12/20/07

Math: Worksheet 5-5

Science: Section 2 Notes

Spelling: Unit 15 due

Reading: Finish questions

Don't forget the Mexican Fiesta tomorrow

12/19/07

Social Studies: Quiz today, no homework.

Science: Jigsaw activity in class, no homework.

Math: Fractions worksheet 5-4

Spelling: Practice page for unit 15

English: Pg 97; 1-10

Reading: Finish questions by tomorrow because our Fiesta is on Friday.

Don't forget to get your gift for the gift exchange.

12/17/07

Social Studies: Vocabulary Builder and Main Ideas for Section 1

Science: Pg 136: 1-4

Math: Reteaching 5-2

Spelling: Focus Unit 15

English: Pg 95; 1-15

Reading: Vocab for Ancient Mysteries

12/13/07

Social Studies: no homework

Science: Test today, no homework

Math: Divisibility Ch 5 Lesson 1

Spelling: Finish Unit 14 Posttest tomorrow

English: Pg 90; 1-20

Reading: Finish questions if you haven't already

12/12/07

Social Studies: We had a test today, no homework

Science: Study for the test tomorrow. (Thursday)

Math: We had a test today, no homework

Spelling: Practice page for Unit 14 is due tomorrow

English: Ch 5 Lesson 1 Action and Being Verbs 1-10

Reading: We read the story on Tuesday and students are almost finished with all the questions.

Study for the Science Test!!

12/11/07

Social Studies: Study for Test tomorrow

Science: Test is on Thursday

Math: We took Test A today, make corrections and be ready for Test B tomorrow

Spelling: Unit 14 Learn

12/10/07

Social Studies: Crossword Puzzle Review Test on Wednesday

Science: Test on Thursday Study this week

Math: Finish Up Wrap Up Test tomorrow

Spelling: Study for pretest no other homework

English: We finished our "Writing Outside of the Box" notebooks today, no homework

Reading: Vocab for "Tales and Puzzles"

12/7/07

Social Studies: No homework

Science: Test on Tuesday Video Review Today

Math: Wrap Up Pg 176; 1-18

12/6/07

Spelling: Finish Unit 13 study for posttest

12/5/07

Social Studies: Main Ideas and Vocabulary Builder

Science: Review Sheet

Math: Pg 166; 1-7 Checkpoint, Quiz tomorrow

Spelling: Pg 52 Practice page

English: Quick Write

Reading: We started reading The Red-Headed League today, finish the questions by Friday

12/04/07

Social Studies: Pg 52: 1-2

Science: Reinforcement and Content Mastery

Math: Worksheet 4-10

Spelling: Unit 13 pretest, write words five times each

Reading: Finish vocabulary

12/3/07

Social Studies: Mexico Map work due tomorrow

Science: Pg 83; 1-5

Math: Ch 4 Lesson 8

Spelliing: Unit 13 study for pretest

English: We took Test 3 today, no homework

Reading: Vocabulary for "The Red-Headed League"

11/30/07

Social Studies: Vocab Builder and Main Ideas

Math: Pg 165-166; 2-50 every other even

Reading: Finish up the questions if you didn't already

11/29/07

Social Studies: Pg 46; 1-3

Math: Pg 153-155; 2-58 every other even

Spelling: Finish Unit 12 Study for test tomorrow

English: Green Sheet Review on Unit 3 Study for Test tomorrow

Reading: Questions for Star Fever will be due on Monday.

Don't forget the Penny War!

11/28/07

Social Studies: No homework

Science: Finish Notes on section 3

Math: Worksheet 4-5

Spelling: Pg 48

English: Pg 67; 21-40

Reading: Finish questions by Friday

Don't forget the Penny War!

11/27/07

Social Studies: Main Ideas and Vocabulary Builder

Science: Begin Notes on Section 3

Math: Ch 4 Section 3 worksheet

Spelling; Pg 47 Review unit 12

English: Pg 66 first page of Chapter 3 Review Test on Friday

Reading: Finish up Vocabulary

Don't forget to bring in some money for the Penny War to support the Mining Journal Cheer Club.

11/21/07

Social Studies: Test today, no homework. (Excellent results on this test today!)

