Monday, December 10, 2012
Virtue of the Month: Charity
Religion: Unit 2: Jesus, Our Lord and Savior; Session 6: New Life in Jesus; Exercise on Friday!
Math: Lesson 61 - Dividing by Multiples of 10; 62 - Multiplying by Three-Digit Numbers, Part 1; 63 - Multiplying by Three-Digit Numbers, Part 2; 64 - Learning Terms Divisor, Dividend, and Quotient; 65 - Dividing and Writing Quotients with Fractions; Exercise Form 7A on Monday; Exercise Form 8B on Wednesday.
Social Studies: Renaissance: Section 6: Leonardo da Vinci; Section 7: Micheangelo; Section 8: Two "How-to" Men. Read, notes, discuss. Videos of three important Artists: da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. I am planning the State Exercise on Wednesday the 17th!!!!
Science: Reflect on mold experiment. What Happened? Why did it happen, or in some cases, not happen? Classification "Review Tree." Complete packet pages 22 -28! Begin Review for Exercise on Tuesday of next week (12/18).
English: Predicates. Simple and complete.
Vocabulary: Unit 5 - Complete work in books. Construct 2 sentences for each word. Pre-Exercise on Wednesday; Exercise on Friday.
Computer: Continue Internet Safety
PE: Fitness Exercising
Please watch out for important notices in the Monday Envelops! Also, encourage your fellow parents to follow my blog! I only have three followers!
Monday, December 10, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
The first week of December? Really? Wow!
Here is what is on tap for this week.....
Virtue of the Month: Charity
Religion: Celebrating Advent (p.57-60) The Advent Season is upon us. Let us prepare for the birth of our Lord.
Math: Lesson 56 - Making Equal Groups to Find an Average; 57 - Multiplying by Two-Digit Numbers; 58 - Identifying Place Value Through Hundred-Millions'; 59 - Naming Numbers Through Hundred Millions; 60 - Calculating the Perimeter of Polygons/Identifying the Measures of a Circle; Pre-exercise Form 4A on Monday; Exercise Form 4B on Wednesday.
Social Studies: Renaissance: Section 5: Venice: Jewel of the Adriatic; Lesson 6: Leonardo da Vinci; Section 7: Michelangelo; Read, take notes, class discussion and videos highlighting Rafael, Michelangelo and da Vinci's works.
Science: Classification of Living Things: Continue with Kingdoms. Also, compare results from bread mold experiment. Discuss possible reasons why some bread mold faster than others. Write a reflection to be handed in for grading.
English: Predicates (Verbs): Recognizing various positions tha tpredicates may appear in a sentence. Diagramming Simple subjects and verbs.
Vocabulary: Unit 5 - Pre-exercise on Wednesday; Exercise on Friday Spelling Exercise on Friday
Computers: Fifty States Project. Please encourage your students to begin studying for the State Capitals Exercise. I am planning - key word here is planning - on having the exercies on DECEMBER 19TH!!!!! (Exercise date is subject to change.)
PE: Yes, they will have it! Just not on Friday. It is a half-day!
Virtue of the Month: Charity
Religion: Celebrating Advent (p.57-60) The Advent Season is upon us. Let us prepare for the birth of our Lord.
Math: Lesson 56 - Making Equal Groups to Find an Average; 57 - Multiplying by Two-Digit Numbers; 58 - Identifying Place Value Through Hundred-Millions'; 59 - Naming Numbers Through Hundred Millions; 60 - Calculating the Perimeter of Polygons/Identifying the Measures of a Circle; Pre-exercise Form 4A on Monday; Exercise Form 4B on Wednesday.
Social Studies: Renaissance: Section 5: Venice: Jewel of the Adriatic; Lesson 6: Leonardo da Vinci; Section 7: Michelangelo; Read, take notes, class discussion and videos highlighting Rafael, Michelangelo and da Vinci's works.
Science: Classification of Living Things: Continue with Kingdoms. Also, compare results from bread mold experiment. Discuss possible reasons why some bread mold faster than others. Write a reflection to be handed in for grading.
English: Predicates (Verbs): Recognizing various positions tha tpredicates may appear in a sentence. Diagramming Simple subjects and verbs.
Vocabulary: Unit 5 - Pre-exercise on Wednesday; Exercise on Friday Spelling Exercise on Friday
Computers: Fifty States Project. Please encourage your students to begin studying for the State Capitals Exercise. I am planning - key word here is planning - on having the exercies on DECEMBER 19TH!!!!! (Exercise date is subject to change.)
PE: Yes, they will have it! Just not on Friday. It is a half-day!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Back in the saddle again! Here is my agenda for this week.
Virtue of the month: Appreciation and Wonder for the Beauty of our world
Religion: We are finishing up Unit 1 with an open book assessment. We will begin to study Advent. Remember, this Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent! Let's work together to prepare our children for the birth of our Lord!
