SS Graven Week of Feb. 24

This week we will wrap up Ch. 6 in History Alive about the first English settlements in the New World.  Students have learned about Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth.  An assessment will take place on Friday over the material.  Don't forget that the online tutorial can be used as a study tool and can earn extra credit points for completion.  The tutorial is due Friday for extra credit.  As a reminder, the 3rd quarter is winding down.  Please be sure to check Power School for any missing assignments.  All late work is due to Mrs. Graven by Friday to count in the report card.

Online tutorial Link: http://www.tutorial.historyalive.com/

Homework
Monday-none
Tuesday-none
Wednesday-processing 6 in Ch. 6 packet (last page)
Thursday-study (use Ch. 6 notes, Ch. 6 in book, and Ch. 6 tutorial), Ch. 6 online tutorial for extra credit
Friday-Ch. 6 test

Graven LA Week of Feb. 24

This week students will work from Treasures Unit 3, Week 5 on main story of "The Unbreakable Code."  The focus skill will be author's perspective, as well as context clues, r-controlled vowel syllables, and irregular verbs.  The 3rd quarter is winding down.  That means students should have read 2 books within their Lexile range and taken 2 Reading Counts quizzes here at school.  Students have until this Friday to complete this independent reading assignment.  Also, Please be sure to check Power School for any missing assignments.  All late work is due by this Friday.

Homework
Monday-Read p.354-375, practice book p.127-135 due Thursday, 2 Study Island topics due Friday, 2 Reading Counts quizzes for the 3rd quarter due Friday
Tuesday-practice book p.127-135 due Thursday, 2 Study Island topics due Friday, 2 Reading Counts quizzes for the 3rd quarter due Friday
Wednesday-practice book p.127-135 due Thursday, 2 Study Island topics due Friday, 2 Reading Counts quizzes for the 3rd quarter due Friday
Thursday-selection test today, practice book p.127-135 due today, 2 Study Island topics due Friday, 2 Reading Counts quizzes for the 3rd quarter due Friday
Friday-spelling and skills tests today, 2 Study Island topics due today, 2 Reading Counts quizzes for the 3rd quarter due today

Wright SCIENCE Week of February 24th

More energy review this week!!  Thursday will be our Energy Unit Test and will cover the topics of light, sound, electrical energy, thermal energy, physical/chemical changes, and everyday forces.  We will have Monday to use Study Island to help us review.  Tuesday and Wednesday will be in-class review for the test!

Mon, Tue, Wed-- Study for Energy Unit Test (use comp. book, old quizzes, video notes, textbook, Study Island)

Thur- ENERGY UNIT TEST

Wright LA Week of February 24th

We will finish with The Sign of the Beaver movie this Monday in class.  Tuesday we will compare and contrast the the movie with the book and then begin drafting an opinion paragraph about which one you preferred and why.  This week we will also be working on drafting the Book/Movie Comparison piece.  Finally, this Friday we will have brief SOTB test that will check your comprehension of the story themes, vocabulary, and plot.

Mon- Finish Movie
Tue- Draft/Edit Opinion paragraph
Wed- Begin Drafting Book/Movie comparison piece
Thur- Look over SOTB notes to get ready for the test
Fri-  SOTB Comprehension Test

Sign of the Beaver Book/Movie Comparison piece is due Friday March 7th!!!!

Graven LA Week of Feb. 18

This week students will work on various reading skills from a variety of sources.  There will be no work out the Treasures series this week.  Focus will also be on the Dream Job writing piece as students edit and revise their writing this week.  The final copy of this piece is due Friday.  It's fun to see what the kids want to have as their job when they're older!

Homework for the WEEK
3 Study Island topics due Friday
Final copy of Dream Job writing piece due Friday (print 2 copies and be ready to turn in all writing process papers)

SS Week of Feb. 18

This week we will wrap up multiple tier timelines and begin discussing early English settlements and colonization.  Students will be working from the History Alive textbook once again.

• I can construct a multiple-tier timeline and analyze the relationships among events.
• I can describe the lasting effects of European exploration and colonization on the cultural practices and products of the Western Hemisphere. (HIST3)

Homework
Tuesday-multiple tier timeline
Wednesday-Ch. 6 vocabulary due Friday
Thursday-Ch. 6 vocabulary due Friday

Wright LA- Week of February 17th

We will finish reading and discussing the book Sign of the Beaver this week.  We should be able to start the movie version of it this Friday.  As you watch the movie, you will compile a list of similarities and differences between the book and movie.  You will be turning these notes into a writing piece that compares and contrasts the movie and book.  You will share your opinion on which one you liked better (book or movie) and why you feel that way.  No Treasures this week!!

