September 1, 2009

Homework
Math: worksheet "Place Value"

5th Grade Parent Meeting

Wednesday, September 2nd

7:00

I am proud to say that we successfully completed our first full day of school. Here is a brief synopsis of our day.

We started our day completing a worksheet titled "Out-of-this-World Synonyms." While this worksheet was being competed I checked everyones assignment book. I am happy to say that everyone remembered to get their book signed! We had a practice fire drill then rushed off to Art with Mrs. Saltz.

After Art, we had another class meeting. We read over the school handbook and discussed the school rules. Then we all signed a paper stating that we understood the rules and the consequences that come if rules are not followed. We then created a list of students, parents, and teachers responsibility for school. Using this chart and discusssion, we then created our class rules and rewards for following the rules.

Students attended Library at 11:00 and then we went straight to lunch at 11:30.

Math started today! We learned about our Daily Calendar Math. We count by 0.01 until the end of school. We also do a calendar to discover patterns and subtract money from a $1,000,000! The class then created place value charts to put in their math notebooks. A fun game was planned, but we didn't have time to play due to the length of time spent asking questions. The students were given an assignment to finish to demonstrate their knowledge of place value.

After we cam inside from recess, we had our firs science lesson! We prepared our binders for the upcoming units we will be covering. The students asked a lot of questions about the things we will cover this year. I am excited about their enthusiasm. It should be a fun year.

Mrs. Groot taught social studies today. They decorated their social studies notebooks using magazines and brochures.

We ended the day by taking a placment test. This test will be used to put them into reading groups.