September 21, 2009

Homework:

• Spelling: Cursive Worksheet "Vowel Sounds in boy and out"
• Math: Finish Addition and Subtraction Packet (I wrote on students' papers in red ink the problems they were supposed to finish for homework. No one has more than 20 problems to do.)

Here is a brief synopsis of what we did today in each subject...

Daily Review- While I worked on attendance, checked assignment books, and collected homework the students complete a page in their Math Homework Workbooks on decimal place value.

Physical Education- They ran the mile! Mr. Morrison said they put forth good effort and many of the students improved their times from 4th grade.

Reading- I introduced the new skill- generalizations. We defined generalizations, listed clue words, and gave examples in our notes. Then we read a story and identified generalizations made in the story. We ended by competing a page in our Practice Workbook. We also defined and drew pictures of our new vocabulary words.

Spelling- Students took a pretest and then corrected their tests. This helps students identify which words they need to study this week. For homework students need to finish a cursive worksheet.

Writing- Didn't happen! We were supposed to start our personal narratives, but we go called down for physicals.

Math: We reviewed the steps for borrowing across zeros. Then students were given time to practice thi skill by completing some worksheets.

Science: We made and read a rubberband book called A Question of Kingdoms. We used this book to list key details about each kingdom on the board. Then we divided into two teams for a game. Each team was given an organism. They had to determine to which kingdom it belonged and tell their reason for their choice. They had a lot of fun!

Novel Units: Since 6 of the students were out of the room with Mrs. Perry, we read a short book called Lilah's Gift. The story focuses on a girl who has to give up her puppy, but after seeing a dog save a little girl she decides to donate it to become a hearing aid dog. We then watched a video about service dogs and completed a web on generalizations about dogs.