9/30

EVERYONE had their cereal box project ready to turn in this morning! They are adorable. Great job, boys and girls!

Study sp. & vocab. for tomorrow's tests.
Complete your 4th "SWBST" summary and be ready to turn them all in first thing in the morning.
Finish your final draft (exciting experience friendly letter) if you didn't finish it in class.

Study 0-11 times tables for speed test.

Finish science workbook p. 2-5.

Don't forget about the Literacy Walk! You must have pledges and wear tennis shoes.

9/29

Finish genre cereal box project! Be ready to turn it in first thing in the morning.
Complete your 3rd IRA summary (SWBST).
Finish vocabulary sentences.

Study for 0-11 speed test!

Please sign & return communication folders if you haven't already.

Computer Lab: The Underground Railroad

Click HERE and then click on number 1 on the path to learn more about the Underground Railroad and slavery in the United States. Complete your 3-2-1 response:
3 things you found out
2 interesting facts
1 question you still have

Next, go to Brainpop, log in (unionco/panthers) and go to Social Studies. Click on U.S. History, and then watch the following movies. Take the quizzes and print your scores.
*Civil War Causes
*Slavery
*Frederick Douglass
*Underground Railroad

9/28

Finish WOW
Finish sp. 3x each
SWBST #2

Study times tables!
If you haven't met your weekly AR or AM goal, be sure to work on them every night!

9/27

Sp. in agenda in ABC order
Work on genre project (due Thurs.)
IRA (Independent Reading Activity): SWBST (See post, below, for complete instructions.)

Study 0-11 times tables!
Finish AMP if you didn't finish in class.

IRA (Independent Reading Activity): Four Summaries

This week, each night you are going to use the S-W-B-S-T summarizing format to respond to what has happened in your independent reading book (AR book). Remember, this strategy means:
S- Someone
W- wanted
B- but
S- so
T- then

You will have at least four different summaries (Mon., Tu., Wed., and Thurs.) to turn in on Friday to summarize what you have read independently this week. You may find it easier to summarize each chapter that you read when you get to the end of the chapter.

Spelling and Vocabulary Lists #7

Words are from the story Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs
Spelling
1. clear
2. nerve
3. squirt
4. verse
5. surf
6. lurk
7. year
8. stern
9. spurts
10. lurch
11. blurt
12. thirst
13. spur
14. engineer
15. jeer
16. sneer
17. dreary
18. squirm
19. swerve
20. yearns

Vocabulary
1. cooperation
2. celebration
3. fragrance
4. variety
5. canceled
6. moistened
7. theory
8. transformed

Summarizing Strategy: SWBST

S- Someone
W- wanted
B- but
S- so
T- then

We practiced this summarizing strategy in social studies on Friday. Here is what we developed:
Abolitionists
wanted to end slavery,
but slave owners wanted slavery,
so abolitionists created the Underground Railroad, and
then many slaves escaped to freedom.

9/24

Read at least 20 pages this weekend! Don't forget that this is the last weekend before the fantasy cereal box genre project is due (9/30).

9/23

Study spelling & vocab!
Finish spelling worksheet and grammar WS.

AMP (Accel. Math practice)
Study 0-9 times tables for speed test.

Read at least 20 pages!

Spelling and Vocabulary Lists Wk 6

Spelling
1. heart
2. swear
3. aboard
4. square
5. swore
6. chart
7. scorn
8. starch
9. source
10. fare
11. barge
12. thorn
13. marsh
14. force
15. harsh
16. scarce
17. coarse
18. flare
19. course
20. sword

Vocabulary
1. function
2. adjusted
3. disasters
4. environment
5. mission
6. maze
7. zone
8. gravity

Underground Railroad Interactive Websites

As you view these websites in computer lab (or at home), think of the following questions and your responses.

*After viewing these sites, how do you feel about slavery?
*How do you think the issue of slavery changed our society?
*What about the websites stick in your mind?
*Why is it important for us to remember the hardships faced by slaves?

You will turn in your written response no later than THURS. 9/23.

Check out these three sites by clicking on their names:
*Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad
*The National Geographic Underground Railroad Site
*Melrose Plantation (This site was unavailable but will hopefully be online again soon.)

9/21

Finish WOW!
Finish 3x ea.

Study times tables.

Please sign and return progress reports, communication folders, and signed papers. Thank you!

9/20

Sp. in ABC order
Read at least 20 pages!

Study 0-9 times tables for test Friday.

*Wed. is picture day! :)

9/17

All in all, today's test scores were good. Be sure to read at least 20 pages over the weekend.

9/16

Study for ELA Unit 1 test and spelling & vocab. test. (We will not have a dictation test this week since we're taking the Unit 1 test.)

Sp WS (spelling worksheet)

Study for 0-8 speed test!

Are you reading 20 pages a day?

Congratulations to Hannah and Catherine for filling up their frog charts!

9/15

WOW (Word of the Week) was assigned today. This is an ongoing, weekly "word search" and corresponding assignment. They are due EVERY WEDNESDAY, with the first one due 9/22.

Finish vocab. sentences.

Finish final copy of the personal narrative of "The Day I'll Never Forget."

Study 0-8 times tables.

