Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Science

Period 1--Write your lab summary on the back of worksheet number 8. This will be graded.
Periods 2, 3, and 4--Complete worksheet 9. This will be graded.

Social Studies

Period 1--Study flashcards.
Periods 2, 3, and 4--The three station activities are due on Thursday at the beginning of class. You will have about 30 minutes of class time to work on them in class tomorrow.

Have a great night!

Monday, September 29, 2008

Science

Periods 1, 2, 3, and 4--No homework. Today we reviewed the Oobleck Home/School Connection in all of our classes as we watched a segment from the Ellen show. In periods 2, 3, and 4 we continued our work with saturated solutions as we worked with citric acid and water solutions.

Social Studies

Period 1--Make study cards for the people, places, and vocabulary on page 138 of your textbook. Students received index cards in class today for this assignment. Parents sign and return tests tomorrow.
Periods 2, 3, and 4--One of the Columbus station activities must be completed by tomorrow. There are three activities that must be completed by Thursday. You may work ahead if you would like. If you haven't returned your signed test, bring it to class tomorrow.

Announcements

1. Midterm progress reports came home today.
2. Please return your field trip forms ASAP.

Have a good night!

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Science

Period 1--Get test signed. Extra credit is due next Wednesday.

Period 2--Get test signed. Extra credit is due next Monday. Finish lab explanation.

Period 3--Finish lab explanation. Extra credit is due tomorrow.

Period 4--Finish lab explanation.

Social Studies

Period 1--Study if you did not finish your test.

Periods 2, 3, and 4--Study flashcards.

Extra credit opportunity for Science--Check your food and drink labels at home. Make a list of foods and drinks that that contain citric acid.

Today periods 2, 3, and 4 started our citric acid solution lab. We will continue it tomorrow. Period 1 will start the salt solution lab tomorrow. Periods 3 and 4 started our Columbus station activities today. Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Science

Period 1--Get test signed. Your extra credit is due next Wednesday.

Period 2--Get test signed. Your extra credit is due next Monday.

Period 3--Get test signed. Your extra credit is due by Friday.

Period 4--Get test signed.

Periods 2, 3, and 4--You did a good job on our lab on saturated solutions today! Period 1, we will start that lab after our Social Studies test.

Social Studies

Period 1--Study for your test tomorrow. Study your study guide and workbook page 10. Get workbook page 10 signed. Do textbook page 24, numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5 in your notebook in sentence form.

Periods 2, 3, and 4--Study your flashcards.

Homeroom Announcement--Return field trip forms ASAP.

Have a FANTASTIC evening!

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Science

Period 1--No homework.
Period 2--Extra credit due next Tuesday.
Period 3--Extra credit due Friday. Get test signed.
Period 4--Get test signed.

Social Studies

Period 1--Do workbook 10. This will be graded.
Periods 2, 3, and 4--Study your flashcards and do both sides of worksheet.

Homeroom Announcements

1. Return P.T.O. Fund Raisers.
2. Return field trip forms signed.

Have a great night!

Monday, September 22, 2008

Science

Period 1--No homework. We finished our test today.

Period 2--Extra credit due next Monday.

Period 3--Extra credit due Friday.

Period 4--Extra credit due tomorrow.

Social Studies

Period 1--Complete textbook page 24, 1 to 15 in your notebook. Study for your test which will be Wednesday or Thursday.

Periods 2, 3, and 4--Make study cards of the people, vocabulary, and places on page 138 of your textbook.

Homeroom Reminders

1. P.T.O. Fund Raiser Orders are due.

2. Field trip information came home today. It is stapled in your child's assignment tablet.

Have a great night!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Science

Period 1--Test tomorrow.

Periods 2, 3, and 4--No homework.

Social Studies

Period 1--Test on Chapter 1 tentatively set for next Tuesday.

Periods 2, 3, and 4--No homework.

Looking Ahead to Next Week.

We will be investigating saturated solutions in Science class. We will also be looking at "Oobleck" as students complete the Home/School Connection for extra credit. In Social Studies we will begin studying early exploration of North America.

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, September 18, 2008

Happy Constitution Day!

Science

Period 1--Do Earth Elements worksheet. This will be graded. Test on Friday.

Period 2--No homework.

Period 3--No homework.

Period 4--Get Earth Elements worksheet signed.

Social Studies

Period 1--Study your study guide. Test on Tuesday.

Period 2--Test tomorrow. Also answer the following question in at least 2 sentences--What does freedom mean to me?

Period 3--Test tomorrow.

Period 4--No homework.

You can still hand in the bonus question on yesterday's blog.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, September 17

Science Homework

Period 1--No homework.

Periods 2 & 3--Get Earth Elements worksheet signed. Study for your test tomorrow. Review your study guide and lab sheets.

Period 4--Extra credit is due by Tuesday, September 23. Test Thursday. Review your study guide and lab sheets.

Social Studies Homework

Period 1--Study study guide for 15 minutes.

Period 2--Do workbook page 10. This will be graded. Study for test Thursday.

Period 3--Get workbook page 10 signed. Study for test Thursday.

Period 4--Test Wednesday. Study workbook pages 6, 7, 9, and 10 and review study guide.

Bonus

Bring in to school tomorrow for extra credit points on your Science test--Make a list of mixtures and solutions that you have eaten in the last two days.

Homeroom Reminder

Return the last page of Grade 5 Rules and Procedures signed.

Have a good night!

