Monday

**Have a fun but SAFE Halloween!!! I did not assign homework tonight for those that will be busy trick-or-treating!

Science - We reviewed fossils today.  We will go over a study guide tomorrow for the test on Wednesday.
HW: None

Reading - We did a quick Halloween story on Literary Elements.   
HW: None


Math - We reviewed working two digit multiplication.
HW: None

Writing - We will be finishing our personal narrative this week.
HW: None


Mrs. Brady

Friday

**Have a safe and fun weekend!
* We had a great Fall Celebration Party!  There was food, games and prizes!  We also had a surprise guest, Mrs. Burton came in for a quick visit.  It was great to see her.  She will be bringing Harper on another visit.

Science - We unearthed our fossils today.  They turned out really well.  We journaled about how to make them and characteristics of the final product.  Following is the recipe for the dough and directions to make them.  I will post some pictures as soon as I get them uploaded.

Make your own Fossils

Purpose: To introduce students to mold and cast fossils by having them create their own trace fossils

                                   

Materials:

• Items to create fossils of (twigs, sturdy leaves, ferns, shells, small plastic insects, bones or figures)
• fossil dough (recipe below)
• shallow paper cups
• oil (mineral or vegetable)
• plaster of paris (and water to mix it with)

For the activity leader:

• large disposable container to mix plaster in (a beaker lined with heavy plastic bags works well)
• stirring stick (something disposable to mix the plaster)
• old ladle (to scoop the plaster into the cups)

Procedure:

1. have the students label their paper cups with their names
2. press approximately 2 cm of prepared dough into the bottom of each cup (do this beforehand for small kids or to save time).  Make sure the surface is very smooth!!
3. lightly coat the object to be fossilized in oil
4. press the object into the clay to make a mold.
5. mix the plaster of paris (adding some salt speeds drying time)
6. quickly cover the clay impressions with approximately 2 cm of plaster
7. leave in a warm place and allow to harden for approximately one hour.
8. carefully peel away the paper cup and remove the plaster cast.

DO NOT DISPOSE OF EXCESS PLASTER IN THE SINK, it will permanently clog the drain.  Put any excess or waste into the garbage can.

Linda’s Fossil Dough Recipe

5 cups flour

2 ½ cup salt

¼ cup cream of tartar (this is sold cheap in the baking section of the bulk food dept.)

5 cups cold coffee

2 cups fairly dry used coffee grounds (if they are really wet reduce the amount of water)

1/3 cup oil

Mix all ingredients and cook on medium heat stirring continuously.  Continue stirring until the dough is too thick to stir (several minutes).  Remove from heat and kneed dough when cool enough to handle.  Keep in an airtight container until ready to use.

HW: None

Reading - We had guidance today. 
HW: None


Math - We had small groups and played multiplication War, worked on multiplication and division and played multiplication Bingo. 
HW: None

Writing - We had our Celebration Party.
HW: None


Mrs. Brady

Thursday

*Report Cards were sent home in the Wednesday folder! Please sign the envelope and return it to school.* We are continuing the food drive through this week.  Thank you to everyone that has sent in food.  Please send in anything you can.
*This week is Drug Prevention week.   Monday is wear RED day.  Tuesday is wear your clothes backwards day for "turning your back on drugs".  Wednesday is bring a stuffed animal in for "give hugs, not drugs".  Thursday is wear your favorite hat day for "use your head, don't do drugs".  Friday is pajama day for "make all of our dreams come true and don't do drugs".
** Paw Party - We will be having a Fall Celebration Party on Friday to celebrate our receiving 20 paws.  The party will start at about 1:30.

Science - We created our fossils today.  A big thank you to Eric for bringing in some Plaster.  The fossils have to dry and then we will be able to "unearth" them to view the final product. 
HW: None

Reading - We had our test on Literary Elements.  I will have those grades posted by the weekend. 
HW: None


Math - We continued to work on multiplication and division word problems.
HW: None

Writing - We will be working on the final draft of our personal narrative this week.
HW: None


Mrs. Brady

Wednesday

****Report Cards come home today!!! Check your Wednesday folder!!!!
* We are continuing the food drive through this week.  Thank you to everyone that has sent in food.  Please send in anything you can.
*This week is Drug Prevention week.   Monday is wear RED day.  Tuesday is wear your clothes backwards day for "turning your back on drugs".  Wednesday is bring a stuffed animal in for "give hugs, not drugs".  Thursday is wear your favorite hat day for "use your head, don't do drugs".  Friday is pajama day for "make all of our dreams come true and don't do drugs".
** Paw Party - We will be having a Fall Celebration Party on Friday to celebrate our receiving 20 paws.

