We are done!

We finished up ISTEP testing today. Yea!!!!!

Language Arts - Today we reviewed chapters 3-4 in Sign of the Beaver. We began working on vocabulary for that section. Homework tonight is to reread chapters 1-4. There is a quiz tomorrow over that section. We also went to music and gym.

No math or science today!

Attention 5th grade parents - We did a wine bottle Art Smart project this year. The wine bottles are ready to be picked up. We are not sending them home on the buses. So if you are in or around Northpoint in the near future, stop by room 26 and pick up your child's fantastic art work.

We tested today....

ISTEP continued today. We took a test about reading and language arts today. Tomorrow we will take our last tests. 5th grade tests over social studies and 4th grade tests over science.

Language Arts
We continued to work on our novel study. We read chapters 2-4 and looked at author's craft. We looked for examples of figurative language and discussed the major events of the story. I am very impressed with the details and connections that the students are making with the book.

Math
We worked on more complex pan balance problems today. No homework today.

Art Smart
We had our last Art Smart today. Thank you so much Art Smart parents. We have truly appreciated your dedication to our class. You have taught us so much!

Testing Tuesday

ISTEP continued today. Today our focus was on language arts.

Language Arts
Today we took ISTEP, read Lost and Found (our read aloud book) went to music and gym.

Math
Today we solved pan balance problems. This is an introduction to algebra. No homework.

Science
Today we used a stream table model to make canyons and deltas. Water used erosion and deposition to form this landforms.

Tomorrow is ART SMART!

Magical Monday

ISTEP is back again for the final time this year. We will be testing Monday-Thursday this week. Please make sure that your child is well rested and has a good breakfast each morning. Students are also allowed to chew gum during the test. There will be no homework this week because of testing.

Language Arts -
Today we are starting our novel study on Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. We will be reading the book in class and looking for various forms of literary devices as well as comprehension and vocabulary lessons. Each child will have there own copy of the book to mark up. It is expected that they will have their book in class each day. In addition to our daily activities they have a tic-tac-toe to complete as well as a literary devices log. Each of these will be due on Friday, May 15th. They will have time to work on it in class but they may also have to work on it at home in order to get everything done.

Math -
We didn't have math today because of ISTEP.

Science - Welcome Mrs. Suddarth's class to Landforms. We have a lot of information to cover in a very short amount of time. We will have fun learning about canyons, mountains, and maps.

April 22, 2009

Happy Earth Day Everyone!

Language Arts
Today we.....
Shared our published books.
Reviewed our vocabulary words.
Practiced finding cause and effect relationships
Read with our reading buddies.
Watched a marvelous play.
Read a tall Tale and discussed figures of speech and hyperbole
Began writing our own tall tale with figures of speech and hyperbole.

Keep working on Fluency and Flow.

Math
Today we.....
Tested our unit 9 skills
practiced solving problems using grids and area.

Finish the Driving Directions and Remodeling Problem page (if you aren't already done)

Science
4th grade went to a presentation about saving energy
5th grade watched a movie about how mountains are made and who lives in mountainous areas.
No homework.

April 21, 2009

Language Arts
Today we.....
Reviewed Vocabulary Vine: phonograph, tripod, tractor, transmit and hydrology.
Sorted our spelling words and reviewed their meanings
Learned that you don't use more or most with better, best, worse, and worst.
Reread our story, "Wild Horses."
Went to music and PE

Fluency and Flow came home as homework. This is a challenging story. Students would benefit from reading it more than once. They must also answer the questions.

Math
Today we.....
Continued to review unit 9 concepts. Test is tomorrow. No homework tonight.

Science
Today we.....
Learned how to make a profile of a mountain.
reviewed contour lines and contour interval.
Discussed what a benchmark is.

Homework: Response Sheet - Build A Mountain (Many students were able to finish this during class or homework time)

April 20, 2009

Language Arts
Here are this week's skills.
Grammar: comparing using good, better, best and bad, worse, worst
Vocabulary: We are looking for context clues in paragraphs adn studying these words - descendants, sanctuary, glistening, threatened, coaxing, fragile, and habitat. There is also a lot of challenging words in the story. Students will benefit from reading the story out loud with an adult.
Comprehension: We are focused on monitoring our comprehension and seeing cause and effect relationships.
Writing: We will be working on descriptive writing this week.

I didn't pass out fluency and flow today because of MAP testing. Look for it to come home tomorrow.

Math
Today we worked on volume and capacity. We also started reviewing for the unit 9 test. Look for the test to be on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Study Link 9.10 is homework tonight.

Science
Today we began looking at topographic maps and mountains. Our science test will be open note and will take place on Friday. Students have been highlighting key terms in their packets. No homework today.

5th graders - Trip to Discovery tomorrow!!!!

Welcome Back!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful spring break. It was fun to listen to all of the stories this morning before we got down to business.

Language Arts
Today was a busy day for us. We settled right in and got to work. We wrote about spring break and then had a pep talk about Map testing. We went to IMC, took our spelling pretest and worked on grammar. This week we are talking about when to use more and most.

Map testing went really well. Everyone slowed down and did their personal best. I was very pleased with the time everyone took and how everyone used their scrap paper to figure out answers. The time they took was worth it and it showed in their results.

Math
Today we reviewed area and how to fine the area of rectangular shapes. Homework is study link 9.4.

Science
Welcome Mrs. Woods class to science. We will be having fun learning about landforms. We will study how canyons form. We will study mountains and different types of Maps. No homework tonight.

Have a great Spring Break

I hope everyone has a wonderful spring break! Relax and enjoy.

Remember that we start testing the week we come back!

Jen

Wednesday

All published books are turned in!

Language Arts:
Today we reviewed our spelling and grammar skills. We reviewed fact and opinion as well. We read with our reading buddies and played some of the games we designed for last quarter's reading project.

Math
Today we practiced marking points on coordinate grids. Pages 301-307 & 309 and SL 9.2 & 9.3 are due the Monday after spring break. The students had plenty of time to work on this in class. Most students have a page or two to finish up and then they are done!

Science
We watched a movie as a reward for our penny drive.

Just to let you know.....
Spring testing continues after spring break. All test will be given in their language arts class. My language arts class wrote their test dates in their agendas today.