Monday, September 15, 2008

Science Homework

Period 1--None

Period 2--Get study guide signed and study for test. It will be on Wednesday.

Period 3--Get study guide signed and study for test. It will be on Wednesday.

Period 4--Get study guide signed and study for test. It will be on Thursday.

Social Studies

Period 1--Complete page 3 of study guide using textbook pp. 18 and 19.

Period 2--Do workbook 7 and 9. Your test will be on Thursday.

Period 3--Get workbook page 10 signed. Do textbook p. 24 Thinking About Facts 1, 3, 4, and 5. Your test will be Thursday.

Period 4--Get workbook page 10 signed. Your test will be on Wednesday.

Homeroom Announcements

1. Picture Day Tomorrow!

2. Return form from Grade 5 Beginning of the Year Procedures signed.

Have a great night!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Science Homework

Period 1--Investigation 1 Worksheet page 3 and Part 3 of today's lab sheet needs to be completed. Both will be graded.

Periods 2, 3, and 4--Reread "Earth Elements" on pp. 11 and 12 of our book. Do the worksheet. This will be graded.

Social Studies Homework

Period 1--No homework

Period 2--Textbook p. 24, 1 to 15 and Thinking About Facts--1, 3, 4, and 5.

Periods 3 and 4--Workbook p. 10. This will be graded.

Looking Ahead to Next Week

In Science we are planning our Investigation 1 test for Wednesday. Study your study guide and review the lab sheets and worksheets in your folder.

In Social Studies we are planning our Chapter 1 test for Tuesday. Review Chapter 1 in the textbook and study the study guide.

Have a safe and fun weekend!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Science Homework

Period 1--Do Investigation 1 Worksheet pages 1 and 2. This will be graded. Use the papers in your folders and the first two Science stories to help you.

Periods 2, 3, and 4--Do Investigation Worksheet page 3. This will be graded. Use the papers in your folders and the first three Science stories to help you.

Social Studies

Period 1--No homework. Begin to study study guide.

Period 2--Study study guide. Test Friday.

Periods 3 and 4--Do textbook page 24, 1 to 15. Test Friday.

Students did a GREAT job with our final experiment for Investigation 1. Ask your fifth grader to tell you about it!

Have a good night!

Tuesday, September 10, 2008

Science Homework

Period 1--Do the "Salty Story" worksheet using pp. 7 and 8 of your book. Tomorrow you will make a plan for an experiment in which you will separate a dry mixture.

Periods 2, 3, and 4--Complete the first two pages of the study guide on Investigation 1. This includes item numbers 1 to 13 on vocabulary and 1 to 3 on concepts. Use the first two stories of your book and the handouts we did since the beginning of the year to help you. Tomorrow we will carry out the plan you made to separate the dry mixtures.

Social Studies Homework

Period 1--No homework

Period 2--Study guide page 3

Period 3--Start to review your study guide.

Period 4--Start to review your study guide.

Have a good night!

Monday, Septermber 8, 2008

Science Homework

In all of our classes today we viewed crystals created when water was evaporated from a salt and water solution. They looked pretty cool!

Period 1--No homework

Periods 2, 3, and 4--Read pp. 7 to 10--"A Salty Story" and answer the questions on the worksheet.

Social Studies Homework

Periods 1 and 2--No homework

Periods 3 and 4--Finish study guide page 3.

Have a good night!

Week of September 8, 2008

Preview of the Week

This week in Science we will be observing the crystals we formed when we separated our salt water solutions through evaporation. We will also be create a dry mixture, develop an experiment to separate it, and carry out the experiment. Once we finish that experiment we will have a test on Investigation 1. The students will complete a study guide to help them prepare for the test. If we are ready, we will have the test on Friday.

In Social Studies we are close to finishing our first chapter. Students can begin to review their study guides which are in their green folders. If we are ready, this test will be Thursday.

Throughout the week, please continue to check your child's assignment tablet daily. Also check for blog updates daily.

Have a great week!

September 4, 2008

Thursday's Homework

Period 1--For Science finish the circled questions of our Mixtures and Solutions sheet. Be sure your answers are in complete sentences.

Period 2--For Social Studies read pp. 12 to 15. Do study guide page 2.

Periods 3 and 4--No homework

Remember you can keep your Social Studies book at home for the remainder of the school year. Also please do not clean out Science or Social Studies folders at home. We have several papers in both folders, and we will refer to them for tests. At the end of our units, we will clean out folders in class.

It has been a GREAT second week of school! Have a FANTASTIC weekend! There is no homework this weekend.

September 3, 2008

Wednesday's Science and Social Studies Homework

In Science Periods 2, 3, and 4 students need to complete the worksheet that goes with pp. 1 to 6 of our Mixtures and Solutions book. Students are able to keep their Social Studies textbooks at home for the remainder of the year.

September 1, 2008

Our first week of school went very well in our Science and Social Studies classes. Fifth grade showed great enthusiasm and interest in both subjects! In Science we completed our first experiment on Mixtures and Solutions. This week we will participate in two more experiments--one on salt water solutions and another on crystals. We will also begin reading the Science Stories that accompany our new Science series. In Social Studies last week we were introduced to the concepts of democracy, our Constitution, and responsibilities that go along with citizenship. This week we will build on these concepts and be introduced to the three levels of government and primary and secondary sources of history. Please check for blog updates throughout the week and also check your child's assignment tablet for daily assignments.
Have a GREAT week!