Moving to 3rd Grade!

Next year (2016-17) I will be teaching 3rd grade!  My email is still hdyer@ucschools.org if anyone needs me over the summer.  You can find my 3rd grade website HERE.  (It is a work in progress!)

So Long but not Goodbye

The end of the year is such a bittersweet time.  We're all looking forward to summer break, but we're going to miss the friends we're leaving behind.  I wish the very best to my dear, precious students and their families as you journey from the elementary school over to the middle school.  It has been my pleasure and my honor to be your teacher this year.  You all mean so much to me!  I hope that you will keep in touch, because you will always be a part of me.  I think the following poem may say it best.

Best wishes to you all!  Thank you for a great year!

PJs & Electronics Tuesday!

Today we went through our signed papers and are bringing home some of our favorite work.  Please clean out backpacks daily (and send backpacks to school each day).  Thanks!

The students have earned pajamas tomorrow and they may bring electronics for some game time at school tomorrow also. 

Don't forget that Wednesday is the last day of school and that dismissal will begin about 11:30.  Thank you for such a great year!

5/20

Thank you to everyone who sent in party items and/or came and helped!  We had a nice celebration to begin winding down our school year.

Please remember that Wednesday is the last day of school and is an early release day.  Dismissal will be around 11:30.

SS & Science Brainpop Extra Credit

Here are some extra credit Brainpop opportunities to be completed no later than Thursday, 5/19.

Science: Cellular Life & Genetics:

• Heredity
• Mitosis
• DNA
• Genetic Mutations

 Diversity of Life:

• Seedless Plants
• Seed Plants
• Amphibians
• Fish
• Insects
• Invertebrates
• Mammals
• Vertebrates
• Reptiles

Social Studies: Economics:

• Assembly Line
• Banking
• Budgets
• Interest
• Stocks & Shares
• Taxes

Middle School Accelerated Forms

If you would like to participate in the UCMS Accelerated Program, please turn in your purple form NO LATER THAN Monday, 5/16.  I realize the form says Tuesday, but that is the day of our field trip.  I do not want the kids to miss the opportunity to sign up because we won't be on campus.  Thank you!

5/11

I will continue to copy & paste our info and update as needed with updates in red.

Th: Mod 17 quiz & ch. 7 science test
7:15 AM Parent Review Meeting
Thursday 5/12 is our FIELD DAY (12-2).  Popsicles are $0.50 and gatorade is $1.  Please bring a bottle of water.  We may get wet so dry clothes and shoes might be appropriate.  (Students will get their field day shirts to change into Thursday morning.)
Study socio & therm spelling & vocab for tests Friday.

6:00 PM Rising 6th Parent Night @ UCMS

Fri: Mod 18 quiz
ALL LIBRARY BOOKS DUE!

Mon 5/16: Mod 19 quiz

Tues 5/17: Big Field Trip to Atlanta!  Arrive at school NO LATER THAN 7 AM!  PICK UP AROUND 6:45 PM!

Th 5/19: Unit 7 Test

Fri 5/20: CLASS END-OF-YEAR PARTY!

5/10-5/13

As you noticed if you checked your child's agenda, we are making up math assessments that we didn't take before the Milestones.  All of the math material has been taught and is being reviewed and assessed.  Here is the schedule for the week.  Tests are for math unless otherwise indicated

Mon: Unit 5 Test

Tues: Unit 4 Test
Study for Ch. 7 science test Thurs.
Study socio & therm spelling & vocab for tests Friday.
*You are receiving a ton of info about 6th grade in signed papers.  Parent Night @ UCMS Thursday @ 6!

Wed: Unit 6 Test
Study for Ch. 7 science test Thurs. 
Study socio & therm spelling & vocab for tests Friday.
BONUS spelling and vocabulary choice(s) are due by Thursday 5/12.

Th: Mod 17 quiz & ch. 7 science test
7:15 AM Parent Review Meeting
Thursday 5/12 is our FIELD DAY (12-2).  Popsicles are $0.50 and gatorade is $1.  Please bring a bottle of water.  We may get wet so dry clothes and shoes might be appropriate.  (Students will get their field day shirts to change into Thursday morning.)
Study socio & therm spelling & vocab for tests Friday.

6:00 PM Rising 6th Parent Night @ UCMS

Fri: Mod 18 quiz
ALL LIBRARY BOOKS DUE!

Mon 5/16: Mod 19 quiz

Tues 5/17: Big Field Trip to Atlanta!  Arrive at school NO LATER THAN 7 AM!  PICK UP AROUND 6:45 PM!

Th 5/19: Unit 7 Test

Fri 5/20: CLASS END-OF-YEAR PARTY!

This Week's ELA: Therm and Socio

Spelling: Greek/Latin Roots #13 therm and socio

*Quizlet.com and SpellingCity.com are a great online site to study the meanings of these words.

