Monday, April 26, 2010

Today both grades got their math worksheets. 5th grade has mostly memorization of definitions to know for tomorrow's test. 6th grade is still not finished with their protractors and finding area. Both grades did not learn any new lesson Friday, so they have had everything they need since Thursday.

Both grades also received their science study guides today. They had to find characteristics from the textbook for most of the vocabulary words for this week. I turned those characteristics into questions on the study guide. They have known what information we would be covering since Friday.

Heritage studies is going to be a quiz for 6th grade and a test for 5th grade. 6th grade has their study guide. 5th grade got half of it today and we will work on the other half tomorrow.

Slips are going home today about the Fun Day money. The field trip did not require paying for transportation, so some of that money is going to Fun Day events. Those who were on the field trip now owe $5 instead of $10. Those who were not on the field trip must pay the entire $10. The money must be in by Friday.

Monday, April 19, 2010

A notice went home with the students today explaining that this Friday is going to be a half day. School is dismissing at 11 am and there will be no aftercare.

Both grades received their science study guides today. They will have a quiz on the information Thursday.

Both grades also received the first half of their heritage studies' study guides today. We will go over that part and work on the second part after reading the lesson tomorrow.

Math tests are tomorrow. Friday the 6th graders received a worksheet explaining their math lessons. Today the 5th graders got a worksheet explaining their lessons.

Progress reports are going home this week. There are only 4 weeks of school left after this week is over.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Things were a little different this week due to no school Monday and the 5th graders taking their state tests.

Wednesday, both grades had an open book math worksheet that counted for a smaller test grade. The received the practice worksheets Tuesday and we spent time reviewing.

Yesterday the 5th graders had an open book science "test" that only covered the vocabulary they got before the Easter break. 6th graders had a partially openbook test where they had only a certain amount of time that was open book. Today, the 6th graders also completed an openbook comprehension check for a grade.

The heritage studies tests were today. We reviewed the info for 6th grade and they had a few minutes of openbook time for the test. The 5th graders had to complete two openbook worktext pages for a grade and then were allowed to use their study guides to answer 10 short answer questions.

Next week will mostly be back to normal except for the field trip. We will still continue with our regular schedule for science and heritage studies and will only have one less day for a math lesson.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

The students got their test folders yesteday but I was not able to locate my new conduct sheets in time. The tests that went home will also be included in the folder going home the week after the break with the conduct sheet for both weeks. These are the first grades of the new grading period.

Tomorrow is the deadline for turning in candy, books, etc. for the Hope Extreme Easter Egg Hunt. Please send donations with the students tomorrow.

The students will be off of school for the Easter break next week and Monday, April 5th.

Yesterday we reviewed for the 6th grade science test and today we reviewed for the 5th grade test. Both grades will get their vocabulary for after the break tomorrow.

The heritage studies tests are tomorrow. We went over some worktext pages in 6th grade as review. We may have time to review over the study guide before the tests tomorrow.

Monday, March 22, 2010

This is the last week of classes before Easter break. We will be off of school all next week and the Monday after Easter (April 5). The week we come back is the state testing. It is only odd grades for the testing, so 6th graders will have their regular schedule of classes and tests, but the 5th graders will only have small (mostly in class) assignments outside of the testing.

Both grades got math worksheets to prepare for tomorrow's test. What they did not finish on the worksheets is homework.

Both grades also got their science study guides today. The majority of both grades finished in class, but if they did not it is homework.

We began the heritage studies lesson today and will work on the study guide tomorrow.

Hope Extreme is having their annual Easter Egg Hunt soon. The students at HCS are being asked to help by donating bags of individually wrapped candy (no chocolate), toys, trinkets, and books. If the student is not able to buy the things this week, Mrs. Pat Carlos is taking money donations to buy bags of candy with the money. The donations must be in by Friday.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Today the students had their science test. We reviewed in both classes yesterday. Tomorrow they will get teh vocabulary for next week.

Tomorrow is the heritage studies test. We did not have time to review for the 6th graders today. We tried playing a review game in 5th grade but did not finish.

Report cards go out tomorrow. The grades from last week count for the report card. This week's grades that will be sent home next week are the first for the 4th grading period.

There is a t-shirt design contest for the Fun Day t-shirt. The deadline to turn one in is tomorrow. Also, the library is selling t-shirts for $10. Each student has an order form.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Today both grades had a math test. They have been doing well with the practice, so I expect them to have done well on the test, too. We will begin our new lessons tomorrow.

We went over all the correct answers for the science study guides today. The test is Thursday.

We discussed the heritage studies lesson yesterday and they worked on the study guide today. The majority of both classes finished the study guide after the math test. What they did not finish of the study guide is their only homework tonight.

The grades going home in tomorrow's test folders are the last ones from the 3rd grading period. they count for the report card going home Friday. All of the tests from this week on are for the last grading period.