Monday, September 13, 2010

Our first five day week of the year…..

It was a busy day since Monday is a big let's get organized and plan out our week day.

 

Spelling Pretest –

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

 

We re-reviewed conjunction usage.

 

We then spoke some about this week's story. It concerns volcanoes and it once again a non fiction story.

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/dynamic/dyn_vol-ca.html

 

Students were given 30 minutes to either read independently or begin reading about volcanoes.

 

After recess we prepped for tomorrow's chapter 2 test. Students can prep for the test in the following ways:

1^st – do tonight's homework

2^nd—go on-line and take the chapter 2 test. Whatever questions they miss, they will be offered a follow up tutoring lesson.

3^rd--- study this test so you can see what tomorrow's test will be like (very similar however the numbers are changed to protect the innocent). Here is the link: http://www.box.net/shared/3j9zd7ouuu

4^th—make sure their math notebook has any type of notes or reminders that will be help them succeed.

Students were given 25 minutes to begin working on tonight's homework and when finished to work on the on-line chapter 2 test since it will give them immediate feedback regarding what they need to work on.

 

Students then read this week's story on volcanoes for 20 minutes with a partner.

 

After lunch we discussed other successful ways to prioritize and manage your time.

I spoke about the 4 quadrants and the need to work in the area titled "important and NOT urgent" and too often we work on activities that are urgent and NOT important or worse yet, NOT urgent and NOT important.

We then discussed the good old fashioned "prioritize and make a top 10 list"; We did a few examples to each style and how you can use these as a student.

I have attached the examples that we discussed and students can save the file and print this up for future use.

http://www.box.net/shared/5kb8klkifd

Finally we were given 15 minutes plan out and strategize the game plan for this week based on our weekly homework expectations.

 

Homework for the week:

Photo Day is 9/16/2010 around 11:15'ish;

 

Math:

Due Tuesday Page 46-47 all and chapter 2 test Tuesday

Due Wednesday Page 52-53 8-25 **also write the four properties in your math notebook

Due Thursday Page 54-55 7-18 plus 1-6 OR 19-23

Due Friday pages 57-58 5-27 **11 of the multiplication problems must be decomposed.

 

Free-Write due Friday – this week a true free-write; write about whatever you want

Vocabulary Work due Wednesday – 5 challenge words, P.B. 38, 43, and 47

Grammar Work due Thursday – P.B. 48, 49, and 50

Science due Thursday – 20 flash cards written out and the test is Thursday

Social Studies due Friday read pages 155-162

Due Friday -- Language Arts Comprehension:

Read 78-100

On page 100 – you choose 3 questions and answer them in complete sentences

P.B. 39/40

 

Kind regards,

Ron