5/7/12
No homework the rest of the year!!
5/4/12
Friday! No Homework!
5/3/12
Ukulele performance tonight. Filll your ARFF!
5/2/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Describe an everyday item in your room as Dr. Seuss would.
5 minutes spelling
100 math fact problems
5/1/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write about what you think is going well and what you think we need to work on in the Fox in Socks practices.
5 minutes spelling
100 math fact problems
4/30/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Create a quatrain.
5 minute spelling
100 math fact problems
4/27/12
No Homework on Fridays for the rest of the year! Fill your ARFF!
4/26/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: free write
5 minutes spelling
100 math facts
4/25/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Draw a piece of the forest ecosystem that you can see from your home or from somewhere in Manitou. List all the living and non-living things.
5 minutes spelling
100 math facts
4/24/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Health Jam was today. Write a news article about what happened.
5 minutes spelling
100 math facts
4/23/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Make a list of things in your home environment
5 minutes spelling
100 math facts
4/20/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: free write
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
4/19/12
Night of Excellence. Come in and see the fifth grade science fair! Tour the school!
Fill your ARFF
4/18/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: What are some of the things you notice make a good science fair presentation. What is one thing you will do better next year?
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
4/17/12
Finish Science Fair Board!!
All boards must be in the classroom tomorrow morning.
4/16/12
Finish Science Fair Board!!
Night of Excellence is on Thursday, so presentations are due on Wednesday (4/18/12) If they are ready, you can bring them in on Tuesday (which was our original due date)
4/13/12
Work on science fair
practice/memorize lines
4/12/12
Work on science fair
10 minutes writing: Make a bubble map and fill in character traits of your Fox in Socks role. Practice/memorize lines.
4/11/12
practice/memorize your lines
10 minutes writing: Explain one thing we have learned in rehearsal.
Work on science fair
4/10/12
20 minutes reading
practice/memorize your lines
Work on science fair
4/9/12
Practice/memorize your lines
Work on Science Fair
4/6/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: free write
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
4/5/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write a summary of our field trip.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
4/4/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Make a list of things you could do to make a new student feel welcome in our classroom.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
4/3/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write about a time something happened differently than you expected and how it made you feel.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
4/2/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Describe something funny or scary that happened over spring break.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
3/12/12 – 3/24/12
TCAP – Fill your ARFF after school so you are ready to give 100% achievement to this assessment!!!
3/9/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: If you could be in charge of a company, what company would you choose to run? Why would this be appealing to you? What sorts of things would you do as the boss? Write a paragraph explaining.
5 minutes spelling
Math facts (100)
3/8/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Look in the Yellow Pages under the letter C and find a business. If you were employed at this business what would you do? Write a paragraph explaining what you think a day at work for this company would be like.
5 minutes spelling
Math facts (100)
3/7/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Think of a wild animal you would like to live with for a week. Write a paragraph explaining what you do with that animal for the week. (Make it interesting to read!)
5 minutes spelling
Math facts (100)
3/6/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Think of a new kind of bubble gum you would like to be able to chew. Now write a paragraph that describes this gum. (Remember all 5 senses!)
5 minutes spelling
Math facts (100)
3/5/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Make a list of reasons that your favorite book is better than any other book.
5 minutes spelling
Math facts (100)
3/2/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write the middle to your story.
5 minutes spelling
Math facts
3/1/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write the beginning to your story.
5 minutes spelling
Math facts
2/29/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Plan a story where you run into the scariest animal in the world.
5 minutes spelling
math facts
2/28/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Some people think snakes are scary. Write a paragraph describing what you think is the scariest animal in the world.
5 minutes spelling
math facts
2/27/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: free write
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/24/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write an ending to your story.
5 minutes spelling
100 math facts
2/23/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write the beginning and as much of the middle as you can to your story.
5 minutes spelling
100 math facts
2/22/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write a story plan for this prompt: You went diving in the Pacific Ocean.
5 minutes spelling
100 math facts
2/21/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: free write
5 minutes spelling
100 math facts
2/17/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write the middle section of your myth. (Write a new paragraph for every event.)
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/16/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write a beginning to your myth. (Story starter and paragraph describing setting, characters, and problem)
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/15/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Plan your own myth telling how the zebra got his stripes. Plan a beginning (triangle), middle (square), and end (circle).
