Academic Calendar and Connections for the Week of October 23
Important Dates:
Picture Re-takes, 10/27, 9:10 – 12:30
Mathematics. Students got feedback on their homework in small groups, and did an exit ticket on multi-digit multiplication and estimation. No new math was held today.
Class meeting: we refocused on class behavioral expectations and did a short writing assignment focused on the theme of empathy: "How others see us at home in terms of helpfulness." We also established some new jobs and refined our procedures for transitions and cooperative work.
Language Arts: The writer craft and description II: writing descriptions of setting, including multiple senses, and revealing things about the character through interaction with setting. Reading, finding examples in our personal books, sharing in teams.
Spelling: Students have a spelling packet this week. A second set of pages was assigned for homework (unscramble and alphabetize). Students who scored 80% or more on the spelling pretest were asked to develop an additional list of difficult words from their current novels. They did this in pairs or teams. Their differentiated homework is to use these new words in sentences of their own making.
Seesaw: I asked students to share a favorite piece of in their own in class writing from their journals for a little sharing and to connect the classroom to home for a moment.
Wednesday
Mathematics - estimation and multi-digit multiplication with the traditional problem solving procedure. Paired work in comparing our problem-solving. Math differentiation with Zearn. HW 8 (yes, out of sequence).
Spelling List 1: Students were given a pretest today. Students who high initial scores will have replacement words. HW for all today: Read the current set used in context to validate or explore your understanding of the words' meanings. Next, do at least, the two pages entitled, "Find the Mispelled Words"
Tuesday
Social - Emotional Learning:
We are beginning Unit 1 of the new District Second Step - Social Emotional Learning Program today. Please see the separate post of October 24 for more information. Note- there is a Home Link element to this program that's interesting, involved, and optional. I recommend having a look over the material and see if part or all of it could be useful to work on together at home.
Mathematics - Lesson 9. Students were able to begin this in class the last 15 minutes this afternoon.
Science - Scientific Method Overview. Collecting Class wide data about the plant experiment, connecting steps of our experiment to the scientific method steps, thinking about characteristics of plants that we can use to make comparisons.
Reading- We will finish the mystery unit this week.
Monday - No School
- Wall of Honor for Veteran's Day- Beginning on Thursday, October 26th, red, white and blue stars will be available in the office and the music room. Students may make stars to honor the veterans in their lives. Please help your child by sending them to school with the name of your Veteran along with their branch of service (i.e. John Smith-Army). Students can write on their stars in the music room or office. Stars need to be turned in to the office by Friday, November 3rd to have them displayed on our Wall of Honor for Veterans.
Picture Re-takes, 10/27, 9:10 – 12:30
Trunk or Treat: Friday, October 27th 6:30-8:00pm
Please join us this Friday, October 27th in the IVE parking lot from 6:30pm-8pm for some family fun trunk-or-treating! The PTA will provide bags for the kiddos to put their goodies in.
5th Grade Camp Orkila Committee Bake Sale at Trunk or Treat
The 5th Grade Camp Orkila Committee will be having a bake sale to raise money for their June camping trip! Cash only please. It's going to be spooktacular!
All proceeds will be donated to 5th Grade Camp Orkila to support families in need and to help lower the cost for each child to go to the camp.
When: Friday, Oct 27th,Time: 6:30pm-8pm,
Cash only. Please look for our Bake Sale Booth.
Thank you for your support and we hope to see you there!
Friday
Your child will bring home their Unit 1 mathematics assessment Cover sheet which breaks down their test results into 12 target objectives (16 for advanced math students). Students returned home with their actual tests a week ago, but this information will be helpful for you to see their competency and progress within specific areas. Please note, we have been reteaching in specific areas based on the exam results, but this information is quite helpful if your child will receive some additional support at home. Students also were asked to bring home their Problem Set books from Unit 1 as well. This could be a source of material for review.
Mathematics: We did Lesson 10, Multidigit multiplication with decimal numbers using the area model and traditional algorithm. (EX. 33 x 4.6).
