If you get a chance, please take a few minutes to read this article that came out this weekend:
A great piece on the importance of reading for enjoyment and how to find great books to read.
Here is what I said on the class’ Facebook account when I posted the article:
The author lays it all on the line...1. He gives you a cornucopia of great resources to find book lists/recommendations, 2. He breaks down that the best way to become a better reader...”Just read” and 3. You need to role-model in your house how reading is important.
CNN students
39,000 troops will be returning from Iraq by December 31st . There is some concern about Iran’s influence after we leave. This will definitely help our domestic budgetary challenges. Turkey experienced an earthquake of 7.2 magnitude. We then discussed the European Union and their on going debt challenges and to what extent do the more stable countries bailout their fellow neighboring countries. Another satellite is falling into Earth and they were unclear where is was landing? Finally we discussed baseball’s efforts to rid itself of players using chewing tobacco. Some players feel this is the right thing to do since ballplayers are role-models. Some players so this was a personal choice and they had the freedom to choose to chew. This lead to a great conversation about Americans love with freedom and person rights versus a government’s desire to protect the common well-fare of its citizens.
Spelling Pretest
Note the spelling test and vocabulary test will be on a “special” Thursday. Past test given on Halloween Fridays have not been pretty.
This week's review words
Writing:
We reviewed the ways to write a compare and contrast essay. Students were then given 35 minutes to begin writing their rough draft in class. 3/4th of the students choose to diligently work and will less homework while the other 1/4th chose to have more homework.
Rough draft is due on Wednesday morning
1st Trimester Math Assessment
Student did not have to specially study for this assessment. It was a reflection on how well they have retained the math concepts covered in the first 9 weeks of the trimester. This took on average about 70 minutes to complete.
P.E. -- they were outside in this beautiful sunny weather.
Discuss this week’s Bill of Rights / amendment assignment
Each student was given a poster paper and assigned one of the 10 amendments from our Bill of Rights. The students will be given time in class to research what their Amendment means and create a poster that either defines, symbolizes or explains the meaning of their assigned amendment.
Prepare for the week..
We used Luigi’s day planner and we practiced writing and prioritizing this week’s homework assignments.
Students had about 20 minutes to work on homework, study for tomorrow’s science test and work on www.IXL.com
Friday -- We have about a 2 hour gap between the end of the Halloween parade until lunch time on Friday. Since students minds are often on scary things, soon acquiring large amounts of sugar and it being Friday, we are going to watch a movie during that 2 hour period.
I have chosen A Princess Bride. It is PG so I do require your written permission your son/daughter may watch the movie.
Here is the document to print up and sign that it is ok for them to watch the movie. I also included links to sites that will give you a review from a parent’s perspective.
Kind regards,
Ron Hubbard
Page 195 1-24 all due Tuesday **students should write down the box of divisibility rules into their math notebook.
Page 199-200 1-29 odd due Wednesday
Page 202-203 1-31 odd due Thursday
Page 204-205 4-24 all due Friday
Science:
Have a well written completely filled out -- science study guide due Tuesday. Study for the Tuesday test in science.
Writing:
Rough draft of the compare and contrast essay is due on Wednesday.
Final draft due on Thursday (they will be given time to type this out on Wednesday and Thursday in class).
Book Card is due on Friday
Click here for the instructions and also you can try dropping your file into the book card folder
**I set up this folder so you can sign in and drop off book card files (power points or PDFs)
X and Y coordinate graphing and art is due on Thursday.
Free Write due on Thursday
A true free write - -any subject that you want
Short animal poems must be memorized by Wednesday for a dramatic presentation
Extra credit:
CNN students had a restaurant that makes a jumbo hamburger. It contains 540,000 calories!!! Assuming a 11 year old should eat around 2,100 calories per day, how many 5th graders could that feed?
Bill of Rights / Amendment Poster is due on Friday
They were given verbal instructions and we discussed how to research your ammendment further. However I will get written instructions created by tomorrow’s update.
Red Ribbon Week:
Tuesday --- wacky socks or wacky shoes or BOTH
Wednesday --- support your favorite sport team and dress up in sports clothing
Thursday -- 5th graders are supposed to wear white
A great piece on the importance of reading for enjoyment and how to find great books to read.
