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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Math Book Online

I am posting the information for those that did not get it in the beginning.

We have new books from the company Pearson, so please visit their homepage:

https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp

There you will notice that there is a button to REGISTER.  Please click this.

It will ask for an access code: 4BDF233D78E2318D3430

It will lead you to another page for you to create a user name and password, it will ask for a student ID, but this is not necessary to access the book.

After you register, you can log in and see the book. 



We are currently working on Topic 11.

PEOPLE OF THE WEEK!!!

This week was our kick off of people of the week and it has been fabulous!

This week we were celebrating Matthew and Kevin.  On Tuesday, the class choose adjectives to describe their personalities and this is what they came up with.

Matthew is......

honest, polite, energetic, outgoing, confident, hilarious, kind, amazing, helpful, loyal, caring, quick, friendly, gentle, fabulous, and cheerful


Kevin is.......

funny, intelligent, unique, creative, motivated, high-achiever, well-read, systematic, curious, spirited, independent, generous, sympathetic, and happy


I really enjoyed dessert with you and your friends today.  Thank you for making my day so special.

Vocabulary Words for test on December 8th

1.  doubt- to not trust
2.  fascinate- attract very strongly
3.  scenic- a very beautiful or interesting route or area
4.  column- an upright pillar serving as support
5.  league- a group or affiliation
6.  disguise- an outfit or costume that conceals your identity
7.  guardian- person or something protecting an object
8.  oddity- strangeness
9.  teetered- to move unsteadily
10.  available- can be used

Homework!

Math Workbook pages 139-140
Reading: Work on personal chosen assignment- reading or project
Writing: Final draft of narrative due Friday
Vocabulary: 3-colun chart, hopefully most of you finished during class-time!
Science: Make data table and do questions due Friday
Spelling: Finish workbook pages 52-55, hopefully most of you finished during class-time!
Today we had spanish after it was library/thecnology time.We had snack the recess.We came back for science then PE.Then we had lunch and recess.We came back for read aloud.It was math time when we continued to make our fraction games.Then we had vocabulary.After we packed up and went home.

Monday, November 28, 2011

November 28 th and 29th

Yesterday morning we had community circle.After we had spanish we had snack.It was recess time after that.We came in to do science.We made our energy mini book.We had math when we came back.We packed up after.Today we unpacked then we did morning work.After we had dance.After we met our preschool buddies.We had snack then recess then we came in for science.Then we had social studies after we had recess. We came in for math to do work and make games then we packed up and went home.

Homework

Math pages 133 and 134

Sounder:Finish project by Thursday

Grammar:Finish page 167 #6-20

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Homework November 17th

Social Studies: finish questions 1-5 on page 179

Writing: work on narrative(the story about yourself) for at least 20minutes!

Science: data table, 5, 6, questions page 25

Spanish: Singular and plural words due Monday

Remember that we have Mass tomorrow so to be on time!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Homework for Nov. 16th

Math: Finish the study guide to prepare for the test!!!

Vocabulary: Study the words for the test- remember that you can go onto our fifth grade blog if you would like to study by posting more images that match the meaning of the words.

Science: Finish lab questions

Writing: Originally the rough draft was due on Friday, but now it is due on Tuesday before Thanksgiving.  We will work on this during class tomorrow.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Today we unpacked and did our morning work: exponents. Then we had religion and practiced our mass on Friday. Then we met in our book club groups and discussed our roles for the book. Then we had recess and started a lab in science. After that we had social studies and lunch. Then we had lunch recess and read aloud. After that we had math and played a math game. Then we packed up and went home.

Vocabulary words
1. passage
2. barricade
3. command
4. accomplish
5. concede
6. antecedant
7. secede
8. gallant
9. meddlesome
10. accumulate

Homework for November 14th

Math: Workbook pages 125-126
Social Studies:Finish questions 1-5 on page 165
Writing:Work on your narrative about you! Roughy Draft due on Friday

Spelling Test on Wednesday
Vocabulary test on Thursday
Math test on Thursday
Social Studies Test on Tuesday, Nov. 22

Fifth Grade is running Mass on Friday

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Food Drive!

Remember to bring food in for the school food drive and that for every student who brings in food we will get a compliment cube!

That means we can earn up to 33compliment cubes!

Thanks to Melissa for being our first compliment cube winner by bringing in some food!
Today we unpacked our backpacks and practiced hosting the Mass for next Friday. Then we had music and started playing our recorders. After that we took our pre-test for spelling. Then we had vocabulary and played pictionary. Then we had science and we took our test. After that we had math and simplified fractions. After that we packed up.

