Monday, April 15, 2013

5th Grade April 15-19th

This week in math we are learning about units of weight and mass. We will also begin learning about percent. We will learn what percent means and begin finding the percent of a number using mental math. In writing we are still writing lots of poems. This week we are doing the 5 Senses, Color, Concrete, and Who-What-When-Where Poems. We are learning poetry vocabulary along with writing these poems. DON’T FORGET that we have Hope of America this Wednesday. In the morning we will be going over to the Marriott Center at BYU to practice. Then we will come back to school and eat our sack lunches. That night, students need to be in their seats at the Marriott Center at 6:15 for the program to start at 7:00 PM. 


Daily Analogy and Daily Oral Language Week 30 (Turn In Friday)
Handwriting Week 30 (Turn In Friday)
Monday
Math
10-8 pg. 621 #1-30
Writing - Poetry
Tuesday
Math
10-9 pg. 623 #1-25
Writing - Poetry
Wednesday
Hope of America practice at the Marriott Center
Thursday
Math
11-8 pg. 669 #1-20
Writing - Poetry
Friday
Math
11-9 pg. 671 #1-22
Writing - Poetry

Field Trip Week!

We have a crazy busy week with lots of field trips! Don’t forget your student’s field trip this week! Also, please remind your student to turn their homework in on time so they do not loose points. 

Monday, April 8, 2013

4th Grade April 8-12th

In math we are finishing our probability unit. Students have been enjoying learning about probability. We will be playing lots of games to review probability, and we will have our test on Wednesday. After this we will start learning about telling time. In writing we are still working on our Pourquois Tales. This week student should be finishing their rough draft and starting on their storyboard. Students will be figuring out exactly what they are going to put on each of their pages before they can actually start their book. 


Writing: Pourquoi Tales
Math
Monday - pg. 660 #21-30 all
Tuesday - pg. 634 #1-11 all
Wednesday - pg. 634 #12-19 all
Thursday - pg. 635 #1-25 odd

5th Grade April 8-12th

This week in math we are learning about solid figures. We are learning how to identify their nets as well as how to view them from different angles. We will also learn about surface area and volume. We will then begin talking about Customary and Metric units of Capacity and Weight/Mass. In writing we are beginning our poetry unit. We will be learning poetry vocabulary as well as learning about different kinds of poems. We will read examples and students will write their own poems. At the end of this unit, students will make a book of their poems and poems they have collected. They will also memorize a poem to share with the class. This poetry unit will be due on Monday April 29th.

Daily Analogy and Daily Oral Language Week 29 (Turn In Friday)
Handwriting Week 29 (Turn In Friday)
Monday
Math
10-2 pg. 599-601 #1-25
Writing - Poetry
Tuesday
Math
10-3 pg. 602-603 #1-18
Writing - Poetry
Wednesday
Math
10-5 pg. 610-613 #1-24
Writing - Poetry
Thursday
Math
10-6 pg. 614-615 #1-28
Writing - Poetry
Friday
Math
10-7 pg. 616-617 #1-24
Writing - Hope of America Practice

This Week's Info

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great and safe Spring Break! Don’t forget that next week 5th grade has Hope of America and 4th grade has their field trip.