November 9th-13th

Thanksgiving Poems from Room 12!

Thanksgiving Poem

by Sammy

I have been asked to write what I'm thankful for

you may think it's an easy task, but the truth is,

that there are so many things that you don't want to miss.

Family that gave me life and gives me love, guidance and support.

Food that feeds my hunger and nourishes my body

Friends that cheer me up when I'm sad.

Education that enlightens my path of life.

Shelter that provides me warmth and protection.

Technology that makes my life easier.

Books that make me smarter,

Good Health for keeping me alive.

Nature for all the pretty sights and air.

and the Earth for a world to live happily on.

There is a ton more things I'm thankful for

but these are the ones that are most meaningful to me.

Thanking

by Patrick

Oh! today is Thanksgiving

family and friends are giving,

love, happiness and all our feelings

join us together as we are all eating,

Excitement with us singing

to God for this wonderful evening.

Thanksgiving

by Gabriella

I am thankful for my family,

they love and support me in all that I do.

Without them I would be very lonely and blue.

I am thankful for my home 2 blocks from the beach,

good friends and a school that likes to teach.

I am thankful that I am healthy, strong 

and can swim all week long.

I am thankful for the things that belong to me,

without them I would be bored for eternity.

Things To Remember On Thanksgiving

by Gwen

Remember the giant turkey that tastes very good

Remember the mash potatoes and the gravy that goes on top

Remember the yummy food that is better than all the other foods 

you have all year

Remember to thank all you have and will have

Remember to thank the pilgrims and Indians for Thanksgiving

Remember Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday

Remember Thanksgiving is only once a year

And Remember All These Things

Thanksgiving Haiku

by Ben

Thanksgiving is love

family to celebrate

grateful for my life

Thankful Poem!

by Chloe

 I am thankful for my mom,

I am thankful for my dad,

I am thankful for my family,

I am thankful,

I am glad,

I am thankful for the deer,

I am thankful for the mice,

I am thankful for almost everything,

Except for maybe lice,

I am thankful for the mountains,

I am thankful for the ocean,

I am thankful for the stars,

But out of all of these I am very thankful for cars,

I am thankful for pumpkin pie,

I am thankful for the turkeys,

But the turkeys are not thankful,

And I'm not sure why.

Thanksgiving Poem!

by Chloe

I saw a baby turkey running across my room,

When it was running it bumped into my broom,

I got the broom and started swatting it away,

But when I hit it, it turned into a dandelion and floated away,

I chased it through the endless sky,

Swatting at it like a tiny fly,

It flew down to the street,

I ran after it with my feet,

It turned and twisted, bobbed and squirmed,

I ran after it bending a turn, it stopped, looked at me...

I jumped on three,

I caught in my tiny hands,

And shrieked as it popped all over my headband,

And that is why I'm eating pizza.

HOMEWORK MONDAY

Reading-25 minutes

Math-Finish L1 Fractions

+ Ten Marks

Write the definitions of the

first ten Spelling Vocab Words

(GOOGLE CLASS-DUE FRIDAY)

Study Spelling Mistakes

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Reading-25 minutes
Math-Finish L2
Vocabulary-Due Friday
Science Finish wkbk-pages 3-9 (Due Thursday)
NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read Native American Newsela+Quiz: Two tribal traditions clash 
at the mountain of two names
MATH-Finish L3
Study for Spelling/Finish Google Classroom Vocabulary
Finish Reading Through Ch. 14-Sign of Beaver-Quiz tomorrow

LAST WEEK OF TRIMESTER-NOV 2-6th

HOMEWORK MONDAY
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Read 25 Min. AR DUE FRIDAY!

