Sunday, January 26, 2014

WEEK OF JANUARY 27-31st

CLASS UPDATE
Congratulations to our Spelling Bee class champs: Juliet and Julia! They compete this week in the Spelling Bee, which is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday.
Reading-5th Grade continues to read Fighting Ground (p.80-120) and our reading skill is Comparing and Contrasting. There will be vocabulary again this week that comes straight from the book.
Writing-5th Grade is continuing the common core writing lesson on Jamestown.
In Math 5th Grade will be learning about ordered pairs and graphs on a coordinate grid (Ch.17)
6th Grade-Proportions/Similarity and Scale Drawings/Metric & Customary Units.
History-5th-L3"Disagreements Grow" and L4 "The Road to War" Ch. 8
6th-Hatshepsut and L3-"New Kingdom" from Ch. 4


HOMEWORK MONDAY
5th-Review Ch. 16-Test tomorrow (use link on right)
6th-CGP 4.2.1-Similarity #1-4
History-5th Grade p.81, 82 in wkbk
6th Grade-p.41-42
Vocab.-Read Fighting Ground vocab./write sentence it is found in book/(write a guess
in parentheses) look up meaning in dictionary. Due Friday
Heritage Projects/Science Project

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 25 minutes
MATH-5th-Ch. 17-L1
6th-CGP 4.2.2-Prop.+Similarity #1-5
6th Grade-Work on Science Project-Written Report
5th-Memorize: "We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. That among these are life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness..."
Rough Draft-Due this Friday, January 31st
Vocab.-Read Fighting Ground vocab./write sentence it is found in book/(write a guess
in parentheses) look up meaning in dictionary. Due Friday
Heritage Projects
Extra Credit posted-on right side of blog
Correct and Return work to LEARN and improve grades

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25 Minutes
Math-Finish Ch.17-L3-5th Grade
Vocabulary-5th Grade-Due Friday
6th-Finish CGP 4.2.3 #1-6
History-5th - Read Ch. 8 Lesson 5-Take Cornell Notes on section
5th - Memorize Declaration of Independence listed above
6th-Continue Rough Draft of Science Project Written Report
HISTORY TEST NEXT TUESDAY, February 4th-Study Guides Links
Posted

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 Minutes
Math-Finish Ch.17-L4-5th Grade
Finish Vocabulary-5th Grade-Due Friday
6th-Finish CGP 4.3.1 #1-8
5th - Memorize Declaration of Independence listed above
6th-Finish Rough Draft of Science Project Written Report
Study Vocab/DLR/Spelling
HISTORY TEST NEXT TUESDAY, do study guide
Work on Heritage Project




 

Friday, January 17, 2014

WEEK OF JANUARY 21-24

NO SCHOOL MONDAY IN OBSERVANCE OF Martin Luther King Jr.

CLASS UPDATE-
During the next couple of weeks we will learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and his tremendous impact on our country. 5th Grade -Writing Common Core Project on Jamestown.
5th Grade RTI-We continue reading The Fighting Ground by Avi, which is about a boy's experience in the Revolution. Our reading skills are still Sequence/Summarizing. We will read through p. 80 this week and their will be accompanying vocabulary.
Math-(More depth.. less problems!)5th Grade-Continue to work with graphs, statistics.
6th Grade-(More depth... less problems!)Ratios and Proportions
History-5th Grade-Boston Massacre/Tea Party/battles of Lexington and Concord. We are learning to use Cornell Notes to comprehend the material with more depth.
6th Grade-god/goddess project art/power point + hieroglyphics, Hatshepsut. We are learning to use Cornell Notes to comprehend the material with more depth, as well.
Computers-We are working on typingweb.com. Students are working on home keys, speed and accuracy. They can practice at home too. In addition, 5th graders are starting their Heritage Power Point Projects on Google Docs. They can continue them at home too. 6th-We are working on our god/goddess power point projects.
Spelling Bee-Check the link on the right to study the Spelling Bee words. The Bee in our class will take place on Friday, January 31st.
That's it for now!
MR. SWEET

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 25 minutes
Math-5th 16 L4 HM, 6th-4.1.2-#1-11
Vocab-5th Grade-Write one sentence using each vocab word correctly(#1-10)
Typing-Type for 15 minutes on typingweb.com
Heritage/Science Project work (Due February 10th)

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25 minutes
Math-Create your own problem! 5th Grade-Create your own Histogram Problem
6th-Create your own ratio/proportion word problem
MLK-Go to Google Docs/login/watch MLK Brain Pop+take quiz+bring back your answers (1-10...
review in class together)
Vocab-5th Grade-Write one sentence using each vocab word correctly(#1-10)-Due Friday

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 minutes
5th Grade Field Trip Form-Sign and Return with $5
Math-5th Finish L16 L6
6th Finish CGP 4.1.3
Spelling Bee tomorrow
Typing Web 15 minutes
Study for Vocab/Spelling Quiz
Vocab-5th Grade-Write one sentence using each vocab word correctly(#1-10)-Due Friday
Heritage Project



Saturday, January 11, 2014

January 13-17th

CLASS UPDATE

Welcome back everybody! I hope you all had a wonderful break. I enjoyed rest,  family, celebrations, and band performances. I wanted to thank all of you who donated to my class gift and the wonderful gift cards and treats. Wow! I ended up using the gift card on my first trip to Maui, which was simply amazing. I saw 5 Rio families on the trip! It's a small world after all.
Here is a brief overview of our learning this week in Room 12:
Reading-Our 5th grade RTI groups have started reading The Fighting Ground, a book about the American Revolution and a young boy who fights for the Continental Army. This week our reading skill is sequence of events.
Math-We are learning about graphs/statistics in 5th grade and Ratios in 6th Grade.
MLK-This week and next week we are watching the "I have a Dream" and "Mountaintop" speech and discussing this amazing man and how he transformed this country.
History-This week we start our American Revolution Unit in 5th Grade History where we learn about the French and Indian War, Boston Massacre and the Tea Party. In 6th grade we will start the exciting unit about Ancient Egypt.
At home students will continue to work on the Heritage Project (5th Grade) and Science Project (6th Grade)

See you at the school where kind hearts and open minds rule.
Mr. Sweet

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read 25 minutes
Math-5th finish creating MARS task problem on Graph (Line, Bar, or Pie) Do on a computer using Google Docs
6th - Finish L 4.1.1 #1-8 CGP
Science Project - Progress Report (green sheet) due Friday, January 17th (20pts)
Finish Heritage Interviews by this Friday

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 25 minutes
Writing-Study Vocab/Words-Finish Resolution Paper
Math-5th Solve MARS task problem on a separate sheet of paper by hand
6th - Spiral Review-Through 3.4.6.
Science Project - Progress Report (green sheet) due Friday, January 17th (20pts)
Finish Heritage Interviews by this Friday

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25 minutes
Math-6th finish creating MARS task problem on computer using Google Docs
5th - Do Ch. 16 L2
Science Project - Progress Report (green sheet) due Friday, January 17th (20pts)
Finish Heritage Interviews by this Friday

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 minutes
Finish Resolution/ART
Study p. 1-40 FIGHTING GROUND+Vocab/Spelling/DLR
Math-6th solve MARS task on separate sheet of paper
Science Project - Progress Report (green sheet) due Friday, January 17th (20pts)
Finish Heritage Interviews by this Friday