It is hard to believe that today is the last Monday before spring break! Wow, time flies!
Language Arts
Today we took our spelling pretest. We learned when to use comparative adjectives (those ending in er) and superlative adjectives (those ending in est). We read our story, Exploring the Undersea Territory, and talked about knowing the difference between fact and opinion. Our vocabulary includes period, vessels, valuable, documenting, and estimated.
We also worked on published books. The books are being sent to the publisher on Wednesday. Some students will be bringing them home to work on. Please make sure that they come back to school tomorrow.
Math
We took a pretest today that covered coordinate grids, area and volume. I am planning on working in small groups to help students learn these concepts.
Science
Today we looked at aerial photographs of Mount Shasta and compared them to our topographic map and our model. We did a response sheet. Tomorrow is our test and the last day of science.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Wednesday.........
Language Arts
Today we practiced spelling and grammar. We also read independently and with our reading buddies. We talked about making judgments of characters based on their actions and on their words. We worked on published books. I am hoping to have published books done by Friday. If your child isn't done, they will be bringing it home for homework over the weekend.
Math
Today we reviewed for the test. Sadly we didn't finish the review. So we will continue that tomorrow and test on Friday.
Art Smart
Thank you to our great moms who came in to teach us about tessellations today. Our project came home for us to finish. It doesn't need to come back to school.
Today we practiced spelling and grammar. We also read independently and with our reading buddies. We talked about making judgments of characters based on their actions and on their words. We worked on published books. I am hoping to have published books done by Friday. If your child isn't done, they will be bringing it home for homework over the weekend.
Math
Today we reviewed for the test. Sadly we didn't finish the review. So we will continue that tomorrow and test on Friday.
Art Smart
Thank you to our great moms who came in to teach us about tessellations today. Our project came home for us to finish. It doesn't need to come back to school.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
T-Shirt Tuesday
Did you know that we are selling t-shirts to help save the rain forest in Madagascar? Ask your kids about it.
Language Arts
Today we reviewed our vocabulary words, read independently, read our story and worked on published books. No homework tonight except to read, read, read!
Math
We reviewed for our math test on Thursday. No homework unless the review didn't get done. All reviews need to be done and at school tomorrow so that we can go over them.
Science
Today we used our topographic map to create a profile of a mountain. The profile told us how steep the slopes of the mountains were. No homework tonight. Our test over landforms will be next Tuesday!!!
Language Arts
Today we reviewed our vocabulary words, read independently, read our story and worked on published books. No homework tonight except to read, read, read!
Math
We reviewed for our math test on Thursday. No homework unless the review didn't get done. All reviews need to be done and at school tomorrow so that we can go over them.
Science
Today we used our topographic map to create a profile of a mountain. The profile told us how steep the slopes of the mountains were. No homework tonight. Our test over landforms will be next Tuesday!!!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Monday, Monday
I hope everyone had a marvelous weekend.
Language Arts
Today we took our spelling pretest. We learned about special adjectives called articles. We learned when to use a and an. We read our story, "Ranita, the Frog Princess." Our story is a play this week and the kids had a great time reading the parts. Our vocabulary for the week is selfish, bumbling, cranky, commotion, exasperated, specialty and famished. Our vocabulary skill is antonyms. Our comprehension skill is making judgments and and analyzing characters based on their actions. We also worked on our published books today. Your child should have an order form if you want to order more published books in his/her folder. The first book is free. Addtional copies cost $14.95 plus shipping and handling. Please return your orders by Wednesday. There is a box to check even if you don't want to buy anything.
Math
Today we learned how to divide fractions. We discovered that it was pretty easy as long as we remembered to flip the 2nd fraction. Our homework is study link 8.12.
Test Alert: There will be a test over unit 8 on Thursday!
Science
Today we began investigating mountains. We learned to make a topographic map. We also learned about contour lines and intervals. No homework today.
Language Arts
Today we took our spelling pretest. We learned about special adjectives called articles. We learned when to use a and an. We read our story, "Ranita, the Frog Princess." Our story is a play this week and the kids had a great time reading the parts. Our vocabulary for the week is selfish, bumbling, cranky, commotion, exasperated, specialty and famished. Our vocabulary skill is antonyms. Our comprehension skill is making judgments and and analyzing characters based on their actions. We also worked on our published books today. Your child should have an order form if you want to order more published books in his/her folder. The first book is free. Addtional copies cost $14.95 plus shipping and handling. Please return your orders by Wednesday. There is a box to check even if you don't want to buy anything.
Math
Today we learned how to divide fractions. We discovered that it was pretty easy as long as we remembered to flip the 2nd fraction. Our homework is study link 8.12.
Test Alert: There will be a test over unit 8 on Thursday!
Science
Today we began investigating mountains. We learned to make a topographic map. We also learned about contour lines and intervals. No homework today.
