Math: FASTT Math; CCR; modeling 2 x 2 multiplication

Social studies: Southeast tour; Everglades discussion

Literacy block: Rules; Rotations; Handwriting, Week 27, Thursday is tonight's homework


School colors spirit day tomorrow

Math: FASTT Math; discussed homework; get grade sheet signed

Social studies: worked on Power Point; discussed appropriate searches and being cautious with search results; get grade sheet signed

Literacy block: Appositive sentences; rotations; Handwriting, Week 27, Wednesday is tonight's homework; get grade sheets signed


Get planner signed tonight

Math: FASTT Math; took Reading Discovery Assessment; went over multiplying with compatible numbers; p. 174, #7-18 is for homework

Social studies: Discussed Power Point; got to start on some of it

Literacy block: discussed appositives that groups came up with; edited sentences; rotations; Handwriting, Week 27, Tuesday is tonight's homework

Math: FASTT Math; ROCKED the last Discovery Assessment!!!; watched the visual animation regarding multiplying by compatible numbers; CCR

Social studies: Found out the dates for presentations and began discussing the Power Point; made cards

Literacy block: Appositive sentence patterns; Handwriting, Week 27, Monday is tonight's homework

Flower bulbs: students brought home a pink flier letting you know when pick up will be (tomorrow!)

Math: FASTT Math; Discovery Assessment

Social Studies: Southeast Geo Challenge

Literacy block: Discovery Assessment; rotations; Handwriting, Week 26, Friday is for homework

Get mark chart signed

Math: FASTT Math; CCR; group work; got assessments back

Social Studies: Southeast region assessment; Southeast Geo Challenge

Literacy block: Rules; rotation; extra recess because almost all of the class had their work done; Handwriting, Week 26, Thursday, due tomorrow

Spring picture proofs went home today


Math: FASTT Math; CCR; checked homework; quick check for estimations using multiplication; get grade sheet signed

Social studies: Southeast states quiz tomorrow; discussed reliability (and unreliability) of Internet resources; get grade sheet signed

Literacy block: Rules; rotations; complete Handwriting, Week 26, Wednesday for homework; get grade sheets signed

Please get planners signed tonight

Math: FASTT Math; CCR; # of the day; corrected homework; finish Practice Sheet 7-3 tonight

Social studies: Finished Northeast Region Geo Challenge; started studying Southeast states for quiz on Thursday

Literacy block: Finished Rules questions for Ch. 5; Handwriting, Week 26, Tuesday, is for tonight's homework

Math: FASTT Math; CCR; p. 172, #7-12 is tonight's homework


Social Studies: Geography Challenge for the Northeast


Literacy Block: Rules Ch. 5; rotations; Handwriting, Monday, Week 26 is homework

What a Friday the 13th it was!  Our bad luck started with a paperwork glitch with the buses, so we missed our band performance at BHS.  While we were quite bummed (well, OK, Mrs. Plato was probably the most bummed of all), the students were incredibly flexible, and I am proud of how they just rolled with the punches.  Sometimes, things do not go as planned!  Lesson of the day.  Friday Fun made up for it a bit.  Here's a video of the student-led train to Zumba music in our room.  Too funny!

Social Studies: Empire State Building simulation: students got to see just how far up the Empire State Building they would get in 5 minutes.  We also calculated how long it would take us to climb all 102 stories using the stairs: about 20 minutes on average!

Literacy block: We finished coming up with answers to Chapter 3 together and discussed our class project for Rules.  More to come!  We also had rotations today.  Students should complete Week 25 Handwriting for homework.

Mark charts went home for a signature, attached to a brief survey from our PTO.  Thanks in advance for answering the few questions.  We really value your input!

Trip to BHS tomorrow for 5/6 Band performance!

Math: FASTT Math; Core Content Review; Number of the Day

Social Studies: Read Sky Boys and took a Reading Counts! test on it

Literacy block: Rules; rotations; Handwriting, Week 25, Thursday due tomorrow

Math: Core Content Review, FASTT Math, Number of the Day, mental math for multiplying 2-digit numbers; homework is p. 170, #11-34 odds for girls, evens for boys


Social Studies: Northeast region geography assessment tomorrow; took a look at the Northeast from Google Earth


Literacy block: Rotations; Handwriting, Week 25, Tuesday is tonight's homework

Math: Core Content Review; number of the day

Social studies: geography practice; discussed and practiced how to study for the Northeast region; quiz on Northeast region on Wednesday

Literacy block: figurative language retakes; rotations; Handwriting, Monday, Week 25 is tonight's homework


Mark charts need to be signed tonight

Math: FASTT Math; Number of the Day; Ch. 7 introduction; get grade sheet signed

Science: get grade sheet signed


Social Studies: coloring contest; started researching states

Literacy block: Review of figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration); discussed part of Chapter 2 in Rules.  Finish Week 24's Handwriting by Monday. Get grade sheets (reading and communication) signed.


I will be gone on Thursday.  Just a reminder: No school Friday.  Mark charts will come home Monday.

Math: FASTT Math; Core Content Review; Number of the Day

Social Studies: Got pre-test back; worked with some of the websites to help learn the states; assigned a state for the state report

Literacy Block: Handwriting, Week 24, Tuesday is for homework; figurative language assessment; rotations

Welcome back!  So good to see all of your smiling faces!  We even have one more smiling face starting tomorrow.

Math: FASTT Math; Core Content Reviews; please get assessment signed tonight

Science: please get test signed tonight; complete corrections for grade improvement

Social Studies: United States geography pre-test

Literacy Block: Handwriting, Monday, Week 24 is homework; look over definitions and examples of alliteration, metaphor, simile, and personification from week 23 for tomorrow's assessment; rotations

Get mark charts signed


Spring Pictures tomorrow!