November 4, 2010
Conferences
Meeting with you and visiting has been a highlight of my week. Some teachers are nervous about conferences. I have always found them to be enlightening and enjoyable. I learn more about your children, you as parents and what is most important to you, and also how you and your children are viewing the classroom. I appreciate your time and comments.
Reading
We are continuing with our novels.
Language
Possessives nouns are a focus this week. I am seeing in the students’ daily work that a few lessons on this would be beneficial. Also, as indicated in our conferences, more emphasis and guidance on expository writing will be a focus this next quarter.
Math
Watch for math fact markers (they look like book marks) to be coming home on Friday. These are in place of the traditional flash cards. The students each have two. One will stay at school; one goes home.
Moli Stone presentations: Students have created their own number system as a conclusion to our study of numbers and place value. They will be presenting their number systems to the class. They will need to practice the oral presentation at home. There is not a time requirement. They need to make sure that the 6 items in the presentation portion are covered.
We have created the “stones” and worksheets in class. Those will be shared/presented in small groups. Due to irregularities in our schedule, I have changed the dates several times. The new schedule for small group presentations and the oral presentations is included here.
FRI | Lucas | Layla | Mason | Sarah | Evan |
11/5 | Jarrett | Sam | Jace | Kaitlyn | Colby |
Travis | Ana | Micah | Bailey | Collin | |
Hannah | Nicole | James | Alyssa | Drayden | |
Malcolm | Sidney | Gracyn | Ashley | Henry | |
Ezra | Ananya | Alex | |||
MON | Nicole | Sidney | Drayden | James | Alex |
11/8 | Lucas | Layla | Mason | Jace | Evan |
Jarrett | Travis | Hannah | Malcolm | Ezra | |
Sam | Ana | Sarah | Kaitlyn | Bailey | |
Alyssa | Ashley | Colby | Collin | Henry | |
Micah | Gracyn | Ananya | |||
TUES | Micah | Hannah | Gracyn | Ananya | Travis |
11/9 | Layla | Lucas | Jarrett | Sam | Alyssa |
Ana | Ashley | Sidney | Nicole | Drayden | |
James | Alex | Mason | Sarah | Colby | |
Malcolm | Kaitlyn | Collin | Jace | Evan | |
Ezra | Bailey | Henry | |||
WED | EZRA | ALYSSA | HENRY | BAILEY | |
11/10 | Ashley | Micah | Hannah | Gracyn | |
Travis | Layla | James | Malcolm | ||
Alex | Kaitlyn | Jarrett | Sidney | ||
Sarah | Colby | Malcolm | Collin | ||
Evan, Jace | Sam, Mason | Nicole, Lucas | Ana, Ananya | ||
THURS | Ashley | Malcolm | Collin | ANA | |
11/11 | Ezra | Alyssa | Henry | Bailey | |
Travis | Alex | Sarah | Jace | ||
Layla | Kaitlyn | Evan | Colby | ||
Micah | Jarrett | Lucas | Mason | ||
Hannah | Nicole | Sam | Sidney | ||
James | Alex | Gracyn | Ananya | ||
FRI | Jarrett | Sam | Jace | Kaitlyn | Colby |
11/12 | Travis | Collin | Alyssa | Ashley | Ananya |
Ana | Hannah | Drayden | Henry | Layla | |
Mason | Nicole | Malcolm | Ezra | Lucas | |
Micah | James | Sarah | Sidney | Alex | |
Bailey | Evan | Gracyn | |||
I have put the evaluation form below. I am aware that these students are 4th and 5th graders. I am not looking for PowerPoint presentations or a thesis review committee type of presentation. I am expecting the students to have practiced their presentation so they do not get up in front of the class and stumble around, searching for the correct words.
They may have their oral presentation written out and with them. They can have this on note cards or regular paper. Both were provided in class.
