Science center pics...better late then never

January words

http://quizlet.com/64483515/figurative-language-flash-cards/

If you're bored....start studying these words.  We'll be testing over them the week we return!

StarWalk Kids Media Supports Reading during Winter Break with Free Access to its 520 eBook Collection

StarWalk Kids Media has announced that it will make all 520
eBooks in its collection available free of charge for anyone with Internet access—children, families and
educators—from December 24, 2014 through January 5, 2015. NO Passwords • NO logins. Kids can
just start reading by visiting StarWalkKids.com/PopUp.


“This is our second time that we’ve focused on winter break as an optimum time to make our PopUp
Library available to all children,” said founder and author Seymour Simon. “So many families give and receive new computers, tablets and other devices over the holidays. It is a perfect time to encourage children to use these technologies for reading.”

This is something that you can subscribe to, but for the two weeks listed above, it is free. Just in case your kiddos needs something to read the next couple of weeks....

CUT...CUT....CUT....those labels and box tops

 

The holidays are a great time to cut and collect soup labels and box tops.  When you are headed to Grandma's house for the holidays, ask her to save them for you.  We get money for school supplies every time you turn these in to your teacher.

Be on the look out....

I'm missing many of my classroom library books.  If you're cleaning your rooms over Christmas break and you run across them, please return them in January! If you're still reading them, by all means, keep them until you are finished.

Remember, your next RC quiz is due January 15th.  This will be quiz #8!

12-17-14

No homework tonight....except to read...AS ALWAYS!!!

Spelling test

Spelling test linkhttps://www.spellingcity.com/kendrahaugen/

12-15-14

 Reminder...We will be celebrating our 2nd quarter school Dojo reward tomorrow with a movie! In order to participate, you child needs to have no missing work and no major office referrals! Thank you! Reminder...There will not be an early out on Wednesday of this week. We will dismiss early on Friday, though!

RC quiz number 7 is due today.

Our spelling test is tomorrow!

Homework for tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Parts of speech coloring sheet
Mick's homeroom: diamonte poem

12-12-14

Homework for today:
Read 20 minutes
Interjection comic strip
Rhyming worksheet

I am not at school today, so if you need something, call Ms. Bram or Mick...or email me!

Upcoming events

If your 5^th grader has ALL outstanding work turned in by Tues., Dec. 16^th, they will be watching a movie and are allowed to bring a pillow, drink, and snack to enjoy.  

Students with late work will be working on their work in a supervised classroom.

December 19th: Lip sync contest and Early Out 12:20

Due to some medical issues I will be out of the district today, and a couple of partial days next week.  If you leave me a phone message, I won't get it on those days.  Don't think I'm ignoring you!!! I'll get back to you as soon as I can.  I'll be checking my email messages, however, so feel free to email me.  kendra.haugen@bkcsd.org

12-10-14

Homework:
Read 20 minutes
Finish writing Christmas stories
Make crossword puzzles: Mick and Haugen's homerooms

12-9-14

Homework for tonight....A BIG GIANT...nothing :)  Have a great night.

12-8-14

We had a great day today.  It was very productive!  We did some computer research on a trailblazer.  The kids took a vocabulary test and got new spelling words.  Tomorrow we will be spending some time in the library!

Homework: Paragraph 3 of your Christmas story
Read 20 minutes (RC#7 is due the day before break)
Main idea worksheet #2

12-7-14

There was no homework for the weekend.  (Except, of course, to read!)

Language arts:
We are working on our adjective unit right now.  Last week we had a great time taste testing some adjectives.  This week we will be continuing with our adjectives on Monday and Tuesday.  On Wednesday we will be having a quiz over adjectives, nouns, verbs, conjunctions, and articles.  Each time we finish a part of speech, we quiz over all of them.  This helps the kids to remember that they can't forget about what they've learned.  Thursday and Friday we will be working with Interjections.

Writing:
We have been writing a holiday paper.  We will continue to write that on Monday and Tuesday.  The final draft will be due Wednesday.  The kids are typing it on Thursday. We are concentrating on using conjunctions correctly, and NOT writing run-on sentences.

