Day 144 of week 33
Happy Thursday
More practicing, more learning and more science were all covered today.
The morning consisted of reviewing questions from last night’s homework with 5th grade math and language arts. As a class the kids are doing amazing work. We averaged 83% as an entire class on the math review. The main area for re-review was (X, Y) coordinates (horizontal first and then vertical).
When then continued reading on with Johnny Tremain. The last two days have been really enjoyable as Johnny’s BFF, Rab, is starting to become friendly with Cilla. Cilla is the girl that Johnny doesn’t like but in reality he does like. So there is a “love triangle” brewing while at the same time Rab and Johnny are working with the Sons of Liberty to rebel against the strongest nation in the world. What was really awesome was that students all had an opportunity to use their reading comprehension skills and predict what would happen next between our three characters. With the technology it is super easy to share out and allow everyone to see the thoughts and work ethic of their peers.
We then had a library visit. Many kids used this time wisely to use some of the great human body books in the library as a reference for tomorrow’s big science test.
After library the students visited Mrs. Cho’s class and worked on some more area’s of math that proved to be challenging in our most recent assessment period.
Since tomorrow’s science test will be extremely challenging since it covers cells (human & plants), respiratory system, digestive system and circulatory system, we then most of the rest of the day to work on studying, watching related Brainpops and reviewing some of their floppy book answers. Despite our over 60+ minutes working on science today, students should still study for the test tonight.
We then did two intense 20 minute sections on grammar and then math.
With all that hard driven work we then ended the day watching this movie that left many of the students thinking.
May testing and healthy snacks.
Here is a sign up if your family can pretty please volunteer to bring 30 healthy snacks for a state testing day. Please try to avoid sugary snacks (e.g. some of those chocolate covered bars masquerading as a health bar or granola bar) and whenever possible not too messy since we can not get fruit juice or ranch dressing on our state testing scantrons and test booklets.
Mr. Hubbard
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
Albert Eistein
Homework for the week:
Homework this week should be somewhat on the lighter side. Therefore we had a long discussion about focusing and taking their time on the test released questions. More importantly they should use that time to review areas that they can improve on based upon their assessments and their in-class tests (i.e. Engrade); We have been working on making these choices and how to review the feedback to choose wisely. They should still be striving for the 50 minutes per night of homework however it will be somewhat self-directed for at least 20 minutes of it.
Testing is almost here (with updated schedule).
Here is the schedule:
April 30th Language Arts
May 1st Language Arts
May 2nd Math
May 7th Math
May 8th Science
All of them will happen from 10:30-12:30
Math:
Released test questions
61-81 due Friday
* must show work, cross out stupid choices
Here are all of the math questions:
Language Arts:
Released test questions
72-95 due Friday
Must have “because” sentences for each problem.
Here are all of the Language Arts questions:
Science
1. The big unit test will be on Friday the 26th. It covers cells, respiration system and digestive system. Memorize and know the study guide that they completed for today’s class.
2. Creative writing story due on May 5th -- journey through the digestive system
Final Week:
Test Retakes
prepdog.org
khanacademy.com
ixl.com
scootpad.com
freerice.com
brainpop.com movies
grammar ninja
May testing and healthy snacks.
Here is a sign up if your family can pretty please volunteer to bring 30 healthy snacks for a state testing day. Please try to avoid sugary snacks (e.g. some of those chocolate covered bars masquerading as a health bar or granola bar) and whenever possible not too messy since we can not get fruit juice or ranch dressing on our state testing scantrons and test booklets.
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