WEEK OF DECEMBER 9-13th

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Reading-25 minutes AR
Math-Do Mars Task
Writing-Finish Final Draft of Couplet Poem + Color/Illustrate
Begin Memorizing Winter Poems (Google Docs)
6th Grade - Science Project - Initial Proposal Form Due-Thursday
5th Grade-Begin Scheduling Interviews via email/phone or in-person
during the break for Heritage Projects

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Reading-25 minutes AR
Math-CGP 3.5.7
5th Grade-HM Ch. 15 L2 Front
6th Grade-Begin Studying Asia Map/"Like 2 Learn"
Science-Begin Study Guide for next Tuesday's test.
Writing-Finish Final Draft of Free Verse Poem + Color/Illustrate
Continue Memorizing Winter Poems + Your Free Verse Poem
(Google Docs-Due, Thursday, December 19th)
6th Grade - Science Project - Initial Proposal Form Due-Thursday
5th Grade-Begin Scheduling Interviews via email/phone or in-person
during the break for Heritage Projects

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Reading-25 minutes AR
Math-CGP 3.5.7
5th Grade-HM Ch. 15 L2 Front
6th Grade-Begin Studying Asia Map/"Like 2 Learn"Test Friday
Science-Do Study Guide for next Tuesday's test.
Writing-Finish Final Draft of Food Poems + Color/Illustrate
Continue Memorizing Winter Poems + Your Free Verse Poem
(Google Docs-Due, Thursday, December 19th)
6th Grade - Science Project - Initial Proposal Form Due Thursday-(Gold Form)
5th Grade-Begin Scheduling Interviews via email/phone or in-person
during the break for Heritage Projects

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Math-5th Division Review Sheet
6th-Benchmark Review
6th Grade-Begin Studying Asia Map/"Like 2 Learn"Test Friday
Science-Do Study Guide for next Tuesday's test.
Writing-Finish Final Draft of 2 Acrostics + Color/Illustrate
Continue Memorizing Winter Poems + Your Free Verse Poem
(Google Docs-Due, Thursday, December 19th)

WEEK OF DECEMBER 2nd-6th

HOMEWORK MONDAY
AR 25 Minutes
Math-Finish Ch. 13 L5
CGP-3.5.4
Science- Finish Wkbk p.66-71 (don't do p.67) + p. AG 52 in packet on Excretory System
Finish Wkbk p.62-71 6th Grade
5th-Plant/Animal Cells due Friday!
Sign up for School Newspaper for extra credit

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
AR 25 Minutes
Writing-Finish two diamante final drafts in pen with art
Math-Finish CH. 13 Review
CGP-3.5.5(1-5, 8, 11)
Science- 
5th-Plant/Animal Cells due Friday!5th next page in Packet
6th Grade-Read Through Packet Investigative Questions Due Friday 
(Last lavender page in packet)
Sign up for School Newspaper for extra credit

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
AR 25 Minutes
Writing-Finish three Haiku Final Drafts in pen with Art
5th-Plant/Animal Cells due Friday!
6th Grade-Read Through Packet Investigative Questions Due Friday 
(Last lavender page in packet)
Sign up for School Newspaper for extra credit


HOMEWORK THURSDAY
AR 25 Minutes
Study Spelling
5th-Plant/Animal Cells due Friday!
6th Grade-Read Through Packet Investigative Questions Due Friday 
(Last lavender page in packet)




Dear Parents,
What's happening in Room 12?!

•  In reading we are continuing our unit in HM with stories about the American Revolution. This week's story is all about Paul Revere along with our spelling words.
• In writing we are starting our Winter Poetry. Specifically, we are writing Haiku, Diamantes, free-verse poems with a winter theme. In addition, we will do Acrostics and Couplets next week. Finally, we will look up and choose a famous poem to memorize for the recital.
• In Science we are finishing the Body Systems in 5th and Erosion/Weathering in 6th grade.
• 5th Grade-CELL PROJECTS ARE DUE FRIDAY. See link on Right Sidebar
• Friday is the Big Spin! 
• 6th Grade Science Projects are starting! 5 Investigative Questions for different Project Ideas are Due Friday.  Go to Science buddies for good ideas at: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

That's it for now!
Have a great week,
Mr. Sweet

SHORT THANKSGIVING WEEK

Reading (RTI)
Our reading skill this week is Cause and Effect and we are reading Katie's Trunk, a story about the Tories and Patriots.
Math-We are doing a Geometry Activity using the four quadrants and graphing ordered pairs.
No Homework other than making your dish together!
Cell Project is due Friday, December 6th for 5th Grade.