Tues- SOTB Chapter 24 for HW
Wed- Spelling Quiz (words from last week, -le endings), SOTB Chapter 25 for HW
Thur- Introduce SOTB writing assignment
Fri- Start watching Sign of the Beaver movie

Wright SCIENCE- Week of February 17th

This is a sort of hodge podge week in science, but our major focus will be on Thermal Energy.  Students need to know what thermal energy is, how we measure it, and how it can be transferred.  There will be a short Thermal Energy Quiz this Friday!!

Tues- Energy Bike
Wed- Thermal Energy in class
Thur- Study Island review of Light, Sound, Electricity, and Thermal Energy
Fri- Thermal Energy Quiz

Bodker- Math Week of Feb 10, 2014

5th grade math students will learn about PEMDAS this week.   Once students memorize the Order of Operation, they really enjoy it.  We will spend Monday and Tuesday working many problems in and out of class practicing the process.  Wednesday and Thursday students will turn their focus to positive and negative numbers.  Students will be introduced to the rules for addign and subtracting positive and negative numbers.  Over the long weekend students should review the order of operation and vocabulary for this unit.  We will have our Unit 7 assessment later next week.

Homework

Mon- PEMDAS wksht
Tue- Math Journal p. 230
Wed- Math journal p. 231, wksht 208
Thur-Math Journal  p.  240, 241
Fri-NO SCHOOL
Mon- NO SCHOOL

Bodker L. Arts Week of 2/10/2014

This week in Language Arts, students will learn about and begin writing a comparison essay.  We recently completed reading the book Tuck Everlasting.  We then watched the Disney version of the same story.  Students will now write about the similarities and differences they identified.  Students will write their essays at school.  They are expected to use the writing process to write and edit their  essay.   We will also have short lessons reviewing  the use of  context clues in reading to identify the meanings of unknown words.  Students should expect a short quiz on Thursday to assess their skills.

Homework
Students should be reading 30 minutes each night.
Second Reading Counts book due: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Comparative Essay Due: Thursday, Feb 20th

Mon- Complete T-Chart for similarities and differences of Tuck Everlasting book and movie.
Tue- Book Contract for second SRI Reading Counts book due.
Wed-Newmark Worksheet due Thursday, Feb 13
Thur-No Homework.
Fri- NO SCHOOL
Mon- NO SCHOOL


 

January RISE Students

Congrats to Luke, Karis, Maddy, and Emily for being selected for RISE in January for our team!

Graven LA Week of Feb. 10

Students will read "Blancaflor" from Treasures Unit 3, Week 4.  The main focus will be on finding the theme of stories, as well as similes and metaphors.  In writing students will continue to work on their Dream Job fictional narratives by including dialogue and working through the writing process.  Students will also learn about linking verbs.  The spelling words for the week follow the pattern of consonant + le syllables, like in saddle, bubble, and medal. Students should have also taken their first Reading Counts quiz of the 3rd quarter by now.  Students completed official book contracts last week for their second book choice to stay on pace for the quarter.  The second Reading Counts quiz is due by Feb. 28.  All students should read at least 30 minutes daily!

Homework
Monday-Read Treasures p. 320-349, practice book p. 118-126 due Wednesday, 2 Study Island topics due Thursday
Tuesday-practice book p. 118-126 due Wednesday, 2 Study Island topics due Thursday
Wednesday-selection test, practice book p. 118-126 due, 2 Study Island topics due Thursday
Thursday-spelling test, skills test, 2 Study Island topics due
Friday-no school...continue to read and work on Study Island

2 Reading Counts quizzed due by Feb. 28.

SS Week of Feb. 10

We finished the explorers last week with the Ch. 5 assessment.  This week will be spent on Time for Kids reading with Olympic discussions, learning about timelines, and beginning to study the first settlements in the New World.  I encourage students to learn about geography and culture as they watch the Olympics over the next 2 weeks.  I'll share various apps and methods to make Social Studies connections to Sochi 2014.  Let me know if you have any great connections as well!

Homework
Monday-Time for Kids worksheet
Tuesday-get 7-10 dates and events from a parent for timeline activity
Wednesday-finish multiple tier timeline
Thursday-none
Friday-no school

Wright LA week of Feb. 10

This week for language arts, we will be covering chapters 20-23 in Sign of the Beaver.  There is a spelling list this week but the quiz will actually take place next Tuesday 2/18.  There will be a skills test Thursday and I will also be checking Treasures Practice Book work that day.

