Computer Lab 4/22

Today is one of the last days that we can practice OAS Reading & ELA at school!  Please complete the following tests and record your scores.

*5thLiteracy4

*5thLA4

*5thConventions4

Do you have any unfinished OAS tests?  If so please finish them now.  Thank you!

When you are all caught up, then you may go to Reflex.

Best Wishes, Ms. Brown!

Today is our student teacher's last day!  We are all going to miss her, and we wish her the very best as she begins her teaching career.  Best wishes and good luck, Ms. Brown!

4/15

As part of our "boot camp," students can earn points for their service branch/team (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard) by completing all homework.  They can earn a point for completing an AM assignment and earning 80% or better on it.  Encourage your cadet to work hard!

Coach math p. 44-45 (This is similar to the Domain 2 test on Wed.)

Study for civics test Wed.  (*Know the amendments!)

Spelling in ABC order w/a twist: Students need to alphabetize the words with suffix -able (1-15 in agenda) and then alphabetize the words with suffix -ible (16-20).  We went over this extensively in class.  Separating the suffix groups should help them remember the 5 words that don't end in -able.

Computer Lab 4/15

Please find and complete the following three OAS tests.  Make sure the titles match EXACTLY.  You may take them in any order that you wish.

5thRL

5thmedia1

5thnumbersandoper

If you score 70% or higher on each one, then you've earned free choice for the rest of computer lab time.  If you scored less than 70%, log in to CRCT Success Maker.

4/11

Finish AM practice if you didn't get finished in class.  Work on AM if you need to get caught up!

Have you read at least 3 AR books?

Study your spelling and vocabulary!

Thursday Groups

1.   Complete orange WB p. 87, and then get an iPad.  Be sure to sign your name to the list to "check out" your iPad.  (Find its number on the back.)  Go to Giggle Poetry. (Click on the title to go to the web page and then complete the activities.  You may share a computer with a partner.)
2.  "Little Readers"
3.   Frog game for CRCT-M review
4.  Computers: Click HERE to choose your activities.  Try to work through all five spelling & vocabulary rounds.  Once you complete all five, go to the Poetry link.  (This is the same as the iPad activity.)
5.  Math Task Challenge:  Work with a partner to complete as many of math tasks (successfully) as possible.   For each successful task, you will be earning a point for your team.  You may not repeat the SAME task for an additional point!

4/10

Coach Math p. 12-13

AM if you are behind!

AR!

Are you reading poems for your poetry genre project?

UCMS Parent Night

Don't forget about the Parent Night for rising 6th grade parents tomorrow night @ 6PM!

4/9

In addition to signed papers, you should have received the April class newsletter, a letter about the CRCT, and a packet about middle school.  Don't forget about Thursday night's parent night at the middle school at 6 PM.

For homework, students need to finish their WOWs.  Anyone who has not already read and quizzed on 3 books should read.  We also have students who need to work hard to catch up in AM.  Thanks for your help!

4/8

Welcome back!  It sounds like you had a great spring break!  Please scroll down to read all of today's posts because we have a lot to share.

HW:
Coach math p. 180-182
(Measurement test Wed. will be a similar format.)

Poetry genre project assigned!

Spelling in ABC order in agenda

Today's Poem: Sick by Shel Silverstein

"I cannot go to school today,"

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

"I have the measles and the mumps,

A gash, a rash and purple bumps.

My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,

I'm going blind in my right eye.

My tonsils are as big as rocks,

I've counted sixteen chicken pox

And there's one more- that's seventeen,

And don't you think my face looks green?

My leg is cut, my eyes are blue-

It might be instamatic flu.

I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,

I'm sure that my left leg is broke-

My hip hurts when I move my chin,

My belly button's caving in,

My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,

My 'pendix pains each time it rains.

My nose is cold, my toes are numb,

I have a sliver in my thumb.

My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,

I hardly whisper when I speak.

My tongue is filling up my mouth,

I think my hair is falling out.

My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,

My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,

There is a hole inside my ear.

I have a hang nail, and my heart is- what?

What's that you say? You say today is... Saturday?

G'bye, I'm going out to play!"

CRCT "Boot Camp"

To help prepare for the upcoming CRCT, our class is completing "boot camp" requirements.  Each student has been assigned to one of the five branches of our military and will be working as a team to earn points to see which branch is truly the best.  In addition to earning points, teams can lose them too!  There will be some (fun) physical challenges to help shape up our bodies along with our minds.

Each Friday of April will be "pride" days: wear your camouflage to help your team!  (No weapons, please!)

Final Genre Project: Poetry

-->Poetry Genre Project (Assigned 4/8/13; due NO LATER THAN Tues. 5/7/13, after CRCT)

April is National Poetry Month!  To celebrate, you need to read at least five different poems.  (They may be by the same author but they do not have to be.)  Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein are two fabulous poets for children, and they both have websites that you might enjoy.  (Please do NOT use Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends because we will use it in class.)

For your project, on your own paper, you must write the title and author of each of the five poems you read.  Write a brief summary of each of them.

Next, choose ONE poem to copy accurately and illustrate on a separate sheet of (plain) paper.  Make sure that your illustrations “match” the poem.  Include your name, the author’s name, and the title of the poem.  (This poem will be displayed in the classroom or hallway.)

Finally, choose ONE poem to read aloud to the class.  Be sure to practice reading it aloud fluently and with expression.  You will need to have one copy for you to read from and another copy to turn in before you read aloud.

Please turn in all pieces of this project together (no later than 5/7).  You may certainly present and turn in your work early! (*THIS PROJECT COUNTS AS TWO READING TEST GRADES!)

BONUS: Research different styles/types of poetry.  Write your own original poem.

Grading Rubric:

0 pts: Did not turn in OR did not write any summaries	20 pts: One or two different poems and authors; partial summaries		30 pts: Three different poems and authors; partial summaries	40 pts: Four to five different poems and authors; partial summaries		50 pts: Five different poems and authors; complete and thorough summaries of each poem
0 pts: Did not turn in or did not complete	10 pts: Copy of poem with no illustrations OR inaccurate illustrations		15 pts: Copy of poem with name, title, author, and minimal illustrations	20 pts: Copy of poem with appropriate illustrations		25 pts: Accurate copy of poem with name, title, author, and appropriate illustrations
0 pts: Did not read aloud	10 pts: Read aloud a poem		15 pts: Provided a copy of poem and read aloud with difficulty	20 pts: Provided a copy of poem and read aloud		20 pts: Provided a copy of poem and read aloud with fluency and expression
0 pts: Original rubric is not turned in and another one had to be printed		2 pts: Turn in unsigned rubric with your project for scoring purposes.			5 pts: Turn in this signed rubric with your project for scoring purposes.
0 pt. BONUS: Did not attempt the bonus	2 pt. BONUS: An original poem		4 pt. BONUS: An original poem that is generally correct	5 pt. BONUS: An original, grammatically correct, detailed poem		TOTAL*:

Please have your parent sign and date this sheet to acknowledge awareness of this project and its requirements.  Thank you!

Computer Lab 4/8

Today in computer lab, log in to OAS.  Scroll down the list of teacher-assigned tests to find the first 3 math tests.  Please complete them and record your score as you finish.  If you score 70% or better on EACH TEST, then you've earned free play time when you finish all three tests.  If you scored less than 70% on any of the tests, you need to go practice at Reflex.