WELCOME!

For classroom policies, check your student's binder or check our classroom website: eworldclassroom.com. Parents - please sign planners!

Homework guidelines: Students in my class are to complete any unfinished assignments at home and pace themselves when working on projects. The formula used to determine homework time is to multiply the student's grade by 10 minutes. So, it is suggested a typical 5th grader work 50 minutes a night on homework.

Monday, Sept. 26

• MATH: Bits & Pieces II. Some students have worked in this chapter before, but it is a 6th grade district requirement to complete it. Students will benefit from the review, but it will be accelerated. 
• MATH ASSIGNMENT: Complete Investigation 1.1 at home, play the game with family if needed. Show your thinking as outlined in the chapter 'Mathematical Highlights'. Due tomorrow.
• MATH ASSIGNMENT FOR THOSE WANTING MORE CHALLENGE: Some students identified themselves as wanting more 'challenge'. They were assigned the "homework" section of the CMP curriculum: ACE: 1-15, 31-33, 35. Applications 16-18, 23-25, Connections 34 and Extensions 43-47. This is due tomorrow for them. 
• LITERACY: Defined vocabulary words, went over them in class. Students turned them in today for check-off.
• SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: Discussed vocabulary & simple gene inheritance.
• LANGUAGE ARTS ASSIGNMENT: Today students were assigned an ORAL HISTORY project - due next Monday. Please read over it at home and set a time for your student to interview a Family Member.

 Tuesday, Sept. 27th

ASSIGNMENTS & STUDY TIPS: "Homework" is any assignments not finished in class and Projects.

• All math assignments are due the next day.
• Notes must be turned in after discussions and videos.
• Daily Assignments in Word Work and Science are due the next day.
• Projects are explained in handouts and the Due Date for them is posted on that handout. Students should do a little bit of the project every night, and time will be given during the day for working on it.
• Late work becomes a zero unless graded and turned in by the student. Students with late work must stay in at recess and grade it, and be sure to get the teachers attention to record it, to change the zero.
• Students can redo low math grades and complete extra credit, after all daily assignments are done.
• A weekly reading log, signed by a parent, is due every Monday.
  
• MATH: ASSIGNMENT: Complete 1.2 in Bits & Pieces II CMP book. Due tomorrow.
• SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE/READING: Discussed Human Diversity - looking at selected parts of the PBS Website: Race - The Power of Illusion & discussed diversity according to geographic regions. Animals also display differences based on where they live.
• STEPS TO RESPECT
• CLASS DISCUSSION: Discussed late work policys. Showed students schoolnotes.com and eworldclassroom.com.
• MUSIC
• PICTURE DAY TOMORROW

Sept. 28th

Note: Parents - some students are getting hungry before our 12:15 pm lunch. Please be sure they eat breakfast!  Tomorrow (Thursdays) are PE days! It looked like students had a good day, today!

• MATH: Complete CMP Bits II - 2.1 - due tomorrow.
• WRITING: Oral History Project - Students interviewed themselves and wrote down the answers to questions - Reminder: students pace yourself...your final 2 page project is due on Monday.
• MUSIC
• PICTURE DAY
• STUDY HALL/ORCHESTRA/READING

READING LOGS: Due every Monday with a signature from your parent. Fill in your weekly reading logs twice a day, except Friday, and get them signed once a week! Grading: Each completed row is worth 10 points and your parents signature is work 10 points = 100 points total.

EXTRA STAR: Have your parent write their favorite food in your planner, (showing me they read this), along with their daily signature, and recieve an extra star on your planner ...and a Panther Buck, tomorrow!

Sept. 29th

• MATH: Corrected 2.1. Assigned 2.2 - due tomorrow.
• READING/SCIENCE: WA State Spiders - Took Cornell Notes - turned in today
• WRITING: Oral History Project - Final due on Monday.
• PE
• TOMORROW: MAPS Readng Test - Get your sleep tonight!
• WANT A EXTRA STAR? Answer the following question by using a word from this week's vocabulary. Write the word in your planner by where the parent signs.  Which word means moving from one region to another?

FRIDAY, Sept. 30

• All School Assembly
• READING MAPS TEST
• Library
• MATH: Problem of the Week - turned in during class.

MONDAY, Oct. 3rd

• MATH: Bits II - 2.3 (Fact Families) - complete A-D and ACE: 14-18 and 41-44 - due tomorrow.
• READING/SS: Read about Africa as a class - no assignment
• GEOGRAPHY: Color Asia & Africa MAP. Make countries different colors, can repeat colors - due tomorrow.
• WRITING: AFRICA WRITING ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS HANDED OUT - Students can begin research on their African country today, but do not have to begin tonight. There will be writing time in class all this week. The final report is due next Monday. Students will need two sources of information. A bibliography source page was handed out. One typed page or two handwriting final copies must be turned in with roughdrafts stabled beneath it.
• PANTHER PRIDE
• PE

ORAL HISTORY PROJECTS were due today. The roughdrafts were needed to be turned in with the final assignment for students to receive a full grade. Finals could be typed or handwritten.

WANT AN EXTRA STAR? Write down the capital of your African country in your planner.

Tuesday, Oct. 4th, 2011

• MATH: Complete Bits & Pieces II: ACE problems 19-25, 48 and 49 - due tomorrow. Quiz tomorow over adding and subtracting fractions.
• SS/WRITING: Started research on AFRICAN country in class. TONIGHT: Write down the source information for two sources (book, encyclopedia, website) AND take notes off those sites about the country. Bring it in tomorrow to be checked off. You will begin writing your 1st draft in class tomorrow!
• STEPS TO RESPECT
• BALLROOM DANCING
• MUSIC
• STUDY HALL (in class)
• Discussed LATE assignment, how/when to turn them in, get them graded and/or get checked off.

 EXTRA STAR: Write the most current Population of your African Country (that you can find) in your planner.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5th

A good day!

• MATH: Quiz on Bits & Pieces II - Investigation 2 - completed in class.
• READING/WRITING/SOCIAL STUDIES: Students had a large Literacy Block to work on yesterday's homework assignment. They completed writing down the facts/notes from 2 Sources. Students were reminded to write down ALL info. about their 'source'.  A Bibligraphy Handout (given to students earlier this week) gives examples of how to write down info from many different sources. Completion of the 2 Sources & Notes were checked off in class.
• WRITING: Some students are already starting to write their 1st Draft of their African report. They are to 'cite' information taken from their source notes by using a #1 or #2 placed behind that info. corresponding to the source. Tomorrow: In class, students will finish writing the 1st draft of the report, and proofread it. Some students will begin writing their 1st draft, tonight, for their 50 minute homework block. Friday, students will begin to write the Final Report after proofreading the 1st draft. The FINAL DRAFT (with roughdrafts) are due on MONDAY.
• MUSIC
• STUDY HALL - Read and be sure to fill in the spaces for this week's Reading Log - due (signed by a parent) on Monday.

WANT AN EXTRA STAR? Write the name of the leader of your AFRICAN country in your planner.

 Thursday, Oct. 6th

• MATH: Corrected Quiz - Read the preview of Investigation 3 - Multiplying & Dividing Fractions - no assignment.
• LANGUAGE ARTS: Write 1st draft & proofread AFRICAN report. Tomorrow - Final can be handwritten in class or typed on one of the four class computers if you're name is drawn for computers. Final is due Monday.
• BALLROOM DANCING
• PE

 FRIDAY, Oct. 7th - GUEST TEACHER

• MATH: MATH MAPS Test & Problem of the Week - in class
• READING/WRITING: Complete Final of Africa Report
• ASSEMBLY for Fund Raising
• Library

MONDAY, Oct. 8th

• Reading Logs Due - Note: Four weekly reading logs have been checked off. Some students have not turned one or more in. Students can complete book reviews and comprehension projects for 'extra credit' to replace the reading log points. The next Reading Log is due next Monday.

