Wednesday, August 31, 2011
BWE Blood Drive
There will be a BLOOD DRIVE held at BWE, Monday, September 19th, from 10:00am until 8:00pm in the gymnasium in special honor of Matt DeMint and PJ Bennett. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! Please consider giving the gift of life. There will be more information about this event at Curriculum Night, and you will be able to sign up for an appointment at the "Donation Table" which will be set up in the foyer of the school. You may also sign up online by clicking here.
Science Quiz
There will be an ecosystems quiz Friday, September 2nd. Students have a homework assignment tonight that we will go over in class tomorrow, which will serve as a study guide. In addition they should use their vocabulary sheet and pages B28-31 in their science books for review.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Science - Week of September 5th
Vocabulary Words of the Week: producer, consumer, decomposer, food chain, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, energy pyramid, food web.
This week we are learning about food chains and will be designing different food chains to gain further understanding of the concept.
Tuesday - Class discussion. No homework.
Wednesday - Continue class discussion on food chains. Categorize organisms into different groups of producers, consumer, and decomposers. Homework tonight - Food Chains worksheet, Activities 2 and 3 due tomorrow.
Thursday - Discuss energy pyramids and how energy is transferred from one organism to another. Continue constructing food chains.
Friday - Use knowledge of food chains to create food webs.
Please check your child's agenda each day for upcoming assignments.
This week we are learning about food chains and will be designing different food chains to gain further understanding of the concept.
Tuesday - Class discussion. No homework.
Wednesday - Continue class discussion on food chains. Categorize organisms into different groups of producers, consumer, and decomposers. Homework tonight - Food Chains worksheet, Activities 2 and 3 due tomorrow.
Thursday - Discuss energy pyramids and how energy is transferred from one organism to another. Continue constructing food chains.
Friday - Use knowledge of food chains to create food webs.
Please check your child's agenda each day for upcoming assignments.
Curriculum Night
Just a reminder that the BWE Curriculum Night will he held Thursday, September 1, 2011. For your convenience there will be two identical sessions, one from 5-5:45 and another from 6-6:45. We will discuus curriculum, academic and social expectations, and asnswer any questions that you may have concerning the 5th grade year!
We look forward to seeing you!
We look forward to seeing you!
Mrs. Hoge's Spelling ~ Week of August 29, 2011
This list of spelling words is from Chapter 1 of From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg.
1. knapsack 2. comfortable 3. alllowance 4. companion 5. calculated
6. injustice 7. example 8. appreciation 9. certainly 10. jostling
11. historical 12. character 13. elegant 14. chauffeur 15. inconvenient
16. flattery 17. complications 18. despised 19. adventurous 20. memorize
BONUS WORD: responsibility
Assignments:
Tuesday, 8/30: Write each word in a sentence. Underline the spelling word. Be sure to include correct punctuation and capitalization. Skip a line between each sentence. You may use up to two spelling words in each sentence. Due Thursday, 9/1.
Wednesday, 8/31 Divide each word into syllables. Write the part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) Skip lines between each one. Use a reference source as your guide. An example is: knapsack knap-sack (noun) Due Thursday, 9/1.
Thursday, 9/1 Create a word search puzzle that includes a key using all the spelling words. A blank word search puzzle will be provided. Due Tuesday, 9/6.
Friday, 9/2 Study words over the weekend for a test on Tuesday, 9/6. Your test will include spelling each word correctly, identifying the parts of speech of some words and choosing 3 words to write in sentences.
Monday, 9/5 No School ~ Labor Day
Tuesday, 9/6 Spelling Test!
Please have a parent sign your agenda each night!
1. knapsack 2. comfortable 3. alllowance 4. companion 5. calculated
6. injustice 7. example 8. appreciation 9. certainly 10. jostling
11. historical 12. character 13. elegant 14. chauffeur 15. inconvenient
16. flattery 17. complications 18. despised 19. adventurous 20. memorize
BONUS WORD: responsibility
Assignments:
Tuesday, 8/30: Write each word in a sentence. Underline the spelling word. Be sure to include correct punctuation and capitalization. Skip a line between each sentence. You may use up to two spelling words in each sentence. Due Thursday, 9/1.
Wednesday, 8/31 Divide each word into syllables. Write the part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) Skip lines between each one. Use a reference source as your guide. An example is: knapsack knap-sack (noun) Due Thursday, 9/1.
Thursday, 9/1 Create a word search puzzle that includes a key using all the spelling words. A blank word search puzzle will be provided. Due Tuesday, 9/6.
