes, just a snack and a movie.
Tomorrow will be the last day for MAP testing. We will also be taking an SRI tomorrow.
Read 20 minutes
Verb study guide-our test will be Friday or Monday, depending on how tomorrow goes
Remember that the kids can bring a snack, a drink, and a pillow for tomorrow's Halloween party/movie day. No costumes, just a snack and a movie.
Tomorrow will be the last day for MAP testing. We will also be taking an SRI tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
10-29-13
Homework for tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Final draft of news article
Please check the bags for a purple note and an orange note tonight!
Read 20 minutes
Final draft of news article
Please check the bags for a purple note and an orange note tonight!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
What's happening this week?
Monday: No school due to teacher inservice
Reading: This week we will continue to work on sequential order in a story. Our strategy focus will be on questioning in order to give yourself a purpose in reading. We are reading the story of Eye of the Storm. It features photographs by Warren Faidley. The kids really liked looking at some of his pictures this week. He is a storm chaser.
A couple of other key concepts this week:
How does point of view affect a story?
Prove your inferences with textual information
Find the climax of a story
Writing: We will finish our news articles on Tuesday. We'll start spooky story narratives on Wednesday and continue them on Friday.
Spelling: No new words this week in spelling or vocabulary, as we will be using our time this week to work on reference sources (dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.)
Vocabulary: Test Tuesday over Eye of the Storm words
Halloween party: In fifth grade we do not have Halloween/Christmas/Valentine's Day parties. We do watch a movie during the afternoon when the lower elementary are having their parties. On Thursday afternoon we will watch a movie. Students may bring a snack/drink/pillow with them to school!
Reading: This week we will continue to work on sequential order in a story. Our strategy focus will be on questioning in order to give yourself a purpose in reading. We are reading the story of Eye of the Storm. It features photographs by Warren Faidley. The kids really liked looking at some of his pictures this week. He is a storm chaser.
A couple of other key concepts this week:
How does point of view affect a story?
Prove your inferences with textual information
Find the climax of a story
Grammar: We will continue working with verb tense this week. On Wednesday the kids will be completing a study guide on verbs. They will bring this home on Wednesday. Please help them study for Friday's test. It will be a review of nouns as well!
Spelling: No new words this week in spelling or vocabulary, as we will be using our time this week to work on reference sources (dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.)
Vocabulary: Test Tuesday over Eye of the Storm words
Halloween party: In fifth grade we do not have Halloween/Christmas/Valentine's Day parties. We do watch a movie during the afternoon when the lower elementary are having their parties. On Thursday afternoon we will watch a movie. Students may bring a snack/drink/pillow with them to school!
Friday, October 25, 2013
10-25-13
Since we MAP tested today, there is no Haugen homework! Now, now...don't cry!
Remember there is no school on Monday!
Remember there is no school on Monday!
Thursday, October 24, 2013
10-24-13
Past participle game
Homework:
verb tense worksheet 2 sides
read 20 minutes
Tomorrow is wear red day! We will begin MAP testing tomorrow.
Homework:
verb tense worksheet 2 sides
read 20 minutes
Tomorrow is wear red day! We will begin MAP testing tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
The vocabulary test will be Tuesday. Please check these links for activities to help you study!
Study cards for Tuesday's vocabulary test
Game to study for test
Spelling homework for tonight pb36-37
Test tomorrow
MAP testing Friday!
Crazy socks day tomorrow!
Study cards for Tuesday's vocabulary test
Game to study for test
Spelling homework for tonight pb36-37
Test tomorrow
MAP testing Friday!
Crazy socks day tomorrow!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
10-22-13
Finish writing your newspaper article. Remember to include who, what, when, where, why/how.
Read 20 minutes
Spelling words: write each word 2 times
Verb tense extra credit is due on Friday.
All late work has to be turned in on Friday, or NO credit.
Tomorrow is boot day. "Boot out drugs"
Read 20 minutes
Spelling words: write each word 2 times
Verb tense extra credit is due on Friday.
All late work has to be turned in on Friday, or NO credit.
Tomorrow is boot day. "Boot out drugs"
Monday, October 21, 2013
10-21-13
Tomorrow is crazy tie day for "Tie down drugs".
Homework for tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Irregular verb puzzle
Haugen: Write as much as you can of your newspaper article
Homework for tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Irregular verb puzzle
Haugen: Write as much as you can of your newspaper article
Sunday, October 20, 2013
What's happening this week???
Reading: BUSY week in reading this week. We will be finishing up on several concepts.