Math: Lesson 52 - Simplifying Mixed Measures; 53 - Reading and Writing Whole Numbers in Expanded Notation; 54 - Finding Information to Solve Problems; 55 - Solving Two-Step Word Problems; 56 - Making Equal Groups to Find an Average; Pre-exercise 5A Tuesday and Exercise 5B on Thursday.
Social Studies: Renaissance - Section 4 Rome and the Renaissance Popes; Section 5 - Venice: Jewel of the Adriatic; Review Questions for Sections 1-5. Read, discuss and take notes. A point of Clarification: We will have our state capital exercise sometime after December 15. The date to be determined as we get closer.
Science: Classification Packet: We begin the Plant, Fungi, Protista, and Monera kingdoms. We will begin Celery and yeast experiments in the Science lab this week. Also, please help the students with the mold experiment. Remind them to check it everyday. Thank you.
English: Continue the review of Subjects and predicates. Focus on Predicates: Pages 188 - 191. Begin diagraming sentences: pages 192 - 194
Literature: Begin Secret Garden!!! Woohoo! It will be a combination of in-class and at home reading. There will be no book report. When we finish the book, we will have an assessment.
Computers: Continue work on State Capitals power point presentation.
PE: Fun! Fun! Fun!
Please keep a loo out for announcements in the Monday envelope. This is a busy time of the year and we will be communicating via the envelops. This Saturday - December 1 - is the OB Christmas Parade. We need some child volunteers. If possible, please encourage your child to offer their time and talent. PHEW! did I leave anything out?
Religion: We are finishing up Unit 1 with an open book assessment. We will begin to study Advent. Remember, this Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent! Let's work together to prepare our children for the birth of our Lord!
Math: Lesson 52 - Simplifying Mixed Measures; 53 - Reading and Writing Whole Numbers in Expanded Notation; 54 - Finding Information to Solve Problems; 55 - Solving Two-Step Word Problems; 56 - Making Equal Groups to Find an Average; Pre-exercise 5A Tuesday and Exercise 5B on Thursday.
Social Studies: Renaissance - Section 4 Rome and the Renaissance Popes; Section 5 - Venice: Jewel of the Adriatic; Review Questions for Sections 1-5. Read, discuss and take notes. A point of Clarification: We will have our state capital exercise sometime after December 15. The date to be determined as we get closer.
Science: Classification Packet: We begin the Plant, Fungi, Protista, and Monera kingdoms. We will begin Celery and yeast experiments in the Science lab this week. Also, please help the students with the mold experiment. Remind them to check it everyday. Thank you.
English: Continue the review of Subjects and predicates. Focus on Predicates: Pages 188 - 191. Begin diagraming sentences: pages 192 - 194
Literature: Begin Secret Garden!!! Woohoo! It will be a combination of in-class and at home reading. There will be no book report. When we finish the book, we will have an assessment.
Computers: Continue work on State Capitals power point presentation.
PE: Fun! Fun! Fun!
Please keep a loo out for announcements in the Monday envelope. This is a busy time of the year and we will be communicating via the envelops. This Saturday - December 1 - is the OB Christmas Parade. We need some child volunteers. If possible, please encourage your child to offer their time and talent. PHEW! did I leave anything out?
Monday, October 29, 2012
Boo! Get ready for a scarey week.
Just a heads up for this week: There are many things happening this week. The schedule is going to be fun! I am asking that we all remain as flexible as possible. Thank you! The Management of 5th grade.
Virtue of the Month: Self-Discipline and Self-control
Religion: Session 4 God Directs Our Lives: This is a carry over from last week. We will complete Session 4 and have our exercise on Friday
Math: Lesson 39 - Polygons; 40 - Picturing Fractions, Part 2; 41 - Half of an Odd Number/Fractions on a number line; 42 - Comparing Fractions by Drawing Pictures. Exercise Form 4B on Tuesday
Science: Classification Packet pages 13 - 18. Students should start to memorize the various characteristics of Mammals, reptiles, birds, etc. for exercise on Friday.
Social Studies: Section 1 New Dawn - take notes in class; Section 2 From Artisan to Artist; Section 3: The Cradle of the Renaissance. Read, discuss, take notes, and review.
English: Subjects and Predicates: Complete and Simple pages 185 - 190. Practice Exercise 3-8; Practice creating introductory paragraphs through journals and short essay.
Vocabulary/Spelling: We will not have a Vocabulary Unit this week due to shorten time in classroom.
Computers: Students will continue their states project. This will be a 3-4 week project (estimated).
As always, please check your child's white envelop for important announcements and information. Parent-Teacher conference times are in your envelop. Please review and inform office if you cannot make the scheduled time. We will do our best to meet your needs.
