We worked at teaching our Student Teacher, Ms. Bonk, flexibility this week. With two assemblies and changes to our schedule it was a crazy week!
Today we had a pop quiz on Long Division so that I could see where were were as a class. I am SO pleased. The average was a 95%!!! That is amazing. We will continue long division next week with a study of averages, three digit division with remainders, and word problems. There will be a unit test on Friday.
We continued our study of Feature Articles this week with a look at more of the characteristics they have: facts, opinions, voice, and angles. Next week we will be taking a look at story and then reading many more articles. We will also be getting back into the swing of writing notebook entries.
Reading Workshop this week concluded our study of Inferring. We are great at inferring in all forms! Written text, spoken words, pictures, etc. Next week we will begin our study of Summary. We will begin my summarizing comics. Ms. Bonk and I will be alternating days of teaching during Reading Workshop. We will also continue our book groups.
Social Studies has taken a close look at Colonial New York. That is right, we are now New Netherlands and will soon be New York. We will be looking at Government and Life in a Colony before we review the important information we have learned over the past two weeks with a review Wednesday and test on Thursday. Ms. Bonk will be taking over The American Revolution the following week!
This week we video conferenced with Mr. Reiley's 6th grade (4th period) and saw the mummification of a chicken! Although we had technical difficulty, we had a great time. Next week we will watch their ceremony as they prepare their chickens for their final resting.
The choir and orchestra concerts were fantastic. I am so impressed!!
A big thank you to the PTA for our new technology. We now have and ELMO in our room at all times!! YIPPIE!
Have a fantastic weekend!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Mid Term Update
Today I am sending home a mid-term update. Just a reminder that this is the status of your child's grades half way through the term. There is plenty of time to turn around spelling and homework percentages!!!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Changes
I am going to make life a bit easier on all of us and use our blog as a HW posting site as well. After receiving feedback that BC@Home is not as manageable as we would like, I will be posting the HW assignments nightly on our blog. It will be located on the left side bar.
We were happy to welcome our student teacher, Ms. Katelyn Bonk to our class this week. She is excited to join us as well.
This was an extremely short week but packed full of fun. We had our Floating and Sinking Test on Wednesday. The results were great with an average of 90%. I am working my way through all of the lab journals and should be able to send them home on Friday. The lab groups worked well together and Mrs. Kourt and I had a fun few weeks of science with our scientists! A special thank you to our parent volunteers!
We have continued our study of Inferring during Reading Workshop. We have used comics, sentences, paragraphs, books and finally context clues to infer meaning while reading. As readers we infer constantly. Your readers are beginning to see this in their own reading. We will continue to infer through next week.
Today was the start of Feature Articles for Writing Workshop. This will be a study for several weeks as I teach the purpose, features, and structure of the writing as well as provide instruction on how to do research.
We have returned to division for our next unit of math. We are slowly easing our way back in and reviewing basic division facts before we take the plunge into long division on Monday. Like two digit multiplication, this concept just takes practice.
Our internet safety lesson this week focused on email. I hope your student shared all of the information with you!
Peaceable Bus began today as we got to know our drivers better. We have 3-4 lessons this year as we continue to build a strong community even on our busses.
As a special treat, tomorrow we will be video chatting with Mr. Reiley's 6th grade class at the Middle School. We will be partnering this year to share our work. They are mummifying a chicken and I just had to see it for myself!!!
Thank you for the paper towels and wipes that came in!! It is a big help to us!!
Stay warm!
We were happy to welcome our student teacher, Ms. Katelyn Bonk to our class this week. She is excited to join us as well.
This was an extremely short week but packed full of fun. We had our Floating and Sinking Test on Wednesday. The results were great with an average of 90%. I am working my way through all of the lab journals and should be able to send them home on Friday. The lab groups worked well together and Mrs. Kourt and I had a fun few weeks of science with our scientists! A special thank you to our parent volunteers!
We have continued our study of Inferring during Reading Workshop. We have used comics, sentences, paragraphs, books and finally context clues to infer meaning while reading. As readers we infer constantly. Your readers are beginning to see this in their own reading. We will continue to infer through next week.
Today was the start of Feature Articles for Writing Workshop. This will be a study for several weeks as I teach the purpose, features, and structure of the writing as well as provide instruction on how to do research.