* Sequential order: one way to organize text
*Summarizing
*Using evidence from a story to answer questions
*Story maps
*Text features
*Reference sources
Vocabulary and Spelling: Spelling test will be moved to Thursday of this week. The kids are going to have to study a little harder this week due to one less study day. Vocabulary test is going to be on Tuesday, October 29th. We'll be working on long vowel words and syllables.
Grammar: We will be continuing to work with verbs, specifically verb tense. Our concentration this week will be on regular and irregular past tense and past participle.
Writing: This week's writing assignment will be a nonfiction newspaper article on the field trip to the Science Center. We'll be editing each other's papers for errors.
Things to note:
MAP tests begin Friday!
This week is red ribbon week. See other posts for specific daily dress up days.
Flu shots are Wednesday. The kids brought notes home this last week for these shots.
No school on Monday, October 28th for teacher inservice.
Red Ribbon Week
This week we are celebrating Red Ribbon Week. This is a week we celebrate being drug and alcohol free. Please feel free to participate in any or all of the dress up days this week!
Monday= hat day- put a lid on drugs
Tuesday=tie day-tie down drugs
Wednesday=boots day-boot out drugs
Thursday=wild socks or socks on outside of pants-sock it to drugs
Friday=wear red day
Friday, October 18, 2013
10-18-13
It was a little hard to come back today, for the kids! They had the field trip Wednesday and the day off Thursday. I think they were confused as to what day today was!
We took a vocabulary test today. The kids got new spelling and vocabulary words for next week. The spelling test will be next Friday and our vocabulary test will be a week from Tuesday.
The courage essays were returned to the kids today. They can chose to keep the grade they got on their rough draft, or turn in a final draft and be graded on that.
Other homework:
Verb tense worksheet
Science center idea web
Finish reading Earthquake Terror and write your event summaries
Students with 0-1 RC quiz passed will need to stay in for recess until they pass 2 quizzes. We have been in school for a WHOLE quarter and more reading needs to be happening for those kids. If you aren't reading at home 20 minutes a night, you aren't doing your homework. The only way to become a better reader is to read!
We took a vocabulary test today. The kids got new spelling and vocabulary words for next week. The spelling test will be next Friday and our vocabulary test will be a week from Tuesday.
The courage essays were returned to the kids today. They can chose to keep the grade they got on their rough draft, or turn in a final draft and be graded on that.
Other homework:
Verb tense worksheet
Science center idea web
Finish reading Earthquake Terror and write your event summaries
Students with 0-1 RC quiz passed will need to stay in for recess until they pass 2 quizzes. We have been in school for a WHOLE quarter and more reading needs to be happening for those kids. If you aren't reading at home 20 minutes a night, you aren't doing your homework. The only way to become a better reader is to read!
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Spelling and Vocabulary words for Eye of the Storm
TEST for Vocabulary will be October 28th, Spelling will be next Friday!
Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley Vocabulary
Definitions
1. collide - to come together with forceful impact.
2. funnel cloud - a storm that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.
3. jagged - having a ragged or pointed edge or outline.
4. lightning - the flash of light when electricity builds up in storm clouds.
5. prairies - large areas of flat or open grasslands.
6. rotate - to turn around on a center or axis.
7. severe - serious or extreme in nature.
8. sizzling - crackling or hissing with intense heat.
9. tornadoes - violent, whirling winds in funnel-shaped clouds that can cause great
destruction.
10. occupation - a means of making a living, profession, or job.
11. updraft - current of air that flows upward.
12. conditions - situations that affect or influence an activity, event, etc.
Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley Spelling Words
speech claim strike stray campaign
fade sign leaf thigh describe
thief height mild waist cease
sway beast stain fleet sacrifice
stride praise slight niece plight
Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley Vocabulary
Definitions
1. collide - to come together with forceful impact.
2. funnel cloud - a storm that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.
3. jagged - having a ragged or pointed edge or outline.
4. lightning - the flash of light when electricity builds up in storm clouds.
5. prairies - large areas of flat or open grasslands.
6. rotate - to turn around on a center or axis.
7. severe - serious or extreme in nature.
8. sizzling - crackling or hissing with intense heat.
9. tornadoes - violent, whirling winds in funnel-shaped clouds that can cause great
destruction.
10. occupation - a means of making a living, profession, or job.
11. updraft - current of air that flows upward.
12. conditions - situations that affect or influence an activity, event, etc.
Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley Spelling Words
speech claim strike stray campaign
fade sign leaf thigh describe
thief height mild waist cease
sway beast stain fleet sacrifice
stride praise slight niece plight
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Science center pictures 2013
I wasn't with some of the groups, so I'll try and get some pictures from the other group leaders to post later!
