Monday, October 14, 2013

The Week: 10/14 - 10/18

Welcome back to me!  After what seems to be an eternity of recovery, I am returning to what I do in real life: teaching fifth grade.

Plan on seeing a few changes in the next couple of weeks as I prepare to launch you into middle school next year.

I like to try new things.  One thing that is new for me is an online lesson planning tool.  An interesting feature is that I can share my plans online.  Take a look:
http://planbook.com/student?t=1016552&k=Mustangs

Progress reports will go home on Tuesday.  Please review this, sign it and return it to school.

Homework so far this week:
Science:  Big Idea 1-5.  Think of three tests you can do to the mystery bottle.  So far, you should have:

  • OBSERVE:  Write what you saw, heard and sensed.
  • QUESTION:  We asked a lot of questions.  Write the one question that you really want answered.
  • HYPOTHESIS:  State what you think is in the bottle.
  • TEST:  This is where you write your tests.  Make a t-table showing test and result.

Social Studies:  Geography 6
Language:  Spelling packet.  Be sure to staple your pre-test to the back of this.

Vocabulary (Quiz on Monday!!!)

·            Growing Pattern:  A number pattern that grows instead of repeats.  A growing pattern can be an A, AB, or ABC pattern.  (Actually, it could even be more complicated than that!)
·            Tedious:  Boring but necessary.  Something that takes several steps that are easy to do, but must be done a certain way.
·            Tedium:  The time when things are tedious, or when something is tedious.
·            Opaque:  You can’t see through it.
·            Endangered:  When an animal is nearly extinct.
·            Veterinarian:  A doctor that works on animals.
·            Fatal:  Deadly
·            Analyzing:  Looking at something to see what’s wrong (or right) with it.
·            Feisty:  Full of fighting energy.  Likely to cause a fight.

·             Bestiary:  A book of information about animals (beasts)


Other random things:
MYBH stands for Make Your Brain Hurt.  Sure, today was easy, but it will get harder.  I promise!

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