STONE
Created a new stone with a number system 3 2 1
Stone is on 12 x 18” paper 3 2 1
Stone is blank Moli Stone ws
in the notebook (for formal presentation
p. 71 or 73) 3 2 1
Characters on the stone are neat & legible
(can be read and written by someone other
than the creator) 3 2 1
WORKSHEET
Worksheet is created 3 2 1
Spelling is correct 3 2 1
Writing is neat 3 2 1
Symbols are legible 3 2 1
Practice using the number system 3 2 1
PRESENTATION
Types, number of symbols, and groupings used 3 2 1
Be sure to be able to answer “Why did you
choose this type?
Why did you choose to have ____ symbols?” 3 2 1
If your system is a place value system
o Be sure to be able to explain
why or why not. 3 2 1
If your system is a base system
o Be sure to be able to explain
why or why not. 3 2 1
Does your system have a symbol for zero?
o How is this helpful or a
hindrance for the system? 3 2 1
Compare this system to our base-ten system and at
least 2 other systems studied in this unit
(Egyptian, Base 3, Chinese). A chart like the one on p. 69
might be a resource. 3 2 1
Science
Continuing on with atomic structure, molecules, and compounds. THANK YOU Collin for bringing in rock samples that contain some of the elements. Certainly having that “hands on” experience makes the learning more applicable and real.
Social Studies
Social Studies has suffered this week. We have had 2 days wherein the 4th graders have been gone or out to a special presentation, and one day when the 5th graders were in another room and 10 6th graders were in our room. On those days, the teaching/learning changes and regular routines and lessons are altered.
Spelling
This week the Real World Vocabulary words will be extra credit. I ran out of time last Monday when I was giving the pretest and did not give the students those words. So will only act/count as extra credit on the test on Friday.
4th grade spelling words Unit 10 November 8th-12th Vowel + /r/ sounds
BASIC: spark, prepare, cheer, tear, scarf, rare, repair, earring, scarce, weird, sharp, rear, spare, gear, hairy, compare, alarm, harsh, upstairs, square
CHALLENGE: weary, startle, appear, barnacle, awareness
REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY: Fires
flammable, fumes, blaze, panic, extinguisher, stairwell, siren, evacuation
4th grade spelling words Unit 11 November 15th-19th More Vowel + /r/ sounds
BASIC: learn, dirty, worn, sore, thirst, burn, record, cure, board, course, worth, early, return, pure, world, search, worse, thirteen, sport, current
CHALLENGE: curious, thorough, earnest, portion, foreign
REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY Basketball
sportscaster, halftime, dribbles, teammate, court, backboard, rebound, offense
4th grade spelling words Unit 11 November 15th-19th More Vowel + /r/ sounds
BASIC: learn, dirty, worn, sore, thirst, burn, record, cure, board, course, worth, early, return, pure, world, search, worse, thirteen, sport, current
CHALLENGE: curious, thorough, earnest, portion, foreign
REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY Basketball
sportscaster, halftime, dribbles, teammate, court, backboard, rebound, offense
5th grade spelling words Unit 10 November 8th-12th Compound Words
Note: There are 3 forms of compound words: closed form, hyphenated form, and open form. All 3 are contained in this week's list. If you want to read more about these 3 forms, you can go to http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm.
Note: There are 3 forms of compound words: closed form, hyphenated form, and open form. All 3 are contained in this week's list. If you want to read more about these 3 forms, you can go to http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm.
BASIC: wildlife, uproar, home run, headache, top-secret, teammate, wheelchair, light bulb, well-known, well-known, throughout, lifeguard, barefoot, part-time, warehouse, overboard, post office, outspoken, up-to-date, awestruck, newscast
CHALLENGE:
REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY: A Job Hunt
employment, want ads, experience, schedule, training, interview, wages, benefits
5th grade spelling words Unit 11 November 15th-19th Final schwa + /r/ sounds
BASIC: cellar, flavor, molar, chapter, mayor, anger, senator, passenger, major, popular, tractor, thunder, pillar, messenger, calendar, quarter, lunar, proper, elevator, bitter
CHALLENGE:
REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY: Architecture and Design
architect, real estate, exterior, interior, dimensions, pantry, design, fixtures
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