MATH

Wednesday, October 28
MATH A was working on rounding and estimating numbers today. HOMEWORK for tonight, due back tomorrow is to finish the "Brick by Brick" sheet.

MATH B we are finishing word problems and starting on comparing numbers. HOMEWORK for tonight will be exercise A problems 1-12 on Page 49/50 due tomorrow.

MATH C is continuing to work on comparing numbers. We will reivew their homework at the start of class today and continue on in the section. No homework tonight.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Monday, October 26
All classes took their quiz on Chapter 1, section 3.

Tomorrow-students will work on their current events portfolio.

MATH

Monday, October 26
All math classes worked on their point card and check register for today's gathering.

HOMEROOM

Monday, October 26

1. Picture are scheduled for November 2. Forms were sent home last week.
2. Progress reports will be sent home this week.
3. Our sixth grade halloween party will be held on Friday, October 30. If you are able to contribute something to the party, please fill out the form that was sent home on Friday, October 23 and send it back before Wednesday, October 28 so we know what additional items need to be purchased.

HOMEROOM NEWS

1. Monday, October 26 is the next gathering. Please make sure your child gets his/her point card signed and returned on Monday so they may attend the event.
2. November Book Order forms are in the class for students to take home. Parents may place an order online through scholastic or use the paper form. Money and forms are due back Friday, November 20.
3. Friday, October 30 the 6 sixth grade will be having a halloween party for the students. Each homeroom is contributing to the party and a notice is coming home with students today.

***CHANGE****to previous post!

The Social Studies quiz for Friday has been moved to Monday. Students will have the weekend to review and get ready for the section 3, chapter 1 quiz. Please accept my apologies for the mistake.

This week in Math and Social Studies

Week of October 19th-

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday students are taking their DSTP tests in science and social studies from 8:30am to 11:20am (or until they finish). Then it's off to lunch and recess. The remainder of these days have a limited schedule.

HOMEWORK: Since we are not having all of our classes everyday this week, there will not be any math homework. Students do have a social studies quiz on Friday for chapter 1, section 3.

MATH-students are working on worksheets and math games for decimals and word problem review.

SOCIAL STUDIES-students completed their "KWL" charts for Chapter 1 and review of Section 3 in preparation for the multiple choice quiz on Friday. Students are also starting their "final test" for Chapter 1. Instead of a written chapter test, the students will be creating a current events portfolio. They will have 4 class periods to work on completing this project.

Week of October 12, 2009

MATH-
In math class the students are continuing with Chapter 1 working on Exercises in 1-5 and 1-6 problem solving. On Tuesday point cards were sent home to be signed and returned on Wednesday. Several students were given a re-test of Quiz 1/1, 1/2 on Tuesday.

Wednesday's lesson will start with updating each student's check register to record their citizenship grade.

Homework: Practice Sheet 1-5 was sent home withe students on Monday, it is due on Friday.

SOCIAL STUDIES-
This week students are working on DSTP prep. The DSTP testing for Science and Social Studies will take place on October 19, 20, 22 and 23. On Wednesday, students will be given a retest of the social studies quiz Chapter 1, sections 1 and 2.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Week of October 5, 2009

All classes are creating Weather Notebooks.

Students are working in groups to complete the notebooks using their books and classroom handouts to complete this assignment.

1. Each group is given an envelope with cards for different cities around the US and Canada.
2. Students are to separate the cards and decide whether the city/state on the card is in the East Coast, West Coast, Midwest or Canada.
3. Once the piles are separated, students will write down the weather information on the cards by coast/canada. This will give the students 4 separate weather reports for the US and Canada.
4. Next the students will compare the weather on the coasts (East versus West, East versus Midwest, and Midwest versus Alaksa and Hawaii) by either writing a summary of the similarities and differences or creating a VENN diagram to illustrate the information. Students will have 3 more pages for their notebook after completing this task.
5. Lastly, the students will create colorful and creative construction paper cover for their Weather Notebook.

Students will work on this for the remainder of the week.

Coming up next week: DSTP prep for the Social Studies DSTP on October 19, 20, 22 & 23.

MATH

Tuesday, October 6

Math A, B and C-started section 1-5 Adding and Subtracting Decimals. Students took notes on the 'key concepts' on the section.

Simplify-to simplify an expression is to replace it with the simpliest name for its value. Example: to simplify 4+5, you would write 9

Properties of Addition
Communicative Property of Addition-changing the order of the addends does not change the sum.
Associative Property of Addition-changing the grouping of the addends does not change the sum.
Identity Property of Addition-the sum of 0 and any number is that number.

Students worked in small groups to solve practive problems Exercises A 1-22. As each group completes these problems they will meet with Mrs. Bloemker. Once they have successfully completed the problems, the group will move onto the next assignment. When the next assignment have been successfully completed, the group will take a quiz.

We will work on this material for the remainder of the week.

HOMEWORK:
Math A -page 16 problems 1-15 are due on THURSDAY
MAth B and C- practice sheet 1-4 is due on THURSDAY

HOMEROOM

• Book orders for October were due today.
• Powder Puff Football sheets went home to parents today.
• REMINDER-No School for students on Friday, October 9
• Joe Corbi Fundraiser forms and all monies are due on October 12th.

Social Studies

Monday, 10/5
All classes took a 20 questions quiz on Chapter 1, Sections 1 and 2. After the students were finished the quiz, they resumed work on their Population Distribution Maps of PCA.

HOMEWORK:
Anyone that did not get their map quiz signed and returned today (Friday's homework) was asked to get the quiz signed tonight and return tomorrow.

MATH

Monday, 10/5
In math today we updated our check registers to reflect the money earned from Citizenship points from last week. Next we reviewed our homework from last week (practice sheet 1-3).

HOMEWORK:
Math A page 16 exercises 1-15 due on Thursday.
Math B and C have practice sheet 1-4 due on Thursday.

ALL CLASSES

Students were told on Thursday they would have new seat assignments when they return on Monday. The desks have been reconfigured from rows into groups of four. Students will be grouped by their level/pace. The idea is for all students to be able to work independently and within a group with students that work at the same pace on assignments, projects, etc.

SOCIAL STUDIES

All Social Studies Classes played a computerized review game to prepare for our quiz on Monday. Students did very well working in teams and answering the questions.

HOMEWORK:

• All Social Studies Classes received their Map Quiz scores and are asked to have their quiz signed by a parent and return on Monday.
• Study for Social Studies Quiz on Monday on Chapter 1 sections 1 and 2.

MATH

Friday, 10/2

All Math classes took a quiz reviewing 1-1 and 1-2 in Chapter 1.
Math A and B read pages 14 and 15, Math C reviewed page 19 and worked on problems 1-7.

HOMEWORK: Get point card signed and return on Monday.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Wed., 9/30
All Social Studies classes read section 3 and answered the questions in Section Review 3.

Groups B and C were not finished question # 6 and were asked to complete at home tonight.

Thurs., 10/1
All Social Studies classes will be working in groups to create population distribution maps.

Friday, 10/2 All classes will have a review for the quiz on Monday.

Social Studies quiz on Monday.

MATH

Wed., 9/30
MATH A and B continued work on number lines and plotting decimals on the number line.
MATH C continued working on Estimating with Decimals.

MATH Quiz on Chapter 1-2, 1-2 on Friday.

Thurs., 10/1
All Math Classes will have reivew sessions for the quiz tomorrow.