Hello Parents and Students!
Wow! What an incredible Invention Convention we had! It was amazing! The inventions were awesome! Thanks for all of your hard work at home and at school!
And....the winners in 5B were:
1st Place: Dominic Z.
2nd Place: Nozima B.
3rd Place: Lili I.
Honorable Mentions: Chris W. and Mila S.
And...Dominic went on to win 2nd Place overall in the entire 5th grade! :-)
Pictures of the event and some other inventions have been posted to Edline. Check them out!
GREAT JOB, EVERYONE!
Reminders for this week:
This is a three day week for students. Parent Teacher Conferences will take place this Thursday, February 27th, from 1:00-8:00pm. You have already been contacted if I need to speak with you.
There is no school this day for students.
Also, Friday, February 28th, is a Teacher Institute Day for teachers. There is no student attendance this day.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study/Spelling: We will use these three days to review our six syllable types. There will be no test this week. Enjoy. :-)
Math Accel: We completed our Unit 4 test and the results were amazing! Most students did extremely well. Tests will be passed back on Monday. We will continue on in Unit 5. We are currently working on rational and irrational numbers and integers.
English Language Arts (ELA): We finished the book, The Tiger Rising and will begin our next read-aloud book entitled The Liberation of Gabriel King by K. L. Going. We will continue to work on our Constitution foldable activity during this time and also during social studies time. We will also be presenting our inventions to the class for a listening/speaking grade.
Social Studies: The Constitution foldable will continue this week. I pushed back the due date since the students needed additional class time to work on their inventions last week. The new due date is this Wednesday.
Science: We will be presenting our incredible inventions this week. We will also be completing an Invention's Web Quest that we did not have time to finish last week.
That is it for now. Please email me with questions.
Thank you and have a great week!
~Mrs. Bennick
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Hello Parents and Students!
First, I'd like to thank you for all of the Valentine's Day treats and gifts! I sincerely appreciate all of them. Also, a huge thanks to Mrs. Redman and Mrs. Stamenkovic for throwing a fabulous Valentine's Day party for us to enjoy!
I hope that you are all enjoying this long weekend! Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Monday, February 17th, due to President's Day. Enjoy the day off!
Also, ISAT testing will occur the first week of March. A hard copy of the schedule was sent home last week with your child. An electronic copy has been uploaded onto Edline.
Also, your child will be bringing home a letter on Tuesday explaining whether or not a conference is needed. Please look for it in your child's take home folder.
Here's what's going on in 5B this week:
Word Study/Spelling: The students will be introduced to the sixth and final syllable type this week...R Controlled. The words have been posted to the blog. The test will be on Friday. This is our 18th word study lesson of the school year. There are a total of 30 lessons for the year so we are working at a good pace. :-)
Math Accel: We will be testing Unit 4 this coming Wednesday. The study guide was sent home last Friday and the students should be studying the notes that they took in their math journals along with any handouts that they received for Unit 4. We will review the study guide on Tuesday. We will also begin Unit 5 this week which will focus on Geometry-congruence, construction and parallel lines. However, we will study integers, rational and irrational numbers first to lead into this.
English Language Arts (ELA): We will be using this time for a variety of activities. We will be using the computer lab to practice our word study words and to continue our SS Constitution projects. The SS project will be due at the end of the week. Since ISATs are coming up, we will also use this time to prepare for both math and reading extended response problems. Our TFK focus will be the coolest inventions of 2013 which goes along with our current science project...inventions. Our current read-aloud book is The Tiger Rising and it is getting very good now.
Social Studies: We will be devoting a lot of class time this week to our Constitution foldable project. They are coming along nicely and should be finished by week's end.
Science: Students should be working on creating an invention. All inventions are due by the end of the day on Thursday. I will allow class time to work on inventions this week. Our Invention Convention will take place on Friday. The students will each vote for their three favorite inventions per classroom and ribbons will be awarded to these students. There will also be three overall winners from the entire 5th grade class. We will also be working on an Invention's WebQuest that I created online.
It's going to be a busy week!
If you have any questions, please email me.
Thank you!
~Mrs. Bennick
First, I'd like to thank you for all of the Valentine's Day treats and gifts! I sincerely appreciate all of them. Also, a huge thanks to Mrs. Redman and Mrs. Stamenkovic for throwing a fabulous Valentine's Day party for us to enjoy!
I hope that you are all enjoying this long weekend! Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Monday, February 17th, due to President's Day. Enjoy the day off!
Also, ISAT testing will occur the first week of March. A hard copy of the schedule was sent home last week with your child. An electronic copy has been uploaded onto Edline.
Also, your child will be bringing home a letter on Tuesday explaining whether or not a conference is needed. Please look for it in your child's take home folder.