Science - We talked more about fossils.  We will be creating our own fossils tomorrow.
HW: Bring in a small item that would make a good fossil.  This is optional, I have plenty of items.

Reading - We are continuing our Unit on Literary Elements.  *TEST tomorrow!!  Our vocabulary words are:

1. plot          2. character          3. setting          4. theme          5. sequence
6. humorous          7. beautiful          8. graceful          9. dishonest          10. sickly
11. treacherous        12. calm         13. moan         14. bubbling        15. bumpy

HW: Use words 11-15 in descriptive sentences. Redo sentences 6-10 if not descriptive (She is beautiful. He is humorous. Does not count!)

Math - We continued to work on multiplication and division word problems.
HW: Division BINGO sheet

Writing - We will be working on the final draft of our personal narrative this week.
HW: None
Mrs. Brady

Tuesday

* We are continuing the food drive through this week.  Thank you to everyone that has sent in food.  Please send in anything you can.
*This week is Drug Prevention week.   Monday is wear RED day.  Tuesday is wear your clothes backwards day for "turning your back on drugs".  Wednesday is bring a stuffed animal in for "give hugs, not drugs".  Thursday is wear your favorite hat day for "use your head, don't do drugs".  Friday is pajama day for "make all of our dreams come true and don't do drugs".
** Paw Party - We will be having a Fall Celebration Party on Friday to celebrate our receiving 20 paws.

Science - We watched the final parts of Science Court on Fossils.  We will be doing some hands on activities tomorrow!
HW: None

Reading - We are continuing our Unit on Literary Elements.  *There will be a test on Thursday.  Our vocabulary words are:

1. plot          2. character          3. setting          4. theme          5. sequence
6. humorous          7. beautiful          8. graceful          9. dishonest          10. sickly
11. treacherous        12. calm         13. moan         14. bubbling        15. bumpy

HW: Use words 6-10 in sentences

Math - We continued to work on multiplication and division word problems.
HW: None

Writing - We will be working on the final draft of our personal narrative this week.
HW: None

Monday

* Hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the nice weather.
**Sorry I didn't post on Friday!  I remembered on my way home.
* We are continuing the food drive through this week.  Please send in anything you can.
*This week is Drug Prevention week.  There was a flyer sent home Friday.  Today is wear RED day.  Tuesday is wear your clothes backwards day for "turning your back on drugs".  Wednesday is bring a stuffed animal in for "give hugs, not drugs".  Thursday is wear your favorite hat day for "use your head, don't do drugs".  Friday is pajama day for "make all of our dreams come true and don't do drugs".
** Paw Party - We will be having a Fall Celebration Party on Friday to celebrate our receiving 20 paws.

Science - We are continuing our Science Court on Fossils.  ***If anyone could send in Plaster of Paris we will be creating our own fossils on Thursday.
HW: None

Reading - We are continuing our Unit on Literary Elements.  *There will be a test on Thursday.  Our vocabulary words are:

plot          character          setting          theme          sequence
humorous          beautiful          graceful          dishonest          sickly
treacherous         calm          moan          bubbling          bumpy

HW: Write definitions of words 1-5

Math - We continued to work on multiplication and division word problems.
HW: workbook pages 49-50

Writing - We will be working on the final draft of our personal narrative this week.
HW: None

Thursday

Science:  We watched a Science Court video on fossils.  It is very engaging.
HW: None

Reading:  We worked more on setting and creating a story.  We had a little time for Lit. groups.  One finished and has taken an AR test.
HW: Worksheet.  If no dictionary is available they don't have to complete the last question. 

Math: We worked on word problems and two digit multiplication.   
HW: Division Worksheet

Writing: We worked on our personal narrative and AR tests.   
HW: None

Wednesday

* Food drive is still going!  Please send in items.
*We are starting Fossils and need some Plaster of Paris.  If anyone could send some in it would be greatly appreciated. 


