Tuesday

* Short due to long meetings during planning and staff meeting.

Thanks for all the food donated! :)

Math: HW on division with no remainders. Let my kids show YOU!

Reading: Complete questions on comprehension and vocab. on lit. books if not finished in class

Science: No HW

Writing: No HW

Today we had Guidance so science was cut short and no writing today.

Have a great night,

Monday

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! :)

Don't forget to check the Student Blog out. The kids love writing this daily!

*FYI:
~Food Drive is still going on. We are collecting for a new week to win! We had lots donated today, thank you!!
~Report Cards come home in the Wednesday Folders this week
~Conferences are still going on ~ I will respond to your emails as quickly as I can and I will still try and write the blog with as much as I can with the limited time! :)
~Our turtles will be here Wednesday. We had a slight problem getting them here because the tank is so big! I know the kids are dying to meet their new little friends!
~Students are now doing Lexia (reading program) and SuccessMaker (math program) weekly on the computers. Each student has a day and he/she works on one of the programs as soon as they enter the classroom, and completes the other one during DEAR time. 

Math: Today we took a mini-quiz over double digit multiplication.  I haven't had time to grade them but will do so tonight. There were 6 total questions. If your child misses 3 or more, they will be sent home with a practice page to complete before Friday.
We also began some division today. We started with fact families with worked with division with no remainders. The students used manipulatives to really be able to see the separating into groups.  Tomorrow the kids are making a 'how to' video on division! I hope I can figure out how to post them on the blog!
No HW, expect practice mult. facts

Reading: Today we started working on inferencing again.  Students read a story out of Treasures and related to a real-life text we read and an article.  The text was about immigrants and green cards. It led to a great discussion!  Students also worked on their Literature Novels by reading more chapters.
HW: finish reading set chapters that are stated on their Lit. Group Calendars if not already finished

Science: Students took their Fossils test today. Can't wait to see how they do!  We will have a review day tomorrow over all the content we've learned so far, and begin our new unit on Wednesday over Earth Materials and Fast/Slow Changes.

Writing: We are finally able to get back to our grammar daily and mini-lessons daily now that our 2 pieces are complete! It's always hard to get the Memoir and the PTA piece completed in the beginning of the year while we are still learning (and hopefully reviewing) writing skills to be able to write these pieces.  Our new piece is the article, and we started researching for those today as well.  Our mini-lessons this week will involve verb tenses and metaphor/simile. 
No HW


Have a great night,

Friday

We had a great Review Friday today!

*We came in 2nd place for the Food Drive this week. I hope we can be in 1st place next week! :)
*Our turtles will be coming to us next week!
*Conferences are going great. Thanks so much for taking the time to meet with me.

We started the day with Junior Achievement taught by Mr. Burton.  The kids were excited about making their own business and knew a lot about resources.

Next we had some math review over double digit multiplication. Kids did a great job with this. I was impressed by most work.
After that students were placed in partners where they each had a different state in the Northeast Region for Social Studies.  Students made up large baseball cards naming the climate, resources, population, and what the state was known for.  Kids did a great job with this and we all learned a little about each state after the students presented.

Next we helped our Math Buddies with regrouping in subtraction. This was a great review for my kids as well.  Soon I will have an extra board out in the hallway to show what we're doing in Math Buddy time.

Lastly we have Reading Review and DEAR/Lexia/SuccessMaker/AR time.

Mrs. Sharp also came in and read The Giving Tree with the class.

We had a great day! Enjoy the pictures below of math buddies, the social studies projects, and Mrs. Sharp.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday

Another great day!

*FYI:
The Food Drive is going on NOW! :)  When your child brings in a multiple of 3 (we are doing this on Calendar this month!) items (3,6,9,etc.) he/she earns lunch in the classroom with a friend! :)

*Report Cards will be coming home next Wednesday!

Math: Today we worked VERY hard on double digit multiplication again.  Students are trying their best, but still making silly mistakes because the facts are not memorized.  PLEASE take maybe 5 minutes a night to help your child on this. I really appreciate it!  We worked in small group centers today so that I could see a few students one on one.  The kids were awesome!
HW: 1 sheet with 5 double digit problems

Reading: Today we continued with our Author's Purpose and looked more at persuasive texts.  Students wrote me a persuasive letter about not having HW.  The best letter will earn a Hard Work Cafe pass for the student.  We also had our first Book Talk on the new Lit. Books.  I was very impressed with the conversations I had with the students. Everyone seems happy with their literature book.
HW: complete letter if not in class

Science: Today we practiced another Fossils sheet that can be used as a study guide. I really think students are ready for this test!
HW: do practice questions from yellow folder sheets for test on Monday

Writing: Today we continued brainstorming ideas for our new writing piece.  Students narrowed the topic down and decided on 3 specific things they want to include in their article.
No HW

Have a great night,

Wednesday

Remember to check Wednesday Folders!