• MATH: Bits II - Complete C&D and ACE Problems #1-3, and 36 & 37 - due tomorrow.
• WRITING: Write 'Mr. Rick', dance teacher, a Friendly Letter about 'Dancing Classrooms' - due tomorrow... these will be given to him.
• VOCABULARY: Ms. Needham went over every word (10 words) with students. Students need to turn their copies of vocab into the turn-in tray for credit today.
• WORD WORK: Short vowel sounds - in Class - Students are to keep their word work notes in their binders.
• PE

LATE WORK: Some students have late work out. They will be calling home this week if they are missing excessive assignments. Late work is accepted, though a grade may be lowered or the student may need to stay inside during recess to get the key out and grade the assignment, and be sure it is entered onto the gradesheets.

MATH ASSIGNMENTS: Intermediate Challenge met and aligned math grading procedures. Most daily CMP work will be checked off in the gradebook. Only occasionally will the daily math assignments be graded and entered onto the gradesheet. There is a weekly INVESTIGATION QUIZ. All weekly 'Investigations' quiz's' and 'handouts' will be graded and averaged for a report card grade.

Parents please feel free to communicate with me about any concerns you may have or to go over classroom procedures. You can communicate with me via your child's planner or email me. Conferences are the week of Thanksgiving. But, if you want to meet prior to that time, please schedule an appointment with me. Together we'll make this a great year for your child! Thanks!

 TUESDAY, Oct. 11

What a good day students had today!

• MATH: CMP Bits II reviewed yesterday's work in class. Today's Assignment: 3.2 ACE: 6-8, 10, 38 & 39 - due tomorrow.
• READING: Reviewed Nonfiction Reading Strategies: Began Reading 'Doctrine of Discovery/Manifest Destiny' - in class. Students placed the reading pages in their binders.
• STEPS TO RESPECT - in class
• DANCING CLASSROOMS - (Ballroom Dancing... students looked happy & having fun!)
• MUSIC

 Wednesday, Oct. 12th

• MATH: MATH: CMP Bits II reviewed yesterday's work in class. Today's Assignment: 3.3 ACE: 11-14 & 40-45 - due tomorrow.
• READING/SS - Doctrine of Discovery - read and discussed. No homework.
• READING/SS - Columbus Day - Discussion - no homework
• MUSIC

 Thursday, Oct. 13 

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW

• MATH: CMP Bits II reviewed yesterday's work in class. Today's Assignment: 3.4 ACE: 18-20 & 46&47 - due Monday. TUESDAY IS A QUIZ on Investigation 3 (multiplying fractions).
• READING/MAP SKILLS - Students took a pretest on the names of the continents & major oceans - in class. Read about Columbus, Jacques Cartier & Ponce De Leon and discussed the reasons for Exploration (to find the trade route called the NW Passage to India)
•  WORD WORK: Took notes on the 'Bossy R' sound that, when combined with a short vowel in a syllable, sounds louder than the short vowel.
• PE
• DANCING CLASROOMS

Went over late work with students. Students can access check-off sheets during any work time to see if they have turned in all of their work. Next week, Progress Reports will be sent home as conferences and report cards are around the corner, occurring the week of Thanksgiving.

Monday, October 17

• MATH: Learned how to use cross cancellation of fractions - ASSIGNMENT: 2-sided CMP worksheet - due tomorrow. Quiz tomorrow over multiplying fractions.
• READING/VOCABULARY: Read about Dia De Los Muertos from an overhead Powerpoint (in class), read and discussed vocabulary. ASSIGNMENT: Complete a vocabulary word search - due tomorrow.
• Social Studies: AUTUMN HOLIDAYS/CULTURAL TRADITIONS: Class discussed culture and traditions, watched video clip about European Halloween History, and a video clip about Dia De Los Muertos (a cultural traditon where Mexicans celebrate their deceased loved ones on Nov. 1 & 2nd). Students will explore fall traditions this week, with focus being on learning about Dia De Los Muertos, a holiday very different than Halloween.
• PE
• BEHAVIOR ASSEMBLY: School rules are reinforced.

Tuesday, October 18th

• MATH: Corrected yesterday's assignment. Began Math Quiz - more time will be available tomorrow to complete quiz - not homework.
• STEPS TO RESPECT
• BALLROOM DANCING
• STUDY HALL
• HEALTH: Discussed nutrition and choosing healthy foods from the food pyramid -  in class.

NO HOMEWORK ASSIGNED TODAY!

ART PROJECT COMING UP! Blue note was sent home today about the supplies we need. We will begin the art project when enough supplies are gathered for each part of it.  Students will create happy, Dia De Los Muertos skeleton dioramas (an indigenous artform in Mexico) using clay and paint. Students are encouraged to bring clay, wire and a shoe box. There is no penalty if you do not have the supplies...we'll share. Families, if you have objections to your child making a Mexican skeleton diorama, please let me know, and we'll come up with a compatible project. Thanks!

BEHAVIOR RULES BOOKLETS: have been sent home. Parents - please read over these rules with your child and sign them. Parkside Elementary takes your child's safety as its highest priority and aims to maximize the classroom learning environment.

October 19th, 2011

THANK YOU PARENTS FOR BRINGING IN ART SUPPLIES!!! WE ALL SHARED and BEGAN THE PROJECT!

• MATH: Finish Investigations 3 Quiz - in class
• HEALTH/READING/WRITING: Read the Great Body Shop. ASSIGNMENT: Take Cornell Notes on the entire Reading - due tomorrow
• SOCIAL STUDIES/ART - Completed the skeleton bodies of art projects - in class.
• MUSIC
• STUDY HALL/ORCHESTRA

DON'T FORGET THE READING LOGS - students should read twice a day and log that reading onto the weekly worksheet. Students can read additional times in a day to make up for days not read. A reading time is a minimum of 20 minutes. Please put the actual date read on the log.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

• MATH: Correct Math Quiz & Complete Problem of the Week - in class
• PE
• DANCING CLASSROOMS
• Reading/Social Studies - History of Dia De Los Muertos. Students read aloud and highlighted important information & defined words. ASSIGNMENT: Complete a Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos - due tomorrow.
• CLASSROOM DISCUSSION ON SHOUT-OUTS/TALKING or SOCIALIZING - Earlier this month, students agreed on rules and consequences for an individual's poor choices and behaviors in class. However, in this classroom, after lunch, it appears as if there is an increase in group off task behaviors (talking/socializing and shout outs than before lunch). As well, there is also misbehavior occuring during PE and Music, a time when students have a different teacher. Sometimes it is caused by a couple of individuals seeking attention, but much of these times, it's the group being silly with each other, socializing and joking. It was explained to the students that this behavior slows down the entire class, it annoys students trying to focus, frustrates teachers, and causes more work at home for some individuals (homework), and as a result, there is less time to do fun activities in the school day. Students explained that this behavior is a carry over from their previous class, where it was more tolerated, but understood that to be successful in 5th Grade Challenge, it needs to be reduced. 

FRIDAY, Oct. 21

• MATH: Completed "Problem of the Week" - in class
• SCIENCE: Watched Science Movie - took notes - in class
• SS/ART: Decorated backdrop/box for diorama - in class
• NO HOMEWORK - Be sure your reading logs are turned in on Monday

PROGRESS REPORTS SENT HOME: A district requirement is that progress reports come home before conferences so parents are informed of students progress and can help students turn any problems around before November Report Cards.

MISSING READING LOGS was written on some progress reports for some students. Past reading logs cannot be made up. There will be no penalty on report cards because of these missing logs if, from here on out, student turns in all future reading logs.

NOVEMBER CONFERENCES: The times were sent home today. Another letter will be sent out closer to conference time. There will be one evening for "group" student led conferences, Tuesday, Nov. 22, from 5-7p.m.  During that time, any family that cannot make their individual conference time, can attend, but do note that other students may be there showing off their portfolios and leading their conferences for their family at the same time. Because we have a very full class of 27 students, this year, families will have 30 minute blocks of time for individual conferences. Also, the conference schedule is pretty tight as far as moving to other times available.

STUDENTS: Want an extra star/sticker for your planner? Answer this question: What is the Mexican word for chocolate sauce poured over chicken? Write it on your planner somewhere in today's space!

Monday, Oct. 24, 2011

LANGUAGE ARTS/SOCIAL STUDIES: Assignment: create a 1-page Info Sheet on an EXPLORER.

• Each student was assigned an Explorer.
• They were given a handout with basic questions to fill in for their Explorer.
• The answers to those questions need to be transferred to full sentences on a page with the EXPLORERS picture, a Heading and the Source. This is the roughdraft.
• Proofread the roughdraft and copy it onto white paper.
• Due tomorrow.

