Tuesday January 10, 2017

Hi all,

Sorry there was no blog post yesterday, I have been having some trouble publishing them. If you notice there isn't a post please send me a message on dojo so I can try to go in and fix it. Yesterday's is now posted and we read it together this morning.

We started the morning off with a guided meditation. Afterwards we had a grammar class about articles. From there we moved on to Science and talked about wind. After break we went up to the computer lab to practice language and math skills on IXL. During Math we learned when to place zeros in the quotient. In Social Studies we focused on why America joined the war and the attack on Pearl Harbor.

HOMEWORK:

LANGUAGE:

*English workbook page 64

MATH:

*Monday January 16 Chapter 9 Math Test

*Workbook page 59

SCIENCE:

*Clouds Assignment

Fiona, Grace, and Marianne being recognized at yesterday's assembly for making honor roll first semester! Congratulations girls!

***The word of the day is PEARL HABOR!***

Monday January 9, 2017

Hi everyone,

Welcome back to our first full week of quarter 3.

This morning at assembly students who made honor roll were recognized. Congratulations to Fiona, Grace, and Marianne from our class. Thank you for your hard work.

During our first grammar class, we learned about adjectives that come after the be verb. In Math, we learned how to divide money. We are on schedule to finish Chapter 9 by this Friday so our first math test of quarter 3 will be on Monday January 16. In Science class we talked about air pressure. It's a complicated concept so we drew lots of pictures to help us understand!

HOMEWORK:

LANGUAGE:

*English workbook page 62

MATH:

*Workbook page 58

*Monday January 16 chapter 9 Math Test. The study guide is up on the blog under Quarter 3 Study Guides.

*********************IXL CHALLENGE:***************************

I challenge all of you magnificient, studious, students of mine to MASTER one IXL Language AND Math skill per day!

Week January 9-15

LANGUAGE:

Sentence types

1. A.1Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
2. A.2Is the sentence simple or compound?
3. A.3Create compound sentences

Sentence creation

1. B.1Order the words to create a sentence
2. B.2Create a sentence based on the model

Subject and predicate

1. C.1Identify the complete subject of a sentence
2. C.2Identify the complete predicate of a sentence
3. C.3Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence

MATH:

1.        A.1Place values
2. A.2Convert between place values
3. A.3Choose word names for numbers up to one thousand
4. A.4Write word names for numbers up to one thousand
5. A.5Choose word names for numbers up to one hundred million
6. A.6Write word names for numbers up to one hundred million

GOOD LUCK! (<---this is also your word of the day!)

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Math Chapter 9 Study Guide

Unit 4 Division of Whole Numbers

Chapter 9: Divide by one digit divisors

Lesson 9.1 Three digit quotients

*I can use divide a three digit number by a one digit number.

 Lesson 9.2 Place the first digit of the quotient

*I can decide where to write the first digit in the quotient

 Lesson 9.3 Divide money

*I can divide money amounts

Vocabulary: quotient

 Lesson 9.4 Zeros in the Quotient

*I can decide when to place zeros in the quotient

Vocabulary: product

 Lesson 9.5 Problem solving strategy: Work backward

*I can work backward to solve a problem

 Lesson 9.6 Divide greater numbers

*I can divide greater numbers 

Friday January 6, 2017

Hi everyone,

This morning we did some silent reading and then moved onto Math. First, we reviewed yesterday's lesson and corrected the homework. Afterwards we moved on to lesson 9.2 where we learned how to place the first digit of the quotient. Everyone caught on quickly and so after the lesson students worked in groups for more practice with their individual whiteboards while I called students up in pairs to do extra practice on the board with me. What a productive period! During Social Studies we reviewed what we have learned so far about the atmosphere in Europe prior to WWII. Then, we talked about the Axis countries actions which led Britain and France to declare war on them and thus start WWII. During Reading class we learned about mood and tone in stories. To demonstrate tone I wrote a sentence on the board, I didn't take your red hat, and showed students how putting the emphasis on different words changes the tone. You can try it too! Put the emphasis on the italicized word:
 I didn't take your red hat.

I didn't take your red hat.

I didn't take your red hat.

Snapshots from Math class:

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

For those who did not finish in class, please complete:

*Workbook page 57 and any corrections from page 56

SOCIAL STUDIES:

*Please read page 494 The United States Debates Going to War and 495 The Attack on Pearl Harbor from the text. Read slowly, stopping after each paragraph to summarize what you have just read and make sure you understand. Any words that are difficult to read or understand can be looked up on dictionary.com to help. Write the title of each section and then a short summary of the important points.

If the text is difficult for you to understand you can google the titles to get some more information. Here are a video about Pearl Harbor to help you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YuVIFNqQBE

Your assignment, in your Social Studies notebook, should look like this:

The United States Debates Going to War

Summary of about 4-5 sentences in your own words.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Summary of about 4-5 sentences in your own words.

***The word of the day is SUCCESS!***

Thursday January 5, 2017

Good afternoon,

We are moving right along in quarter 3! To begin we had a grammar lesson on adjectives. In Math, we learned how to divide when there are three digit quotients. They worked hard and picked it up quickly, way to go! In Science we did the interactive lesson and started to learn about different types of weather.

HOMEWORK:

*Exam corrections are due Friday January 6

LANGUAGE:

Writing with Adjectives: Please do this assignment in your Work on Writing notebook

Imagine what your dream house woudl look like. Write 1 paragraph describing it in detail. Use as many awesome adjectives as possible. (You must use at least 6) Highlight all of the adjectives in the paragraph.


MATH:
*Workbook page 56

*IXL practice this week whenever you have time:

E.8 Divide larger numbers by 1 digit numbers.

***The word of the day is INSPIRE!***

Wednesday January 4, 2017

Good afternoon everyone and Happy New Year!

A very special HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our sweet Marianne who turns 9 years old today. Thank you for treating us all to such delicious cupcakes!

This morning we welcomed each other back and talked about our holidays. Afterwards we spent a little bit of time coming up with individualized resolutions for 2017. Students chose one personal and one academic themed resolution or goal.

I handed back all of the exams and students had a chance to look through them and ask any questions about how they were graded.

Later on in the morning we reviewed lesson 1 from our weather unit in Science. Next we moved on and started to talk about different types of weather and how they form.

In Social Studies we started our next unit on World War II.

Birthday Girl!

HOMEWORK:

*Sign exams and return tomorrow. 

*All corrections must be completed by Friday January 6, 2017.

***The word of the day is CUPCAKE!***

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