Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Hour of Code

Sports hour of code

Hot wheels

Other code options

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

12-6-16

Homework for tonight:
Read 20 minutes- 1 more quiz due before Winter Break
Write your onomatopoeia poem
Onomatopoeia POP art

Monday, December 5, 2016

12-5-16

No homework tonight!

Sunday, December 4, 2016

12-4-16

Spelling:
This week we will be concentrating on homophones for our spelling.  We will work on them this week, and next.
Our words are:
your/you're.
ate/eight
be/bee
blew/blue
buy/by/bye
hear/here
hour/our
its/it's
know/no
who's/whose
their/there/they're
to/too/two

Vocabulary:
Our vocab words tie to our writing and reading unit this week, and next!  We are working on a poetry and figurative language unit this week and next.  
Our words are:
Writing: 
We are working on the different stages of writing.  Last week we learned about pre-writing.  We will continue with that this week, and begin on the writing step.  We will also begin writing poetry using our figurative language.

Grammar:
Our newest part of speech is the adjective.  We will be eating adjectives on Wednesday...look for the students to come home with a whole new appreciation for adjectives!

Reading:
We will have a couple of areas of concentration this week in reading.  We will begin to build our reading stamina.  Many of our students struggle staying focused on their books for more than a couple of minutes.  5th graders should be able to read for at least 20 minutes, without getting up, looking around, or losing their focus.  

We will be reading and discussing many different poems this week.

Science:
This is going to be a great week in science.  We'll be finishing up our Cycles in Nature unit, with a test on Friday.  Students will be able to use their notes for this test!

We'll also be working on Computer Science all week, since this is National Computer Science Week!


FFA food drive

The Belmond-Klemme FFA is sponsoring a food drive from Monday through December 16th.  Every class is challenged to bring non-perishable food items for a chance to win a pizza party provided by the FFA chapter.  A list of needed items is below!  Students may drop off items in each individual classroom starting Monday.

Needed items:
Canned fruit
Hot cereals
Tang
Rice
Jello
Pudding
Tuna
Canned vegetables
Soup
Peanut Butter
Pasta
Flour
Sugar
Vegetable Oil
Hamburger Helper
Boxed Potatoes
Soap
Laundry Soap

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Book order

Book order due Wednesday !

Thursday, December 1, 2016

12-1-16

Homework:
Read 20 minutes
Alliteration illustration

Main idea worksheets are homework for Haugen's homeroom only


Tomorrow is our spelling test and our end of the theme test.