Monday, March 31

Reading: finish Chap. 16 comprehension questions

*Memorize BOTB authors

Math:
Lancaster: 1-7 #1-12; TenMarks: Multiplying decimals (assessment Wednesday)
Hall: Practice 1-7 #1-19
Morris: 10 questions of your choice

Lang. Usage: Compound Sentences: p. 16 and 17

IR: 20 minutes (new requirements for 4th marking period)

Thursday, March 27

Reading: finish comprehension questions for Chap. 13-15

IR: 20+min.

S.S.: study for Chap. 8 and French and Indian War; journal entry for the Battle of Lexington

Math:
Lancaster: none
Morris: Individual questions
Hall: 1-7 p. 37 #9-25

Wednesday, March 26

Reading: Exit Slip: Draw an inference from today's reading of Chapter 15 and use a quote (or quotes) to support your inference.

IR: 20+ minutes

Math:
Lancaster: none
Morris: first 4 problems on new worksheet
Hall: none (?)

Science Fair TONIGHT!  See you from 6-7pm!

Awards Assembly tomorrow at 2:30pm in the auditorium

Popcorn PTO treat tomorrow: 50 cents

Tuesday, March 25

Language Usage: Fix Conjunction Sentences (make them the awesome sentences I know you have in you!) and Sentence vs. Fragments worksheet (practice what we did in class today)

Reading: finish journals, tic tac toe choice

Math:
Lancaster: cut and paste array examples into journals; TenMarks: add and subtract decimals

Morris: worksheet #1-8

Hall: none

IR: 20 minutes

Science Fair: Tomrrow night in our classroom! 6-7pm

Awards on Thursday

BoxTops Friday

PTO Treat Thursday: Popcorn: 50 cents

Monday, March 24

Language Usage: Make sentences using conjunctions

Reading: none

IR: 20 minutes (8 more school days to read for BOTB!) *MelCat books to be returned Monday!

Social Studies: your "jigsaw" review question for Chap. 8

Math:
Morris: 5 problems off the board
Lancaster: Finish TenMarks assignments: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Hall: none

Goal Sheets signed and returned for tomorrow


Wednesday: 6-7pm Science Fair night!  In our classroom :)

Thursday: Awards Ceremony at 2:30pm in auditorium

Friday: BoxTops due!

Friday, March 21

Reading: 40 minutes

Science Fair boards due Monday!  Come Wednesday night for the Science Fair!  See flyer coming home today!

Awards Ceremony on Thursday :)

Thursday, March 20

IR: 20 minutes

Writing: finish final drafts for literary essays

Math:
Lancaster: word problems
Morris: #21-23, 25, 37; worksheet
Hall: none

Social Studies: finish journals documenting the discussions in your town meetings

Science Fair boards due Monday, March 24

Band Concert TONIGHT! Students here at 6:30pm; concert begins at 7pm

Out of Uniform tomorrow: $1 hat, $1 shirt, $2 both

Wednesday, March 19

Reading: Journals and 20 minutes IR

Writing: Editing so you can write final drafts tomorrow (not for every student)

Math:
Lancaster: Finish L. 1-5 #1-6, 13-20, 21-22 and BOB p. 642 #18-21
Hall: Reteaching 5-1
Morris: none

Social Studies: finish bio poems (do a character sketch if you want to!)

Science Fair Boards due Monday

Tuesday, March 18

Language Usage: Conjunctions worksheet and fix (for some) subjects and predicates

Science Fair boards: 1/2 hour to work at school on Chromebooks tomorrow

Math:
Lancaster: none
Morris: adding only
Hall: p. 27 #1-16, 21

IR: 20 minutes

Reading: Journals

Monday, March 17

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Lots of green around the school today! :)

Reading: Journals: Summary and pick a tic tac toe

Writing: Conclusions completed for tomorrow

Math:
Lancaster and Hall: none
Morris: p. 27 #1-6

Lang. Usage: Fragments into Sentences (subject/predicate) worksheet

IR: 20 minutes

Science Fair boards: EXTENDED...due NEXT Monday!  We will have a half hour on the Chromebooks on Wednesday for any student who needs to finish up some typing (we can even print here at school if needed! :) ).