Science: Biomes Reinforcement Sheet ( Most people finished this in class today)

Math: No homework

Spelling: Ho homework

English: Pg 63; 1-20 ( Most people finished this in class today)

Reading: No homework



Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

11/20/07

Social Studies: Study for Test on the Maya, Inca, and Aztecs

Science: Pg 75: 1-4

Math: We had Test A today on Chapter 3

English: Pg 61; 1-14


Ask your child about our Group Activity Time today.

11/19/07

Social Studies: Jeopardy and study for Inca quiz

Math: Wrap Up on Chapter 3 Test A tomorrow

Science: Finish Notes on Section 2

English: Pg 57-59; 1-20

Social Studies "Project" tomorrow.

11/16/07

Social Studies: Main Ideas sheet and Vocabulary Builder

Science: We worked on a Biome project in class--- no homework

Math: Worksheet 3-10 Measuring Elapsed Time

Spelling: Unit 11 Test today, Unit 11 was due, no homework

English: Pg 56; 1-20

Reading: No homework today, but keep on reading for fun to get your lexile up!

Have a good weekend. Happy Hunting, Kenny, Luke, Keenan, Eric, and anyone else who hunts!!

11/15/07

Social Studies: Pg 29; 1-3

Science: Chorus today, no homework

Math: Ch 3 Lesson 9 Worksheet

Spelling: Finish Unit 11 Test tomorrow

English: Pg 54; 1-40

Reading: Finish questions

11/14/07

Social Studies: Quiz today, no homework

Science: Worksheet for ch 3 section 1

Math: Quiz

Spelling: Practice page 44

English: Pg 51 Nouns

Reading: Work on the questions

11/13/07

Social Studies: Vocabulary Builder and Main Ideas Sheet Quiz on section 2, The Aztecs, tomorrow.

Science: Pg 67; 1-4

Math: Pg 117; 1-13

Spelling: Pg 43 Learn and Five Times Each

English: Think about one of the topics in your Heart Brainstorming sheet that you want to write about for tomorrow

Reading: We read most of the story in class today and started the questions.

11/12/07

Social Studies: Pg 24; 1-3

Science: Ch 3 Section 1 Notes

Math: Worksheet 3-8 Metric units of measurement

English: The heart exercise for writing things that mean a lot to us.

Reading: Vocabulary 1-4

Please sign up for Parent teacher conferences if you haven't already.

11/9/07

Social Studies: Vocab Builder for the Maya, Chapter 1 section 1.

Science: Today is Green Day we watched a Go Green video.

Math: Worksheet 3-7 odds, show all work.

Spelling: We had test 10 today, no homework.

English: Smart Ice Cream Listening Activity.

Reading: Students who brought money went to the library to the book fair. Please read a book for your book report. This quarter we will do one Lexile test and one book report, or just two lexile tests.

11/8/07

Social Studies: Main Ideas on the Maya (Blue Sheet)

Science: We had chorus today, no homework.

Math: Ch 3 lesson 6 Rounding and Estimating worksheet, be sure to check your work.

Spelling: Finish Unit 10 study for the test tomorrow.

English: Library today, no homework.

Reading: We read the story today in class and answered all of the questions together.


Thank you to everyone who donated cans for the canathon. Our class won the pizza party with 970 pounds of canned goods.

Remember to bring money for the book fair if you are interested in purchasing any books.

Tomorrow is Green Day in Negaunee. Wear Green tomorrow!

11/7/07

Social Studies: The Maya Pg 19: 1-4

Science: MEAP make up no homework

Math: Worksheet 3-5

Spelling: We did page 39 in class. The practice page is assigned (pg 40) also write missed spelling words five times each.

Reading: Start reading the story and answer the questions by Friday.

11/2/07

Math: Chapter 3 Lesson 2 worksheet

Have a great weekend!

Don't forget to bring your YEARBOOK money in on Monday if you are going to buy one!

10/31/07

Social Studies: Project due on Friday

Science: Test on Friday, study!

Math: We had a test today, no homework.

Spelling: Unit 9 Practice is due tomorrow.

English: We had our Scary stories around the campfire "project" today. Tell your parents about it!
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day pieces are due on Friday. (Most students are finished with this.)

Reading: Finish your lexile book if you haven't already, so you can take your Reading Counts computer quiz.

10/30/07

Social Studies: Finish up your Canada project by Friday!

