New Seating Chart Thursday

It seemed to get colder as the day went on! I like this weather.
Today we went to the library. Mrs. Wassman read to us about droughts, which is timely for California. Hopefully you all took the AR quiz on the book.
We started a new selection in Language Arts. Our new theme is "Discovering Ancient Cultures." I especially like this selection since I visited the site of the ruins last year. We listened to the read aloud, discussed author's bias, and worked on vocabulary. We also took the spelling pretest for this selection.
In math, we learned another was to solve proportions -- using unit rate. Since we spent time on unit rates in the last topic, today's lesson was something of a review.
We changed seats today! Hopefully the new boy/girl arrangement will limit the amount of chattiness that was occurring earlier in the week.
Finally, we took notes on four Ancient Chinese dynasties.

Homework:

• Reading Log
• Fluency (pandas)
• Spelling -- missed words on pretest 5x each
• Math -- practice 12-2
• writing: convince the governor that students need three day weekends
• Studies Weekly due tomorrow

Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!
Today we did a close reading of the science link in our anthology. We also talked about word connotation and rewrote a section of The View From Saturday, changing it from first person to third person. The story test will be tomorrow.
In math we had the Topic 11 test. From the scores I saw, you did really well on it. Topic 12 is another one of my favorites. I love ratios and proportions!
We corrected our science test and had a small introduction to Ancient China. The last part of the day was spent having PE.

Homework:

• reading log
• fluency (panda)
• studies weekly due Friday
• math: review what you know in front of topic 12
• wriitng: write a scene that involves silk. And a baseball.
• spelling: take a practice test

I cannot wait to read the nightly writing tomorrow!

Monday!

Today we accomplished quite a bit. We worked on problem solving in language arts. Remember to list all the possible solutions to a problem. We also answered questions from the Basal Alignment about our story The View From Saturday. We worked on correct word usage, and wrote about what Nadia learned in our story.
We worked on drawing a picture to problem solve in math. I enjoyed today's lesson.
Finally, we had a science test. Tomorrow we will go over the test and start Ancient China.

Homework:

• reading log
• fluency (panda)
• studies weekly due Friday
• math practice 11-6 and create a note sheet for test
• spelling choice (the words are on spellingcity.com)
• writing: you stumble across a secret dungeon

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!
Today we wrote and turned in a writing sample, reviewed the Studies Weekly, reread The View From Saturday, and went to a discipline assembly.
In math, we revisited rates and unit rates, then moved on to distance, rate, and time. The formula is d=rt
We also learned about three cycles of life: the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle, and the water cycle.
Remember there is a science test Monday, a math test Tuesday, and a language arts test Wednesday.
Have a great weekend!

Tuesday

Thank you for being such a good class while I worked through the scan sheets issues today. I really appreciate it!

Today we had a spelling pretest for The View From Saturday. We also listened to the read aloud and created a problem/possible solution chart. We are almost finished with the vocabulary from this story.

In math, we discussed proportions and how to create equal ratios. This topic is one of my favorites!

In science we read about food chains and you created a personal food chain based on what you ate today. 

Homework:

• reading log
• fluency (questions due Friday)
• Studies Weekly due Friday
• math: practice 11-2
• spelling: missed words on pretest 5x each
• writing: persuade a parent to send their children to Jefferson

Wednesday

What a day! We had our story test for The Challenge. We also started a problem-solution composition that will be due tomorrow.
In math we reviewed for the Benchmark.
Please rest tonight and eat a good breakfast! Benchmark tomorrow.

Homework:

• Reading Log
• Fluency
• Studies Weekly worksheet due tomorrow
• Math -- review for Benchmark
• Writing: tell about a time a robot was disguised as your best friend. How did you find out which was the real best friend?

AVID Monday

Happy Monday! Today we had AVID visitors. They will be back on Friday also.
We played Cats and Fish with questions we wrote for The Challenge. We also did some reading with students playing the parts of Jose and Estela, as well as the narrator.  We found words in the text that have the suffixes we've been studying. Also, we worked on subject-verb agreement.
In math, we took the Topic 10 test. Thursday is the district benchmark assessment over topics 6-10.
In science, we did more work with photosynthesis.

Homework:

• reading log
• fluency -- science workbook pages 10-17
• math -- free response test
• Studies Weekly due Friday
• writing: persuade your principal that lunch recess needs to be longer
• spelling -- choice

Talent Show!

Today was even better than I imagined it would be! We had an impromptu talent show. There were singers, dancers, skits, comedians...a little bit of everything. We ended the show with a grade level cha cha slide. So fun!

Homework tonight is Studies Weekly, if you haven't finished that yet.

Ciao!

Today was another good day!
We worked on The Challenge and writing DOK questions. We also sorted our spelling words and worked with suffixes.
In math we solved equations with fractions and mixed numbers.

Homework:

• reading log
• fluency
• spelling choice
• math practice 10-7
• Studies Weekly due Friday (no worksheet this week)
• Writing: tell about a time you were afraid

leggendo i nomi in italiano

Happy Tuesday! Today was very fun; I enjoyed hearing everyone's name in Italian!

We started work on a new story called The Challenge. We looked at story structure of the read aloud (I like baseball related stories!) and you did some work with vocabulary.
In math, we divided mixed numbers.
We worked on the AVT word issue.
Finally, we did drawings of different parts of photosynthesis.

Homework:

• reading log
• fluency -- photosynthesis
• spelling choice
• Studies Weekly due Friday
• math practice 10-6
• writing: tell about a time you found a box full of money