Wednesday, March 30, 2011

3-30-11

RC quiz #13 due tomorrow!

  • New spelling and vocabulary words posted on the wiki! Tests will be next week. We are adding questions about the part of speech of the vocabulary words to our test this week!

Assignments due tomorrow:


Capitalization "Alien" map


Spelling word sort


Vocabulary part of speech (Haugen)



  • ITBS next week!

  • KCCI: new date for the airing of our performance...THursday night at 5:00

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

3-29-11

No homework tonight! What an exciting morning. KCCI came to school for the Read to me program. Marcus McIntosh came and read to the Kindergarten through 6th grade. The school was presented a check from EMC insurance company for $500. We then preformed the "Gotta Keep Reading" dance. The news crew taped the entire thing and we will be on KCCI later this week. REALLY exciting!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

3-23-11

No homework for tonight, unless kids have late work!

Conferences tomorrow 4-8. Thanks to those who came last night, and I look forward to seeing the rest of you tomorrow!

Monday, March 21, 2011

3-21-11

Homework for tonight:

Some kids 22/55 didn't do their quotation homework for today. Due to that little issue :) They have this to do tonight. I told the kids that if it wasn't done tomorrow...recess inside!

Quotation joke

pb134

Comma drama cut and paste

Early out tomorrow due to conferences!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

3-20-11

This week's plan.....

Monday: normal day
Quotation worksheet due
Meyer's group homonym worksheet

Tuesday: Early out
Parent teacher conferences 2-6
Remember, 5th grade conferences are not scheduled at certain times, or with specific teachers. Stop in the office first and grab your report card. Then see one of the teachers, or all of the teachers...up to you :)

Wednesday: Normal day
Spelling test
Comma test (originally scheduled Friday, but the kids weren't ready)

Thursday: Vocabulary test
Conferences 4-8

Friday and Monday: No school

Thursday, March 17, 2011

3-17-11

Homework for tonight...
Homonym worksheet
Vocabulary book pages 32-33
Redo assignment for some kids on commas and nonessential phrases

3-17-11

Happy St. Patrick's Day...wearing your green?

Sorry that there have been no posts the last couple of days. I had some issues with my computer, but I'm back in full force today!

Reading: We have been working on propaganda this week during reading. We will continue with this for a couple more days. We are tying this to our unit on Pioneers. The kids will be making propaganda to try and convince people to "move west".
No assignment today for reading.

Vocabulary: Our new vocabulary words are now posted on the wiki. The test will be next week on Thursday. Assignment today: blue book pages 32-33

Spelling: New words are on the wiki. This week's words aren't so much spelling words as correct usage words! Test will be next Wednesday. Worksheet assignment today.

Grammar: Comma unit... comma drama cut and paste assignment.

Writing: Persuasive unit is coming to a close. Make sure final drafts are in by tomorrow.

Monday, March 14, 2011

3-14-11

Paragraph 4 of persuasive essay due tomorrow.

Vocabulary test 19 tomorrow.

Comma test on Friday.

We took SRI tests today. I will be showing the results of this at conferences.

RC quiz #12 due tomorrow. New reading responses coming out on Wed.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Laptop pictures
















Friday we got the GREAT opportunity to test out our new laptop computers. The 4-6th grade wing will be sharing these computers. There are enough for each student in a section to use one. There are so many exciting things that we can do with individual internet access. This will enhance our curriculum in wonderful ways!




3-13-11

Spelling:
Test Monday
pb 121-122

Reading:
Finish paper quiz

Grammar:
Comma worksheet

Writing:
paragraphs 1,2,3 of persuasive essay

Vocabulary:
Test Tuesday

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

3-9-11

Homework for tonight...
pb120
Finish nonfiction book
READ

3-9-11

I thought it was almost spring...after today's late start for snow I'm beginning to think that isn't the case :) However, with a little extra time this morning, it is a good time to update you on what's been going on in reading/language arts!

Reading: We're still plugging away at our strategies! Our strategy wall is getting full of the varoius tools that we can use while we read. We are currently working on summarizing and reading nonfiction materials. The kids are just finishing up with a nonfiction small group book. These were not easy and the kids are doing very well on them! These books have RC quizzes over them, and will count towards the requirments for the month. The biggest strategy for the nonfiction books has been adjusting your rate of reading.

Vocabulary: New words are coming today. The theme of these words is pioneer/frontier. The awesome thing about this unit is that it ties in perfectly with what Mrs. Dickman is doing in Iowa History. We may be collaborating with a couple of assignments! Test over these words will be next Tuesday.

Spelling: Words this week are commonly mis-spelled words. There are no challenge words this week, and the test will be on Friday.

Writing: Look out, the kids are learning to persuade. They are writing a persuasive paper on the topic of their choice this week. Some ideas out there are....kids should be able to drive, kids should be paid to go to school, the cafeteria should be a restaraunt. They are very funny.

Grammar: COMMAs....not their favorite :)

Next RC quiz is due on the 15th! Gotta keep reading!

Monday, March 7, 2011

3-7-11

Homework for tomorrow:
Comma worksheet front and back...just add the commas, no rewriting sentences.
First paragraph of the persuasive essay.
Read/reading response
Story questions is students didn't pass story quiz today

New words for spelling in the planners today...test Friday.
The wiki has been updated to include these words.

New vocab words will be given out tomorrow...test Monday.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

3-6-11

Homework for Monday....

Native American name activity
Ready for battle graphic organizer

Vocab test Monday

Thursday, March 3, 2011

3-3-11

Homework: Comma worksheet (both sides)
pb 112

Upcoming tests: Vocab test on Monday

Movie reward tomorrow afternoon. Kids can bring a small snack and a drink if they'd like.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

3-2-11

Spelling test tomorrow.

No homework tonight.

A reminder that I will not be at school tomorrow afternoon.

Friday afternoon is our reward movie for our reading incentive!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

3-1-11

Picture dictionary for vocabulary
Letter to an author
GIST 20 word summary
New reading responses today for kids who haven't met their 11 quizzes passed

Early out tomorrow!
Movie on Friday: reading incentive reward