10/31

Happy Halloween!

Genre projects were due today, so please make sure you turn yours in if you were absent!

Math WS p. 43

Finish science Ch. 3 vocabulary definitions (1-12).

Finish narrative rough draft.
Study for this week's review spelling & vocabulary test!

Also, 13 students have been placed on a multiplication contract. Study those times tables nightly... or else!

Happy Birthday Jerin!

We hope that you have a wonderful day!

10/26

Sorry that there haven't been any posts lately! Mrs. Dyer has been under the weather with a cold, and the blog just hasn't been a priority.

Students should be working on their social studies presentation (due 11/2). It is like a mini CPA (speech & visual aid), but their visual aid does not have to be a poster. If you haven't already signed the project rubric, please do so tonight.

Finish AM Exercise (AME) if not completed in class today.

Finish sp/voc worksheet.

Are you working on your genre project? The candy corn book report is due BY MONDAY!

This Week's Spelling & Vocabulary

Spelling and Vocabulary Lists from the story Black Cowboy, Wild Horses.

Spelling: Words with the VCCV pattern

Monday – Write spelling words CORRECTLY in your agenda in ABC order – due Tues.

Tuesday – Complete the spelling worksheet – due Thurs.

Study your spelling words Monday – Thursday for your test on Friday!

1. dentist 11. culture
2. jogger 12. goggles
3. fifteen 13. summon
4. flatter 14. champion
5. mutter 15. kennel
6. mustang 16. valley
7. absent 17. fragment
8. hollow 18. gallop
9. empire 19. vulture
10. blizzard 20. pigment

Vocabulary

Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through Thursday for your test on Friday.

Complete vocab worksheet – due Thurs.

1. suspended – stopped for a while
2. vastness – greatness; immenseness
3. flickered – shone or burned with a wavering light
4. swerved – turned aside
5. enthusiasm – eager interest; zeal
6. presence – when someone or something is present in a particular place
7. horizon – line where the ground and the sky seem to meet
8. ravine – long, deep, narrow valley eroded by running water

10/20

Finish Divisibility WS.

Complete SS Ch. 5, L. 4 vocab (p. 164).

***Study for science ch. 2 test (Fri.)!

Finish DITB 9.

Study for sp. & voc. tests Fri.!

Our conduct reward luau is Friday! You may dress up, but remember to wear warm clothes for playing outside (sock/shoes, jacket, etc.)!

10/17

We hope everyone had a great fall break! Mrs. Cousin is doing a great job as a student teacher and has picked up the full load of responsibilities for the next few weeks. Mrs. Dyer is still around supervising as needed. Everyone is doing really well!

This Thursday is the end of the first nine weeks. All AR/AM goals must be met by Thursday to be considered for special privileges.

Finish math WS p. 38 (front only). Correct math test and get it signed if you made below 70%.

Ch. 2 science test this Friday! Be sure to study vocab. and the things you've covered in class, especially what Ms. Martin told you to study!

Drops in the Bucket #9 is due Friday.
Genre project sheets (candy corn book report) were passed out today and are due NO LATER THAN 10/31. Be sure to read a mystery!

Social studies vocabulary for Ch. 5, lessons 1, 2, & 3 are due Wed. (1 & 2 should already be finished, but if not, students get a "do over.")

Write spelling words in ABC order in agendas.

This Week's Spelling & Vocabulary

Unit 2, Week 3 Spelling and Vocabulary Lists Story: Maya Lin Architect of Memory

Spelling: Inflected Endings

Copy words in agenda in ABC order – due Tuesday

Complete three times each (2 cursive/1 print) – due Wednesday

Complete wkst. p. 52/58– due Thursday

Study nightly (M-Th) for the sp. test on Friday.

1. jogging 11. deserved

2. dripping 12. applied

3. skimmed 13. relied

4. raking 14. renewing

5. amusing 15. complicated

6. easing 16. qualified

7. regretted 17. threatening

8. forbidding 18. gnarled

9. referred 19. envied

10. injured 20. fascinated

Vocabulary:

Write the part of speech and definition from the glossary for each vocabulary word – finish for hw – due Tuesday.

Complete wkst. p. 52/58 – due Thursday

Study each night, Monday – Thursday, for your test on Friday.

1. dedicated ( ) –

2. equality ( ) –

3. artifacts ( ) –

4. exhibits ( ) –

5. site ( ) –

We will read the story Maya Lin Architect of Memory in class together on Tuesday. All students should re-read the story at home Tuesday night to prepare for comprehension work (on Wed.) and the story test on Friday.