Virtue of the Month: Self-Discipline and Self-control
Religion: Session 4 God Directs Our Lives: This is a carry over from last week. We will complete Session 4 and have our exercise on Friday
Math: Lesson 39 - Polygons; 40 - Picturing Fractions, Part 2; 41 - Half of an Odd Number/Fractions on a number line; 42 - Comparing Fractions by Drawing Pictures. Exercise Form 4B on Tuesday
Science: Classification Packet pages 13 - 18. Students should start to memorize the various characteristics of Mammals, reptiles, birds, etc. for exercise on Friday.
Social Studies: Section 1 New Dawn - take notes in class; Section 2 From Artisan to Artist; Section 3: The Cradle of the Renaissance. Read, discuss, take notes, and review.
English: Subjects and Predicates: Complete and Simple pages 185 - 190. Practice Exercise 3-8; Practice creating introductory paragraphs through journals and short essay.
Vocabulary/Spelling: We will not have a Vocabulary Unit this week due to shorten time in classroom.
Computers: Students will continue their states project. This will be a 3-4 week project (estimated).
As always, please check your child's white envelop for important announcements and information. Parent-Teacher conference times are in your envelop. Please review and inform office if you cannot make the scheduled time. We will do our best to meet your needs.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
New stuff for this week of October 22!
Virtue of the Month: Self-respect and Self-discipline
Math: Lesson 34 - Rounding Numbers Using a Number Line; 35 - Dividing with Zeros in the Quotient; 36 - "Larger-Smaller-Difference" Stories; 37 - Using Fraction Manipulatives, Part 1; 38 - Drawing Segments to Close in an Area; Exercise 4A on Wednesday Special note: If you student is weak in their multiplication facts, please have them review them nightly. They are now a big part of our math lessons. i have been reminding them since the first week of school. Please support me at home.
Religion: Unit 1 Session 4: God Directs Our Lives. Exercise on Friday!
Social Studies: New Unit: The Renaissance: Section 1 - A New Dawn; Section 2 - From Artisan to Artist; Section 3 - The Cradle of the Renaissance. We will read in class, take notes and discuss various topics, and Learning Masters. Further, we will employ a PBS Documentary "de Medici's, Godfathers of the Renaissance" as a means to strengthen lessons in class.
Science: Classification Packet: Animal Kingdom: Vertebrates v. Invertebrates. Pages 10 - 14
Vocabulary: Unit 2: Workbook, sentences and review. Pre-Exercise on Wednesday; Exercise on Friday. Spelling Exercise on Friday.
Language: Continue work on Subjects and Predicates. Lesson 10a, 10b, and 10c.
Computers: Continue work on State's PowerPoint projects.
Literature: Begin work on Poetry Poster!!! Woohoo!!!! This project (poster only)will be due November 9th. I will send home a rubric for this project. The outline is as follows: Students will create a picture board that reflects their understanding of what the poem is saying to them. The poster should include a copy of the poem and a collage of pictures. The students will have to stand up and defend their poster. (I will ask them to explain how the pictures they have chosen reflect their feelings about the poem.) Finally, they will be required to memorize the poem. They will recite the Poem on November 2nd.
Please encourage your fellow class parents to log onto this blog and become a follower. It is the sole method of communication about what is happening in class. If they are wondering what we are doing in 5th grade, here is their source. SPREAD THE WORD!
Math: Lesson 34 - Rounding Numbers Using a Number Line; 35 - Dividing with Zeros in the Quotient; 36 - "Larger-Smaller-Difference" Stories; 37 - Using Fraction Manipulatives, Part 1; 38 - Drawing Segments to Close in an Area; Exercise 4A on Wednesday Special note: If you student is weak in their multiplication facts, please have them review them nightly. They are now a big part of our math lessons. i have been reminding them since the first week of school. Please support me at home.
Religion: Unit 1 Session 4: God Directs Our Lives. Exercise on Friday!
Social Studies: New Unit: The Renaissance: Section 1 - A New Dawn; Section 2 - From Artisan to Artist; Section 3 - The Cradle of the Renaissance. We will read in class, take notes and discuss various topics, and Learning Masters. Further, we will employ a PBS Documentary "de Medici's, Godfathers of the Renaissance" as a means to strengthen lessons in class.
Science: Classification Packet: Animal Kingdom: Vertebrates v. Invertebrates. Pages 10 - 14
Vocabulary: Unit 2: Workbook, sentences and review. Pre-Exercise on Wednesday; Exercise on Friday. Spelling Exercise on Friday.
Language: Continue work on Subjects and Predicates. Lesson 10a, 10b, and 10c.
Computers: Continue work on State's PowerPoint projects.