Science: Part B Review for Chapter 4. Test on Friday.

Math: Test today

Spelling: Unit 9 Learn and write words that you got wrong five times each.

English: Scary Story "Project" tomorrow. Bring a treat to share as we read our scary stories around the "campfire!"

Reading: Library today, no homework.

10/29/07

Social Studies: Keep working on your Canada Report

Science: Chapter 4 Review, Part A

Math: Test 2 Review

Spelling: Unit 9 Focus

English: _________ and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day!

Reading: We did the vocabulary in class for "It's the Loving That Counts."

We are trying to break a school record in the canathon this year. Can you help us?

10/25/07

Social Studies: Work on your report

Science: Chorus today finish up from yesterday

Math: Worksheet 2-7

Spelling: Finish Unit 8 Study for posttest

English: Scary Story

Reading: Finish questions

10/24/07

Social Studies: Keep working on your sub-topics, report is due next Friday, Nov. 2 the end of the marking period.

Science: We started Ch 4 lesson 2 Pollution notes and questions. These will be due on Friday. (Test next Friday)

English: Work on your scary story. We filled out the brainstorming sheet (the story map) today and many students are well on their way with the rough draft. FInal copy will be due on Monday.

Reading: Work on the questions for "To the Blue Beaches." (First quarter test will be on Monday)

Spelling: Practice for Unit 8 is due tomorrow.

10/23/07

Social Studies: Type up another sub-topic

Science: Pg 100; 1-4

Math: Pg 70; 1-14

Spelling: Learn pg 31 and write spelling words that you didn't spell correctly 5 times each

English: Do the back side of review sheet. Test tomorrow!

Reading: We finished reading the story today and worked on the questions. Finish the questions by Friday.

10/22/07

Social Studies: Type up at least one sub-topic for your Canada Report

Science: We worked on our "foldable" and started section 1 in Chapter 4 No homework

Math: Pg 68-69; 2-42 Evens

Spelling: Unit 8 Focus, we did this in class together. Study for Unit 8 Pretest.

English: Unit 1 Review Sheet. Do side 1 for tomorrow, side 2 for Wednesday. Chapter 1 Test on Wednesday.

Reading: We started "To the Blue Beaches" today, we will continue in class tomorrow. We read and answered three questions and did two of the vocabulary together. NO homework.

Bring a healthy snack for Math class!

10/19/07

Social Studies: Work on your Canada Project! Keep up the GREAT work!!

English: Finish the Chapter 1 Review from the book. Test will be on Wednesday.

Enjoy your weekend!

10/18/07

Social Studies: work on a subtopic for your Canada report

Science: Test tomorrow

English: First page of the chapter review

Reading: Finish reading the story and do the questions for Master and Pupil

Wear a hat tomorrow and bring in a donation for "Heavenly Hats"

It's Friday tomorrow and NO MORE MEAP's!!!!! Yea!!

10/16/07

Social Studies: Make Cover for your province report

Science: Study for test on Friday

Math: No homework

Spelling: Learn page 5 times

English: Pg 24; 1-20

Reading: Finish Vocabulary

10/15/07

Social Studies: We started our Canada Projects today. Pick a province and find absolute and relative location.

Science: Test on Friday

Math: Pg 63: 2-30 evens

Spelling: Unit 7 Focus

English: Pg 21: 1-20

Reading: We started reading the story and did four vocabulary words!

10/10/07

Science: Review Part A

Spelling: Finish Unit 6 Study for the posttest

English: Work on "Look What's Cooking."

Reading: Read "Climb On!" and answer the questions at the end of the story using complete sentences. Please restate the question in your answer.

Get lots of sleep and bring a healthy snack for the MEAP.

10/9/07

Science: Notes on section 3

Spelling: Pg 23

English: Look What's Cooking

Reading: Finish Vocab and Start Reading Climb On!

10/8/07

Social Studies: We took a test today, no homework.

Science: Pg 53: 1-4 We did this together in class today.

Math: Worksheet 2-4 We did this together in class today.

Spelling: Review Unit 6 Pg 22 all We did this together in class today.

Reading: Start Vocabulary for Climb On!

We start our MEAP's tomorrow. Please go to bed early and bring a healthy snack!

