Another great day at Northpoint! We worked our way through ISTEP+ tests 3 & 4 today! Only 2 more to go!
LA: We read chapter 19 today in our novel, and continued our work on our novel study packets.
HW: All items from here on out are due on Monday, including the tic-tac-toe and flora/fauna information.
Math: No math today due to testing
Social Studies: (Both Groups!)-We listened to the summary today and had the majority of class time to work on the West Region letters.
HW: Letters are due for everyone on Monday. Grannan's class will be testing on Tuesday, Woods' class will be testing on Wednesday of next week!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
ISTEP+ Begins Again
Will this weather ever get nice? Ugh, we're done feeling like ducks!
Due to ISTEP+ testing, we had a crazy schedule today. It looked a little like this:
LA: Specials
Math: ISTEP+ 1 & 2
Content: (Woods) We listened to the rest of chapter 12 and planned a trip to Hawaii!
LA: We read on in our novel, finishing chapters 17 & 18. Although no homework is being given this week, we are still working on things in class. So far this week, students should be working on, or completed: 1 metaphor, 9 imagery and 1 simile. Vocabulary: gourd, contortions, genial, indignant, and gaunt. and comprehension questions 1-4.
Due to ISTEP+ testing, we had a crazy schedule today. It looked a little like this:
LA: Specials
Math: ISTEP+ 1 & 2
Content: (Woods) We listened to the rest of chapter 12 and planned a trip to Hawaii!
LA: We read on in our novel, finishing chapters 17 & 18. Although no homework is being given this week, we are still working on things in class. So far this week, students should be working on, or completed: 1 metaphor, 9 imagery and 1 simile. Vocabulary: gourd, contortions, genial, indignant, and gaunt. and comprehension questions 1-4.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Another Wet Wednesday
We're sure hoping Mother Nature gives us a break sometime soon!
I hope all of our amazing volunteers came to lunch today at Northpoint to be celebrated for all your hard work! We sure appreciate everything you do for our students.
LA: We had another quick morning today...we were able to get through chapters 11-12 in our novel study...thankfully they were short. We also had work time to complete our vocabulary, comprehension questions and figurative language terms.
HW: Share "Teacher For A Day" paper! Vocabulary (chagrined and shrewdly), 1 comprehension question (#3), and 3 figurative language examples are due tomorrow (2 similes and 1 colloquialism)
Math: We had an extra long math day today...stretching from 10:20-2:10! Whew! We finished up unit 11 and then voted to go ahead and take our unit 11 test as well!
HW: MAP Testing tomorrow! Math weekly homework is also due tomorrow.
Social Studies: None due to our wacky schedule!
I hope all of our amazing volunteers came to lunch today at Northpoint to be celebrated for all your hard work! We sure appreciate everything you do for our students.
LA: We had another quick morning today...we were able to get through chapters 11-12 in our novel study...thankfully they were short. We also had work time to complete our vocabulary, comprehension questions and figurative language terms.
HW: Share "Teacher For A Day" paper! Vocabulary (chagrined and shrewdly), 1 comprehension question (#3), and 3 figurative language examples are due tomorrow (2 similes and 1 colloquialism)
Math: We had an extra long math day today...stretching from 10:20-2:10! Whew! We finished up unit 11 and then voted to go ahead and take our unit 11 test as well!
HW: MAP Testing tomorrow! Math weekly homework is also due tomorrow.
Social Studies: None due to our wacky schedule!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Great American Shake Out!
If your child hasn't shared the Great American Shake Out news with you yet, be sure to ask them tonight. Also-be on the lookout for Northpoint to show up on the news (FOX 28 or WSBT) tonight as we had coverage here during the earthquake drill this morning.
LA: We had a very short, but busy morning! We started with music as normal and then moved right into chapter 11 in our novel study. We also took our quiz over chapters 5-10, had the earthquake assembly and drill and then finished up work on chapter 11 skills.
