RLA
Complete your power plan for your essay. Make sure your p3s are clear elaborations to your p2s. Does each of your p2s relate to your p1? Don't forget to clearly restate your main points in your restate sentence. You may choose to type this up in google docs. for easy access in school. (typing this tomight is completely optional)
October Reading Response This should be on your blog by tomorrow. Make sure you are demonstrating advanced thinking about your reading.
Math
Study link and Math boxes 4.2. IXL H.5 (Optional H.6)
Read-a-loud - Optional What are your thoughts about the use of the title, 'Number the Stars' in today's chapter? Why is this an important concept in the book? Plus point for great responses
How are your personal goals coming along? - spent some time this evening reflecting on your porgress.
You are in the process of writing two pieces:
Your monthly reading response about your book (Due: Fri)
Your non-fiction essay (Due: Next Tue)
Tonight's Priorities
1) Write one topic sentence and two (or three) power 2s.
REMEMBER the Do's and Don't about writing P1 and P2s
2) Math H/W (Thur)
3) October Book Reading Response (Fri)
4) Vocaroo (Fri)
5) Social Studies - Knovio preparation - Think about just creating certain slides (Next Tue)
Make sure you use your power plans to outline both these peices before you begin.
Make sure you are writing with advanced sentence structure in both pieces
Reread your notes on GRAAB Techniques. Don't try to master all 5 of them in one go. Focus on just two of them for the time being. These are great techniques that will help you immensly (voc. word) with your non-fiction writing. - Make sure you have good notes on your topic.
Why do you think I call these GRAAB techniques?
Below is a video for Mrs. Clayton's class that explains how they can use Wallwisher to collaborative and the S.Studies project.
Math H/W
Study Link 3.11 and Math Boxes 3.11
RLA
Write your Letter to your teacher about your personal reading on your blog. Upload an image of the novel you are reading to the post. Make sure you are applying some of the advanced readinng skills we have been discussing. consider trying to integrate some SSS techniques sentences and a GRAAB technique. Remember also, those students who have a goal of improving their sentence fluency. Letter is due by Friday
Non-fiction Writing: (Due: Wed) - From Week at a Glance Sheet
You willl need facts for a real topic for your final 'non-fiction' essay. Choose a topic you like. Collect facts not whole sentences. Not needed until Wed -BUT we will practice writing up some of these facts using SSS and GRAAB techniques tomorrow. The more facts you have for tomorrow's session- the more sentences you can create in class for this essay.
Can you believe you have actually made it through one quarter. Take a look back through the acrchives and see at all the different material we have covered. We have come such a long way already.
Next Qtr.
We begin with our class giving announcements. Make sure you are READY and PREPARED with excellent PEX. This for many of you will be your largest public speaking audience to date. Make sure you EXCEL! - no pressure :-)
The first week we will craft our first non-fiction essay. Make sure you know how to effectively use a powerplan and SSS techniques. Be thinking about a topic you would like to write about.
You may spend some adding all your digital work (popplets, booktalks, notas, photopeach etc and the links we have used so far this year to your blog. I am very proud of my blog because of the work i have put into it. The way I have designed the blog is symbolic to how I work as an educator. What will be the symbolic messages found in your blog. Feel free to as one blog post talking about how you spend your long weekend. (Optional). Next week - In a gadget window, you will list your goals for this next quarter.
Math - The next unit we will do is EDM is Division. The IXL unit to practice this is Unit H 1- H 14 (These will be set as H/W over the next few weeks. Feel free to work ahead if you choose)
Future learning... 2nd qtr
We will learn more about how to read non-fiction, and we will begin our persuasive writing unit.
The grammar topic will be prepositional phrase. We will learn what 'isn't a sentence by looking at fragments and run ons.
Congatulations on such a great first qtr...
Let's try and get to the top of the ladder to laughter quickly, so we can truly celebrate in style
RLA
Complete Unit 1 from this link. You must do this exercise. I have checked in with some of my websites and can see that some students have not been doing the online practice. YOU are losing out if you don't practice the skills we are learning!
As the famous quote goes: "Be careful not to fool yourself becasue you are the easiest person to fool" http://www.victoria.ac.nz/llc/academic-writing/tsent4.html
Then create your powerplan outline as described on the 'Week at a Glance' sheet. Use your notes from the Jane Reyonlds talk to create your powerplan. Read back what you have created after you have finished. Do the P3s relate to the P2s? Do the P2s all relate to the P1? - Have you repeated the same word/phrase/used banned words? Next week will be your first official expositiory paper. Practice the skill now!
