Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Last Day of September!

Math: Math Minute assessment review; checked HW
Math homework: Get study guide signed; study for assessment

Language arts: Grandfather's Journey; Vocabulary, Lesson 2; Handwriting

Science: Lesson 3, Chapter 1 (plant classification)

Monday, September 28, 2009

Manic Monday

Sorry for the late posting! It's been a crazy day!

Math: Math Minute 14; Multiplication timed test; graphing on a coordinate grid
Math homework: Multiplication booklet, p. 148, 149, 150; double-digit by single-digit multiplication quiz tomorrow

Language arts: Six-Minute Solution; DEAR; Grandfather's Journey

Science: Chapter 1, Lesson 2 (classification of living things)

Please return your field trip forms by Wednesday.

Mrs. Plato will be out on Tuesday.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

The Weekend!

Math: Math Minute 13; checked homework
Math homework: quiz Tuesday on double- by single-digit multiplication; study math facts

Language arts: Clap-clap-snap sentence game; pre-reading for "Grandfather's Journey;" DEAR; Six-Minute Solution practice and comprehension quiz

Science: Classified fossils; worked on measurement crossword
Science homework: Get Weldon Springs field trip form signed

Mark chart slips must be signed and returned
Some students have forms for parent-teacher conferences; please return ASAP to guarantee your preferred slot

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Patriot's Day

Below are a few pictures of our Patriot's Day flag activity. On the flags, the students wrote why they were proud to be Americans. On the back is a copy of the lyrics, "I'm Proud to Be an American." These flags have been sent to various fire and police stations as a sign of gratitude to these civil servants.


Is it Thursday already?

Math: Math Minute 12; checked HW; practiced two- by one-digit multiplication
Math homework: Multiplication booklet p. 146-147; finish up through #15 on reteach worksheet

Language arts: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; extended response practice; clap-clap-snap sentence activity; handwriting
Language arts homework: get vocabulary test signed

Social studies: Read sections 2.1-2.5 in Chapter 2 (map terminology)
Social studies homework: get test signed

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Wonderful Wednesday

This is such a great bunch of students with whom I get to spend my day!

Math: Math minute 11; checked homework; played Terrific Triangles
Math homework: Multiplication booklet, p. 143, 144, and 145; PRACTICE multiplication fact families

Language arts: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; extended response practice; vocabulary test

Science: finished lesson 1 (cells and differences in cells); began lesson 2 (classifying animals)

PLEASE GET PLANNERS SIGNED TONIGHT!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Happy Fall to All!

Math: Discussed math assessments; checked homework; cut out multiplication and division fact family triangles
Math homework: get assessment signed; Multiplication booklet p. 141-142

Language arts: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; "Akiak" ISAT prep
Language arts homework: study vocabulary flashcards and p. 11 in Vocabulary book; test tomorrow

Social studies: took test on Ch. 1; started Ch. 2

If you are in Junior Great Books: read and mark story

Friday, September 18, 2009

A Great Weekend Ahead!

Math: Math Minute review; checked area homework; analyzed fact graphs
Math homework: Get addition/subtraction graphs letter signed; get study guide signed; study for Monday's assessment; fact family triangle practice and/or flashcard practice of +/- facts

Language arts: created word map posters for vocabulary
Language arts homework: study vocabulary flash cards

Science: measurement crossword

Reminders:
Mark chart summaries need to be signed.
Picture day is Monday.
PTO meeting Monday night!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

A Beautiful Thursday!

Math: Math Minute 10; area activities
Math homework: p. 187, #1-2 (use grid paper from class)

Social studies: Reviewed for test
Social studies homework: Study for test on Tuesday

Reading: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution;

Writing: types of sentences; vocabulary word maps; handwriting

Student who have earned Friday Fun time may bring board games to school tomorrow if they wish.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Wonderful Wednesday

Today we were visited by Earth Express. This trailer came with six stations that informed the students about prairie life. They got a small local taste of many of the things we will be discussing in science this fall. We thank Paula Wager, the coordinator of Earth Express, for this experience.

