Thursday, September 27, 2012

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Sorry Guys!  I had a meeting after school and did not get this posted earlier!

Here's the scoop - -

Reading:  Read 20 minutes
               Literacy packet due tomorrow
               Small Moment due tomorrow
               signed AR report
               index cards

Math:    Dynamath due tomorrow (check Wed. post for exact pages)
             Math worksheet due tomorrow
             Skills Tutor due Monday
              Wright 3 due by Tuesday

Social Studies:  Atlas due tomorrow
                        Cortes vs. Moctezuma due Wednesday

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Today's Homework:

Reading: - - read 20 minutes daily
                    WTW packet due tomorrow
                    literacy packet due Friday
                    2 packs of 3 x 5 white index cards due ASAP
                    Signed AR letter due ASAP

Math:           Homework worksheet due tomorrow (no estimation but show work)
                     Dynamath due Friday pgs. 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
                     Skills Tutor assignment due Monday
                     Wright Three due Tuesday
                      *permission slip and $$

Social Studies:    blog due tomorrow

Monday, September 24, 2012

Monday, September 24, 2012

Mondays are always so busy!  A few students had hearing and eye rechecks. Band is underway.  Add to that the regular hustle and bustle of a Monday and that was today!

Homework:

Reading:                read 20 minutes daily (this was not on the assignment board but they should know
                              by now).

                              2 packs of 3 x 5 index cards for vocabulary  due Friday 9-28

                              literacy packet  due Friday 9-28

                              WTW packet due Thursday 9-27

                              Small Moments edited and revised due Friday, 9-28

Math:                    Dynamath pages 2,4,5,8,9,10,11,12,13  due Friday 9-28

                              Wright 3  due October 2

                              Skills Tutor Math B Decimals 30 minutes work  due Monday 10-1

                              Workbook pg 57  2-10 even - estimate and solve  due Wednesday 9- 26

Social Studies        blog  due Thursday 27

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Today the students had the opportunity to enjoy an assembly about Character Counts.  Please ask them to tell you about it!

Homework:

Reading:    read 20 minutes daily
                   lit packet due Friday

Social Studies:  Atlas due Friday AM

Math:          POW due Friday
                    Wright 3 due October 2


Enjoy your evening!

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Sorry this is late!  I had an after school meeting, so I did not get it posted right after school. 

Homework:

Reading -        read 20 minutes
                        WTW packet due tomorrow
                         Literacy packet due Friday

Math -             Worksheet page 52 due tomorrow
                        POW due Friday
                        Wright 3 due October 2

Social Studies -   Atlas due Friday

Thanks!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Good Afternoon!
Today is the second day of band.  The students are doing a great job of getting themselves ready for lessons on time.
When the student has a band lesson, they are expected to quietly get their things together and walk to the band room.  When their lesson is done, they are to return to class, ask a classmate what they missed, and join in with our current activity.  Band students are required to make up any missed work.  The band schedule rotates. Students miss a different 30 minutes each week, usually missing the same 30 minutes every 5-6 weeks.
We also had student council elections today.  6 students ran for representative and alternate.  They all gave amazing speeches.  Congratulations to all those that ran and to our 2 class winners.

Homework:

Reading:                 Read 20 minutes every night
                                WTW packet (both sides) due Thursday
                                 Literacy packet (all pages) due Friday

Math:                      POW (Out to space) due Friday
                                     Both the problem and the rubric are on my class webpage.
                                Wright 3 book read and AR test taken by October 2

Social Studies         Atlas due Friday

Monday, September 17, 2012

Monday, September 17, 2012

Happy Monday!

Tomorrow we are having our student council speeches and elections.  The students are very excited.  As of now, we have about 6-8 students running.

Room party money:  If you have not returned your room party money yet, please do so as soon as possible.  Thanks!  I will send home reminder notices tomorrow!

The Gauntlet:  We are seeking donations (prizes) for our Gauntlet celebration on Friday.  Please consider sending something, such as a book, a small gift card, or other token for the students to win.  We have been reading informational books.  Look in your child's mail tomorrow for more information.

Homework:

Reading:                    Read 20 minutes (daily)
                                  Literacy Packet due Friday          
                                  WTW packet due Thursday

Math:                        POW (problem of the week) due Friday
                                  Worksheet page 49 due Tuesday
                                  Wright Three due October 2

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Wednesday, September 13, 2012

Wow!  What a day!  We had individual pictures.  We also finally got around to taking a combined class picture with Mrs. Yaniz's students.  We share so many of the students; we really consider both groups of students "ours."