Science:  Today we started our unit on Fossils! We watched an introductory video.  There will be some hands on activities coming soon.
HW: None

Reading:  We did not have reading today. There was a guest speaker from Kentucky Parks and Wildlife.  He had a great presentation of pelts and bones.  He discussed what mammals were and which ones lived in Kentucky.
HW: None

Math: We worked on division and  then started working on word problems.  It is coming along.  Everyone could still use some practice in memorizing their multiplication facts. 
HW: None

Writing: Today we wrote a letter to Mrs. Burton.  Everyone told her about what they have been learning and what has been going on in their life.  I know she will enjoy hearing from them.  She misses them as much as they miss her.   
HW: None

Tuesday

**I was sick yesterday and only stayed for half of the day, so sorry there was no post.  The kids commented that I had to get a sub for the sub, they found that very amusing.  I am feeling better today.
*Several students got BOO Grams today.  This is a fun fundraiser from 5th grade. 
*We are still working toward collecting the most items for the school food drive and also Box Tops, please keep sending those items in. 

Science:
Today we took or test on Energy Transformation.  I will grade those tonight and have them posted tomorrow. 
HW: None

Reading:
Vocabulary words are -er and -est words:

smaller         hotter           closer           fatter           happiest         
funniest         larger           sadder          scarier         smallest 
closest          fattest           happier        deeper         funnier
deepest        hottest          largest          saddest       scariest

We worked on identifying the setting of a story. We then got in our literature groups and read more of our books.   
HW: Use the second half of the words in sentences


Math:
Today we worked more on division.  We did many problems as a whole group. 
HW: Simple Division Worksheet to be signed

Writing:
Today we worked more on our Personal Narrative and then got in a little DEAR time and AR testing. 
HW: None

Mrs. Brady

Wednesday

 

FYI:
*This is Fall Break week! No school Thursday or Friday!! Have a wonderful and safe break!!!
*Picture Retakes will be on Monday, October 17.


Science:
Today we played a matching game on energy transformation elements.  The class was put in groups and had to find the correct question and answer matches.    They did an excellent job.  The first group finished won a treat.  We checked their answers as a whole group and everyone did very well.

 

HW: None

Reading:
Today for reading we had a short reading comprehension quiz.  We then split into our lit groups and read.  Almost everyone is finished or finishing their first book and moving on.  We will get new vocabulary words on Monday.   

 

HW: None

 

Math:
Today we worked more on division.  We did many problems as a whole group.  Then we split into small groups and continued working on them. 

 

HW: None

 

Writing:
Today we worked more on our Personal Narrative.  They are coming along very nicely.  Some have even started on their final draft.  

 

HW: None

 

Mrs. Brady

 

 

Tuesday

FYI:
*This is Fall Break week! We only have two days of class left! No school Thursday or Friday!!
*Picture Retakes will be on Monday, October 17.


Science:
Today we had guidance and did not have science. 

Reading:
We had a great reading group.  We talked about authors purpose as a whole group.  Completed our running packet and spent a little more time in our Lit. groups.  Two groups have tested and the others are working hard to finish their books.

Math:
Today we worked more on division.  We did many problems as a whole group.  They have sheet that was given after they finished the in class assignment.  This sheet will be completed in class tomorrow, they can attempt the ones they are certain of tonight.  

Writing:
Today we worked more on our Personal Narrative and then got in a little DEAR time and AR testing.  No HW

Mrs. Brady

Monday

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!  What beautiful weather!!!

FYI:
*This is Fall Break week! We only have three days of class!
*Picture Retakes will be on Monday, October 17.
*We are having a school food drive.  The class that donates the most items will win a reward.
*We are also collecting BoxTops. If you could send those in with your child we have a bag in the room to hold them. 

Science:
Today we worked on food webs.  We watched a video and took a short quiz after.  They are doing really well with this area. 

Reading:
We started a new book in whole group, Million Dollar Throw, by Mike Lupica.  We also did a running worksheet.  They were able to read 2 chapters in their lit. groups.  Two groups finished their book and will be taking the AR quiz.  They will start a new book tomorrow. 
HW: answer their "after reading" question in their reading response journals if not finished in class

Math:
Today we worked more on division.  We did many problems as a whole group.  They have a sheet that needs to be signed.  They have a multiplication sheet to be signed as HW.

Writing:
Today we worked more on our Personal Narrative and then got in a little DEAR time and AR testing.  No HW

Mrs. Brady

Friday

Good Afternoon!

We had a great Review Friday today!

Math Groups:
Today we worked in small math groups.  Students rotated between working on 4 digit +/- with math tiles, dividing in a small group with me, and multiplication and working on multiplication with Mrs. Powell.

Reading:
We had DEAR time and are enjoying checking out books from my class library!

Science:
We did not get to science today!