Math: Math Minute 9; area/patterning activities

Social studies homework: study guide for test due tomorrow

Reading: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; multiple meanings for words

Writing: Types of sentences; checked vocabulary homework

PLEASE GET PLANNER SIGNED TONIGHT

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

A Beautiful Tuesday

Reading: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; Practice Book p. 14-16

Language arts: Watched Schoolhouse Rock nouns video; Handwriting
Language arts homework: (started in class) Vocabulary, p. 11-12

Social Studies: Presented group work; read section 1.6; completed ISN p. 2-3 and class notes

Math: Math Minute 8; went over assessment; subtraction timed test
Math homework: get corrected assessment signed

Monday, September 14, 2009

Marvelous Monday

What a beautiful day!

Lunch detentions were administered today for missing work. Please make sure, if you didn't hand in your signed mark chart, you do so tomorrow, as well as any other missing things.

Math: Math Minute 7; Measurement Crossword; Addition Timed Test
Math Homework: Practice fact family triangles

Reading: Six-Minute Solution; DEAR; Practice Booklet, p. 14-15; "Akiak" retests
Reading homework: If you did not pass the "Akiak" test yet, please re-read the story and prepare for the test.

Writing: We paved the road of Noun Town with specific nouns; handwriting

Science: Ch. 1 Vocabulary Preview sheet; observed and described onion cells; defined Ch. 1 vocabulary

Have a great evening!

Friday, September 11, 2009

A few weekend things

First, mark chart slips went home today. They need to be signed and returned on Monday.

Second, some students need to retake the Reading Counts! quiz for "Akiak." They should have brought home their reading books to re-read the story over the weekend.

Have a great weekend! SAT-10 testing is complete, so it is back to our regular schedule on Monday.

Please ask your child about a few concepts we discussed today:

What is a hero?
What is a patriot?
What did they create today? What did it say?

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Parent Orientation

Tonight at 6:30 in room 201. Please join me if you can!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Glorious Wednesday

Hello everyone!


Today, we tested for science and reading comprehension on SAT-10.


Math: We completed Math Minute 6 in class. We also had a subtraction timed test and went over homework.
Math homework: Subtraction booklet, p. 76, 77, 78

Please get planners signed tonight.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Happy Tuesday!

We started SAT-10 testing today. The students took tests in Word Study, Reading Vocabulary and Social Sciences.

Math: Math Minute Assessment; Addition Timed Test
Math Homework: Subtraction booklet, p. 73, 74, 75; if students did not get review packets signed from Friday, they should get them signed tonight

We watched President Obama's message to students and discussed one goal we have for ourselves before November. Students have taken their brainstorming home to share.

Book orders are due Friday! Use our new online ordering, if you wish (see link to the left).

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Thankful Thursday

What a great class! I am definitely thankful for each and every one of them!

Math: We completed Math Minute 5 and discussed tonight's homework.
Math homework: Subtraction booklet, p. 72

Social studies: We worked with our social science artifacts today.
Social studies homework: Students who have not finished their sheets about their four artifacts are asked to do so at home.

Language arts: We completed DEAR and Six-Minute Solution. We also checked our vocabulary homework. We discussed the vocabulary that we would be reading in "Akiak."

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Wondrous Wednesday

I apologize for last night's lack of homework post. Time got away from me! Here's today:

STUDENTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED PLANNERS SIGNED BY A PARENT/GUARDIAN TONIGHT. Remember that, if they have Mrs. Svob for a subject area, their homework may be different from what you see below.

Language arts: We completed DEAR and Six-Minute Solution. We discussed the theme of journeys and elements of story structure. We completed handwriting practice for today. We also played a game to recognize nouns (quick tip: put a, an, or the in front of a word... if it makes sense that way, it is probably a noun)
Language arts homework: Vocabulary book, p. 8-9

Science: We wrapped up our discussion of process skills by estimating and talking about models. We also worked on a crossword puzzle covering customary units of measurement.

Math: We completed Math Minute 4 and checked our homework.
Math homework: Students should practice their addition/subtraction fact triangles. They have looseleaf paper on which they should write two fact families that have a 10 in them (in honor of this being the tenth day of school). A fact family is a set of equations that are inverses. for example, here is a fact family:
3 + 5 = 8
5 + 3 = 8
8 - 3 = 5
8 - 5 = 3