Spelling List: Consonant +le, +el, +al
stable, saddle, table, noble, cattle, stumble, terrible, beetle, kettle, eagle, royal, cripple, hospital, legal, label, vocal, journal, medal, several, sample

Mon- SOTB Chapter 20, Assign Treasures PB pages 120, 123, 124
Tue- SOTB Chapter 21
Wed- SOTB Chapter 22
Thur- SOTB Chapter 23, Check Treasures PB pages 120, 123, 124

Wright Science Week of Feb. 10

We are studying electricity this week.  Be sure that you understand what conductors and insulators are and how to build a simple circuit.  You should be familiar with the concept of energy transformation and that electricity can be changed into many different forms of energy. For example, an LCD projector changes electricity into light, heat, mechanical and sound energy.

Tue- Answer the review questions on page F73 in your science book, Write the answers in your comp. book.
              F73 Review Questions
1)  How do similar electric charges react to each other?
2)  Why are insulators placed around conductors?
3)  What are resistors and why are they important?
4) Are the lights in your school connected in series circuits or parallel circuits? Explain.
5) A coil that is magnetized only when an electric current flows through it is -----
        a) a battery     b) a generator     c) a conductor     d) an electromagnet

Thur- Electricity quiz

Bodker Math Week of Feb 4th

Students began this week by taking time to review there  Unit 6 Assessments.  Many students did very well and showed mastery of the skills we learned.  However, there were a few students that had difficulty with the addition and subtraction of fractions and data collection.  As a result, I decided to create a study group during recess each day this week. I will use the time to  reteach the skills that were not mastered.
I am so proud of all of the students in my fifth grade math classes. Without hesitation, your children have come each day,  missing recess, worked hard, and show determination to do well.

Our classes  have continued to move into Unit 7.  This unit will focus on parenthesis, exponents and order of operation.  Most kids really like this unit.  We did cover exponents and base 10 exponents earlier in the years.  As a result, we will quickly touch on those to review and then move onHomew to order of operation.

Students have taken vocabulary notes.   Please remind your child to review the vocabulary as those words are important to finding  success in class.

Homework

Mon-Math Journal p. 218
Tue-MJ p. 224 and 225
Wed-Snow Day (No School)
Thur-MJ p. 221 1,2,3 and Worksheet 198
Friday-??

Bodker Language Arts Week of Feb. 4th

Last week students completed the class novel, Tuck Everlasting.  This week students began the week with an assessment to check for comprehension and understanding of the book.  Tuesday, we began watching the 2002 Disney version of Tuck Everlasting.  Students have been asked to keep compare the movie to the book.  They will keep a log of things that they notice are different.  Next week,  students will use the list to create a comparative essay.   We continue to  reviewing and discuss verbs.

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Homework

Mon- Tuck Everlasting  character flip books are due.  
           Worksheet 61

Tues- Worksheet 62 and 63 (snow day work)
Wed- Worksheet 63 
Thur-Reading Counts Book and SRI test due
           Simile worksheet - Due Friday
Fri- Grammar Skills quiz  (verbs, helping verbs, contractions)

Wright Language Arts Week of February 3rd

Sign of the Beaver is our novel study for the month and we will be reading chapters 15-20 this week.  Students will also be completing Treasures Practice Book pages this week.  Our grammar study is finding and using helping verbs and main verbs in a sentence.  The reading skill that we focus on this week is comparing and contrasting.  Be sure to keep up on the journal responses that correspond to each chapter.  

Spelling Words: Vowel Team Syllables

footprint, laughter, bleachers, southern, fairground, grouchy, entertain, caution, appoint, grownup, flawless, applause, boundary, roughness, although, coastal, encounter, lawyer, faucet, doubting

Homework
Mon- SOTB Chapter 15, Treasures Practice Book pages 109-116 (skip 112 and 114)
Tues- SOTB Chapter 16
Wednesday Snow Day Assignment- SOTB Chapters 17 and 18
Thur- PB pages 109-116 due, SOTB Chapter 19
Fri- SOTB Journal Check, Skills Test, Spelling Quiz, SOTB Chapter 20

Science Week of February 3rd

We should be able to finish up our study of light and sound energy this week!
**There will be a quiz on sound and light on Wednesday.  If we have a snow day, then we will push the quiz to Thursday.

***Wednesday Snow Day Assignment***
1) Watch Bill Nye: Sound

2) Complete the guided notes as you watch!!
                 Bill Nye sound notes click here to download!!