HW: Comprehension questions 1-2, vocabulary (retorted, wary, disdainful, cascades, tuft and plodded) and the two imagery examples are due tomorrow.
Math: We had an extended math time today due to MAP testing by some other classes. We were able to spend quite a bit of time reviewing adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers and geometry terms. We also continued our work on volume.
HW: Math box and study link 11.6, integers and geometry worksheets are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We continued on our tour of the West Region of the United States with stops in California and Washington. We also completed an activity learning about the effect the Columbia River has on the salmon in the area.
HW: Finish tour stop 6 activities...due Monday.
LA: We had a very short, but busy morning! We started with music as normal and then moved right into chapter 11 in our novel study. We also took our quiz over chapters 5-10, had the earthquake assembly and drill and then finished up work on chapter 11 skills.
HW: Comprehension questions 1-2, vocabulary (retorted, wary, disdainful, cascades, tuft and plodded) and the two imagery examples are due tomorrow.
Math: We had an extended math time today due to MAP testing by some other classes. We were able to spend quite a bit of time reviewing adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers and geometry terms. We also continued our work on volume.
HW: Math box and study link 11.6, integers and geometry worksheets are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We continued on our tour of the West Region of the United States with stops in California and Washington. We also completed an activity learning about the effect the Columbia River has on the salmon in the area.
HW: Finish tour stop 6 activities...due Monday.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Wacky Wednesday
We had a bit of a wacky Wednesday due to MAP testing in some classes today. We spent an extra long time in LA, which allowed us to get a lot of novel study work done! :)
LA: We took our quiz over chapters 1-4 and also did a writing journal in Matt's point of view. We also moved forward onto chapters 5-6, reading them together and going over our figurative language terms. This afternoon when we were together for our second half, we reviewed many of our figurative language terms with Mrs. Eggleston's lesson. We had a lot of fun creating a term flip book to use as review.
HW: MAP TESTING TOMORROW! Students are encouraged to bring mint flavored gum! Vocabulary (3), comprehension questions (3) and figurative language terms (3) are all due tomorrow. Most students completed this in class. The language boxes are also due tomorrow.
Math: We continued on in lesson 11 today, learning about geometric shapes. We focused on spheres, cylinders, rectangular prisms,square pyramids, cones and triangular prisms.
HW: Math box and study link 11.2 are due tomorrow
Social Studies: No content today due to our wacky schedule.
LA: We took our quiz over chapters 1-4 and also did a writing journal in Matt's point of view. We also moved forward onto chapters 5-6, reading them together and going over our figurative language terms. This afternoon when we were together for our second half, we reviewed many of our figurative language terms with Mrs. Eggleston's lesson. We had a lot of fun creating a term flip book to use as review.
HW: MAP TESTING TOMORROW! Students are encouraged to bring mint flavored gum! Vocabulary (3), comprehension questions (3) and figurative language terms (3) are all due tomorrow. Most students completed this in class. The language boxes are also due tomorrow.
Math: We continued on in lesson 11 today, learning about geometric shapes. We focused on spheres, cylinders, rectangular prisms,square pyramids, cones and triangular prisms.
HW: Math box and study link 11.2 are due tomorrow
Social Studies: No content today due to our wacky schedule.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Terrific Tuesday
It was another busy day around here at Northpoint!
LA: We continued our work in our novel study, Sign of the Beaver. After reviewing all parts of chapters 1 & 2, we moved on to reading chapters 3 & 4. We also worked on comprehension questions, vocabulary, a graphic organizer sequencing the main events of chapters 1-4 and figurative language.
HW: MAP testing will take place on Thursday. Finish all novel study work for chapters 1-4 (Vocabulary, comprehension questions, graphic organizers, figurative language) There will be a quiz over chapters 1-4 tomorrow.
Math: We jumped into unit 11 today, talking about grams and kilograms. We also took some notes on metric conversions, US Customary conversions and "Rule of Thumbs".