Friday, March 20, 2009
First Day of Spring......
It's a little chilly out but at least it's not winter!
Language Arts. Today we tested and worked on published books. Keep reading! You have a ways to go if you want me to be part of a human banana Split!
Math: It was game day. We practiced math facts, worked on acclerated math, and played at study island.
Science: Today we modeled what would happen in a flash flood situation. Lots of earth material was moved in a very short amount of time.
Letter to parents: Mrs. Stephan is sending home a letter regarding the throwing away of silverware. Please discuss this issue with your children and then sign and return the letter by Monday.
Language Arts. Today we tested and worked on published books. Keep reading! You have a ways to go if you want me to be part of a human banana Split!
Math: It was game day. We practiced math facts, worked on acclerated math, and played at study island.
Science: Today we modeled what would happen in a flash flood situation. Lots of earth material was moved in a very short amount of time.
Letter to parents: Mrs. Stephan is sending home a letter regarding the throwing away of silverware. Please discuss this issue with your children and then sign and return the letter by Monday.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Today is the last day of winter! Woohoo!!
Today winter is officially over! Knowing Indiana weather I am probably getting excited a little too early but I plan to celebrate anyway.
Some 5th grade parents are asking about promotion. It is scheduled for Friday, May 22 at 10:00 am. This is a change from the original calendar. This date was first published in the October newsletter.
Don't forget to send in your camp forms and money 5th graders. It is due on April 3rd.
Language Arts
Today we learned the many confusing rules for using commas with adjectives. Commas are not used when the adjectives refer to size, color or age. They are also not used with and or if one of the adjectives is proper. We also reviewed connotation and denotation. We looked at poetry and reviewed onomatopoeia and similes. We had music and p.e. Don't forget to turn in your reading minutes tomorrow!
Math
We further reviewed fraction of and percent of problems. This will get easier the more that we work with the concept. Our study link is 8:10.
Science
We discovered how slope will effect the stream table experiment. We found out that the canyons were deeper, there were less meanders, and the deltas were bigger if we the stream table was sloped. No homework tonight.
Some 5th grade parents are asking about promotion. It is scheduled for Friday, May 22 at 10:00 am. This is a change from the original calendar. This date was first published in the October newsletter.
Don't forget to send in your camp forms and money 5th graders. It is due on April 3rd.
Language Arts
Today we learned the many confusing rules for using commas with adjectives. Commas are not used when the adjectives refer to size, color or age. They are also not used with and or if one of the adjectives is proper. We also reviewed connotation and denotation. We looked at poetry and reviewed onomatopoeia and similes. We had music and p.e. Don't forget to turn in your reading minutes tomorrow!
Math
We further reviewed fraction of and percent of problems. This will get easier the more that we work with the concept. Our study link is 8:10.
Science
We discovered how slope will effect the stream table experiment. We found out that the canyons were deeper, there were less meanders, and the deltas were bigger if we the stream table was sloped. No homework tonight.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Woohoo Wednesday
Another great day outside!
Language Arts: We reviewed spelling and grammar today. We also reread the story. We read good books and visited with James Whitcomb Riley. He explained what life was like 200 years ago and recited some of his famous poetry.
Don't forget to read, read, read!
Math: Today we worked on fraction of and percentage of problems. It is a confuing process but we are still working on it. There is no homework tonight as we practice this skill.
Science: Today we learned about erosion and deposition. We are learning how the grand canyon was formed. Homework: If you didn't finish the response sheet - stream tables, do it for homework. It is due first thing tomorrow.
Don't forget to go out and record your magnitude numbers for let there be night.
Language Arts: We reviewed spelling and grammar today. We also reread the story. We read good books and visited with James Whitcomb Riley. He explained what life was like 200 years ago and recited some of his famous poetry.
Don't forget to read, read, read!
Math: Today we worked on fraction of and percentage of problems. It is a confuing process but we are still working on it. There is no homework tonight as we practice this skill.
Science: Today we learned about erosion and deposition. We are learning how the grand canyon was formed. Homework: If you didn't finish the response sheet - stream tables, do it for homework. It is due first thing tomorrow.
Don't forget to go out and record your magnitude numbers for let there be night.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Magical Monday
What a gorgeous day. Take those books outside to read! I hope the weather stays this great through spring break.
Language Arts
Today we took our spelling pretest, started learning about adjectives, and listened to our story. Because of Winn-Dixie. Our vocabulary words for the week are peculiar, selecting, snuffled, consisted, positive, and advanced. Our skill is connotation and denotation. Denotation is the exact meaning of a word. Connotation is an additional meaning that the word suggests. For example home is denoted as a place you live. Connotations of home might be love, comfort, and security.
Our comprehension skill is summarizing the story. We also visited with our reading buddies today and took the unit 4 test. Homework: Read, read, read!
