Happy Thursday!!
First note: We could really use some more volunteers to help out with the brain laboratory that will be going on next Wednesday. So far we have just 1 volunteer. We really could use at least 4 more volunteers. You would help our class’ laboratory from 8:45-11:45 am.
Fill out the form above or email me back if you can help out.
FYI -- I was too soon on the math book being on-line. It will be up and running sometime next week. For now the students need to kick it old’school and bring home their physical book.
Same begin to today as yesterday. Students completed morning assessments for 45 minutes followed by Maniac Magee reading/writing. Students began taking notes on some of the racial and financial divides that east within the town. Maniac Magee appears to be naively oblivious to all of the towns troubles as he freely befriends people of all colors and socioeconomic status.
Math:
More work and practice with decimals and place values.
Getting students to grasp the concept that decimals & fractions represent extremely small parts of just 1 whole is one of the more difficult but foundational concepts we cover in 5th grade.
Therefore we watched this classic 1977 video. I stopped frequently so we could discuss how this ties into place value and also tied in some exponent knowledge.
In order to collect more information where they stand with writing and also further cultivate that writing voice -- the students participated in a free-write about this photo:
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| http://mashable.com/2013/09/03/amazing-baseball-foul-ball-photo/ |
We are going to share out their writing tomorrow. From walking around and observing, the students had a variety of creative ideas. Ask them what they chose to write about.
We also reviewed the previous two evening’s reading/writing about the debates and formation of the USA Constitution.
Ask them how an egg and bacon breakfast is just like the difference between a confederation and a federal government.
Wall of Random -- students are each allowed to bring a photo, drawing, cartoon, art work that is no bigger than 5 by 7; Whatever they bring in should be something that is important or matters to them. They will then need to share with the class the significance of what they are sharing. Whatever they bring may be traded out for something else throughout the school. Artifacts must be school appropriate and absolutely no potter-humor. It is fun to see the wall evolve and change throughout the year.
Students also were shown the instructions for our first book project and shown an example of one creative way to complete the project. This is not something that can be completed at a 5th grade level within 1 evening. I recommend completing 1 or 2 sections per week beginning three weeks out.
The NFL season starts in 30 minutes.
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
Math:
Page 18 and 19 (all problems) due on Friday
**please note, homework is from the hardcover book and students must write both numbers
Free-Write due on Friday
Do you squeeze the toothpaste tube or roll it? What is the advantage of your method?
1 full page or 20 minutes (parent signature if using the minutes)
Social Studies and Language Arts:
163-167 ead, answer questions, under-line and for sure do the summary question due on Friday
Vocab:
Make Flash Cards due on Friday:
confederation, federal, compromise, federalist, antifederalist, amendment, preamble, liberty, republic, principle
Read 20 minute each evening
Get parent’s autograph for the day planner
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