Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you. Hope you are enjoying your holiday break and you are doing all your reading each night. Reading Group do not forget that your project is due the day we return from break. Check back on the website after the 29th, I will post some pictures from my vacation in New York City.

Homework for December 21, 2007

Homework for the holiday break is:
1. Read for 20 minutes every night of the break. That means you need to write down what you read and how much you read for every single night over the holiday break.
2. Reading Group: During the holiday break you need to complete your animal research project. The project is due on the day we get back January 2nd.
3. Visit www.aaamath.com or www.eduplace.com to keep up on your skills over the holiday break.

Read-A-Thon

Remember that the Read-A-Thon is tomorrow and we are going to read to the kindergarten class in the afternoon. If you would like to bring in something to read to them from home you are more than welcome to. You can bring in magazines, books, newspapers, or anything else that you would like to read during the day. Remember that the kindergarteners will love to listen to anything that you read to them. Bring in something that you might have liked to listen to as a young child.

Homework for December 20, 2007

Tonights homework is to:
1. Read for 20 minutes.
2. Study for your math test by going over your concept practice that we did together in class.
3. Bring in books, pillows, blankets, and other things that you would like to read for the Read-A-Thon tomorrow.
4. Reading Group: Work on your animal projects from the story Hatchet. If you can and would like to you may finish them at home and bring the in after Christmas break. If not I will do one more day in the computer lab and your project will be due on January 3rd the day after we get back from break.

Homework for December 19, 2007

Homework for tonight is:
1. Read for 20 minutes. Remember during this time you may read anything you like. Such as newspapers, magazines, books, etc...
2. Math lesson 17
3. Reading Group: Read chapters 19 and the epilogue. There will be a quiz and this will be our final day of discussion so make sure tha that you read.

READING GROUP

Please be sure that you read tonight. Do not forget to read because it makes conversation about the story much more enjoyable if you read. Also there will be a quiz on chapters 17 - 18 tomorrow during class.

READ! READ! READ!

Reading Group Project

Today we began our project on researching an animal that Brian faces during his challenge in the wilderness. At home you may search on your own using whatever means you wish such as Internet, books, encyclopedias, etc... in order to complete the note taking process. On Wednesday and Thursday of this week you will write your papers about the animal you reasearched as a word document in the computer lab. So the more reaserch you have the more you will be able to write when we go to the computer lab.

Homework for December 18, 2007

Homework for tonight is:
1. Read for 20 minutes.
2. Math lesson 16.
3. Spelling: Take a pre-test from someone at your house in order to prepare you for tomorrow's test. Be sure to bring this pretest into class with you on Wednesday.
4. Study for a science test on simple machines.
5. Reading Group: Read chapters 17 - 18 and be prepared for a quiz.

All Students

Remember to visit the sites provided to help you keep up with your skills, especially for use during the Holiday Break. The sites are www.aaamath.com and www.eduplace.com. These sites will help you to keep refined on all you skills over the break.

Homework for December 17, 2007

Homework for tonight is:
1. Read for 20 minutes.
2. Math lesson 15
3. Spelling: Use all 5 challenge words in a paragraph.
4. Reading Group: Read chapters 15 and 16. Be ready to discuss chapters 15 and 16 when we meet on Tuesday.

Book Fair

Dear Parents,
I want to make sure that you know the Hurlock Book Fair is going on until Wednesday December 19, 2007. Your students can purchase books at Buy one Get one Free prices for the duration of the fair. Please if you can send some money with your students to school so they are able to purchase some very nice books at the fair.

Reading Group

Today we did not get to complete the Hatchet quiz. On Monday we will have a quiz on only chapters 13 and 14 but we will talk about all 4 chapters 11 - 14. So make sure that you read all the chapters of Hatchet before you come to class on Monday. Remember that reading the book Hatchet can count towards your 20 minutes of reading every night. Have a good weekend.

Homework for December 14, 2007

Homework for this weekend is:
1. Read for 20 minutes every night. That includes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights.
2. Math lesson 11.
3. Spelling - sentences for numbers 11 - 20.
4. Reading Group - read chapters 13 and 14 of Hatchet.
5. Regular class look at home for a domestic simple machine. Draw a picture of it and be ready to describe what simple machine the household item represents on Monday.

Reading Group

Do not forget tomorrow that my reading group has a test on the Paul Revere story as well as a quiz on chapters 11 and 12 of Hatchet. Please make sure that you read all of Hatchet before coming to class tomorrow. Remember that I am giving you time to read over the Paul Revere story before taking your test.

New Site

The site www.eduplace.com is a great site for you to look at to concentrate and study certain subject areas. I would like for you to click on the student tab and go into games. Click on the spelling match game and follow the directions. It is very fun and educational.

Homework for December 13, 2007

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Math - lesson 10 paper
3. Spelling - sentences for 1 - 10
4. Reading Group - read chapter 12 of Hatchet

AAAmath

On this site you can play around with your math skills. I want you to check out the division portion of the site. First you need to go to www.aaamath.com and click on fifth grade. Then you click on division, then division again. Next click on explore then division one more time. Then click on divisiblity and work thorugh some of the problems. Play the game countdown at the bottom of the page. This will test your skills on the divisibility rules.

M&M site

Log on to this site and create an M&M for yourself. Be ready to describe it when you come in.
The site is www.becomeanmm.com

Homework

Tonights homework is:
1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Lesson 10 paper in math
3. ABC order in spelling