10-31-14

Click here to practice your vocabulary words for Monday's test.

No homework for the weekend!  Just remember to have all of your late work caught up!

10-30-14

Today's homework:
Read 20 minutes: our 4th RC quiz is due tomorrow
Character report card: Michelle Kwan

Remember to bring a pillow and a snack tomorrow for our movie!

10-29-14

Homework:
Read 20
Compound word worksheet

Bram's group: the above two items and pb 95

10-28-14

Homework:
Read 20 minutes
Write a 5-7 sentences problem and solution paragraph

Spelling test Friday
Vocabulary test Monday

Michelle Kwan spelling words: Test Friday

Michelle Kwan: Heart of a Champion

Spelling Words

1. basketball
2. wheelchair
3. cheerleader
4. newscast
5. weekend
6. everybody
7. up-to-date
8. grandparent
9. first aid
10. wildlife
11. highway
12. daytime
13. whoever
14. test tube
15. turnpike
16. shipyard
17. homemade
18. household
19. salesperson
20. brother-in-law

Challenge Words

1. extraordinary
2. self-assured
3. quick-witted
4. limelight
5. junior high school

10-27-14

Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Finish typing your Veteran's Day essay and submit it

Remember...
Friday is our movie.
Friday, reading counts quiz #4 is due
Friday: spelling test (new post today with our new words)

10-24-14

Today is the last day of MAP testing.  Today will be make-ups for kids that were gone.  The kids have handled the shuffle in schedule/and rooms very well this week.  It's hard to change our routine.  Today we will be taking the end of theme test.  This will cover everything that we learned during the first theme.  There was no studying to be done....so don't worry that you missed something!  The kids have been working on their review of the materials here at school this week.

Next Friday is Halloween.  We don't do holiday parties in 5th and 6th grade.  Instead we have a movie time during the rest of the school's party.  Please allow your 5th grader to bring a pillow, drink, and snack that day.

Next week:  We will return to normal!  We will have new spelling and vocabulary words and get back into the stories from our reading series. This next unit is called Give it all You've Got!

10-22-14

Just a reminder...I'm not posting nightly this week because of MAP testing.  There is no homework this week in my class!

10-20-14

We will be MAP testing on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week.  Tuesday and Thursday are the reading tests, so there will be no homework from me on those days.  Friday we will be taking our skills test over theme 1.  We will be covering the areas of nouns, text structure, text features, and context clues.  The kids have been working on these areas for the last few weeks!

10-16-14

Homework:

Haugen: compare and contrast chart
All: Veteran's Day essay due Monday

MAP testing will be Monday-Wednesday of next week

10-15-14

Homework:
Read 20 minutes.  RC quiz #3 is due today!

Work on your Veteran's Day essay.  The rough draft is due on Monday.

Haugen/Mick's group: Tall tale chart

10-14-14

No homework tonight!

The kids took their SRI test today...ask them how they did!  I was VERY please with most of their results.

10-13-14

READ 20 minutes: Our third RC quiz is due on Wednesday.

Puzzling plurals crosswords puzzle: Grammar

Veteran's Day essay rough draft will be due on Monday of next week.

Book orders are due on Thursday

Both Mrs. Mick and Ms. Bram were gone today.  If you left them a message, please be patient, I'm sure they'll get back to you tomorrow.

Remember that Wednesday is an early out.

What's happening this week? 10-13-14

Spelling and vocabulary:  We are working on the area of context clues this week.  We'll be using our story's words to help us with this skill.  We will also continue to do the word ladders this week.  They will help us increase our spelling and vocabulary skills. We will also be practicing the roots of vis and vid.

Reading:  A great deal of our work this week will revolve around text structure organization.  This is often difficult for students.  Remind them to be patient.  This type of multi-step thinking takes a little work.  We will be doing a genre study of tall tales this week, and into next.

Grammar: We will be continuing with our noun work.  By the end of the unit, students must be able to find a noun in a sentence, recognize and define: common nouns, proper nouns, singular nouns, plural nouns, regular and irregular nouns, possessive nouns, plural and singular possessive nouns.