Math-Finish Lesson 27 Homework

Spelling Vocabulary-Do Vocab Pic/Definition activity(See handout)

Correct and Return work

HOMEWORK TUESDAY

Read NewsELA Assigned Article/Take Quiz (Jamestown)

Math-Finish L29

Spelling Vocab Activity-Due Friday

Correct and Returned Work-Due Friday

Leadership Speeches+Thanksgiving

Extra Credit Poems Due Thursday

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25 Min. AR Goal due this Friday
Math-Do 10 Marks(Review Lessons 1-29)
Test tomorrow
Finish Vocab activity-Due Friday

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 Min. AR Goal due tomorrow!
10 Marks due tomorrow
For those not finished, it will become a 0%!
1st Trimester Ends tomorrow
STUDY Vocab/Spelling/DLR
Spelling Bee Word List Link Posted-
Learn words for Bee on December 4th in Class

CLASS UPDATE
A huge thanks goes out to all of the parents who helped make our class party a memorable one last Friday.

This is a big week in Room 12!We have a lot of exciting learning taking place....

In reading-we started reading Sign of the Beaver , a new book about life during colonial times with Native Americans. Our reading skill focus is the main idea and details. We have Spelling/Vocabulary words posted on the blog. Students will learn the spellings and meanings by doing the fun Vocab Pic activity. Also, Accelerated Reader Goals are due this Friday as it's our last day of the 1st trimester.

Writing-Our class is writing an essay about the Benefits and Challenges of Space Exploration from the last 4 articles read in RTI.

History-Room 12 started our in-class Colony Muesum Project, which includes: A pretend primary source of writing along with an art project. In addition, each group will be creating a colony video using our iPads.

Science-We kicked off our Unit of Study on the Periodic Table of Elements today!

That's it for now!

Mr. Sweet

WEEK OF 10/26-10/30

Dear Parents,
Thank you so much to all of the parents who took time out of their busy schedules and drove on our exciting field trip last Friday. It was certainly a memorable trip for both the students and parents. We learned so much.

A big thanks goes out to Christy Tall and Carol Dudley for getting the ball rolling with our class party this Friday for the big Halloween Shindig. I am sure it will be a blast! It will start at 11:00 and will go to 12:30pm.

This week in RTI we are finishing our Space Unit and learning about real life zombies from "Science World". As a culminating writing project we will explore the benefits and challenges of space exploration from the articles and books that we have read.

In writing we will be finishing up our final drafts in Google Classroom from our spooky stories, which focused on similes and correct usage of dialogue in a story.

Parents: please fill out and return the parent/teacher conference survey to inform our upcoming conferences.

The deadline for the AR Goals this grading period will be Friday, November 6th!

Our Colony test will be this Wednesday so continue to use Quizlet to study.

That's it for now,
Mr. Sweet

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read 25 minutes
Math L20
Type Spooky Stories
Study for History Test
Correct and Return Work

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 20 min.
Finish Math L21 + 10 Marks(Due Friday)
Finish Typing Spooky Story
Study for Colony Test!
Leadership Permission Slip Due tomorrow
Finish p. 35-45 in Wkbk

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 20 Min.
Math-Finish 10 Marks + L25
Thankful Poems Extra Credit: Due next Wednesday

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 20 Min. AR DUE NEXT FRIDAY, Nov. 6th
Watch Dia De Los Muertos Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzaZidVrebA
Write(Type) a summary using Google Classroom 
Math-Finish L26
DRESS UP!

WEEK OF OCTOBER 19-23rd

MONDAY HOMEWORK
Reading-20 Minutes
Math-Finish L16
Practice News Team Speech-Due Thursday
Watch "13 Colonies Brainpop"
Write summary on Google Classroom-Due tomorrow

TUESDAY HOMEWORK
Reading-25 Minutes
Math-Finish L17
Ten Marks Due Thursday
Practice News Team Speech-Due Thursday
Continue Creating Quizlet-
Finish Wkbk pages-35-40

WEDNESDAY HOMEWORK
Reading-25 Minutes
Math-Finish L18
Finish Ten Marks Due tomorrow
Practice News Team Speech-Due Thursday
Finish Creating Quizlet-Test: Wednesday, October 28th

