Friday, November 16, 2007

5th Grade Resource

Welcome to my 5th grade resource guide blog! What is a blog? A blog is a web log, its kinda like your writers notebook... only online. Here one can post their thoughts, observations, lists, poems, etc. The only think you can't post is drawings, but you can post pictures instead! On my blog you will find my class' homework, internet resources, educational videos, surveys, my thoughts, and perhaps a funny story or two. This blog is to serve as a supplementary resource guide, and does not replace anything taught or given out in the classroom.

NOTE: This blog represents the views of the author and is of no relationship to any school or department of education.


(Week of 12/3)
5th Grade Homework Sheet

Monday 12/3
Reading: Please respond in depth to reading response #1 at the bottom of the page. This should fill the majority of your page.
Spelling- accessible, believe, congratulations, disappear, extraordinary, fascinate, government, immediately, knowledge, license
Vocabulary- This week your vocabulary and spelling are the same, please make sure that your vocabulary is defined in your reader’s notebook by Wednesday.
Read 30 min.
Writing: You need to make 2 predictions in your writing notebook about your “just right” book. Each one should be a paragraph and explain why.
Social Studies: Fill in Venn Diagram between Canada (using the class handout) and the United States.
Math: Study Link 4.4 if you did not do it on Friday.
X________________________________ (Guardian Signature)

Tuesday 12/4
Reading: Please respond in depth to reading response #2 at the bottom of the page. This should fill the majority of your page.
Read 30 min.
Writing: You need to make 2 predictions in your writing notebook about your “just right” book. Each one should be a paragraph and explain why.
Social Studies: You will be writing a comparing and contrasting essay that fills up at least a page in your social studies book with topics of your choice.
Math: Handout
X________________________________ (Guardian Signature)

Wednesday 12/5
Reading: Please respond in depth to reading response #3 at the bottom of the page. This should fill the majority of your page.
Read 30 min.
Writing: Find a word meaning in context from your “just right” book. Make sure that you include how you know the meaning.
Math: Study Link 4.5
Science: Handout
X________________________________ (Guardian Signature)

Thursday 12/6 Spelling and Vocab Test Tomorrow!
Reading: Please respond in depth to reading response #4 at the bottom of the page. This should fill the majority of your page.
Read 30 min.
Study Spelling and Vocab
Writing Find a word meaning in context from your “just right” book. Make sure that you include how you know the meaning.
Math: Study Link 4.6
Science: Handout
X________________________________ (Guardian Signature)



Friday 12/7
Reading: Please respond in depth to reading response #5 at the bottom of the page. This should fill the majority of your page.
Read 30 min.
Writing: Homework will be assigned from class based on the field trip.
Math: Study Link 4.7
X________________________________ (Guardian Signature)

Reading Response Journal prompts (these responses should be used for this months reading homework):
1) I am like or different from the character…
2) This situation reminds me of something that happened in my own life. (Tell the story and talk about the connections)
3) When I read this book I felt…
4) I learned…
5) If I were the author, I would have changed the part of the story when…