Math
Today was a catch up day. We finished working on and correcting our addition and subtraction fraction packet. No homework, unless the packet isn't finished.
Science
It was nice to have my own class back again. Today we started landforms. We looked specifally at maps. No homework.
Language Arts
Today we took our spelling pretest, started learning about adjectives, and listened to our story. Because of Winn-Dixie. Our vocabulary words for the week are peculiar, selecting, snuffled, consisted, positive, and advanced. Our skill is connotation and denotation. Denotation is the exact meaning of a word. Connotation is an additional meaning that the word suggests. For example home is denoted as a place you live. Connotations of home might be love, comfort, and security.
Our comprehension skill is summarizing the story. We also visited with our reading buddies today and took the unit 4 test. Homework: Read, read, read!
Math
Today was a catch up day. We finished working on and correcting our addition and subtraction fraction packet. No homework, unless the packet isn't finished.
Science
It was nice to have my own class back again. Today we started landforms. We looked specifally at maps. No homework.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
We Were the School of the Day!!!
Thank you to all of the early birds who helped us become the school of the day. Be sure to watch the news tonight on WSBT and see us! Jim Pinkerton came and read the book "Hooray for Reading Day!" He wore a hot dog hat and even put on a banana suit. Like us, he is banana for books!
Don't forget Galaxy Gallery tonight from 5:30 to 7:30.
Language Arts
We read, practiced our grammar skill of the week, finished a spelling page, and worked on our comprehension skill. Tomorrow our reading minutes are due and it is show what you know day!
Math
We worked on finding the percent of a number. You can figure this out by using fractions or decimals. Our study link is 8.9
Science
We didn't have science today because of Mr. Pinkerton coming.
Don't forget Galaxy Gallery tonight from 5:30 to 7:30.
Language Arts
We read, practiced our grammar skill of the week, finished a spelling page, and worked on our comprehension skill. Tomorrow our reading minutes are due and it is show what you know day!
Math
We worked on finding the percent of a number. You can figure this out by using fractions or decimals. Our study link is 8.9
Science
We didn't have science today because of Mr. Pinkerton coming.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Get the coffee brewing early......
Tomorrow is our day to be the School of the Day for WSBT! We are up against some pretty stiff competition! Help us win. Log onto the WSBT website (www.wsbt.com) and vote for Northpoint between 5 and 7 am. There is no limit to the number of times that you can vote. Vote early! Vote often!
Language Arts
Today we reviewed grammar skills. We also read during our dress like your favorite character event. We read with our reading buddies as well. We reviewed comparing and contrasting as we read our story of the week. We also worked on our published books. We are busy typing, typing, typing. Your homework tonight is to read, read, read.
Reading calendars need to be turned in on Friday!
Math
Today was a catch up day. We practiced adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions. There is no homework today.
Science
We worked on wildlife and light pollution packets. No homework today.
Language Arts
Today we reviewed grammar skills. We also read during our dress like your favorite character event. We read with our reading buddies as well. We reviewed comparing and contrasting as we read our story of the week. We also worked on our published books. We are busy typing, typing, typing. Your homework tonight is to read, read, read.
Reading calendars need to be turned in on Friday!
Math
Today was a catch up day. We practiced adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions. There is no homework today.
Science
We worked on wildlife and light pollution packets. No homework today.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Good Day for a Duck.....
......Might as well pick up a book and read!
Don't forget that this Thursday is our day to vote in the I Love to Read challenge. Be sure to vote between 5 and 7 in the morning.
Language Arts
Tomorrow is our dress like a favorite character day. Students should come to school dressed like their favorite characters.
Today we reviewed grammar and spelling skills. We also went to music and PE.
Math
We continued working on multiplying fractions. Today we added the skills of multiplying mixed numbers times fractions, and whole numbers times fractions. Today's homework is study links 8.7 and 8.8.
Science
We played a game to review how light pollution affects wildlife. No homework.
Don't forget that this Thursday is our day to vote in the I Love to Read challenge. Be sure to vote between 5 and 7 in the morning.
Language Arts
Tomorrow is our dress like a favorite character day. Students should come to school dressed like their favorite characters.
Today we reviewed grammar and spelling skills. We also went to music and PE.
Math
We continued working on multiplying fractions. Today we added the skills of multiplying mixed numbers times fractions, and whole numbers times fractions. Today's homework is study links 8.7 and 8.8.
Science
We played a game to review how light pollution affects wildlife. No homework.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Read, Read, Read!
ISTEP is over (at least until April) and our attention turns to the I Love to Read Challenge. This Thursday is our day to win a visit from a WSBT personality. Vote early, Vote often. The phone lines and internet voting is from 5:00-7:00 am.
Tomorrow is a pajama day! Bring a dollar for one for books and you get to wear your PJ's tomorrow.