MATH: Assignment: Complete Dividing Fractions - 4.1 - due tomorrow. Extra Credit: ACE 1, 2 and 24-29.

EXPLORER VOCABULARY - Defined 10 words in class - turned in to be checked off today.

PE

ART: Bring scraps of material for clothes for your sculpture.

TUESDAY, Oct. 25th, 2011

• MATH: CMP 4.2 and ACE: 5-8 and 30-34 - due tomorrow
• DANCE
  STEPS TO RESPECT - no assignment
• ART
• MUSIC

Wednesday, Oct. 26th

• MATH: CMP 4.3 - due tomorrow
• STUDY SKILLS: - "Town Hall' class Meeting: Discussed assignment completion, how/what is homework, study habits, effort & attitude - in class discussion & no homework.
• MUSIC
• Study Hall/Orchestra
• WORD WORK: Discussed syllable combinations and vowel sounds - took notes. Turned those notes in to be checked off.
• Discussed Halloween/Dia De Los Muertos/Harvest Party - scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 1st. rsday,

Thursday, Oct. 27th

• MATH: Complete Review Handouts - "Dividing Fractions" - due tomorrow. Quiz Tomorrow over Investigation 4 - Dividing Fractions
• PE
• READING: Discussed Story Elements (Character) - Learned how an author uses literary techniques to Show Character Traits in a story. ASSIGNMENT: In a book, find and write down the sentence where the author describes "any" of the books characters using the following techniques: Author Description (author outright describes the personality of the character), Actions of the Character (author shows the character doing an action that helps the reader know more about the character), Speech of the Character (what the character says (dialogue) reveals more about or describes the character) and Speech of Another Character (another character in the book says something that describes another character). - Due tomorrow.
• Study Hall/Art
• BALLROOM DANCING

 Friday, Oct. 28, 2011

• MATH: Reviewed Dividing Fractions (Yesterday's handouts) and Completed the Bits II Unit Test - in class
• LIBRARY
• READING/WRITING: Discussed Author's Literary Devises and Defined the different kinds of literary devices. Then wrote down an example of each them under the definition - turned the notes in during class.
• NO ASSIGNMENTS THIS WEEKEND -> EXCEPT FINISH THE READING LOGS - Turn in on Monday!!!
• DIA DE LOS MUERTOS - HARVEST PARTY - HALLOWEEN on TUESDAY!

Monday, Oct. 31

• MATH: Complete 2-sided REVIEW handout - due Tuesday.
• Reading/Writing: Learned "plot" - Took notes, completed an events list and plot diagram of Simpsons' Halloween episode - due tomorrow
• PANTHER PRIDE
• PE

Tuesday, Nov. 1

• MATH: Corrected UNIT test - in class
• HISTORY: Watched streaming video from the History Channel about Halloween for Party
• HARVEST/DIA DE LOS MUERTOS/Halloween Party - thank you all who brought food!
• MUSIC
• STEPS TO RESPECT - last lesson about friendship bullying - in class
• DANCING CLASSROOMS - Great Work today!

HAPPY DIA DE LOS MUERTOS! One more day - tomorrow - is the last day of the Mexican Holiday!

Wednesday, November 2

• MATH: Corrected Unit 1 Review hanout in class - those students who scored a '1' must redo the missed problems and turn back in. Assigned 'Problem of the Week' - students completed in class.
• READING/WRITING: Ballroom Dance Story - ASSIGNMENT: Fill in a pre-write handout with character attributes and plot. Next, students were to write a SHORT story with some aspect of "Ballroom Dancing" in it (to give Mr. Rick, the dance teacher, who originally assigned the story) - roughdraft is due tomorrow.
• MUSIC

 Thursday, Nov. 3rd

• MATH: 2-sided handout - Decimals -> Fractions & Fractions -> Decimals - due tomorrow.
• WRITING: Proofread story and Wrote or Typed Final Draft - due today/or tomorrow at the latest.
• STUDY HALL
• MUSIC
• DANCING CLASSROOMS

Friday, Nov. 4th

• MATH: Corrected Handout in class.
• HEALTH/READING: Read & discussed The Great Body Shop - took notes on THE BRAIN - turn notes in.
• LIBRARY
• STUDY HALL

MONDAY, Nov. 7th

• MATH: Reviewed Adding & Subtracting with decimals. ASSIGNMENT: Multiplying Decimals - 2-sided Handout - due tomorrow.
• READING: History - PPT & History Channel video clips on COLONIES & EXPLORERS, Jamestown & Roanoke Island. Took Cornell Notes - turned those in.
• PE
• STUDY HALL/ORCHESTRA
• HEALTH CHECKS for Vision and Hearing - in school.

 Tuesday, Nov. 8th

• SOCIAL STUDIES/Atlas - Reviewed reading charts & info. from an Atlas - in class.
• HISTORY/READING - Read about the first Settlements/Colonies in America - took notes & handed in
• MATH - Corrected Multiplying Decimals & learned Dividing Decimals - ASSIGNMENT: 2-sided Handout - due tomorrow.
• MUSIC
• NOTE: This Thursday is the "District Test" for Math - this is a brand new test the district is giving students to see if they understand the 'district curriculum' math they are currently learning. Students in Challenge 5th Grade will be taking the 6th Grade District Test which corresponds with the curriculum they are learning.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9th

• MATH: Corrected Dividing Decimals handout in class & took questions on any math problems.
• SOCIAL STUDIES/READING/HISTORY: Read about life in 17th Century England & took notes - turned in notes in class. ASSIGNMENT: Draw a picture of one aspect of 17th C. life.
• MUSIC

Thursday, Nov. 10th

• MATH: District Quiz postponed until Monday because of a Fire Drill.
• PE
• STUDY HALL
• READING/SOCIAL STUDIES: Discussion & Notes on Colonies.  Notes due by Monday.
• Fire Drill
• DANCING CLASSROOMS

LATE & MISSING WORK was told to students to write down on a list. Students should turn that work in for grades by next week for the grade to be averaged for report cards. Every student present was told what they have late. Daily students are told they are missing individual assignments after they are graded or checked off.

MONDAY, Nov. 14th

• MATH: District Quiz - in class
• READING/LANGUAGE ARTS - Students learned how to read and analyze MAPS test scores.
• VOCABULARY - Defined 10 words - in class. Turn in for check-off.
• WRITING: Reflection (2 Paragraphs) about your MAPS scores... Question 1) What are your feelings when taking the test or reading the scores? On a scale of 1-10, do you check your answers? What could you do better next time? Question 2) What was your best and worst scores- (Write down the date of the test and scores) and tell why you think that happened? Also, what individual skills do you need to get a better MAP score next time you take the test?  - Due tomorrow
• PE

CONFERENCE TIMES were sent home - There will be little room to move the date if you can't make it, but there will be a TUESDAY NIGHT Group Conference from 5-7p.m. (other groups will be in the classroom). Families can find a corner and students can proceed with their half hour student-led conference and show their goals and work portfolios to parents.  Please RSVP for that option.

• READING LOGS were due and the last one of the quarter was handed it. Book Reviews and projects will replace them.

TUESDAY, Nov. 15th

• MATH: Bits & Pieces III - 1.1 & ACE 1-6 and 37 & 38 - due tomorrow
• L/A - Discussed whats on a Report Card and how Report Cards grades are determined - in class
• L/A - Study Hall - Turn in Late Work - in class
• DANCING CLASSROOMS
• MUSIC

 Wednesday, Nov. 16th

• MATH: Bits & Pieces III - 1.2 and 8-18 - due tomorrow
• L/A Read about Thanksgiving - notes due today
• Music

Note handed out about LATE WORK POLICY for 2nd Quarter - parents please sign it.

CLASSROOM ART BASKET - Students voted for bringing in new supplies for creating a classroom art basket to be auctioned at the Dec. 2nd BINGO night. Please bring supplies by December 1st.

