Saxon Math:
Monday- Lesson 9 homework
Tuesday- Lesson 10 homework
Wednesday- no homework, we will complete a math investigation in class
Thursday- no homework, Test #1 in class
Friday- Lesson 11 homework
**Note** Students are practicing addition facts as a review currently in class according to the Saxon math program; however, students should be practicing/memorizing multiplication and division facts as much as possible at home. This will make the transition into the harder 5th grade math concepts smoother.
Thanks to all 3 classes for regularly turning in homework and being so diligent about this responsibility!!!! Keep up the good work!
Language Arts:
We will complete our language arts, reading and spelling activities in class. If you have any questions about these activities, please email me at lrobinson@atmschool.net Students usually finish these assignments, but in the event they are not completed in a timely manner, sitting out at recess to complete them may occur. There will be a spelling test on Thursday and the 2 vocabulary activities for your child's reading contract on animals is due Friday. Thanks to the students who try their very best every day to put forth quality work!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
August 22, 2011- August 26, 2011
Language Arts:
Speak-Up #1 outline on "Summer Vacation" due Monday, Aug. 22.
Speak- Up on "Summer Vacation" 3-5 paragraph essay due on Thursday, Aug. 25.
Speak-Up on "Summer Vacation" 2-3 minute presentation due on Friday, Aug. 26.
Grammar- Lesson 2-5 in Language Arts textbook
Spelling- Lessons 6-10, the 10th lesson is a test.
Reading:
Students will receive their first reading contract on animals, a month long project, on Aug. 22. They will receive directions on how to complete it at that time. Reading contracts are to be worked on mostly outside of school at home.
Students are to choose a book and project by Aug. 26, vocabulary activity due Sept. 2, writing assignment due Sept. 9, comprehension plot line due Sept. 16, art project due Sept. 21.
We will continue working on our literature unit on Holes chapters 1-5, with vocabulary activities, reading-for-response, short quizzes, etc. in class this week. We will complete character maps, sequencing, comparing/contrasting, main idea activities as well.
Math:
Saxon Lessons 4-8. These lesson topics include comparing whole numbers, naming whole numbers and money, adding whole numbers, writing/comparing numbers through hundred thousands, ordinal numbers, relationship between addition and subtraction. Each lesson includes homework, which is the "written practice" section of their math book. Please note that students will most likely finish their math homework in class or during study skills. As a reminder, students returning homework in the next day after it was due will only receive half credit. If it is returned the 3rd day or later after it was due, they will receive a zero. This policy was described in the "Welcome to 5th Grade" letter that parents and students signed during the first week of school. For every day a student is absent, they will have that many more days to turn in their homework and still receive full credit.
Speak-Up #1 outline on "Summer Vacation" due Monday, Aug. 22.
Speak- Up on "Summer Vacation" 3-5 paragraph essay due on Thursday, Aug. 25.
Speak-Up on "Summer Vacation" 2-3 minute presentation due on Friday, Aug. 26.
Grammar- Lesson 2-5 in Language Arts textbook
Spelling- Lessons 6-10, the 10th lesson is a test.
Reading:
Students will receive their first reading contract on animals, a month long project, on Aug. 22. They will receive directions on how to complete it at that time. Reading contracts are to be worked on mostly outside of school at home.
Students are to choose a book and project by Aug. 26, vocabulary activity due Sept. 2, writing assignment due Sept. 9, comprehension plot line due Sept. 16, art project due Sept. 21.
We will continue working on our literature unit on Holes chapters 1-5, with vocabulary activities, reading-for-response, short quizzes, etc. in class this week. We will complete character maps, sequencing, comparing/contrasting, main idea activities as well.
Math:
Saxon Lessons 4-8. These lesson topics include comparing whole numbers, naming whole numbers and money, adding whole numbers, writing/comparing numbers through hundred thousands, ordinal numbers, relationship between addition and subtraction. Each lesson includes homework, which is the "written practice" section of their math book. Please note that students will most likely finish their math homework in class or during study skills. As a reminder, students returning homework in the next day after it was due will only receive half credit. If it is returned the 3rd day or later after it was due, they will receive a zero. This policy was described in the "Welcome to 5th Grade" letter that parents and students signed during the first week of school. For every day a student is absent, they will have that many more days to turn in their homework and still receive full credit.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Language Arts:
Spelling Test Lesson 5, No homework
**note** Spelling tests are every 5 lessons and may or may not fall on a Friday.
Reading:
We read Holes chapter 4-5 out loud, discussed comprehension, No homework
Math:
Discussed/graded lesson 2 homework, introduced lesson 3 on using money to illustrate place value, Homework-Lesson 3 written practice (most students had time to finish in class, but if not, it was assigned as homework).
**note** Saxon math tests are scheduled for every 10 lessons. The tests do not always fall on a Friday. When students do have a math test, they will not have homework for that night. Additionally, students have been told many times that they need to bring only a couple of math homework sheets (or graph paper), or at least 1 sheet to class every day. At no such time was it ever mentioned that they needed to bring all 130 copies. I have demonstrated how to set up the math homework sheet if students are going to make their own on the graph paper. They were shown to make the boxes 10 across and 10 down, with 3 total boxes going across. There are 30 total number of math problems for homework.