We have returned to division for our next unit of math. We are slowly easing our way back in and reviewing basic division facts before we take the plunge into long division on Monday. Like two digit multiplication, this concept just takes practice.
Our internet safety lesson this week focused on email. I hope your student shared all of the information with you!
Peaceable Bus began today as we got to know our drivers better. We have 3-4 lessons this year as we continue to build a strong community even on our busses.
As a special treat, tomorrow we will be video chatting with Mr. Reiley's 6th grade class at the Middle School. We will be partnering this year to share our work. They are mummifying a chicken and I just had to see it for myself!!!
Thank you for the paper towels and wipes that came in!! It is a big help to us!!
Stay warm!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Running out...
Helpful Parents,
We have run out of absorbent paper towels, baby wipes, and small Dixie cups. If you happen to be at the store and are able to help us out, we would appreciate it!
I am very pleased with the status of our big multiplication. We had a pop quiz today and almost all of the errors made were addition or multiplication errors, not process errors. That is fantastic! We will continue to work on it next week as we do word problems.
Our Reading Workshop will continue to focus on Inferring next week. Your readers are doing a fantastic job.
We have finally reached 5 for a prize with our homework assignments. SINCE SEPTEMBER we have only had 5 days with 100% of HW passed in on-time. I am hoping that we can have this occur many more times this year. The class has voted on a PJ party. We will hold that once Floating and Sinking has come to a conclusion.
Our Memoirs are finished and fantastic. It was wonderful to read about how our class was generous and things they have done that make them a better person. A copy of a class book of memoirs will come home next week for sharing!
I can't believe we have still not had any snow for a delay or a snow day but here is hoping for next week!
Have a great snowy weekend!
We have run out of absorbent paper towels, baby wipes, and small Dixie cups. If you happen to be at the store and are able to help us out, we would appreciate it!
I am very pleased with the status of our big multiplication. We had a pop quiz today and almost all of the errors made were addition or multiplication errors, not process errors. That is fantastic! We will continue to work on it next week as we do word problems.
Our Reading Workshop will continue to focus on Inferring next week. Your readers are doing a fantastic job.
We have finally reached 5 for a prize with our homework assignments. SINCE SEPTEMBER we have only had 5 days with 100% of HW passed in on-time. I am hoping that we can have this occur many more times this year. The class has voted on a PJ party. We will hold that once Floating and Sinking has come to a conclusion.
Our Memoirs are finished and fantastic. It was wonderful to read about how our class was generous and things they have done that make them a better person. A copy of a class book of memoirs will come home next week for sharing!
I can't believe we have still not had any snow for a delay or a snow day but here is hoping for next week!
Have a great snowy weekend!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Back in the Swing
We are back in the swing of things already!
This week we will be focusing our Non-Science time on Inferring during Reading Workshop, Revising and Editing our Memoirs during Writing Workshop, and bigger multiplication during Math! We are going to be busy!
Today we inferred by playing charades with feeling words. Later this week we will be reading comics to infer what is happening.
Revising on the computer this go around will involve inserting comments as well as tracking changes to spelling and grammar.
Bigger multiplication is 2 digit x 2 digit, 3 digit x 2 digit, and 4 digit x 2 digit. Get ready! We will be using graph paper to keep our work organized! Please practice those facts nightly!
We have reached 2011 which means that our reading calendar hw has increased from 90 minutes per week to 120 minutes per week.
We will have both spelling (Wed and Friday) and vocabulary this week.
Welcome 2011! We are off to a great start!
This week we will be focusing our Non-Science time on Inferring during Reading Workshop, Revising and Editing our Memoirs during Writing Workshop, and bigger multiplication during Math! We are going to be busy!
Today we inferred by playing charades with feeling words. Later this week we will be reading comics to infer what is happening.
Revising on the computer this go around will involve inserting comments as well as tracking changes to spelling and grammar.
Bigger multiplication is 2 digit x 2 digit, 3 digit x 2 digit, and 4 digit x 2 digit. Get ready! We will be using graph paper to keep our work organized! Please practice those facts nightly!
We have reached 2011 which means that our reading calendar hw has increased from 90 minutes per week to 120 minutes per week.
We will have both spelling (Wed and Friday) and vocabulary this week.
Welcome 2011! We are off to a great start!
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