Friday 11/10 Social Studies - Changes in Europe Spur Exploration

Purpose: I can use historical pictures and text to infer how events in Europe might have affected the history of North America.

1. Teaching/Engagement: Changes in Europe Spur Exploration
• Inferring Importance using Picture and Text Evidence Document
• Social Studies Textbook page 52-55
2. Independent Practice: Complete your Early European Explorer Vocabulary (YELLOW words ONLY)
3. Extension:  Write as an Explorer (Interactive Student Notebook page 24)

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Thursday, March 13th

Writing - Today we asked our classmates questions about their Non-Fiction topic, we will continue researching after break.

Reading - Free Reading (25 Minutes) and continue investigating plants for your inquiry project.

Math - HomeLink #36 (Prime & Composite Numbers)

Social Studies - We took the Lesson 10 Assessment today, students need to complete their definitions for Lessons 11 AND 12 Vocabulary.

Tuesday, March 11th

Writing - Today we explored more topics for our Non-Fiction writing.

Reading - Free Reading (25 Minutes) and continue investigating plants for your inquiry project.

Math - HomeLink #34 (Adding Mixed Fractions)

Social Studies - We finished learning about acts/laws that upset the colonists: NO Homework.

Monday, March 10th

Writing - Today we explored more nature topics for our Non-Fiction writing.

Reading - Read Chapters 1-2 of Selection #3 and make THREE connections to the text, Free Reading (25 Minutes), and continue investigating plants for your inquiry project.

Math - Area of Triangles and Volume of Prisms Worksheet: SHOW YOUR WORK!

Social Studies - We learned about acts/laws that upset the colonists, we will continue this tomorrow: NO Homework.

Friday, March 7th

Writing - Today we explored nature as a topic for our Non-Fiction writing.

Reading - Free Reading (25 Minutes) and begin investigating plants for your inquiry project.

Math - We began learning about volume today, we will continue this on Monday: NO HOMEWORK.

Social Studies - Explore the online Social Studies materials we have for use.

Thursday, March 6th

Writing - Today we explored "problems" as a topic for our Non-Fiction writing.

Reading - Aardvarks & Bullfrogs: Finish Selection #2 then answer three Week 2 Question in our Small Group Packet.  Salamanders: Finish Selection #2 and summarize the last three chapters. ALL Students: Free Reading (25 Minutes)

Math - Area of Triangles Worksheet (YOU MAY USE A CALCULATOR)

Social Studies - Finish Unit 10's Vocabulary Definitions

Wednesday, March 5th

Writing - No Writing: Late Start Schedule

Reading - Finish Small Group Assignment (Selection #2) and Free Reading (25 Minutes)

Math - HomeLink #32 (Measuring)

Social Studies - We took time to finish sharing Inquiry Projects, the last of which lead perfectly into our next Social Studies chapter.  Please take some time tonight to check out the online resources we have for Social Studies: TCI (Social Studies) Online and Tutorials

Tuesday, March 4th

Writing - We continued discussing non-fiction today and got a chance to read about topics we are interested in. 

Reading - Free Reading (25 Minutes)

Math - HomeLink #33 (Multiplying)

Science - Thanks to all the families that came to our Weather Project Science Fair today!  The presentations turned out great, I was very happy and proud of all the work and learning from my 5th graders.  If you have a chance tonight please talk to you children about what they thought about the science fair.

Monday, March 3rd

Writing - We practiced presenting our Weather Project to Ms. Ever's kindergartners during Writing this morning, we will continue our Non-Fiction Unit tomorrow.

Reading - Finish your Small Group Assignment and Free Reading (25 Minutes)

Math - HomeLink #31 (Equivalent Fractions, Decimals, and Percents)

Science - Homework: PRACTICE your Weather Project Presentation: Science Fair TOMORROW.

Tuesday, February 25th

Writing - We started our new Non-Fiction unit today by seeing a question-and-answer example text and by listing some topics we wonder about.

Reading - Today we continued sharing our Unit 5 Inquiry Presentations, hopefully we can finish sharing them tomorrow.  Homework:  Free Reading (25 Minutes)

Math - HomeLink #25 (Multiplication)

Science - Homework: FINISH your Weather Project investigations: Parent Presentations on Tuesday, March 4th.

