The Stars at Northpoint did an AMAZING job this morning when we were sent to our safe spots during the storm that rolled through Granger. Although it was super stuffy and not the most comfortable arrangements, we were safe, everyone was well behaved and we rode out the storm together!
LA: After Music, we began to do some writing to help celebrate Red Ribbon Week before the storm alarm began, so we spent most of our time together in Music Room B.
HW: Weekly homework is due on Thursday.
Math: We continued learning about adding and subtracting decimals by working with money today. We had a lot of fun exploring this concept while using a with drawl and deposit form.
HW: Math box, study link 4.6 and the extra sheet that were assigned today are all due tomorrow.
Red Ribbon Assembly-We had a great talk from Officer Redman, who is the Northpoint DARE Officer. We also got to enjoy Mrs. Hapke getting a pie to the face for reaching our $10,000 goal in the fundraising drive.
We're keeping our fingers crossed for nicer weather tomorrow!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Red Ribbon Week Begins!
Loved the mis-matched clothes today! Don't forget to wear RED tomorrow! We'll be having an assembly at the end of the day, and it's always fun to see the sea of RED!
LA: We were extra busy this morning to make sure everything gets done by Thursday instead of Friday! We spent time in Library and Gym first thing. Upon coming back to class, we had our usual spelling pretest, introduced our story, Dear Mr. Winston, and went over our vocabulary words. This week's story's genre is humorous fiction, so we all enjoyed some laughs listening to the story being read to us. We also learned more regarding plural nouns and when to add -s, -es, -ies. Finally we wrapped up our time together by talking about making inferences and finishing up our playground safety posters.
This week's vocabulary words are: weekdays, cardboard, slithered, genuine, apologize, harmless, ambulance
This week's RIT words are:
Consonance-the repetition of a consonant sound not necessarily at the beginning (This is a repeat word, but it's always good to revisit something! :)
Couplet-the simplest form of poetry, a pair of lines of verse, usually rhyming.
Connotation-the feeling or images a word evokes.
Denotation-the dictionary definition of a word-the literal meaning.
Dialogue-a conversation between two or more characters.
Homework: We spent quite a bit of time today going over the 2nd nine week's reading project! Don't forget to share this packet with someone at home. Weekly homework is due Thursday.
Math: Adding and subtracting decimals are what we learned about today. Once we all got the hang of lining up those decimals, we were soaring through!
Homework: Finish pages 87-88 that were started in class. Math box and study link 4.5 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: We finished up our train tour of the Northeast today with stops in Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.-What a great learning experience this has been for all of us.
Homework: Finish up the group activity page if not completed in class.
LA: We were extra busy this morning to make sure everything gets done by Thursday instead of Friday! We spent time in Library and Gym first thing. Upon coming back to class, we had our usual spelling pretest, introduced our story, Dear Mr. Winston, and went over our vocabulary words. This week's story's genre is humorous fiction, so we all enjoyed some laughs listening to the story being read to us. We also learned more regarding plural nouns and when to add -s, -es, -ies. Finally we wrapped up our time together by talking about making inferences and finishing up our playground safety posters.
This week's vocabulary words are: weekdays, cardboard, slithered, genuine, apologize, harmless, ambulance
This week's RIT words are:
Consonance-the repetition of a consonant sound not necessarily at the beginning (This is a repeat word, but it's always good to revisit something! :)
Couplet-the simplest form of poetry, a pair of lines of verse, usually rhyming.
Connotation-the feeling or images a word evokes.
Denotation-the dictionary definition of a word-the literal meaning.
Dialogue-a conversation between two or more characters.
Homework: We spent quite a bit of time today going over the 2nd nine week's reading project! Don't forget to share this packet with someone at home. Weekly homework is due Thursday.
Math: Adding and subtracting decimals are what we learned about today. Once we all got the hang of lining up those decimals, we were soaring through!
Homework: Finish pages 87-88 that were started in class. Math box and study link 4.5 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: We finished up our train tour of the Northeast today with stops in Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.-What a great learning experience this has been for all of us.
Homework: Finish up the group activity page if not completed in class.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Bring On The Weekend!
We've wrapped up another quick week here at Northpoint! Don't forget parent teacher conferences will be held next week! We're very excited to get to talk to everyone! See you then!
Next week is Red Ribbon
LA: We had our usual assessments this morning along with music. We also spent time working on Safety Posters to promote playground safety. Last but not least, we had a great BINGO review game to go over our Greek and Latin root words that we have been studying this year during Vocabulary Vine.
HW: None
Math: We were in the computer lab today to work in the Odyssey program. This is such an amazing program, that has individual students working in the area that they struggle with the most.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We continued our tour of the Northeast-visiting the states of New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. We made a stop in Hershey, Pennsylvania today to learn about mass production. The students practiced mass producing Hershey Kisses. We had a lot of fun! Watch for a video of our time together on here very soon!
