Tuesday, September 1, 2015

9/1/15


Upcoming Events:  
  • 9/3-Picture Day
  • 9/7-NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY
  • 9/11- Early Dismissal 11:30am
  • 9/25-NO SCHOOL Teacher work day
Attention Parents:
Please send an extra set of clothes with your student--especially on muddy days!
This week students are identifying the oceans and continents.
Science:
   EDMODO
  • We will be using a program called Edmodo for our weekly Friday quizzes.  Please have your child sign in and show you their score.
*Students took their first Edmodo quiz this past Friday and you can view that score on Edmodo.

    This week we will be finishing our unit on matter and energy.  We will do lessons on Mixtures vs. Solutions this week, then review before our test on Friday (also on Edmodo).  

EXTRA CREDIT:  Any time we have a test this year in science, I will give 5% extra credit on the test for any student that makes flashcards to study.  The flashcards must match the ones on my website at nsiders.weebly.com.  If you hover over the Science tab, you will see the test review section.  

***We will be practicing how to make and use the flashcards on Wednesday.  Please send your child with a package of blank index cards to use for this.  
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Math
This week in Math we will be working on writing numerical expressions. This includes taking a word problem and writing it as a numerical expression and vice versa
Students have HOMEWORK this week that is due Thursday, September 3.

Students in AM/ PM 45 classes will have a Quiz on Wednesday over order of operations.

Students in Mrs. Watson’s AM/PM 90 classes will have a Quiz on Thursday over order of operations.

Students will continue working on Rocket Math this week in which they will have daily 1 minute tests on multiplication facts. Students will benefit greatly from extra practice at home.
ELA info, Specials schedule, and Contact info on back.
ELA: Unit One: Why and how do we play with language?
Engelbrecht:
  • Language:We will finish up Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom/adage/proverb, alliteration, and onomatopoeias) seek opportunities at home to point these things out to your children.
  • Reading: We will begin The Phantom Tollbooth and Wonder is our read aloud. We will be finishing up with character traits and introducing character conflict.
  • Writing: Publish Biopoem about creative thinker
  • Don’t forget to turn in reading logs! They are worth 5 points.
Sandusky:
  • Reading Logs due Friday.
  • Reading- We’ve started the Phantom Tollbooth novel study in class. Each day we read the book and analyze different characters, story elements, or author’s intent. After our two chapters for the day students have a ‘quiz’ over the material that is 4 questions long. If your child is absent, it’s important that they take a book home the following day to make up what they’ve missed. The conversations in the classroom are what make novel studies fun! However, since it’s an ongoing project, they must be caught up in order to stay with the class that day.
  • Language: We will be focusing on Word Relationships; synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms since Phantom Tollbooth ‘plays’ with so many of these types of words.
  • Writing- We will be writing in our journals this week about our reading material, I will be looking specifically at capitalization this week in their writing.
Shultz:
  • First week of book logs! Read some each night and log it! Turn it in on Friday! Worth 5 points each week. Not extra credit!
  • Reading: This is the last week of our focus on reading standard RI5.1--Reading information text and quoting accurately when referring to the text. Our inventor profile project will be complete soon and then we will use the information we gathered to create a biopoem.
  • Language: We will work on spelling a select group of words with the long a sound and a few “no excuses” 5th grade words. We are also working on language standard 5.5 and identifying figurative language.
  • AR: Students will visit the library each Monday. We will be discussing AR goals, graphing our progress, and hopefully taking a test this week!
  • Read Aloud: Our first read aloud will be Wonder by RJ Polaccio.
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Week 4


PE 1
Art
Music1
PE 2
Computers  
Music 2
Monday
Shultz
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
Cornelius
Siders
Tuesday
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
Cornelius
Siders
Shultz
Wednesday
Engelbrecht
Watson
Cornelius
Siders
Shultz
Sandusky
Thursday
Watson
Cornelius
Siders
Shultz
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Friday
Cornelius
Siders
Shultz
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
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