Here's what's going on in 5B this week:
Word Study/Spelling: The students will be introduced to the sixth and final syllable type this week...R Controlled. The words have been posted to the blog. The test will be on Friday. This is our 18th word study lesson of the school year. There are a total of 30 lessons for the year so we are working at a good pace. :-)
Math Accel: We will be testing Unit 4 this coming Wednesday. The study guide was sent home last Friday and the students should be studying the notes that they took in their math journals along with any handouts that they received for Unit 4. We will review the study guide on Tuesday. We will also begin Unit 5 this week which will focus on Geometry-congruence, construction and parallel lines. However, we will study integers, rational and irrational numbers first to lead into this.
English Language Arts (ELA): We will be using this time for a variety of activities. We will be using the computer lab to practice our word study words and to continue our SS Constitution projects. The SS project will be due at the end of the week. Since ISATs are coming up, we will also use this time to prepare for both math and reading extended response problems. Our TFK focus will be the coolest inventions of 2013 which goes along with our current science project...inventions. Our current read-aloud book is The Tiger Rising and it is getting very good now.
Social Studies: We will be devoting a lot of class time this week to our Constitution foldable project. They are coming along nicely and should be finished by week's end.
Science: Students should be working on creating an invention. All inventions are due by the end of the day on Thursday. I will allow class time to work on inventions this week. Our Invention Convention will take place on Friday. The students will each vote for their three favorite inventions per classroom and ribbons will be awarded to these students. There will also be three overall winners from the entire 5th grade class. We will also be working on an Invention's WebQuest that I created online.
It's going to be a busy week!
If you have any questions, please email me.
Thank you!
~Mrs. Bennick
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Hill Middle School Registration Dates Announced
Parents:
May 12th, Monday from 3:15P – 7:30P
May 13th, Tuesday from 3:15P -7:30P
Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick
Sunday, February 9, 2014
5B Activities for the Week of February 10, 2014
Hello Parents and Students!
Congratulations on earning the ALIEN again this month! So proud of all of you who are reading 400+ minutes per month and remembering to log your minutes.
Also, the 800 Minute Book Club Celebration for those TEN of you who qualified, will take place this Thursday during lunch. Chocolate chip cookies will be served. A permission form will be coming home on Monday or Tuesday.
Our Valentine's Day parties will take place on Friday, February 14th at the end of the day. A student list was emailed and also sent home via backpack mail. Exchanging Valentine cards is optional, but many 5th grade students still enjoy it.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study/Spelling: We are already on lesson 17! We are moving right along. This week our focus will be on silent consonant combinations such as wr, rh, gh, gn, kn, mn and mb. This concept will be gradually woven in with previously learned syllable types in multisyllabic words. The test will be on Friday.
Math Accel: We should be finishing up Unit 4 late this week...or getting very close to it. However, we will spend some time problem solving this week since it's been awhile. Also, look for a brief study guide to come home on Friday. Since this is the Third Quarter, I am now beginning to wean the students off of study guides. We are learning to become excellent note-takers in class and they are learning how to organize their notes and homework sheets to better prepare themselves for tests. The Unit 4 test will be sometime the following week. Stay tuned!
English Language Arts (ELA): We have a lot going on in ELA currently. First, we are sharing our picture book mash-up books with the class for a listening/speaking grade. Please make sure your child has their book at school. Also, we have 4% left to read in Wonder. We will definitely be starting our new read-aloud book this week entitled, The Tiger Rising. Acts of kindness will be discussed and the students will have the opportunity to write about kind behaviors that they observe in the classroom. These will be just brief notes that they will drop into a bag and I will read them throughout the week. Our current event will focus on the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Social Studies: We will continue to work on our Constitution foldable. They are coming along nicely. The students have been researching various events that made the Constitution the great document that it is.
Science: Early in the week, the students will be introduced to our next project....Inventions. We will also be discussing some of the greatest inventions made and how they make our lives easier. We will also talk about the upcoming Invention Convention. We ran out of time last week to do this so we will definitely be fitting it in early this week. :-)
That's it for now.
Please email me with any questions.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Bennick
Congratulations on earning the ALIEN again this month! So proud of all of you who are reading 400+ minutes per month and remembering to log your minutes.
Also, the 800 Minute Book Club Celebration for those TEN of you who qualified, will take place this Thursday during lunch. Chocolate chip cookies will be served. A permission form will be coming home on Monday or Tuesday.
Our Valentine's Day parties will take place on Friday, February 14th at the end of the day. A student list was emailed and also sent home via backpack mail. Exchanging Valentine cards is optional, but many 5th grade students still enjoy it.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study/Spelling: We are already on lesson 17! We are moving right along. This week our focus will be on silent consonant combinations such as wr, rh, gh, gn, kn, mn and mb. This concept will be gradually woven in with previously learned syllable types in multisyllabic words. The test will be on Friday.