Friday, 9/2 Study words over the weekend for a test on Tuesday, 9/6. Your test will include spelling each word correctly, identifying the parts of speech of some words and choosing 3 words to write in sentences.
Monday, 9/5 No School ~ Labor Day
Tuesday, 9/6 Spelling Test!
Please have a parent sign your agenda each night!
Firchau: Language Arts (Week of August 29)
WRITING
This week we will introduce the writing process to the students and begin to look at the process steps in detail, beginning with prewriting. We will also explore declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences.
READING
This week we will begin reading the novel, The Sign of the Beaver.
SPELLING
Most of our spelling this year will be derived from vocabulary contained in the novels we read. The intruction and assesment will be widely varied and use many differentiated strategies of learning and expression.
This week's vocabulary is from chapters 1-5 of The Sign of the Beaver
rueful
surveyor
venturing
proprietor
solitary
vaguely
expedition
begrudgingly
mite
boggy
MONDAY:
Introduce chapter 1-5 vocabulary/spelling, uand the use of illustrations, associations, and analogies in constructing deeper understanding of unknown words.
TUESDAY:
Sentence types
Introduce writing process.
Brainstorming
Review vocabulary procedures and assignment.
WEDNESDAY:
Sentence types
Review vocabulary procedures and assignment.
Read and discuss chapter 1-
Complete chapter summary
THURSDAY:
Differentiating the writing process to fit the needs of individual writers.
Mini-lessons
Vocabulary assignment due
FRIDAY:
Read and discuss chapter -
Complete chapter summary
Spelling test (vocabulary words)
This week we will introduce the writing process to the students and begin to look at the process steps in detail, beginning with prewriting. We will also explore declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences.
READING
This week we will begin reading the novel, The Sign of the Beaver.
SPELLING
Most of our spelling this year will be derived from vocabulary contained in the novels we read. The intruction and assesment will be widely varied and use many differentiated strategies of learning and expression.
This week's vocabulary is from chapters 1-5 of The Sign of the Beaver
rueful
surveyor
venturing
proprietor
solitary
vaguely
expedition
begrudgingly
mite
boggy
MONDAY:
Introduce chapter 1-5 vocabulary/spelling, uand the use of illustrations, associations, and analogies in constructing deeper understanding of unknown words.
TUESDAY:
Sentence types
Introduce writing process.
Brainstorming
Review vocabulary procedures and assignment.
WEDNESDAY:
Sentence types
Review vocabulary procedures and assignment.
Read and discuss chapter 1-
Complete chapter summary
THURSDAY:
Differentiating the writing process to fit the needs of individual writers.
Mini-lessons
Vocabulary assignment due
FRIDAY:
Read and discuss chapter -
Complete chapter summary
Spelling test (vocabulary words)
Mrs. Hoge's Language Arts Class - Week of September 5, 2011
Reading We have started the Newbery Award winning novel From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg this week. The novel is about a young girl named Claudia who decides to run away from her home in Connecticut to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. But she needs someone to accompany her, so she convinces her younger brother Jamie to go with her. The adventure begins!
We will finish reading and discussing Chapters Two and Three, pages 19-42. Please ask your child to tell you about what they have read.
Vocabulary words from these chapters include:
1. possessions
2. resisted
3. percolator
4. penetrated
5. stowaways
6. expenditures
7. extravagant
8. cheapskate
9. gorgeous
10. fatigue
Writing assignments Our focus will be on identifying subjects and predicates in as we read through the novel. We will also be looking for different parts of speech, particularly nouns and verbs, to make the connection between subjects and predicates.
Students are also working on independent writing activities, using the writing process.
Spelling Look for a list to come home this week! Words will be taken from our novel.
We will finish reading and discussing Chapters Two and Three, pages 19-42. Please ask your child to tell you about what they have read.
Vocabulary words from these chapters include:
1. possessions
2. resisted
3. percolator
4. penetrated
5. stowaways
6. expenditures
7. extravagant
8. cheapskate
9. gorgeous
10. fatigue
Writing assignments Our focus will be on identifying subjects and predicates in as we read through the novel. We will also be looking for different parts of speech, particularly nouns and verbs, to make the connection between subjects and predicates.
Students are also working on independent writing activities, using the writing process.
Spelling Look for a list to come home this week! Words will be taken from our novel.
Firchau: Social Studies (Week of August 29)
This week we will review the baseline assessment taken last Friday and begin the process of note-taking.
