Homework

Monday 11/23/09

Reading - DEAR TIME

English - Thanksgiving Poems

Spelling - Poem Illustration

Math - Cards w/ Long Division

Science - Beaver Dam Building

Handwriting - "Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always make you less than you are." - Malcolm Forbes

Tuesday 11/24/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue  - Finish the book!

English - Thanksgiving Poems - Final Draft

Spelling - Poem Border

Math - Geometric Line Drawings

Science - Beaver Dam Analysis

Handwriting - "The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for." - Maureen Dowd

NO SCHOOL Wednesday - Friday

LAST WEEK

Monday 11/16/09

Reading - DEAR TIME / Math Games

English - Tall Tale Teacher Conferences / Final Draft

Spelling - Unit 13 Definitions Crossword / Unit 13 Rainbow Words - pg. 84 (6-20,26-30)

Math - x Timed Test / pg. 113

Science - Tall Tale Teacher Conferences / Final Draft - DUE WEDNESDAY

Handwriting - "I will speak ill of no man and speak the good I know of everybody." - Benjamin Franklin

Tuesday 11/17/09

Reading - Weekly Reader - Smashing Success

English - Book Buddies w/ Mrs. Sharp - MAth Facts turkeys / FINAL DRAFTS DUE THURSDAY

Spelling - pg. 86 (1-25) - DUE THURSDAY

Math - pg. 113 (Describe the process of Long Division, #''s 17,18,20 and 27)

Science - Planet Earth - Fresh Water

Handwriting - "The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth." - Dan Rather

Wednesday 11/18/09

Reading - OKLAHOMA SCIENCE MUESEM - FIELD TRIP

Spelling - BRING A SACK LUNCH!!!

Math -

English - FINAL DRAFTS DUE THURSDAY

Science -

Penmanship - "Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can." - Norman Vincent Peale

Thursday 11/19/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue- Chapter 15-16

Spelling - Unit 13 Test

Math - pg. 119 (16-25)

English - Possessive Dialogue

Science - B4-15 / Notes

Penmanship - "He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." - Chinese Proverb

Friday 11/20/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue - Chapter 17-18

Spelling - Character Assembly

Math - Prime / Composite Numbers / Homework - WKBK 30

English - N/A

Science - Food Web Diagram and Paragraph

Penmanship - "The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced many great things." - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

LAST WEEK

Monday 11/9/09

Reading - DEAR TIME

English - Tall Tale Teacher Conferences / Final Draft

Spelling - Unit 9 Definitions Crossword - DUE / TEST THURSDAY

Math - Divisibility Motions / Memorization

Science - Review Sheet - Go over Answers

Handwriting - "If we all don't row, the boat won't go." - Unknown

Tuesday 11/10/09

Reading - Jacobs Rescue - Ch.7-9

English - Book Buddies Scavenger Hunt - Outdoor Classroom

Spelling - Unit 9 Definitions Crossword

Math - Divisibility worksheet

Science - Review Game - TEST TOMORROW!

Handwriting - "I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience." - Mitch Hedberg

Wednesday 11/11/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue - Chapter 10

Spelling - Unit 9 Definitions Crossword

Math - wksht. 19-20

English - Computer Lab - Picture Downloads

Science - Adapatations Test

Penmanship - "The more you know, the less you need." - Aboriginal Saying

Thursday 11/16/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue - Chapter 11-

Spelling - Unit 9 Definitions / Spelling Test

Math - pg. 97 (7-22)

English - pg. 101 (6-15)

Science - Planet Earth - Mountains

Penmanship - "To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act." - Anatole France

Friday 11/17/09

Reading - Jacob's rescue - Chapter 14 - Questions

Spelling -

Math - pg. 111 (7-21, 33-38)

English - pg. 103 (6-15)