Use this blog as a model to design how you will create your own blog. http://mrbuxtonstudent.blogspot.com/
Add some links to your blog. I will show you tomorrow how to create posts and add images/videos to a post. Important - Copy your blog url into a comment window tonight. I will then add a link from my blog to your blog. (e.g. http://marysmith.blogspot.com)
Learn More About Tessallations below:
Math Study Link 3.9 and Math Box 3.9
Check your 'Week at a Glance' sheet for your other H/w tasks tonight. (Book Club tasks are postponed until Wed. as we have a special speaker presentation tomorrow)
Make sure you have at least one topic sentence and two power 2s for that topic sentence for tomorrow's class.
Congratulations to the Watsons Go to Brimingham - Book Club Presentation Today. We all learned how to conduct an effective discussion. Well done.
Student of the Week: ALEX
Next Week
Make sure your announcements are ready. You will audition on Monday. Keep it simple but make it interesting! Make sure you practice the delivery beforehand. Use a vocaroo file to listen to how you sound.
SMART Targets - Due Monday. Think specifcally about what you want to improve.
Optional IXL work
B4, B29, B31, S10, S14
Sammy Snakes for the first three people to master UNIT K
Check the H/W sheet above to make sure you are ready for the short, but busy week ahead!
Social Studies Assessment - Review Material
Make sure you clearly know these facts or can locate these palces on a map.
7 Continents 4 Major oceans North and South Pole Equator
Know basic facts about these places (e.g. city, country/captial city, continent)
USA Russia Italy Spain Mexico Argentina Canada Iraq Kenya
South Africa London Holland
Clayton class - next Tue.
Buxton class - next Wed.
Use these links to master the basic geogrphical facts that you are expected to know for continents, oceans, major countires and major cities of the world - You are NOT expected to know all these cities and capitals just what we covered in class
Vocaroo - due: Fri (make sure you are creating accurate fluency). Copy your vocaroo link into a blog comment window. Next week- We will upload these to you own blogs!
SMART Targets - Due: Next Monday - BE REALLY SPECIFIC
Kudos to all those people who have been using the vocabulary link to extend their knowledge of words. Bravo!
Thank you to you all for my first gecko... that was sooooooooo sweet!
Sentence fluency Test is tomorrow. Make sure you are ready!
Study Link 3.6 and finish 3.5/3.6 Math Boxes
IXL B10
Today's speech on Civil Rights was simply superb! We will certainly be reading his book this year. I'm interested to see if you can go 'deep' into the onion and offer some feedback on what you learned or your emotions about what you heard. Try not to state the obvious, but think about his message and how it might effect us today?
+1 points for 'deep' thoughts and contributions
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Sir Winston Churchill
Social Studies
NOTAs due tomorrow for Buxton class. Make sure you have each a printed copy. If you run into any technology problems tonight, find an alternative way to bring in your work. Read your work for accuracy of content and information BEFORE printing. Look at the WILF and the guidelines sheet for details of the specific information that should be included in your NOTA. - This is your first 'official' out of school collaborative deadline. Make it a successful one!
RLA
Do your BOOK CLUB preparations.: (Due Wed)
The Sentence Fluency test is postponed until THUR. Ues the extra evening to make sure you have tackled all the exercises on last night's blog post before then. Bring any questions you have about simple, compound or complex sentences to class for discussion.
H/W
This link below takes you to the exercises you need to do to practice for Wednesday's Sentence Fluency Test. The more practice you do, the better you will perform. YOUR ASSESSMENT IS WEDNESDAY Mr. Buxton's 5th Grade Class SAS: Setnence Fluency Test Practice (spend 15 mins on some tonight and 15 minutes on some tomorrow night)
RLA
Make sure you have at least 3 different SSS techniques in your Great Explorer Nota. (Bring a PRINTED version of your Nota to class on Wednesday. - We will have 45mins of class on Tuesday to work on your NOTAS
This is a little video to share with your parents. Oh! how life has changed...
What will tomorrow bring?
Student of the Week - GEORGE
Feel free to do any geometry section B exercises of ixl.com over the w/end. Purely optional
Many of the topics will be new to you, so don't worry if you don't know some of the questions on them yet.
Narratives
Complete the narrative proof-reading sheet. Change your work as needed as you progress through each category on the proof reading patch.
