No homework tonight! Have a safe and Happy Halloween. The verb test has been moved to Monday to allow us another day to study!
Thursday, October 31, 2013
10-31-13
No homework tonight! Have a safe and Happy Halloween. The verb test has been moved to Monday to allow us another day to study!
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
10-30-13
Homework:
Read 20 minutes
Verb study guide-our test will be Friday or Monday, depending on how tomorrow goes
Remember that the kids can bring a snack, a drink, and a pillow for tomorrow's Halloween party/movie day. No costumes, just a snack and a movie.
Tomorrow will be the last day for MAP testing. We will also be taking an SRI tomorrow.
Read 20 minutes
Verb study guide-our test will be Friday or Monday, depending on how tomorrow goes
Remember that the kids can bring a snack, a drink, and a pillow for tomorrow's Halloween party/movie day. No costumes, just a snack and a movie.
Tomorrow will be the last day for MAP testing. We will also be taking an SRI tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
10-29-13
Homework for tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Final draft of news article
Please check the bags for a purple note and an orange note tonight!
Read 20 minutes
Final draft of news article
Please check the bags for a purple note and an orange note tonight!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
What's happening this week?
Monday: No school due to teacher inservice
Reading: This week we will continue to work on sequential order in a story. Our strategy focus will be on questioning in order to give yourself a purpose in reading. We are reading the story of Eye of the Storm. It features photographs by Warren Faidley. The kids really liked looking at some of his pictures this week. He is a storm chaser.
A couple of other key concepts this week:
How does point of view affect a story?
Prove your inferences with textual information
Find the climax of a story
Writing: We will finish our news articles on Tuesday. We'll start spooky story narratives on Wednesday and continue them on Friday.
Spelling: No new words this week in spelling or vocabulary, as we will be using our time this week to work on reference sources (dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.)
Vocabulary: Test Tuesday over Eye of the Storm words
Halloween party: In fifth grade we do not have Halloween/Christmas/Valentine's Day parties. We do watch a movie during the afternoon when the lower elementary are having their parties. On Thursday afternoon we will watch a movie. Students may bring a snack/drink/pillow with them to school!
Reading: This week we will continue to work on sequential order in a story. Our strategy focus will be on questioning in order to give yourself a purpose in reading. We are reading the story of Eye of the Storm. It features photographs by Warren Faidley. The kids really liked looking at some of his pictures this week. He is a storm chaser.
A couple of other key concepts this week:
How does point of view affect a story?
Prove your inferences with textual information
Find the climax of a story
Grammar: We will continue working with verb tense this week. On Wednesday the kids will be completing a study guide on verbs. They will bring this home on Wednesday. Please help them study for Friday's test. It will be a review of nouns as well!
Spelling: No new words this week in spelling or vocabulary, as we will be using our time this week to work on reference sources (dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.)
Vocabulary: Test Tuesday over Eye of the Storm words
Halloween party: In fifth grade we do not have Halloween/Christmas/Valentine's Day parties. We do watch a movie during the afternoon when the lower elementary are having their parties. On Thursday afternoon we will watch a movie. Students may bring a snack/drink/pillow with them to school!
Friday, October 25, 2013
10-25-13
Since we MAP tested today, there is no Haugen homework! Now, now...don't cry!
Remember there is no school on Monday!
Remember there is no school on Monday!
Thursday, October 24, 2013
10-24-13
Past participle game
Homework:
verb tense worksheet 2 sides
read 20 minutes
Tomorrow is wear red day! We will begin MAP testing tomorrow.
Homework:
verb tense worksheet 2 sides
read 20 minutes
Tomorrow is wear red day! We will begin MAP testing tomorrow.