THURSDAY HOMEWORK
Math-Finish L19
Finish Spooky Story+Proofread Packet
STUDY FOR HISTORY TEST!
QUIZLET: https://quizlet.com/100181267/chapter-4-study-guide-american-history-early-colonies-flash-cards/
Bring a lunch.
TECH PARENT SURVEY!
https://questionnaire.bbyt.es/campaigns/55b05474bee927544dd73fb0

OCTOBER 12-16TH

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Be the change that you would like to see in the world." Gandhi

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read 25 minutes AR + Summary on Green Sheet
Math- Finish L13
Writing/Spelling-Write a story using 20 of the spelling words
from this week on Google Classroom. (DUE FRIDAY)
Finish cornell notes ch 4 lesson 1

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
25/4/1 AR
Math Finish L14 + 10 Marks Due Thursday
Continue Spelling Story-See above

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25 Minutes
Math Finish 10 Marks-Due tomorrow
Choose News Team Story-Due tomorrow
(No Newsela articles)
Go to Time.com, msnbc.com, npr.org,
weather.com, scsentinel.com, etc.

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 Minutes
144 Seconds
Fill out + Write News Team Summary
Finish Vocab Story. Turn in Google
Classroom-Due Tomorrow

WEEK OF OCTOBER 5th-9th

HOMEWORK MONDAY

Reading-Read 25min.
Math-Finish L9
Spelling-Correct your pre-test mistakes in blue pen
Science-Finish Wkbk Unit 5 (Through p. 179)
Study Solar System study guide(QUIZLET) Test
on Wednesday

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Reading-25 min.
Math-Finish L10 + Two 10 Marks-(Due Friday)
Use Quizlet and STUDY FOR SOLAR SYSTEM TEST!

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25 min.
Finishing Ten Marks-Due tomorrow
Please bring $5 donation for class party

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 Minutes-AR BOOK
Math - Finish Math L11
DRESS UP FOR PARTY!

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 1st

CLASS UPDATE:
No school on Friday, October 2nd (Staff Training Day)

Quote of the Week:
"You miss 100% of the shots that you don't take." Wayne Gretzky

We finish up our Solar System Science Unit this week. The study guide
will be posted on Tuesday.

The Cereal Box Projects are due next Monday, October 5th.

Progress Reports go home on Thursday.

Sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EEAgQdjUmBa_bLFLSUUNs9KKEjh3gmXNyot6QRMNS0U/edit


TECH MUSEUM DRIVERS-10/23-7:50am
Carol Dudley-(6 students with seatbelts)
Suraya Parsons (6)
Tracy Gannon (6)
Adele Lauderbach (4-6)
Charlie Millar (6)
Christy Tall (5)
Sub: Rob Ruggles

Chaperones (you are welcome to come!)
Marla Irvine
Jeff Perez
Karisa Flores

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read NewsEla-Mars crater once held long-lived lake, Curiosity rover finds 
Take Quiz and write a summary on Green Summary Sheet
Math- Finish L4
Cereal Box Projects due next Monday!

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read + Write a Summary
http://scienceworld.scholastic.com/Earth-Science-News/2015/09/Water-on-Mars?cid=SN/e/20150930/PK9989//SciWorld/////&ET_CID=20150929_SN_ScienceWorld_PK9989_15025&ET_RID=145700331
Math L5 + 10 Marks Due Thursday (Multiplication)
Cereal Box Book Project Due Monday, October 5th

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Reading-25 minutes (New AR Goal) 9/28-11/6
Math - Finish L7 + 10 Marks Due Tomorrow
Cereal Box
Finish Creating Quizlet on Solar System Unit
 
HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Cereal Box Project Due Monday!
Have parents sign and return Progress Reports
Study for Science Test (Use Quizlet) Test is on Wednesday

