Wednesday, December 1st

Short and sweet......
It was  a crazy day with another assembly and special visit from Joseph Savage.

We started off with a library trip.  Ms. Klein read a picture book about Hanukkah.  

Upon returning they worked on finalizing their projects.  Tomorrow the presentations begin in earnest and I look forward to seeing the projects.

We did math today.  The students all aced yesterday’s math homework and we used the response devices to go over tonight’s.   Everyone who has been doing fractions for a while earned 100% or near 100%.   So tonight’s homework should be completed or just about completed:
234-235 2-32 evens due Thursday

We had our assembly with Soul Shoppe  
http://www.soulshoppe.com/aboutus/testimonials.html
It focused on bullying and it was great.  I have always really enjoyed the work that this company does towards building community and having open conversations with the 5th graders.

Upon returning, we watched another video that focused on the importance of collaborating and giving your ideas time to become significant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNwMut3-z1Y

After lunch, I taught some science.  We watched a Brainpop on the Atom.  They then took a 10 question quiz on the movie.  
As a follow up to this lesson, we watched two videos that cover the idea of atoms and molecules:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy0m7jnyv6U
http://vimeo.com/4433312

Joseph Savage then returned to our class and ended the day discussing about bullying and how to best cope and lesson it happening in our school and community.  

Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard

Homework for the week:
Comprehension:
Read 260-280 by Thursday
Answer two questions on page 280 by Friday.  Only two so make them your masterpiece, complete answers that refer back to the story and completely written.
P.B. 140-141 by Friday
AR test by Friday

Free-Write due on Friday
“This year Santa was on steroids....”

Grammar due by Thursday:
P.B. 149, 150, and 151

Graph work due for Mrs. Cargo’s class due on Thursday.
See her if you do not still have your graph

Math for the week:
234-235 2-32 evens due Thursday
236-237 1-17 all due Friday must show on a number line
240-241 1-14 all due Tuesday, December 7th
Chapter 10 Version A all due Wednesday, December 8th
Test will be on Wednesday, December 8th