Science - B44-15 / Notes

Penmanship - "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain

LAST WEEK

Monday 11/2/09

Reading - DEAR TIME

English - Tall Tale Teacher Conferences / Final Draft

Spelling - Vocabulary Focus

Math - Metric System Sliders

Science - B. Nye Video

Handwriting - "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." -- John F. Kennedy

Tuesday 11/2/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue - Chapter 4 / Questions

English - Picture Book - Picture List ; Book Buddies

Spelling - Vocab. Definitions / Sentence

Math - pg. 158 (13-30)

Science -Camouflage / Mimicry Paragraph

Handwriting - "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." - Harper lee

Wednesday 11/4/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue - Chapter 5

Spelling - Vocabulary / Context Usage

Math - worksheet metric system

English - Adjective Sharades

Science - Camouflage / Mimicry Paragraphs and Presentations

Penmanship - "

Thursday 11/5/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue - Chapter 6-7

Spelling - Definitions Worksheet

Math - worksheet 86/252

English - School Adjectives Chart

Science - Camouflage / Mimicry Paragraphs and Presentations

Penmanship - "There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness." - Josh Billings

Friday 11/6/09

Reading - Weekly Reader -

Spelling - Definitions Test - Write a sentence using the words correctly.

Math - Divisibility Worksheet / WEEKEND HOMEWORK - wkbk. 39 (5-13) 40 (1-9)

English - pg. 328-329 (Answers only)

Science - Adaptations Review Sheet

Penmanship - "Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds." - Samuel Butler

LAST WEEK

Monday 10/26/09

Reading - DEAR TIME

English - Tall Tale Teacher Conferences / Final Draft

Spelling - Unit 8 Definitions Crossword

Math - pg. 285 (7-29, 37) odd / SHOW digital root for 23, 25, 27, 29 -- EXTRA CREDIT (30-31)

Science - Finish Planet Eart - "Pole to Pole"

Handwriting - "All things are difficult before they are easy." - Thomas Fuller

Tuesday 10/27/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue - Chapter 1

English - Teacher Conference / Tall Tales

Spelling - Unit 8 Definitions Crossword - DUE TOMORROW

Math - pg. 287 (9-25) odd (43,29-50)

Science - Camouflage Activity

Handwriting - "Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.' - David McCullough

Wednesday 10/28/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue - Chapter 2

Spelling - Unit 8 Definitions Crossword - DUE TOMORROW

Math - worksheet 18/58

English - Teacher Conference / Tall Tale

Science - Finish Notes / Camouflage Activitiy

Penmanship - "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thursday 10/29/09

Reading - Jacob's Rescue - Chapter 3

Spelling - Unit 8 Definitions / Spelling Test

Math - wksht. 18/58; Multiplication/Division Timed Test

English - Book Buddy Letters - Informal Letter

Science - B. Nye Video / Begin Camouflage - Mimicry Paragraph

Penmanship - "While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior."
Henry C. Link

Friday 10/30/09

NO SCHOOL

Monday 10/12/09

Reading - DEAR TIME

English - Finish Tall Tale Rough Draft

Spelling - pg. 49 (1-18) pg. 51 (1-8)

Math - 1st Qtr. Review Sheet

Science - Finsh A42-49 / Notes

Handwriting - "Being fashioned of the same dust, let us be merciful as well as just." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tuesday 10/13/09

Reading - Weekly Reader - "Storm Chasers"

English - Tall Tales - Peer Edit

Spelling - pg. 49 (1-18) pg. 51 (1-8) due tomorrow

Math - Board Review - Go over problems from review shee and have parents sign for EXTRA CREDIT!!