Thursday, Nov. 17th

• MATH: Bits & Pieces III - 1.3 ACE 19-21
• L/A - Organized Conference Binders, Discuss Potential Questions that may arise during conferences - in class
• L/A - Challenge Goal Setting - Each student created 3 Goals and a plan to improve their learnig this year. Will be presented to parents to sign at conferences - in class
• PE
• Increased chatty & off task behaviors - we know they're excited for break! Please remind your child to "stay focused" for one more day!  

Friday, Nov. 18

• MATH: 1.4 ACE 23-32, 45 &  46 - due Monday, Nov. 28th
• READING: Discussed Reading Logs, reasons why they're used, statistics of use in class.

NOTE: Reading logs will continue, as done by 6th Grade Parkside general education. Students can now do logs in a notebook, or on the log sheet. Reading can be 30-40 minutes once a day or split into twice a day, and parents signature is now EXTRA credit.

• ONE LOG SHOULD BE KEPT OVER BREAK - due Monday, Nov. 28th. On that date, the Log due for this week, should also be turned in.
• CONFERENCE BINDER: 5th Grade Challenge Plan - completed in class
• ASSEMBLY
• Library

MONDAY, NOV. 28TH

• MATH: Correct 1.4 and took math quiz in class
• READING/SOCIAL STUDIES: PPT on Indentured Servanst & Notes - turned in today.
• Study Hall/Orchestra
• PE
• LATE WORK: Today we began the new 'late work' policy. I checked off turned in work on a clipboard and reminded students several times today what they were missing. During last recess, I asked them write it in their planners.  Many students forgot reading logs and other work.  Remind your child we are working together on this skill and that it gets easier. They are learning an important skill necessary for success in 6th Grade Challenge and middle school.

DONT FORGET OUR CLASS IS GATHERING ITEMS FOR AN "ART BASKET" to be donated and AUCTIONED OFF this FRIDAY at BINGO NIGHT to raise funds for school! Any new art item you can donate to our classes' basket is greatly appreciated!

TUESDAY, Nov. 29th, 2011

• MATH: Corrected Decimal Quiz - Assigned Problem of the Week - due tom.
• LANGUAGE ART & SOCIAL STUDIES:  Introduction to Transatlantic Slave Trade - took notes & reflection on illustrations of the time - due tomorrow.
• DANCING - Students did great!
• MUSIC

 Wednesday, Nov. 30

• Math: 2.1 and Ace: 1-3, 34-39 - due tomorrow
• LA and SS: Studied Slavery (triangular trade) & took notes an copied Vocabulary - turned in.
• Study Hall/Orchestra
• Music
• Panther Pride

 Thursday, Dec. 1st

• HEALTH/LA - Read Great Body Shop - Took Notes and Drew a Picture of Lunch - wrote a reflection - Due Friday
• MATH: Complete 2.2 and ACE 7-10 and 12-16 - due Friday
• PE
• Dancing
• STudy Hall

FRIDAY, Dec. 2nd

• MATH: Corrected 2.2
• LA/SS/Writing - Quiz on Slavery and Indentured Servants - turned in during class.
• LIBRARY
• LEGO Demonstrations - in class... Good Luck Lego Teams!!

NOTE: BOOK REVIEW & PROJECT - due during the week of Dec. 12-16. A book review must accompany a book comprehension project.

BINGO TONIGHT! 6 p.m.

Have a great weekend!

MONDAY, Dec. 5th

• MATH: Complete 2.3 and ACE: 17-19, 22-24, 40, 44 - due tomorrow
• SCIENCE: Rock Cycle Vocabulary - turned in during class
• READING/SS - Notes and a Discussion on Slavery - turned in notes during class.
• PE
• Study Hall/Orchestra

Tuesday, Dec. 6th

• MATH: Complete 2.4 and ACE: 25, 27-31. 33. 45 - due tomorrow
• L/A: Read a selection about Colonial Life in Americas (one about Food, Clothing, Houses, etc.) and take Cornell notes - due tomorrow.

Absent students can do this with a selection taken from the Internet. Have parents approve your reading selection first.  This is the first part of a project on 'Teaching a Lesson about Colonial Life' where the student does the research, makes a lesson, and teaches it to other students. Students will have an hour a day to work on it this week...a note is coming home about the project.

• SCIENCE: Took notes on the rock Cycle movie and drew a diagram of the rock cycle

Absent students draw a diagram of the rock cycle (found on the Internet).

• MUSIC
• DANCING
• Study Hall

Wednesday, Dec. 7th

• MATH: Corrected 2.4 - Completed Problem of the Week - in class - Tomorrow Quiz on Multiplying Fractions
• L/A: Worked on Colonial Project - 90 minutes - took group notes and created either an 1) Activity 2) PowerPoint 3) Information to lecture students - Roughdraft due tomorrow.
• SCIENCE: Took notes on Igneous Rocks (Difference between Granite and Basalt) - turned in class.
• MUSIC

 Thursday, Dec. 8th

• MATH: Took Multiplying Decimals Quiz - in class.
• L/A: Worked on Colonial Project - 90 minutes - in class. All final activities were checked off.
• SCIENCE: Took notes on Igneous Rocks, Erosion and Weathering - turn in class.
• PE
• HONOR ROLL ASSEMBLY

Friday, Dec. 9th

• MATH: Corrected Math Quiz - Students who scored a 1 must complete Lesson 39 in the Yellow Saxon book, that score will replace the low quiz grade. Students with a 2 are encouraged to do the same lesson to increase their score.

• L/A: Four student teacher groups presented Colonial History Lessons. They were awesome! I can't wait to see more next week. We are discussiong having a Colonial Christmaas reinactment w/music and food for the last day of school before Winter Break. More news forthcoming.  Students took notes and turned them in today and completed activities that the student groups passed out.
• LIBRARY

BOOK REPORT AND PROJECT - due any day Monday through Friday next week.CHALLENGE

HOLIDAY BAZAAR - Next Thursday!

BALLROOM DANCING ASSEMBLY on Friday at 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Family and Friends are Invited to attend!

 Monday, Dec. 12

• STUDENT/TEACHER HISTORY LESSONS - Take Notes and turn those in. Complete the activitys and turn into the teachers (though they will not be entered into the grade book, the student teachers will grade them).
• MATH: 3.1 and ACE 1-4 and 28 & 29 - due tomorrow.
• ART - Tiffany Stained Glass Project - in class.
• Orchestra/Study Hall
• PE

Book Reviews & Projects due by the end of this week!

Tuesday, Dec. 13

• STUDENT/TEACHER HISTORY LESSONS - Take Notes and turn those in. Complete the activitys and turn into the teachers (though they will not be entered into the grade book, the student teachers will grade them).
• SCIENCE Rock Cycle Assignment: 2-sided handout - due tomorrow.
• MATH: 3.2 and ACE 5-14 - due tomorrow
• Ballroom Dancing
• Study Hall
• MUSIC

Town Meeting: Discussed Lates, No Names, and Behavioral Expectations while at school. We had a really good day today.

 WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14 (Ms. Needham went home early because she was feeling sick from a cold).

• MATH: 3.2 ACE: 15-19 and 22-24 - due Thursday
• L/A: Student Teacher History lessons - Took Notes - turned in
• MUSIC
• Study Hall/Orchestra

Thursday, Dec. 15th

• MATH: Problem of the Week - due tomorrow
• PE
  L/A: Student Teacher Lessons - take notes & turn in
• Challenge Bazaar
• DANCING CLASSROOMS lesson

BOOK REVIEW & PROJECT -  DUE TOMORROW!
DANCING EXHIBITION - Tomorrow from 9:45 am to 10:45 am. Students should be dressed as formally as possible.

FRIDAY, Dec. 16th

• MATH: 2-Sided Math Sheet - Dividing Decimals - due Monday
• DANCE EXPO - ALL STUDENTS performed superbly... I was SO proud of them!
• SCIENCE: Corrected rock science handout and watched Movie - in class
• STUDY HALL

Monday, Dec. 19th

• MATH: Quiz on Bits III - Investigation 3 - Completed in class.
• LA: Colonial Christmas Reading: Assignment:  Answer comprehension questions using complete sentences and proofread - due tomorrow.
• PE
• Assembly

COLONIAL HOLIDAY PARTY TOMORROW: Students can bring any kind of buffet food to the party that is NOT a sweet or sugary food.  Sugar free drinks are allowed. In the colonies, people danced, feasted, and sang Christmas carols during Christmas, but the lavish tree, presents, and sugary sweets were not there. . We will recreate the festivities in class as a launch to Winter Break and the NEW YEAR!