FYI:
*Food Drive is going on now! Last year my class WON the big prize! I hope we can have a repeat!
*Conferences are going on now. I have them before/after/during school. Please advise as it may take me a bit to email you back! :)
*Grading Period ends next week
*We've been wasting so many tissues when using our white boards.  We love to learn with the white boards because it is an easy way to do quick assessments. If you are able to send in a washcloth for us to use instead of tissues that would be GREAT! Thank you in advance! If not, I will go this weekend and purchase some at the Dollar Store! :)
*We're getting a turtle!! Actually ~ 2!  2 girls wrote me a persuasive letter to get one for our class.  They were great at already figuring out all the reasons I would say no! haha!  However, I was offered 2 turtles on Tuesday for FREE with the container and everything! So, we will use the money students brought in for food.

Today:
Math: Today we continued on double digit multiplication. Some of the kids got it, and some were still frustrated.  The BIGGEST thing I saw today was that students do not know their facts which makes it so hard to do the problems.  Please try and have your child practice mult. facts nightly. 
HW: multiplication worksheet - please check!

Reading: Today we continued learning about author's purpose - PIE.  We used an ORQ to learn about this and it is hanging out in the hallway! We also found PIE in our lit. novels.  Students also had time to read in their new lit. novels.
HW: short sheet on author's purpose

Science: We will be having our Fossils test next Monday.  The kids took a practice quiz and did extremely well!! :)  The study guides are the sheets that are in the yellow folders.
No HW

Writing: We had Health today during writing.  We will begin our new piece tomorrow - article writing.

Have a wonderful night,
Mrs. Burton

Tuesday

Super long meetings today so only showing HW. Sorry! :)

Math: 5 problems on double digit multiplication

Reading: Finish vocab logographic cue cards if not complete (this is just where you write the definition of the vocab word and illustrate a pictures to tell the meaning)

Have a great night!

Monday~ 10/11/10

Hope everyone had a wonderful Fall Break!

FYI:
*Innisbrook due Oct. 13th
*Conferences start this week! If I haven't heard from you please contact me via note or email with some dates and times in October we can meet! Tuesday's during my planning and after school are out due to meetings and Thursdays during planning are out due to meetings.
*20 Minutes reading for Book Log should continue nightly as well as practicing multiplication facts!

I'm not at school today ~ but this is what your kids hopefully did today!! :) *Please check the planners to see if your child had HW from today!

Math: Students worked on word problems with multiplication. 
Possible HW: complete word problems from class

Reading: Students began learning about Author's Purpose with the book, Mighty Jackie.*New Lit. Groups will begin Tuesday since I wasn't there today!
Possible HW: complete author's purpose sheet

Science: Complete a Fossils ORQ and flashbacks page.
No HW

Writing: One of our students left GSE, so the kids were writing him letters.
No HW


Have a great night,

Tuesday

Today we worked very hard on multiplication in Math, comprehension during Reading, found the verdict GUILTY on Fossil Science Court, and completed our Memoirs. YAY!



Everything On A Waffle Treat!


We had a wonderful day!


Bee Winner #1

 Have a WONDERFUL Fall Break!

Monday

Good Afternoon!
We had a lot of kids out today ~ we missed you guys! :)

Conference Dates are stapled to your child's planner.  I did the best I could with the days/times you wanted but because I received several a few weeks late I had to switch some things around. Thank you for understanding! I still haven't heard from about 3 parents.

Math: We worked on 3 digits x 1 digit again today. We also had a multiplication quiz. The kids had almost 15 minutes to complete it! The highlighted problems are the ones the students did not complete.  We also worked hard on our multiplication.
HW: practice facts and finish multiplication quiz (highlighted ones)
Reading: Today students took their AR Literature Group tests.  Most students did a great job! We will begin our new literature books after Fall Break.  We also worked on character changes throughout a book.
No HW

Science: We made a petrified fossil today during our Science Court lesson. It was neat! We also finished parts 2 and 3 today. This has been such a neat experience. I hope your kids are telling you about it!
No HW

Writing: Students who needed to finish up the PTA Reflections piece had time to do this. 