Spelling Test Lesson 5, No homework
**note** Spelling tests are every 5 lessons and may or may not fall on a Friday.
Reading:
We read Holes chapter 4-5 out loud, discussed comprehension, No homework
Math:
Discussed/graded lesson 2 homework, introduced lesson 3 on using money to illustrate place value, Homework-Lesson 3 written practice (most students had time to finish in class, but if not, it was assigned as homework).
**note** Saxon math tests are scheduled for every 10 lessons. The tests do not always fall on a Friday. When students do have a math test, they will not have homework for that night. Additionally, students have been told many times that they need to bring only a couple of math homework sheets (or graph paper), or at least 1 sheet to class every day. At no such time was it ever mentioned that they needed to bring all 130 copies. I have demonstrated how to set up the math homework sheet if students are going to make their own on the graph paper. They were shown to make the boxes 10 across and 10 down, with 3 total boxes going across. There are 30 total number of math problems for homework.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Language Arts:
Classwork-
Language Arts book, Lesson 1 discussion/review
Homework- Lesson 1 Grammar worksheet page on sentences, sentence fragments
Spelling:
Classwork-
Spelling Mastery Lesson 4 review, worksheet page
Homework- Spelling Test tomorrow, Fri, Aug. 19, 2011. (not every Friday, but every 5 lessons)
Reading:
Classwork-
Introduced Literature Unit on Holes, read chapters 1-3 and thoroughly discussed comprehension, introduced new vocabulary words from the chapters we read
No Homework
Math:
Classwork- Discussed and went over homework problems from last night, introduced Lesson 2 on odd/even numbers
Homework- Lesson 2 Written Practice (reminder: bring a red pen to class each day)
**Note** Students are allowed to grade their own math homework problems as we review them the following day. Sometimes they will write 25/25- because that may be the number of problems they got correct out of the total number of problems. Please note even so, the math homework is only worth 5 points each day. For that reason, parents may see 2 seperate grades. Just know that homework is graded on quality, effort, completion and timeliness.
Classwork-
Language Arts book, Lesson 1 discussion/review
Homework- Lesson 1 Grammar worksheet page on sentences, sentence fragments
Spelling:
Classwork-
Spelling Mastery Lesson 4 review, worksheet page
Homework- Spelling Test tomorrow, Fri, Aug. 19, 2011. (not every Friday, but every 5 lessons)
Reading:
Classwork-
Introduced Literature Unit on Holes, read chapters 1-3 and thoroughly discussed comprehension, introduced new vocabulary words from the chapters we read
No Homework
Math:
Classwork- Discussed and went over homework problems from last night, introduced Lesson 2 on odd/even numbers
Homework- Lesson 2 Written Practice (reminder: bring a red pen to class each day)
**Note** Students are allowed to grade their own math homework problems as we review them the following day. Sometimes they will write 25/25- because that may be the number of problems they got correct out of the total number of problems. Please note even so, the math homework is only worth 5 points each day. For that reason, parents may see 2 seperate grades. Just know that homework is graded on quality, effort, completion and timeliness.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday,August 17, 2011
Happy Birthday Aly and Peyton!!
Language Arts:
Classwork and Homework- "Speak Up" on "My Summer Vacation" worksheet due Monday, August 22, 2011. Create an outline of your summer vacation in phrases or short sentences to help remind you what to write about when it is time to compose a 3-5 paragraph essay (more details next week). The final product (more details next week as well) will be to present a 2-3 minute summarization of your summer vacation essay by only using the outline.
Spelling:
Classwork- Lesson 3 morphographs (-able)
Reading:
Classwork: Guided practice completing a plot line for comprehension of a familiar story "Mickey and the Beanstalk."
No homework
Math:
Classwork: Finished Saxon pre-test, discussed/completed practice questions for Lesson 1 on sequences, digits.
Homework: Lesson 1 Written Practice, bring several copies of the math homework sheet to keep in binder in order to receive homework help at school.
Language Arts:
Classwork and Homework- "Speak Up" on "My Summer Vacation" worksheet due Monday, August 22, 2011. Create an outline of your summer vacation in phrases or short sentences to help remind you what to write about when it is time to compose a 3-5 paragraph essay (more details next week). The final product (more details next week as well) will be to present a 2-3 minute summarization of your summer vacation essay by only using the outline.
Spelling:
Classwork- Lesson 3 morphographs (-able)
Reading:
Classwork: Guided practice completing a plot line for comprehension of a familiar story "Mickey and the Beanstalk."
No homework
Math:
Classwork: Finished Saxon pre-test, discussed/completed practice questions for Lesson 1 on sequences, digits.
Homework: Lesson 1 Written Practice, bring several copies of the math homework sheet to keep in binder in order to receive homework help at school.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Language Arts- Spelling Lesson 2 (-ful), completed a planner scavenger hunt, no homework
Reading- Modeled a comprehension plot line of a familiar story, Three Little Pigs to demonstrate how to complete it correctly, no homework
Math- Completed a Saxon Math pre-test, no homework (Please make sure to have several copies of the math homework sheet in binder in order to begin daily math homework during class).
Reading- Modeled a comprehension plot line of a familiar story, Three Little Pigs to demonstrate how to complete it correctly, no homework
Math- Completed a Saxon Math pre-test, no homework (Please make sure to have several copies of the math homework sheet in binder in order to begin daily math homework during class).
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