Social Studies:
We watched a short video about the globe and properties of it.  We took a short quiz about what we had learned, longitude, latitude, cardinal directions etc.. 

Tabby got some new pets and her mom was kind enough to bring them in and share them with us.  Bertie and Buster were a great hit.  I hope the guinea pigs recover from the visit. 

The students attended an assembly during specials today.  Ask them what they learned about tobacco and the dangers of smoking. 

It has been a great week for me. I hope it had been for them as well.  Have a good weekend, and don't forget that Fall Break is next week. 

Mrs. Brady

Thursday

Science:
Today we listened to a story and determined more harmful and beneficial effects that OUR actions cause the environment.  No HW. 


Reading:

We did not have reading as we attended a very interesting and educational assembly that involved LIVE snakes, lizards and other reptiles.  The content was related to our science studies of food chains and webs.  Ask your child about their favorite animal.  Many touched a King Snake, NOT ME!!!!

 
HW: None


Math:

We started working on division today!  We worked on grouping and regrouping as a way to solve a division problem.


HW: Multiplication worksheet to be signed by parents.



Writing:

Things were a little crazy this afternoon.  They had a great time in art and some had work to catch up on.  We DEAR today. 

HW: None



Mrs. Brady

Wednesday

Science:


Today we worked in our science journal and answered questions about harmful and beneficial effects certain actions cause the environment.  No HW. 


Reading:

We read a homonym story, played a homonym game and took our vocabulary test.  They did really well with the game.  I couldn't BE more proud of them even if I was a queen BEE. 
HW: None


Math:

We worked on multiplying numbers two digit numbers.  They really seem to be catching on.  You can still practice the basic multiplication facts at home or even while driving in the car.  We start division tomorrow!!!



HW: Multiplication worksheet to be signed by parents.



Writing:

We continued work on our personal narrative. Rough drafts are becoming less rough. 

HW: None







Mrs. Brady

Tuesday

Science:

Today we watched a video about food chains and some environmental harmful and beneficial effects on the different parts of the chains.  No HW.


Reading:

We paired up with a friend and read leveled readers about different athletes and then answered questions our journals.  We will have a quiz tomorrow on the following words:

chili chilly

ate eight

write right

flower flour

cent sent scent

HW: Write 5 sentences using the last vocabulary words.


Math:

We worked on multiplying numbers two digit numbers.  We practiced many problems in the class as a whole group and then worked on answering problems individually.  Most fininshed the worksheet in class.


HW: Multiplication sheet.



Writing:



We continued our work on the personal narrative. We used our graphic organizer to help start our rough drafts.  No HW.

Mrs. Brady

Monday

FYI:  Harper is home with Mrs. Burton!! I am here with your class. I am very excited to be here and work with such a wonderful group of kids.  I got my email address today.  You can reach me at amy.brady@fayette.kyschools.us 

Science:

Today we completed an ORQ on Predators and Prey.  I will have those grades posted soon. 

Reading:
We are having a short week so the vocabulary words are Homonyms.  We will have a quiz on Wednesday.  The words are:
chili          chilly
ate           eight
write        right
flower      flour
cent         sent        scent

Today we went over or homonyms, worked on Drops in the Bucket sheet and then got into their lit. groups and read 2 more chapters together.  They answered questions in their journal reflecting their reading. 

HW: Write 6 sentences using vocabulary words.


Math:

We worked on multiplying numbers using wheels. We practiced many problems in the class as a whole group.

HW: Multiplication word problem sheet.

Writing:

We worked on a personal narrative.  We read a personal narrative and talked about what made it special to that person.  We then brainstormed ideas that we could use and filled in a graphic organizer to help with our writing.  Most were finished in class.

HW: Complete organizer if not done in class.



Mrs. Brady



 

Harper Alan is here! :)

Hi Everyone!!

I'm sure the kids have told you, but I wanted to let you know that we welcomed Harper Alan on Thursday at 4:02 PM.  She weighed 7 lbs 9 oz and was 20 inches long.

She's been a great baby so far and we feel so blessed! :)

I think if you follow this link, you can view the hospital pictures that were taken on Friday.
http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=1ab677fc-ae9b-476d-97cf-a3c88ec51b69&utm_source=wnshare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=wnshare_mom_babylink&utm_campaign=wnshare_button


I'm so glad I decided to take off Wednesday and rest...we went into the hospital Thursday morning at 1:30 AM! :)

Thanks for the well wishes and I'll keep in touch and be in to see the kids when Harper is ready!