Language Arts
It was wonderful to see all of the friends who joined us for hot chocolate, a granola bar, and a good book this morning.
Our class read over 5200 minutes the first four days of the challenge. We are well on our way to making me a part of a banana split. As an added reward for the great reading effort, we will not be having fluency and flow this week. Everyone who reads at least 40 minutes a night won't have fluency and flow next week either. Keep up the good work! Don't forget that Wednesday is our day to dress like our favorite character. Reading logs are due again on Friday!
Today we got back into our reader. We are reading about life on a coral reef. Did you know that coral is really small animals? We took our spelling pretest today. We began studying our pronoun homophones. Is it it's, its yours, you're, their, or they're? Sometimes it's hard to tell. Our vocabulary skill this week is context clues. Our vocabulary words are coral, reef, partnership, current, eventually, brittle and suburbs. Our comprehension skill is to analyze text structures by comparing and contrasting information.
We also presented games today. The games seem like a lot of fun. We have five more to present and then we will play them.
Math
Today we began talking about multiplying fractions. We folded paper to help us see how this worked. This helped some of us and confused others. Basically the concept to remember is that when we multiply fractions we multiply the numerators, and then multiply the denominators. We then reduce if we need to. There are a couple of tricks that I will be teaching as we go along. No homework tonight. We did the study link as an assignment so that I could see who gets the process and who needs a bit more help.
Science
Today we discussed how light pollution affects all different animals. Mammals, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds are all influenced by light pollution. Tomorrow we are going to play a game about this subject.
Tomorrow is a pajama day! Bring a dollar for one for books and you get to wear your PJ's tomorrow.
Language Arts
It was wonderful to see all of the friends who joined us for hot chocolate, a granola bar, and a good book this morning.
Our class read over 5200 minutes the first four days of the challenge. We are well on our way to making me a part of a banana split. As an added reward for the great reading effort, we will not be having fluency and flow this week. Everyone who reads at least 40 minutes a night won't have fluency and flow next week either. Keep up the good work! Don't forget that Wednesday is our day to dress like our favorite character. Reading logs are due again on Friday!
Today we got back into our reader. We are reading about life on a coral reef. Did you know that coral is really small animals? We took our spelling pretest today. We began studying our pronoun homophones. Is it it's, its yours, you're, their, or they're? Sometimes it's hard to tell. Our vocabulary skill this week is context clues. Our vocabulary words are coral, reef, partnership, current, eventually, brittle and suburbs. Our comprehension skill is to analyze text structures by comparing and contrasting information.
We also presented games today. The games seem like a lot of fun. We have five more to present and then we will play them.
Math
Today we began talking about multiplying fractions. We folded paper to help us see how this worked. This helped some of us and confused others. Basically the concept to remember is that when we multiply fractions we multiply the numerators, and then multiply the denominators. We then reduce if we need to. There are a couple of tricks that I will be teaching as we go along. No homework tonight. We did the study link as an assignment so that I could see who gets the process and who needs a bit more help.
Science
Today we discussed how light pollution affects all different animals. Mammals, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds are all influenced by light pollution. Tomorrow we are going to play a game about this subject.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Well, we are done!
We finished up ISTEP testing round 1 today. The next session takes place at the end of April and is all multiple choice.
Tomorrow all of intermediate is going to the Penn High School Pops Concert.
Language Arts Students -
Don't forget to turn in your reading minute calendar tomorrow. Also, don't forget to make plans to bring a friend to read with on Monday from 8 to 8:45.
Enjoy the great weather!
Tomorrow all of intermediate is going to the Penn High School Pops Concert.
Language Arts Students -
Don't forget to turn in your reading minute calendar tomorrow. Also, don't forget to make plans to bring a friend to read with on Monday from 8 to 8:45.
Enjoy the great weather!
Monday, March 2, 2009
What a great day to read a book!
The I Love To Read Challenge officially starts today. There is no homework tonight but everyone should spend some time reading. Remember to have a parent sign the pink reading log after you record your minutes.
Language Arts - Today we took two ISTEP tests and worked on poetry.
Math - We didn't meet today. I'll see you tomorrow.
Science - Today we talked about constellations and the different stories that go with the constellation Orion. We will continue this tomorrow. We also looked up our latitudes and longitudes using the website www.itouchmap.com/latlong.html. We will use this information in the upcoming star count.
5th graders - Don't forget your permission slips for the pops concert!
Language Arts - Today we took two ISTEP tests and worked on poetry.
Math - We didn't meet today. I'll see you tomorrow.
Science - Today we talked about constellations and the different stories that go with the constellation Orion. We will continue this tomorrow. We also looked up our latitudes and longitudes using the website www.itouchmap.com/latlong.html. We will use this information in the upcoming star count.
5th graders - Don't forget your permission slips for the pops concert!
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