Band: Concert Thursday night at 7pm.

Signed: Conference Requests, Goal Sheets, and Race to the Finish! Homework team contracts!
Very excited about our homework teams!

Friday, March14

IR: 40+ minutes

See Cougar Mews for many upcoming events!

Parent Teacher Conference Request Forms (green) are coming home tonight!  Please return to school asap to receive your first choice.

Many students are doing some revisions to science fair extensions, even though they may have brought home their boards tonight.  We will be typing here at school on Monday and Wednesday, so please either save to Google accounts OR flash drives. :)

Thursday, March 13

Lang. Usage: Plural "-es" Worksheet

Math: none for all

IR: 20 minutes

Reading: Journals for Chap. 8: summaries and 1 tic tac toe

Social Studies: presentations

OOU: Dress as your favorite character from a book! Proceeds go to our author visit for March is Reading Month! $1

Wednesday, March 12

Reading: journals

Math: none

IR: 20 minutes

Social Studies: Presentations

Tuesday, March 11

Language Usage: Sentence Worksheet (add in the punctuation and decide which type of sentence it is)

Science Fair Extensions due tomorrow

Reading: Assignment: Read Chap. 4 & 5, Due center of Tic Tac Toe and choose ONE other square

Math: None for all classes

Social Studies: Presentations: at home now, due Friday (I'm so sorry, I forgot I collected your research! But you may add pictures and work on slide transitions as well as spelling and grammar tonight.)

IR: 20 minutes

Monday, March 10

Science Fair Extensions due WEDNESDAY! :)

IR: 20 minutes

Social Studies: Work on Google Presentations (tomorrow is our last day!)

Math:
Lancaster: finish corrections
Hall: none
Morris: finish worksheet

Reading: Finish reading Chap. 3 of Westing Game

Friday, March 7

IR: 40 min

Science Fair Extensions due Wednesday!

Have a great weekend!
Congrats on the President's Museum today!

Thursday, March 6

Spelling: Clap and snap

Reading: finish biographies (some students)

Math:
Lancaster and Hall: none
Morris: p. 16 #14-15

Social Studies: finish research for Google Presentations

IR: 20 minutes


Tomorrow!
Jump Rope for Heart: 9am-9:40am (5th grade specials)
Presidents' Museum: 2-2:45pm (Third Floor: Ms. Hall and Ms. Morris' room)

Congrats to all awards recipients!

Wednesday, March 5

Spelling: snap and clap

Reading: "Parmele" finish relationship and cause/effect

IR: 20 minutes (plus some students reading bios)

Math:
Lancaster: test tomorrow over read/write/compare decimals
Morris: p. 10 #9-20
Hall: none

Social Studies: continue research

Tomorrow: PTO Treat, Awards at 2:30pm, Book Fair!
Friday: Jump Rope for Heart!!! and President's Museum (2-2:45pm)


*Science Fair Results and Conclusion due next Wednesday!

Tuesday, March 4

Spelling: Snap and Clap

Social Studies: Work on research for Google Presentations

Math:
Lancaster: finish 1-3 #8-13, 14, 15, 20
Hall and Morris: none

IR: 20 minutes (2nd Battle books MUST be done by Friday; we are past 1/2 way through the marking period!)

Reading: Bio. Day 3: Relationships between events in the book/history and individuals


Thursday: Book Fair, Awards Assembly
Friday: Jump Rope for Hearth, Presidents' Museum

*Be finishing up science fair projects! :)

Monday, March 3

Happy March is Reading Month!  Awesome assembly today...props to Mrs. Strom and the reading commitee!

At home tonight...
Spelling: Keep words from last week

Reading: Finish Bio. Day 2: Summarizing with details

Writing: finish finding evidence in "Slower Than the Rest"

Social Studies: Review Chap. 5; begin research for Google Presentations (Note: the entire packet should NOT be done tonight, you have all the nights this week to research and we will have the Chromebooks to work on during social studies this week and next Monday)

IR: 20 minutes

UPDATES:
Jump Rope for Heart: Friday at 9-9:40am
Awards Assembly: 2:30pm Thursday
Book Fair: ALL WEEK; our class will go to buy on Thursday
Presidents' Museum Friday