Thursday, February 9, 2012

Thursday 2/9 HW

  • ELA:
    • Study for spelling test
    • Prepare for novel tests (pink pgs. 1-33)
  • Math:
    • HOTS POW is due
  • SPIRIT DAY!!!!!!   Wear red and black!!!!!  :) :)
Tomorrow we have CDG with Maddie and her mom.

We also have a salubrious celebration because the class was very well-behaved during my observation today.  We will have an array of apples, oranges, bananas, and the kids have persuaded me to make pumpkin pie dip for them.  :)  You may send in any additional fruit if your child likes that too!  :)

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Contest!/CDG

Mrs. Michaelis alerted me to this contest happening, which sounds awesome!  We already have so many wonderful children volunteering and great ideas, I bet we could come up with something great! 

http://oomscholasticblog.com/2012/02/the-2012-be-big-in-your-community-contest-is-now-open.html 

Maddie Bernard and family will present on Friday, 2/10 representing the Atlanta Food Bank

We still have an opening for Friday, 2/24 if a family is interested!  I know we have lots of great stuff happening in Scouts and bunch more that I don't even know about! So come on, and share it with us!!  :)

Check out Ethan, Molly and Luke - kids after my own heart - they are doing service with scouts AND there is a Gator cake!!!  AWESOMEEEE!!!!!

Wednesday, 2/8 HW and Radio Disney

  • ELA: 
    • study vocabulary for quiz tomorrow!
    • Continue spelling in cursive for test on Friday
    • Power sentence:  use a transition and sentence variety
  • Math:
    • Clock page f/b
Grades:  I have been trying to enter grades, but TAC has been having errors for the last 2 days.  As soon as it's functioning, I have a bunch to enter (I actually graded during the entire Super Bowl!).  Pink reading is up to date, and some of math, but that is it.  Thank you for your patience!

Radio Disney:  We had a blast with Radio Disney today!  Quite a few kids received water bottles, and Luke and Mayukh even got to participate in the basketball dribbling contest!  We have quite a few dancers, so it was really fun to watch the kids!

Here is the Radio Disney Team ready to lead us!

My PAL, Jessie, in the hula hoop contest!

Look at her go!!


Mayuhk and Luke dribbling!

Sara, one of old my students, in the jump rope contest!

Dancing our hearts out to Bieber!

Cupid shuffling!

And finally, stretching it out.

What a great way to celebrate our school's salubrious choices!!!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Tuesday, 2/7 Homework

  • ELA:  study spelling and vocab at your own pace
    • Write one sentence that combines two simple sentences with a comma and has a strong verb and sparkler.  (See form page for Daily power sentences)
  • Math:
    • pg. 44 and 45 back only
      • If you want to do the front, you can! We played clock challenge today and they were LOVING it!!  Challenge your kids to read the time, make clocks, etc!
    • HOTS POW Tuesday Task

Random side note:  the "Sweet Jack" deal of the day is 50% off Sky Zone which is where I know some of the boys had a birthday party this weekend!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Homework and Weekly Blog Resources

Homework:

  • ELA:
    • Writing:  Use our SAT bonus word, salubrious, in a sentence that includes a comma and sentence variety.  Salubrious is an adjective that means "promoting health." 
    • Weekly LA homework:
      • Vocab:  Please study vocab each night so that by Thursday the children know the words well.
      • For spelling, please continue to practice at home, and in cursive handwriting.  Their writing declined last week without spelling contract. 
  • Math:
    • Time page front and back (it's on the hours only - be sure to be neat on the drawing hands side and that the hour hands are shorter than the minute hands)
    • HOTS POW - due Friday
  • Social Studies:
    • Finish lesson page if not completed in class - pg. 44 - chapter 8 lesson 4 page
    • Study for test :)  See study guide posts from last week!


MATH

We will take a Time Vocab quiz on Wednesday.  TAG will take it in the AM before they leave. 

