Friday, January 29, 2010

Friday, January 29, 2010

Period 1--No homework.
Period 2--Study your Element flashcards for quiz next Thursday. Get your "Ask a Chemist" paper signed.
Period 3--Get your "Metals" worksheet signed. Study Element flashcards for quiz next Tuesday.
Periods 4 and 5--Get your"What a Reaction!" worksheet signed.
Period 6--Maps on Landforms notebook pages 1 and 2 are due on Tuesday. Be sure to follow the checklist/grade sheet in order to earn full credit.
Homeroom Reminders--Communication envelopes were sent home today. Please return envelopes to school on Monday. Party money ($4.00) is due ASAP. When we return to school on Monday, it will be Day 3-Book Exchange. Don't forget about your Phys. Ed. paper that is due on Wednesday.
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Period 1--Complete the "What a Reaction!" worksheet.
Period 2--Finish and study element flashcards. Do 1 to 8 of the "Metals" worksheet.
Period 3--Study flashcards for quiz next Tuesday. Get your "Ask a Chemist" and "Periodic Table" worksheets signed. Do 1 to 6 of the Investigation 4 study guide.
Periods 4 and 5--Read pp. 25 to 27 and do 1 to 7 of the "What is Matter Made Of?" worksheet.
Period 6--Quiz tomorrow on notebook page 3 and "Maps and How They Are Made" handouts. Answer all questions on the globe worksheet.
Homeroom Reminders--Report card slips are due signed. Party money ($4.00) is due ASAP. January homework reward mixer will be tomorrow. You may bring a snack, drink, and a game for our afternoon treat! Congratulations, homeroom 219, for completing your homework in the month of January!
Have a great night!

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Period 1--Write the definitions of the following terms on page 43 of your notebook. The definitions can be found on the glossary page of our Mixtures and Solutions book. Define--chemical reaction, reactant, product, and precipitate.
Period 2--Finish the "Periodic Table" worksheet.
Period 3--Study your element flashcards for our quiz next Tuesday. Finish the "Metals" worksheet.
Period 4--Finish "What a Reaction" worksheet.
Period 5--Get your project grade sheet signed. Finish "What a Reaction" worksheet.
Period 6--Study "Maps and How They are Made" for test on Friday. Do all the questions on the map worksheet.
Homeroom Reminders--H1N1 shots will begin tomorrow at 2:40. Party money ($4.00) is due ASAP. Report card slips are due signed. Thank you for supporting "Hats for Haiti!"
Have a great night!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Monday, January 25, 2010

Period 1--Study to finish your Investigation 3 test if you didn't already finish it.
Period 2--Do "Ask a Chemist" worksheet in complete sentences.
Period 3--Finish and study your element flashcards. We will have a test next Tuesday. Complete the Periodic Table worksheet.
Period 4--Define chemical reaction, reactant, product, and precipitate. Do "What a Reaction" worksheet items 1 to 9.
Period 5--Get your project grade sheet signed. Define the following terms on notebook page 43 using the glossary page of your Mixtures and Solutions notebook: chemical reaction, reactant, product, and precipitate.
Period 6--Study your notes--"Maps and How They are Made." We will have a quiz on Friday.
Homeroom Reminders--"Hats for Haiti" will be tomorrow. Please return communication envelopes and signed report card slips. Tomorrow is Day 5-Phys. Ed.
Have a great night!

Friday, January 22, 2010

Friday, January 22, 2010

Period 1--Study your Investigation 3 study guide to finish your test on Monday.
Periods 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6--If you didn't already do so, get your project grade sheet signed.
Homeroom Reminders--"Hats for Haiti" is on Tuesday. Report cards were sent home today. Please sign the bottom portion of the report card and return it to school. Communication envelopes were sent home today. Congratulations to our fifth graders who participated in the spelling bee at the high school today. You represented us well! Congratulations, Gena and MariAlice, for placing in the spelling bee! When we return to school on Monday, it will be Day 4. Phys. Ed will be on Tuesday-Day 5.
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Period 1--Study your Investigation 3 study guide for your test tomorrow. You can also practice using the Investigation 3 quizlet found in the links to the left.
Period 2--Get "What is Matter Made Of?" worksheet and project sheet signed.
Period 3--Get "What is Matter Made Of?" worksheet and project sheet signed. Answer the three questions on the "Ask a Chemist" worksheet in complete sentences.
Period 4--Get your project grade sheet signed.
Period 5--No homework. We are almost finished showing projects! Two to go!
Period 6--Get your project grade sheet signed. Complete the Map outline paper using pp. 1 to 6 of your Landforms book.
Homeroom Reminders--Remember Tuesday is "Hats for Haiti" and order forms were sent home for a carnation sale to benefit the earthquake victims of Haiti.
Have a great night!

