Monday, February 25, 2013

Happy Birthday Harrison

We celebrated Harrison's birthday with Mrs. Stockdale.

Homework 2/25 - 3/1

READING:
Read for 35+ minutes in your JUST RIGHT book and log at HOME each day . Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having and IDEAS you are growing. Put all of your post-its in your reading notebook.

Use Booksource or Scholastic Book Wizard to create a list of fiction and non-fiction JR books within your topic. Start gathering these books!

WRITING WORKSHOP/WORD STUDY:
 None

MATH:
50 minutes of Dreambox. Log the games played on Dreambox. Due Monday!https://play.dreambox.com/login/cm3g/oxres

Math Moment-remember to extend your math moment! Due Monday!

Comment on Math Moment of the Week: http://linoit.com/users/ssproch/canvases/Math%20Moment%203 Due Monday!

1. What do you notice the mathematician did?
2. What is your take away?
 


Social Studies
Study for Map Test on the Midwest USA on Friday, March 1st!

STAR BOOK: Read Thank You, Mr. Falkerwith a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Friday, February 15, 2013

Week In Review 2/11-2/15

                          
  1. We are doing our nonfiction reading presentations today and we are going to different classes! We are making last minute adjustments and additions before we go off to teach! NL & RB
  2. Everybody got alot of Valentines and candy during our Valentine's Day celebration! We did a project and we made candy robots. Mrs. Chandler and Mrs. Seibold came in to celebrate with us!  JW, HS & CO
  3. We finally got our 20th compliment! We will have our 2nd whole class celebration. We are waiting for everyone to get better and come back to school so we can vote for our reward! MA
  4. We all can't wait for February Vacation! KC
  5. We are going to finish our dream bedrooms today! AA
  6. We had a 90-minute delaty on Monday because of Nemo! AA & AC
  7. In Mr. Terupt the kids found out that Mr. T is in a coma because of Peter throwing an ice snowball at him. All the kids are very worried for him and hope that Mr. T gets better and comes out of his coma. Luke went to visit Mr. T and he wanted to talk to him and almost started to cry. Luke thought that Mr. T looked like he was going to die and he could only see his chest moving up and down. AA, MA, FH
  8. In social studies we are learning about the culture of the Southeast. Some have learned about the culture and are going back to edit and revise their boxes and bullets to make sure they have main ideas and supporting details. HS & MA
  9. If we finish SS, we can choose to study something that interests us about the Southeast on the computer! MW

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Math Moments of the Week

Here are two links to the math moments of the week! Please click on the two seperate links and:

1.Comment on what you noticed these mathematicians did?
2. What is your take away?

Math Moment 1: http://linoit.com/users/ssproch/canvases/Math%20Moment%201

Math Moment 2: http://linoit.com/users/ssproch/canvases/Math%20Moment%202

Monday, February 11, 2013

Homework for the Week 2/11 - 2/15

READING:
Read for 35+ minutes in your JUST RIGHT book and log at HOME each day . Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having and IDEAS you are growing. Put all of your post-its in your reading notebook.

Use Booksource or Scholastic Book Wizard to create a list of non-fiction JR books within your topic. Start gathering these books!

WRITING WORKSHOP/WORD STUDY:
Catch up if needed.

MATH:
50 minutes of Dreambox. Log the games played on Dreambox.
Math Moment-remember to extend your math moment!
https://play.dreambox.com/login/cm3g/oxresLogs and Journals Due Monday!
Social Studies
None

STAR BOOK: Read Thank You, Mr. Falkerwith a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

OTHER:
Valentine's Due Thursday!
Parent/Teacher Conference Forms

Monday, February 4, 2013

Math Moment of the Week

Math moment of the week goes to Garrett! Can anyone prove this moment using a model?

Homework for the Week!

READING:
Read for 35+ minutes in your JUST RIGHT book and log at HOME each day . Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having and IDEAS you are growing. Put all of your post-its in your reading notebook.

Use Booksource or Scholastic Book Wizard to create a list of fiction and non-fiction JR books within your topic. Start gathering these books!

WRITING WORKSHOP/WORD STUDY:
 Make sure you have a mini story or anecdote for each topic sentence (folder). Also, collect 2 more pieces of support for your writing. This can be a list or another mini story/anecdote.

MATH:
50 minutes of Dreambox. Log the games played on Dreambox.
Math Moment-remember to extend your math moment!
https://play.dreambox.com/login/cm3g/oxresLogs and Journals Due Monday!
Bring in measurements of furniture from your room.

Social Studies
Valentine's Day is about the value of kindness, generosity and friendship in our lives. Valentine’s Day is a wonderful opportunity to show our classmates how much we appreciate each other. Any one can go out to the store to buy a box of cards and fill out the To: and From:. A real valentine shows how much you appreciate one another by thoughtfully creating something that will express your gratitude towards one another. We will share our valentines with everyone in the class, so please make sure that you bring one for each friend in the class.

STAR BOOK: Read Thank You, Mr. Falkerwith a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

OTHER:
Bring in 5 jars of pasta sauce for day 100! Due Thursday, February 7th.
 

Friday, February 1, 2013

Happy Birthday Arden!

We celebrated Arden's birthday with Mrs. Andersen. She read aloud, "Flush" by Carl Hiassen.

Weekend Homework

READING:
Read for 35+ minutes in your JUST RIGHT book and log at HOME each day over the weekend . Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having and IDEAS you are growing. Put all of your post-its in your reading notebook.

Use Booksource or Scholastic Book Wizard to create a list of non-fiction JR books within your topic. Start gathering these books!

WRITING WORKSHOP/WORD STUDY:
None

MATH:
50 minutes of Dreambox. Log the games played on Dreambox.
Math Moment-remember to extend your math moment!
https://play.dreambox.com/login/cm3g/oxresLogs and Journals Due Monday!

Social Studies
NONE

STAR BOOK: Read Thank You, Mr. Falkerwith a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

OTHER:
Bring in 5 jars of pasta sauce for day 100! Due Thursday, February 7th.

Week in Review 1/28 - 2/1

  1. We celebrated Miss Sproch's birthday and Arden's birthday this week! AA
  2. We had a crazy week because we had an early dismissal on Monday and a 90-minute delay on Thursday. WS
  3. We had the CMT math simulation this week. KC
  4. We are voting for our girl student council representative. RB
  5. In "because of mr. terupt" we reached the month of December. Mr. Terupt's class went to the Collaborative Classroom. The Collaborative Classroom is for kids with special needs. FH & WS
  6. We are going to start designing our dream bedroom in math. KC
  7. Julia had her first book talk! Way to go! HS
  8. The weather made us miss our Spanish class and we did not take our test of family names and traits. JW
  9. We are missing model citizen time because we are too chatty. We are talking on the rug and not listening with attention.  HP, FH & AN
  10. On Sunday, we are excited to watch the Superbowl! We all voted for our favorite team on the class blog. Today is Jersey Day at Ox Ridge. Check out who voted! AC & HS
  11. We were looking at Arden'sd measurements and were trying to prove why 6/12 of a foot and 1/2 of a foot is equal to 6 inches. We used an open number line to prove her thinking. AA & WS
  12.  We are taking a reading CMT simulation today. HP
  13. We are continuing to research our nonfiction reading projects and we will present them to other classes at Ox Ridge. FH
  14. We had an author visit this week. Sophia was a former student from Ox Ridge and she wrote and published her first book called, "The Girls of Oak Court Death at Witford Pond." WS & NL