Can You Explain How To Make A Peanut Butter and Jam Sandwich?

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your reading.

Reflexmath.com (Work until you see a green light.)

Edutyping.com (5 minutes)

Math: No math homework, but make sure that you are prepared with all of your assignments.

Writing:  Write a paragraph about how to make a Peanut butter and jam sandwich on notebook paper. Bring it to class tomorrow.

September 25, 2013

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your minutes in your planner.

Reflexmath.com Work until you see a green light. If you saw the green light today, this is not homework tonight.

Edutyping.com Work 5 minutes on the Course Lessons

Math:  Worksheet Unit 1-8 both sides Do Your Best to come prepared! Watch the video again if needed.

Writing: Studysync reading response paragraph. (Most students finished this today in class.)

Spelling/Vocabulary:  Be Ready for the TEST tomorrow! heredity, inherited, life cycle, offspring, organism, parent organism, trait, variations

September 24, 2013

We're Making Progress!!!

 Can We Get the Green Section to be Larger?

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your time in your planner.

Reflexmath.com (Work until you see the green light! The more you work on it, the faster the green light will appear.)

Edutyping.com 10 minutes on the Course Lessons

Math:  Math worksheet 7-1 both sides. Edmodo math video Unit 1 Lesson 8

Spelling/Vocabulary Words: For this week know the following words: heredity, inherited, life cycle, offspring, organism, parent organism, trait, and variations. 

 

September 23, 2013

Homework:

Read for 30 minutes and record your time in your planner. Make sure to write down your minutes in the little box on the right side. Have your parents initial/sign your planner.

Edutyping.com- 10 minutes  You should have over 145 minutes by now. This will be your technology grade on your report card.

Reflexmath.com- Work until you see a green light 6 days out of 7. It is better to work a little bit every day rather than one long session once or twice a week.

Math: Watch the 2 videos of instruction for Unit 1 Lesson 7 and Problem Solving on Edmodo. Follow the directions for the Edmodo assignment.

Spelling/Vocabulary: heredity, inherited, life cycle, offspring, organism, parent organism, trait, variations
Be ready for your spelling/vocabulary TESTS on Thursday! (The definitions are on your paper that you put in your planner.)

Please, check your grades on Edmodo. Is there something that you need to get turned in to me? Do you have the grades that you want on your report card?

We're going to dissect owl pellets tomorrow! Oh, yea! 

September 18, 2013

Congratulations to our class for meeting more milestones with Reflexmath! We've solved 58,000 facts as a class and we are now fluent with 1,450 new facts! That's truly amazing!

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your time.

Reflexmath.com Work until you see the green light.

Math:  (pink paper pg. 65 and 75) "I Want You" adding/subtracting fractions. Nearly everyone finished this in class or came very close to finishing.

Language Arts: Memorize "The Man Who Thinks He Can"

Ticket to Recess: Finish and turn in the paper about synonyms and Indian State names

Pajama Day Tomorrow!

 

Constitution Day

Today we had Brent H., an attorney, come to speak to us about the constitution and why we have laws.

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your time.

Spelling: If you were absent, make sure to complete "Word Study Week 2". You can find a paper in the extra paper tote tray on the coat rack.

Language Arts:  Memorize the poem, "The Man Who Thinks He Can" and recite it to the class by Sept. 27.

Math:  Go to Learn Zillion and type in two quick codes: LZ 974 and LZ975. If you were absent, you should also type in the code LZ973. Watch the math videos and then do the math problem in Edmodo to get credit for this assignment.

Reflexmath.com about 15 minutes

PTA Fundraiser-Tomorrow is our last day to bring in party supplies and junk food. ALL funds will go to fifth grade to help pay for a fieldtrip.

Crazy Shoes Day tomorrow!  

September 13, 2013

Mayan Ceremonies Monday
Tribes will dance and offer their rainforest "sacrifices" of fruits, vegetables, animal furs, jewelry, etc. to the Rain Goddess: Chac. Hopefully, the tribe will get just enough rain for their corn to grow, but not so much rain that it will rot.

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your time.

Edutyping 10 minutes

Reflexmath 10-15 minutes

Mangahigh  Work on pg. 4. Try to earn a bronze medal on those three lessons.

Crazy Hair Day- Monday!

PTA Carnival/Fundraiser (All money donated goes toward paying for fieldtrips.)   Our class has chosen to do a party themed basket/book. Please bring any party supplies and any kind of junk food. Thank You!

September 12, 2013

Reflex Math is helping our fluency of multiplication/division facts. We made some GREAT progress today!

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your minutes.

Mangahigh.com  

Page 4 of teacher challenges. Try to earn a medal for each lesson on page 4.