Spelling:
We are getting new words on Monday.  The test will be Friday.
1. possibility
2.grasp
3. comic
4. quiet
5.feast
6. sheepish
7.betray
8. defendant
9. immigrant
10.irritant
11.assistant
12.brilliant
13.compliant
14.extravagant
15.ignorant
16.artifact
17.migration
18.nomad
19.adapt
20.agriculture
21.rounding

Vocabulary:

Our test is Monday!  We will get new words on Tuesday and the test will not be until next Thursday.  Our words this week and next will be going along with our poetry and figurative language unit.

Reading:

We will be taking our RC quiz over Mae Jemison on Monday. Before we leave on the 19th, RC quiz #7 is due. This week and next we are going to be concentrating on the use of poetry and figurative language.  This is a challenging, but enjoyable unit.  You may have to help a little at home.  Kids often have the crazy idea that they can't write poetry!

12-04-14

Tomorrow we will be going to watch the dress rehearsal of the K-4 program.  The kids are looking forward to seeing that! Our book orders are due tomorrow.  Remember to contact me if you want me to call you with the order instead of sending it with the kids. Our spelling test is tomorrow.  Many of the kids passed the pretest and don't have to take it!

Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Paragraph 2 of your Christmas story
Vocabulary sentences
Spelling practice sheet

12-2-14

Homework for tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Main idea worksheet 1

Tomorrow is an early out!

Friday we will be going to watch the dress rehearsal for the K-4 Christmas program.

Bowling began today!  The kids really enjoy this unit in PE!

Book orders are due Friday.

Book orders due Friday

Our last book order before Christmas break went out today.  I'm sorry to rush it, but in order to get it back before Dec. 19th, it has to be in by Friday.  If you'd like to order a gift for your child, just let me know. I'll call you when it gets here, instead of sending it home with your child.

12-1-14

Today we began a new adventure.  Our switched up classrooms seem to be running smoothly, so far.  The kids are definitely a little sleepy today!  They are pretty excited about the switches and the fact that we have only 15 school days before our Winter BREAK.  We have a lot to do between now and then, however!

Upcoming events:
Spelling test: Friday
Vocabulary test: Monday
RC #6: Due today
Book order: due Friday

We are finishing up our Give It All You've Got theme.  We'll be reading Mae Jemison as our story this week. Our reading strategy this week is Main idea and supporting details.  We'll finish up on conjunctions and move onto articles and adjectives.  We are beginning a big writing assignment that will take us a couple of weeks.  We're working on introductory paragraphs, as well as not starting sentences with conjunctions.

Happy Thanksgiving

I wanted to let you all know that I am very thankful for you!  I have the best job in the world.  I get to work with amazing children and families every day. Each day is full of challenge and adventure and kindness and most importantly, learning! Enjoy your Thanksgiving Day.

11-24-14

Homework for tonight:
Haugen's homeroom and Mick's: Turkey store
Bram's homeroom: pb118-119

READ 20

11-23-14

We're in for a short week next week.  Remember we only have school Monday and Tuesday. The kids won't have new spelling or vocabulary words.  We'll start over fresh when we come back in December. 

Last week we worked on homophones and conjunctions.  We finished the story Fear Place.  We worked on using clues from the story to make predictions and inferences.  We learned the difference between the literary techniques of foreshadowing and flashbacks. 

We will continue these skills this week and also do some creative Thanksgiving writing!

Our next quiz (#6) is due when we come back from Thanksgiving break, so keep reading over break.

Homework:
Front and back of homophone crossword
Mayflower story and questions
READ

11-20-14

Have a great night, and READ 20 minutes!

Flashbacks and Foreshadowing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qi0b_gb4U4  Foreshadowing explanation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ProhJhGZraM Despicable Me example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yofeMUMquEw Cinderella example


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls0XS6J3fs0 Link to flashback example Lion King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN6MkLcQow0 Diary of a Wimpy Kid flashback

11-19-14

Today we worked with Mrs. Kuhler's class on being Buddies, not Bullies....in our celebration of Bullying awareness week. Tomorrow is wear blue day.