*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as how to spell them for the tests on FRIDAY.  Use the definitions to help you study.

therm = ________________________________   socio = ___________________________________

1.             therm (n.) a unit of heat equal to 1,000 great calories  

2.             thermal (adj.) related to heat and temperature

3.             thermometer (n.) an instrument that measures temperature or heat

4.             thermostat (n.) a devise used to control the temperature

5.             thermos (n.) a container that is used to keep things warm, such as your soup; a double-walled container that keeps things warm

6.             endothermic (adj.) heated from within the body

7.             exothermic (adj.) requires heat to be absorbed from outside the body

8.             thermograph (n.) a devise that automatically writes down (records) changes in temperature

9.             thermodynamic (adj.) caused or operated by heat that has changed into different forms of energy

10.         thermophile (n.) an organism that has adapted to living in a very high temperatures (heat), such as bacteria or algae

11.         social (ad.) friendly; a person who enjoys companions

12.         unsocial (adj.) not social; having or showing a dislike

13.         association (n.) a group of people who have gathered based on similar goals or beliefs

14.         associate (n.) a fellow worker or friend (usually related to an office)

15.         antisocial (adj.) against the basic rules of a group; harmful to people in a group 

16.         disassociate (v.) to break ties with a group; to end a friendship; to sever a relationship

17.         sociology (n.) the study of how people get along

18.         sociopath (n.) a person who suffers from an antisocial mental disorder

19.         socialite (n.) a person who is important or of high rank within a specific, usually fashionable group

20.         sociogram (n.) a diagram that represent each person’s friends in a classroom or group

Summer Reading Suggestion

This website matches up books with movies.  These might be some fun reads (and views) for the summer!

5/6

Today the UCMS 7th/8th grade Panther band treated us to a fun performance.

Fifth graders will have the opportunity to sign up for band, chorus, and other "connections" over the next two weeks.  More info will be coming home Tuesday.

*Today's tests got bumped to Monday.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!  Thanks for the great job that you're doing with your (our) children.

American History Review Videos

These videos may help you remember the highlights of American history.  Fifth graders are responsible for knowing about events and people from the Civil War to the present.

American History in 10 Minutes

A History of the U.S. in 11 Minutes

5/4

Today's testing went well.  We have social studies tomorrow afternoon and will then be finished with state testing.

Please study social studies tonight!
Also study spelling and vocabulary.

5/3

NO SIGNED PAPERS TODAY, but please sign & return the field trip permission slip.

HW:
Study for science Milestones test.
Finish AM if you didn't scan today.*
Finish SS ch. 30 if you didn't finish in class.*

*If students used their time wisely, they wouldn't have AM or SS HW.

5/2

Can you believe that we have less than a month of school left?!?  This week we have the science Milestone on Wednesday afternoon and the social studies on Thursday afternoon.

*Please wear sneakers Tues. & Fri.  The Rotary Walk has been rescheduled for Friday.

Scroll down for this week's ELA.

HW:
Work on AM if you didn't scan today.
Sci WB p. 160-163.
Study science CRCT review for Ch. 3 and ch. 4.
Write spelling in ABC order in agenda.

This Week's ELA: Tract and Struct

Spelling: Greek/Latin Roots #12 tract and struct

*Quizlet.com and Spelling City are great online sites to study the meanings of these words.

*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as how to spell them for the tests on FRIDAY.  Use the definitions to help you study.

tract = ________________________________     struct = ___________________________________

1.             distract (v.) to pull a person’s attention in another direction  

2.             abstract (adj.) pulled away from direct relation to anything; impersonal as in attitude or views

3.             contract (v.) to pull together to make smaller in size or bulk; to pull inward; opposite of “expand”  

4.             attract (v.) to pull into something; to pull into oneself

5.             extract (v.) to pull out by force

6.             traction (n.) a pull to the arm or leg muscles to bring a bone back into place when it is dislocated  

7.             protract (v.) to pull out; to make something take longer; to prolong

8.             retraction  (n.) a statement or promise that is pulled back or taken back  

9.             subtract (v.) to pull some out, therefore having less left over

10.         tractor (n.) a powerful vehicle that pulls farm machines and hauls heavy loads

11.         construction  (n.) what is built; buildings that are created or produced

12.         destruction (n.) the act of taking down or destroying something that was built

13.         obstruction (n.) something that blocks the way of things being created or built; something in the way

14.         instruct (v.) to build knowledge

15.         instructor (n.) a person who helps someone build knowledge

16.         reconstruct (v.) to build again

17.         infrastructure (n.) the parts of a city on which the rest of the city was built around: roads, communication, transportation, and schools

18.         substructure (n.) the base, support, or foundation of a building

19.         superstructure (n.) something built on top of something else; the part of the building that was built on top of the foundation or base

20.         misconstrue (v.) to build the wrong meaning; to misunderstand; to interpret the wrong way