What game to astronauts play? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Moon-opoly!!!
We are testing for NWEA on Monday and Wednesday mornings beginning at 9:15. Students are always encouraged to do their best, but do so while remembering that a lot of this information hasn't been covered yet. It will be covered and the scores will go UP! This week's tests are just first pieces of data so we can see all the gains/successes by spring!
This week's spelling test is Wednesday, as it will be all year.
We have a math test on Wednesday, as well! Students will bring home a study guide and their SRB (Student Resource Book) to study on Tuesday night.
Current events articles are due Thursday. Students are asked to bring one article from the newspaper, magazine, or Internet. Please write your name on the article.
Postcards: I am finally done writing a note to you on the postcards you addressed. I am not checking that your address is correct or that it is written correctly. I am sending the postcards out soon, so please look in your mailbox for the card. If you return it to me, you will receive a small surprise for the extra effort!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Weekend . . .
Students are asked to bring one current events article (from Internet, newspaper, magazine, etc) to school each Wednesday beginning this week, September 1. We will use the articles with our "In the News" assignment and the articles will give us a chance to talk about current happenings in the world around us. Your child will complete the "In the News" handout in class by the following Wednesday. All of these items will be written on the Assignment Board and discussed!
Book Club summaries are due again next week: One 5th grade paragraph (has at least 5 sentences--topic sentence, three detail sentences, and one concluding sentence). Typed or written is fine. If you would like to write more than one paragraph, I strongly encouarge you to do so. Remember, you MUST read 90 minutes before you can begin your summary! That is the individual goal for each student. That # will change soon, so enjoy it while it last!
We will have a math test over Unit 1 on Wednesday this week. I strongly encourage students to use their study links pages (if not already complete) to practice the skills we've learned about in class. I will see about sending a study guide home on Monday, as we have a spelling test on Wednesday, too. However, we will review as we've done for two weeks, prior to the test.
Book Club summaries are due again next week: One 5th grade paragraph (has at least 5 sentences--topic sentence, three detail sentences, and one concluding sentence). Typed or written is fine. If you would like to write more than one paragraph, I strongly encouarge you to do so. Remember, you MUST read 90 minutes before you can begin your summary! That is the individual goal for each student. That # will change soon, so enjoy it while it last!
We will have a math test over Unit 1 on Wednesday this week. I strongly encourage students to use their study links pages (if not already complete) to practice the skills we've learned about in class. I will see about sending a study guide home on Monday, as we have a spelling test on Wednesday, too. However, we will review as we've done for two weeks, prior to the test.
Team Bandanas
Mrs. Falcone is ordering fuscia/raspberry colored bandanas for the class to wear with Survivor, Volleyball Tournament, Field Trips, Field Day, etc this school year along with our LIME 5th grade t-shirts designed by our own Aspen F. and Hailey!
Banandas are $2 each, but with shipping, we'd like each student to bring $3 to school as soon as possible to cover the total cost for an individual bandana. If parents would like one, too, just indicate the number on a note or in an email to me and send the appropriate dollar amount to school by Friday, September 3.
IT'S ALL ABOUT TEAM SPIRIT!
Banandas are $2 each, but with shipping, we'd like each student to bring $3 to school as soon as possible to cover the total cost for an individual bandana. If parents would like one, too, just indicate the number on a note or in an email to me and send the appropriate dollar amount to school by Friday, September 3.
IT'S ALL ABOUT TEAM SPIRIT!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Wednesday . . .
Wednesday is Picture Day here at Brown. If you're planning to purchase pictures, please send your form with payment to school in the morning. My hope is that we will get our pictures taken before recess, but it's not definite. Please allow your child to bring combs, etc to freshen up if needed.
Your child's "In the News" handout is due tomorrow. This current events activity was introduced last week and students began working on the task then. It's been about one week and rather than assign too much at one time, we've delayed its due date until tomorrow. Before the students left, everyone was asked to double-check his or her GAME File for this handout or to look in the tray to see if he or she already turned it in.
