Reminder!
Tomorrow is a half day! No lunch at school
Dismissal is at 11:45!
Homework:
Language Arts:
read 20 minutes daily
15 books and 5 genres due Feb. 11 for next Gauntlet
Typed rough draft due tomorrow
Simile page due tomorrow
WTW test tomorrow
Math:
POW and page 130 due tomorrow
ISAT prep pages due Wednesday
Science:
Science Fair Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Tomorrow is Game Day for homeroom!
Bring a game from home or play one that I have here.
Homework:
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes every day
15 books and 5 genres due the week of Feb. 11
Introduction and 2 paragraphs due tomorrow
Typed rough draft due Friday
Simile homework due Friday
Spelling test on Friday
Math:
ISAT practice pages due Wednesday
Journal page 145 due tomorrow
POW due Friday
Science:
Science Fair Tuesday, Feb. 5
Have a great evening!
Bring a game from home or play one that I have here.
Homework:
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes every day
15 books and 5 genres due the week of Feb. 11
Introduction and 2 paragraphs due tomorrow
Typed rough draft due Friday
Simile homework due Friday
Spelling test on Friday
Math:
ISAT practice pages due Wednesday
Journal page 145 due tomorrow
POW due Friday
Science:
Science Fair Tuesday, Feb. 5
Have a great evening!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Band Day!
Homework:
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes daily.
Vocabulary page due tomorrow
Introductory paragraph due tomorrow
Typed rough draft of career research paper due Friday (mostly at school work)
Math:
POW due Friday
Skills Tutor Fractions due Wednesday
Social Studies:
Atlas due Wednesday
Science:
Science Fair Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Homework:
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes daily.
Vocabulary page due tomorrow
Introductory paragraph due tomorrow
Typed rough draft of career research paper due Friday (mostly at school work)
Math:
POW due Friday
Skills Tutor Fractions due Wednesday
Social Studies:
Atlas due Wednesday
Science:
Science Fair Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Happy Monday!
Here's the work for tonight...
Language Arts -
Read 20 minutes daily
WTW due tomorrow
Graphic Organizer due Tuesday (most students finished it at school)
Typed rough draft of research paper due Friay (at school work)
Math -
POW due Friday
Skills Tutor - Shop til You Drop and Multiplying Fractions - due Wednesday
Social Studies -
Atlas due Wednesday
Science -
Science Fair Tuesday, Feb. 5
Have a fabulous evening!
Here's the work for tonight...
Language Arts -
Read 20 minutes daily
WTW due tomorrow
Graphic Organizer due Tuesday (most students finished it at school)
Typed rough draft of research paper due Friay (at school work)
Math -
POW due Friday
Skills Tutor - Shop til You Drop and Multiplying Fractions - due Wednesday
Social Studies -
Atlas due Wednesday
Science -
Science Fair Tuesday, Feb. 5
Have a fabulous evening!
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Good Afternoon!
Tomorrow is Friday! This has been a short and extremely quick week!
Homework:
Language Arts -
Read for 20 minutes
*I will be sending home any research that is not completed. Students will have the weekend to continue filling in their organizer at home. We will begin the writing process on Monday.
Math -
Journal page 141
Science -
Science Fair Feb. 5
Social Studies -
Not all students have responded to the blog. Please get both your opinion and your response done!
Have a fabulous weekend!
Tomorrow is Friday! This has been a short and extremely quick week!
Homework:
Language Arts -
Read for 20 minutes
*I will be sending home any research that is not completed. Students will have the weekend to continue filling in their organizer at home. We will begin the writing process on Monday.
Math -
Journal page 141
Science -
Science Fair Feb. 5
Social Studies -
Not all students have responded to the blog. Please get both your opinion and your response done!
Have a fabulous weekend!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Good luck at the band concert tonight!
Language Arts homework:
Read for 20 minutes
Did you turn in your fantasy book cover? It was due today.
Did you finish your research at school today? If not, that is homework as well. We are working on Education and Training.
Math:
Thinking Blocks due tomorrow
Page 138 in your journal due tomorrow
Social Studies:
Your blog was due today. I have extended the deadline by one night. It is due tomorrow.
Play beautifully tonight!
Language Arts homework:
Read for 20 minutes
Did you turn in your fantasy book cover? It was due today.
Did you finish your research at school today? If not, that is homework as well. We are working on Education and Training.