Tomorrow you will be putting your narratives into a photopeach slideshow. You will need to select images that epitomize each individual paragraph. Start looking at your paragraphs now - What images might go with each one? If you can answer that question clearly, then your narrative is probably a precise seed idea, with a clear opening, a strong character, etc. Which image will you use at the end of your narrative as a metaphor for your message? Begin collecting these images on your USB for tomorrow's session
Math
Finish study link 3.2
You are welcome to use http://www.ixl.com/ and earn more rewards if you would like.
RLA
Often, stories end where they began. Read the mentor text again from today that is inside your Writing Package titled, 'Life By the Sea' - Notice the full circle ending the author created.
Remember E.T.C.C.
Describe a lasting EMOTION
Write a TRIBUTE to somebody
Talk about CHANGE
Go full CIRCLE with your story
Book Clubs - Be ready to effectively deliver your section of you book club tomorrow\
Social Studies:
People who did not print out their popplets - Please make sure you have them printed for tomorrow. This video shows you have to save your popplet so it will print in landscape.
Next week we will begin our final narrative piece. Make sure you have a concrete seed idea for Monday's class. You might want to bring in any photos or other images that will help you write abbout this dea.
Blood-sucking vampires and tiny pink fairies scarfed down scary ghost and goblin cookies. Witches and ghosts appeared bobbing apples in the dark, spooky night. Creepy spider legs filled the loud back yard. Other scrary hunchbacks were strolling all around. Lingering, chatting, and having fun, many other unknown creatures started making a mess. Though tons of noise could be heard, it was absurb that they could barely see a spot in front of them, causing big collisions. But they shouted helping each other out. Soon it was time to go and the backyard was turned upside down. Everyone tried to plead to stay but they were way too exhausted. That was a party they would never forget. By Sabine and Caroline
For Fun - Bring a dollar word to class for a bonus plus point.
Math
Finish the Math Races sheet and look at the topics from unit 2 on the sheet.
Make sure you read that sheet carefully and are prepared to talk about whether or not your feel secure on each area.
Book clubs - Teacher Directed Activity
Setting (MOOD) - Collect at least 10 words or phrases from your Book club book that helped capture the mood of your story. Write a couple of brief sentences based on the words that you have collected that describes the mood of your story.
A chill ran through Amanda's bones as she slowly shuffled through the heavy piles of snow. Everything was covered in white. The apple trees that flourished in spring were only branches. There was no color anywhere. Finally, Amanda spotted her brick house in the distance. Smoke was pouring out of the chimney, and Amanda could only imagine the feeling of sitting next to the fire with her parents and siblings all snuggled under a blanket drinking hot chocolate. The thought made her quickly pick up her pace, and she shortly opened her big black steel door.
RLA
Write briefly about an event that happens/happened today in slow motion. Can you capture those small details? (Due: Thur) - Approx. 100 words.
Math
Study Link 2.10
Not enough focus in class today on the magnitude extimate problem hence this addtional H/W task. How many times can you flipping/tossing a coin in a year? Be prepared to explain your strategy.
Reading:
Book Club: complete your assigned book club taks for Friday. (This task will be the task that your indivdual group assigned to you)
Katie's feeling spread across the room as she looked at all the boys and girls wit htheir fancy suits and dresses for photo day. A purple sparkled dress flourished in the room and out of Katie's ears came steam. Katie had a plain white skirt with stains and faded demin denim shorts. With curled hair and a sparkled dress, Katie tried to keep it together. Katie pleaded with Mrs. Bellshaw to take her out of the photograph. Katie wanted that dress so badly.
As the people walked by, they stopped and stared at the dark, fudge chocolate cake. Adults and kids made pandemonium all around the cashier. Molly, the cute girl with bouncy pigtails noticed the crowd and scurried to see what was happening. Seeing the fudged chocolate cake, she pleaded with big kitty eyes, but her father refused to buy her even one piece.
Sabine and Caroline, two BBF's, sat eating lunch while I sit far away staring at them out of the corner of my eye. Many other 10-11 year old boys and girls were buzzing around, making pandemonium fill the cafeteria. Nibbling on my Ritz crackers, I anxiously wait for someone, anyone to come and sit next to me, but not a single person came close. I deeply sigh as the bell rings for the end of lunch. Soon not a sound can be heard in the big room
Pandemonium spread across the playground like butter spread on bread. Everyone was playing widely accept me. I was standing near the aqua swings. I thought I was invisible. People looked through me like a clear glass window. I winced. "This was the worst 15 minutes recess of my life. What was I to do?" I started pacing around the swings. People brushed past my petite body. I felt like my body was in a different dimension, but my senses were still on earth.