Here is what I said on the class’ Facebook account when I posted the article:
The author lays it all on the line...1. He gives you a cornucopia of great resources to find book lists/recommendations, 2. He breaks down that the best way to become a better reader...”Just read” and 3. You need to role-model in your house how reading is important.
CNN students
39,000 troops will be returning from Iraq by December 31st . There is some concern about Iran’s influence after we leave. This will definitely help our domestic budgetary challenges. Turkey experienced an earthquake of 7.2 magnitude. We then discussed the European Union and their on going debt challenges and to what extent do the more stable countries bailout their fellow neighboring countries. Another satellite is falling into Earth and they were unclear where is was landing? Finally we discussed baseball’s efforts to rid itself of players using chewing tobacco. Some players feel this is the right thing to do since ballplayers are role-models. Some players so this was a personal choice and they had the freedom to choose to chew. This lead to a great conversation about Americans love with freedom and person rights versus a government’s desire to protect the common well-fare of its citizens.
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| President #44 on Day 44 |
Spelling Pretest
Note the spelling test and vocabulary test will be on a “special” Thursday. Past test given on Halloween Fridays have not been pretty.
This week's review words
Writing:
We reviewed the ways to write a compare and contrast essay. Students were then given 35 minutes to begin writing their rough draft in class. 3/4th of the students choose to diligently work and will less homework while the other 1/4th chose to have more homework.
Rough draft is due on Wednesday morning
1st Trimester Math Assessment
Student did not have to specially study for this assessment. It was a reflection on how well they have retained the math concepts covered in the first 9 weeks of the trimester. This took on average about 70 minutes to complete.
P.E. -- they were outside in this beautiful sunny weather.
Discuss this week’s Bill of Rights / amendment assignment
Each student was given a poster paper and assigned one of the 10 amendments from our Bill of Rights. The students will be given time in class to research what their Amendment means and create a poster that either defines, symbolizes or explains the meaning of their assigned amendment.
Prepare for the week..
We used Luigi’s day planner and we practiced writing and prioritizing this week’s homework assignments.
Students had about 20 minutes to work on homework, study for tomorrow’s science test and work on www.IXL.com
Friday -- We have about a 2 hour gap between the end of the Halloween parade until lunch time on Friday. Since students minds are often on scary things, soon acquiring large amounts of sugar and it being Friday, we are going to watch a movie during that 2 hour period.
I have chosen A Princess Bride. It is PG so I do require your written permission your son/daughter may watch the movie.
Here is the document to print up and sign that it is ok for them to watch the movie. I also included links to sites that will give you a review from a parent’s perspective.
Kind regards,
Ron Hubbard
Mr. Hubbard
Use my Gmail account and you can make me your coach on http://www.khanacademy.org/class_profile
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
- Mark Twain
Homework for the week:
Math Page 195 1-24 all due Tuesday **students should write down the box of divisibility rules into their math notebook.
Page 199-200 1-29 odd due Wednesday
Page 202-203 1-31 odd due Thursday
Page 204-205 4-24 all due Friday
Science:
Have a well written completely filled out -- science study guide due Tuesday. Study for the Tuesday test in science.
Writing:
Rough draft of the compare and contrast essay is due on Wednesday.
Final draft due on Thursday (they will be given time to type this out on Wednesday and Thursday in class).
Book Card is due on Friday
Click here for the instructions and also you can try dropping your file into the book card folder
**I set up this folder so you can sign in and drop off book card files (power points or PDFs)
X and Y coordinate graphing and art is due on Thursday.
Free Write due on Thursday
A true free write - -any subject that you want
Short animal poems must be memorized by Wednesday for a dramatic presentation
Extra credit:
CNN students had a restaurant that makes a jumbo hamburger. It contains 540,000 calories!!! Assuming a 11 year old should eat around 2,100 calories per day, how many 5th graders could that feed?
Bill of Rights / Amendment Poster is due on Friday
They were given verbal instructions and we discussed how to research your ammendment further. However I will get written instructions created by tomorrow’s update.
Red Ribbon Week:
Tuesday --- wacky socks or wacky shoes or BOTH
Wednesday --- support your favorite sport team and dress up in sports clothing
Thursday -- 5th graders are supposed to wear white
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