Bad Weather Ahead
Please do not call the school to find out if there is school! There are two secretaries and 500 students. That's 250 calls per person if everybody calls the school! If you're reading this, then you have internet. Please sign up for alerts at flashalert.net. Then you'll know as soon as anybody else on the planet!
READ! READ! READ!
Remember to read 30 minutes every night. Be sure to record your reading minutes on your Reading Log. Need an extra? Download one here or look in the Resources section of our web page. When you read, be sure to keep up on your reading goals!
Hour of Code!
Khan Academy is promoting the Computer Science Education Week Hour of Code. In our world filled with computers, we need to prepare a new generation of programmers. This week, we will participate, taking half an hour a day to learn basic coding (programming) skills. When you log into Khan Academy, be sure to use your student login so you can get points and save your programs.
We are starting fractions on Monday. Look for a section on the class web page with videos. (Look back here. I'll change this paragraph when it's ready...) There's a lot to learn, so be sure to complete your homework every night!
Vocabulary
I could tell you the meanings of these words, but it will mean more when you look for them on your own. You're reading this on an electronic device; go ahead and open a new tab and search for the meaning of each of these. You also have them in the resources we used for learning this week. There will be a quiz on Monday. Be sure to practice these words all week!
Math Words:
Context Clues:
Fraction Words:
Monday
Please do not call the school to find out if there is school! There are two secretaries and 500 students. That's 250 calls per person if everybody calls the school! If you're reading this, then you have internet. Please sign up for alerts at flashalert.net. Then you'll know as soon as anybody else on the planet!
READ! READ! READ!
Remember to read 30 minutes every night. Be sure to record your reading minutes on your Reading Log. Need an extra? Download one here or look in the Resources section of our web page. When you read, be sure to keep up on your reading goals!
Hour of Code!
Khan Academy is promoting the Computer Science Education Week Hour of Code. In our world filled with computers, we need to prepare a new generation of programmers. This week, we will participate, taking half an hour a day to learn basic coding (programming) skills. When you log into Khan Academy, be sure to use your student login so you can get points and save your programs.- Khan Academy
- Khan Academy Hour of Code page
- Here's a program that I wrote
- Here's another
- Article on Hour of Code
If you feel like challenging your teacher, give me an idea for a simple program to write. By simple, I mean that it should only accomplish one or two tasks. Sure, I could write a pac-man program, but that would take a few more free hours than I had back in high school when I did this more often.
Fractions!
Class Plays
This week, we will rotate class play practice during reading time. We must find props and costumes. By Tuesday, I need boxes for backgrounds. Can you help me with 16 or so boxes?
Looking Ahead
In January, we will learn the art of writing an essay. Every fifth grader will be expected to write in complete sentences with capitals, periods, punctuation and correct grammar on everything that is written. We will also complete a unit on English grammar.
Vocabulary
I could tell you the meanings of these words, but it will mean more when you look for them on your own. You're reading this on an electronic device; go ahead and open a new tab and search for the meaning of each of these. You also have them in the resources we used for learning this week. There will be a quiz on Monday. Be sure to practice these words all week!
Math Words:
- diameter
- radius
- kilometer
- mile
Context Clues:
- addle
- contemplate
- satire
- repertoire
Fraction Words:
- like fractions
- unlike fractions
- equivalent fractions
- mixed number
- number line
- simplest form
- prime
- composite
- numerator
- denominator
- reduce
- improper fraction
- express
- GCF
- LCD
Big Idea Science Words:
- ground water
- irrigation
- aquifer
- porous
- pore
- water table
Monday
Tuesday
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