September 24, 2012

Language Arts: Students took their first SRI Reading Test of the year.  We will be taking one each month during the year.  Scores will be sent home on Wednesday, September 26.

Oral Poem Performance: "The Road Not Taken" Due: 10/8.  Students should memorize it  LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR. Practice 5 minutes every night.

Memorization: 20 points

Volume (loud/soft): 20 points

Speed (fast/slow): 20 points

Fluency (smoothness): 20 points

Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points

Total: 100 points

Science:  Convection Parts 1 and 2 due tomorrow on Edmodo Make sure that your science notebook is ready to turn in soon. Catch up if you're behind.

Math: 1-15 Homework/remembering due 9/25.  Math Progress Report signed.

Green ribbon week: Pledge and activity page due Wednesday 9/26 for a PTA treat.

Book orders due Friday 9/28.  You can send in paper orders with checks made out to Scholastic, or you can order online at Scholastic and use the code HG829

September 21, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.

RC signed and return on Monday.

Planner signed.
Remember it's "Crazy Hair Day" on Monday, September 24.

Reading: Spelling test on Monday. 

Language Arts: DOL Sentences #5-6  Due: 9/24

Oral Poem Performance "The Road Not Taken" Due: 10/8.  Students should memorize it LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR.

Memorization: 20 points

Volume (loud/soft): 20 points

Speed (fast/slow): 20 points

Fluency (smoothness): 20 points

Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points

Total: 100 points

Math:  WS 1-13 (Thursday's) and WS 1-14 (Friday's) due Monday, 9/24.

Social Studies: Partner posters due on Wednesday, 9/26.

Science:

September 20, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed.

Language Arts: DOL #5-6  Due: 9/24

Oral Poem Performance "The Road Not Taken" Due: 10/8.  Students should memorize it LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR.
Memorization: 20 points
Volume (loud/soft): 20 points
Speed (fast/slow): 20 points
Fluency (smoothness): 20 points
Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points
Total: 100 points

September 19, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed.

Reading: No homework

Language Arts: DOL #3-4 Due: 9/19

Math:  Pg 34 in the math book- Questions 7-12

Oral Poem Performance "The Road Not Taken" Due: 10/8.  Students should memorize it LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR.
Memorization: 20 points
Volume (loud/soft): 20 points
Speed (fast/slow): 20 points
Fluency (smoothness): 20 points
Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points
Total: 100 points


Social Studies:  Due tomorrow -- read an article on a person from the 20th century and then write 5 sentences about that person.  Remember the last sentence should start with I chose ... because.  Be sure your sentences are complete with a capital at the first and a period at the end.  See you tomorrow!

Science:  Lab safety book due tomorrow.

September 18, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed

Language Arts: DOL Sentences #1-2 Due: 9/19 (This assignment is extended. We did not have time in class to check it). Myaccess.com essay notes, "Facing The Impossible," were sent home.  Notes need to be signed by a parent/guardian and returned.  Due: 9/19. Ten points for having the notes signed and returned on time.

Oral Poem Performance "The Road Not Taken" Due: 10/8.  Students should memorize it LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR.
Memorization: 20 points
Volume (loud/soft): 20 points
Speed (fast/slow): 20 points
Fluency (smoothness): 20 points
Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points
Total: 100 points

Reading:  Silent Read Amelia Earhart pg. 142

Math:  1-11/1-12 Worksheet - due 9/19

Science:  Watch the powerpoint about Conduction, Convection, and Radiation. Take Cornell notes and write one sentence about something that you learned. Tomorrow we are building solar ovens. Bring your supplies. 

Constitution Day

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed

Reading:  Long vowel spelling test was today. Students that want to get some credit back need to write the missed words, correctly in cursive writing, seven times. This must be signed to get the credit. Next Monday, September 24, there will be a test on the following words: sweat, pleasant, cleanse, meant, threat, leather, thread, meadow, endeavor, realm, routine, ravine, trampoline, rhythm, myth, oxygen, cycle, rely, reply, apply, deny, rhyme, nylon, shove, and sponge. New words written four times due tomorrow.

Math:  Homework 1-9/1-10

Language Arts:  DOL Sentences #1-2 Due: 9/18.  Oral Poem Performance "The Road Not Taken" Due: 10/8.  Students should memorize it LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR.

Science:  Progress Notes- sign and return! Heat-Voki Parts 1,2,3  Click here for Edmodo

CNN Student News- Answer ONE question from ONE news clip this week. Due Thursday.

Extra Credit: Constitution Day assignment

September 14, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed
RC signed

Language Arts:  No homework tonight, unless students' essay scores on myaccess.com are low.  They will need to work at home on their essays to improve their scores.  The first essay, "Facing the Impossible," is due Monday morning, September 17.

The following table shows how online essay scores will transfer into grades in Skyward:

5.4/6.0 points = 90% = 90/100 points = A
4.8/6.0 points = 80% = 80/100 points = B
4.2/6.0 points = 70% = 70/100 points = C
3.6/6.0 points = 60% = 60/100 points = NI

Parents: Have your student log into myaccess.com and read to you what they have written so far in their essay.  On Monday, September 17, students will be given a letter showing their essay scores, which they will need to have signed by a parent/guardian and returned on Tuesday, September 18.

Science:  Learn the song, "Meters, Liters, and Grams".

Reading:  Long Vowel Spelling Test on Monday. Discussion on Paper due Monday, also. Cursive writing, skip lines, use both sides of the small paper: What have you learned about courage in the stories we have read so far? Which story or stories do you like best and why?

Math: 1-8 Homework/remembering worksheet if not finished in class - due 9/17