Read 20 minutes for homework tonight!

11-18-14

Tomorrow is an early out!

Read 20 minutes tonight and study for your vocabulary test.

11-17-14

We were able to go to our Bullying Prevention Week assembly today.  The 6th graders put on a play for us. Our verb/noun quiz had to be postponed until tomorrow, due to some technical difficulties in the printing.  We will also be taking our spelling test tomorrow.  RC quiz #5 is due today.  Anyone not done with #5 will have to stay in for recess until it is passed.  #6 is due November 30th.

Homework tonight: Read 20 minutes
Study for noun/verb quiz, spelling, and vocabulary

11-16-14

Monday:
Noun and verb quiz- the students have a study guide for this
Assembly 8:30
Mrs. Mick's homeroom has guidance with Counselor Johnson today!
We have a new student starting in Mrs. Haugen's homeroom.  Welcome Ben!

Tuesday:
Spelling test over Fear Place words

Wednesday:
Early out
Vocabulary test
Buddies not Bullies day

Thursday:

Friday:
Mrs. Haugen's homeroom has guidance with Counselor Johnson.

Bullying prevention week

Next week is Bullying Prevention Week at Jacobson Elementary!

Monday: Assembly and door decorating contest
Tuesday: Double tokens for kindness day
Wednesday: Be buddies not bullies- buddy class activity
Thursday: Blue for Bullying Awareness-Wear BLUE
Friday: Door judging

Veteran's Day Assembly 2014

Here is a great video of our Veteran's Day assembly, for those of your who couldn't attend.

Fear Place Vocabulary TEST Tuesday

Futile – hopeless

Dismayed – troubled, distressed

Stamina – the power to resist fatigue

Excitement – a state of activity or agitation

Concentrate – give one’s full attention to

Discomfort – feeling of uneasiness

Terrified – frightened

Unsure – not certain

Engulfed – swallowed up or overwhelmed by something

Immobile – unable to move

Cautious – careful

 

 

Spelling words: Fear Place

Our test over these words will be on Wednesday of next week. The students will also have to know the difference between homophone, homonym, and homograph.

The Fear Place

Spelling Words

1. hare
2. scar
3. torch
4. soar
5. harsh
6. sore
7. lord
8. flair
9. warn
10. floor
11. tore
12. lair
13. snare
14. carve
15. bore
16. fare
17. gorge
18. barge
19. flare
20. rare

Challenge Words

1. folklore
2. unicorn
3. ordinary
4. marvelous
5. hoard

 

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What a great day...

We had such a productive and enjoyable day yesterday.  The kids were very well behaved. I definitely saw some Bronco Pride! A big thank you to all of our parent volunteers.  It was great to be able to split the kids into smaller groups. 

Mrs. Mick and I are at the AEA for a meeting today.  If you have any questions, please call Ms. Bram.

Homework for tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Alphabetize your spelling words
Practice Book 118-119

11-11-14

The kids performed at the Veteran's Day assembly today.  I was very pleased with their singing, but more so their behavior.  The kids were so respectful.  It made me proud.

Remember to send a lunch tomorrow for our AWESOME field trip to the Science Center.

Book orders are due Thursday.

RC quiz #5 is due Monday.

NO homework tonight!

11-10-14

What a busy week we're going to have, again!  Tomorrow we will be headed to the high school for a Veteran's Day assembly.  This begins at 10:55 if you are interested in attending.

Wednesday is our Science Center field trip.  Remember to send a lunch with your child that day.

Thursday our book orders are due.

We got new spelling words this week and we'll get new vocabulary tomorrow.  The test will not be this week.  We are wrapping up our verbs unit.  Tomorrow we will fill out a study guide to bring home and look over.  Thursday we will be playing a game to help us study, and Friday will be the test.

Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes

Book orders due Thursday

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