Homework:

Reading:  Read 20 minutes (daily)
                WTW writing sort (due Friday, 9-14)
                 Typed creative writing story (due Friday, 9-14)

Social Studies:  Persuasive paragraph (Due Monday, September 17)  see directions on webpage
                          Atlas (due Friday, 9-14)

Math:  Corrected computation worksheet: some students only  (due Monday, 9-17)
            McDonald's problem solving (due Monday, 9-17)

Also:
*Student Council speeches and elections are Tuesday, September 18.
*If you have not signed and returned the form stating you received the student handbook, please send that in tomorrow.
*Room Party money is due as well.

Finally, please see that your child has a jump drive at school every day.  It will be used regularly.  Thanks!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Wednesday, September 13, 2012

Good Afternoon!

Tomorrow is Picture Day!

Homework for this evening:

Reading:  Read 20 minutes (daily)
               Typed Creative Writing Story (due Friday, 9-14)
               WTW practice (daily)

Math:      McDonald's problem solving (due Monday, 9-17)
              Decimal worksheet (due Thursday, 9-13)

Social Studies:  Typed Persuasive Paragraph:  Should we continue to celebrate Columbus Day as a federal holiday?  (due Monday, 9-17)

Signed Handbook form:  Due Thursday, 9-13

Student Council Speeches:  Tuesday, September 18

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Oops!  I forgot to do this before I left school.  Sorry!

Thursday is picture day!

Today's homework:
Reading - - Read 20 minutes (daily)
                  Creative writing story, typed  (Friday, September 14)
                  WTW practice (daily)

Math---     Problem Solving (Monday, September 17)
                 Computation worksheet (Wednesday, Sept. 12)

Social Studies - -  Columbus Persuasive Paper (Monday, September 17)

Parents:  please sign the Handbook form and return to school tomorrow.
              Students will need a jump-drive for computer class tomorrow.  They will need one every day for my LA class.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Monday, September 10, 2012

What a whirlwind of activity!  Mondays are always so busy!

Today, between 4:00 - 7:00, please stop by the gym to officially sign up for band.  Mr. Schraub and Mr. Gumina are down there, already waiting.

School pictures are Thursday.  Please see the flyer that went home today.'

Homework:

**Please note - Students need a jump drive here at school daily.  We use them in computer class as well as language arts.  Students need to practice saving to both their own folder as well as a jump drive when typing.  Thank you!

Reading:  Read 20 minutes (daily)
               *Typed creative writing story  - due Friday, September 14.  We will have some class time on Wednesday but any additional work will need to be done at home.
               *WTW practice - test Friday

Math: 
               *Skills Tutor Pretest - I just spoke with Mrs. J and we can delete this from your homework.  I will be creating a new assignment based on your completed assignments from last year. 
                * Corrected math test - due tomorrow (Tuesday, 9-11)
                * Problem solving worksheet - due Monday, September 17

Social Studies:
              *blog about Columbian Exchange due tomorrow (Tuesday, 9-11)

Also--Parent signature on Handbook form (see student's take home folder) - - due Thursday, September 13

As you can see, homework is picking up!  We are in our third week of school.  We are running a fairly normal schedule most days.

Mrs. Sutton

Sunday, September 9, 2012

To my math class:  check skills tutor again.  You should be able to take the pretest for both multiplication and division.  Mrs. J thought she would get the old files cleared out over the weekend.  Thanks!

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Open House tonight at 7:00 PM.
We will begin the night in the school's gym.

Homework for tonight:

Reading: - read for 20 minutes (nightly)
                 Story ready for typing (Tuesday)
                 Personal Narrative Story idea (Friday)

Math - study/ review for Topic 1 test (Friday)
           Skills Tutor multiplication and division pretest (Tuesday)

Social Studies - Respond to the blog about the Columbian Exchange (Tuesday)

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Band Meeting tonight at 7:00 PM in the Schiesher gymnasium.

Open House tomorrow night at 7:00 PM.  We start in the gymnasium and then fifth grade parents and teachers will move to the cafeteria for a grade level presentation before going to their child's classroom.

Today's Homework:

Reading:  Read 20 minutes (daily)
               Story ready for typing by Tuesday, September 11

Math:  Journal pages 39 & 43

Social Studies:  Read textbook pages 120-125
                        Workbook page 32