Day 6 of our 10 month journey.....

A super quick one today since I had a 90 minute technology meeting after school so I need to hustle on home.

We started the day off discussing Hurricane Irene.  It was interesting to hear the varying perspectives from the students and also get their input about its devastation.  

We also used this time to talk about remaining calm during disasters and how people trying to be funny or not in control of their emotions will actually endanger both themselves and others.  

The CNN student video also had a quick segment on how the Washington, D.C. zoo animals began acting unique and outrageous in the hours and minutes leading up to last week’s earthquake.  

Language Arts Practice Book (aka P.B.) -- we did a quick walk-through how we will use the P.B. this school year.  They should expect weekly assignments of spelling, grammar and vocabulary work from the practice book.  

We took our first spelling pretest of the year.  
Click here for a list of the words for this week:

DEAR time --- wow, this year’s class has been doing possibly the best I have had in nine years regarding using this reading time wisely and effectively.  I’m extremely impressed with all of the eager readers!!  
We also now have four students that have read 500 pages and brought them in to be signed off!!!

Math:
The students took notes today on:
1.  What to expect in tomorrow’s math test.  We literally walked through what was expected of them and we stopped and I encouraged them to write down key reminders.
Click here to see the handouts and notes that will help them prepare for tomorrow’s test

2.  Students took notes and wrote down their definitions for tomorrow’s math lesson.
Click here for the definitions and examples that should be in their math notebook.  

Here is great little video explaining commutative property.
Here is a great little video explaining associative property

P.E.
Get Ready for the Week and begin planning how to prioritize....
90% of the homework for the week is placed on the board on a typical Monday.
We then discussed how to best plan out our week so we effectively complete our homework and not rush through our homework.  
The homework SHOULD NOT all be accomplished in one evening, because then it is being done for the sake of being done.  Homework should be assigned with some direct value that will further skills or knowledge we are working on in class.  
Homework should also be done strategically and the student should not wait until the night is due if possible.  
This is a “learning process” -- we will continue working on prioritizing our work, the scientific data that supports the benefits of “delay gratification”, and accomplishing homework in conjunction with our varied life-styles.

Homework for the week (i.e. I reserve the right to add to this or modify as I see best meets our learning objectives):

Math:
Math handout and study prepare for tomorrow’ math test --- due on Tuesday
Chapter 1 test on Tuesday
page 25-26 (1-33 odds) due Wed
page 28-29 (1-29 odds) due Wed
page 30-31 (1-45 odds) due Thursday
page 35-36 (1-23 odd) due Thursday

Vocabulary Work -- all of this is due on Wednesday
Take the 5 challenge words--- give a complete definition and then use each word in a sentence that proves you know what the word means.  Students are encouraged to do the homework as flashcards to help with their end of the week test.
P.B. 3, 8, and 12

Grammar Work -- all of this is due on Thursday
P.B. 13,14 and 15

Free-Writes (this is a two free-write week):
1st one due on Wednesday
“Let me tell you about “Calci” the mathematical superhero.....”

2nd one due on Thursday
“So one day there was 139 goats in my backyard......”

Remember to exercise your brain --- read for enjoyment and to better yourself

Remember:
Thursday evening is Back to School Night!!  
Friday is a teacher work day so students do not have school
Monday is Labor Day so students and teachers do not have school

2:05 -- Monday & Tuesday
2:50 --Wednesday & Thursday

Kind regards,

Ron Hubbard
Teacher, 5th Grade
Dublin Elementary School
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• “If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
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