 Tuesday, Dec. 20 - HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

What a GREAT ARTISTIC & HAPPY DAY!

• MATH: Graded Quiz - if students scored low, they brought home a yellow Saxon math book and will complete Dividing Decinmals Practice and Problem Set for extra credit.
• L/A: COLONIAL PARTY - THANK YOU parents for the GREAT Buffet Dishes & other foods! We had enough food for students to feel full...but still they ate lunch! The food was tasty and healthy!
• HISTORY: Watched history of St. Nick - in class
• ASSEMBLY: Holiday Sing Along
• MUSIC: Students were AMAZING! playing an instrumental song - everyone participated using violins, recorders, bell, etc... WOW!

Some students have to complete a Language Arts Venn Diagram about Christmas - it is late; due today.

EXTRA CREDIT in Reading - complete reading logs for the break and they will replace missing or low scores on previous logs.

 HAVE A SUPER WINTER BREAK! No "assigned" homework...just complete late work, extra credit, or relax!

Wednesday, January 4th

• MATH: CMP Red book, Bits & Pieces 3 - Assignment: Investigation 4.1 and ACE 1-3 and 13 - due tomorrow.
• READING/HEALTH: Read about Muscular System from Overhead. Assignment: take notes & define the vocabulary words, complete the anatomy page - staple all together and turn in tomorrow.
• MUSIC
• STUDY HALL/ORCHESTRA

We had a good day back!

Thursday, January 5th

• MATH: 4.2 and Ace #4 - due tomorrow.
• PE
• READING: Read about Joints and Muscles System - took notes stapled to Anatormy sheet.
• HEALTH: Anatomy of Joints & Muscles - due tomorrow
• Study Hall

Friday, January 6th

• MATH: Complete 4.3 - due Mon.
• Science/Health: Anatomy Sheet of the Respiratory Track - due Monday stapled to notes.
• Reading: Read about Respiratory Track & watched movie - took notes.
• Library
• Study Hall
• Note: Very chatty & social class this week - unusual amount of names on board...Strive for improved focus next week!

Monday, January 9th

• MATH: Corrected 4.3 and Math Quiz - in class
• Reading: Read and took notes on Respiratory and Nervous Systems - stapled to Anatomy worksheet.
• SCIENCE/HEALTH: Anatomy of the Brain worksheet - turned in at class.
• Orchestra/Study Hall
• PE

Don't Forget: Reading logs are due every Monday! A book review and project will be due the LAST WEEK of January.

MLK  ASSEMBLY ACTIVITY: Discussed discrimination. Asked students to brainstorm a Martin Luther King Activity to present at Friday's Assembly. A group will meet tomorrow to discuss what and how they want to deliver info from our class during the assembly. This is optional and not an assignment.

Tuesday, January 10th

• MATH: Corrected Math Quiz
• READING: Read about Nervous System
• TOOK MAPS READING TEST
• SCIENCE/HEALTH: Completed Nervous System Anatomy page - turned in during class.
• STUDY HALL: Students were conferenced about missing assignments & given time in class to make them up. Some students worked on MLK Assembly Activity.
• Music

 Wednesday, January 11th

• MATH: Worksheet on taxes and discounts - due tomorrow.
• READING: Took notes on Digestive System - staple to anatomy worksheet
• SCIENCE/HEALTH: Completed anatomy worksheet - staple to notes & turn in
• WORD WORK: Complete NOUNS worksheet - due tomorrow
• STUDY HALL/Orchestra

 Thursday, January 12th

• READING: Read about circulatory system - took notes
• SCIENCE/HEALTH: Label and color the heart anatomy worksheets. On heart sheet, students need to show the route of blood traveling in and out of the heart as well las label it - staple to notes and turn in tomorrow.
• STUDY HALL: A lot of time was devoted to allowing students to see what they have missing and catch up.
• WORD WORK: Completed a handout on Adjectives and Verbs. Corrected Nouns worksheet. A lot of students are struggling with Proper Nouns. We'll continue to work on the concept.
• MATH: Another day was allowed to work on the math worksheet from yesterday. We'll correct it tomorrow.
• MLK Assembly tomorrow at 9:30 p.m. Students from my class volunteered to present a Powerpoint they created about discrimination from the past and today and Martin Luther Kings life. They'll present it tomorrow.
• REMEMBER: Reading log will be due next Monday. Book Review and Project due the last week of January.
• PE

Friday, January 13

• MATH: Math MAPS test - in class
• WORD WORK: Studied subject/predicate & graded verb/adj worksheet - in class
• MLK ASSEMBLY - Our students did great!
• LIBRARY
• ORGAN TRAIL ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS AND GRADING CRITERIA  - sent home. This project will be due on FRIDAY next week. I do plan to give students 60-90 minutes a day (T- W -Th) to work on the project in class, but depending on the student, more research/work can be done at home. The project includes a report and Wanted Poster - see project packet.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Tuesday, January 17th

• MATH: Corrected handout on finding percent and tax - reviewed for Unit Test this week.
• SCIENCE: Played Body Systems Jeopardy - in class
• L/A: Organ Trail Project - work time - for today, please get three sources and facts researched.
• MUSIC

 Monday, January 23

• MATH: 5.1 & ACE 1-6, 17 - due tomorrow
• LA/HEALTH: Work on Organ Trail - Final due at the end of the day tomorrow.
• WORD WORK: Noun Classifications - Notes & Handout - Graded in Class
• STUDY HALL/Orchestra
• PE

BOOK REVIEWS & PROJECTS due Next Week!

Tuesday, January 24

• MATH: 5.2 & ACE: 7 and 19 - due tomorrow
• LA/HISTORY - Read the AGE OF ENGLIGHTENMENT Ppt - Took Notes - turned in today
• STUDY HALL: Time to work on Organ Trail and Book Projects - Organ Trail due today
• MATH: Problem of the Week - in class
• MUSIC

* Students were told what work they have out today.

* From now on, students should redo any MATH assignments with a score of '1'.

 Wednesday, January 25

• MATH: Complete 5.3 & ACE 15 - due tomrrow
• L/A: Create "Philosopher Trading Cards" - completed in class.
• MUSIC
• STudy Hall/Orchestra

 Thursday, January 26, 2012

• MATH: Complete review worksheet for Bits III - Unit Test tomorrow
• L/A: Read Lesson One in "We the People" book - assignment is to complete questions 1-5 in the Review the Lesson on Page 12. Support your answer & rewrite the question in your answer - due tomorrow.
• PE
• Jump Rope for Heart Assembly
• Study Hall

 Monday, January 30th

• MATH: Correct UNIT TEST - in class
• ART! Cartoons & Picasso - in class
• STUDY HALL/Orchestra
• L/A & SOCIAL STUDIES: Read Chapter 2 in "We the People" - Answer the Questions in Review # 1, 4 & 5 and Activities # 1 - due tomorrow.

Book Reviews & Projects due this week!

Tuesday, January 31

• MATH: Ratio Packet - Day 1 - due tomorrow
• READING: Read & discussed differences between Democrats and Republicans - students were given a handout. XTRA CREDIT: Students have a discussion about the differences between Dems & Rep, (going over the handout with your parent), and have them sign a paper that they discussed it with you! Turn the note in tomorrow!
• SOCIAL STUDIES: Atlas work packet - due tomorrow.
• MUSIC

* Smencils go on sale tomorrow...students must bring dollar bills...no more that $3 in one day.

Wednesday, February 1

• MATH: Ratio Packet - Day 2 - due tomorrow.
• READING: Lesson 3 in We the People. Complete the questions on Page 27 - due tomorrow.
• Study Hall/Orchestra
• MUSIC
• Fundraiser Assembly

Thursday, February 2

• MATH: Handout on Ratios - day 4 - due tomorrow,
• LA/Social Studies: Watched a PBS Movie "Liberty" - took notes & turned in during class.
• STUDY HALL - Time given to complete Book Review & Project - due tomorrow!
• PE

TONIGHT! Literacy Night from 6-7:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 3rd

• MATH: Corrected Assignments from Day 1-4 - in class.
• L/A: Corrected Adjectives worksheet - in class
• LIBRARY
• SOCIAL STUDIES: Watch PBS MOVIE: "Liberty" discussed & took notes - in class.
• HEALTH: Next week's health unit is Puberty. Students wrote down any questions they may have, and turned them in "anonymously" to be answered in the curriculumn next week.