MONDAY:
Review assessment
TUESDAY:
Review assessment
WEDNESDAY:
Introduce Skills & Methods learning targets
Begin the essentials of note-taking
THURSDAY:
Review essentials
Practice graphic elements of organizing notes
Keys to good notes
FRIDAY:
Practice note-taking with reading passages
MONDAY:
Review assessment
TUESDAY:
Review assessment
WEDNESDAY:
Introduce Skills & Methods learning targets
Begin the essentials of note-taking
THURSDAY:
Review essentials
Practice graphic elements of organizing notes
Keys to good notes
FRIDAY:
Practice note-taking with reading passages
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Corven's Language Arts Class- Week of August 29th
Reading
We will start the school year reading the novel, Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Shiloh is a Newbery Medal book about a boy named Marty Preston and a young beagle that he finds in the hills behind his home. When Marty finds Shiloh, it's love at first sight, and also big trouble for Marty.
Our reading focus this week will be chapters 1-4 of Shiloh.
Spelling
Each week our spelling words will be important vocabulary found in the novels that we read. This week our spelling/vocabulary words come from chapters 1-4 of Shiloh. On Thursday, the students will be quizzed over both the definition and the spelling of the following 10 words:
scolding, detour, cringe, abandon, impatient, squeal, sickle, feeble, spare, thumps
Writing
Declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences will be the focus this week in writing. We will find these four different types of sentences as we read Shiloh. The students will also work in groups to create all four types of sentences.
Language Arts Homework
Monday & Tuesday- Shiloh chapters 1&2 comprehension sheet due Wednesday.
**Study spelling/vocabulary for quiz on Thursday.
We will start the school year reading the novel, Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Shiloh is a Newbery Medal book about a boy named Marty Preston and a young beagle that he finds in the hills behind his home. When Marty finds Shiloh, it's love at first sight, and also big trouble for Marty.
Our reading focus this week will be chapters 1-4 of Shiloh.
Spelling
Each week our spelling words will be important vocabulary found in the novels that we read. This week our spelling/vocabulary words come from chapters 1-4 of Shiloh. On Thursday, the students will be quizzed over both the definition and the spelling of the following 10 words:
scolding, detour, cringe, abandon, impatient, squeal, sickle, feeble, spare, thumps
Writing
Declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences will be the focus this week in writing. We will find these four different types of sentences as we read Shiloh. The students will also work in groups to create all four types of sentences.
Language Arts Homework
Monday & Tuesday- Shiloh chapters 1&2 comprehension sheet due Wednesday.
**Study spelling/vocabulary for quiz on Thursday.
MATH-Week of August 29th
We begin unit 1 of Everyday Math on Monday. Our focus this week will be on creating arrays to illustrate multiplication number models. In addition, we will also learn the difference between prime and composite numbers.
Math Homework
Monday- Math Journal pgs.6 & 7
Tuesday- Math Journal p.11
Wednesday- Math Journal p.4
Thursday- Math Journal p.19
Friday- No Assignment
Math Homework
Monday- Math Journal pgs.6 & 7
Tuesday- Math Journal p.11
Wednesday- Math Journal p.4
Thursday- Math Journal p.19
Friday- No Assignment
Monday, August 22, 2011
WELCOME BACK!
WOW! It has been a wonderful summer. We can't wait for school to start!
School starts WEDNESDAY!!!
Here's the schedule for our students ...
8:50 – Students arrive
9:00 – Tardy bell; morning news begins
9:00-9:40 – Special
The special schedule will start on Thursday, August 25, which is a "B" day. Students will go through the Special classes on a three day rotation. The schedule for each homeroom is as follows ...
Corven: A: Art, B: Music, C: P.E.
Hoge: A, P.E., B: Art, C: Music
Firchau: A: Music; B: Gym; C: Art
The fifth grade will use the restroom after each special class.
Each day the students will rotate through Math, Science, and Social Studies on the following schedule ...
9:50-10:40 – Block 1
10:40-11:30 – Block 2
11:30-12:20 – Block 3
12:20-12:30 – Back to homeroom
12:30-1:15 – Lunch/Recess (Restroom afterward)
1:15-1:30 – Silent Reading
1:30-3:00 – Language Arts
3:00-3:30 – Study Hall
Dismissal
3:35 – Noah’s Ark, Learning Center, walkers, parent pick-up
3:37 – bus riders
Keep reading, enjoy the beautiful weather.
We will look forward to seeing you on Curriculum Night, Thursday, September 1, from 5-5:45 or 6-6:45!
A consolidated 5th grade website is currently under construction and will be working as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Corven, Mrs. Hoge, Mr. Firchau
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