Math: FASTT Math; CCR Review; Addition/Subtraction work

Science: Symmetry in Nature; discussion of Friday's test; study

Literacy: Handwriting, Week 12, Monday due tomorrow; rotations; strategy groups; conferences

Data Packet sent home; signed sheet due Friday

Math: FASTT Math; study subtraction cards; rounding practice

Science: Lesson 5; review for next week's test

Literacy Block: Summarizing; Handwriting, Week 11, Tuesday due tomorrow; rotations

Math: FASTT Math; rounding; practice subtraction flash cards for homework; multi-digit addition/subtraction pre-test tomorrow

Science: Wrap up of lesson 4; start looking over yellow packet for test next week

Literacy block: Handwriting, Week 11, Monday due tomorrow; rotations; conferences; worked on summarizing

Math: cut out addition flash cards; value comparison practice

Science: adaptation packet

Literacy: Word Work, Work on Writing, Read to Self; Handwriting, Week 4, Friday and Week 6 Monday due tomorrow

Signed mark chart slip due tomorrow

Math: FASTT Math; CCR analysis; CCR 3-4

Literacy block: Built stamina; Discovery Assessment for Math; Handwriting, Week 3, Friday is for homework

Get mark chart slip signed

PICTURE DAY on MONDAY!!

Math/Science: FASTT Math; discussed results from data and probability pre-test

Literacy Block: Practiced check for understanding and back it up and reread; built 21 minutes of stamina for Read to Self and 8 minutes for Work on Writing; Handwriting, Friday, Week 2 for homework

Please get mark chart slip signed this weekend

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!

Math: FASTT Math; common core review; assessment tomorrow on multi-digit multiplication (2 x 1, 3 x 1, and 4 x 1)


Science: test


Literacy Block: Rules, Ch. 2; rotations; spring stories due tomorrow; Handwriting for Thursday AND Friday due tomorrow

12:05 dismissal tomorrow to start Spring Break!

Math: FASTT Math; checked p.  151; group work on multiplication

Science: Math in Science (Fujita scale); Chapter Summary, p. 230 #1-6, 8-11 and 231 #14-19 were started in class and should be finished tonight

Literacy Block: began Rules; rotations; spring story; Handwriting, Week 23, Tuesday is for homework


Check out the pictures link for some new photos!

Pi Day is tomorrow!

I have finally returned!  Yeah!  Glad to see so many of the students have also returned.  We were a sick bunch!

Math: We measured the circumference and diameter of circles. We placed our information in a table and saw the pattern that developed when we divided the circumference by the diameter in each circle.  Ask the students about it!  Here are some photos.

Pi Day is tomorrow! Students may bring pies for our celebration tomorrow.  Happy birthday, Albert Einstein!!

Science: Read Lesson 1 of Ch. 7.  Got a lot of papers back from Ch. 6.

Literacy block: Started end of quarter conferences. Rotations.  Handwriting, Week 22, Tuesday is for homework.

ISAT Week, Day 3

One more day!  The students have been troopers.  It has been quite a week!  Today students completed Reading Session 2 and Math Session 2.  Tomorrow, we finish with Math Session 3 (two extended response questions) and Reading Session 3 (with an extended response).

Students were asked to get their planners signed tonight.

If you wish to donate to our BBQ basket for the basket raffle, we are still taking donations.  Anything that would work for a BBQ is A-OK with us.  The raffle will be at next Thursday's Chili Supper/Book Fair.  Hope to see you there!