Have a great weekend!

Monday, Feb 6th

• MATH: Ratios day 5 - due tomorrow
• HEALTH: Defined Vocab - in class
• PE
• Study Hall/Orchestra

NOTE: MISSING ASSIGNMENTS are a problem for some students in this class. And, at this time of year, with half a year to go, it's not uncommon for students to begin to lag in getting their work done or in its quality.

To support students, they're given a lot of time in class to complete assignments and a lot of feedback. Those who are using it wisely are turning in their work in and upholding a high degree of quality. Great job! However, some students are not using their time wisely, and are quietly chatting, drawing, or reading instead,or appearing like they have all of their work finished. 

I have noticed an increase in assignments being turned in late, without names, improperly labelled, sentences not proofread, or incomplete. To help students, they're told of their missing assignments daily, some are conferenced during planner time, and feedback is written on their corrected work. Check-off clipboards are available to view, and recesses are available for more work time. I encourage students who have late work to call home or make a note of it in their planner. Extra credit is always available and students can redo math assignments. You can help your child stay on track by asking them about the days assignments, checking their backpacks for incomplete work, or work without a stamp of "Assignment Recieved" on it, and asking them if they turned in their work. If you have any questions about your student, shoot me an email, and I'll let you know if its a concern. Take care! 

Tuesday, Feb. 7

• MATH: Ratio Pizza - completed in class
• HEALTH: Emotions Discussion and Notes from Great Body Shop - in class
• STUDY HALL
• MUSIC

 Wednesday, Feb. 8th

• MATH: 2-sided Ratio handout & problem of the week - due tomorrow
• L/A & SOCIAL STUDIES: We the People - Lesson 4: Complete all REVIEW questions and Activity #1 - due tomorrow.
• MUSIC
• Study Hall/Orchestra

Thursday, Feb. 9th

• MATH: RATIO Unit Test - in class
• LA & Health: Discussed Emotions - took notes in class & turned in
• LA & SS: Read beginning of Lesson 5 and watched "Liberty" movie about Revolution - in class
• PE
• STUDY HALL

 Friday, Feb. 10th

• MATH: Variables and Patterns - PreAssessment - in class
• LA - HEALTH: Discussed Coping with Emotions and Loss and Grief - took notes in class & turned in.
• LA - SS: Took notes on the movie "Liberty" & completed a worksheet on the Battle in Lexington and Concord - due Monday.
• Library

SCIENCE EXPERIMENT: A packet with information was handed to students. Please complete the experiment proposal sheet with students and return next week. The final project is due on March 6th. This is an EXPERIMENT where a variable is tested, and NOT a PROJECT where something is built. Students are responsible for:

• 1) Complete an EXPERIMENT.
• 2) Keep of JOURNAL of it w/observations.
• 3) A REPORT is due of the experiment, with a large section dedicated to research about it (research part should be five paragraph essay style w/three sources) and then the other steps of the scientific method nicely written or typed out.
• 4) A TRIBOARD visually representing the experiment.

MONDAY, Feb. 13th

• HEALTH: Discussed Healthy Boundaries: Assignment: Review the Emotions Unit with your family and have a parent sign the worksheet and also respond to two questions about child abuse - due tomorrow.
• SCIENCE: Discussed the Scienitific Method: Assignment: Answer questions on a worksheet about Variables & Fair test - due tomorrow.
• MATH: Corrected UNIT TEST and VARIABLES and PATTERNS Pretest. District test is later this week. We'll review for it this week.
• PE: Pacer test
• ORCHESTRA/STUDY HALL

VALENTINES DAY: Students can bring cards if one is given to EVERYONE. Students will have an opportunity to exchange them at the end of the day. There will not be a party because students voted to have their second 'sugar party' on the last day of school.

 Tuesday, Feb. 14th

• MATH: Reviewed Order of Operations and multiplying and dividing decimals - 2 worksheets due tomorrow.
• READING/HEALTH: Discussed Puberty - Day 1 - took notes & turned in during class.
• MUSIC
• Valentines Day - Students who had cards passed them out. Plz no more cards after today.
• LATE WORK: Students told of late or missing work today.

Wednesday, Feb. 15th

• MATH: Handouts on Order of Operation & Review - due tomorrow.
• HEALTH: Puberty Day 2 & Movie - turned in notes.
• MUSIC

Book Report and SCIENCE Experiment due February 27 - March 2nd.

Thursday, Feb. 16th

• MATH: Correct handouts - in class
• PE
• SCIENCE: Create Science Question & name the variable - due today
• SS: Discussed ways to answer comprehension questions & graded assignments - in class.

Please no more rubrik cubes or other toys in class - they are getting disruptive.

Friday, Feb. 17th

• MATH: District Math Quiz - in class
• STUDY HALL
• Library

Wednesday, Feb. 22

• MATH: Vairables and Patterns - 1.1 and 1.2 - due tomorrow.
• READING/SCIENCE: Discussed Safety in Science - Science Safety Rule Parent/student signature sheet - due tomorrow.
• SCIENCE: Penny Experiment - worksheets due tomorrow. Don't forget the "journal" part that includes your observations.
• PE

Thursday, Feb. 23

• MATH: Variables & Patterns - 1.3 and ACE # 4,5,26 - due tomorrow
• SCIENCE: Amoeba Worksheets & systems vocab w/one-cell organism discussion - turned in today.
• PARTS OF SPEECH: Cut out wheel & worksheet - due tomorrow.
• PE

* Discussed Science Experiment - Students recieved a hypothesis/bibliography worksheet and a Check-list to be sure the experiement is complete. Due next Friday.

* Book Review and Project due by Friday of next week, as well.

Friday, February 24

• MATH: Problem of the Week - in class
• SCIENCE: Watched Mircoorganisms PPT & Took Notes - Completed Visual Observation Lab - turned in during class
• STUDY HALL - Students were given over an hour of study time to get late/missing work completed, book reviews/projects, and science experiement work time.
• Library

Monday, February 27

• MATH: Variables and Patterns 1.4 & ACE 6-9 - due tomorrow.
• SCIENCE: Properties of Lenses Lab - completed in class
• READING/SS: Read 2-sided handout w/movie - written answers to comprehension qs due tomorrow.
• PE
• Study Hall/Orchestra

BOOK REPORT & PROJECT & Science Fair Experiement - due by FRIDAY!

Science Fair on March 6th.

Tuesday, February 28

• MATH: Corrected 1.4 - in class
• SCIENCE: Study Bacteria & took notes - turned in class
• MUSIC
• SS/READING: Complete "Timeline to Revolution" worksheet - due tomorrow.
• STUDY HALL

Wednesday, February 29

• MATH: Complete 1.5 - due tomorrow
• SOCIAL STUDIES: Completed Worksheet about Declaration of Independence and corrected others.
• SCIENCE: Graded Worksheets
• PATHER PRIDE
  Orchestra/Study Hall
• MUSIC

Thursday, March 1

• MATH: ACE 10, 11, 12 & 25 - due tomorrow
• SCIENCE: Microscope Investigation - Lesson 5 - Drew what was seen on microfishe and turned in.
• SOCIAL STUDIES: Watched "Liberty" and took notes.
• STUDY HALL
• PE

Friday, March 2nd

• MATH: Complete Math Quiz - Variables & Patterns - Investigation 1 - in class
• HEALTH: Intro to Drugs (Great Body Shop Unit) - in class
• LIbrary
• Study Hall

Monday, March 5th

• MATH: Correct Quiz and Complete Problem of the Week - in class
• PE
  Study Hall/Orchestra
• READING/HEALTH: Learned about Alcohol - Writing Assignment Worksheet - due tomorrow

* SCIENCE FAIR TOMORROW 6 to 7:30 p.m.

