To do...Feb. 27

1. ART - Fun Game due Friday
2. Social Studies - Poem due Monday
3. Math Checkpoint - Monday (3 types of transformations)
4. Math - p, 254 #1, 2, 4, 5

To do...Feb 26

1. See Literacy planning below
2. Math - rotation questions
3. ART worksheet & self-portrait
4. Social Studies - poem due next class (ready to share)

Literacy Planning

1. Complete summary & reflection - due Friday
2. Literature Circle - first session (Tuesday, March 3)
3. Speech - rough draft due Tuesday, March 3 (Speeches begin March 10)

To do...Feb. 24

1. Math - transformations worksheets

2. Speech planner completed

To do...Feb. 24

1. Math - textbook p. 251 # 1, 4, 5
2. Literacy - confirm speech topic and begin research
3. Literature Circle - first session next Tuesday (begin reading)
4. Science - p. 2 #2

Tomorrow is PINK day!

Led Zeppelin

After ukuleles last week, here is another novelty music experience.

Non-fiction Summary and Reflection

Is it ever okay to lie?

News Anchor Suspended for Lying

To do...Feb. 23

1. Music playing test

2. Math - worksheets (2)

3. Speech topics

4. Rubrics signed - monologue, literature circle, bravery assignment

To do...Feb. 23

1. Inferring from one of two pictures on blog (should have been done in class)
2. Complete your choices for Literature Circle
3. Come to school on Monday with at least 2 options for your speech

Literature Circles - Round 2

Read the summaries of the books and choose three that you are interested in.

Shattered

The Breadwinner

Chasing Vermeer

Flyboy

Ghosts of the Titanic

Hatchet

Milo: Sticky Notes & Brain Freeze

White Cave Escape

Making inferences

To do...Feb. 19, 2015

1. Math Test tomorrow
2. Literacy - Summary and Reflection complete

Tomorrow is BEACH Day!!!

Speech Topics

• personal connection
• audience engagement
• specific ( example: T-Rex vs. dinosaurs)
• 2 to 4 minutes (aim for 3 minutes)

MUST HAVE AT LEAST TWO POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR NEXT WEEK.

To do...Feb. 19

1. Math test - Friday
2. Math Review - p. 160 #1-5 (only C); 6, 7, 8-10 (only C); 11-18 [this is not due tomorrow, time available in class, but come prepared to get help where you need it]

To do...Feb. 17

1. Math - p. 156 #1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 and worksheet
2. Math test - FRIDAY

Making Inferences

Complete the "Inferring from Images" chart. Make your observations. Is there any prior knowledge you needed to make your inference? Be as specific as possible in your inference.

Summary - partner writing activity

Create a Google doc, share with each other and Mr. Congram, and write a short summary of the article:

8-year-old-girl-takes-wheel-saves-day

Decimals Test

Math Test - Friday, Feb. 20 (afternoon)

Below are the skills you need to be prepared for:

Standard form, expanded and words

Comparing and Ordering (including number line)

Rounding

Estimating Sums and Differences

Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying & Dividing

Multiplying by 10, 100, 1000 and 0.1, 0.01, 0.001

Dividing by 10, 100, 1000     

Smile for the Day

To do...Feb. 12

1. Checkpoint signed with corrections by tomorrow!
2. Math - p. 153 #1 d-f, 2, 5, 8
3. ART - complete perspective drawing during recesses

To do...Feb. 11

1. Math Checkpoint - tomorrow (rounding decimals, multiplying & dividing multiples of 10)
2. Math - p. 149 #2, 3, 5, 8
3. "Silent Ball" or "Bench Ball" - good copy due by end of Thursday
4. Number the Stars - bravery question due tomorrow

To do...Feb. 10

1. Social Studies - 3 questions from worksheet

2. Math worksheet (both sides!)

To do...Feb. 9

1. Math - p. 144 #1, 3, 5, 7, 8
2. Literature Circle - overdue
3. ART - perspective drawing due Feb. 19
4. Drama Monologue - be ready to present
5. Science - be ready to present

To do...Feb. 6

1. Math - worksheet (dividing decimals)
2. Literature Circles - should be completed and ready to mark

In Math, we discussed the skills we are working on need to be mastered:

• multiplying and dividing by 10, 100, 1000...
• multiplying and dividing by 0.1, 0.01, 0.001... (this coming week)

Mastered means the skill is automatic and it only happens with PRACTICE!

Number the Stars - final assigment

Heroism displays itself in different ways. Think of four characters from Number the Stars who behave heroically. Explain what each character does that is heroic with support from the text.

Think again about bravery and courage. Does bravery mean being unafraid, or does

it mean doing something daring even if you are afraid?

Success Criteria:

• chose 4 appropriate characters
• referred to the text
• used supporting details and ideas
• used grade appropriate vocabulary
• described emotions and character traits
• made proper use of conventions (spelling, punctuation, grammar)

To do...Feb. 4

1. Math - p. 135 #1 a, d, g, 3, 4, 9, 10
2. Procedural writing - Silent Ball or Bench Ball (rough draft ready for tomorrow)
3. Number the Stars monologue - presenting begins Friday
4. Science - Flight Project due Monday
5. Number the Stars - make sure you have read up to chapter 16

Literature Circle - Self Assessment

Math is the Real World?

Math Communication - for each image explain, using the math, what is wrong with each deal.

To do...Feb. 3

1. Science Test tomorrow
2. Math - p. 130 #1 a-d, 2, a-d, 4 a-d
3. Literature Circle - round #5 tomorrow
4. Scholastic Order due Friday

FRONT DOORS AT HIGHVIEW:

The rule at Highview is that students do NOT use the front doors when arriving at school in the morning. In class, we discussed the high number of special needs students who require this entrance to be clear. Please help reinforce this school rule with your child. Thank you.