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/14/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write a paragraph explaining whether you would rather be an eagle or a skunk, and why.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/13/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write a paragraph that explains how you would get ready to go play in the snow. (step-by-step)
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/10/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Plan a story with this prompt: A rabbit can’t find any food.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/9/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Make a plan for a story with this prompt: A wolf pup gets lost.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/8/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write a summary of our field trip
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/7/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write a haiku about a wolf.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/6/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Describe a wolf. Use your words to paint a picture of it. Use all your senses!
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/3/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Imaging you broke a world record. Describe what your feat would be.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/2/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Explain a tough problem you recently solved. How did you find a way to solve it?
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
2/1/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Is a maze easy or complicated to draw? Use your opinion as your topic sentence and then use facts to tell all the reasons you believe it to be.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
1/31/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Draw a maze.
5 minutes spelling
math facts (100 problems)
1/30/12
Skate City Night. Fill your ARFF
1/27/12
20 minutes reading
Writing 10 minutes: Make a t-chart on your page. In the left column make a list of facts about your family. Then go to the right column and write an opinion about each fact you wrote.
5 minutes spelling
5 minutes math facts (100 problems)
1/26/12
20 minutes reading
Writing 10 minutes: Play the second version of the uncover game with someone at home. Record how this version changed your exchanging strategy to win.
5 minutes spelling
5 minutes math facts (100 problems!)
1/25/12
20 minutes reading
Writing 10 minutes: Play the Uncover game at home. Record what happened when you played and what strategies for exchanging pieces seemed to be the best for winning.
5 minutes math facts (100 problems!)
5 minutes spelling
1/24/12
20 minutes reading
Writing 10 minutes: Teach the game Cover Up to someone at home. Report what happened when you played the game.
5 minutes spelling
5 minutes math facts (100 problems. Write down the time.)
1/23/12
Spaghetti Dinner – see you tonight! Fill your ARFF
1/20/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: free write
5 minutes spelling
Math facts (100 problems!!)
1/19/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Pretend you are a travel agent. A family has just booked a trip to the mountains. Write a paragraph telling the family where they will be going, how they will get there, and where they will be staying.
5 minutes spelling
Math facts (100 problems!!)
1/18/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Find a favorite illustration in a picture book. Describe what is happening in the picture.
5 minutes spelling
Math facts (100 problems, mark the time!)
1/17/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Describe a place you have been in the last two days.
5 minutes spelling
Math Facts (NEW way!! Do 100 problems and pay attention to how long that takes you!)
1/13/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: free write
5 minutes math facts
5 minutes spelling
1/12/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Use all your vocabulary words in a story.
5 minutes math facts
5 minutes spelling
1/11/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Imagine you are an explorer in space or in the deep ocean. Describe what you find there.
5 minutes math facts
5 minutes spelling
1/10/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Design a hat. Then write an advertisement for your hat.
5 minutes math facts
5 minutes spelling
1/9/12
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: If you were an early explorer in Colorado what would you have liked to discover and why?
5 minutes math facts
5 minutes spelling
12/19 /11 – 1/8/12
No homework – Fill your ARFF
12/16/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: free write
5 minutes spelling
12/15/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Pick one of the things from your list and explain why you want to do it this winter.
5 minutes spelling
12/14/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Make a list of things you hope to do in the snow this winter.
5 minutes spelling
12/13/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Describe what Manitou Springs looks like in the winter.
5 minutes spelling
12/12/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Tell about a time you played a board game. What made it fun? What made it frustrating?
5 minutes spelling
12/9/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Describe your favorite cartoon character.
5 minutes spelling
12/8/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: free write
5 minutes spelling
12/7/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: How do you build a snowman?
5 minutes spelling
12/6/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Describe your favorite kind of pie.
5 minutes spelling
12/5/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Tell the tale of a snowman with an eye patch
5 minutes spelling
12/2/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Summarize a tv show episode or movie you have seen lately.
5 minutes spelling
12/1/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: free write
5 minutes spelling
11/30/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Find a rock or mineral near your house. Describe this rock so that someone could draw it.
5 minutes spelling
11/29/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Make a drawing of a snowy night and then describe what it would feel like to walk through your drawing.
5 minutes spelling
11/28/11
20 minutes reading
5 minutes math facts
10 minutes writing: Describe one day of your break. It could even be one hour of your break if you describe it in detail.
5 minutes spelling
11/18/11
Fill your ARFF and have a great Thanksgiving break! See you on the 28th.