9-11

 This morning started out with the fifth graders listening to a true hero story, singing some patriotic songs, and then saying the Pledge of Allegiance together. Thank you to all of the every day heroes that inspire us!

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your time.

Edutyping 10 minutes

Reflexmath (Work until you see the green light.)

PTA Fundraiser Basket- We're asking everyone to donate party goods/junk food to go with our book. We will need everything donated within the next week. The money will be used to help pay for the fifth grade field trip.

Bears!

Bears: Today we actually had the chance to see and feel the skins of a Polar Bear, Grizzly Bear, and a Black Bear. What were your observations? inferences?

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your time.

Edutyping 10 minutes (If needed, the school code is elkmea49)

reflexmath.com Work until you see a green light.

Science:  Edmodo- Watch Monarch Butterfly life cycle

September 6

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your time.

Edutyping.com 10 minutes

reflexmath.com (Work until you see a green light.)

Math: Go to Learn Zillion app in Edmodo. Type LZ1436 in the search bar and search. You will come to a lesson about comparing fractions with different denominators. Watch the video and be ready to discuss this concept in math on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

Mealworm Condo

You will need a mealworm condo for Monday's science activity.

Find a small plastic container (or something like it) with a lid and airholes for the mealworm.

Put bran flakes or uncooked plain oatmeal in the bottom. You may also want to put a piece of egg carton, toilet paper tube, or paper towel roll in your condo.

They will also need a source of water. You'll need an apple slice, potato slice, or piece of carrot.

If you can bring a whole apple, we are using apples for another activity and that would help out. Try to bring a different variety of apple- Fuji, Gala, etc.

A mealworm is NOT a worm. You do NOT need to dig in the ground to find one. I will give you one in class.

This is going to be FUN!!!

Thursday, Aug. 5

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your time in your planner.

Math Unit 1 Lesson 4 (Edmodo)

reflexmath.com (Watch for your green light.)

Edutyping 10 minutes

Archeological Dig Tomorrow!

Remember your Archeological Dig Box and Tools for tomorrow's Social Studies activity!

Homework:

Read 30 minutes and record your time.

Math: Edmodo/ Unit 1 Lesson 3 (Watch the video of instruction and follow directions for the little assignment. Make sure to click TURN IN before typing your answer.)

Reflexmath.com : Practice until your light turns green.

Edutype: Practice for 10 minutes.

You have until Friday to resubmit any grade that you would like to fix for a higher score.

Play-Dough and a Shoebox

Play-Dough needed for tomorrow for our Social Studies activity.

Students were given a note with a recipe last week.

1 C water
1 C flour
2 tsp. veg. oil
1/2 C salt
 2 tsp cream of tartar

Cook on medium heat until mixture pulls away from the side of the pan. Dough should not be sticky!


Shoe box- Students have a note about our archeological dig activity on Thursday.

Find 10 small items that represent you. Do not use valuables, pictures, or put things in baggies. 

Write down your 10 items. Turn them in for your Edmodo assignment.

Bury your 10 items.

On Thursday, bring your box of dirt with your 10 things buried in a sack of some type so that no one will know which box is yours.

Bring some archeological tools like a spoon, toothbrush, paintbrush, etc.

Other Homework:

Reading: 30 minutes Read and record your minutes in your planner.

Math: Edmodo: Unit 1 Lesson 2 Parts 1 and 2

Social Studies: Dig Box due Thursday

Other: Parents need to set up an Edmodo parent account. Scroll down to see the instructions.
Many of you forgot to get your Passport signed. Make sure to get it signed tonight!

Digital Citizenship assignment is past due: Make sure that you discuss online safety and get your Edmodo paper signed and turned in as soon as possible.

Other info for Parents:

I'm in need of a room parent to coordinate other parents for holiday activities. If you could do this, please write a quick note in your child's planner.

I'm also in need of parents to come Friday mornings to watch the class from 8:25-9:15. I don't have anyone for this Friday. If you can help out, please write a quick note in your child's planner.

Please set up a parent account for Edmodo as soon as possible. Scroll down to the next post to see directions. This will be my main form of communication with you and I think it's important that you get all of the information about our class.

Thank you for sending me such great kids this year! We have had an excellent start and I'm really looking forward to knowing each student better. :o) 
 
 
  

Information for Parents

Please set up a Parent Edmodo Account. This will be my main form of communication with you.

Have your student log in to Edmodo. On the bottom left side panel is the parent code for your child. You will need that code to set up a parent account.

Go to edmodo.com

Click on "I'm a Parent" and sign up.

Here is a link for other information about the Parent Account. Parent Account Information

One of the first things that you'll want to do is to edit your notifications. Here's some information about your settings. Info about settings

Here's some of the information that you will be able to see about your child. Parent Info About Child