Homework:

Reading:

• Read 20 minutes

Spelling:

• Spelling activity

Math:

• pages 213 and 214
• Practice facts

Homework:

 Reading-

• read 20 minutes

Math-

• do math homework 207-208
• practice facts

Extra

• WEAR CRAZY SOCKS TOMORROW !!!!!

HOMEWORK

     READING

• read 20 minutes

         MATH

• Pages 201-202

       EXTRA

• College wear!!!! :0 :0
• PRACTICE FACTS!!!
• have a great rest of the day!!!:) :) :) :) :)

What's Happening in Room 30..........

Important Announcements:

• If you were able to make our Writing Celebration on Thursday, thank you for coming, and I hope you enjoyed the wonderful realistic fiction stories the students wrote!  If you were not able to make it, you will have more opportunities through the school year.

• Parent-Teacher Conferences are Monday and Wednesday of this week.  We only have 15 minutes for our conference, so your promptness will be appreciated!

• We will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week this week!  The students will walk to City Hall on Monday during Specials to do their Drug Free Pledge. 

• Scholastic Book Fair is at Crestwood this week!  We will preview the books on Monday. The students can make purchases Tuesday - Thursday before or after school, or during specific times during the day.

Word of the Week: momentary (from The Big One-OH)  The pain from the shot was momentary, but it seemed to last forever.

Dates to Remember: 

Monday:  Drug-Free Pledge
                  Parent-Teacher Conferences
                  Wear Red - To kick off Red Ribbon Week!
                   Preview Scholastic Book Fair

Tuesday:  College Wear Day - "Have a great future being drug-free!"

Wednesday:  Parent-Teacher Conferences
                       Wear Crazy Socks - "Sock it to drugs!"

Thursday:  Halloween Parade at 1:30 and Halloween Party at 2:00

Friday:  NO SCHOOL!

What's Happening in Our Room.... 

Reading Workshop:

• The students will learn how to identify the main idea of a given passage and identify supporting details throughout the text.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will continue to practice writing strong paragraphs that contain a topic sentence, supporting sentences and a closing sentence.  After reading Favorite Part of Me, the students will write a paragraph describing a favorite part of themselves.

Math:

• The students will begin chapter 4 on Monday.  They will begin 2-digit multiplication and solve problems using the Area Model.  They will be teaching you the model, as well!

Science:

• We will be conducting a fun investigation this week that demonstrates plate tectonics and the formation of mountains.

HOMEWORK

                HOMEWORK


          Reading

• read 20 minutes 

Spelling:

• Test tomorrow!

 
        MATH

• practice facts

           EXTRA

• HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                    YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   

Writing Celebration!

If you were not able to join us today, we will have more writing to celebrate throughout the year!

Cahokia Mounds Pictures

Click the link below to view our pictures!

Cahokia Mounds

Homework

READING-

• read 20 minutes 

MATH

• -study your 3's,4's, or 5's

EXTRA-WRITING CELEBRATION TOMORROW


 ZEE      MOST    IMPORTANT    RULE


   HAVE      FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                         

Homework

Reading:

• Read 20 minutes

Spelling:

• Complete activity

Math:

• Study for your test
• Practice your facts

BRING YOUR LUNCH TOMORROW!

Homework

                      HOMEWORK

• Read 20 minutes if circled :)
• Remember to BRING your lunch on Wednesday  
• 1st page of review yellow sheet
• work on white sheet with multiplication

• HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) 
                                      

What's Happening in Room 30......

Important Announcements:

• Our field trip to Cahokia Mounds is scheduled for Wednesday!  We will be eating lunch later than our usual lunch time, so please make sure your child has a hearty breakfast.  We will supply a snack for the students during our bus ride back to Crestwood before we enjoy our lunch in the classroom.  Please make sure your child brings a lunch to school on Wednesday!
• Mrs. Threlkeld is our parent volunteer to lead our Halloween party scheduled for October 29th.  She has sent home a letter and an e-mail requesting class donations and volunteers. Please consider contributing to help the students have a great party!

Word of the Week: Pelting (from Tiger Rising)  The little boy was pelting snowballs at his sister.

Dates to Remember: 

Wednesday:  -Cahokia Mounds Field Trip! - A sack lunch is required
                        -Math Test

Thursday:   Our Writing Celebration 9:00-9:45  Please join us!

Friday: -Abilities Awareness Day: Students in grades 3-5 will learn from veterans, specialists, and guests with disabilities.  
              -Spelling Test

What's Happening in Our Room.... 

Reading Workshop:

• The students will finish up Tiger Rising this week and will continue to use context clues and prior knowledge to help them figure out unknown words in their reading.  They will also continue to "walk in the character's shoes" as they get to know the characters and predict their actions.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will finish editing and printing their realistic fiction stories on Monday and will be ready for the Writing Celebration on Thursday!
• They will learn about and practice using the homophone; their, there and they're.
• The students will create a well written paragraph after our field trip to Cahokia Mounds.

Math:

• The students will review chapter 3 on Tuesday and will be tested on Wednesday. 
• We have made a small change in learning our multiplication tables.  The students will be tested over each number's multiples (3's, 4's, 5's, etc) until they pass.  Several students passed the 3's last week and will be tested on 4's on Monday. 
• We will begin chapter 4 (Multiply with 1-Digit Numbers) on Thursday.  

Science:

• The students will learn about the layers of the earth and create a yummy model of the earth. 