Literature: Begin work on Poetry Poster!!! Woohoo!!!! This project (poster only)will be due November 9th. I will send home a rubric for this project. The outline is as follows: Students will create a picture board that reflects their understanding of what the poem is saying to them. The poster should include a copy of the poem and a collage of pictures. The students will have to stand up and defend their poster. (I will ask them to explain how the pictures they have chosen reflect their feelings about the poem.) Finally, they will be required to memorize the poem. They will recite the Poem on November 2nd.
Please encourage your fellow class parents to log onto this blog and become a follower. It is the sole method of communication about what is happening in class. If they are wondering what we are doing in 5th grade, here is their source. SPREAD THE WORD!
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Let's see...This is what we are doing for this week!
Virtue of the Month: Self-discipline and self-control
Math: Lesson 29 - Reading and Writing Time from a Clock; 30 - Multiplying by Multiples of 10 and 100; 31 - Picturing Fractions, Part 1/ Cents and Percents; 32 - Drawing Pairs of Line: Parallel, Intersecting, Perpendicular; 33 - Drawing Angles; Exercise Form 3A
Religion: Unit 1 Session 4: God Directs Our Lives. Exercise will be next week Tuesday
Social Studies: This week we will be reviewing Maya Aztecs and Incas. Exercise on Friday
Science: Classification Packet pages 8 - 14. Exercise on Thursday for Classification Names (Kingdom, Phylum, etc.)
Literature: Book Report Due date moved from the 17th to Friday the 19th.
English: Subjects and Predicates. This is a carry over from last week. Due to the Iowa Assessments
Writing: Daily Journals; We swill start personal narratives using graphic organizers.
Computer: Students will begin 50 States Powerpoint project.
Please be sure ti check out the envelopes every Monday! There are always full of fun surprises. Lastly, I am up and running on Jupiter Grades! Woohoo! I sent home instructions on
to log on. If you did not receive them, please ask your child. If you still cannot find them, I made copies. You can set yourself up to receive email notification when I update any information! WELCOME TO THE 21st CENTURY!!!!!
Math: Lesson 29 - Reading and Writing Time from a Clock; 30 - Multiplying by Multiples of 10 and 100; 31 - Picturing Fractions, Part 1/ Cents and Percents; 32 - Drawing Pairs of Line: Parallel, Intersecting, Perpendicular; 33 - Drawing Angles; Exercise Form 3A
Religion: Unit 1 Session 4: God Directs Our Lives. Exercise will be next week Tuesday
Social Studies: This week we will be reviewing Maya Aztecs and Incas. Exercise on Friday
Science: Classification Packet pages 8 - 14. Exercise on Thursday for Classification Names (Kingdom, Phylum, etc.)
Literature: Book Report Due date moved from the 17th to Friday the 19th.
English: Subjects and Predicates. This is a carry over from last week. Due to the Iowa Assessments
Writing: Daily Journals; We swill start personal narratives using graphic organizers.
Computer: Students will begin 50 States Powerpoint project.
Please be sure ti check out the envelopes every Monday! There are always full of fun surprises. Lastly, I am up and running on Jupiter Grades! Woohoo! I sent home instructions on
to log on. If you did not receive them, please ask your child. If you still cannot find them, I made copies. You can set yourself up to receive email notification when I update any information! WELCOME TO THE 21st CENTURY!!!!!
Monday, October 8, 2012
If it is October, then it must be ITBS!!!!!
Virtue of the Month: Self-discipline
ITBS: The mornings this week will be spent completing the ITBS battery of exercises. Please make sure your child gets a good nights sleep and a solid breakfast in the morning. Yes, it really does help. Also, there will be a dramatic drop in homework assignments. Math will probably be the only thing they will bring home to do.
Math: Lesson 25 - Listing the Factors of Whole Numbers; 26 - Practicing the Division Algorithm; 27 - Solving Problems about Divisions of Time; 28 - Reading and Drawing Number Lines, Part 2; 29 - Reading and Writing Time From a Clock.
Religion: Unit 1 Session 4: God Directs Our Lives!
Social Studies: We will wrap up the Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations. We will review the seven sections and complete some learning masters. The exercise will be early next week. I am hoping Tuesday at the latest. Your child will know before hand when we will be taking the exercise.
English: Complete and Simple Subjects; Complete and Simple Predicates. Continue work on identifying prepositional phrases.
Science: Continue working on Classification of Living Things packet.
FINALLY! I am working to transition my grades onto Jupiter. My goal is tho have all grades posted by Tuesday, October 9. Please have patience with me, I have a lot to migrate from EasyGrade Pro onto Jupiter Grades. You will receive log in procedures when I have input all grades. Thank you for your patience.
