11/2-11/6 Week At A Glance

The week of November 2 through November 6, 2015 
Science: Review states of matter
Play Who Wants to Be A Millionaire here  
Make sure your science notebook is up to date. See my notebook pictured below to help you. 
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Spelling:  
  • redeem
  • relieve
  • even
  • equal
  • scene
  • cedar
  • between
  • precede
  • beneath
  • believe
  • environment
  • habitat
  • characteristic
  • adaptation
  • survival

5 Spelling Word Work activities are due on Friday, 11/6 before the spelling test. 

Math: Unit 2 test Monday. Starting Unit 3 Tuesday 

Social Studies: Regions research paper. Students should have answered all of the questions on their regions question paper. Please review your child’s research to help ensure they write a quality regions report.  

ELA: Reading 40+ minutes each day at home  

Reminders:
  • Sign-up for Class Dojo- forms were sent home today. Class Dojo gives you a peek into our classroom &  your child’s behavior. 
  • Would you please remind your students that there is NO RUNNING CLUB FOR 4TH OR 5TH GRADERS THIS WEEK! Thank you! Mrs. Suarez 
Monday: Math test. Writing Research due. 
Tuesday: No School- Election Day. Teacher Professional Development
Thursday: Music Field Trip– permission slips were Due 10/30, please turn them in TOMORROW, if you haven’t already.
Friday: AM Half Day. PM- Teacher Professional Development. Spelling Test.

10/28 Planner & Math Study Guide

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Wednesday:

Math: 1) Study Guide      2) Line Plot worksheet if not completed in class

Reading: Read 40+ daily – School News was sent home, spend some time reading that!

Spelling: Word Work 3/5- 3 of the 5 Work Work tasks should be complete today. 5 are due on Friday before the spelling test

Handwriting: p.38-39 if not completed in class

Social Studies Regions Homework 10/27

Please see images below if you need assistance with your Social Studies Flip-book.

You should have the following completed upon arrival at school tomorrow:

  1. United States Regions” cover– colored & glued on to cover
  2. “Untitled” map Regions of the United States– colored by region & glued on to middle top section
  3. “Regions of the United States” – colored all the same color, layered on to the middle top section on top of the 1st regions map.
  4. “Climates”– colored, filled out & glue to the bottom left flap.
  5. “Dangers”– colored, filled out & glued to the bottom right flap.
  6. “Water ways”– colored, filled out & glued on to the top right flap.

This is the example from the website (ours is not color coded like this):

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This is an overview of our example:

 

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Zoom in of the “Dangers”:

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The cover

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Overview of our book:

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Please note that note all of my examples are colored. Your work should be colored 🙂 

If you need to see the pictures larger, click on the image.

 

We will be wrapping up our flip-book tomorrow by adding Landmarks, our snapshot pictures & the compass.

 

Don’t forget— spelling word work: you should have 2 out of 5 completed today. If you didn’t finish in class, you need to do it at home. 

 

*I will not be able to answer questions regarding the homework tonight, I have a personal appointment & I will not be on the blog. If you have a question, feel free to ask, however I will most likely not be able to answer in a timely fashion today. Try re-reading the directions above, or call a friend 🙂

Week At A Glance 10/25-10/31

We have a busy week ahead!

Math: Continuing our Unit on Base Ten, addition & subtracting with and without borrowing. Learning how to read and create a line plot. We will be taking our Math Assessment this week.

THANK YOU for the dice & playing card donations! Math centers are even more fun now!

Daily 5: Building our reading stamina. Continuing to Work on Writing, Read to Self, Read to Someone and practicing our Spelling Words during Word Work.

Writing: Finishing our opinion writing unit. Starting our informational unit with a focus on writing about U.S. Regions.

Science: Lots of fun hands on science this week! We are in need of many donations to help make our science experiments successful!

Social Studies: Wrapping up our Regions unit. We will be taking our common assessment this week.

> Students will show the ability to divide the U.S. into regions and explain why.

> Students will show the ability to identify which direction to travel when leaving from Michigan and going to a given location. Example: Which direction do you travel from Michigan to Alaska?

Spelling: Multisyllabic words – Long Vowels (i)

 flight, slight sigh, fright, bright, might, climb, twice, wildlife, mind, median, mode, data, maximum, minimum

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Monday: Picture Day!!! Students should dress for picture day & P.E. or bring a change of clothes for P.E. Students have a kicking test in P.E. on Monday.

Friday: Spelling Test (students must have 5 word work activities turned in to take their spelling test)

Halloween parade– students may bring costumes to change into after lunch at 2 PM. No bloody costumes and no weapons.

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Donations needed:

– 4 boxes of cornstarch for Science experiments starting Tuesday

– 1 package of food coloring for Science experiments starting Tuesday

– 1 small/medium container of vinegar for Science experiments starting Tuesday

– 4 boxes of baking soda for Science experiments starting Tuesday

– 1 box of borax power for Science experiments starting Tuesday

– 30 paper plates for Science. Must be paper plates, not Styrofoam.

candy or pre-packaged treats (bagged pretzels, bagged Goldfish, fruit snacks, bagged Chez-Its) for Halloween on Friday

7 pumpkins for Science starting on Tuesday

No donations are required. Your contributions help make our classroom a fun place to learn!