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Classroom Information
Class Schedule:
7:30 Enter Classroom
Copy day's homework
Check-In
A.R.
8:00 Late Bell
Announcements
AR or Exercise
8:30 Reading
Phonics Based Spelling
Grammar
10:15 Writing with Mrs. Rice
11:00 Lunch
11:25 Science with Mrs. Rice/
Writing with Mrs. Ruska/
Social Studies with Mrs. Salyers
12:15 Specials
PE with Mr. Banbury
Art with Mrs. Soupa
Music with Mrs Nash
Science with Mrs. Winitzer
1:00 Math with Mrs. Rice
1:50 Prepare for Dismissal
Read Aloud
2:00 Announcments
2:05 Dismissal
Homework Assignments:
5/26/09 through 5/29/09
Reading:
Each night, students need to read in Accelerated Reader books for 20-30 minutes and record a minimum of 20 pages read in their Accelerated Reader Logs. They need to have parents sign their logs each day. They needed to be at 100% of their point goal by 5/22/09. They should bring a book or magazine to read for D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) time the rest of the school year.
If students are in my reading class, they need to study the vocabulary words and definitions for the weekly story. Vocabulary words and definitions can be found by clicking on the "FLASH CARDS" link above.Spelling: (Mrs. Rice's Reading Class)
You can review the spelling words by clicking the "FLASH CARDS" link above. Students have the following homework assignments:
Tuesday- Alphabetical Order
Wednesday- Word Meanings Worksheet
Thursday- Signed Parent Pretest/Study for Test
Math:
This week, we are working on measurement.
Students have the following homework assignments:
Tuesday- Workbook p. 130
Wednesday- Workbook p. 145
Thursday- Review for Customary and Metric Unit Test
Science:
Students are studying simple machines this month. Students may bring home their science notebooks and text books to review information covered in class and during science experiments. The following vocabulary words are likely to be on the test:
1. simple machine: a machine with few or no moving parts
2. axle: a long, thin cylinder
3. wedge: two inclined planes back to back
4. fulcrum: the fixed point on a lever
5. work: the use of force to move an object over a distance
6. puley: a wheel with a line around it
7. lever: a bar that pivots on a fixed point
8. screw: a post with threads around it
9. inclined plane: a slanted surface
Language:
In the weeks to come, we'll be working on using the M.S. D.I.V.E.D. elements in our stories and essays. See the bottom of this page to learn more about M.S. D.I.V.E.D. She'll help your student improve his or her writing!
What does M.S. D.I.V.E.D. stand for?
A way to remember elements found in excellent writing
Metaphore and/or simile
Sensory details (5 senses)
Details about who, what, when, where, why (5 Ws)
Images (color, shape, size, texture)
Vivid vocabulary
Emotions (feelings)
Dialogue (conversation-Make sure to use quotation marks and identify the speaker.)
What does F.O.S.C. stand for?
The state essay/story scoring system
Focus
Organization
Support
Conventions (grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitilization)
Friday Afternoon:
Yellow Envelopes and Behavior Letters go home. The students are to have parents sign them and return them on Monday.