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21-25th

HOMEWORK MONDAY

Read Ch. 11 “No” Write a summary on Green Sheet

Math-Finish Lesson 1 Homework

Spelling Vocabulary-Continue Google Classroom Activity. Write a story using the

15 vocab words. Due Friday

Correct and Return work

Sign and return Tech Museum Permission Slip

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
AR Due Friday!
Read News Team Article-Write a summary on the provided sheet
and practice reciting it as a news story. Speeches begin in groups on Friday

Math-Finish Lesson 2 Homework

Spelling Vocabulary-Continue Google Classroom Activity. Write a story using the

15 vocab words. Due Friday

Sign and return Tech Museum Permission Slip
WE NEED DRIVERS!!! Only two so far
DRIVE FOR SCHOOLS RAFFLE TICKETS SENT HOME

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
AR DUE FRIDAY
Work on Cereal Box Project
Math L3
Spelling Vocabulary Story on GoogleClass Due Friday
Practice News Team Speech/Presentation

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
AR DUE FRIDAY
Work on Cereal Box Project
10 Marks Mul
Spelling Vocabulary Story on GoogleClass Due Friday
Practice News Team Speech/Presentation

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14th-18th

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read Ch. 5 + Summary on Green Sheet
Math Finish L16
10 Marks Due-Friday
Study Spelling Mistakes
Work on Cereal Box Project (Due Monday, October 5th)

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Finish Ch. 7 + Summary on Green Sheet
AR Due-September 25th
Math Finish10 Marks-Due tomorrow
Write the word and each definition on Google Classroom (Due Friday)
Work on Cereal Box Project (Due Monday, October 5th)

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read Pluto NEWSELA + Take quiz/do summary
Do 144 Seconds
Write the word and each definition on Google Classroom (Due Friday)
Work on Cereal Box Project (Due Monday, October 5th)

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 minutes
Finish Math Review Sheets
Finish Science Wkbk p. 158, 160-163 (Sun)
Study SPELLING Vocab + DLR
Parents: Sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences on link to right
Write the word and each definition on Google Classroom (Due Friday)
Work on Cereal Box Project (Due Monday, October 5th)


DEAR PARENTS,
Please click on the link to the right and sign up for Parent/Teacher Conferences the week of November 16th-20th. Early bird gets the worm!

Also, we will be going on our first field trip with Ms. Koue's 5th graders to the Tech Museum on Friday, October 23rd. We will participate in a Lab where we engineer a bridge to withstand an earthquake! Following soon after, we will watch the iMax presentation of HUBBLE.

If you intend to drive on a field trip you need to fill out the appropriate paperwork and get a TB/Finger printing if you have not already done so. Please have this done by, October 9th.

I will send the permission slip and driver sign ups on Monday next week.

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8th-September 11th

READING-This week we will start reading Bridge to Terabithia together and this will have spelling vocabulary that each child will learn through the coming weeks. This wonderful book explores imagination, unlikely friendships,  family relationships and experiencing loss. There are many great talking points throughout so I encourage parents to read along and discuss it with their children.

COMMON CORE MATH-Dividing Decimals/Finish+Review Module 1

SCIENCE-We will start our exciting new Unit of Study on Space/Solar System

HISTORY-We will review our Ch. 3 unit on Explorers with games and quizlet in class and at home.
Test on Wednesday, September 9th.

WRITING-We are editing/revising/finishing our Final Drafts of the 5 paragraph essay on: "FRUSTRATIONS"

PICTURE DAY-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
STUDY FOR HISTORY TEST USING QUIZLET!!!
Reading-"Read Danger Zone"from Science World and do the activity sheet
Math-Finish L13
Spelling/Vocabulary-Using Google Classroom, write 15 sentences using each word correctly from the vocabulary list.
Underline each vocabulary word (Due Friday) 

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Finish Ch. 2 Bridge to Terabithia
Finish and proofread "Frustrations" Essay
Math-Finish L 14
Study Vocab 

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Reading AR optional
Finish Vocab Sentences on Google Classroom-Due Friday
Study Spelling, DLR + Vocabulary
Finish Math L15
PARENTS: BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT TONIGHT!!!