HW: None
Next week is Red Ribbon
10/25 Monday: Don't Mismatch the truth, drugs dull your mind. - wear mismatched clothes
10/26 Tuesday: Celebrate a drug free life,Wear RED- wear red clothing.
10/27 Wednesday: Don't Expose your brain to Drugs - wear a hat.
10/28Thursday: Exercise your brain-wear a sports jersey, uniform, apparel or workout gear.
10/29 Friday: Give your mind a break NO School-FALL BREAK
LA: We had our usual assessments this morning along with music. We also spent time working on Safety Posters to promote playground safety. Last but not least, we had a great BINGO review game to go over our Greek and Latin root words that we have been studying this year during Vocabulary Vine.
HW: None
Math: We were in the computer lab today to work in the Odyssey program. This is such an amazing program, that has individual students working in the area that they struggle with the most.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We continued our tour of the Northeast-visiting the states of New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. We made a stop in Hershey, Pennsylvania today to learn about mass production. The students practiced mass producing Hershey Kisses. We had a lot of fun! Watch for a video of our time together on here very soon!
HW: None
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Another Day In The Books!
It was Bus Safety Day at Northpoint today!
Don't forget that tomorrow is picture re-take day. If you are planning on having your child retake their pictures, the original packet needs to be returned. If you are getting pictures taken for the first time, there are forms available in the office.
Plan to join the Northpoint Community at Culvers and USA Skating Rink tonight for a fun filled family night out!
LA: We started a discussion about pronouns today during our grammar minute, everyone seemed to catch on very quickly. We also talked about plural possessive nouns today in grammar.We reviewed capital D, A, C and O in cursive today. We also watched a video about bus safety. Finally, we made it through quite a few more reading projects!
HW: Handwriting pages 44-47 and Clerihew poems are due tomorrow. Weekly homework is due Friday.
Math: We continued learning about decimals today. Our focus was on putting them in order-either from smallest to largest, or vice versa.
HW: Math box and study link 4.3, along with the extra practice sheet are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: We had bus safety day-no content today!
Don't forget that tomorrow is picture re-take day. If you are planning on having your child retake their pictures, the original packet needs to be returned. If you are getting pictures taken for the first time, there are forms available in the office.
Plan to join the Northpoint Community at Culvers and USA Skating Rink tonight for a fun filled family night out!
LA: We started a discussion about pronouns today during our grammar minute, everyone seemed to catch on very quickly. We also talked about plural possessive nouns today in grammar.We reviewed capital D, A, C and O in cursive today. We also watched a video about bus safety. Finally, we made it through quite a few more reading projects!
HW: Handwriting pages 44-47 and Clerihew poems are due tomorrow. Weekly homework is due Friday.
Math: We continued learning about decimals today. Our focus was on putting them in order-either from smallest to largest, or vice versa.
HW: Math box and study link 4.3, along with the extra practice sheet are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: We had bus safety day-no content today!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Monday, Monday!
I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! I know the Woods' Family is enjoying every minute of the amazing fall weather to go out and play! :)
LA: We enjoyed both Library and Gym today first thing. Upon returning, we jumped into singular possessive nouns in Grammar. It was fun to watch the apostrophe light bulbs click on! :) We also had our spelling pre-test, introduced our story, How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightening, and went over our vocabulary and RIT words. We also enjoyed hearing 4 of our friends present their reading projects--looking good so far.
This week's story vocabulary words are: hilarious, convinced,mischief, independence, (came in) handy, dizzy, whirlwind, nowadays.
This week's RIT words are:
Appositive-When you are renaming someone or something. This is often information that is not needed. Example: Mrs. Stephan, our principal, is gone today.
Bias-A preconceived opinion about something.
Caricature-A distorted character resulting from the author or artist, deliberately exaggerating a trait or traits of a personality.
Character-A person in a literary work.
Cliche'-A familiar word or phrase that has been used so much that it is no longer a good way of saying something. Example: red as a beet, cool as a cucumber, dumb as a box of rocks.
HW: Weekly homework due Friday.
Math: We continued our work on decimals today...working with base-10 blocks. We worked with wholes, tenths, hundredths and thousandths.
HW: Math box and study link 4.2, in addition to the extra sheet are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: Alllllllllllllllllll Aboard! We started our train tour of the Northeast Region of the United States today. We made stops in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts today. We had a great time pretending to be colonists just getting off the Mayflower and deciding upon a government.
HW: None
LA: We enjoyed both Library and Gym today first thing. Upon returning, we jumped into singular possessive nouns in Grammar. It was fun to watch the apostrophe light bulbs click on! :) We also had our spelling pre-test, introduced our story, How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightening, and went over our vocabulary and RIT words. We also enjoyed hearing 4 of our friends present their reading projects--looking good so far.
