Day #2 of 2013 2014

Day 2

We started off strong.  We had 30 of 32 day-planners signed and people thoroughly completed their first homework assignments.  

We reviewed the Friend’s Day worksheet and students started their Summer Reading handout.  

We discussed weekly free-writes and my expectations regarding them.  Students will be working on a weekly free-write throughout the year.  It really is a weekly assignment where they work on developing their writing voice and being creative.  So students are not to be overly concerned with spelling and grammar rather they build up tolerance to create on a consistent basis.  

The goal is one-page or 20 minutes whatever comes first.  If they only can write five or six lines in thirty minutes we will build up our skills throughout the year where they become more prolific.  

Today’s free-write was “Tell me about your family….”  they could interpret that anyway they wanted and could describe their family however they wanted.

We covered more basic procedures that will make the days go smoothly.  

We also went to the library and “check out our books.”  The new system, year two, requires all textbooks to be checked out to the students using our school’s library tracking system.  It helps the district keep better tabs on purchased resources and they can reallocate books based on class sizes at all the schools.  However it does take some time to check everyone out.  

We began reading our first core-lt book.  The book is titled Maniac Magee  and is written by Jerry Spinelli

Today they book’s early chapters describe the “legend” of Maniac Magee and they discuss about the series of tragedies that have fallen upon Maniac during his first 11 years of life.  

Math time -- we reviewed last night’s math homework.  

Today’s lesson was about differentiating between numbers and putting them in order.  I encouraged students to use the handout with the list of all the place values through 100 billions if they need some assistance.  

The last part of the day students were given 25 minutes to work the handout “Tell Me a Little Bit About Yourself”.   Many students completed most of the 15 questions during the allotted time.  

Kind regards,

Mr. Hubbard

Homework:

Math pages 3 and 4 due Friday

Complete Summer Reading due Friday

Complete the “Tell Me a Little Bit About Yourself”

Read for 20 minutes

***Back to School Night is on Tuesday evening***

Wednesday #1 2013 2014

So our journey began today.

Thirty two eager to learn, yet still sleepy fifth graders.

Things that we covered today:

Mr. Hubbard's general rules:

Basic rules

• We raise our hands -- 33 people are in this room therefore it is polite to raise our hands.
• We respect each other INCLUDING OURSELVES
• We are kind to each other.  
• We have high expectations for everyone in this class.  

We covered some basic procedures that will make the class run smoothly.

For example: Water, pencils, getting up and using the restroom

We will cover more procedures over the next week.

We then took a Mr. Hubbard quiz/test.  Students were able to learn more about myself and ask me a few questions.

We also spent some time collecting and collating all of the classroom supplies. 

They had singing with Ms. Jones today.  She returned to class to inform us we were her only class of the day not to earn an outstanding review for behavior and effort.  Therefore we have our first goal for the new school year.

We covered why 10 most likely is the number our arithmetic system is based upon.  We reviewed place value for numbers up to a hundred billion.

Students were given examples of how to use their day planner.

Kind regards, 

Mr. Hubbard

Homework:

Math pages 1 and 2 due Thursday

Friendship day handout due Thursday

Read for 15 minutes -- read whatever you want.

Show mom and dad this letter (click here if it was not shown to you)  

Get your day planner signed that they reviewed all of this with you.