Math: Make sure you are finished p. 33 1-12, p. 47 1-12.
Finish addition and subtraction page, both sides.

Basic facts - 10-15 minutes.

LA: Daily paragraph editing - Thursday.

Social Studies: finish rough copy of drawing for the Appalachian region.

Science Powerpoint due on Monday.

Swimming tomorrow!

Math: pg. 33 1-12 and pg 47 1-12.

The comment from parents always comes up...students say that they have no homework. Here's the real deal:

1. We have Daily Paragraph Editing for homework each day except Friday. If they get it done in class, that's fine but they should be finished up to week 4 Wednesday.
2. Daily Language Review is done every day in class but sometimes they fall behind. They should be finished Wednesday of week 8.
3. Spelling. All the spelling words are online at www.spellingcity.com. They can work from home, then simply upload the saved report to their folder. They should ALL know how to save a report. Follow the link on the right that says "access school files from home" and have them log in using their regular school log in. Then upload the files you've saved at home. Just make sure you put them in the right folder. We are up to list 10 as of today.
4. Speaking of spelling. We are still unable to spell all the provinces and capitals correctly. I will test this once again on Monday.
5. Math: They won't have much homework if they work quickly in class but I expect them to practice if they are shaky on a concept. If you look on the wiki, there are several pages on multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100, 1000, 10000. Please do some of these questions with your child to make sure they understand and can do this fluently. This was a problematic concept for many.
6. Speaking of math...our averages for basic facts are still quite low. They should be practicing this daily for 10-15 minutes. One thing you can do to make a student more successful in math for their school career is making sure their basic facts are automatic.

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Lots of absences both yesterday and today, making it difficult to keep things on track. I will try to post as much of the work we're doing as possible to the blog and the wiki.

Math: we completed and corrected yet another sheet on dividing decimals by 10, 100, 1000, 10000. We will do a quick quiz on this tomorrow.

Science: We worked on powerpoints.

Language arts: We started work on a 5 paragraph animal essay.

LA: Daily paragraph editing, Monday, week 4. Make sure you are also finished Daily language review up to Week 8 Monday. Spelling lists: all students should be finished list 5.

Math: We're still having plenty of difficulty with multiplying numbers by 10, 100, 100, 10 000. Work on this! I will upload more practice pages to the Wiki tonight. We also need to work on division by 10, 100, 100, 10 000. The majority of the class is NOT solid on this concept. Practice!
Basic facts as usual.

We got our imail passwords so we can email assignments home or to our partners/group members when we need to.

Lots of useful math questions on the link below. Look for multiples of 10.
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade/fifth/

Math: We're still having trouble with multilplying and dividing by 10, 100, 1000, 10000.
Bring home and complete the multiplication and division sheet we worked on today.
Check the forms on the wiki or practice online. You could also create your own questions.
BASIC FACTS.

LA: We worked on our writing advice project.

Social Studies: aerial view of Canada. Know what the Appalachian region looks like.

Science: We have three more classes to finish our Powerpoint.

Math: master multiplying and dividing by 10, 100, 1000

Social studies: read chapter 1 continued.

Science: we cooked purple cabbage which is a PH indicator. We learned about acids, bases and neutral.

LA: DAily paragraph editing.

We had a great day today!

New files added to the wiki including more practice sheets for multipying and dividing by 10.

LA: we corrected all our daily paragraph editing homework. Finish Week 3, Wednesday for homework.

Math: practice multiplying and dividing by 10, 100, 1000. I'm going to try to post some practice sheets to the wiki tonight. Basic facts are improving. Class average for questions answered in one minute:
Addition:24.5
Subtraction:16.5
Multiplication: 17.3
Division: 17.4
I would like to see these averages climb to the 30s.

Social Studies: Read/review chapter1 on the Appalachian region. We will be wrapping up this region and having a test soon. Know the climate, landforms, natural resources and people of the region.

Science: Powerpoint continued until Friday. Acids and bases will be covered tomorrow.