Homework

                                                                 
                                   

                      HOMEWORK

• read 20 minutes if it says you have to on your log
• study your 3's or 4's
• HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Homework

                                                                   
                   Reading :                      

• Read 20 minutes

              Math:

• do math homework page's 177 & 178
• Know 3's multiples

   Reminders: 

• flyer family shirt's Friday
• half day Friday

             


           

Homework

Reading:  Read 20 minutes

Spelling:  Write spelling words 2x's each

Math:  Complete the Rainbow factors sheet
            practice your facts

Book orders are due tomorrow!!

Homework

                                            Reading

• read 20 minutes (if you have to today)

                                             Math

• do math homework page's 166 and 171 - circled problems

                                             Extra

• pick up cookie dough TOMORROW!!!!!
• Scholastic book orders due Wednesday
• Have fun outside it is a BEAUTIFUL day!!!                                            

Having Fun During Indoor Recess

What's Happening in Room 30...........

Important Announcements:

• The students were assigned their classroom leadership roles on Friday.  They are excited to get started this week!  I am amazed at the drive the students have of being part of running our classroom.  We are a classroom of LEADERS!
• If your child has a device, they are encouraged to bring it in this week to use during a lesson on  factors and multiples.
• If you child has not turned in his/her permission slip for our October 21st field trip to Cahokia Mounds, please do so as soon as possible.
• I have a time set with all of my families for Parent Teacher Conferences.  Those of you who signed up at the Ice Cream Social, I will confirm your day and time this week.
• We will have Ms. Horan, a future student-teacher at Crestwood, observe and take part in our classroom for the next two week.  We are all looking forward to helping her have a great experience!

Word of the Week: defiant (from The Tiger Rising)  The children were acting defiant when the substitute teacher told the class to stop talking and they chose not to.

Dates to Remember: 

Tuesday:  Fundraiser cookie dough pick-up - 3:30 - 6:00
Wednesday:  Scholastic book orders due!
Friday: Early Release - 11:50
              End of 1st Quarter
              Flyer Families - Wear your t-shirt
Saturday:  Mouse Races
               

What's Happening in Our Room.... 

Reading Workshop:

• We will be finishing up the novel, The Tiger Rising this week as we continue to learn different strategies in decoding new vocabulary words.  We will be adding several new words to our word wall after we use context clues to determine their meaning. 
• We will also continue to study the characters as we notice their actions have a deeper meaning. 

Writer's Workshop:

• The students are editing and typing their realistic fiction stories in google drive.  We need one more week to complete them, so our Writing Celebration will be postponed until the week of the 19th.
• The students will get a new list of spelling words on Monday.

Math:

• The students will learn about the multiplication properties, factors and multiples this week.  
• Please make sure your child is practicing their multiplication facts each evening.  This will make learning double digit multiplication and long division much more enjoyable!

Science:

• The students will finish up their social studies unit on Tuesday and begin an Earth Science Unit in science on Wednesday.  We will begin with learning about the layers of the earth.

Homework

     Reading

• book orders due Wednesday!!!!! :0
• Read 20 minutes
• Extra
• practice math facts
• practice writing your name in cursive 
• HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):)

  

Homework

Reading:  Read 20 minutes

Spelling:  Test tomorrow!

Writing:  Complete the paragraph using 5 proper nouns with capitalization

Math:  pages 157-158

Homework

Reading:  Read 20 minutes

Spelling:  Complete your spelling activity

Math:  Complete pages 151-152

• Book orders due next Wednesday
• Please return your Cahokia Mounds permission slip

Homework

Reading:  Read 20 minutes

Spelling:  Practice words for test on Friday

Math:  Complete pages 145 and 145
             Practice your facts

Homework

Reading:  Read 20 minutes

Math:  complete pages 139-140
            practice math facts

• Complete Leadership Application
• Culver's Night tonight!

What's Happening in Room 30......

Important Announcements:

• The students were given a list of leadership roles for our classroom last week.  On Friday, we talked about what makes a good leader, and each child brainstormed personal leadership qualities he/she has.  We went over the Classroom Leadership Role Application on Friday and each child was asked to pick his/her top three choices and complete the application by Tuesday.

• The students should be practicing their multiplication facts each evening.  Each student has the set of flashcards on the facts they are currently learning, and it takes just a few minutes to go over them each evening.  They are also welcome to use the blog link "Fun Math Sites" to play games and take practice timed tests.

Word of the Week: bellow (from The Tiger Rising)  The child bellowed in pain when he fell off his bike.

Dates to Remember: 

Monday:  Culver's Dining Out Night 5-8 pm

Friday: Spelling Test

               

What's Happening in Our Room.... 

Reading Workshop:

• The students will learn and practice close reading (reading a passage more than once for a specific purpose and annotating as they read) as we read a story from Scholastic Storyworks.  They will also learn how to use inferencing to answer follow-up questions.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will write their last scene to their realistic fiction story.  They will edit their writing to make sure to have capital letters and punctuation throughout their story. They will also learn how to punctuate dialogue as they type their story in google drive.
• We will have our realistic fiction writing celebration next week.  Look for your invitation later this week!  We would love to share our stories with you!

Math:

• On Monday, we will begin chapter 3 on multiplication. The students will learn the relationship between multiplication and division and learn how to use repeated subtraction in relation to division this week.
• The students will continue to review concepts, as well as work on ALEKS during math stations.

Sandra and her mom made us a special Bosnian treat!

Fun Times at the Staff vs 5th Grade Kickball Game

Another Wonderful Cultural Day!