Wednesday, November 30, 2011

11/30/11:Homework

Math:

  • 1st hour: None tonight
  • 2nd hour:Variables + Expressions, handout 23-24 and finish text 146-147

Language Arts:  
  • 1st hour: Spelling Form (click on spelling words under forms to the right)
  • 2nd hour: Spelling Form (click on spelling words under forms to the right)

Science: None tonight

Social Studies: 
  • 3rd hour: Finish timeline worksheet + copy timeline into notebook with events pinpointed and labeled.
  • 4th hour: Finish timeline worksheet only.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

11/29/11:Homework

Math:
  • 1st hour: Finish the Divisibility Chart for columns 2, 3, 5, 6, & 10
  • 2nd hour: None tonight (We had a test today.)

Language Arts:  
  • 1st hour: Types of Writing Worksheet
  • 2nd hour: Types of Writing Worksheet

Science: 
BOTH CLASSES: Finish taking notes for your Mars article summary. 

Social Studies: None tonight. (We had tech lab today)

Monday, November 21, 2011

11/21/11:Homework

Monday, November 21, 2011

Math:
  • 1st hour: Understanding Factors, handout p. 69
  • 2nd hour: Prime & Composite Numbers, handout p. 75-76

Language Arts:  
  • No homework tonight. Just in class book report quizzes. 
  • Be ready to present your book reports!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES: Remaining Spots

There are still LOTS of Monday/Tuesday slots open!!!!

Please sign up for a time with this link:
http://www.doodle.com/77q44t9x942icxkf

-OR-
Email me with your time of choice and I will sign up for you.
(ebaker@fusd1.org)

Friday November 18th-FULL

Monday November 21st- 
1:45
2:00
2:15
2:30
3:00
3:45
4:00
4:15
4:30

Tuesday November 22nd-
2:15
2:30
2:45
3:00
3:15

11/17/11:Homework

Math:
  •  1st hour: Zeros in the Quotient, handout p. 63-64
  •  2nd hour: Prime & Composite Numbers, text p. 119, set H
Language Arts:
  • 1st & 2nd hour: Your book reports were due today.The next few days we will be presenting them to the class. The presentations that were done today were awesome! I can't wait to see the rest of them. No homework tonight. (Unless your book report was not finished today.)
Social Studies: Finish up any late projects (your Caravel ship diagram and Columbian exchange Historian's Workshops)

ALSO: PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO DOUBLE CHECK YOUR CONFERENCE TIME

http://www.doodle.com/77q44t9x942icxkf


Enjoy some family time tonight! 
Miss Baker

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

11/16/11:Homework

Math:
  • 1st hour: 
    • Single digit divisors (review)
    • text p. 117 Set E
  • 2nd hour:
    • Understanding Factors (review)
    • text p. 118 Set G
Language Arts:
  • 1st & 2nd hour: 
    • Finish those book reports to include in your Parent Teacher Conference folders and to present starting Friday.
    • The book report it two parts 
      • 1. The outline on the front of the green handout.
      • 2. One of the project options on the back of the green handout.

Have a restful evening!
Miss Baker

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

11/15/11:Homework

Language Arts: Continue working on your book report outline/project tonight. The outline portion should be coming to a close. At home be working on a rough draft for your big project. (Options are on the back of your outline sheet.) This project will be due on this Thursday Nov. 17th. Good luck!
Parents please email if you have any questions.

Math:
  • 1st hour- Single digit divisors p. 57
  • 2nd  hour-Understanding Factors 68-69

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

11/9/11: Homework

Math
  • 1st hour: Interpreting the Quotient handout
  • 2nd hour: Single-digit Divisors -handout p. 57-58
Language Arts
  • 1st hour: 
    • Spelling form (words)
    • Continue working on your book report project (due Thursday, Nov. 17th)
  • 2nd hour:  
    • Spelling form (words)
    • Continue working on your book report project (due Thursday, Nov. 17th)
Social Studies
  •  Your Social Studies booklets were due today. Finish them for late credit. All of them with be collected tomorrow. 
Science
  • None tonight 

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Parent Teacher Conferences

Fall Conferences

Fall Conference time will be here soon! The dates are Friday, November 18th, Monday, November 21st, and Tuesday, November 22nd. All three days there are 15 min. slots open from 12:30-4:30.    Please click on the link provided below to schedule a conference time with Ms. Baker and Mr. Kasch.

When the conference schedule appears:
1)  type in your name and your child's name in parentheses.
2)  next, choose a specific day and time (only one, please).
3)  finally, scroll all the way to the end to click SAVE.

That's it!  We'll see you at your conference time on the day you schedule.  We look forward to meeting with you to discuss your child's progress.  Thanks! 

Fall Conference link:
http://www.doodle.com/77q44t9x942icxkf

11/8/11: Homework

Math: 
  • 1st hour: Estimating Quotients Text
  • 2nd hour: Connecting Models to Symbols text p. 117 Set D
Language Arts: 
  • 1st hour: Linking Verbs worksheet + write the two things that are being linked (ex: He was tired, He = tired)
  • 2nd hour: Linking Verbs worksheet + write 5 of your own sentences on the back, circling the linking verb and underlining the words that are being linked. There should be no action verbs in your sentences.
Social Studies: We had our last class time to work on our booklets in class. The rest is homework. All should be done for tomorrow (including drawings and color.) Can't wait to read them!

Monday, November 7, 2011

11/7/11: Homework

 Math: 
  • 1st hour- Estimating Quotients handout 4:2
  • 2nd hour- Connecting Models to Symbols handout p. 51-52
Language Arts:
Social Studies: 
 Continue working on your Social Studies booklet. Most of us needed some extra time to finish those, so the new due date for those is this Wednesday (the day after tomorrow.) Be sure to comment below the post if you have any questions about the S.S. Colonialism booklet. We will have time in class to work on these tomorrow, otherwise its homework.

Science:
No homework tonight.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

11/3/11: Homework

Language Arts:
  • 1st hour: Finish revising/editing your historic fiction short stories using your 6 traits of writing check sheet. (The final copy of this should go in the Roanoke Island chapter of your Social Studies booklet. )
  • 2nd hour: Complete the fill in the blank summary about Roanoke Island. You will have to copy the completed summary onto the Roanoke Island chapter of your Social Studies booklet.

Math:
  • 1st hour: Dividing Multiples of 10 & 100 handout
  • 2nd hour: Checking Reasonableness handout

Social Studies: 

Many students are on different stages of completing this project. 
If you've remained on task you should at least be on the summary writing phase of this project.
  • If you haven't finished your notes, you need to take a Social Studies textbook over the weekend to finish your research notes.
  • Once you finish your notes, complete a summary for each Roman numeral of your outline. 
  • Revise/edit your summaries and publish them in your final copy of your Colonialism booklet.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

11/2/11:Homework

Math:
  • 1st hour- No homework (You had a test today.)
  • 2nd hour-Checking for Reasonableness finish text page 88-89

Language Arts:
  • 1st hour- finish rough draft of short story.
  • 2nd hour-paragraph worksheet
 

Social Studies:
  • Write at least one more summary for your Colonialism booklet. 
  • ( Jamestown, Plymouth, Colonial Life, Slavery brought to the Americas.)

Science: None tonight