 Tuesday, March 6th

• MATH: Variables and Patterns - Investigation 2.1 - due tomorrow
• Reading/Health: Complete a worksheet on 'Nicotine' - due tomorrow
• Music
• Global Reading Challenge: Our school won! Thanks Evan, JJ and Payton
• STUDY HALL

Tonight is Science Fair!

Wednesday, March 7th

• MATH: Variables and Patterns Investigation 2.2 - due tomorrow
• Reading/Health: Complete a worksheet on "Marijuana" - due tomorrow
• Music
• Study Hall/Orchestra

TOMORROW: Field Trip in Music to Orchestra!

Thursday, March 8

• FIELD TRIP: To Seattle Symphony - in class
• WRITING/LA/SS: New Project - Manners and Etiquette Pages for a Classroom Laminated Booklet; Tonight's Assignment: Each student has a place, event, or situation. Tonight they should gather as many manners, etiquette, and behavioral rules from as many sources (& online) as possible - this research is due tomorrow.
• PE

 Friday, March 9th

• SCIENCE FAIR PRESENTATIONS: In class. Those who did not present, took notes & turned them in.
• WRITING MANNERS PROJECT: Wrote Paragraph about the Situation/Place/Event - 1st draft - turned in during class
• LIBRARY

 Monday, March 12

• MATH: Variables and Patterns - Investigation 2.3 and ACE 8, 10-12 - due tomorrow
• READING/WORD WORK - Prefixes and Suffixes (Worksheet) - Completed and corrected in class
• LETTERS HOME - in class
• PE
• Orchestra/Study Hall

Tuesday, March 13

• MATH: Variables & Patterns - ACE 3, 4, 6, 22, 23 - due tomorrow
• HEALTH: Worksheet on Meth - completed in class
• SS ATLAS: Completed Lesson 15, 16 & 18 - completed in class
• MUSIC

Wednesday, March 14

• MATH: Variables & Patterns Quiz - in class
• READING/HEALTH: Drugs - Inhalents - Question and refusal role plays - notes and answers due tomorrow.
• MUSIC
• STUDY HALL/ORCHESTRA

Tomorrow is class music concert at 6:30PM.

Thursday, March 15th

• MATH: 3.1 - due tomorrow
• READING/Health: Heroin, Cocaine, and Ecstacy - complete a triple venn diagram comparing them - due tomorrow.
• SOCIAL STUDIES: Read about the Five Freedoms in the first ammendment. Answered two questions: What are the five freedoms and write a paragraph about when you exercised a freedom or had one taken away - due tomorrow.
• PE
• Tonight is Music Concert at 6:30 p.m.
• St. Patrick's Day Party is Tomorrow - make some kind of Irish food and share it with us for a class brunch tomorrow!

Friday, March 16 - THANK YOU PARENTS for a GREAT St. Patrick's Day Celebration!

• MATH: Corrected 3.1 and completed Problem of the Week - in class
• Watched Movies on history of St. Patrick's Day & Liberty
• L/A - Completed a poster on why a specific drug is bad and to say no! - completed in class

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

MONDAY, March 19th

• MATH: MAPS quiz  - in school
• L/A: Took notes on Design Elements of Posters - ASSIGNMENT: Create four designs using the different elements learned in class - due tomorrow
• L/A READING: Tool notes on Story Elements & Quiz - Write the missed definition on the back of the quiz and staple to notes - due tomorrow
• Study Hall/Orchestra
• PE
  MAPS READING TEST tomorrow

Tuesday, March 20th

• MATH: complete 3.2 -due tomorrow.
• ART: Create a roughdraft of one of your thumbnails but add all of your manners/etiquette information - due tomorrow
• L/A: took notes on poetry terms - in class (don't turn in)
• READING MAPS - in class
• REPTILE MAN Assembly

TOMORROW is Class Picture Day!

Wednesday, March 21

• MATH: 3.3 & Ace 13-19 - due tomorrow
• L/A: Social Studies - Read 'We the People' - take notes and write a paragraph on what 'The Great Compromise" was - due in class
• MANNERS Project: Have someone critique and edit your roughdraft layout - due tomorrow
• Music
• STUDY HALL/Orchestra
• Students...want another star? On your planner near the signature section, write down the two parts of the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH of the Federal Government

Thursday, March 22

• MATH: Handout - due tomorrow
• L/A & SS: Read "We the People - Lesson 13' - Took Notes - turned in.
• MANNERS Project: FINAL DRAFT & all notes & roughdrafts - due tomorrow
• PE
• Study Hall

Friday, March 23

• MATH QUIZ - in class
• MAPS Make-up or STUDY HALL time to work on Book Review and Project (LAST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR) due by Friday of next week.
• LA & Social Studies: Took Notes on "Liberty" PBS movie about the Revolutionary War - in class
• HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

MONDAY, March 26th

• MATH: Worksheets on student's weight on other planets - due tomorrow
• LA/Science: Watched videos on the Solar System - took notes and made a diagram of the Solar System and labeled - due tomorrow
• Study Hall/Orchestra
• ART: Created a picture using pointalism - more time to finish tomorrow
• Honor Roll Assembly
• PE

Book Review and Project due on Friday - last one of the school year.

Tuesday, March 27

• MATH: Unit Quiz on Variables and Patterns - in class
• ART/Book Review and Project - Time Given in Class for Completion
• LA/Science - MOON - took notes and turned in - in class
• Music
• Study Hall

Parents & students - we need to keep focus these last two and a half months!

Wednesday, March 28

• MATH: Complete Unit Test
• LA/Science: Mars - NOVA movie on Mars - took notes & turned in.
• LA/Writing: Starting a Science Firction Story - Assignment: Story Element Summary for the story includes descriptions of character, setting, conflict, theme and plot.
• Music
• Study Hall/Orchestra

Thursday, March 29

• MATH: Complete Covering & Surrounding (in red book) - Inv. 1.1 and ACE 1-5 - due tomorrow
• LA/Science: Atmosphere Notes - turned in today
• LA/Writing - Complete roughdraft of Sci Fi story - roughdraft is due tomorrow
• PE
• Panther Pride
• BOOK REVIEW & Project due tomorrrow - last one of the school year!

Quiz in Science tomorrow - Open Notes - Bring notes taken this week tomorrow!

Friday, March 30th

• MATH: Covering & Surrounding - Inv. 1.2 - due Monday
• LA/Science - Quiz - corrected in class
• Library
• Discussed Test scores & effort - in class

 Monday, April 2nd

• MATH: Covering & Surrounding - Inv. 1.3 and ACE 16-21 and 31.
• LA/Science: Ecosystems & Adaptations - Took Notes - turned in
• PE
• Orchestra/Study Hall

 * Students are not to bring hand-held devices to school unless they are for learning, and a signed permission slip is filled out (students can request it) leaving responsibility for the device with the student, otherwise teachers will confinscate the item if seen in the classroom, and return it to student at the end of the day. The second time the device is brought to school and seen, the item will be given to the principal and the parent will have to pick it up at the office.

Tuesday, April 3rd

• MATH: Took Quiz for Covering and Surrounding - in class
• LA/Science: Adaptation and Biomes - Assignment: Take notes on plant adaptation and biomes and read elephant handout. Then write down 15-20 adaptations on the elephant and fill in what they are used for based on what you've read - due tomorrow.
• Music
• Study Hall

 Wednesday, April 4th

• MATH: Inv. 3.1 and ACE 1-6 and 13-16 - due tomorrow
• LA/Science: Food Webs, Energy Webs and Biomes - Took Notes and Assignment is to create a Biome Food Web - due tomorrow
• Music
• Study Hall/Orchestra

THURSDAY, APRIL 5TH

• L/A - WRITING: Proofread and rewrite another draft of Science Fiction Story
• MATH: 5.1 & ACe 1, 3 and 47 - due tomorrow
• SCIENCE: Marine Biome note - turn in
• Study Hall
• PE

Friday, April 6th

• MATH: Assignment - Day 6 worksheet - due the Monday we get back from break
• LA - WRITING: Science Fiction Story - due the Monday we get back from break
• COUNSELING: Ms. Edwards came  in to discuss feelings of "Self esteem, behavior, bullys, boundaries ...etc." in the classroom
• LIBRARY
• LATE LIST was given to students to write down what they have missing this reporting period and to catch up during break
• HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!