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18th-22nd

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26th-11:45am

1. Holden-Antipasta
2. Asa-???
3. Blair-Crescent Rolls
4. Liam-Garlic Bread
5. Sophia-Spinach Salad
6. Jesse-Cheese Potatoes
7. Emily-my dad’s famous pumpkin pie
8. Ben-Boysenberry Pie
9. Hunter-Green Bean Almondine
10. Sam-Ham
11. Lindsey-Stuffing
12. Aliya-rolls and fresh cranberry sauce
13. 
    
14. Nico-Fruit Salad
15. Cooper-apple pie
16. Madeline-Yams with Marshmallows
17. Julia-oreo cookie turkies
18. Fisher-Aunt Barbara’s Mashed Potatoes
19. Kelly-cranberry surprise
20. Lauren N.-Pecan Pie
21. Lauren P.-Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
22. Ava-Sweet Potatoe Casserole
23. Tobin-”To die for”  mashed potatoes
24. Santana-Deviled Eggs
25. Mauricio-Red Cabbage
26. Riya-Salad
27. Sam S.-Rolls with butter
28. Juliet-Pea Salad
29. Jamie-cornbread
30. Quinn-Macaroni and Cheese
31. Tara-Green Bean Casserole
32. Jaden-Chicken Drummettes

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read 25 minutes
Math Ch.11 Lesson 3+Do Review Test online
CGP 3.4.1 #1-8
Study VOCAB/SPELLING
5th Grade-Plant/Animal Cell Project
5th Grade-Science Do p.55+57wksht
6th Grade-Science Do p.42+55 wksht
Thanksgiving Feast Paper-Choose 3 Options + Return
Correct and Return Work for better grade.

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 25 minutes
5th Grade-NO MATH!
CGP 3.4.4 #1-11
Finish Rough Draft of Thankful/Civil Rights #2
Study VOCAB/SPELLING
5th Grade-finish Science Wkbk - L2
6th Grade-finish Science Wkbk - L2
Thanksgiving Feast Paper-Choose 3 Options + Return
Sign and Return Report Card Envelope
Sign and Return AR Goal Sheet

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25 minutes
5th Grade-Ch. 13 L2
CGP 3.5.2 1-8
Study VOCAB/SPELLING 
Science-1st Page of Packet(front and back/review of first two lessons)
Sign and Return Report Card Envelope
Sign and Return AR Goal Sheet
5th Grade-Sign and return field trip form + $13 for Lab/iMax at Tech Museum
  
THURSDAY
Read 25 minutes
5th Grade-Ch. 13 L4
CGP 3.5.3 #2-9
Finish Typing "Thankful"final drafts on Google Docs
Study VOCAB/SPELLING 
Science-2nd Page of Packet(front)
5th Grade-Sign and return field trip form + BRING $13 for Lab/iMax at Tech Museum 
(I already put it on my credit card)

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12-15th

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 25 minutes/6th Grade Read Science World p.1-11(Finish by Friday)
Spelling/Vocabulary
5th Grade-Colony Final Projects Due Friday (3 Components-Art, Writing, Chart)No posterboard needed.

6th Grade-Study for Chapter 3 History Test tomorrow
Correct and Return Work

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25 minutes/6th Grade Read Science World p.1-15(Finish by Friday)
Spelling/Vocabulary
MATH-p.95+96 / CGP 3.3.1 
5th Grade-Colony Final Projects Due Friday (3 Components-Art, Writing, Chart)No posterboard needed.

Correct and Return Work

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 minutes Finish Science World...take quiz
Spelling/Vocabulary Test tomorrow
MATH-p.99+100 / CGP 3.3.2
5th Grade-Colony Final Projects Due Friday
 (4 Components-Art, Writing, Chart + Biography/Portrait)No posterboard needed.

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 4th-8th

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read 25 minutes
Math-Finish Ch.10Lesson 2-CGP 3.2.1
Spelling/Vocab-Learn meanings/
choose 4 items from Spelling activity sheet-DUE FRIDAY
Practice Speech-Due Wednesday

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 25 minutes
Math-Finish Ch.10Lesson 3-CGP 3.2.2
Spelling/Vocab-Learn meanings/
choose 4 items from Spelling activity sheet-DUE FRIDAY
Practice Speech-Due Wednesday
HISTORY WKBK
5th-Grade-p.35-45(not p.37) -Due Thursday
6th Grade--p. 23-33 in wkbk due Thursday 

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25 minutes-Friday last AR DAY!
Math-Finish Ch.10Lesson 3-CGP 3.2.3
Spelling/Vocab-Learn meanings/
choose 4 items from Spelling activity sheet-DUE FRIDAY
Practice Speech
HISTORY WKBK
5th-Grade-p.35-45(not p.37) -Due Thursday
6th Grade--p. 23-33 in wkbk due Thursday 

