What are your plans over winter break?  Describe them!  What are you looking forward to?  What books do you plan to read?  

Kenya Connect

Describe (tell all about it!) what you have enjoyed about the Kenya Connect project.  What have you learned about Service Learning?  Elaborate!  Use correct spelling, punctuation and grammar!

Homework for the WEEK of November 26th:

Every single day you should read a MINIMUM of 20 minutes at home.  This is an extremely important part of your homework assignment.

You should practice your math facts at least 3 days per week!

Monday:  Math for Mrs. Lapham's math class:  7.1 Reteaching and Practice Pages, Social Studies Workbook page 42.

Tuesday:  Reread sections from your DEBATE book and think of any additional notes you need to take.  Think and make post-it notes about Arguments and Evidence supporting your opinions.  Math:  7.2 Reteach and Practice Pages.  Social Studies Workbook page 44.

Wednesday:  Reread section from DEBATE book and think of any additional notes you need to take.  Think and make post-it notes about Arguments and Evidence supporting your opinions.  Math:  7-4 Reteaching Page.

Thursday:  Continue working on your DEBATE preparation.  Math:  7-4 Practice page.  

What are three reasons that you as a Colonist would want to come to the New England Colonies?  Be sure to be persuasive with your word choice!  

What does GRATITUDE mean to you?  Is gratitude a synonym for thankfulness?  Use your thesaurus, conversation with your friends, and deep thinking before you write your answer down!  

Homework for the week of November 13th-16th

Monday:  No School

Tuesday:  No SPELLING this week!  Vocabulary Packet Unit II, Lesson 7 due Friday.  Persuasive Letter:  organizer due tomorrow.  Read 30+ minutes.  Math Homework!

Wednesday:  Math Homework, Read 30+ minutes!  Rough Draft of the Persuasive Letter is due tomorrow.  A PLOT Diagram on a recently completed AR book is also due tomorrow. 

Thursday:  Vocabulary Packet, Math Homework, Reading 30+ minutes, World Atlas 4 due tomorrow.  Rough Draft of Persuasive Letter due tomorrow.

Friday:  Please read at least 60 minutes over the week-end, and work on the IXL website at least 30 minutes.  

Homework Assignments for October 29th-November 2nd:

Monday:  Cut and Sort Spelling Words, Math homework Mrs. Lapham's class 4-1 and division worksheet, Realistic Fiction Work due Thursday, "Is it a sentence" grammar worksheet, first paragraph of Mystery Story final copy, read 20 minutes!

Tuesday:  practice spelling words, Mrs. Lapham's math:  reteaching 4-7, pronoun grammar worksheet, second paragraph of Mystery Story final copy, read 20 minutes!

Wednesday:  Happy Halloween!  Enjoy!  Realistic Fiction AR tests to qualify for the Gauntlet are due tomorrow!

Thursday:  Practice spelling words, Mrs. Lapham's math:  practice 4-7, Part 2 election quiz, read 20 minutes!

Friday:  Read 60 minutes over the week-end!   Practice math skills on IXL!  

Last week we read three very interesting and different picture books.  Choose one to summarize and then share your opinion about the text and why you feel that way you do about it.  Your choices are:  The Lost Boys of Hope, The Summer My Father was Ten, or Uncle Jed's Barbershop.    Remember, a summary explains the most important events of a story in a concise and careful manner.  

  Please respond to the Character Counts lesson about Fairness that we worked on and discussed today.  What does it mean to be treated fairly, or to treat someone fairly?  Does is mean that everyone is always treated exactly the same?  Share your thoughts and ideas.

Homework: October 22nd-26th

This is RED RIBBON WEEK, where the students focus on HEALTHY choices, that lead to productive, happy lives.

Please remind your child to be recording the number of pages read on their Kenya Connect reading log!

Monday:  We will color red ribbons to decorate our lockers!  Students will receive their spelling instruction for their words this week.  Please encourage them to study the spelling patters each  night as they prepare for their assessment on Friday.  

Literary Pumpkin Assignment:  Please think of one of your all time favorite book characters for us to use on a special Halloween project!

