Important Dates and Reminders 2/14-2/18

Sunday, February 13th:

1. Blackboard Blog Posts due 11:59pm CST =) (For students who selected this option)

Monday, February 14th:

1. Robert Crown Fieldtrip. (Approx 10-1pm)
2. Valentine's Day Party in the afternoon.

Tuesday, February 15th:

1. Option to stay after school and finish movie maker project (3:35-4:35pm)
2. How to Papers are due.

Wednesday, February 16th:

1. Option to stay after school and finish movie maker project (3:35-4:35pm)
2. Robert Crown Health Museum presenters visit boy and girls for follow up meeting.
3. Unit 7 Math test for 5V

Thursday, February 17th:

1. Tentatively scheduled after school class climate meeting. (Time TBD/Subject to change)

Friday, February 18th:

1. Friday Math Quiz
2. Possible Week 1 Science quiz on stars
3. Book Review due for students who selected this option (due on 21st if emailing me)

Curricular Update 2/14-2/18

Hi! Check out what's happening in our curriculum next week:

Reading:

• The kids will be practicing essay writing skills which include writing with one focus, using evidence to support the answer, and interpreting the evidence.
• Students will also reinforce the meanings of vocabulary words through skits.
• The students will read their Folklore genre books for a purpose.
• Kids will practice test taking strategies in preparation for ISAT testing.

Writing:

• The students will study how to write persuasive essays.
• With the writing, students will research information that they can use to support their arguments.
• The kids will also continue their own self selected writing during workshop time. They will work through the process and confer with me to eventually publish their work.

Math:

• Students in math will practice writing math essays with the purpose of explaining how they got their answers.
• The kids will take the unit 7 test on Wednesday, February 16th.
• After chapter 7, students will get into chapter 9 and study graphing, coordinates, finding area and perimeter, as well as volume, and surface area. There will be formulas that we study with this.

Science:

• Well, we've just finished a very fun digestive unit.
• Now we study the solar system.
• Students are going to learn about the life cycle of a star, the parts of a star, constellations, and different types of galaxes, as well as an assortment of space facts.

Citizenship:

• This week we are practicing random acts of kindness.

Open House

Greetings 5V Families!

I am looking forward to seeing you at the Open House on Thursday night between 630pm and 830pm.

Unlike previous Open Houses, I am scaling things down a bit to focus on just a few different things. Here are some of the things that you can check out at our Open House:

1.) Student/Parent survey

2.) Student Alphabet book

3.) Writing samples from writer's workshop

4.) Movie maker project on the lap tops.

5.) Book Reviews on the Book Blog

6.) Try out the different math routines and earn money for your children.

7.) Try and win Caption of the Day

8.) See our "Stay Current" board.

9.) Read all of our "Captions of the Day"

10.) See our "Who's on Fire" board. (Just put up)

Hill's Math Super Bowl Bonanza!

Hill's Math Super Bowl Bonanza!

This is a fun evening over at Hill for you and your children. There will be football trivia, football toss, exponent ball, math art, and prizes!


When: Monday, January 31st from 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Where: Hill Middle School
Who: Hill students and family members
What: Math games, prizes, snacks, and FUN!

Hill's Math Super Bowl Bonanza!

This is a fun evening over at Hill for you and your children. There will be football trivia, football toss, exponent ball, math art, and prizes!

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State of the Union Address-this Tuesday

Reminder:

President Obama's State of the Union Address is scheduled for:

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 @ 8pm CST on most major networks.

Watch and fill out the extra credit form in order to earn 5 extra credit points.

The points will be added to Friday's science quiz.

Important Dates and Reminders 1/24-1/28

Here are some important dates and reminders for this week:

Tuesday, January 25th:

• Author Visit to May Watts 11:05-11:45am

Wednesday, January 26th:

• Late Start Wednesday at 9:05am.
• Fieldtrip Forms due for Robert Crown Fieldtrip (2/3)

Thursday, January 27th:

• Open House at May Watts 6pm-8pm.
• Electricity Quiz (Short quiz )

Friday, January 28th:

• Friday Math Quiz
• Figurative Language Quiz (Students have study sheet)
• Parts of digestion Quiz (Students have study sheets)

Curricular Update 1/24-1/28

Here is what 5V will be up to next week in our studies:

Reading:

• We will read a non-fiction selection called Oceans, analyze it, take a test on it, and write an essay based on the selection.
• We are finishing up our read aloud story called Word Nerd.
• The kids are going to continue to analyze the mood an author evokes in their stories as part of the sports fiction project. They will also practice identifying main idea and writing 7-10 word summaries for the project.
• We'll be in the lab working on our trailers using the movie maker program.

Writing:

• Students in writing will be reviewing figurative langauge and writing for particular audiences.
• In addition, they will work on their own publishing pieces of writing.
• In grammar we are studying capitalization and apostrophe usage.
• I hope to do another debate essay with the class this week as well.

Math:

• Monday is the 5V math test. The test is on data collection and a tiny bit on fractions.
• Our following unit concenrs itself with more number usage like exponents, order of operations, and postive/negative numbers.
• We'll continue to study math boxes and have quizzes.
• We are working hard on studying traditional multiplication and division. You may want to reinforce this at home.

Science:

• In science class we'll start the week with our unit on health and digestion. The kids will study the parts of the body that are used in the digestive process.
• We will also have to take our mini quiz on the electricity unit we just finished.
• The Robert Crown Fieldtrip is on Thursday, February 3rd in the morning.
• The Robert Crown representatives come back to our classrooms to talk to the kids on Thursday, February 16th.