Writing: Students will be writing an essay for Veteran's Day. We will also be writing a tall tale narrative, where we will be working on introductions, sequencing, and closings.

10-12-14

Things to do before Monday:
Read: Our third quiz is due on Wednesday!
Word ladder #9
Look at book orders: They are due on Thursday!
Remember: Early out on Wednesday!

10-9-14

Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Word ladder 8

There will be no spelling or vocabulary words that go with our genre study of Tall Tales.  We will be having MAP testing at some time in the next week, and an early out on Wednesday.  With all of that, I decided we'd concentrate on the reading skills we need to cover.

Book orders are due Thursday.

10-8-14

Read 20 minutes tonight!  I am down to 5 kids who don't have their second September book read.  The next book is due October 15.

Proper noun worksheet front and back for homework.

A reminder, tomorrow night is the Title 1 reading and math information night.  The Title 1 reading program starts at 6:00, and the math portion at 6:30. It will be held in the high school auditorium.

10-7-14

No homework
READ 20 minutes
Study for tomorrow's vocabulary test

10-6-14

READ 20 minutes tonight!
Study for tomorrow's spelling test
Study for Wednesday's vocabulary test

Bram's homeroom: Cyclone worksheet and Rumble story and questions

Noun practice (Monday Laptop work)

LATE WORK FIRST

Spelling test practice
* Tell Mrs. Haugen your score


Balloon game
Common and Proper noun basketball
* Cyclone worksheet and bring to Mrs. Haugen

Common proper noun quiz
* Tell Mrs. Haugen your score

Reading activity
Inference riddles


Read and answer the questions over the volcano story.

10-5-14

On Friday, we spent most of the day making Nonfiction text feature posters.  The kids did a great job of showing their knowledge using information they researched on the internet on volcanoes.  They look really great.  When they finished the posters, they moved on to the rest of their assignments, so many kids finished everything!  I'll just list all of the assignments, you'll have to rely on your child to find out which things they finished during class.

* Finish volcano research
* volcano poster
* vocabulary illustration

ALL have read over the weekend...the next quiz is due on the 15th.  That will be their third one due.  In the month of October, the kids have been challenged to read a biography or autobiography!

10-2-14

Tomorrow we will be going for a walk for PE.  Please make sure the kids wear the appropriate shoes, and possibly a coat.  It might be cold!  We will also be headed outside for the parade in the afternoon. Wear your BRONCO pride clothes tomorrow.

Things to do tonight....
Read 20 minutes

This week's spelling and vocabulary

Vocabulary test: Wednesday

alert: a warning signal

flickering:  shining unsteadily

reception: converting electrical signals into sound or light (radio or TV)

bolting:  moving suddenly

lull:  a calm period

huddled: crowded together

immense: very large

floes: masses of floating ice

treacherous: dangerous

ominous: signaling trouble or danger

stranded: left in a difficult position

desperate: willing to do or try anything

Spelling words: test Tuesday

enough

caught

brought

thought

every

ninety

their

they're

there

there's

know

knew

o'clock

we're

people

10-1-14

Haugen's homeroom students:
Read 20 minutes
5-7 sentences on Bronco Pride
Finish volcano research
pb 29

Mick's homeroom students:
Read 20 minutes
5-7 sentences on Bronco Pride
Finish volcano research
pb 29

Bram's homeroom students:
Read 20 minutes
5-7 sentences on Bronco Pride
pb 29

Tomorrow's Homecoming theme: Favorite Team Day

Wednesday laptop plans

Take RC quiz over Volcano by Seymore Simon (retakes)

Spelling test (Haugen)

Do worksheet 29 (spelling)

Draw a volcano and research your volcano

Watch Mt. St. Helens video 

Watch Homecoming 2014 video

Write a paragraph about what Bronco Pride means to you.  5-7 sentences! NEATNESS counts.