10/5/07

Math: Ch2-3 worksheet

Social Studies: Study for the first Test on Canada which will be on Monday

10/4/07

Social Studies: Finish Jeopardy Sheet for Canada

Science: Ch 2 Section 2 Notes

Math: Pg 46; 2-10 evens Pg 47; 18-26 evens There are only 10 problems, so be sure to check your work!

Spelling: Finish Unit 5 Study for Posttest 5

Reading: Finish questions for Helen Keller

Bring a healthy snack!

10/3/07

Social Studies: Begin Jeopardy Sheet we will finish tomorrow morning

Science: Pg 49; #1 only

Math: We took a test today on Chapter 1 no homework

Spelling: We did Practice together in class.

English: Pg 18; 1-17 We did this assignment together in class

Reading: We started reading Helen Keller and answered the first two questions. We will finish tomorrow.

Bring a healthy snack!

10/2/07

Social Studies: Vocabulary Builder for Canada Section 3 also Key Terms and Places

Science: Section 1 Notes sheet

Math: Test today, no homework

Spelling: Five times each Learn

English: Pg 16; 1-8

Reading: Finish Vocabulary for Helen Keller

10/1/07

Social Studies: Pg 187: 1-3

Science: Pg 42: 1-4

Math: Wrap Up Pg 38-39; 1-25 all We will have a math test on Chapter 1 tomorrow

Spelling: Focus for Unit 5

English: Pg 15; 1-18

Reading: Vocabulary 1-4 for Helen Keller

9/28/07

Math: Chapter 1 Lesson Seven Misleading Graphs Worksheet 1-7

Science: We went over our Science Tests on Chapter 1 Everybody did an awesome job!! :)

Have a great weekend!

9/28/07

Social Studies: Read Canada Section 3 pages 182-187. Do 1-3

Math: Worksheet 1-7

Have a great weekend!!

9/27/07

Social Studies: no homework

Math: Quiz today no homework

Spelling: Finish Unit 4 Study for Test

English: PG 13; 1-10

Reading: Finish Treasure in the Snow questions

Science: Chorus today

9/26/07

Social Studies: Study for section 2 quiz

Math: Checkpoint pg 31 quiz just like it tomorrow

Spelling: Practice Page 16

English: Pg 10; 1-18

Reading: Read Story start questions

Science: We had the chapter 1 test today, no homework!

9/25/07

Social Studies: vocab sheet for section 2

Spelling: Learn Unit 4 Five times eaches

English: final copy of fire essay

Science: TEST tomorrow on ch. 1

Math: Worksheet 1-6 graphs

Reading: Finish vocab

9/24/07

Social Studies: PG 181: 1-2

Math: Bar Graphs, Line Graphs and Circle graphs. Finish worksheet 1-5

Spelling: Unit 4 focus study for the pretest

English: Rough Draft is due tomorrow for the Fire Prevention Five Paragraph Essay.

Reading: Treasure in the Snow vocabulary 1-4

Science: Chapter Overview 1-10

9/21/07

English: Work on Fire Prevention Essay

Social Studies: Finish Map on Canada


Have a great weekend!!

9/20/07

Social Studies: no homework

Math: No homework

Spelling: Finish Unit 3 Study for Posttest 3

English: Work on Rough Draft of Fire Prevention Essay

Reading: Do the six comprehension questions for Damon and Pythias Bring any props you have for the play tomorrow.

Science: Fill out half of the Science Experiment Form from our Germ Lab

9/19/07

Social Studies: We worked on our maps of Canada after the section 1 quiz

Math: We took a quiz on Lessons 1-3 in Chapter 1

Spelling: We did the Practice page for Unit 3

Reading: We practiced our play Damon and Pythias

Science: We went over the Chapter 1 review

9-17-07

Social Studies: Pg 175: 1-3 We started Canada today!

Math: We continued with Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Mean, Median, and Mode worksheet due tomorrow

Spelling: We did Unit 3 Focus on page 10; 1-4 today, study for pretest tomorrow

English: We saw a Fire Prevention Video and worked on our Home Escape Plan. Due tomorrow

Reading: Damon and Pythias vocabulary 1-3

Science: Part A Review

9-14-07

English: Friendly Letter to Specials Teachers

Science: Pg 25; 1-5

Math: Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Vocab we started the worksheet, but will finish it on Monday