We worked with lesson 1.5 with Mrs. Medjeski today! She's the Educator Trainer for the program this year. If you would like to work on any of the Study Links workbook pages for Unit 1 ONLY, please do so by Friday as we will have another drawing. I encourage students to work the pages each day to enforce the skills taught in class. However, it IS NOT AN ASSIGNMENT for a grade. We will do a weekly drawing for students that choose to complete the pages.
CONGRATS to Lillie for winning a Crayola Dry Erase Poster Set today for the drawing!
Spelling test and spelling packet due tomorrow. We will have dictation sentences for our test tomorrow, too! However, the wonderful way the 5th graders were playing our Spider Spelling game today, there should be a boat-load of 100%!
Your child's "In the News" handout is due tomorrow. This current events activity was introduced last week and students began working on the task then. It's been about one week and rather than assign too much at one time, we've delayed its due date until tomorrow. Before the students left, everyone was asked to double-check his or her GAME File for this handout or to look in the tray to see if he or she already turned it in.
We worked with lesson 1.5 with Mrs. Medjeski today! She's the Educator Trainer for the program this year. If you would like to work on any of the Study Links workbook pages for Unit 1 ONLY, please do so by Friday as we will have another drawing. I encourage students to work the pages each day to enforce the skills taught in class. However, it IS NOT AN ASSIGNMENT for a grade. We will do a weekly drawing for students that choose to complete the pages.
CONGRATS to Lillie for winning a Crayola Dry Erase Poster Set today for the drawing!
Spelling test and spelling packet due tomorrow. We will have dictation sentences for our test tomorrow, too! However, the wonderful way the 5th graders were playing our Spider Spelling game today, there should be a boat-load of 100%!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Study Skills Math Workbook
I mentioned this workbook in an email today, but wanted ALL students to get this information (again since we discussed it twice in class today).
Today's math lesson was over the skills of 1.4 in the Study Skills workbook. Each student was encouraged to bring that workbook home tonight to complete that page. However, it WAS NOT an assignment. Any student that brings Lesson 1.4 page to school tomorrow and it's completed, will be in a drawing for an awesome PRIZE!
Students may also complete Study Skills 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 to be entered into the drawing as well for more chances of winning. Answers to these pages are linked to the parent letter sent by email as well as in the front of each unit in the workbook (page 4 of the parent letter). I encourage students to complete the page first and then check their work and make changes for better understanding as needed.
Another busy, but super-successful day in 5th grade!
Today's math lesson was over the skills of 1.4 in the Study Skills workbook. Each student was encouraged to bring that workbook home tonight to complete that page. However, it WAS NOT an assignment. Any student that brings Lesson 1.4 page to school tomorrow and it's completed, will be in a drawing for an awesome PRIZE!
Students may also complete Study Skills 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 to be entered into the drawing as well for more chances of winning. Answers to these pages are linked to the parent letter sent by email as well as in the front of each unit in the workbook (page 4 of the parent letter). I encourage students to complete the page first and then check their work and make changes for better understanding as needed.
Another busy, but super-successful day in 5th grade!
Friday, August 20, 2010
Weekend . . .
I will not typically give homework (new assignments) to work on over the weekend. If we begin something on Friday, it will typically be due Tuesday. However, Book Club summaries for #1-7 are due Monday and for all Mondays until further notice. Tuesday Book Club summaries will be due on Tuesdays until further notice and so on. Please ask your 5th grader when his or her summary is due. His or her summary will be due on the same day of the week throughout this year. This summary is based on the 90 minutes of reading completed throughout the week.
We began with our very first edition of our Classroom Chronicle today. We wrote the newsletter as a class. We will continue to do so for the next several weeks. In September, students will begin writing their own newsletters with guidance from me. Each parent is asked to sign the chronicle and the students will need to return the chronicle handout each week. I will collect the newsletters and return them all at the end of the year.
Students will NOT have a typical Friday Folder this year. All papers that need to go home for the week will be in each student's mailbox by midday each Friday. We will set aside a few minutes each Friday afternoon to put these papers in the students' GAME Files. Please have your child remove those papers over the weekend.
Enjoy your weekends! Get some rest. You all did amazing this week while practicing great flexibility, organization, and teamwork skills. Thank you for all your efforts!