Science - Planet Earth - "Ocean Deep"

Handwriting - "To imaine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination." - Cynthia Ozick

LAST WEEK

Monday 9/28/09

Reading - DEAR TIME

English - pg. 88 (1-15) Write all the nouns and what type

Spelling - Unit 5 Crossword - Due Thursday

Math - Multiplication Timed Test - 5x each / pg. 78 (5-25 odd) / Sudoku

Science - Library Research

Handwriting - "Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intentions, sincere effort, and skillful execution." - M.J. Orricho

Tuesday 9/29/09

Reading - pg.42 - 45 / 9 Vocab / workbook 13-14

English -

Spelling - Unit 5 Crossword

Math - pg. 61 (7-27)

Science - Ugly Bug Vote

Handwriting - "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - Anonymous

Wednesday 9/30/09

Reading - pg. A46-63

Spelling - Unit 5 Definitions Crossword

Math - pg. 285 (7-29, 37)

English - pg. 156 (1-25)

Science - A42-51 / Answer questions 1-3 on A49, and 1-2 on A51

Penmanship - "A fellow can't keep people from having a bad opinion of him, but he can keep them from being right about it." - Unknown

Thursday 10/1/09

Reading - True Story of 3 Little Pigs

Spelling - Unit 5 Definitions Test

Math - pg. 66(4,6-11) and pg.67(1-6)

English - You're the Teacher 1.1

Science - Microscopes / Wet Slide

Penmanship - "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." -Hubert H. Humphrey

Friday 10/2/09

Reading - pg. 46-63 / Test

Spelling - Unit 6 Rainbow Words

Math - pg. 75 (7-14) 3 ways

English - You're the Teacher 1.2

Science - Video / worksheet 20-21

Spanish - los colores y los numeros

Penmanship - "You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing." - Michael Pritchard

Monday 9/14/09

Reading - DEAR TIME

English - Video Scence

Spelling - Unit 3 Crossword

Math - Sudoku

Science - Handwashing

Handwriting - ".We must all live together as brothers or perish alone as fools." - Dr. martin Luther King, Jr.

Tuesday 9/15/09

Reading - Redo Rockband Scence

Spelling - Unit 3 Crossword - DUE THURSDAY

Math - pg. 15 (6-38) even

Science - Microscope Basics

Handwriting - "Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum." - Charles Spencer

Wednesday 9/16/09

Reading - Computer Lab - Ugly Bug Research

Spelling - Unit 3 Definitions Crossword - DUE TOMORROW

Math - pg. 15 (7-29)odd / pg. 17(1-4)

English - pg 10 (1-10)

Science - Bug Descriptive Notes using Microscope

Penmanship - "It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it." - Robert E. Lee

Thursday 9/17/09

Reading - Video Skit

Spelling - Unit 3 Definitions Test

Math - pg. 22 (10-35)

English - Video Skit

Science - Ugly Bug Report - Due TUESDAY!

Penmanship - "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. " - Charles Darwin

Friday 9/18/09

Reading - Video

Spelling - Unit 4 Rainbow Words - 3x each - pg. 30 (8-20, 26-30)

Math - worksheet 7/8 --- weekend homework - workbook 7

English - Video

Science - UGLY BUG DUE TUESDAY - Chapter 1 Review Sheet

Spanish - la independencia de Mexico

Penmanship - "Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy." - Janet Long

Monday 8/31/09

NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY

Tuesday 9/8/09

Reading - President Obama Speech

Spelling - Unit 2 Definitions Crossword - DUE THURSDAY

Math - Board Games

Science - Ugly Bug Contest / Finish Cells

Handwriting - "Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you.

Wednesday 9/9/09

Reading - Powerpoint Basics

Spelling - Unit 2 Definitions Crossword - DUE TOMORROW

Math - pg. 12 (16-27, 37-39, Quick Check #5)

English -Shurley Jingles

Science - A12-21 / Notes

Penmanship - "Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire." - Reggie Leach

Thursday 9/10/09

Reading - DEAR TIME / Dibels Testing

Spelling - Unit 2 Definitions / Spelling Test

Math - Grade pg. 12 together / worksheet

English - 4 Types of Sentences - Examples

Science - Finish A12-21 / Notes

Penmanship - "Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted." - Martin Luther King Jr.