ITBS: The mornings this week will be spent completing the ITBS battery of exercises. Please make sure your child gets a good nights sleep and a solid breakfast in the morning. Yes, it really does help. Also, there will be a dramatic drop in homework assignments. Math will probably be the only thing they will bring home to do.
Math: Lesson 25 - Listing the Factors of Whole Numbers; 26 - Practicing the Division Algorithm; 27 - Solving Problems about Divisions of Time; 28 - Reading and Drawing Number Lines, Part 2; 29 - Reading and Writing Time From a Clock.
Religion: Unit 1 Session 4: God Directs Our Lives!
Social Studies: We will wrap up the Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations. We will review the seven sections and complete some learning masters. The exercise will be early next week. I am hoping Tuesday at the latest. Your child will know before hand when we will be taking the exercise.
English: Complete and Simple Subjects; Complete and Simple Predicates. Continue work on identifying prepositional phrases.
Science: Continue working on Classification of Living Things packet.
FINALLY! I am working to transition my grades onto Jupiter. My goal is tho have all grades posted by Tuesday, October 9. Please have patience with me, I have a lot to migrate from EasyGrade Pro onto Jupiter Grades. You will receive log in procedures when I have input all grades. Thank you for your patience.
Friday, September 28, 2012
News for the Week of October 1st
Virtue of the Month:
Religion: Finish Session 3: God Saves Us. Exercise on Thursday!
Math: Lesson 20 - Three Ways to Show Division; 21 - "Equal Groups" Stories; 22 - Dividing and Writing a Remainder; 23 - Halves, Fourths, Tenths; 24 - Dollars/Parentheses; preexercise Form 2A on Monday; Exercise Form 2B on Wednesday
Science: Classification of Living Things Packet. Exercise Tuesday on Hierarchy names of the Linnaen Classification System. Complete pages 4 - 14; Daily quiz on Animal Kingdom and the five Phylums
Social Studies: Maya, Aztec and Inca Civilizations: Section 3: Aztecs: Soldiers of Blood; Section 4: Tenochtitlan - City of Wonder; Read sections; class discussion; note taking. mini quizzes to reinforce information retention
Language Arts: Subject - Complete and Simple; Predicates - Complete and Simple. This section will involve a plethora of worksheets. Unfortunately, without multiple exposure to this idea, success in correctly identifying subjects and verbs does not come easy. Book reports have been assigned. Due date for book report is October 17th!!!!! Please guide your child to get started early. Also, encourage 20-30 minutes of reading time at home.
Computer: The students will be working on Lakes of the World project and continue developing keyboarding skills
PE: Every Wednesday and Friday!
Music: Every Tuesday! Spanish: Every Thursday!
Religion: Finish Session 3: God Saves Us. Exercise on Thursday!
Math: Lesson 20 - Three Ways to Show Division; 21 - "Equal Groups" Stories; 22 - Dividing and Writing a Remainder; 23 - Halves, Fourths, Tenths; 24 - Dollars/Parentheses; preexercise Form 2A on Monday; Exercise Form 2B on Wednesday
Science: Classification of Living Things Packet. Exercise Tuesday on Hierarchy names of the Linnaen Classification System. Complete pages 4 - 14; Daily quiz on Animal Kingdom and the five Phylums
Social Studies: Maya, Aztec and Inca Civilizations: Section 3: Aztecs: Soldiers of Blood; Section 4: Tenochtitlan - City of Wonder; Read sections; class discussion; note taking. mini quizzes to reinforce information retention
Language Arts: Subject - Complete and Simple; Predicates - Complete and Simple. This section will involve a plethora of worksheets. Unfortunately, without multiple exposure to this idea, success in correctly identifying subjects and verbs does not come easy. Book reports have been assigned. Due date for book report is October 17th!!!!! Please guide your child to get started early. Also, encourage 20-30 minutes of reading time at home.
Computer: The students will be working on Lakes of the World project and continue developing keyboarding skills
PE: Every Wednesday and Friday!
Music: Every Tuesday! Spanish: Every Thursday!
Monday, September 17, 2012
Curriculum update for week of September 17
Virtue of the Month: Respect and Responsibility
MATH: Lesson 10 - Finding Missing Addends; 11 - "Some and Some More" Stories; 12 - Reading and Drawing Number Lines, Part 1/Tally Marks; 13 - Multiplying to Perform Repeated Addition/Adding and Subtracting Dollar and Cents; 14 - Missing Numbers in Subtraction; Pre-Exercise 1A Monday; Exercise 1B Wednesday.
Religion: Unit 1 - Session 2: God Saves Us. Through exploration and reflection on God's saving power, students will understand how and why God saves us. Exercise on Session 2 Thursday.
English: Continue review of parts of speech: Nouns and verbs. Identifying prepositional phrases: Combination f worksheets and examples from the textbook.
