I spent the day administering the first part of the FAST test. Mrs. Stein was my substitute today. The 2 sections of kids are in different places because that.
Homework for Bram's kids:
Read 20 minutes, no reading log
Questions after James Forten 1-7
Study for vocabulary test
Homework for Haugen's kids:
Read 20 minutes, reading log signed
Study for vocabulary test
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Monday, January 30, 2017
1-30-17
This is our 2nd week of no spelling words. We are continuing with our Greek and Latin roots and word parts. No spelling test this week.
Our vocabulary test will be on Wednesday over James Forten vocabulary.
James Forten Vocabulary Definitions
1. abolitionists - persons who felt that slavery should be against the law.
2. apprentice - someone who works for another person in order to learn a trade.
3. assisted - helped, aided.
4. captives - prisoners.
5. conflict - a struggle or war.
6. dread - great fear.
7. encouraged - gave support to and inspired.
8. enslavement - the process by which one person becomes the property of
another.
9. influential - the power to affect events or sway opinions.
10. privateers - privately owned ships that are ordered by the government to
attack enemy ships during a war.
11. tacking - changing the course of a boat.
12. hold - the lower inside of a ship or airplane, where cargo is stored.
Homework:
Read 20 minutes and fill out your reading log
Our vocabulary test will be on Wednesday over James Forten vocabulary.
James Forten Vocabulary Definitions
1. abolitionists - persons who felt that slavery should be against the law.
2. apprentice - someone who works for another person in order to learn a trade.
3. assisted - helped, aided.
4. captives - prisoners.
5. conflict - a struggle or war.
6. dread - great fear.
7. encouraged - gave support to and inspired.
8. enslavement - the process by which one person becomes the property of
another.
9. influential - the power to affect events or sway opinions.
10. privateers - privately owned ships that are ordered by the government to
attack enemy ships during a war.
11. tacking - changing the course of a boat.
12. hold - the lower inside of a ship or airplane, where cargo is stored.
Homework:
Read 20 minutes and fill out your reading log
Friday, January 27, 2017
1-27-17
Yeah, back to school! The kids worked really hard today. They are researching an endangered animal. They typed adverb stories, and took an SRI test! Homework...get your reading log signed if you haven't!
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Snow Day #...Way too many!
Please keep reading your 20 minutes each day, and signing your reading log!
Book order due date will be extended to next Tuesday, due to all of the days off!
We are VERY off schedule as far as vocabulary and spelling tests go! There are no spelling tests this week, or next, as we are working on Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. There will be a vocabulary test next week, but I can't tell you what day right now!
Hope to see you all tomorrow!
Book order due date will be extended to next Tuesday, due to all of the days off!
We are VERY off schedule as far as vocabulary and spelling tests go! There are no spelling tests this week, or next, as we are working on Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. There will be a vocabulary test next week, but I can't tell you what day right now!
Hope to see you all tomorrow!
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Monday, January 23, 2017
1-23-17
Homework:
Read 20 minutes- we DO have the reading log back for this w eek, so make sure I get a parent signature, or it's considered late work.
Spelling- this week we are not having a spelling list. Instead, we will be studying Greek and Latin root words. The kids have a worksheet on this topic. It is on the back of the reading log.
Reading: Primary and secondary source worksheet
Science: Ecosystem crossword puzzle
Lots of homework tonight, but we had 45 minutes of work time, so if they were focused, the homework itself should be minimal!
Read 20 minutes- we DO have the reading log back for this w eek, so make sure I get a parent signature, or it's considered late work.
Spelling- this week we are not having a spelling list. Instead, we will be studying Greek and Latin root words. The kids have a worksheet on this topic. It is on the back of the reading log.
Reading: Primary and secondary source worksheet
Science: Ecosystem crossword puzzle
Lots of homework tonight, but we had 45 minutes of work time, so if they were focused, the homework itself should be minimal!
Friday, January 20, 2017
Thursday, January 19, 2017
1-19-17
Homework for tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Study your spelling-test tomorrow
Study your vocabulary words for Monday's test
Read 20 minutes
Study your spelling-test tomorrow
Study your vocabulary words for Monday's test
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
1-18-17
Wow...talk about being out of the swing of things! We had a messy last week, and another this week! Hopefully Thursday and Friday will be full days, with no interruptions! We put the reading log on hold again this week, since we didn't have school on Monday or Tuesday. This doesn't mean you should stop reading. You still have read 20 minutes as your homework. RC #8 was due on Monday, so some students will be in for recess to catch up on that! Spelling test will be Friday and vocabulary test will be Monday, assuming we can get through them in the next 2 days. The words are coming from the story "Katie's Trunk".
Friday, January 13, 2017
1-13-17
Homework for the weekend...
Everyone has different things to do to get caught up from the last couple of days. I told the students that they would not have late work counted against them on Monday, due to the fact that I was gone for a couple of days this week. No reading logs were required this week, due to the mess of days! We'll go back to them next week. RC #8 is due on Monday.
