Current Events

Today we learned about how to do current events from newspaper articles. So, for tonight's homework, each student needs to do a current event report based on a news broadcast or article. Here are some suggestions for where to find the news:

-Watch a news broadcast (channels 2, 4, 5, 13 are good resources)
-Pick up a newspaper and read it! (they're really cheap at the grocery store if you don't have one)
-Look at a news website online:
-KSL
-Fox 13 News
-Salt Lake Tribune

After you read the article, write a summary of it using the 5 W's and H model we talked about it class (Who, What, When, Where, Why & How).

Also, don't forget to read 20 minutes!

Almost the Weekend!

This week has flown by since it's a short week!! Here's tonight's homework:

1. Finish your science vocabulary (some finished it in class already)
2. Read 20 minutes
3. Spelling - Play Memory (match the words with the same spelling rules)

Students should also have brought home any work they need to finish for catch up work to go to reward activity tomorrow.

Note: for reward activity tomorrow, it's "Bring Your Own Game", so if you know you've got your work done and your planner signed for the whole week, bring a game to share (no DS or video games allowed).

Wednesday

Today we learned about...

1. Multiplication using arrays
2. Plate tectonics
3. Pilgrim life in Plymouth, Massachusetts


Homework tonight is...

1. Read 20 minutes
2. Spelling - Sort & write (some people finished this at school already)
3. Earthshaking Words
4. Math - draw arrays for 12 x 7, 14 x 8

Spelling Words and Homework

I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend. Today we had a lot of fun learning about what life was like on the Mayflower and we also learned about earthquakes and plate tectonics. Ask your student what Pangaea was.

Here's tonight's homework:

1. Read 20 mins
2. Pilgrim journal - 3 entries about life on the Mayflower (remember they sailed from August to November 1620). Each entry must be at least 1 paragraph. You may email it to me tonight or turn it in tomorrow.

Sorry I didn't get the spelling words out. With this new program, we're sharing spelling words with 6th grade and I didn't have access to the words during school. Here are the words for this week:

Blue Group (last week you had words ending in -er, -est, -ier, -iest):
looseness
delightful
breathless
emptiness
bountiful
thoughtlessness
disgraceful
fanciful
tactlessness
politeness
fruitless
friendliness
respectful
priceless
flawlessness
thoughtless
flawless
attentiveness
scoreless
tactful
rigorousness
insightful
tactless
massiveness

Green Group (last week you had words that end in -ed)
stake
tale
fair
maze
wait
mane
bail
pear
stair
made
hair
plane
main
bale
pair
pail
bear
rays
way
ate
eight
pare
pale
hare
pane
plain
steak

Yellow Group (last week you had words with the long o sound)
drum
bus
cute
use
huge
just
cube
jump
hunt
shut
tube
cut
plus
tune
such
club
June
rude
flute
mule
put

Red Group (short u sounds last week)
I'll give you your words tomorrow.

Just Another Monday...

Welcome back! Hope you had a great weekend and are looking forward to the long weekend ahead! Here's tonight's homework:

1. Read 20 minutes
2. Spelling - Sort and Write

Tuesday Homework

1. Read 20 mins
2. Spelling Sort and Write - sort your words into their rule categories then write them down. Turn it in to the tray tomorrow.

*Remember to tell me if you're bringing something for Friday's party!

Homework and Party Info

Monday's Homework:

1. Read 20 mins.
2. Math: Teach someone about the types of lines we reviewed in class then have them sign the Math spot in your planner. In case you forgot, here are the line names:
-parallel lines
-perpendicular lines
-acute angle
-obtuse angle
-straight angle
-right angle
-ray

On to the fun stuff...we have had Seini, a high school student, helping in our classroom for the past 3 weeks. Because she starts school again next week, Friday will be her last day in our classroom. We are sad to see her go!! She has done a TON to help us every day!! We would like to surprise her with a party on Friday, but need some help from parents with donations of food and such. Seini is bringing pizza for the class on Friday, but we wanted to add our own stuff too. Below are some ideas of what you could bring. Please don't have your student bring the items until Thursday or Friday. If you can bring something, please either post a comment here on the blog or send a note in with your student. Thanks!!

Suggestions:
-Candy
-Soda
-Cake
-Streamers
-Crafts (maybe something we could make for her?)

We will be making a big card for everyone to sign. Thanks for your help!!

Miss Payne