Have a great night,

Friday

We had a great Friday today! The hats were so fun and festive! :) Thanks for sending your $1 to 5th Grade!
I also hope to see you at the Car Wash tomorrow for another 5th grade fundraiser!

*Innisbrook has extended the deadline to Oct. 15th. Please help PTA with this fundraiser!
*I will be sending home a slip with your Conference Date on Monday in the planners. PLEASE email me if you haven't set one up with me.

We started off today with a little Class Meeting with Molly and Jenna. They proposed we get a class pet! The girls did a great job and had thought of everything! They also have a flyer to send home on Monday with the students! :)

We rotated in Math Groups working on multiplication. We also had math buddies today where we worked on regrouping with subtraction.

The kids LOVED the Real Science guy. He had neat reptiles to share!

We also learned more about what the Northeast Region has in regards to landforms, bodies of water, and food produce!

We were also able to finish our science experiment for the first part of Science Court. It was neat.

Lastly, we worked on finishing up our memoir and pta writing pieces.
Here are a few pictures from Fossils Science Court I forgot to share yesterday:

Have a great weekend! :)

Thursday

Good Afternoon!
*Tomorrow we will have our in-school Field Trip with Creepy Crawly science stuff!
*Kids can pay $1 to wear a hat to school towards the 5th grade trip to Washington, D.C.

Math: Today we worked more on 3 digits x 1 digit.  Students are getting a lot better with regrouping.  We did a lot of one-on-one and small group work today. Students also took a quiz at the end.  Most students did very well, and those that still did not will receive more one on one attention.
HW: practice mult. facts

Reading: Today students made up their own story plot.  They explained the climax, resolution, setting, and characters.  I've read some stories and they are great!
HW: finish story
Lit. Books needs to be finished by Friday if you are going out of town for Fall Break and won't be here next week or next Monday.

Science: Today we began our first day of Science Court on Fossils. The kids had a blast! :) They learned a lot, too! Tomorrow we will do an experiment to decide which person was telling the truth.
No HW

Writing: Today was Health with Miss Timaji.

Have a great night! Hope to see you at Chik-Fil-A!

Wednesday

*Check Wednesday Folders for important info. from the office and graded papers!

*Math and Science tests will come home on Friday after we graph them on Friday

Math: Today we continued with multiplying 2 digits by 1 digit and then added 3 digits by 1 digit.  The kids did a great job! I was able to pull small groups ~ it seems a few students still need help in memorizing facts, but they are really getting better! Thank you for helping!!
HW: 2 problems on large graph paper - please sign after you watch your child do these

Reading: Today we continued learning about story plot.  We made a story plot diagram and worked mostly on rising action and climax in a story.  We modeled one together on Stone Soup  and then students were paired with a partner to do a story plot on their small leveled reader from Treasures.
HW: read chapters in Lit. Book to finish by Friday or next Monday

Science: Today we watched a webcast of a science teacher in Washington, D.C.  As technology does, it turned off in the middle of the cast! :(
Tomorrow we will begin our new unit on Fossils.  I have a cool activity planned where the students are going to be in 'court' and they will be the judges!
No HW

Writing: Today we worked on finishing our memoirs and PTA piece. I'm hoping we can publish this Friday!
No HW

Have a great night,

Tuesday

Short Today due to meetings during planning and after school!

*****I have not received Conference Forms back from about 8 of you. Please turn those in ASAP! Thanks!

*New Book Logs were given today with new MAP Lexile scores. They will be due Oct. 22

Math: We worked on double digit multiplication and worked in centers.


Reading: We worked on plot, character, setting with a story and a laptop organizer.


Science: Students took their test.

Math Centers:

Reading:

KY Kid's Day:

Happy Monday!

Good Afternoon!
Mrs. Yeary told me my class was AMAZING! YAY! She gave the kids 3 PAWS compliments today! So happy the kids were respectful and followed directions! Give your child a pat on the back! :)

Today I was out analyzing CATS scores from last year and going over MAP scores of our kids.  I will be sending home your child's MAP scores as soon as all the kids are finished.  They took the Science MAP this afternoon!

