Only homework for the weekend: READ and study for your 4 types of sentences quiz (kids have the notes)
Things to note for next week:
Monday- No school
Tuesday- sentences types quiz, t-shirt orders due
Wednesday- early out
Thursday- book orders due
Friday- nothing yet :)
Reading:
We will be wrapping up the skills that we learned during Earthquake Terror. Our skills test will be in the middle of the week. We will be starting the Eye of the Storm story and skills. Our skills are Text organization, Questioning strategy, locating information in an instructional text, story climax, and nonfiction genre traits.
Grammar: We will be working on subject and predicate.
Spelling: taking words apart by syllable, long vowel words
Vocabulary: guide words in a dictionary
Writing: writing informative text
Friday, August 29, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
8-28-14
Homework for tonight varies depending on which homeroom you are in. Please check next to your homeroom to see what you have for homework tonight!
Haugen's Homeroom: ski worksheet and true false worksheet
Read 20
Study for tomorrow's vocabulary test
Bram's Homeroom:
Read 20
Study for tomorrow's vocabulary test
Mick's Homeroom:true false worksheet
Read 20
Study for tomorrow's vocabulary test
Haugen's Homeroom: ski worksheet and true false worksheet
Read 20
Study for tomorrow's vocabulary test
Bram's Homeroom:
Read 20
Study for tomorrow's vocabulary test
Mick's Homeroom:true false worksheet
Read 20
Study for tomorrow's vocabulary test
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
8-27-14
Happy Wednesday!
The kids really had their brains stretched today!! We worked on some difficult Thesaurus activities. If they are frustrated, just remind them that things don't always come easy, and they WILL get it! Tomorrow is our first spelling test. Kids who passed the pretest will not be taking the test tomorrow. Their grade from the pretest will count as their test grade. Friday we will be having a vocabulary test. They have the words in their blue spelling/vocab folder. I also posted the words earlier in the week on this blog. If you click HERE you can play an online study game to help you. We were set to take a quiz over the 4 types of sentences on Friday, but I don't think the kids are ready, so I'm moving it to Tuesday of next week.
HOMEWORK
If your child is Mrs. Mick's homeroom, you have a worksheet on sentence types for homework today. All three sections have read 20 minutes and study!
Chorus began today. Remember if you would like your child to be in Honor Choir, have them return the sign up sheet by Friday!
The kids really had their brains stretched today!! We worked on some difficult Thesaurus activities. If they are frustrated, just remind them that things don't always come easy, and they WILL get it! Tomorrow is our first spelling test. Kids who passed the pretest will not be taking the test tomorrow. Their grade from the pretest will count as their test grade. Friday we will be having a vocabulary test. They have the words in their blue spelling/vocab folder. I also posted the words earlier in the week on this blog. If you click HERE you can play an online study game to help you. We were set to take a quiz over the 4 types of sentences on Friday, but I don't think the kids are ready, so I'm moving it to Tuesday of next week.
HOMEWORK
If your child is Mrs. Mick's homeroom, you have a worksheet on sentence types for homework today. All three sections have read 20 minutes and study!
Chorus began today. Remember if you would like your child to be in Honor Choir, have them return the sign up sheet by Friday!
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Why are there different homework assignments for different classes?
Some of you are wondering why I am listing homework that is different for different classes.... not all three classes move at the same pace. They will all eventually do similar assignments. Don't be surprised or concerned. It is called differentiation. I change my instruction and assignments depending on the needs of my students. That way we can all move towards meeting all of our 5th grade goals successfully. So if something says Bram's homeroom: and then lists and assignment, it means only Bram's homeroom kids will do that assignment. Still have questions about how that works??? Shoot me an email or give me a call!
Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Constitution sentence types worksheet
Spelling spree (not all students have this assignment)
Study for Thursday's spelling test
Study for Friday's vocab test
Study for Friday's sentence types quiz
Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Constitution sentence types worksheet
Spelling spree (not all students have this assignment)
Study for Thursday's spelling test
Study for Friday's vocab test
Study for Friday's sentence types quiz
Monday, August 25, 2014
8-25-14
Homework:
Everyone: Read 20 minutes and practice book page 16 (base words)
Bram's homeroom: Turn your spotlight notes into a 5-7 sentence paragraph
Remember that picture day is tomorrow! All students will be getting their pictures taken for the composite.
Online grade books are not up and running yet. We have been taking grades, but are using the old fashioned pencil and paper method for now. When the online version is up and running, there will be several grades that will be put in.
Everyone: Read 20 minutes and practice book page 16 (base words)
Bram's homeroom: Turn your spotlight notes into a 5-7 sentence paragraph
Remember that picture day is tomorrow! All students will be getting their pictures taken for the composite.Online grade books are not up and running yet. We have been taking grades, but are using the old fashioned pencil and paper method for now. When the online version is up and running, there will be several grades that will be put in.