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 minutes-Friday last AR DAY!
Math-Finish Review + Do Ch. Test Review on Blog
Spelling/Vocab-Learn meanings/
choose 4 items from Spelling activity sheet-DUE FRIDAY
Study for Vocab/Spelling/DLR
6th Grade-Study for History Test

WEEK of October 28th-November 1st

UPDATE
Room 12! This will be a fun week indeed.
Reading- Our 5th graders are continuing to read Sign of the Beaver and our reading comprehension strategy focus this week is Compare/Contrast. In 6th Grade we will continue reading Tuck Everlasting. Our spelling/vocabulary will come from these books this week.

Writing-We will continue our Spooky Stories using Google Docs at home. They are due on Halloween Day. There will be an Author's Chair and we will read some of these in the dark ;-)

Math-5th grade is continuing to learn how to subtract and borrow with mixed numbers.
6th grade is also working with mixed numbers and improper fractions

Art-We are doing a fun and CHALLENGING Halloween scene along with a Jack-o-lantern Dodecahedron.

BELIZE BOOK DRIVE-We will be donating new and gently used books to Belize schools. Today Dwight Martin, a former 2nd grade teacher, gave a presentation about his time staying there last year when he established two school libraries for poor schools. Many students checked out a book for the first time thanks to our donations! These books will be collected for the coming weeks until Friday, November 22nd, when Dwight collects them and boxes the books to send.

Our party will be on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. See you then!

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Reading-Finish Book Projects-Due Friday/AR Quizzes due Friday, November 8th
Writing-Continue Typing Spooky Stories on Google Docs-Due Thursday
Speech-6th Grade needs to choose an informative speech topic by Wednesday
Spelling/Vocab-Study words
Math-Finish CH.9 Lesson 4 in HM-6th Grade finish CGP 3.1.2
Bring Books for book drive

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Reading-Finish Book Projects-Due Friday/AR Quizzes due Friday, November 8th
Writing-Continue Typing Spooky Stories on Google Docs-Due Thursday
Speech-6th Grade needs to choose an informative speech topic by Wednesday
History-5th-do p.44+45 in wkbk
6th Grade-p.26+27 in wkbk
Math-Finish CH.9 Review in HM-6th Grade finish CGP 3.1.3
Bring Books for book drive

WEDNESDAY-
FINISH BOOK PROJECT!
FINISH SPOOKY STORY-Due tomorrow
FINISH Math Pre-Test 6b + CGP 3.1.4 
Dress Up!

THURSDAY
Finish Book Project
BE SAFE TONIGHT!

WEEK OF OCTOBER 22nd-26th

SCIENCE CAMP!

Welcome back to our seven sixth graders!

HOMEWORK MONDAY
5th Grade-
Read AR Book 25 Minutes
Math L32 Evens + p.181 Review
Study Vocabulary
CEREAL BOX PROJECT
Correct and Return Work

Learning Update
RTI-We are reading Sign of the Beaver. This is a wonderful book about a young boy who meets a native american boy. Our ten vocabulary words come from this book. Our Reading Skill focus this week is Noting Details.
I started a new read-aloud book entitled: Al Capone Does My Shirts. This book deals with autism, Alcatraz, and a young boy named "Moose" who lives on the prison island.
Math-We will be learning how to subtract mixed numbers this week. No test! As we are moving more towards Common Core, there will be less testing, slower pacing and deeper instruction. Hooray! No CST Testing this year, except for Science.
History-We are learning about the colonies and beginning a long term, in-class colony project.


HOMEWORK MONDAY
6th Grade
Read AR Book 30 Minutes
Math CGP 2.4.1 #1-6, 9
Write 10 Facts about SUMER from the Internet
Finish p. 23 in History Wkbk on Mesopotamia
Pizza Book PROJECT
Correct and Return Work 

This week our 6th graders are back from camp and they will be doing a few camp wrap-up projects. It was quite an amazing week and I am so glad I had a chance to be up there the entire time.
Learning Update
Reading-In RTI Students are reading Tuck Everlasting
I started a new read-aloud book entitled: Al Capone Does My Shirts. This book deals with autism, Alcatraz, and a young boy named "Moose" who lives on the prison island. 
Math-We are working with Geometry and Fractions in CGP
No Spelling!
Ancient Civ-We are learning about Mesopotamia, The Fertile Crescent and ancient Sumer.
Pizza Book Projects are due next Friday, November 1st. Don't wait until the night before...that would be Halloween!


