Wednesday, May 27

Students worked hard today on their EOG.  Afterwards they went to lunch and then PE.  After that, we reviewed fractions, customary capacity measurements, metric length measurements, and problem solving strategies we use.  Tomorrow is the math EOG using a calulator.  The school provides the calculators.  No homework!!

Friday, May 22

MW--BMB p. 637 (19-28)

All subjects--EOG practice.

This afternoon those who had all their work in got to play games, and those who owed work had some class time to work on it.

HW--Read and record, reading EOG practice sheet, any late work

Thursday, May 21

MW--Spelling List 30 two times each

Reading, Math, LA, SS--EOG practice

HW--Read and record, spelling test tomorrow, BMB pp. 572-3 (started in class), reading EOG practice.

Wednesday, May 20

MW--BMB p. 633 #'s 9-15

Reading, Math, LA--EOG practice

SS--Used time to check work.

HW--Read and record, spelling crossword puzzle, finish math packet (4 pgs), reading EOG practice, my math group has BMB p.p. 290-91 to finish.

Tuesday, May 19

MW--BMB p. 632 1-7

Reading, Math, LA--EOG practice

SS--Computer lab for SRI to get new lexile levels

HW--Read and record, green sheets due tomorrow, BMB pp. 420-21, spelling wordsearch, my math group has BMB p. 254-55 to finish.

Monday, May 18

MW--BMB pp. 614-5 #'s 8-14

Reading, Math, and Language Arts--EOG practice

SS--How to use a landform map--used book and sheet.

HW--Read and record, get transportation form for next year filled out, BMB pp. 404-05, spelling 30 print and cursive, my math group has BMB pp. 190-01 and 208-09 (they got a good start on this in class)

Friday, May 15

MW--BMB p. 614 1-7

Reading, Math, and Language Arts--EOG practice

SS--Map review of scale, key, intermediate directions

HW--Finish any work not completed in class today and read and record

Thursday, May 14

MW--BMB p. H40 Rows G, H, I

Reading--My group did a practice EOG on poetry

LA--More practice EOG

Math--More practice EOG

SS--Went over Tuesday's Class Scape quiz

HW--Read and record, spelling test tomorrow.  My math group has BMB pp. 124-5

Wednesday, May 13

MW--Write spelling list 29 two times each correctly.

Reading--My group did an EOG poetry practice

LA--EOG practice

Math--BMB pp. 56-7 and 84-5 in class with partners

SS--Sheet on map scale and looked at satellite maps on the Internet.

HW--Read and record, spelling crossword, cold message sheet, my math group needs to correct BMB pp. 640-01 and finish BMB work started in class today.

Tuesday, May 12

MW--BMB p. H40, rows D, E, and F

Reading--My group reviewed hyperbole and worked on writing their own concrete poems.

LA--County Writing test

Math--EOG Review of Goal 1 in partners

SS--computer lab for class scape and study island

HW--Read and record, spelling word search, my math group has BMB pp, 640-01, 1-4 on both pages.  Mrs. Calloway's group has a sheet on division.  Mrs. Nichols's group has two sheets on geometry.

Monday, May 11

MW--BMB p. H40, rows A, B, and C

Reading--My group studied concrete poems today

LA--EOG practice--folk tale

Math--EOG practice--goal 5

SS--Students worked to use a map's scale

HW--Read and record, spelling print and cursive, finish EOG reading practice, my math group has BMB pp h21-7 #'s 1-21

Friday, May 8

MW--BMB p. 627 18-21

Reading--We made Mothers' Day surprises

LA--EOG practice

Math--EOG practice on goal 4

SS--None due to field day

HW--Read and record, my math group needs to finish BMB pp. h28-35 #'s 1-24

Thursday, May 7

MW--Spelling 28 two times each

Reading--My group reviewed similes.

LA--EOG practice

Math--EOG practice on goals 2 and 3. 

SS--Used smart board to go over Tuesday's Class Scape quiz.

HW--Read and record, spelling test Friday, BMB pp. h13-20 #'s 1-24 (for my math group)

Wednesday, May 6

MW--BMB p. 627 14-17

Reading--My group reviewed alliteration and personification.

LA--Two reading EOG practice "testlets"

Math--Finished the EOG practice for goal 1.

SS--Learned to use grid maps using text pp. 238-9

HW--Read and record, spelling wordsearch, progress reports, yearbook money, I Care forms, and my math group has BMB pp. H6-12 #'s 1-21

Tuesday, May 5

MW--BMB p. 627 10-13

Reading--My group studied repetition and onomatopoeia today.

LA--We did a practice EOG "testlet" today and reviewed figurative language vocabulary.

Math--We switched groups today to review for the EOG.  My group did an EOG practice test on Goal 1.

SS--Computer lab for Class Scape.

HW--Read and record, have green reading logs ready for turn in tomorrow, spelling crossword, study for figurative language quiz, BMB p. 630 set C--don't estimate, actually work the problem.

Monday, May 4

MW--MW p. 627 5-9

Reading--We switched groups again for the last time in our EOG rotation.  My new group learned how to read a poem, identify stanzas, and mark rhyme scheme.

LA--We reviewed figurative language.

Math--Students learned to use a calculator today.

SS--Students learned about cardinal and intermediate directions today using pp. 112-3 in the SS book.

HW--Read and record, math PW149, and spelling p/c. 

Friday, May 1

MW--BMB p. 631 8-15

Reading--Students worked on a practice EOG, and we discussed data notebooks. 

LA--We used our time to go over the county math test.