Math:
Thinking Blocks due tomorrow
Page 138 in your journal due tomorrow
Social Studies:
Your blog was due today. I have extended the deadline by one night. It is due tomorrow.
Play beautifully tonight!
Friday, January 18, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
Happy Friday!
Tuesday, the AT math students will have a working lunch with Mike Byster. If you send a lunch from home, please be sure it is peanut-free. Thank you!
Tuesday is also the first 5th grade band concert of the year! Students need to bring their instrument and music stand to school for after school band. Please note - after school band will be at Schiesher, not at the High School on Tuesday.
Homework:
Language Arts:
Fantasy Book Cover due Tuesday
Math:
Thinking Blocks lesson 4 due Wednesday.
Math Journal page 138 due Wednesday.
Science:
If you have not turned in your science fair project, please have your topic ready for Tuesday.
Have a great weekend!
Tuesday, the AT math students will have a working lunch with Mike Byster. If you send a lunch from home, please be sure it is peanut-free. Thank you!
Tuesday is also the first 5th grade band concert of the year! Students need to bring their instrument and music stand to school for after school band. Please note - after school band will be at Schiesher, not at the High School on Tuesday.
Homework:
Language Arts:
Fantasy Book Cover due Tuesday
Math:
Thinking Blocks lesson 4 due Wednesday.
Math Journal page 138 due Wednesday.
Science:
If you have not turned in your science fair project, please have your topic ready for Tuesday.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
We had a beautiful stroll to the JH this afternoon and enjoyed the student production of Stuart Little. Our class was very well behaved and really enjoyed themselves.
Tonight's homework:
Reading:
Read 20 minutes
Study for spelling test
Fantasy book cover due Tuesday
Math:
POW due tomorrow
Social Studies:
Atlas due tomorrow
Blog due Tuesday
Science:
Science Fair topic due tomorrow
Character from Mr. Terupt due tomorrow as well.
It looks like a busy night if you haven't been doing a little bit each night.
Tonight's homework:
Reading:
Read 20 minutes
Study for spelling test
Fantasy book cover due Tuesday
Math:
POW due tomorrow
Social Studies:
Atlas due tomorrow
Blog due Tuesday
Science:
Science Fair topic due tomorrow
Character from Mr. Terupt due tomorrow as well.
It looks like a busy night if you haven't been doing a little bit each night.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Mid-week already!
Tomorrow is our field trip to the JH to see their production of Stuart Little. Students do not need a permission slip as we will walk to the junior high and back to Schiesher. However, if you prefer your child not attend, please sign the form that went home earlier this week and return it to school tomorrow.
Thanks!
Homework
Language Arts:
Read for 20 minutes
Continue to bring in research for Career paper
Fantasy Book Cover / Assessment due Tuesday
Spelling test on Friday
Math:
POW due Friday
Preview 4.5 and journal page 132 due tomorrow
Social Studies:
Atlas due Friday
Blog post and response due Tuesday
Science:
Science Fair topic due Friday
Enjoy your evening!
Tomorrow is our field trip to the JH to see their production of Stuart Little. Students do not need a permission slip as we will walk to the junior high and back to Schiesher. However, if you prefer your child not attend, please sign the form that went home earlier this week and return it to school tomorrow.
Thanks!
Homework
Language Arts:
Read for 20 minutes
Continue to bring in research for Career paper
Fantasy Book Cover / Assessment due Tuesday
Spelling test on Friday
Math:
POW due Friday
Preview 4.5 and journal page 132 due tomorrow
Social Studies:
Atlas due Friday
Blog post and response due Tuesday
Science:
Science Fair topic due Friday
Enjoy your evening!
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Just a quick note today...
Homework:
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes
Vocab worksheet - 2 sides - due tomorrow
Bring in any research sources you have for this week.
Math:
Worksheet on adding and subtracting fractions due tomorrow
Preview 4.4 due tomorrow
POW due Friday
Social Studies:
Atlas due Friday
Science:
Science Fair topic due Friday.
There are some good sites to help you fine tune your experiment.
One of our students had success on education.com
Homework:
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes
Vocab worksheet - 2 sides - due tomorrow
Bring in any research sources you have for this week.
Math:
Worksheet on adding and subtracting fractions due tomorrow
Preview 4.4 due tomorrow
POW due Friday
Social Studies:
Atlas due Friday
Science:
Science Fair topic due Friday.
There are some good sites to help you fine tune your experiment.