Watch this video again to review partial products multiplication.
Social Studies
Complete your photovisi and note taking from Ch. 4 for Wednesday's session.
RLA
Do your Book Club reading assignment. (Due: Wed)
We will do ALOT more work over the year on these types of sentences. Do not worry if you do not completely understand all these questions at this time. We needed to cover the material quickly so we had a basic idea of what types of sentences we can create. We will now spend most of the year mastering these sentence types (and more)!
Enjoy Rachel's and Anisha's Sammy Snake winning Book Talks below:
Book Talks
Due Thur. How will your talk be unique? Have you followed the specific requirements given in the directions? Are you using BEVES and PEX to deliver your presentation in an engaigng way? IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TECHNOLOGY, JUST DO YOUR PRESENTATION IN THE OLD FASHION WAY BY STANDING UP AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR BOOK.
Math
Study Link 2.5 & Math Box 2.5
Narrative Movies
We will now begin filming Friday. You should spent at least 20mins on your section tomight. Tomorrow, you should just need 30 mins as a team to put the finishing touches together. Make sure the story is told passionately using BEVES and PEX
Coming Tomorrow - (Optional) Complex Sentences - Why not try doing some background research yourself before the session. How are compound and complex sentences different?
BELOW: POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK -Idea for final narrative paper -
Next week we will begin working on our final narrative paper for this unit. Use some time tonight to look at some old family movies and/or photographs and begin thinking about your seed topic for this paper. You will need an idea by next Thur. (This is a change to the information on the Week at a Glance Sheet)
Homework
Finish the Appostives worksheets. Consolidate your understanding by practicing with these exercises below. http://www.eslbee.com/appositives.htm
Based on our session on quality questioning today, i don't think you'll ever think about questions again the same way. Think about questioning techniques ever time you hear or ask a question in the future. Bonus plus points if you can response to a parent's question tonight by identifying explaining to them the type of question they asked and why they asked it. e.g. mom- did you have a good day at school today? child-mom, I can tell you are asking an inference question because you can see a big smile on my face and you already know what I'm goning ot say. To earn the +1 you must write about your Q+A exchange. It must be a real situation and not just set up to earn you +1
Today's Core Value focus should be an important reminder to all of us of how important it is to make sure we are treating each other with RESPECT, DIGNITY, CIVILITY, and COMPASSION.
"Be the change you want to see in the world" - Ghandi.
Feel free to add your thoughts on today's session to the voicethread below or as a comment to this post
Watch these videos again for reminders of the message from today's session
Think about the book you will be doing for your Book Talk recommendation on http://www.fotobabble.com/ (Due: next Tue)
Finish your Reading Response (Due: Thur)
Many of you have already finished this...but Are you willing to go back and now improve it by adding an engaging LEAD based on our class discussions today?
e.g. Bold Statement, Quote, Dialogue, Description of a Place, Person, Event, Action Statement
Description of a place: Feedback
Click to listen to my comment on Han's descriptive writing. You may record your voice too. Be sure to focus on ONLY positive comments. Why was Han's piece chosen for the blog? What can you learn from this piece?
Math H/W
Estimation Study Link 2.1
Have you created an effective popplet? Look at the example below:
Ignore the youpublish H/W Do not use http://www.youpublish/. The site is unreliable and students' work gets lost. I will find a better digital portfolio for the future.
Watch this video again to recap our discussions today on main idea and supporting details.
What is the difference between speaking 'subjectively' and speaking 'objectively?'
Reading Response:
You need to have 2 categories and x3 pieces of evidence per category (approx. 6 sticky notes in total). Try to write using a variety of sentence openers and integrate compound sentences for bonus points (or even Sammy Snakes)
Impressive writing today from EMMAand CAROLINE.. .not bad for just 30mins! Shows what you guys can do when truly focused
Science: Mixtures sheet from Mrs. Clayton (Due: Wed)
Congratulations on turning in your very engaging writing assignemnts. Watch the blog for samples of work from our class posted for comments.
We began working on developing our sentence fluency today. It is imperative that you start ot use a variety of different sentence techniques as you write. the easiest of these are the different ways to create the compound sentence. Watch these videos below that recap the lesson and do the online exercises that follow. Then tackle the worksheets
Hand in your piece of writing tomorrow! Make sure your work follows the Presentation Policy demonstrated in this piece of writing below. Did you follow the WILF for this piece of work? Did you follow each step of the editing sheet to help you improve your piece? Will your work be posted on the blog tomorrow as an example of excellence? Will you win a Sammy Snake for your work due to extraordinary effort?