Social Studies: Lakes of Eurasia: Lake Aral - read and take notes. Discussion surrounding the adverse affect Human's have on God's creation: Lake Aral's destruction and renewal. Review all World Lakes for Exercise on Friday.
Science: Begin Classification of Living Things; handouts for students; class demonstrations. Begin memorization of Classification hierarchy. (KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER,FAMILY GENUS, SPECIES)
Literature: Continue Comprehension handouts with students. Assign Book Report due date of October 17.
Computers: Continue Internet safety with Mrs. Kent. Begin keyboarding
PE: Begins this Wednesday. Our PE days will be WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAY.
REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT YOUR FAMILY ENVELOP EVERY MON DAY!
MATH: Lesson 10 - Finding Missing Addends; 11 - "Some and Some More" Stories; 12 - Reading and Drawing Number Lines, Part 1/Tally Marks; 13 - Multiplying to Perform Repeated Addition/Adding and Subtracting Dollar and Cents; 14 - Missing Numbers in Subtraction; Pre-Exercise 1A Monday; Exercise 1B Wednesday.
Religion: Unit 1 - Session 2: God Saves Us. Through exploration and reflection on God's saving power, students will understand how and why God saves us. Exercise on Session 2 Thursday.
English: Continue review of parts of speech: Nouns and verbs. Identifying prepositional phrases: Combination f worksheets and examples from the textbook.
Social Studies: Lakes of Eurasia: Lake Aral - read and take notes. Discussion surrounding the adverse affect Human's have on God's creation: Lake Aral's destruction and renewal. Review all World Lakes for Exercise on Friday.
Science: Begin Classification of Living Things; handouts for students; class demonstrations. Begin memorization of Classification hierarchy. (KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER,FAMILY GENUS, SPECIES)
Literature: Continue Comprehension handouts with students. Assign Book Report due date of October 17.
Computers: Continue Internet safety with Mrs. Kent. Begin keyboarding
PE: Begins this Wednesday. Our PE days will be WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAY.
REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT YOUR FAMILY ENVELOP EVERY MON DAY!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
I have added a new button!
For my faithful followers, I want you to notice a new feature on my blog! It is called "Follow By Email!" Once you input your email address, you will receive an email when I post a new blog. I hope that will make it easier to stay in contact with what's happening in 5th grade.
Let me know what you think.
Let me know what you think.
Monday, September 10, 2012
What is in store for the kids this week
Virtue of the month: Respect and Responsibility
Religion: Unit 1 God's Creation Session 2: God Saved Us. We will have an assessment for Session 1 on Tuesday! I will send home a study guide. We will use art and reflections to guide us through this session.
Math: Lesson 5: Naming Numbers Through Hundreds/Dollars and Cents; 6 - Adding One Digit Numbers/Practicing the Addition Algorithm; 7 - Place Value and Writing Numbers Through Hundred Thousand; 8 - Subtraction Facts/Fact Families; 9 - Practicing the Subtraction Algorithm.
Social Studies: Lakes of the World: Lakes of South America; Lakes of North America; Lakes of Eurasia. Reading, discussion, note taking, and review questions will be used to reinforce information
Language Arts: We will be reviewing parts of speech this week. Begin Identifying subjects and predicates in sentences. Memorizing Preposition list on page 239 of text book. Exercise on prepositions.
Literature: Students are to pick a favorite book of theirs to read for this month. I will send home a rubric for the book report. Also, encourage the children to read for 20 minutes at home each night.
Spelling/Vocabulary: We are waiting on delivery of books. Once we receive the books we will begin to cover units. We will be able to complete book by year end.
Science: Classification of living things. We will begin this unit this week.
Computers: Keyboarding and general rules of the class.
PE: We will have a PE period this week on Wednesday. Net week we will have PE on Monday and Wednesday.
Please review your parent envelope tonight!
Religion: Unit 1 God's Creation Session 2: God Saved Us. We will have an assessment for Session 1 on Tuesday! I will send home a study guide. We will use art and reflections to guide us through this session.
Math: Lesson 5: Naming Numbers Through Hundreds/Dollars and Cents; 6 - Adding One Digit Numbers/Practicing the Addition Algorithm; 7 - Place Value and Writing Numbers Through Hundred Thousand; 8 - Subtraction Facts/Fact Families; 9 - Practicing the Subtraction Algorithm.
Social Studies: Lakes of the World: Lakes of South America; Lakes of North America; Lakes of Eurasia. Reading, discussion, note taking, and review questions will be used to reinforce information
Language Arts: We will be reviewing parts of speech this week. Begin Identifying subjects and predicates in sentences. Memorizing Preposition list on page 239 of text book. Exercise on prepositions.
Literature: Students are to pick a favorite book of theirs to read for this month. I will send home a rubric for the book report. Also, encourage the children to read for 20 minutes at home each night.