HW: Math box and study link 11.1 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Woods) We started our tour of the West Region of the United States today by completing our Geography Card Challenge.
HW: None
LA: We continued our work in our novel study, Sign of the Beaver. After reviewing all parts of chapters 1 & 2, we moved on to reading chapters 3 & 4. We also worked on comprehension questions, vocabulary, a graphic organizer sequencing the main events of chapters 1-4 and figurative language.
HW: MAP testing will take place on Thursday. Finish all novel study work for chapters 1-4 (Vocabulary, comprehension questions, graphic organizers, figurative language) There will be a quiz over chapters 1-4 tomorrow.
Math: We jumped into unit 11 today, talking about grams and kilograms. We also took some notes on metric conversions, US Customary conversions and "Rule of Thumbs".
HW: Math box and study link 11.1 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Woods) We started our tour of the West Region of the United States today by completing our Geography Card Challenge.
HW: None
Monday, April 11, 2011
Welcome Back!
I hope everyone had an amazing Spring Break! I enjoyed living vicariously through everyone's stories and tans!
LA: We started another novel study today, Sign of the Beaver is what we will be working with the next three weeks. During this novel study, there will be no spelling words or weekly homework. Your child should expect nightly homework that goes along with the chapters being read in class, however. We made it through chapters 1 & 2 today, with a lot of discussion about our figurative language terms. We specifically focused on similes, tone, colloquialism, imagery and suspense. We also talked briefly about bias and flashbacks.
HW: 2 pages (free pages, not attached to anything), comprehension questions 1 & 2, vocabulary words (blunderbuss, matchlock, chinking and flint) and the figurative language sheets are due tomorrow. MAP testing will take place this Thursday morning.
Math: We took a pre-test over the last two units in our math book today.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We've begun learning about the last region in the United States, The Great West. We will be taking a plane and van tour through this region as we learn. We spent the day working through our geography challenge cards.
HW: None
LA: We started another novel study today, Sign of the Beaver is what we will be working with the next three weeks. During this novel study, there will be no spelling words or weekly homework. Your child should expect nightly homework that goes along with the chapters being read in class, however. We made it through chapters 1 & 2 today, with a lot of discussion about our figurative language terms. We specifically focused on similes, tone, colloquialism, imagery and suspense. We also talked briefly about bias and flashbacks.
HW: 2 pages (free pages, not attached to anything), comprehension questions 1 & 2, vocabulary words (blunderbuss, matchlock, chinking and flint) and the figurative language sheets are due tomorrow. MAP testing will take place this Thursday morning.
Math: We took a pre-test over the last two units in our math book today.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We've begun learning about the last region in the United States, The Great West. We will be taking a plane and van tour through this region as we learn. We spent the day working through our geography challenge cards.
HW: None
MAP and ISTEP Schedules
April is filled with MAP and ISTEP+ testing.
Our schedule is as follows:
Reading MAP: Thursday, April 14th from 9:15-10:25
Math MAP: Thursday, April 21st from 10:30-11:45
ISTEP Math-Tuesday, April 26th 9:00-9:40 and 10:00-10:40
ISTEP LA - Wednesday, April 27th 9:40-10:30 and 10:45-11:30
ISTEP Science - Thursday, April 28th 8:55-9:30 and 9:45-10:20
You can help us by making sure the students are at school and well rested and well fed. They may bring mint gum to chew during ISTEP. Healthy snacks are encouraged.
Our schedule is as follows:
Reading MAP: Thursday, April 14th from 9:15-10:25
Math MAP: Thursday, April 21st from 10:30-11:45
ISTEP Math-Tuesday, April 26th 9:00-9:40 and 10:00-10:40
ISTEP LA - Wednesday, April 27th 9:40-10:30 and 10:45-11:30
ISTEP Science - Thursday, April 28th 8:55-9:30 and 9:45-10:20
You can help us by making sure the students are at school and well rested and well fed. They may bring mint gum to chew during ISTEP. Healthy snacks are encouraged.
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