Happy Birthday Paedan!

We hope that you have a very special day!

Happy Birthday Noel!

We hope that you have a very happy birthday!

10/6

We had a great time on our field trip to Smithgall Woods! Students got to seine Dukes Creek to check the water quality (which turned out to be in the good to excellent range). We then learned about the American black bear, Ursus Americanus. Did you know that if you happen upon a bear, you should make loud noises, make yourself as large as possible by raising your arms, and slowly back away? Our final station taught us orienteering, using a compass, and some fun math too. Our students were extremely well behaved, and I am so proud of them!

Ms. Martin will be collecting science workbooks tomorrow to check them (through p. 27).

Please finish making economics tests corrects (70% or below required).

Finish DITB 8.

Study for your spelling and vocabulary tests!

Happy Birthday Cameron!

We hope that you enjoy your special day!

Smithgall Woods Field Trip

We are going to visit Smithgall Woods this Thursday for some very fun activities like geo-caching and stream ecology. Please wear galoshes, old shoes, or shoes that you don't mind getting wet because we will be in the mud and possible even wading in the creek.

10/5

Please scroll down for an interesting post about today's Career Day that the students wrote.

Finish sp/voc WS.
Read AR!

Don't forget about tomorrow's field trip to Smithgall Woods. Please wear old shoes and dress for being outdoors all day.

Career Day

Our wonderful students enjoyed Career Day today. Mr. Bavero, our guidance counselor, welcomed eight different people to share their jobs with our school. The different careers included fish and game warden, flight instructor, yoga instructor, animal control officer, dance choreographer, court reporter, engraver/etcher, and acupuncturist. For this event, students selected three careers to explore and listened to guest speakers in the gym. We learned about exciting career choices to pursue, the requirements for the different careers, and how important it is to work hard in school.

If you would like to share your career, we would love to learn more. Please contact Mrs. Dyer or Mr. Bavero.

10/4

Study for ch. 2 math test!

Complete social studies ch. 5 vocabulary.

Finish WOW.

Finish spelling categories (word sort by plural endings).

Please sign and return communication folder!

**PARENT NIGHT IS TONIGHT FROM 6-8!**

Fall Parent Night TOMORROW!

Tomorrow night from 6:00 to 8:00 will be the UCES Fall Parent Night! Please make plans to attend. Babysitting will be provided, so the whole family can come.

10/3

Study for Wednesday's Ch. 2 math test!
Make multiplication speed test corrections if you made less than 90%. Next speed test Thursday!
Complete an AM assignment if you did not scan in class today. Make an AM corrections as needed.

Write spelling words in ABC order in agenda.
Finish vocabulary definitions.
Start on DITB 8 (due Fri.).
Work on WOW (due Wed.).

*Parent night will be tomorrow night from 6-8! Please attend! Mrs. Dyer is giving a presentation on SuccessMaker, and Ms. Martin is giving a presentation on PBS.

This Month's Genre: Mystery

Each student needs to read ONE MYSTERY this month and quiz on it NO LATER THAN 10/31! The project sheet will be given out when we get back from Fall Break (less chance to lose it that way).

This Week's Spelling & Vocabulary

Unit 2, Week 2 Spelling and Vocabulary lists Story: Rattlers!

Spelling: plural words

Copy words in agenda in ABC order – due Tuesday

Complete wkst. p. 41 – due Wednesday

Complete wkst. p. 42– due Thursday

Study nightly (M-Th) for the sp. test on Friday.

1. rattlers 11. difficulties

2. fangs 12. batches

3. countries 13. abilities

4. liberties 14. lashes

5. potatoes 15. identities

6. rodeos 16. losses

7. taxes 17. possibilities

8. reptiles 18. notches

9. surroundings 19. zeroes

10. beliefs 20. eddies

Vocabulary:

Use your glossary to find and write the part of speech and definition for each vocabulary word – finish for hw – due Tuesday.

Complete wkst. p. 42 – due Thursday

Study each night, Monday – Thursday, for your test on Friday.

1. species ( ) –

2. survive ( ) –

3. alert ( ) –

4. vibrates ( ) –

5. surroundings ( ) –

6. prey ( ) –

7. predators ( ) –

8. lunging ( ) -

We will read the story Rattlers! in class together on Tuesday. All students should re-read the story at home Tuesday night to prepare for comprehension work (on Wed.) and the story test on Friday.