I recommend that you use the same email and password each time. You should keep a list of all the sites we are using in class in your favorites. In the 2nd quarter, we will begin with personal blogs for each student, and each of you will be able to add links to these sites on YOUR own blog!
What a fantastic day we had. Enjoy the slideshow below!
How are you doing so far? Don't forget to try doing the Review and Revise sheet with your parents. Check back later to see next week's Week at a Glance sheet.
Win +point if you can write a brief evaluation of this last week as a comment. Minimum 2 categories and three pieces of evidence per category.
Finish the worksheet on capitalization. Can you now go to your piece of writing and check for your capitalization accuracy? - You do NOT need to work on your second draft IF you have already completed your first draft. We will work on 2nd drafts in class tomorrow. If you are still in the pre-writing stage, you really should make a 'start' on your draft tonight.
From 'Week at a Glance Sheet'
Can you use PEX to bring your picture book story to life for your family member? - This H/W will be pushed back until late next week when we have had time to practice more
Social Studies
Can you remember the different strategies we covered today for reading non-fiction? I could sense the difference in the quality of your work once you tried to use the strategies, couldn't you?
Writing
Make sure you are using a variety of sentence openers. These will naturally make your writing more descriptive and engaging. Remember: If you can't draw it, your readers can't see it! - Just because you wrote a draft, you have not finished..."When you've done, you've just begun"
Math
Square Root Games
Finish the Math Races sheet and study link for lesson 1.8
Play this game
http://www.studystack.com/matching-10015 (just click to match the boxes to match the square with the square roots. Plsy three times. See if you can beat your fastest test.
This next game is REALLY fun. (Honestly, it is H/W if your parents ask! Look at the size of the boxes (arrays and the numbers being squared). You will need to read the instructions before you start http://www.xpmath.com/forums/arcade.php?do=play&gameid=88
If you want to work onthe optional 'evaluation of the SAS website', then use this video to learn how to share. Work due for this optional assignment: next Monday
RLA
Make sure you have at least 20 ideas before you begin writing your description of a place that is special to you. Remember, you are not trying to just describe the place, you are talking about how this place is associated with a memory. You will describe the place in an indirect way and not directly.
e.g. Paraphrasing the line from Thursday class- "I reached across my bed and silenced my Quartz alarm clock." (what was described here?)
Evaluating - Remember the strategy we learned today about offer our opnions in a more constructive way. Gain a plus point if you can effectively evaluate the day when your parents ask - "How was school today?"
You need at least two categories and three pieces of evidence per category. Use the RC RaCS strategy to evaluate your day at school. Think about categories first!
Congratulations to Sammy Snake winners: Alex, Scott, Jacqueline, and Sabine for their creative and engaging Current Events presentation. Think very carefully about the feedback I gave today. What were the specific points I tried to make? What do you think you need to do differently when presenting next time? +1 awarded for any precise comments you make.
Enjoy the winning prezi again here:
Congratulations to Student of the Week: Aditya
Your enthusaism, attention to detail, mature attitude and excellence were evident all week! Keep it up!
Word Study
Enjoy this video again from Spelling Bee
Why are they such good spellers?
What were the three ways that can help you understand words and their spelling better that we discussed in class? - Clue What was the questions the Spelling Bee contestant asked?
RLA
Can you practice the PEX strategy to read aloud fluently from now on...Add some PEX and give your reading aloud more flair! Next time you read at home...Read-a-loud with PEX
You will be selecting one of your list of places for you first writing assignment next week. - Make sure you have plenty of ideas about the place before you start writing.
Math
Hope you enjoyed the Math race. - Congratulatinon to the winning team - Well done Zach with the last question on the Goldbach's Conjecture - Amazing what a little extra work can achieve!
Next Week
Print the Week at a Glance sheet at home this w/end. THIS IS THE CORRECT VERSION
Tuesday - No School.. yeppee!
Friday - Water Park
Coming Next Week - Technology Integration
Please set yourself up with accounts with on these sites:
www.popplet.com
www.sketchcast.com
tonight's H/W is just cathing up any worksheets and Math boxes that you did not finish up to Lesson 1.6
You should have completed all Math Boxes, Study Links and Worksheets up to the end of Lesson 1.6
Optional Research Question: What is Goldbach's Conjecture?