Friday 9/11/09

Reading - Video Skits

Spelling - Unit 3 Rainbow Words

Math - worksheet 4 and 5 / HOMEWORK - pg. 10

English - Shurley Jingles / 4 Sentences

Science - Classification Lab / worksheet 17

Spanish -

Penmanship - “Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”

- Samuel Butler

LAST WEEK

Monday 8/31/09

Reading - DEAR TIME

Spelling - Unit 1 Definitions Crossword - DUE THURSDAY

Math - Sudoku / Multiplication Timed Test - Missed 5x each

English -Courage Brainstorm

Science - Scientific Method Flow Chart - DUE TOMORROW

Handwriting- "It's not where you start, it's where you end up. You haven't failed until you stop trying." --Unknown

Tuesday 9/1/09

Reading - GATES Pretest - Comprehension

Spelling - Unit 1 Definitions Crossword - DUE THURSDAY

Math - Math Pretest / AMath

English - Interview Paragraph

Science - A4-11 / Notes

Handwriting - "Fall seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese Proverb

Wednesday 9/2/09

Reading - GATES Pretest - Vocabulary

Spelling - Unit 1 Crossword - Test / Due Tomorrow!

Math - worksheet 4/5

English -Computer Lab - Power Point Basics

Science - Finish A4-11 / Notes / Celery Lab

Penmanship - "Everything you do in life, every choice you make, has a consequence. When you do things without thinkin', then you ain't makin' the choice. The choice is makin' you." - Mark Steven Johnson

Thursday 9/3/09

Reading - "Terrific" by Jon Agee

Spelling - Unit 1 Spelling / Definitions Test

Math - Addition / Subtraction Practice / Multiplication Timed Test - Missed problems 5x each

English - pg. 3 (6-15)

Science - Celery Lab / Bill Nye Video

Penmanship - "Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." - Walter Lippmann

Friday 9/4/09

Reading - Trapped in Death Cave

Spelling - Unit 2 Pretest

Math - "Just About" worksheet

English - Interview Paragraph

Science - Plant / Animal Cells - Draw, label, and tell the function of each cell part. Then write a few sentences about how the plant and animal cells are different, and WHY?

Spanish -

Penmanship - "-"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." - Native American Proverb

Monday 8/24/09

Reading - Me In a Box Presentations

Spelling - GOTCHA!

Math - Multiplication timed Test / Corrections 5x each

English -Showcase Brainstorm

Science - Handwashing - postponed to next week

Handwriting- "What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind and body can achieve, and those who stay put will be champions." --Unknown

Tuesday 8/25/09

Reading - Procedures Manual

Spelling - If 99.9 % Were Good Enough

Math - pg. 5 (4-20, 26-32)

English - Showcase Brainstorm

Science - Lab Safety Posters - Due THURSDAY

Handwriting - "There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do." - Freya Madeline Stark

Wednesday 8/26/09

Reading - A New Year / My Favorites

Spelling - N/A

Math - Grade pg. 5 / worksheets 1.1/15

English - Brainstorm

Science - S1-11 / Safety Posters - due tomorrow!

Penmanship - "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do." -Confucius

Thursday 8/27/09

Reading - I Am Unique

Spelling - N/A

Math -pg. 7 (4-24) --- Bonus (15-18)

English - Brainstorm

Science - S5-11 / Discuss

Penmanship - "Put all your eggs in one basket, and protect that basket!" - Mark Twain

Friday 8/28/09

Reading - Classmate Interview

Spelling - Unit 1 Pretest - Missed words 5x each

Math - pg. 25 (Set A&B) Expand using exponents

English - Free Day Friday

Science - Scientific Method Flow Chart

Spanish -

Penmanship - "If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

LAST WEEK

Friday 8/22/09

Reading - Procedures Manual

Spelling - " "

Math - Name Tags

English - Listening Quiz

Science - Mr. Koch Quiz

Spanish - Procedures