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Period 1--Complete Investigation 3 study guide numbers 9 and 14. Your Investigation 3 test is on Friday. Study the rest of the study guide.
Periods 2 and 3--Get your "What is Matter Made Of?" worksheet and project grade sheet signed.
Period 4--Get your project grade sheet signed. We took our Investigation 3 test today. Be ready to take it when you return.
Period 5--No homework. We took our Investigation 3 test today. Be ready to take it when you return. There are a few students who still need to present their projects. We will do this tomorrow.
Period 6--Get your project grade sheet signed.
Homeroom Reminders--"Hats for Haiti" will be next Tuesday. Students may pay $1.00 to wear a hat during the day. All money collected will be donated to UNICEF. Students also received an order form for carnations for Valentine's Day. All money collected will be donated to Save the Children to help earthquake victims in Haiti.
Have a great night!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Period 1--Finish the graph and 1 to 4 on notebook page 34. Study your Investigation 3 study guide. Test on Friday.
Periods 2 and 3--Get "What is Matter Made Of?" worksheet signed.
Periods 4 and 5--Study your Investigation 3 study guide. We will finish/take our test tomorrow.
Period 6--No homework.
Reminder for Periods 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6--Tomorrow is the last day that final Mixtures and Solutions projects can be submitted. Teachers must post report card grades by Thursday. Great job, fifth graders, on your projects!
Homeroom Reminders--Party money is due. Purple permission slips for guidance are due.
Return your communication envelopes.
Have a great night!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Thurs. Jan, 14 and Fri. Jan, 15

Thursday
Period 1--No homework. We continued working with concentrations and food labels today.
Periods 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6--Students presented projects during class today. Parents, thank you for your support with these projects. Students who did not hand in a project today must hand it in on Tuesday. In a few classes not all students had a chance to present their projects, they will finish on Tuesday. Students in periods 4 and 5 will take their tests on Investigation 3 on Tuesday. Study your Investigation 3 study guide over the weekend.
Friday
All Science Periods--Students were given the DIBEL'S reading test during class today.
Homeroom Reminders--No school on Monday. Communication envelopes will be sent home today.
Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Period 1--Study your Investigation 3 study guide. Do 6, 7, and 8 of the Investigation 3 study guide.
Periods 2 and 3--Get "What a Reaction!" signed.
Periods 4 and 5--Study your Investigation 3 study guide. Students in period 4 started their tests today. Students in period 5 did not start their tests due to the large number of students presenting their projects. We will work on these tests on Thursday and Friday.
Period 6--Bring in newspapers. Get Element poster grade sheet signed. Finish your Martin Luther King timeline.
Reminder for Periods 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6--Final Mixtures and Solutions projects are due tomorrow. Many students have already presented their projects and have done FANTASTIC jobs. Be sure to follow the directions and the guidelines on the grade sheet in your child's orange Science folder.
Homeroom Reminder--Purple letters from the guidance office must be returned with a parent signature by Friday.
Have a great night!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2009

Period 1--Begin to study your Investigation 3 study guide. Get "The Air You Breathe" worksheet signed.
Periods 2 and 3--Get "What a Reaction!" worksheet signed. Finish the "What is Matter Made Of? " worksheet.
Periods 4 and 5--Test tomorrow on the Investigation 3 study guide.
Period 6--Bring in newspapers. Get your Element poster grade sheet signed.
Reminders for Periods 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6--Your final Mixtures and Solutions project is due on Thursday. Be sure to follow the directions and check your work using the grade sheet in your folder.
Homeroom Reminders--The purple sheet from the guidance office must be signed and returned to school by Friday. Phys. Ed. will be on Friday--Day 5.
Have a great night!