9/14

Finish spelling 3x each

Study for ch. 1 math test!
Study 0-8 times tables.
AMP (Accelerated Math Practice)

Finish scientific method, safety guidelines, and tools list you started in class (if you didn't finish it already).

Please sign and return communication folders.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Hannah, Michael, and Brittany for already finishing all 50 levels of Math Facts in a Flash! Way to go!!!

Silly Bands

According to Mrs. Cook, students should not wear more than 5 silly bands at a time. Please be aware of and follow this new rule for everyone's safety and focus on academics at school. Thanks!

9/13

Spelling in agenda CORRECTLY in ABC order
Begin fabulous sentences (due Thurs.).

Study for Ch. 1 math test (Wed.).
Study 0-8 times tables for speed test Fri.
AMP (Accelerated Math Practice)

*This month's genre is fantasy.
*4-H Officer Election posters are due by 9/20.

Spelling and Vocabulary Week #5

Spelling
1. tuna
2. duty
3. lose
4. few
5. doom
6. bamboo
7. brood
8. crooks
9. hoof
10. hooks
11. booth
12. handbook
13. prove
14. mute
15. amuse
16. plume
17. hue
18. view
19. bruise
20. union

Vocabulary
1. quest
2. settings
3. reduce
4. buffet (buf ' it)
5. major

9/10

The students did really well on all their tests today! We didn't have straight As on everything, but they did well overall.

Be sure to read at least 20 pages over the weekend. Study for next week's 0-8 multiplication speed test.

9/9

Finish spelling 3x each.
Finish spelling worksheet if you didn't finish in class.
Study spelling & vocabulary.

Study for 0-7 times test!

Read at least 20 pages if you haven't already!

9/8

Finish vocab. sentences.
Read at least 20 pages in AR book.
Study multiplication facts (0-7 test Fri.).
*Ch. 1 math test next week!

Some students need to correct last night's math homework. When making corrections, do NOT erase the mistaken work. Rework the problems either at the bottom of the page or on the back. Only use a separate sheet of paper if there is no reasonable room on the original assignment. Thanks!

Study the rights and responsibilities of Americans. Know the key point(s) of each of the 10 amendments of the Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments of the Constitution). Test Thursday!!!

9/7

We hope everyone had a safe and fun Labor Day weekend! Because our week is a bit shorter, we may not be following the "usual" homework pattern (not that there really is entirely a "usual" pattern!).

Sp. in ABC order in agenda
Start on vocab sentences (due THURS.)
Please sign and return genre project sheet.

math p. 34 (1-13)
Study multiplication facts (0-7 test Friday!)

Sign and return orange communication folders/signed papers

This Month's Genre Project: Fantasy Cereal Box

Your child has a handout today explain this month's genre project, Create a Fantasy Cereal Box! Please sign and return the handout. (We will return this info sheet as soon as we know that you know all the requirements.) Thanks!

Math Practice Website

Go check out thatquiz.org to take practice tests to work on your speed with basic facts. (This website offers other quizzes, but we haven't had time to check them out yet.) Let us know what you think!

Spelling and Vocabulary Week #4

Spelling list
1. folks
2. greet
3. oak
4. theme
5. aim
6. grind
7. paid
8. bride
9. prey
10. growth
11. paste
12. tow
13. yolk
14. heap
15. plead
16. spice
17. greed
18. coach
19. shave
20. type

Vocabulary
1. advertisement
2. sauntered
3. commenced
4. original
5. wring
6. elected
7. impress
8. fireball

9/2

Finish genre project!
Study spelling & vocab.
Finish AR task.

AME (Accelerated Math exercise- MOST kids have one)
Study for 0-6 speed test!

Did you read at least 20 pages?

Bill of Rights Rap

We have been learning about the Bill of Rights, and a rap is helping us. You can listen to it HERE.

AR Task: 4 Sentence Types

Each week, students will have a required "AR Task" to complete. They will use their AR book to find whatever the week's topic/task is. These tasks are due on Friday, so they have plenty of time to find what they're looking for.

This week, they must find, copy, and label an example of each of the four types of sentences. Please include the book title in the heading and the page number for each sentence.

Here is the example that we shared on the board today:

AR Task: 4 Sentence Types
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

1. (p. 87) Shall we start with homework? interrogative

2. (p. 87) You said I could pick the topic. declarative

3. (p. 87) What a wonderful topic! exclamatory

4. (p. 93) Okay, hit me! imperative

Realistic Fiction Genre Project DUE FRIDAY 9/3

Don't forget! Our first genre project is due Friday! Be sure to finish the book and complete the genre report form by Friday. This project counts as two reading test grades.

P.S. In my haste to recycle, I printed the reports on used paper. Either draw your illustration at the bottom of the page OR use your own paper. Thanks! (I'll try to be more careful next time.)

9/1

Happy September! Can you feel a bit of fall in the air?

Study spelling & vocab.
Finish vocab sentences to turn in tomorrow.

If you haven't finished your AR book for your genre project, you really need to finish it tonight so that you can quiz on it tomorrow and then finish your genre project (due Friday).

Study for the 0-6 multiplication speed test if you didn't make a 100 last week (test Fri.)

Multiplication Rock: I Got Six

Maybe this Schoolhouse Rock Multiplication Rock video will help you study for Friday's speed test! Click HERE.