Week 2 August 30, 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010

 

Week 2…..

We started the day getting down to math business. We continued working on the math assessment that we started on Friday. This is not "graded" per se rather I use the assessment to see what 5^th grade standards students already know.

 

After this math, we moved our desks around to factor in some of the early talking challenges we were facing. We also took some questions about band, valet and discussing a typical Monday/Tuesday.

 

We took a spelling pretest. The real test will be on Thursday (no school for the kids this Friday).

Here is the link to the spelling words:

http://www.eduplace.com/spellinglists/index.html#g5

We are using this link every week so feel free to make it a favorite.

 

Challenge word vocabulary work:

The 5 challenge words need to be defined and used in a sentence that shows you know what the word means. The 5 challenge words are found in the link above.

 

We started talking about this month's theme, Nature's Future.

Many of students had their Practice Book open and were able complete page 3;

We had a long talk regarding earthquakes. Based on the questions and the comments many of students could create their theme project based just on earthquakes.

 

We walked through the reading comprehension strategy for the week – inferences and predicting. We looked at the PB pages and the open-ended questions at the end of this week's story.

 

We then reviewed Friday's math lesson about 1-4 – ordering decimals. There was also an emphasis on using proper mathematical language to describe decimals. (e.g. 0.05 is said as "zero and five hundredths). We then previewed tomorrow's lesson on problem solving with decimals.

 

Misc things of note:

Valet – if you are interested in being a valet, please return the paperwork

Band—students should have brought home the packet on Friday. Return this to the office ASAP.

Back to School is Thursday night – they changed the time, NOW it at the following times:

• 6:00-6:45         K,1,2,3
  
• 6:45-7:15         Community Meeting in MP
  
• 7:15-8:00         4,5
  

 

No school on Friday, it is a teacher workday.

Homework for the week:

Math

HC Page 12-13     1-16 all (pb 1-4R or page 13 17-19) due Tuesday

HC page 16 7-14 all and page 18/19 1-14 all due Wednesday

Unit 1 test is on Wednesday

HC page 25 1-26 all (pb 2-1 R or page 25 27-34 all)     due Thursday

 

Reading Comprehension: All due Thursday

Read pages 26-46

Hardcover book page 46 1-4 and #6 – answer in complete sentences

P.B. 4 and 5

 

Vocabulary Work: All due Wednesday

http://www.eduplace.com/spellinglists/index.html#g5

Define and use in a sentence the 5 challenge words

P.B. 3, 8, and 12

 

Grammar: Type of Sentences due on Thursday

P.B. 13, 14 and 15

 

Free-write due Thursday

The most dangerous thing in my house is……..

 

Thursday – spelling test, vocab test and reading test on this week's story.

 

Kind regards,

Ron Hubbard