Math: pg. 65, 67. Multiples of 10 and mental math. Due tomorrow.

Language Arts: practice spelling capitals and provinces. We did not do well on the quiz and will try it again.

Science: worked on powerpoint.

Social Studies: review the Appalachian region. You should know the landforms, natural resources, etc. This will involve bringing your textbook home!

Patience= teaching 26 Grade five students how to do origami! :)
We made paper cranes after reading Sadako and the Golden Cranes. Only 948 more to make to reach our lucky 1000 according to Japanese legend.

Math: play crib for homework. Call grandma and grandpa if necessary.

Science: we are making Powerpoint presentations on classroom chemistry. It will take several classes. If you want to work on it from home, you can upload your files by clicking the list on the right and using your usual login.

Language Arts: We worked on spelling using the spelling city website. Click on "find a list" and type in "Maltais". Everyone should be finished list 3 and have saved their progress report.

Language arts: Make sure you've finished daily paragraph editing Monday and Tuesday. We read Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes today and made swans. We'll make cranes tomorrow.

Math: We worked on addition with cards. No homework.

Science: We learned how to make a powerpoint presentation on the computer.

Agendas were not signed as we had electricians working on our room and we had to find a temporary home. Our afternoon was a bit crazy as a result!

Math: finish p. 43, 44 on differences of 10, 100, 1000, 10 000. NOT in text.

LA: Daily paragraph editing Monday and Tuesday. Week 2.

Social: Review

Science: review

Art: Contour drawing or vases.

LA: We wrote a story together called, "The Sand Dollar."
Provinces and capitals spelling test - moved to Tuesday.
Spelling practice: go to this website. Click on "find a list", enter Maltais, practice and play games!
http://www.spellingcity.com/
Play superspeed.

Practice basic facts! All four mad minute sheets are now on the wiki as a PDF.

Social Studies: Who were the Acadians?

LA: spelling the provinces and capitals, Daily paragraph editing-Wednesday, Thursday,

Math: finish subtraction page 43. 1-30
Make sure you are a subtraction master.

Basic facts log

Bring in survey form for a pizza party.
We had a great day today.

Houston, we have a Smart Board! This was a major focus today. It is now up and running. Yay!

Math: page 29 in the orange textbook, questions 1-24. Almost everyone was very solid with 3 digit addition. Moving on to subtraction, finish p. 53 on new sheets. We will practice subtraction tomorrow. We will have a quick assessment (quiz) on our addition and subtraction skills on Friday.

Math: Finish pages 47-51 on regrouping (addition). Basic facts. Practice log continued.

LA: Daily paragraph editing will come home tomorrow. Superspeed practice is always good to get fluent with sight words. Provinces and capitals spelling test on Friday.

Social Studies: Two questions you should be able to answer: What is a symbol of the Appalachian region? What are three things the ocean provides? You should start considering the differences and similarities between the Interior Plains and the Appalachian region.

Science: Finish the sheet on separating mixtures based on the experiments today.

Math: We did a numbers sense quiz today. Finish pages 47 and 48 (handed out today). As always...LEARN YOUR BASIC FACTS! Remember to fill in your practice log.

Language Arts: We discussed symbols and read "Joaby."

Math: We worked quite a bit on:
What addition means, what subtraction means, what multiplication means (repeated addition; 2x5 instead of 2+2+2+2+2) and what division means. Students should be able to explain division. ie. which numbers represent how many you have, how many groups and how many in each group.

Social: Students should be able to define "landform" and give three examples of landforms in the Appalachian region. They should be able to tell you some things about the region (eg. which provinces it includes.) They should also be able to define "erosion".

What a great day!

Math: Finish all your mad minute sheets for tomorrow. Finish page 51. Practice as always.

Language Arts: We talked about writing by thinking abut an object and we also discussed symbols.

Social Studies: What do YOU know about the Appalachian region?

Science: Mentos and Coke...always fun. We also did some sheets on matter.

Art: Drawing our hands. Practice if you want to improve.