Homework for Nov. 10

Math: Workbook Pg. 123 + 124
Vocabulary: Study for the test tomorrow
Spelling: Correct pre-test and create My List
Reading: Finish reading chosen chapters in Book club book and Book club role

Math Test on Thursday November 17th on Topic 10- Fractions

Spelling Words November 10

Pre-Test Words:

  1. connect
  2. command
  3. mirror
  4. accomplish
  5. according
  6. allowance
  7. college
  8. address
  9. Mississippi
  10. recess
  11. committee
  12. immediate
  13. barricade
  14. interrupt
  15. broccoli
  16. collect
  17. afford
  18. possess
  19. Tennessee
  20. announce
Words to add to your My List:

  1. recommend
  2. different
  3. graffiti
  4. successfully
  5. embarrass
  6. necessary
  7. parallel
  8. Halloween
  9. Connecticut
  10. approximately
  11. commitment
  12. accommodate
  13. accomplishment
  14. possession
  15. harass
  16. confetti
  17. abbreviation
  18. interruption
  19. cinnamon
  20. mayonnaise
  21. commemoration
  22. questionnaire
  23. penicillin
  24. recollection
  25. interrogation
  26. interrogative
  27. dilemma
  28. compassionately
  29. accompaniment
  30. unnecessarily

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Blogging Homework

Please sign into your blogger account and answer the question.

Good luck!

Happy Blogging!
Today was a very busy day. For morning work we free wrote in our journals. After that we had Spanish class and took our test on clothes. Then we had library and technology. After that we had recess and PE. We had to take a running test to see how fast we can run. After that we had science class, packed up, and left.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Today when we unpacked, we first presented our social studies projects to our classmates. Then we had writing and started to write our 10 things we liked about ourselves so we can write a picture book. Then we met with our preschool buddies and made handprint turkeys with them. Then we came back to our class and went out to recess. After that we came back and went to science class and started a new section in our book. After that we came back to our classroom and did math in our textbooks. Then we packed up.


Homework:
Math:pages 121-122
Writing:finish 10 reasons why you like yourself
Book clubs:
Sounder:All groups finish book
Dogsong:all groups 8-11
Blue Dolphins:A chapters 9-12
B chapters 10-13 C chapters 10-13

Monday, November 7, 2011

Vocabulary revised list

1. Slivers
2. Foothold
3. Ridges
4. Flyspeck
5. Sumac
6. Ample
7. Commorant
8. Yucca
9. Sowbelly
10. Fowl
Today we did morning work. After that we got together with our book club groups, read some chapters from our books, and decided how many chapters we had to read this week. After that we had Spanish class and studied for our test on Wednesday. Then we had Social Studies and worked on our report. We had recess and after that we did some science questions. During math we did pages from our big math book. After that we packed up and went home.

Reminder: Social Studies project due tomorrow

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Reminders, November 3

Our first field trip was AWESOME! we saw the play "The Tempest" a story about revenge. afterwards we went to math where we learned about mixed numbers and improper fractions. Then we chose bookclub roles, after we filled out our paper leaves

HomeWork:

Social Studies: Work on Explorer projects
Reading: Book Club Roled
Math: WB page 117-118

REMINDER: The explorer project is due Tuesday

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

No Vocabulary Test this Week!

This week there have been several issues with the words and we have had less time to work on them, therefore the test will just be taken next week.

Looking forward to the field trip tomorrow!

November 2 & Field Trip Reminder

REMINDER: that tomorrow students must be in their full uniform going on the field trip, remember that we are walking to mercy high school.

Today was an awesome yet crazy day, we went to Spanish and she tested us on our words, then we went to Library/Technology where we looked up research and played mathletics. After was Science where we reviewed and did our data for our worms lab. Afterwards was P.E where we played games of soccer the whole way. Then we went to math where we corrected our homework and did some trick questions. after we did a spelling test, then i began typing this

Homework:
__________

Social Studies: Bring Hanger or Shoebox
Vocabulary: Each words in sentence
Math: WB Pg 115-116

Investigating the Worm Bin! How fun!

I think my favorite quote was, "It peed on me..."







Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Vocabulary words Nov. 1

This week the students choose words from their book club books.

1. Slivers
2. Foothold
3. Ridges
4. Flyspeck
5. Sumac
6. Ample
7. Plaintive
8. Yucca
9. Pening (ship was owning on the sea)
10. Fowl

November 1

Today, was an awesome day! When we got here we went to Mass afterwards we headed straight to the gym for dance class. When we got back to class we went to our book club groups and made up vocabulary words. Then we went to Science and touched our school worms. Afterwards was Social Studies where we talked about a project we were going to do. Then came Lunch, Recess & Read Aloud. After Read Aloud was math were we learned more about fractions. then we went to Language Arts were we discussed the story of our field trip. then the bell rang and I began typing this on the blog


Homework:

_________

Vocabulary: 3 column chart

Science: Finish up the Chapter Review

Math: WB 113-114





Special Thank you to: Isabella M.