One of our students had success on education.com
Monday, January 14, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Happy Monday!
Even though it is cold outside, the sun is shining so it is a good day! The students had the option of indoor or outdoor recess today. My class seemed fairly evenly split between the two options.
We are heading into a busy time.
DARE persmission slips due tomorrow. We begin DARE on Wednesday.
Science Fair topics due Friday. Remember that your topic must be posed as a question. If you need an additional form, they are linked both on my webpage and the 5th grade webpage.
Students should have keep their resources for their Career Project at school. We will be working on it for one rotation a day for the next two weeks. If they don't have the materials here, they are not able to complete the work!
MAP testing is Wednesday (homeroom). This week is Reading; next week is Math.
BAND is tomorrow.
Homework!
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes daily. Are you keeping up with the 30 book challenge?
WTW homework due Tuesday.
Resources for research paper must be in school tomorrow!
Math:
POW due Friday. It is linked on my webpage if you need an additional copy.
Preview 4.4 due Wednesday.
Math Masters page 114 due Wednesday.
Social Studies:
Atlas due Friday. I will give it to you on Wednesday, as usual.
Science:
Topic due Friday
Have a superb evening!
Even though it is cold outside, the sun is shining so it is a good day! The students had the option of indoor or outdoor recess today. My class seemed fairly evenly split between the two options.
We are heading into a busy time.
DARE persmission slips due tomorrow. We begin DARE on Wednesday.
Science Fair topics due Friday. Remember that your topic must be posed as a question. If you need an additional form, they are linked both on my webpage and the 5th grade webpage.
Students should have keep their resources for their Career Project at school. We will be working on it for one rotation a day for the next two weeks. If they don't have the materials here, they are not able to complete the work!
MAP testing is Wednesday (homeroom). This week is Reading; next week is Math.
BAND is tomorrow.
Homework!
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes daily. Are you keeping up with the 30 book challenge?
WTW homework due Tuesday.
Resources for research paper must be in school tomorrow!
Math:
POW due Friday. It is linked on my webpage if you need an additional copy.
Preview 4.4 due Wednesday.
Math Masters page 114 due Wednesday.
Social Studies:
Atlas due Friday. I will give it to you on Wednesday, as usual.
Science:
Topic due Friday
Have a superb evening!
Friday, January 11, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Happy Friday!
We made it through the first week after break. The students actually did a great job of jumping right back into their schedule!
Math - -
Remember to do your
Thinking blocks
homework!
DARE permission slips are due by Tuesday. We begin DARE on Wednesday!
Have a fabulous weekend!
Hopefully there will be some sunshine!
We made it through the first week after break. The students actually did a great job of jumping right back into their schedule!
Math - -
Remember to do your
Thinking blocks
homework!
DARE permission slips are due by Tuesday. We begin DARE on Wednesday!
Have a fabulous weekend!
Hopefully there will be some sunshine!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
There is so much going on!
Please help your student keep track of their various projects and responsibilities. That is such a big part of 5th grade!
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes daily. 10 books in 4 different genres are due next week.
Career topic and resources are due tomorrow. If anyone has difficulty getting to the Lisle Library, please let me know.
Spelling test tomorrow.
Genre presentations due tomorrow.
Questions about your career are due Tuesday.
Math -
POW is due tomorrow.
Worksheet page 109 & 110 is due tomorrow.
Preview 4.3 is due tomorrow.
Social Studies -
Chapter 7 open book test is due tomorrow.
Atlas is due tomorrow.
Science
Science Fair topic is due January 18th.
Also - DARE permission slip due by Wednesday.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you!
Have a fabulous evening!
Please help your student keep track of their various projects and responsibilities. That is such a big part of 5th grade!
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes daily. 10 books in 4 different genres are due next week.
Career topic and resources are due tomorrow. If anyone has difficulty getting to the Lisle Library, please let me know.
Spelling test tomorrow.
Genre presentations due tomorrow.
Questions about your career are due Tuesday.
Math -
POW is due tomorrow.
Worksheet page 109 & 110 is due tomorrow.
Preview 4.3 is due tomorrow.
Social Studies -
Chapter 7 open book test is due tomorrow.
Atlas is due tomorrow.
Science
Science Fair topic is due January 18th.
Also - DARE permission slip due by Wednesday.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you!
Have a fabulous evening!
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Hi!
Today just flew by! The students are fully back into the swing of everything.
Several important papers went home today.