Monday, April 16th

• MATH: Worksheets on Surface Area and Volume - due tomorrow
• L/A: MSP SCIENCE Review - investigated MSP science questions
• SCIENCE: Photosynthesis - took notes and drew the cycle - in class
• Study Hall/Orchestra
• PE

 Tuesday, April 17th

• MATH: Covering and Surrounding 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 - due tomorrow
• LA/ Word Work - notes due today
• LA/ Science - Atoms Worksheet & notes - due tomorrow
• Music

 Wednesday, April 18th

• MATH: corrected math & Worksheet over area & circumference assigned - in class
• LA/Science: Atoms Day 2 - Compounds, Mixtures & Solutions - worksheet & notes due tom.
• Study Hall/Orchestra
• Music

Friday, April 20th

• MATH: Reviewed MSP Tutorial - online
• LA/Science: Ecology - Global Warming & Greenhouse Gases - notes in class
• LA/ART: NASA Gumdrop Atoms poster - in class
• Library

Monday, April 23

• MATH: Geometry Review - complete worksheets - due tomorrow
• READING: Msp Tutorial
• MATH: MBA TEST - in class
• STUDY HALL/Orchestra

FOOD BANK DRIVE continues to Friday!

Tuesday, April 24th

• LA: We the People: Read and took notes on Chapter 13 and 14 - completed Question 4 on REVIEW - turned in during class.
• MATH: Handout - Surface Area - Day 3 - due tomorrow
• MSP Tutorial Practice
• Study Hall
• Music

WEDNESDAY, April 25th

• MATH: Day 4 Handouts - due tomorrow
• LA/Health: Persuasive Techniques in Advertising - worksheet due tomorrow
• LA/SS: Read WE the PEOPLE - took notes on Chapter 15 (Judicial Branch) - turned in today
• Music (Dance Assembly)
• FOOD DRIVE CONTINUES!
• Study Hall/Orchestra
• SCIENCE MSP on Friday

We need LINED PAPER

Thursday, April 26

• SCIENCE: Force & Motion - notes & questions - turn in tom.
• SCIENCE: Energy Forms - notes - turn in today
• Friendship Discussion today with entire class.
• PE
• TOMORROW - SCIENCE MSP!

Monday, April 27

• MATH: Reviewed 5th Grade Math standards - in class
• LA: Reviewed Story Elements - in class
• PE
• Panther Pride
• Study Hall/Orchestra

TOMORROW MATH MSP!

Tuesday, May 1

• MATH: MATH MSP
• LA/May Day - Social Causes - took notes on videos of Labor Movement, Child Labor, Women's Rights & Civil Right's movement - turned in notes.
• CAUSE Project Assigned (see project outline handout) - Tomorrow bring in research from 3 sources and 'cause' - due tomorrow - (We'll have an hour block of LA time to work on this in class per day)
• MUSIC
• Study Hall

FIELD TRIP TO WA STATE CAPITAL is Wednesday, May 16th from 9:30 - 1:30 p.m. - Permission slips coming soon!

 WEDNESDAY, May 2nd

• MATH: Corrected worksheet - in class
• L/A Math - Analyzed a news story about yesterday's May Day Demonstrations and evaluated whether it was biased by the number of positive and negative words the reporter used in the story - then answered questions - due tomorrow
• L/A & SS: Discussed what it is to be a citizen & civics of demonstrations - students took notes - in class
• Orchestra/Study Hall

Field Trip Permission Slips Sent Home today!

Thursday, May 3rd

• MATH: Lesson 99 (Volume) in Yellow Saxon Book - due tomorrow
• LA: Work time on "Cause" report
• LA: Graded and discussed answers on the article analayzed yesterday - in class
• PE
• Our first two field trip chaperones have confirmed via letter, so no more chaperones are needed for this field trip tour.

 Friday, May 4th

• MATH: Job & budget - due Monday
• LA: Great Body Shop - read in class
• Library
• Reading MSP on Tuesday

Monday, May 7th

• MATH: Review Budget and grade lesson 99 - in class
• LA: Discuss College - in class
• LA: Answer questions about dream job: due tomorrow
• Orchestra/Study Hall
• READING MSP tomorrow

Tuesday, May 8th

• MATH: Problem of the Week - in class
• LA: Write draft of Cause project - due tomorrow
• READING MSP
• Music

 Wednesday, May 9th

NEW PROGRAM: Students with Assignments in on time, planners signed, and without names on the board will get to work on projects. Others in the class will work toward that goal. When they have achieved it or teacher discretion, they will move to that program for the rest of the year.

• MATH: No Homework - xtra credit - students can design a lesson on statistics, surface area of 3D shapes or volume to present to the class.
• LA: Wrote a reflection on the CAREER project - in class.
• LA: Discussed the end of year program: NO LATES, NAME ON BOARD and PLANNERS SIGNED for Project based assignments. Students set goals - in class
• LA: CAUSE project - Assignment: Question and Answer - due tomorrow
• MUSIC
• Orchestra/Study Hall

Thursday, May 10th

• MATH: 2 Sided "volume" Worksheet - due tomorrow
• LA: Complete your "Visual" 1st draft or Lesson 10 in "We the People" notes, review questions & one activity or both - due tomorrow
• LA: Watched videos of the "Amistad" - took notes & did online activity
• PE
• Recieved a free book from Page Ahead
• TOMORROW IS HERO DAY!

Friday, May 11th

• HERO DAY was a GREEEEAAAT success! Great Fun!
  LA: Indian Wars Movie - took notes
• LA: Practiced Hero Day
• CAUSE PROJECT: Please type out your final drafts
• FIELD TRIP Wednesday
• Library

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Monday, May 14th

• LA: Slavery & Cotton Kingdom in the South - handout with questions - answers to be written on lined paper - due tomorrow
• MATH: Volume & Surface Area - quiz - in class
• PE
• Cause Project - students should have final parts of project completed by tomorrow.

* FIELD TRIP on Wednesday - pack disposable lunches!

 Tuesday, May 15th

• LA: The Mexican War & Texas Revolution - worksheets - due tomorrow
• MATH: Corrected quiz and handout - took pretest for 'How Likely Is it?" - in class
• MUSIC
• ASSEMBLY

TOMORROW IS FIELD TRIP! Pack a disposable lunch!

 WEDNESDAY, May 16th

• FIELD TRIP! Went Excellently! Thank you chaperones!
• Study Hall
• MUSIC

Thursday, May 17th

• MATH: How Likely is It - Red Book - 1.1 and ACE 1, 3-5, 19, 20 - due tomorrow
• LA: Lewis & Clark & Manifest Destiny worksheet - due tomorrow
• LA: Atlas Work - due tomorrow
• MUSIC 
• Study Hall

No School Tomorrow

Monday, May 21st

• MATH: 1.3 & ACE 9, 10, 24 & 25 - due tomorrow
• LA: History Worksheet - answer in full sentences - due tomorrow
• Orchestra/Health - Those not in Orchestra read Great Body Shop, drew a skeleton or muscle system and labelled it - those in Orchestra, please read the Great Body Shop.
• PE

Tuesday, May 22nd

• MATH: Create two graphs on individual behavioral data collected over the last ten days - if a student didn't collect any then they need to write a Friendly Letter to the teacher explaining why - due tonmorrow.
• LA: Discussed REFORMERS of the early 1800s - one side of handout due tomorrow
• LA: Project - partners create a page about a WORLD GOVERNMENT - due tomorrow
• MUSIC
  Study Hall

Wednesday, May 23

1. LA: Research a cultural contribution you can't live without - research due by tomorrow
2. LA: Studied immigration - handout due tomorrrow
3. MATH: 1.4, ACE: 11-17 - due tom
4. Study Hall/Orchestra

Thursday, May 24

• LA: Oral Presentations - in class
• LA: Quick Write - 30 minutes to write a page on cultural contribution - in class
• * Brunch w.Ms. Sandlin's class
• MATH: Probability Worksheets - due tomorrow
• PE - PACER TEST

Friday, May 25

• LA: History Worksheet - due Tuesday
• LA: Oral Presentations
• MATH: Handout Quiz and Problem of the Week - in class
• Library
• NO SCHOOL MONDAY! Have a great weekend!