Thank goodness we finally had some rain!!! It was so nice to walk/jog in the wetness on Sunday.
We started the day with silent reading time or the students were strongly encouraged to use this time to study for their big science test that is tomorrow. We discussed how our brain science article had confirmed how effective self testing works and that they should use that method to prepare for tomorrow.
We then took this week’s spelling pretest. Real test on Friday.
We then spent the rest of the morning reading Seaman and learning more about Lewis and Clark. The biggest events today were deciding which part of the “fork” in the Missouri River was still the Missouri River and which part was some random tributary. Also Sacagawea became severely sick for a while. Despite Lewis trying to “bleed” her she eventually overcame what ailed her. We ended the day with Lewis and the entire team now realizing that the Northwest Passage was not really what people had been romanticizing and hypothesizing for 300 years, those Rocky Mountains were going to be a pain to cross. Finally we left our reading and discussion with the Corp eagerly and desperately looking for the Shoshone in order to trade for some horses.
Science with Mrs. Cargo -- preparing and discussions regarding tomorrow’s big test. Your child should have their study guide that they received last week. If they know the study guide well they should be successful on the test tomorrow.
Math -- The biggest news was that I showed how equations behave and will produce a constant output that can be graphed in a straight line when the arithmetic is done correctly. I was able to graph out an example and also a X/Y box from tonight’s homework and make them into perfectly straight lines.
Students were given about 20 minutes to work on tonight’s homework so in theory they should be close to having it completed.
We rounded out the day with preparing for the week, discussing Friday’s Valentine expectations and working on some of our homework.
Regarding Valentine’s Day -- students should “decorate” a box or a brown paper bag for receiving their Valentine’s Day cards. The term “decorate” is entirely in the eye of the beholder and how much time a student desires to utilize towards this endeavor. Regarding Valentine’s Day cards -- they may either:
1. Use the class list that I handed them today to put a student’s individual name on outside of each card and sign the “from” section. or
2. Generically bring 31 cards, sign your name on the “from” section and equally distribute them. This is known as the time saver method.
My only request is that if your son/daughter chooses to bring cards that they bring 1 for every student.
Other things of note -- I’m feeling 98% back to normal. Some congestion however I have my voice back and my ears were deemed infection free. Thank you for the emails asking about my well-being :)
FYI -- Thursday will be one more 5th grade all-district professional development day. Therefore I will not be here on Thursday however please don’t think that I had a relapse.
I had another student again today request the book project instructions. It now has its own link on the right hand side of my website www.mrhubbardsclass.com It is due on February 19th. I am really really really expecting the students to use Common Core expectation skills where they have specific references to parts of their book that inspired their activity and/or their product. From their presentation or from their writing, it should be clearly understood why the created what they created and where they specifically in the book received it from. General and/or generic is not cutting it and meeting expectations.
The read a thon money should be returned at your earliest convenience. It was due on Friday however due to my fevered and sickly ways I failed to remind everyone. If you could pretty please return the donated money that would be highly appreciated.
FYI -- on February 20th the students will earn their pizza party for reading the most in 4th and 5th grade. Students do not have to bring lunch that day unless they do not enjoy eating pizza.
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
“You say misspelled I say reinvented” Alison Agosti
Homework for the week:
Math
16-5 374-375 1-14 all due on Tuesday
9-5 206-207 1-13 all due on Wednesday
10-5 224-25 1-15 all due Thursday
**please note student must show the two numbers being compared, to assist with learning students can NOT just put 1. > 2. > 3. < etc…
11-5 258-259 2-30 evens due Friday
Language Arts:
“Free” Free write due on Friday
Science test on Tuesday -- know the study guide by heart and you will be successful
Read 20 minutes every night and earn the Six Flags Ticket
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