We have a both a science fair and a Career Research project (LA only) in February. Additionally, DARE begins next week. Please read the information carefully and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Homework -
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes every day. Are you close to your 30 book challenge goal?
Writing homework due Thursday.
Genre projects due Friday.
Spelling test on Friday.
Career Day topic and resources due Friday.
Math -
Preview 4.2 due tomorrow
POW due Friday.
Vocabulary quiz justifications due tomorrow.
Social Studies -
Open book Chapter 7 test Friday.
Atlas due Friday.
Science -
Science Fair topic due January 18
Have a fabulous evening!
Today just flew by! The students are fully back into the swing of everything.
Several important papers went home today.
We have a both a science fair and a Career Research project (LA only) in February. Additionally, DARE begins next week. Please read the information carefully and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Homework -
Language Arts:
Read 20 minutes every day. Are you close to your 30 book challenge goal?
Writing homework due Thursday.
Genre projects due Friday.
Spelling test on Friday.
Career Day topic and resources due Friday.
Math -
Preview 4.2 due tomorrow
POW due Friday.
Vocabulary quiz justifications due tomorrow.
Social Studies -
Open book Chapter 7 test Friday.
Atlas due Friday.
Science -
Science Fair topic due January 18
Have a fabulous evening!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Band started today! At 2:30, after math, students loaded a bus for the high school. The students remaining were able to use the additional time as a study hall, working on homework, reading or doing some research on the computer.
Homework -
Language Arts -
Read for 20 minutes. 10 books in 4 different genres is due next week.
Vocabulary worksheet due tomorrow
Genre presentation due Friday
Career project topic and sources due Friday. Sources must include a book, an encyclopedia as well as 2 on-line articles.
Math -
Worksheet page 105 (evens only) due tomorrow
Vocabulary quiz corrections due Thursday
POW due Friday
Social Studies -
13 colony map due tomorrow
Atlas due Friday
Chapter 7 test Friday
Have a great evening!
Homework -
Language Arts -
Read for 20 minutes. 10 books in 4 different genres is due next week.
Vocabulary worksheet due tomorrow
Genre presentation due Friday
Career project topic and sources due Friday. Sources must include a book, an encyclopedia as well as 2 on-line articles.
Math -
Worksheet page 105 (evens only) due tomorrow
Vocabulary quiz corrections due Thursday
POW due Friday
Social Studies -
13 colony map due tomorrow
Atlas due Friday
Chapter 7 test Friday
Have a great evening!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
Welcome back!
I hope everyone had a fabulous winter break with time to visit with family and friends, read books, play games, and be lazy. I know I did!
However, we are back full swing already!
5th grade is beginning a Career Research project. The full packet is on my District 202 website, if you would like to see it all. It is broken down into pieces, which will be posted as homework.
Additionally, students have a science fair project to work on at home. The information for that is linked to my District 202 webpage as well. Students will bring their packet home on Wednesday.
Here's today's work:
Reading -
Read 20 minutes daily. Students need 10 books in 4 different genres by the end of next week.
WTW homework due tomorrow.
Spelling test on Friday.
Genre projects due Friday.
Career Day topic and sources due Friday.
Math -
Preview 4.1 due tomorrow
Hiking Trail POW due Friday. It is linked on my District 202 webpage.
Vocabulary quiz justifications due Thursday.
Social Studies -
Chapter 7 test Friday
Atlas due Friday
Rewrite of Colony paper due Friday
Have a great evening!
I hope everyone had a fabulous winter break with time to visit with family and friends, read books, play games, and be lazy. I know I did!
However, we are back full swing already!
5th grade is beginning a Career Research project. The full packet is on my District 202 website, if you would like to see it all. It is broken down into pieces, which will be posted as homework.
Additionally, students have a science fair project to work on at home. The information for that is linked to my District 202 webpage as well. Students will bring their packet home on Wednesday.
Here's today's work:
Reading -
Read 20 minutes daily. Students need 10 books in 4 different genres by the end of next week.
WTW homework due tomorrow.
Spelling test on Friday.
Genre projects due Friday.
Career Day topic and sources due Friday.
Math -
Preview 4.1 due tomorrow
Hiking Trail POW due Friday. It is linked on my District 202 webpage.
Vocabulary quiz justifications due Thursday.
Social Studies -
Chapter 7 test Friday
Atlas due Friday
Rewrite of Colony paper due Friday
Have a great evening!
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