Three journal responses due Friday.  

Mrs. Lapham's Math:  Week Two, Review Page.  Quiz Tomorrow!

Tuesdsay:  Practice your basic math facts!  Practice your spelling words!

Wednesday:  Mrs. Lapham's math:  Week 3 Lesson 1 Division Practice with Calculators

Social Studies: Complete study guide.  Test is on Friday!

Thursday:  Written Sort due tomorrow for spelling.

Social Studies Test Tomorrow!

Three Journal Responses due tomorrow.  (each a minimum of 5 sentences)  (this is in-class work unless not completed within the allotted time.)

Latin Directional Prefixes Packet due tomorrow. (this is in-class work unless not completed within the allotted time.)

Mrs. Lapham's Math:  Topic 4, Lesson One Reteaching page.  

Friday:  60 minutes of reading over the week-end!  Remember to record your pages read, and tell your family all about our Kenya Connect Service Learning Project!

Homework for October 15-19th

October 15-19th

Monday:  Ask your child about our special Kenyan storyteller!

Tuesday: Practice your spelling words!  Mrs. Lapham's math homework:  Week 2, Lesson 2.  

Wednesday:  Math and Spelling Homework.  The World Atlas page due tomorrow.  Mrs. Lapham's math homework:  Week 2, Lesson 3.  

Thursday:  Spelling test tomorrow!  Math homework.  Completed Pen-Pal letter is due tomorrow.  Mrs. Lapham's math homework:  Division Practice Worksheet.  

Friday:  IXL math practice over the week-end:  basic math facts in grade 3, multiplication and division practice in grade 5.  Remember to read voraciously this week-end!  

This week in math we are studying the concept of division.  Write about anything you have learned and know about division and how it works.  Then if you feel like it, go ahead and write a division problem for your classmates to try!  Be sure you solve it yourself so you can tell us what the answer is! 

October 9th-12th

I hope you have all enjoyed a fabulous long week-end!    What beautiful Fall weather we are having.

Homework and Assignments for this week:

Monday:  No School, Columbus Day!

Tuesday: 
*Spelling Words and Patterns will be instructed; each night the students should practice sorting and spelling their specific words.  
*We are continuing to build knowledge about Kenya by reading informational text, sorting and organizing that information.  This is at school work. 
*Mystery stories need to be revised by Friday. 
*Math assignments vary by class, but every child will have math homework every night!  Please practice basic math facts daily!
*Social Studies:  Homework:  workbook page 37:  #4-7 only. 

Wednesday: 
*Spelling Practice
*Mystery Revising
*Social Studies Workbook page 39

Thursday: 
*Kenya letter writing project/organizer will be introduced today.  These letters are due towards the end of next week.  They will be hand written based on the completed organizer. 
*Robert Crown Health Center Field Trip is this afternoon! (no math homework).
*Social Studies Explorer comments on fifth grade blog page are due today. 

Friday: 
*Revised Mysteries need to be turned in today!  Final drafts are due at the end of next week; typed or written neatly incorporating the revisions and comments from peers and teacher.
* Spelling Test today!  A written and alphabetical sort are due.
* Time for Kids Comprehension Quiz on the Obama and Romney Presidential Election is due today. 

Explorer's Learning

Blog about five things you learned about the Explorer's so far this year!  Be specific, use complete sentences including subjects, predicates as well as adjectives.  Please write using correct grammar, capitalization and punctuation.  Edit your blog before you publish it! 

Week of October 1-4th

Homework for this week:

Read 20+ minutes every single night from your AR book.  THINK while you read!

Tuesday:  Social Studies Test!  Study from your study guide Monday night!

 Mystery Story is due Tuesday!  We will edit.revise this work next week!  Individual conferencing will take place next week, and the final draft will be due the third week of October. 

Math Homework:  Practice basic math facts daily!  Use flash cards, a multiplication packet from school, IXL or My Skills Tutor for practice. 

Thursday:  The World Atlas is due today!  Spelling test is Thursday this week because there is a Teacher Institute on Friday:  No School.