Wednesday 2.1.12 Homework

Happy February!

Building on our conversation yesterday, today in writing we read through a Leonard Pitts editorial together, discussing content, tone, language, thinking about the power of writing. For homework students chose another editorial they wanted to read.
- read editorial + take notes on handout

reading- read for at least 30 minutes and fill out thinkmark/reading log

words- add new words to your mini word wall + fill out related words on the back

math handout- show all of your work


See you tomorrow!

MONDAY 1.30.12

This week we are going ice-skating! For real ;) On Thursday February 2nd.
I will let you know when our next trip has been re-scheduled for.


Homework:

-read at least 30 min. + fill out your thinkmark or reading log- it must be complete and ready to share with your club members

-writing: collect a 1.5 - 2 page entry

- math: handout (story problems + multiplication strategies)

- social studies: geoegraphy- study where the countries of the Western Hemisphere are located (North and Central America, and be able to locate S.America); Quiz is coming!

- words: create your own scramble!

Monday 1.23.12

Tomorrow we go ice-skating! *Remember, they will not allow us to eat at the rink so we will have a snack before we go and eat lunch after. Hot chocolate should be fine :)

All homework is due on Friday! Great job to our Principal for today, Nissim.

Homework:

-read at least 30 min. + fill out your thinkmark or reading log- it must be complete

-writing: collect a new entry or work on your independent project

- math: 2 review handouts. Use 2 strategies. To make it more challenging, try changing the numbers or write your own problem!

- social studies: geoegraphy- study where the countries of the Western Hemisphere are located (North and Central America, and be able to locate S.America)

- words: create your own scramble!

Welcome Cooper!

We have a FANTASTIC new student teacher this semester, Cooper. Today she and the kids started working on a timeline of U.S. history so we could pay attention to all of the dates and events we were learning and reading about. We will add onto it when we come across new information. Here is some of the work we did today.

Math Connections: Factors and Fractions

Today we started looking at the connection between factors and fractions.

For example:

1/5 of 35 = 7
1/7 of 35 = 5
5/35 is the same as 1/7 and 7/35 is the same as 1/5.

Once we got started, we couldn't stop! 9/72 = _____ and 1/4 of 32 = (ask your student!)

Wednesday 1.18.12

Tomorrow we go ice-skating! *Remember, they will not allow us to eat at the rink so we will have a snack before we go and eat lunch after. Hot chocolate should be fine :)

All homework is due on Friday! Great job to our Principal for today, Nissim.

Homework:

-read at least 30 min. + fill out your thinkmark or reading log- it must be complete and ready to turn in

-writing: collect an entry using new vocabulary

- math: volume (length x width x height)
find and label ALL of the different box dimensions for each number of cupcakes
boxes of 12, 16, 24, 32, 48
ex. 12: 2x2x3, 1x3x4...
*remember Eric's strategy for drawing the boxes: draw the array 1st...

- social studies: our timeline looks great! bring in any new dates or events to add...

- words: sorts- prefix -un and suffix -ed
+ instead of COLD

Tues. 1.17.12 homework

Welcome back!

Tonight's homework:

-read at least 30 min. + fill out your thinkmark or reading log- you must bring this to school tomorrow to show me!

-writing: finish indep draft if you haven't + collect an entry

- math: Sodoku handout

- social studies: read the new Freedom Riders handout + take complete notes on the note-taking sheet (front and back). Jot down things that are confusing or tricky- questions, ideas, etc.

- words: choose at least 5 new vocabulary words from the article that are connected to the topic and our understanding of U.S. history

-*science quiz with Emily

***important- if you haven't turned in ice skating money or permission slips please bring it tomorrow!

Personal Essay Celebration this Wednesday morning- 8:45

Dear Families,

We are having a writing celebration for our past unit of study, Personal Essay, this Wed. January 11th at 8:45. It will be a short celebration, but all are welcome to attend. Invitations went out last Friday. We will videotape and try to send the videos for those who can't make it.

Thanks!

Thank You! + Ice Skating info

Dear Families,

Happy New Year! I hope you had a lovely holiday. THANK YOU so much for the generous class gift!! It was greatly appreciated.

Our 2 ice skating trips this year will be:
Thursday January 19th and Thursday February 2nd
at Laser Rink in Central Park. We are planning to go by school bus.

Students were given permission slips and envelopes on Friday. Please be sure to fill out the label on the front of the envelope and return with the 2 permission slips and money (admission, skate rental). The 2 permission forms are for the DOE and Laser Rink.

Thank you and I hope to see you!