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| Our May 2nd Classroom Brainstorm! |
The next three days will be the heart of our state testing. We will have language arts on Tuesday and Wednesday. Then we will take the math portion on Thursday morning.
We spent the time reading, practicing on language arts test prep, reviewing math and peer editing our poems.
We did start of the day discussing the Osama Bin Laden events that occurred last night. since there was a ton of questions and preclass discussion regarding this. I tried to focus on the facts that I read and observed last night. I also tried to explain why some people may have experienced a sense of closure regarding this however I encouraged them to speak with their own family about the death penalty and justice.
If your child wants to do some prepping here is the links for California’s released questions:
The key to success is having your student read the short passages three times.
The first time just to read the passage and get a general sense of what the story is about.
The second time, they read it, mark it, star it, and try to underline and decipher the story in a way they can intimately know the passage.
The third read is just basically putting the story in your own words and marking parts that you think will have clues to potential questions.
Math:
We used the response devices and reviewed 14 different questions based on their survey result and reviewing important ideas.
If you want to see our notes CLICK HERE.
They then had 30 minutes to work on www.pearsonsuccessnet.com on challenging 5th grade areas or work one on one with me.
Finally we peer edited four more well thought out and written poems.
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
Homework:
The M,M,M, and R rap due next Friday
Click here for math notes and the mmmr rap
For our ramp up on fractions, students need to bring in a recipe and be clear how many servings it makes. This way we can be “chefs” and cut recipes in ½ or double/triple the recipe.
Study for the first 13 states and capitals test
Click here to practice your states and capitals
Exercise -- especially if your child tends to get nervous with testing have them burn off their increased adrenaline.
More sleep than usual -- well rested people perform better
Be full of water
Great breakfast with complex carbohydrates and/or proteins.
We spent the time reading, practicing on language arts test prep, reviewing math and peer editing our poems.
We did start of the day discussing the Osama Bin Laden events that occurred last night. since there was a ton of questions and preclass discussion regarding this. I tried to focus on the facts that I read and observed last night. I also tried to explain why some people may have experienced a sense of closure regarding this however I encouraged them to speak with their own family about the death penalty and justice.
If your child wants to do some prepping here is the links for California’s released questions:
- If you would like your child to begin reviewing “all” of the released test questions, CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RELEASED QUESTIONS
- Here is another link that may be useful, just choose “sample questions” and the section/grade level. CLICK HERE
- The blueprints are very useful so your students can understand which specific question they will be tested on. CLICK HERE FOR THE BLUEPRINTS
The key to success is having your student read the short passages three times.
The first time just to read the passage and get a general sense of what the story is about.
The second time, they read it, mark it, star it, and try to underline and decipher the story in a way they can intimately know the passage.
The third read is just basically putting the story in your own words and marking parts that you think will have clues to potential questions.
Math:
We used the response devices and reviewed 14 different questions based on their survey result and reviewing important ideas.
If you want to see our notes CLICK HERE.
They then had 30 minutes to work on www.pearsonsuccessnet.com on challenging 5th grade areas or work one on one with me.
Finally we peer edited four more well thought out and written poems.
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
Homework:
The M,M,M, and R rap due next Friday
Click here for math notes and the mmmr rap
For our ramp up on fractions, students need to bring in a recipe and be clear how many servings it makes. This way we can be “chefs” and cut recipes in ½ or double/triple the recipe.
Study for the first 13 states and capitals test
Click here to practice your states and capitals
Exercise -- especially if your child tends to get nervous with testing have them burn off their increased adrenaline.
More sleep than usual -- well rested people perform better
Be full of water
Great breakfast with complex carbohydrates and/or proteins.
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