11/17/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Describe our classroom.
5 minutes spelling
11/16/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Describe a favorite object you have at home.
5 minutes spelling
11/15/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Describe what it is like to sing in a concert in front of the whole school.
5 minutes spelling
11/14/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Imagine you decided to backpack across the entire Continental Divide. Make a list of what items you would have to have with you ,and a second list of what items would be nice to have with you.
5 minutes spelling
11/11/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Imagine you are in a camp like the one in Baseball Saved Us. Write a journal entry that explains how you are feeling about being in camp. Include things that happen at camp to talk about.
5 minutes spelling.
11/10/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Use the vocabulary words of the week in a story.
5 minutes spelling
11/9/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. There have been times in our history when people were forced to go somewhere they didn’t want to go and had to stay there against their will. What kinds of freedom are taken away from people when this happens to them?
5 minutes spelling
11/8/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. If you were forced to leave your home and had only a minute to decide what to take with you, what do you think you would grab? Write about the items you would bring and also what you would have to leave behind that you would miss.
5 minutes spelling
11/7/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes reading. Think about a sport you like or that you don’t like. Describe the clothing and equipment used when playing that sport.
5 minutes spelling
11/4/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Free Write
5 minutes spelling
11/3/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. If everything you owned had to be auctioned off to pay back money you owed, how would it make you feel? Write a paragraph explaining what you might be feeling.
5 minutes spelling
11/2/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Imagine you have a farm near the forest. Explain how having deer, bears, and other wild animals so near your farm effect what you do.
5 minutes spelling
11/1/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Imagine Manitou has gone through a long drought. (No rain or snow for a very long time!) Write about how the dry weather would affect the people and animals living here.
5 minutes spelling
10/31/11
Halloween! Fill your ARFF
10/28/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write a paragraph that tells how you plan to celebrate Halloween.
5 minutes spelling
10/27/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Free Write
5 minutes spelling
10/26/11
ManiBoo! Fill your ARFF
10/25/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Describe your Halloween costume. If you don’t have one, describe an outfit that you like to wear.
5 minutes spelling
10/24/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: What kind of monster would be exciting to meet? Draw this monster and write a description of what makes him or her unique.
5 minutes spelling
10/21/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Imagine you were able to visit the future. Write a paragraph that describes what you saw when you were there.
5 minutes spelling
10/20/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Write a how-to paragraph that explains how to plant bushes or how to paint a bench.
5 minutes spelling
10/19/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
Ten minutes writing. Trees can improve our environment. Write an advertisement telling people to plant trees, bushes, and flowers and the reasons it can improve their neighborhood.
5 minutes spelling
10/18/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Make a list of items at home that you could or do recycle.
5 minutes spelling
10/17/11
Fill your ARFF
10/14/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Pretend you have a job as a cowhand. Write a story about a scary thing that happened to you.
5 minutes spelling
10/13/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: For vacation, some people visit a dude ranch, which is a place city people can learn to live like cowhands. Write an advertisement for a dude ranch that could be published in a travel magazine.
5 minutes spelling
10/12/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Write a weekly work schedule for a cowhand (someone who works on a ranch). Show jobs and times for the whole week.
5 minutes spelling
10/11/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing: Imagine you met a cowboy. Write a letter to a friend about what you learned from talking to him.
5 minutes spelling
10/7/11
5 minutes math facts
20 minutes reading
10 minutes writing. Free write.
5 minutes spelling
10/6/11
5 minutes math facts (aaamath.com)
20 minutes reading (R&R form)
10 minutes writing. Write about what happened on our field trip today.
5 minutes spelling
10/5/11
5 minutes math facts (aaamath.com)
20 minutes reading (R&R form)
Write 10 minutes. Write a story using all our vocabulary words for the week.
5 minutes spelling
10/4/11
5 minutes math facts (aaamath.com)
20 minutes reading (R&R sheet)
Write 10 minutes. What is the best way to make bacon? (interview a parent who cooks if you don’t know how)
5 minutes spelling (spellingcity.com)
10/3/11
5 minutes math facts (aaamath.com)
20 minutes reading (R&R form)
Write 10 minutes. Find as many ways as you can to represent each of these numbers as fractions and as decimal numbers.
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six-hundredths
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nine-tenths
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fifteen-hundredths
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thirty-five-hundredths
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four-tenths
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fifty-hundredths
