So we began our project work on Lewis & Clark and Seaman in earnest today. Students are fired up with ideas and working energetically acquiring their initial information.
CNN-Students
Today we took notes and this discussed what is a DUI and why do NFL players struggle with this issue. We quickly learned about the American job numbers and how it is hard to tell if numbers are improving or not since there are people being dropped out of the statistical data. Flu shot? Is it good or bad? Then we wrote about some of the worst areas that acquire germs in our classroom and in our houses. As the doctor recommended on today’s show, remember to wash those door handles every day. Finally we talked about the python snake overtaking the Florida Everglades. This lead to a long conversation about if it was ok to kill off the pythons, how were they destroying the environment and what do you do once you kill them (skin for shoes? eat the meat?)
Reading Comprehension:
We read about the invisibility cloak.
We practiced with what we will be using all week as a baseline.
Students are to highlight words that they come across that they do not know. Then they are to choose three of those words, write down the word and then write down the words definition.
After reading, they are to create a topic sentence about what they read and write a paragraph about that article. The topic sentence will basically either let the reader, me, know if they are going to do a summary of the story, expand on an idea discussed in the article, or state an opinion regarding the main point of the article.
There will be homework on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night using this format.
Math
Review the test-prep that we worked on during Friday’s review.
Students did amazingly well on the test-prep. On many of the questions we would have 80 to 90% of the getting the question correct.
Most mistakes were by students that became confused on how to convert an improper fraction to a mixed number and how to make a mixed number into an improper fraction.
For a few students they have proven mastery during our homework time and class discussions when it is focusing on one concept at a time, however they need to practice tonight when all six lessons are jumbled together.
Click here to see our notes from the chapter.
Project Time, silent reading time, homework time, writing homework down for the week and working 1 on 1 with students.
Today due to time constraints, every person or team was given 30 minutes to work on their project.
We rotate computer so everyone gets time to work on projects or the other responsibilities that we covered.
See below for information about the book swap, holiday boutique and the readathon.
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
Homework for the week:
Math
Click here to see our notes for this entire chapter.
Chapter 10 test on Tuesday
Page 270 7-25 odds due Wed
Page 273 7-25 odds due Wed
Page 276-277 8-25 all due Thursday
Page 279-280 12-23 all due Friday
Starry Hexagon due Thursday
Reading/Comprehension:
Education Article due on Wednesday.
Python Article due on Thursday
Current event article tbd due on Friday
For every article, select three challenging words -- write them down and their definition. The with a clear topic sentence, write a 4 to 8 sentence paragraph in support of your topic sentence.
Free-Write due Friday
What is the best thing about reading?
Science due Tuesday
108-111 read and answer
vocab cards
complete both sides of precipitation worksheet
On Thursday night, read for 30+ minutes and have your readathon sheet signed off by your parents. The current event’s article counts towards the 30 minutes.
Misc.
Holiday BOOK SWAP
On December 14th and 17th, classrooms are collecting gently used or new books (no more than $5) for a school book exchange. Children will be given tickets for their donations (one ticket for 1-3 books, two tickets for 4-6 books, and 3 tickets for 7-10 books) and each ticket can be redeemed for a book of your child’s choosing (swap runs from December 18th-20th during lunch recess). Leftover books will be donated to classrooms.
A Winter Read-a-thon!
Help raise money that will stay right in your child’s classroom!!!
Gather sponsors between December 13th through January 16th and read, read, read. This encourages students to enjoy reading and really helps improve their reading skills. Please help your child keep track of the number of minutes he or she has read!
Friday morning Holiday Boutique
Our 5th grade students will have an opportunity from 9:30-10:00 a.m. to shop and also help their kindergarten buddy shop in the annual Holiday Boutique. Students do not have to participate or bring money however students that do have money will have an opportunity to purchase items from local artisans and local shops. Our 5th graders will have two responsibilities: 1. help the kindergartners manage and hold onto their money and 2. provided they brought money from home shop for family members or for themselves. From 10:00-10:15’ish the 5th graders can also have their purchases wrapped for free by parent volunteers.
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