Monday, January 11, 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

Period 1--Do numbers 10, 11, 12, and 13 of Investigation 3 study guide. Get the "Air You Breathe" worksheet signed.
Period 2--Get "What a Reaction!" worksheet signed. Finish "What is Matter Made Of!" worksheet.
Period 3--Finish "What is Matter Made Of?" worksheet.
Periods 4 and 5--Test on Investigation 3 on Wednesday. Study your Investigation 3 study guide. You can also practice using the Investigation 3 Quizlet found on this blog.
Period 6--Bring in newspapers.
Reminder for Periods 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6--Your final Mixtures and Soltuions projects are due on Thursday. Be sure to follow the directions and grade sheet which are in your Science folder.
Homeroom Reminder--Return the purple paper from guidance signed by a parent by Friday.
Have a great night!

Friday, January 8, 2010

Friday, January 8 , 2010

Period 1--No homework.
Period 2--Get What a Reaction! paper signed.
Period 3--No homework.
Periods 4 and 5--Investigation 3 test on concentrations will be on Wednesday. Study your Investigation 3 study guide.
Period 6--Review your Final study guide if you did not finish your final Mixtures and Solutions test.
Reminder for Periods 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6--Your final Mixtures and Solutions projects are due on Thursday, January 14. Be sure to follow the directions provided in the project packet and grade sheet.
Homeroom Reminders--When we return to school on Monday it will be Day 1. Due to the delay today, there were no specials. Also, communication envelopes were not sent home today. We taped a notice about free H1N1 shots into your child's assignment tablet. This clinic is tomorrow at the Schuylkill Mall.
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Period 1--No homework.
Period 2--Get the What a Reaction! worksheet signed.
Period 3--Do 1 to 7 of the What is Matter Made Of? worksheet.
Period 4--Do number 9 of the Investigation 3 study guide.
Period 5--Do numbers 6 to 9 of the Investigation 3 study guide.
Period 6--We started our Final Mixtures and Solutions test today.
Reminder for periods 2 to 6--Your final projects for Mixtures and Solutions are due on or before next Thursday. Several students have presented their projects. Congratulations are extended to the students who presented so far! Great job!
Have a great night!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Period 1--Finish numbers 13 and 14 of the Air You Breathe worksheet.
Period 2--Read pp. 25 and 26. Do 1 to 6 of the What is Matter Made Of? worksheet.
Period 3--Finish the What a Reaction! worksheet.
Period 4--Do 6, 7, and 8 of the Investigation 3 study guide. Start to study the study guide.
Period 5--Start to study your Investigation 3 study guide.
Period 6--Test tomorrow. Study your Final study guide.
Reminder for Periods 2 to 6--Your projects are due next Thursday.
Have a great night!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Period 1--Numbers 13 and 14 of the Air You Breathe worksheet are due on Thursday.
Period 2--Reread pp. 23 and 24. Complete the What a Reaction! worksheet.
Period 3--Define 4 terms (chemical reaction, reactant, product, and precipitate) on notebook page 43. The definitions are in the glossary in the back of your book.
Periods 4 and 5--Do number 14 of the Investigation 3 study guide. Start to study the Investigation 3 study guide.
Period 6--Test Thursday. Study the Final study guide.
Homeroom Reminders--Day 5--Phys. Ed.--is tomorrow.
Have a great night!

Monday, January 4, 2010

Monday, January 4, 2010

Period 1--Finish up to number 12 of the Air You Breathe worksheet.
Periods 2 and 3--No homework.
Period 4--Do numbers 5, 12, and 13 of the Investigation 3 study guide.
Period 5--Do numbers 12 and 13 of the Investigation 3 study guide.
Period 6--Finish the last page of the final mixtures and solutions study guide. Test on Thursday.
Reminder for periods 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6--Your final Mixtures and Solutions project is due next Thursday--January 14.
Homeroom Reminders--Day 5--Phys. Ed--is on Wednesday. Return communication envelopes to school.
Have a great night! Happy New Year!