Math--My group learned to compare and order, add and subract, and multiply decimals.

SS--Students labeled a world map with continents, oceans, Equator, and Prime Meridian.

HW--Read and record, Mrs. Calloway's math group has a math PW page.

Thursday, April 30

MW--Spelling List 27 two times each correctly

Reading--My group did another EOG practice and finished their concrete poems.

LA--We worked on hyperboles today.

Math--The class learned about decimals greater than one using their BMB's.

SS--We went over Tuesday's Class Scapes quiz.

HW--Read and record, spelling test tomorrow, order of operations sheet, and my math group has two sheets on decimals.

Wednesday, April 29

MW--BMB p. 630 9-16

Reading--Students did a practice EOG poetry selection and worked on their concrete poems.

LA--We shared limericks and riddles today.

Math--We worked on decimals today--tenths and hundredths using three sheets in class.

SS--We went over the county reading test from few weeks ago.

HW--Read and record, spelling crossword puzzle, my math group has three math sheets on decimals.  Mrs. Calloway's math group doesn't have any homework.

Tuesday, April 28

MW--BMB p. 630 1-8

Reading--We studied hyperbole, and students began writing their own concrete poems.

LA--We worked on limericks today.

Math--My group worked on estimating quotients today using their BMB's.

SS--Computer lab for Class Scapes, RC, and Study Island.

HW--Have green sheet ready to be turned in tomorrow, spelling cryptogram, finish limerick, my math group has PW159 and a division sheet.

Monday, April 27

MW--BMB p. 628 Quick Review

Reading--My group studied concrete poems

LA--We worked on idioms and interpreting their meanings.

Math--Students took a quiz on division with remainders.

SS--Students worked with physical maps to identify continents of specific physical features of North and South America.

HW--Read and record, spelling print/cursive, Sharing Marbles math sheet (my group), and 3 idiom sheets.  Mrs. Calloway's math group has BMB p. 565 for homework.

Friday, April 24

Ms. Paisley was out!

Thursday, April 23

MW--Spelling List 26 two times each

Reading--My group reviewed similes today and read some simile poems.

LA--Work on simile and metaphor using handouts.

Math--No class today due to Merlefest Outreach performance

SS--We went over Tuesday's Class Scape quiz

HW--Read and record on green sheet, spelling test tomorrow, simile/metaphor sheet

Wednesday, April 22

MW--BMB p. 624

Reading--My group learned onomatopoeia and personification today.

LA--We reviewed alliteration.

Math--Students worked to "interpret the remainder" when using division.  They worked in their math books pp. 628-9.

SS--Computer lab for Class Scape and Study Island

HW--Read and record, my math group has PW 157, Mrs. Calloway's math group has PW143, everyone has a spelling wordsearch, a punctuation sheet, and an alliteration sheet to finish.

Tuesday, April 21

MW--BMB p. 620 Quick Review

Reading--My group learned about repetition and alliteration today.

LA--Students learned about idioms, reviewed figurative and literal language, and finished their pictures from yesterday.

Math--My group worked more on word problems--multi-step with division and multiplication.

SS--Computer lab for Class Scape quiz and Study Island.

Homework--Read and record, reading log due tomorrow, my reading group needs to finish marking the alliterations in their poem, my math group needs to finish their word problems from class today, everyone has a spelling crossword puzzle to complete.

Monday, April 20

MW--BMB p. 618 Quick Review

Reading--We rotated reading groups again.  My new group is working on poetry.  We learned about rhyme, rhyme scheme, stanzas, and reading poetry following the punctuation.

LA--We began figurative language today.  Students took a figurative expression and illustrated it both literally and figuratively.

Math--We reviewed multiplication and division with two and three digit numbers.  Next students worked in partners on word problems.

Social Studies--Students practiced identifying country and continent for various cities using a political map.

HW--Read and record, spelling print/cursive, both math groups have homework.

Friday, April 10

MW--BMB p. 599 (16-20)

We watched Balto this morning first thing.  Then we had math, and students worked on long division with remainders.  After that we had lunch, library, spelling test, and spring celebration.

HW--Read and my math group has PW 156

Have a great vactaion!

Thursday, April 9

MW--Spelling List 25 two times each correctly

Reading--No class due to county testing

LA--No class due to county testing

Math--Multi-step word problems using multiplication and division

SS--Using a political map and locating continents

HW--Read and record on green sheet, spelling test tomorrow, my math group has three sheets on division and multiplication, Spring Celebration tomorrow

Wednesday, April 8

MW--BMB p. 599 11-15

Reading--County testing today--no reading class

LA--county testing--no LA today

Math--Reviewed multiplication and division from yesterday and Monday and worked on word problems using BMB p. 605

SS--Computer lab for ClassScape quiz and Study Island

HW--Read and record, math PW 153, spelling word search

Tuesday, April 7

MW--BMB p. 600 Quick Review

Reading--County test today

LA--None due to testing

Math--Students learned to divide two-digit numbers by one digit numbers with remainders.

SS--Computer lab for metrics quiz

HW--Reading logs due tomorrow, math PW 155, spelling cryptogram

Monday, April 6 ( I don't know what happened to last week's assignments--I posted them all except for Friday's--sorry)

MW--BMB p. 602 quick review

Reading--Kids practiced their music for the trip to Avante

LA--combining sentences practice

Math--Multiplying two digit numbers times one digit numbers

SS--We checked Friday's work on maps.

HW--Read and record on green sheet, finish spelling print/cursive, math PW 154, finish combining sentences sheet