Time Vocabulary
1 day = 24 hours
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 quarter hour = 15 minutes
1 half hour = 30 minutes
A.M. = in between midnight and noon (ante meridiem)
P.M. = in between noon and midnight (post meridiem)
Quarter past = 15 past the current hour
Quarter till = 15 minutes until the next hour
Half past = 30 minutes past the current hour
Hour hand = little hand on the clock that shows what hour it is
(rotates around the clock 1 time in 12 hours)
Minute hand = the longer hand on the clock that shows minutes
(rotates around the clock 1 time in 60 minutes)
Elapsed time = the total amount of time that passes from the beginning time to the ending time


Today we began Unit 6 in math.  It is a 23 day until, which has us testing tentatively around next Wednesday for the time portion of the test (TAG will test Tuesday), and the final SAMS unit test on Friday, March 9. 

Essential Questions:


1.  What time is it? 
2.  What are the parts of the clock? 
3.  How do we measure time?
4.  How do you use A.M. and P.M. when saying the time?

1.  How do we measure time?
2.  How do you use A.M. and P.M. when saying the time?
3.  How do we measure time to the half hour?
4.  How do we measure time to the quarter hour?
1.  How do you tell time to the nearest minute using a clock?
1.  What is elapsed time?
2.  How do you find elapsed time?
1.  How do you find elapsed time?
How do I convert metric units?
How do I estimate using metric units?
What is perimeter?
How do I find perimeter?
What is perimeter?
How do I find perimeter?
What is area?
How do I find area? 
How do I find the area of a shape?
How are perimeter and area alike and different?
How do I find the area of a shape?
How are perimeter and area alike and different?


Spelling and Vocab:

Please study vocab each night so that by Thursday the children know the words well.

For spelling, please continue to practice at home, and in cursive handwriting.  Their writing declined last week without spelling contract. 

Both groups are in a novel right now.

Pink:  Dear Mr. Henshaw
Dear Mr. Henshaw

Spelling Words                 

stepped
entered
reaching
allowing
argued
speaking
reading
unfolding
finished
closing
hugged
belonged
divided
determined
rewarding
occurred
controlled
injured
permitting
practicing

Vocabulary Words

Segment One (pp. 1-33)

amuse – to please someone’s sense of humor

urgent – calling for immediate attention

duplicated – to make double of

catering – to provide a supply of food

gondola – a truck with low sides used for transporting manufactured goods

enclosure – an enclosed space
          (enclose – to close in)

duplex - a house having separate apartments for two families, esp. a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.


Green:  Stone Fox Week 2



Stone Fox- Week 2


Spelling Words
bear
tear
haircut
stairs
wear
airplane
compare
repair
pear
prepare
stare
glare
sharing
fairy
aware





Vocabulary Words
ricochet- to rebound at least once from the surface
proceed- to go forward after stopping
legal- having to do with the law
authority- the right and power to control persons or things
clench- to hold on to tightly
deserted- abandoned; to leave someone or something you are supposed to stay with
sturdy- strongly made or built

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Caught Doing Good - Week 3

Thank you to the Rose family for sharing about Locks of Love!  We measured out 10 inch strands of hair colored yarn to see how long the hair must be (as well as prepare for unit 6 in math - measurement!) and to see how much hair it takes to make one complete hairpiece!

WHAT IS LOCKS OF LOVE?

Locks of Love is a charity that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada suffering from long-term medical hair loss. They meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics. (That is what Abby and Naomi are saving their hair!)  The hairpieces they provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers.

HW/Math Study Guides #2

Please note:  the branches of govt. test will be moved to Tuesday. We have our Caught Doing Good speaker today instead of tomorrow, and we haven't had enough time to fully understand the material yet, and I really do not like Monday tests.  Plus, there were a ton of tests tomorrow, and I want to alleviate that stress!!

  • Math hw: 
    • HOTS POW is due
    • Study for the test!  Complete Study Guide #2 (similar to last night's homework with additional practice) - see below
  • ELA: 
    • ALL:  study for spelling test
    • pink group: reread the story to prepare for tomorrow and look over the comprehension questions
    • green group:  read chapters 4 and 5 of stone fox
      • NOTE:  *We will not have the Part One stone fox quiz tomorrow!
  • Family fun basket donations (we are up to 11 out of 24 families!)
  • Please save all varieties of bottle caps for Mrs. Avery

Pink group:
Name: _______________________           Date: _________________
Unit 5:  Study Guide(ON) #2

Solve the following problems.  Show your work.
1.      334 x 17 = _____                              982 x 26 = _____






942 ÷ 18 = _____                               971 ÷ 15 = _____






2.     Use mental math to solve.

6 x 10 = _____                                   10 ÷ 2 = _____
        6 x 100 = _____                                 100 ÷ 2 = _____
      6 x 1,000= _____                               1000 ÷ 2 = _____


70 x 8 = _____                    64 ÷ 4 = _____                         280 ÷ 7 = _____

3.     Explain how to use mental math to solve 64 ÷ 4.  *Remember to talk about how to break it apart by place value and partial products!
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Cody plays in a baseball league with a total of 288 kids.  If each team will have 18 players on the team, how many players will be on each team?  Will any kids not be on a team?  Explain your answer.