We began with our very first edition of our Classroom Chronicle today. We wrote the newsletter as a class. We will continue to do so for the next several weeks. In September, students will begin writing their own newsletters with guidance from me. Each parent is asked to sign the chronicle and the students will need to return the chronicle handout each week. I will collect the newsletters and return them all at the end of the year.
Students will NOT have a typical Friday Folder this year. All papers that need to go home for the week will be in each student's mailbox by midday each Friday. We will set aside a few minutes each Friday afternoon to put these papers in the students' GAME Files. Please have your child remove those papers over the weekend.
Enjoy your weekends! Get some rest. You all did amazing this week while practicing great flexibility, organization, and teamwork skills. Thank you for all your efforts!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
A Few Changes & Clarifications
"Book Club Summaries": Each student is required to read 90 minutes each week (as of Monday, August 16) and write/type a summary (on his or her own paper) each week. Each student has a specific day of the week for his or her summary to be due. Each student wrote this date in his or her assignment notebook on Monday, so please see that for a due date for your child's summary.
Assignment notebooks: We will discuss assignments in length throughout the day, but we will also discuss them again at 3:20 each day. Students are going to hold onto the responsiblity of filling the assignments out according to the Assignmen Avenue board. I WILL NOT be signing notebooks each evening, as I previously said I would do. I will, however, begin signing on an individual basis should it become an issue.
I sent an email to all parents and students that provided me with an email address. If you did not get the email, please let me know as soon as possible.
Thursday is PE--5th graders, Wear your gym shoes!
Assignment notebooks: We will discuss assignments in length throughout the day, but we will also discuss them again at 3:20 each day. Students are going to hold onto the responsiblity of filling the assignments out according to the Assignmen Avenue board. I WILL NOT be signing notebooks each evening, as I previously said I would do. I will, however, begin signing on an individual basis should it become an issue.
I sent an email to all parents and students that provided me with an email address. If you did not get the email, please let me know as soon as possible.
Thursday is PE--5th graders, Wear your gym shoes!
Monday, August 16, 2010
5th Grade with the Dicesquad
WOW! What a busy, busy day, but also a very great beginning to a very full class of 5th graders!
Students, please be sure to give your parents the letter regarding math games for this Friday. We are very excited about the games, but really need parents to create some of them for us prior to next week.
I am currently working on getting a parent and student email group together for easy communication. Therefore, if you'd like me to have your email address (kids), please let me know the address soon.
Book Club started today. Each student should have written down his or her book club due date. The first group of kids, #1-7, have a summary due on Monday, August 23. The summary must summarize the student's reading for the week. Each student should try to read at least 90 minutes a week with a book of his or her choice at this time.
School pictures will be Wednesday, August 25. Information regarding packages will go home on Friday.
Our specials schedule, which I will post to the class website are:
Monday: Spanish
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: PE
Friday: This week is Spanish.
PSG is purchasing t-shirts for all students this year to use throughout the year for various team activities. Our fifth grade was asked to create a design for the backside of the shirt. This is an optional activity, however a finished product must be at school by Friday morning in order to be considered.
Please sign assignment notebooks each night for the month August.
Students, please be sure to give your parents the letter regarding math games for this Friday. We are very excited about the games, but really need parents to create some of them for us prior to next week.
I am currently working on getting a parent and student email group together for easy communication. Therefore, if you'd like me to have your email address (kids), please let me know the address soon.
Book Club started today. Each student should have written down his or her book club due date. The first group of kids, #1-7, have a summary due on Monday, August 23. The summary must summarize the student's reading for the week. Each student should try to read at least 90 minutes a week with a book of his or her choice at this time.
School pictures will be Wednesday, August 25. Information regarding packages will go home on Friday.
Our specials schedule, which I will post to the class website are:
Monday: Spanish
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: PE
Friday: This week is Spanish.
PSG is purchasing t-shirts for all students this year to use throughout the year for various team activities. Our fifth grade was asked to create a design for the backside of the shirt. This is an optional activity, however a finished product must be at school by Friday morning in order to be considered.
Please sign assignment notebooks each night for the month August.
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