Discussed Magnitude Estimates & started Journal pages 45 & 47
Study Links 2-6 & 2-7 (due tomorrow)
English
Mrs. B ~ Went over yesterday's homework; Assigned English WS 2 (due tomorrow)
Mrs. W - More Plural Nouns; pg. 104 1-40 even
Spelling
Pretest--fix missed words five times each
Social Studies
Mrs. B ~ Finished culture region maps
Mrs. W - Watched videos on the Woodland and Plains Indians
Science
Students worked on Peer-Editing the sloppy copy version of "How Blood Circulates Throughout Your Heart" and then writing their final copy. Final copy, written or typed, is due tomorrow.
Reading
Listened to Birchbark House
Reviewed Book Report forms and rubric
Write an opinion paper - Do you feel it was right for the U.S. Government to push the Native Americans from their homelands? ( 3 paragraphs, intro., 3 examples to support your reason, conclusion)
Parents please read your child's paper and check for spelling mistakes!
Mrs. G~ More Plural Nouns; worksheet #3 (due tomorrow)
Spelling
Pretest tomorrow
Social Studies
Mrs. B ~ Worked on cultural regions maps; Map & artifacts should be colored by tomorrow
Mrs. G~ Read, took notes over, and colored for the Native Americans of the Southwest and Plateau regions.
Science
Students are working on a writing which explains how blood travels through the heart, body, back to the heart, and then to the lungs. The sloppy copy is due tomorrow.
Discussed methods for solving word problems; worked in class on several examples
Study Links 2-4 (due Monday)
English
Mrs. W - Noun Posters
Spelling
Final spelling test
Social Studies
Mrs. W - Cultural Maps
Science
Students read over pages 68-69 today, learning about the heart and its 4 chambers. Students were assigned workbook page 24/24A. We will have about 15 minutes on Monday to finish the assignment if it does not get completed over the weekend.
Reading
Read from Birchbark House and completed a reading placement test.
FYI!
Monday is a delayed start. Classes will begin at 10:00.
Mrs. W - Read pages 31-32, colored cultural regions onto maps
Mrs. G- Worked on 6 vocabulary words; due on Friday
Science
Students reviewed pages 66-67 as a class and took class notes on the three types of blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries).
Worksheet 66-67 is due on Friday.
Worksheet 57/153 over Blood Cells was due today.
Blood Cell Flap Book was also due today.
Reading
Final day to update student notes from teachers on Native American tribes.
Read from Birchbark House
FYI!
Wednesday, 11/14 - Students dismiss at 11:00 (Teacher in-service)
Thursday, 11/15 - No School - Good Luck Hunters!
Friday, 11/16 - Rollerskating in the afternoon as our end of the marking period reward trip! Students that were passing ALL classes and did not receive a referral will be able to go Roller Skating on Friday afternoon. We will return before the buses leave at the end of the day.
Mrs. W - Read pg. 28, discuss cultural regions of Native Americans. Wkbk pg. 15
Mrs. B ~ Turned in lap books to be graded
Science
Reading
We read from Birchbark House and reviewed teacher's notes on the Sioux Indians. Student's were able to add " teacher's notes" to their organizational chart
FYI!
Monday, 11/12 - Survivor Assembly 2:07
Wednesday, 11/14 - Students dismiss at 11:00 (Teacher in-service)
Thursday, 11/15 - No School - Good Luck Hunters!
Friday, 11/16 - Rollerskating in the afternoon as our end
of the marking period reward trip! Students that were passing ALL
classes will be able to go Roller Skating on Friday afternoon. We will
return before the busses leave at the end of the day.
The ABC's of Nouns posters were handed out, discussed, and partially completed. This is not homework and will be completed later on in the week.
Spelling
Test
Social Studies
Election Lap books
Mrs. W - finished our vocabulary in journals
Science
Students worked on completing their "Blood Cell Flap Book" which will be due on Monday.
Reading
Watched Little House on the Praire as required through our Common Core
FYI!
Students have a half-day of school on Wednesday, November 14.
Students do not have school on Thursday, November 15.
The end-of-semester trip to the rollerskating rink is being planned for Friday, November 16, after lunch. There will more information coming to you on Monday.
Mrs. B ~ Went over page 311 together; Assigned English WS 8 (due tomorrow)
Mrs. W - Nouns pg. 38 14-24 write nouns only
Spelling
Fix Pretest
Spelling homework due tomorrow
Social Studies
Mrs. B ~ we are close to wrapping up our election lap book project!
Mrs. W - began chapter 3 vocabulary in journals
Science
Reading
Native American Research (Sioux & Cherokee) with partners
Chapter from Birchbark House
FYI!
Fundraiser items will be going home with students tomorrow. If your child sold a lot, you may want to arrange to pick them up so that they don't have to carry it on the bus!
Mrs. G~ No assignment today due to music; students took an open book test yesterday over Chapter 9- Capitalization and Punctuation
Spelling
Pretest
Social Studies
Mrs. B ~ Discussed election results; Electoral college pop quiz; worked on lap books
Mrs. G~ Discussed election results; worked on lap books
Mrs. W - completed election lap books
Science
Many students did not turn in their worksheet from yesterday's class. Please make sure that this gets turned in tomorrow! We reviewed the 4 parts of the blood and began making our "Blood Cell Flap Book". This is something we will work on in class tomorrow.
Reading
Native American Research (Sioux & Cherokee) with partners
FYI!
All Band students who sold pizza kits- Your pizza kits are here!! Please get them from Mrs. Wiggins as soon as possible.
Mrs. B ~ Read Grace for President and discussed the electoral college; added to lap book; Held a mock election; Finish scholastic worksheet about comparing candidates (due tomorrow)
Science
Reading
We read from the Birchbark House
Finished up our research on one of the two Native Am. tribes we are studying.
FYI!
Parent Teacher Conferences - November 8, 7:00 - 9:00
Survivor - Parent Activity Night - November 9, 7:00 - 9:00
Behavior on yesterday's field trip was....AWESOME!!! So proud of our McBain fifth graders! :-)
Mrs. W - continue to work on our Election Lapbooks: President's Cabinet
Science
Reading
Continue our research on the Sioux and Cherokee Indian tribes.
Fill in graphic organizers with partners
FYI!
Monday is our field trip to Lansing. Students will need a sack lunch for the day. They are able to bring snacks, beverages with lids, MP3 players, ipods, etc. as long as they are in a back pack. Please know the back packs will be left on the bus once we arrive in Lansing.
Survivor Parent Activity night Novemeber 9, 2012 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Please join the fun!
