10/8

Work on CPA report (due Thurs.).

*Report cards went home w/the orange communication folders!  Please sign and return ASAP.  I am so proud of our kids!  We have 17 students who made honor roll and 6 who earned honorable mention!

Finish sci. WB p. 18-21.

Work on spelling & vocabulary choices.

10/7

Finish math WB p. 67 (7-11) and p. 68 AND finish any AM that wasn't finished in class today.

Work on CPA report (due Thurs.).

Sp in ABC order in agenda

10/3

If you haven't already started, work on writing your CPA report.  I told students today to read them aloud as if they were giving their speech and time themselves.  If the report is 4 minutes or longer, they are probably on track.  The actual report is due next Thursday, 10/10.

Study math p. 91-148 for Unit 2 TEST tomorrow.  Even though we didn't complete every lesson in the book, we have worked on the concepts. 

Study for spelling & vocabulary tests.

READ!  Tomorrow is the end of the nine weeks and the last day to meet the 6 book/250,000 word goal! 

10/2

Today has been a great day!  The kids earned two stars for good behavior while I was in a meeting, so we are up to 60 total.  That called for a reward, so we grabbed our lunches and went to the playground for a picnic and extra recess.

We have started a fun little project to put dull, overused, boring words to rest.  Each child drew a "boring" word from a box.  Their job now is to come up with more interesting synonyms for their word.  (A few students are partners.)  We will be making tombstones to put these boring words to rest- and to display better word choices.  Feel free to help your child come up with "better" words.  I have not set a date yet to make our tombstones, but it will be either Friday or early next week.

HW:
Finish CPA intro paragraph.
Finish spelling & vocabulary choices.

*Unit 2 math test Friday (+/- decimals)

*This month's genre is mystery.

10/1

*In the communication folder today you will find a pink letter from the principal and an orange newsletter.  Please keep these home and mark your calendars.  Thanks!

For HW:
Finish sci. WB p. 10-15.
Work on spelling & vocabulary choices (due Thurs.).

Week 9 ELA

Volcanoes by Seymour Simon, Week 1.9

Spelling:

Monday: Write your words in ABC order in your agenda (due Tuesday).

Tuesday: Make a spelling chain, “text” your spelling words, or color code them and provide a key (due Thursday).

*IF you made below an 85 on last week's test, you must write this week's words 5x each (3x print/2x cursive). Turn in on Friday.

Tuesday through Thursday, please study your words nightly for your test on Friday.

1. thrown 11. mood

2. scientists 12. explosion

3. clue 13. growth

4. dew 14. eruption

5. incredible 15. slope

6. volcanoes 16. bruise

7. boast 17. loose

8. cruise 18. rude

9. stroll 19. flow

10. route 20. gushes

This Week's IRA – due Friday:

Week 9: Cause/Effect Relationships – Use notebook paper with your correct heading.

Things happen in stories for a reason, and one thing leads to another. A cause is why something happens. An effect is what happens. Find at least THREE different cause and effect relationships (or events) in your AR book. Describe each event in a complete sentence in your own words. Remember the following key words and phrases that you can use: because, caused, since, so, and as a result.

Vocabulary

Monday: Write the correct word from the word bank for the given definition.

Tuesday: Vocabulary draw, sentences, or crossword puzzle with clues (due Thursday).

Wednesday: IF you made below 85 on last week’s test, write each vocabulary word in a fabulous 5^th grade sentence (use at LEAST 10 words)– underline the vocabulary word (due Thursday).

Tuesday – Thursday: Study vocabulary words and definitions for the test on Friday!

pursuit active subdue constantly lava

goddess magma reproach presume molten

1. ___________________: to get control of (a violent or dangerous person or group)

by using force

2. _________________: an activity that one engages in as a vocation, profession

3. ­­­_________________: fused or liquefied by heat

4. _________________: an expression of disapproval or disappointment

5. ____________________: to think that something is true without knowledge that it is

true

6. ____________________: moving around; busy; having movement; fully or

completely involved

7. ____________________: without stopping; continually; repeatedly

8. _______________________: a female supernatural being who is worshipped and

who is thought to have control over existence, some

part of the world, or some aspect of life

9. ___________________: molten rock inside the Earth’s crust

10. __________________: molten rock flowing from a volcano’s opening or vent

9/30

Can you believe it's the last day of September?  This Friday marks the end of our first nine weeks, so all goals need to be met by then.  I am really proud of our class's overall behavior and how much most of them are reading.

Fall pictures came in and were sent home today.  Please return the package or $$ as soon as possible.

*There is a 5:00 parent meeting this evening in the "band room" downstairs to discuss Title I.

For HM tonight:
Finish math worksheet.  (Not everyone has the same one, based on individual needs, so there is no page # here.)
Finish AM corrections if you had them to make.

Finish vocabulary definition match.
Write spelling in ABC order.

*Science WB p. 10-15 will be due on Wednesday.  SPICE kids will probably not get to work on this in class tomorrow, but the "hot tamales" will have time in class to work on theirs tomorrow.