Important Things to Remember:
*Please have your child WEAR their white shirt they decorated TOMORROW
*Science Test TOMORROW - (the kids should have this in their planner from last week, and we have been practicing since last Thursday)
*New Book Logs are coming home TOMORROW with current Lexile scores
*My Reading class needs to have their Lit. Book read by this Friday or the following Monday
*Math: PRACTICE multiplication facts every night!
*If you have not turned in the Conference Form that was given in last week's Wednesday Folder, please turn that in so I can go ahead and schedule conferences for October and let you know what your time is!

Have a good afternoon,

Friday

Happy Friday! :)

*I forgot to remind the kids about the Book Log being due!! However, I was SO IMPRESSED by how many students remembered on their own! YAY! I will take the Book Log on Monday!

Here's what we did today:
For math we worked on our multiplication facts, played Around the World, and Multiplication Bingo.  We also worked on Math Tiles with our 2nd grade Math Buddies. 

During Social Studies time we worked on our new unit - US Regions. We began with the Northeast region. It was fun seeing what the kids knew about the 13 colonies.  After finding the states and state abbreviations for the Northeast Region, students went through a cool website about living in Jamestown during the early settlement.  Students had to choose where the best place to live, what to grow, and how to react with strangers was.  Some of the kids had to try out different methods before they were successful! :)

For reading time, I finished one of the KBA books aloud. Kids could earn AR points for this.  Students also had time to free read during writing conferences. 

For writing time we are working VERY hard at finishing our Memoir and PTA pieces. They are coming together! I think I'll be excited to start as new piece just as much as the kids will be!!

During science time today we spoke mostly about the WEG.  The students were very interested in it and we were able to see a small glimpse of each sport that will be held.  Hopefully you and your family can attend one of these games soon!

Please remember, students need a WHITE SHIRT that they can write on.  Students will be doing this on MONDAY so they can wear their shirt on Tuesday.  I have a few extra if needed.

*I will not be in the classroom on Monday as we have a PD to attend.  I will try and write the blog after Mrs. Yeary (my sub) has a chance to let me know how the day goes.

Have a good weekend,

Thursday

*Please sign the Mid-Terms and send back with your child! I will give them back as soon as I have a signature to make sure you saw the paper!

*White T-Shirts are needed by tomorrow but they can bring one on Monday to do the activity for PTA Red Ribbon Week. Thanks!

Math: Today we took our Unit 2 test.  I hope to have those graded soon! :)
No HW except study for 9's mult. facts for QUIZ on Monday

Reading: Today we worked more with Characterization.  I read the book, Amazing Grace, to the students while they worked on a character web about the main character.  Then they took a quiz over characterization to end this week's unit.  Some students were also able to take their AR test on the Lit. Books.
No HW unless to read in Lit. Book

Science: We finished up our partner ORQ's today. I will grade them and hopefully have them in the hallway! We also took a quiz over ecosystems, food chains, and food webs on the whiteboards.  The kids enjoyed taking a quiz this way and it was easy for me to see where your child needs extra practice with!
No HW (our next test will be on Tuesday)
Email me for the Jeopardy Review Game if you'd like it for the next test on Tuesday. Students have been studying and will get another study guide on Monday.

Writing: We had Health with Ms. Timaji today.

*Don't forget to check out our featured student on the Student Blog! You can find it at the top on the right.

Have a wonderful night,

Wednesday

*Wednesday folders will be coming home with Mid-Terms (progress reports). They will be stapled and EVERY student received one. If you don't have one in the folder, please ask your child about it first and then email me so I can get you another copy! :)

*Students need 1 white t-shirt by Friday that they can write on as a part of Red Ribbon Week next week. Sorry for the late notice!

We are going to try and start (or try our best!) to have 1 student per day write a summary of the day on the Blog.  Today's post is from Alyssa. Check here to view it!

Math: Today we took a mock test and I took notes on what the students were still missing. Then I pulled small groups and we worked hard on similar problems to those that were missed while the other students worked on their skills on the laptops.
HW: do practice problems off any of the 3 study guides - test is TOMORROW!

Reading: Today in reading we continued learning about characterization.  Students took the main characters from their leveled Treasures books and made a character map.  Next students were then able to read their Lit. Book or take the Lit. Book AR test.
HW: read a chapter from Lit. Book novel

Science: Today in science we played a Energy Transformations jeopardy game in teams. Students did a good job with most of the questions and we were able to stop and learn more about certain topics students were confused about.  Then we got into pairs and are currently working on completing an ORQ over beneficial and harmful changes on the environment.
No HW

Writing: Today we wrote the conclusion paragraph to our Memoir.  I also began reading them a KBA book so each child can take a test over it and receive some extra AR points.