Homework Alert for an unusual Friday assignment: Students were given Lesson 10 HW
Ballroom Dance: Video Ballroom Dance Appreciation and Discussion Day with Ms. Monique
Language Arts/ Ballroom Dance: Students wrote acrostic poems for a cross-curriculum assignment for ballroom dance.
Spelling: Additional work within their first unit's packet; differentiated work for students with special lists: exploring definitions with a dictionary
Writing: Students wrote summative papers comparing two mystery novels on 2-3 points:
The author's use of description, the creation of interesting characters, the writing of a better mystery novel. In each case the students were asked to take a position, explain why, and support their position with an example from the story.
Thursday
Your child will bring home their Unit 1 mathematics assessment Cover sheet which breaks down their test results into 12 target objectives (16 for advanced math students). Students returned home with their actual tests a week ago, but this information will be helpful for you to see their competency and progress within specific areas. Please note, we have been reteaching in specific areas based on the exam results, but this information is quite helpful if your child will receive some additional support at home. Students also were asked to bring home their Problem Set books from Unit 1 as well. This could be a source of material for review.
Mathematics: We did Lesson 10, Multidigit multiplication with decimal numbers using the area model and traditional algorithm. (EX. 33 x 4.6).
Homework Alert for an unusual Friday assignment: Students were given Lesson 10 HW
Ballroom Dance: Video Ballroom Dance Appreciation and Discussion Day with Ms. Monique
Language Arts/ Ballroom Dance: Students wrote acrostic poems for a cross-curriculum assignment for ballroom dance.
Spelling: Additional work within their first unit's packet; differentiated work for students with special lists: exploring definitions with a dictionary
Writing: Students wrote summative papers comparing two mystery novels on 2-3 points:
The author's use of description, the creation of interesting characters, the writing of a better mystery novel. In each case the students were asked to take a position, explain why, and support their position with an example from the story.
Thursday
Mathematics. Students got feedback on their homework in small groups, and did an exit ticket on multi-digit multiplication and estimation. No new math was held today.
Class meeting: we refocused on class behavioral expectations and did a short writing assignment focused on the theme of empathy: "How others see us at home in terms of helpfulness." We also established some new jobs and refined our procedures for transitions and cooperative work.
Language Arts: The writer craft and description II: writing descriptions of setting, including multiple senses, and revealing things about the character through interaction with setting. Reading, finding examples in our personal books, sharing in teams.
Spelling: Students have a spelling packet this week. A second set of pages was assigned for homework (unscramble and alphabetize). Students who scored 80% or more on the spelling pretest were asked to develop an additional list of difficult words from their current novels. They did this in pairs or teams. Their differentiated homework is to use these new words in sentences of their own making.
Seesaw: I asked students to share a favorite piece of in their own in class writing from their journals for a little sharing and to connect the classroom to home for a moment.
Wednesday
Mathematics - estimation and multi-digit multiplication with the traditional problem solving procedure. Paired work in comparing our problem-solving. Math differentiation with Zearn. HW 8 (yes, out of sequence).
Spelling List 1: Students were given a pretest today. Students who high initial scores will have replacement words. HW for all today: Read the current set used in context to validate or explore your understanding of the words' meanings. Next, do at least, the two pages entitled, "Find the Mispelled Words"
Tuesday
Social - Emotional Learning:
We are beginning Unit 1 of the new District Second Step - Social Emotional Learning Program today. Please see the separate post of October 24 for more information. Note- there is a Home Link element to this program that's interesting, involved, and optional. I recommend having a look over the material and see if part or all of it could be useful to work on together at home.
Mathematics - Lesson 9. Students were able to begin this in class the last 15 minutes this afternoon.
Science - Scientific Method Overview. Collecting Class wide data about the plant experiment, connecting steps of our experiment to the scientific method steps, thinking about characteristics of plants that we can use to make comparisons.
Reading- We will finish the mystery unit this week.
Monday - No School
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