Spelling/Vocabulary: We are waiting on delivery of books. Once we receive the books we will begin to cover units. We will be able to complete book by year end.
Science: Classification of living things. We will begin this unit this week.
Computers: Keyboarding and general rules of the class.
PE: We will have a PE period this week on Wednesday. Net week we will have PE on Monday and Wednesday.
Please review your parent envelope tonight!
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
And now it begins (sorry for the delay.)
I am so very excited about this year! I look forward to meeting and getting to know all of my new students and families. Below is the curriculum update for this week. Remember, it is a wish list. The beginning of the year is always fun. Nothing goes as planned!
Sacred
Heart Academy
Fifth Grade Curriculum
Update
by
Mr.Turskey
MrTurskeySHA.Blogspot.com
Date: September
4, 2012
Dear Parents,
These are
the subjects and content areas your child will be studying this week. Please make sure that your child goes
over these areas of study with you.
Virtue of the
Month: Respect and Responsibility
Math: *Lessons: 1 – Using Money to Illustrate Place Value;
2 – Comparing Whole Numbers; 3 – Naming Whole Numbers Through Hundreds &
Dollar and Cents; 4 – Adding One-Digit Numbers Practicing the Addition Algorithm; I will be conducting some
times exercises on addition and subtraction this week.
Social Studies: Begin World Lakes! Lakes of Africa; Lakes of South
America. Introduction to Cornell
Method of Note taking..
Religion:. We have new Religion Series books: Finding God. I plan on reviewing this new format with the students.
Literature: Assigned book report for month: Children are to choose a grade
appropriate book that they want to read.
Book report is due October 1st –
NO EXCEPTIONS!
English/Writing: This week we will be reviewing
parts of speech and sentence types.
This week we will
review various parts of the the student handbook. We wil cover Student Learning Expectations as well as the
school rules. I want to make sure
everyone is aware of the changes we have instituted this year.
Computers: Begin next week
Check your child’s folder for:
Parents Envelope. This is a
new mode of communication. Please
read the information on the front of the envelope as well as the material
inside.
Have a wonderful week!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Exercise is coming!!!!!
We will be taking a Religion Exercise on Thursday. Woohoo! We will be reviewing the Chapter 11 today. Other than that, Math exercise today and Friday.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Busy! Busy! Busy!
This week is going to be filled with joy, laughter and..... oh, who am I kidding. We are going to be working hard the next few weeks. We have a bunch of stuff yet to cover. I am jumping to the Civil War in Social Studies. It is a huge unit that must be covered. I have some videos, but they are - shall I say - boring. If you have any at home that we could borrow, I would be most appreciative.
Sherlock: I promise I will start that this week. It is a fun lesson that really gets them to sleuthing! This lesson will be a combination of reading a few stories and then really diving into The Red Headed League.
Shakespeare is ramping up. The play is in 8 DAYS!!!!!! Yes! PANIC! I would enjoy some company! The kids are doing great. Most have their lines memorized. It is always amazing how well the little actors do on stage.
What other important stuff is there? Oh, the art show. That is this Friday night! Remember your baret, scarf and haute attitude! Luuuuuvvvvv you dawling! Tah tah for now!
Sherlock: I promise I will start that this week. It is a fun lesson that really gets them to sleuthing! This lesson will be a combination of reading a few stories and then really diving into The Red Headed League.
Shakespeare is ramping up. The play is in 8 DAYS!!!!!! Yes! PANIC! I would enjoy some company! The kids are doing great. Most have their lines memorized. It is always amazing how well the little actors do on stage.
What other important stuff is there? Oh, the art show. That is this Friday night! Remember your baret, scarf and haute attitude! Luuuuuvvvvv you dawling! Tah tah for now!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Holy Week.
Really? Holy Week? hmmmm, what does that mean? EASTER BREAK!!!! Woohooo!!!!! uhum. Well, I might be a little excited. Not as much as your children, but I am excited.
This week we will only have a math exercise. We will go over Holy Week in Religion. History we will wrap up England and the Glorious Revolution. Please encourage your children to study for the exercise over the break. I want to take the exercise on the Wednesday we get back. I know. I am a kill-joy. Sorry. At least it will give them something to do. (There is always a bright side.)
Sixth grade will continue work on the French Revolution. I have some Learning Masters for supplemental work in class. Seventh grade is quickly approaching World War II. From boom to bust followed by the introduction of Hitler.
Oh! I almost forgot! Report Cards will go home on Holy Thursday.
This week we will only have a math exercise. We will go over Holy Week in Religion. History we will wrap up England and the Glorious Revolution. Please encourage your children to study for the exercise over the break. I want to take the exercise on the Wednesday we get back. I know. I am a kill-joy. Sorry. At least it will give them something to do. (There is always a bright side.)