HOMEWORK TUESDAY
6th Grade
Read AR Book 30 Minutes
Math-CGP Review
Pizza Book PROJECT
Bring $3 for Party on Friday
Correct and Return Work 


HOMEWORK TUESDAY
5th Grade-
Read AR Book 25 Minutes
Write 10 Facts about your colony
Math Finish Ch. 9 Lesson 1 HM
Study Vocabulary
CEREAL BOX PROJECT
BRING $3 for party on Friday
Correct and Return Work

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
6th Grade
Read AR Book 30 Minutes
Math- Finish Saxon L27 evens + CGP Course 2
"Juan's Shapes" MARS taskPizza Book PROJECT
P.24+25 in History Wkbk 
Bring $3 for Party on Friday
Correct and Return Work 


HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
5th Grade-
Read AR Book 25 Minutes
Math Finish Ch. 9 Lesson 3 HM-"Juan's Shapes" MARS task
CEREAL BOX PROJECT
BRING $3 for party on Friday
Correct and Return Work

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
6th Grade
Read AR Book 30 Minutes
Math- Finish CGP 3.1.1
Pizza Book PROJECT 
Dress up crazy or wear your favorite sports uniform
Type more of your Spooky Story (Google Docs)Use
these literary devices:

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1.   Foreshadowing

2.   Personification

3.   Symbolism

4.   Onomatopoeia

5.   Hyperbole

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
5th Grade-
Read AR Book 25 Minutes
Math Finish L33odds
CEREAL BOX PROJECT
Study Vocab/Ch.1-4 in Sign of the Beaver
Dress up crazy or wear your favorite sports uniform
Type more of your Spooky Story (Google Docs)Use
these literary devices:
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·     Dialogue

·     3 Similes

·     Flashback

·     Suspense

·     Point of View

Week of October 14-18th

Room 12,
Thank you parents for showing up for conferences last week! I truly enjoyed our discussions about each child's progress and look forward to seeing the kids reach their learning potential this school year. This week the 6th graders take off for Science Camp on Tuesday, along with the teacher! I will be with the 6th graders at camp Tuesday through Friday, and Ms. Ferrero will be my sub. Lots of learning will be happening, nonetheless. Here is what is coming down the pike this week:
RTI-Our reading skill focus for the week will be the main idea/topic when we read about Mae Jemison, an amazing astronaut and scholar. Last week the class did exceptionally well identifying the story structure components, averaging an amazing 98% on the post assessment and 99% on the story comprehension for the week.
Math-We will wrap up our unit on fractions and take the assessment on Chapter 7 on Tuesday. After this we will begin learning how to add and subtract with mixed numbers in Chapter 8.
History-Our new unit of study on the colonies begins Monday.

The Harvest Festival is Friday, and I look forward to seeing you there!

Mr. Sweet

HOMEWORK MONDAY-5th Grade
Read 25 min.
Math-Finish L28evens
+ Ch. 8 L2 (p.71+72 in HM)+Practice on Computer Link for Ch.7 Test tomorrow
Spelling-Study Words
Writing-Use Wordly Wise words to write a story about space. #11-25. Due Friday. Words need to
be used correctly and underlined
CORRECT AND RETURN WORK FOR A BETTER GRADE


HOMEWORK TUESDAY-6th Grade
HAVE FUN AT SCIENCE CAMP!!!

WEEK OF OCTOBER 7th-11th

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read 25min
Science-Study for Test tomorrow
Math-5th Grade-Do Pre-Test 4b
Study Spelling Words


HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read 25min
Science-Study for Test tomorrow
Math-6th Grade-Finish Saxon L24odds+PreAlgebra 2.1.1
Study Spelling Words


HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 25min
Science-Study for Test tomorrow
Newsteams-Choose a news article due tomorrow-print it (I can print for those without a printer)
Choose CEREAL BOX project book-book choice due tomorrow
Study Spelling Words
BRING BOOK FAIR $$$ for book fair visit tomorrow


HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 35min
Science-Study for Test tomorrow
Newsteams-Choose a news article and print it-due tomorrow (I can print for those without a printer)
Choose PIZZA BOOK project book-book choice due tomorrow
Study Spelling Words
BRING BOOK FAIR $$$ for book fair visit tomorrow 

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25min
Math Finish HM p.163 review
Newsteams-Write a summary on your article

Study Spelling Words



HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 35min
Math-CGP 2.3.6
Newsteams-Write a summary on your article
Study Spelling Words



HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25min
Math Finish L27odds
Newsteams-PRactice Speech
Study Spelling Words



HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 35min
Math-Algebra Review
Newsteams-Practice Speech
Study Spelling Words