Friday, February 21st

Writing - Today we took some time to finish reading "Watsons"

Reading - Today we watched the "Watsons" Video and completed some comprehension activities.  Homework:  Free Reading (25 Minutes) and FINISH the letter to Christopher Paul Curtis.

Math - We finished our progress assessment for Unit 8 (Fractions): NO HOMEWORK

Science - Homework: Continue your Weather Project investigations: Parent Presentations on Tuesday, March 4th.

Wednesday, February 19th

Writing - No Writing: Late Start Schedule.

Reading - We made connection to our theme vocabulary by using Padlet.  Homework:  Free Reading (25 Minutes).

Math - We practicing dividing fractions today.  Homework: HomeLink #30 (Simplifying) and StudyLink 8.12

Science - We continued our weather investigations today, some groups got a chance to meet with a weather expert about water, ice & snow, weather effects on animals, natural disasters, and flooding.

Friday, February 7th

Writing - Today we finished publishing our fiction drafts, we will begin sharing them next week.

Reading - We worked on summarizing today by identifying the characters, setting, plot, and describing words for our whole group selection, Brothers, and our small group selections.  Homework:  Free Reading (25 Minutes).

Math - We continued practicing multiplying fractions today.  Homework: Multiplying Fractions Worksheet--BE SURE TO SIMPLIFY!

Science - We took a break from investigating and transferred our weather web into an electronic version using our Chromebooks.  We will continue learning about our weather topics next week.

Thursday, February 6th

Writing - Today we continued publishing our fiction drafts using our new Chromebooks, most students will finish by tomorrow so we will begin sharing them next week.

Reading - Homework:  Free Reading (25 Minutes).

Math - We completed "fraction of" problems and practiced multiplying fractions today.  Homework: Problem Solving Packet pg. 10

Science - We continued investigating our topic, we will continue this through the week.

Wednesday, February 5th

Writing - Late Start Schedule: No Writing.

Reading - We began our next Inquiry Project by investigating events that have shaped America, such as the gold rush, immigration, the civil rights movement, and others.  We will continue working on this over the next few weeks. Homework:  Free Reading (25 Minutes).

Math - Today we learned how to use a calculator to help us add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers.  Homework: HomeLink #24

Science - Today we discussed ways to represent our learning for the Weather Project then we continued investigating our topic, we will continue this through the week.

Tuesday, February 4th

Writing - Today we had to take time to set up our Chromebooks before we could use them today, but we did try to squeeze in a little time for publishing our fiction stories.

Reading - Homework:  Finish your Small Group Reading assignment and Free Reading (25 Minutes).

Math - Today we practiced ordering & comparing fractions and learned how to play a math game that we will use in our lesson tomorrow:  NO HOMEWORK.

Science - Today we continued investigating our weather project topic, we will continue this through the week.

Friday, January 31st

Writing - Today began publishing our fiction stories, we will continue this next week.

Reading - Homework:  Finish your Small Group Reading assignment and Free Reading (25 Minutes).

Math - Today we began learning about subtracting mixed numbers and how to regroup a mixed number if needed.  Homework: StudyLink 8.3 and HomeLink #23

Science - Today we continued investigating our weather project topic, we will continue this through next week.

Thursday, January 30th

Writing - Today we continued revising our fiction drafts by adding details about the setting.  We will begin publishing tomorrow.

Reading - Homework:  Free Reading (25 Minutes).

Math - Today we completed a Power Standard check, even though we didn't make our goal for simplifying fractions we showed growth as a class.  NO Homework.

Science - Today we welcomed KCCI Meteorologist Metinka Slater into our classroom and we got a chance to ask questions and discuss weather.  Homework: Discuss our guest speaker with your parents then watch a weather forecast tonight.

Wednesday, January 29th

Writing - Late-Start Schedule: No Writing.

Reading - Homework:  Free Reading (25 Minutes).

Math - Today we continued practicing adding mixed numbers, tomorrow we we begin learning how to subtract mixed numbers.  Homework: StudyLink 8.2 and HomeLink #22

Science - Today we took a break from our weather project and watched a video about the water cycle in preparation for a guest speaker that will be visiting our classroom on Monday.  We are also looking forward to visiting with Metinka Slater tomorrow about meteorology and weather.