Everyone has different things to do to get caught up from the last couple of days. I told the students that they would not have late work counted against them on Monday, due to the fact that I was gone for a couple of days this week. No reading logs were required this week, due to the mess of days! We'll go back to them next week. RC #8 is due on Monday.
Drawing club
Mrs. Nelson is offering a drawing club from January 16th-February 27th on Monday afternoons from 3:30-4:30. She sent a note home with the kids today if you are interested in signing up!
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Spelling pretest tomorrow: Katie's trunk
Spelling words...
TEST tomorrow!
TEST tomorrow!
Spelling Words
1. equal 11. shoulder
2. parlor 12. novel
3. collect 13. tulip
4. closet 14. sorrow
5. perhaps 15. vanish
6. wedding 16. essay
7. rapid 17. publish
8. value 18. aware
9. arrive 19. subject
10. behave 20. prefer
1-11-17
What's happening this week?
Today I am at a reading meeting. I'm in the district, but I am out of my classroom. Mrs. Mallen is in the room today, subbing. If you need anything, contact Ms. Bram. Tomorrow I will be at a PBIS meeting in Clear Lake.
Friday is an early out day. Any child who qualifies for the PBIS reward will be going to the high school to watch a movie in the morning. Dismissal will be at 1:00.
Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes (Don't worry about the log, with me gone 2 days this week, I'm not available to check)
Benedict Arnold worksheet
Today I am at a reading meeting. I'm in the district, but I am out of my classroom. Mrs. Mallen is in the room today, subbing. If you need anything, contact Ms. Bram. Tomorrow I will be at a PBIS meeting in Clear Lake.
Friday is an early out day. Any child who qualifies for the PBIS reward will be going to the high school to watch a movie in the morning. Dismissal will be at 1:00.
Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes (Don't worry about the log, with me gone 2 days this week, I'm not available to check)
Benedict Arnold worksheet
Monday, January 9, 2017
1-9-16
Homework:
Read 20 minutes (Haugen's homeroom has their reading log, Bram's doesn't)
Science definitions: put the definitions in your own words
Read 20 minutes (Haugen's homeroom has their reading log, Bram's doesn't)
Science definitions: put the definitions in your own words
Friday, January 6, 2017
1-6-17
Homework:
Read 20 minutes- no reading log for the weekend
Science ecosystem packet
Study your spelling for Monday's test
Study your vocabulary for Wednesday's test
Read 20 minutes- no reading log for the weekend
Science ecosystem packet
Study your spelling for Monday's test
Study your vocabulary for Wednesday's test
Thursday, January 5, 2017
1-5-17
Homework:
Spelling rewrites: rewrite the words that you missed on the spelling test, 5 times each
Read 20 minutes and get your reading log signed
Spelling rewrites: rewrite the words that you missed on the spelling test, 5 times each
Read 20 minutes and get your reading log signed
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
1-4-17
Homework:
Read 20 minutes and fill out your reading log
Science- read pages B28-B31 and answer the 5 questions on page B31
Read 20 minutes and fill out your reading log
Science- read pages B28-B31 and answer the 5 questions on page B31
Paul Revere spelling and vocabulary words
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Vocabulary Definitions
1. cargo - the freight carried by a ship or other vehicle.
2. colonies - territories ruled by or belonging to another country.
3. express - fast, direct, and often nonstop.
4. liberty - freedom from the control of others.
5. oppose - to be against something or someone.
6. Patriot - a colonist who was against British rule in the time of the Revolutionary War.
7. revolutionary - connected with complete change.
8. sentries - guards who are posted at a spot to keep watch.
9. taxes - monies that people must pay in order to support a government.
10. ewers - large, wide-mouthed pitchers or jugs.
11. volley - many shots fired at the same time.
12. foundry - a place in which metals are cast and molded.
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Spelling Words
theater actor mirror powder
humor anger banner pillar
major thunder flavor finger
mayor polar clover burglar
tractor matter lunar quarter
1. cargo - the freight carried by a ship or other vehicle.
2. colonies - territories ruled by or belonging to another country.
3. express - fast, direct, and often nonstop.
4. liberty - freedom from the control of others.
5. oppose - to be against something or someone.
6. Patriot - a colonist who was against British rule in the time of the Revolutionary War.
7. revolutionary - connected with complete change.
8. sentries - guards who are posted at a spot to keep watch.
9. taxes - monies that people must pay in order to support a government.
10. ewers - large, wide-mouthed pitchers or jugs.
11. volley - many shots fired at the same time.
12. foundry - a place in which metals are cast and molded.
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Spelling Words
theater actor mirror powder
humor anger banner pillar
major thunder flavor finger
mayor polar clover burglar
tractor matter lunar quarter
Glee club
Glee Club will start after school FRIDAY until 4:00 for any 5th-6th graders who brought back their signed permission slip. Have questions? Contact Mrs. Bunge.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Welcome back!
It seems like we haven't been in school in so long. We took some time today to organize ourselves! Lots of papers went home in backpacks today after a locker and binder clean out. With a late start today and an early out tomorrow, we won't get a full day until Thursday.
Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes and have your parents sign your reading log
Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes and have your parents sign your reading log