Equation: _____________________     Answer:___________players will be on each team
5.     Mrs. Usher will be recycling bottles this week.  There are 53 classrooms with blue recycle bins.  If each bin has 19 bottles in it, how many bottles will she recycle?  *53 groups of 19 means what operation?









Equation: _____________________           She will recycle ________ bottles.

6.     The following rectangle represents a multiplication problem.  Use the rectangle to show the partial products of the problem and determine the answer.

5 x 221
*remember to break it up by place value, and to make each portion of the rectangle look like that size number.

221






                 5
Partial Products: _______________________________  5 x 221  = ____________
(the parts of the answer that you broke up by place value)

7.     Complete the multiplication equation represented by the array to demonstrate the distributive property.

































































































































































______ X ______ =  (_____ x  ______ ) + (_____ x ____) = _____________________

8.     It takes Ms. Serafin 6 minutes to complete each student’s progress report.  If her planning time is from 10:35-11:20, how many progress reports can she complete? (a)  How many will she work on all together? (b)







a.    Answer:  _________________________________________________
b.    Answer:  _________________________________________________

9.     Tomahawk can run a lap around Turner Field in 3 minutes.  How many times will be pass home base, where he starts his laps, during the seventh inning stretch, which is 7 minutes?




Answer:  ________________________________________________

10.  Ms. Serafin has 345 erasers to share between her 35 students.  How many erasers will each student receive? (don’t forget to interpret the remainder)






Equation: ______________________________________  Answer:  __________________

11.   452 kids and chaperones are traveling to Jekyll Island.  Each coach bus holds 62 people.  How many busses do we need?








Equation: ______________________________________  Answer:  __________________

Green group: 
Name: _______________________           Date: _________________
Unit 5:  Study Guide(ON) #2

Solve the following problems.  Show your work.
1.      34 x 7 = _____                                 902 x 6 = _____






712 ÷ 7 = _____                                 253 ÷ 5 = _____





2.     Use mental math to solve.

6 x 10 = _____                                   10 ÷ 2 = _____
        6 x 100 = _____                                 100 ÷ 2 = _____
      6 x 1,000= _____                               1000 ÷ 2 = _____


70 x 8 = _____                    64 ÷ 4 = _____                         280 ÷ 7 = _____

3.     Explain how to use mental math to solve 64 ÷ 4.  *Remember to talk about how to break it apart by place value and partial products!
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Cody plays in a baseball league with a total of 288 kids.  If each team will have 8 players on the team, how many players will be on each team?








Equation: _____________________     Answer:___________players will be on each team
5.     Mrs. Usher will be recycling bottles this week.  There are 53 classrooms with blue recycle bins.  If each bin has 9 bottles in it, how many bottles will she recycle?  *53 groups of 9 means what operation?









Equation: _____________________           She will recycle ________ bottles.

6.     The following rectangle represents a multiplication problem.  Use the rectangle to show the partial products of the problem and determine the answer.

5 x 221
*remember to break it up by place value, and to make each portion of the rectangle look like that size number.

221






                 5
Partial Products: _______________________________  5 x 221  = ____________
(the parts of the answer that you broke up by place value)

7.     Complete the multiplication equation represented by the array to demonstrate the distributive property.

































































































































































______ X ______ =  (_____ x  ______ ) + (_____ x ____) = _____________________

Prefixes and Suffixes Review - we discuss word attack each week and every time we have new vocabulary words in all subjects, but it is our focus skill of the week!  Here is one of the snapshots of the Mimio presentation! It would be great if you could continue to discuss root words, prefixes and suffixes any time you encounter them!  :)

Ms. Serafin in Kenya

Ms. Serafin in Kenya