This week's story vocabulary words are: hilarious, convinced,mischief, independence, (came in) handy, dizzy, whirlwind, nowadays.
This week's RIT words are:
Appositive-When you are renaming someone or something. This is often information that is not needed. Example: Mrs. Stephan, our principal, is gone today.
Bias-A preconceived opinion about something.
Caricature-A distorted character resulting from the author or artist, deliberately exaggerating a trait or traits of a personality.
Character-A person in a literary work.
Cliche'-A familiar word or phrase that has been used so much that it is no longer a good way of saying something. Example: red as a beet, cool as a cucumber, dumb as a box of rocks.
HW: Weekly homework due Friday.
Math: We continued our work on decimals today...working with base-10 blocks. We worked with wholes, tenths, hundredths and thousandths.
HW: Math box and study link 4.2, in addition to the extra sheet are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: Alllllllllllllllllll Aboard! We started our train tour of the Northeast Region of the United States today. We made stops in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts today. We had a great time pretending to be colonists just getting off the Mayflower and deciding upon a government.
HW: None
Friday, October 15, 2010
Fall-ish Friday!
The cooler temperatures might be here to stay...it's even a bit chilly in our room! You may want to pack a sweatshirt that can be left in lockers for our "drafty" days in room 25!
LA: We had our usual assessments today: Selection (over the story), Grammar (singular and plural nouns) and Weekly (a combination of all of our skills we learned this week!) We also continued plugging away in our handwriting books. We're done reviewing all lowercase cursive letters and will begin the uppercase set next week! Our poetry this week is Clerihews. We had a great time coming up with rhymes about people we knew, people we wish we knew and people we made up! :)
HW: Reading projects are due on Monday. Don't forget to check the previous entry for the rubric! I can't wait to see these! Parents-watch for these to be displayed in the IMC windows during conferences at the end of the month.
Math: We spent our first chunk of time together in the computer lab working in Odyssey. This is an AMAZING new program that provides specific exercises to the student's direct needs based on their MAP Math results. We also had a rousing edition of Around the World to continue practicing our multiplication facts. 12's proved to be a bit tricky.... :/
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We finished up listening to the songs that were created about the five major groups that made strong contributions to America. We also started working in chapter 4, which is a train ride through the Northeastern part of our country. We had a great time working with partners answering questions!
HW: None
LA: We had our usual assessments today: Selection (over the story), Grammar (singular and plural nouns) and Weekly (a combination of all of our skills we learned this week!) We also continued plugging away in our handwriting books. We're done reviewing all lowercase cursive letters and will begin the uppercase set next week! Our poetry this week is Clerihews. We had a great time coming up with rhymes about people we knew, people we wish we knew and people we made up! :)
HW: Reading projects are due on Monday. Don't forget to check the previous entry for the rubric! I can't wait to see these! Parents-watch for these to be displayed in the IMC windows during conferences at the end of the month.
Math: We spent our first chunk of time together in the computer lab working in Odyssey. This is an AMAZING new program that provides specific exercises to the student's direct needs based on their MAP Math results. We also had a rousing edition of Around the World to continue practicing our multiplication facts. 12's proved to be a bit tricky.... :/
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We finished up listening to the songs that were created about the five major groups that made strong contributions to America. We also started working in chapter 4, which is a train ride through the Northeastern part of our country. We had a great time working with partners answering questions!
HW: None
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Thursday, Thursday...
So much to do, so little time!
LA: We had a great review of plural nouns today as well as working with word meanings and the history of words. We also had a great visit with our reading buddies and squeezed in time for handwriting and practice with fact and opinion.
HW: Weekly homework is due tomorrow. Dont' forget that reading projects are due Monday.
Math: We jumped into unit 4 today, which had us working with decimals. We spent a lot of time talking about tenths, hundredths and thousandths.
HW: Math box and study link 4.1 are due tomorrow. Math tests were passed back today.
Social Studies: (Woods) We had a great time listening to our songs that were created to review the five major groups of people who came to America. We have some great singers! We also started working in chapter 4, which has us taking a "train ride" through the Northeastern part of our country.
HW: None
LA: We had a great review of plural nouns today as well as working with word meanings and the history of words. We also had a great visit with our reading buddies and squeezed in time for handwriting and practice with fact and opinion.
HW: Weekly homework is due tomorrow. Dont' forget that reading projects are due Monday.
Math: We jumped into unit 4 today, which had us working with decimals. We spent a lot of time talking about tenths, hundredths and thousandths.
HW: Math box and study link 4.1 are due tomorrow. Math tests were passed back today.
Social Studies: (Woods) We had a great time listening to our songs that were created to review the five major groups of people who came to America. We have some great singers! We also started working in chapter 4, which has us taking a "train ride" through the Northeastern part of our country.
HW: None
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