Have a great night,

Tuesday

*Will be short due to lots of meetings during planning and after-school meetings.

HW:
Math - back page of study guide #3 (it's on a large piece of paper, it is what the students still needed help on) Test is Thursday

Reading: vocab sheet

Science - none
Writing - none - had Guidance during this time

Have a good night,

*See You At The Pole is Wednesday!! 7:15 Hope to see you there!! :)I haven't seen any posters reminding the kids about it this year, so we wrote it in the planner but we wrote down the wrong day! Hope that doesn't offend anyone - if it does I apologize.

*Mid-Terms go home on WEDNESDAY in the folder. This is a progress report and shows how your child is doing so far. We will have about 4 more weeks to bring up or maintain grades until the actual Report Cards come home. If you have any questions, please email me! megan.burton@fayette.kyschools.us

*Spanish Club meets this Friday from 3-4

Good afternoon! Here's what we did today:

Math: Today we worked on word problems very similar to the ones the kids will see on the test. I've decided we need more practice with this, so the test will be on Thursday of this week. Students have a study guide to go over with you when they get home (we completed this in class) and then a few problems to work on tonight that will again be similar to the wording the test uses.
HW: problems on paper, PRACTICE multiplication facts PLEASE!!

Reading: Today in reading we began learning about character traits. We started with a silly drawing of ourselves to describe our own personalities and then at the end of the class did this same thing to tell about a character in our Lit. Book.  We also read a story in our Treasures book and completed a character trait on the main characters. 
*Lit. Books need to be finished by Oct. 4th. We will have our test then. If your child is going to be absent the week of Fall Break, please let me know so they can take the test early. 
HW: none

Science: Today we continued learning about ecosystems and also began learning about harmful and beneficial changes to the environment. I've asked students to watch maybe 10 minutes of the news today to see anything about the environment on TV. We had a great discussion about whether it is harmful or beneficial to the environment and then harmful or beneficial to humans from building extra hotels on empty land for the WEG games. Please don't think I'm against the games, it just brings up an awesome point in what we're learning. We had amazing conversations back and forth about this! It was neat!  We also finally graphed our Science tests so those should be coming home to you in the Red Folder.
HW: watch maybe 10 minutes of the news today to see anything about the environment on TV
Supplies: Also, if you are able to send in some of the supplies by Friday that would be great!
5 empty 2-liter bottles
gravel
dirt
Writing: During writing time we worked on spelling conferences with the PTA piece and the Memoir.
No HW

*SS tests are also coming home tonight in the Red Folder.

 Have a good night,

Friday

Happy Constitution Day! :) Did you know that was today?! It was!

We had a wonderful Friday!

*I've been looking for a United States cookie cutter and a Kentucky cookie cutter for some upcoming SS Regions activities. Anyone have one I can borrow?? :)

We began the day with Math Centers. Students were SO GOOD during this time. They transitioned well and kept up with all the expectations for each.  Students worked on addition and subtraction math tiles (these are very challenging!), worked in small groups with me over factors and multiples, worked on adding 4 digit numbers, practiced multiplication facts, and worked on a fun multiples game (you can find that under the Games to the right).

Next, we worked more on our PTA Reflections writing piece and our Memoir.  I pulled conferences during this time as well. The pieces are really coming together!

Students then watched a Constitution video that was pretty cute! They learned all about how the constitution came about.  Then students took their SS Map Test. I'll try and get those graded over the weekend! The ORQ was pretty difficult for the kids, but I think they did a good job on all the M.C.

Students then enjoyed Math Buddies with our friends from Mrs. Watts' second grade. I had a puzzle game for my students to help their buddies with on regrouping the tens and ones place.  My students did a great job teaching! Here are some fun pictures~we enjoyed the cool weather and worked very nicely outside!

Lastly, students worked on a food web open response in teams and then graded each others.  I can't wait to read those and see how the students scored each other. 

We also got our Library in our classroom working a little easier.  The students are doing such a great job checking in and out books during the appropriate times and remembering to take AR tests.  The old way of checking in/out was getting a little messy, so we made a new way! I love how much the kids enjoy reading time!

Have a wonderful weekend!