Sixth grade will continue work on the French Revolution. I have some Learning Masters for supplemental work in class. Seventh grade is quickly approaching World War II. From boom to bust followed by the introduction of Hitler.
Oh! I almost forgot! Report Cards will go home on Holy Thursday.
Monday, March 26, 2012
What's on deck for this week.
This week will be a busy one for the fifth graders.They have a quiz in science on seeds tomorrow. Two math exercises - one on Tuesday and one on Friday. Vocabulary exercise on Thursday. We will have a pre-exercise on Wednesday. Encourage your children to start studying NOW. Social Studies this unit is all about England. We will read, discuss, and take notes in class as well as complete review questions and learning masters. These are all tool designed to help you child understand and retain the information presented. PLEASE help them by asking questions on what they have read, what they understandand where they might be confused. Have them bring in their questions and we will discuss. They will not be the only one with questions. Please reinforce this mind set.
I will begin showing "Jesus Christ Superstar" this week. It should take about three showings to complete. I plan on having a mini Socratic Seminar with them discussing some of the issues presented and the questions that are always raised.
Auditions for Shakespeare are going well. We have a huge talent pool this year. We have lots of budding actors that far exceed our ability to cast. We will do our best to include all who want to participate. Please reinforce the idea that not everyone can be Caesar! Also, that selection of actors is purely based on who exhibits the best skills during the auditions and nothing more. It is not a popularity contest or favoritism. Mrs. Valenti-Turskey and I are having a difficult time culling through all the talent this year. Pray for us.
Sixth and Seventh: Sixth grade has just begun "The French Revolution." I am searching for some videos on the revolution as a help in reviewing the material. If anyone has or knows of some good videos out there, please let me know. Seventh grade we will be covering the Great Depression and then entering into World War II. Oh what fun!
I look forward to a wonderful week.
I will begin showing "Jesus Christ Superstar" this week. It should take about three showings to complete. I plan on having a mini Socratic Seminar with them discussing some of the issues presented and the questions that are always raised.
Auditions for Shakespeare are going well. We have a huge talent pool this year. We have lots of budding actors that far exceed our ability to cast. We will do our best to include all who want to participate. Please reinforce the idea that not everyone can be Caesar! Also, that selection of actors is purely based on who exhibits the best skills during the auditions and nothing more. It is not a popularity contest or favoritism. Mrs. Valenti-Turskey and I are having a difficult time culling through all the talent this year. Pray for us.
Sixth and Seventh: Sixth grade has just begun "The French Revolution." I am searching for some videos on the revolution as a help in reviewing the material. If anyone has or knows of some good videos out there, please let me know. Seventh grade we will be covering the Great Depression and then entering into World War II. Oh what fun!
I look forward to a wonderful week.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
It's been a while.
Sorry.
Here we go again! No sense covering the past, so lets look ahead. In the Fifth grade we are taking our Unit Assessment on The Reformation tomorrow. England and the Glorious Revolution is up next. A new queen, a new night, and a new government are unveiled for the whole world to see. Sherlock Holmes' mysteries will baffle the class for the next couple weeks. We will delve deeply into Sir Arthur Conan Doyle twisted web of hidden clues. English is progressing well with Mrs. Valenti-Turskey. Ms. McQuade has planted seeds of curiosity in the fifth grade as well. Also, remember to encourage your child to read twenty minutes a day! What ever book they want!
Lets turn the focus onto the sixth grade. We have just completed the Age of Enlightenment and are taking up arms with the French in the French Revolution! Viva Liberte! (I that how you spell it?)
As for the Seventh Grade, we are plodding through changes in the American psyche and trying to understand how we go from "Roaring" to starving then on to war. A lot can happen in thirty years.
That is all for now. Check in later for more information.
Here we go again! No sense covering the past, so lets look ahead. In the Fifth grade we are taking our Unit Assessment on The Reformation tomorrow. England and the Glorious Revolution is up next. A new queen, a new night, and a new government are unveiled for the whole world to see. Sherlock Holmes' mysteries will baffle the class for the next couple weeks. We will delve deeply into Sir Arthur Conan Doyle twisted web of hidden clues. English is progressing well with Mrs. Valenti-Turskey. Ms. McQuade has planted seeds of curiosity in the fifth grade as well. Also, remember to encourage your child to read twenty minutes a day! What ever book they want!
Lets turn the focus onto the sixth grade. We have just completed the Age of Enlightenment and are taking up arms with the French in the French Revolution! Viva Liberte! (I that how you spell it?)
As for the Seventh Grade, we are plodding through changes in the American psyche and trying to understand how we go from "Roaring" to starving then on to war. A lot can happen in thirty years.
That is all for now. Check in later for more information.
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