Math Accel: We should be finishing up Unit 4 late this week...or getting very close to it. However, we will spend some time problem solving this week since it's been awhile. Also, look for a brief study guide to come home on Friday. Since this is the Third Quarter, I am now beginning to wean the students off of study guides. We are learning to become excellent note-takers in class and they are learning how to organize their notes and homework sheets to better prepare themselves for tests. The Unit 4 test will be sometime the following week. Stay tuned!
English Language Arts (ELA): We have a lot going on in ELA currently. First, we are sharing our picture book mash-up books with the class for a listening/speaking grade. Please make sure your child has their book at school. Also, we have 4% left to read in Wonder. We will definitely be starting our new read-aloud book this week entitled, The Tiger Rising. Acts of kindness will be discussed and the students will have the opportunity to write about kind behaviors that they observe in the classroom. These will be just brief notes that they will drop into a bag and I will read them throughout the week. Our current event will focus on the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Social Studies: We will continue to work on our Constitution foldable. They are coming along nicely. The students have been researching various events that made the Constitution the great document that it is.
Science: Early in the week, the students will be introduced to our next project....Inventions. We will also be discussing some of the greatest inventions made and how they make our lives easier. We will also talk about the upcoming Invention Convention. We ran out of time last week to do this so we will definitely be fitting it in early this week. :-)
That's it for now.
Please email me with any questions.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Bennick
Monday, February 3, 2014
February Reading Incentive/Six Flags Ticket Info.
February Reading Incentive
The February Reading Reward is a Kane County Cougars ticket, T-Shirt, and food voucher for May Watts Night, Monday, May 5th. All families and staff members are invited to attend. Chorus students will be singing the National Anthem before the start of the game. Reaching your reading goal is the only way to earn a free ticket! If Chorus members want to participate, they must earn a free ticket or pay for it on their own.
Also, for the students who met the Six Flag's reading goal, they will be receiving their tickets in May.
The February Reading Reward is a Kane County Cougars ticket, T-Shirt, and food voucher for May Watts Night, Monday, May 5th. All families and staff members are invited to attend. Chorus students will be singing the National Anthem before the start of the game. Reaching your reading goal is the only way to earn a free ticket! If Chorus members want to participate, they must earn a free ticket or pay for it on their own.
Also, for the students who met the Six Flag's reading goal, they will be receiving their tickets in May.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
5B Activities for the Week of February 3rd, 2014
Hello Parents and Students!
Thanks to all of you who came to Open House! It was great speaking with all of you!
Here's what's going on in 5B this week:
Word Study/Spelling: The words will remain the same for this week due to the two cold weather days we had last week. The test will be on Friday.
Math Accel: We finished our study of greatest common factor and least common multiple and took a quiz on this material this past week. Moving forward, students will be introduced to multiplying decimals and percentages this week. Students will be able to express a percent as a decimal and a fraction. We will also be working on some real world applications using percentages. Expect a couple of exit slips this week to follow each lesson.
English Language Arts (ELA): We are just about finished with Wonder. What a great book that is! Our next read-aloud will correlate to our 3rd Quarter theme which is....At A Crossroads. The book will be The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo. We will also be studying a poem by Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken. This will be ongoing for the next two weeks or so. Our current event's main topic in our TFK will be The Congo: Working to Save Mountain Gorillas. We will also continue with our individual reading conferences.
Science: We are finishing up our Magnetism/Electricity unit. The students will have a quiz on electricity this coming Tuesday. The study guide went home last week. Sometime late in the week, I will be introducing our Inventions project and the Invention Convention.
Social Studies: The students were just introduced to a major project this past week. They will be creating their own "foldable" about the U.S. Constitution. Creating a foldable is a great way for students to self-differentiate and learn at their own pace. Guidelines for this project will be coming home on Monday. This is an at-school activity. Students will be doing their own research and planning for this project. I showed them a model of a foldable and most of the students seemed excited to get started on it.
That's it for now. Please email me with any questions.
Thank you!
~Mrs. Bennick :-)
Thanks to all of you who came to Open House! It was great speaking with all of you!
Here's what's going on in 5B this week:
Word Study/Spelling: The words will remain the same for this week due to the two cold weather days we had last week. The test will be on Friday.
Math Accel: We finished our study of greatest common factor and least common multiple and took a quiz on this material this past week. Moving forward, students will be introduced to multiplying decimals and percentages this week. Students will be able to express a percent as a decimal and a fraction. We will also be working on some real world applications using percentages. Expect a couple of exit slips this week to follow each lesson.
English Language Arts (ELA): We are just about finished with Wonder. What a great book that is! Our next read-aloud will correlate to our 3rd Quarter theme which is....At A Crossroads. The book will be The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo. We will also be studying a poem by Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken. This will be ongoing for the next two weeks or so. Our current event's main topic in our TFK will be The Congo: Working to Save Mountain Gorillas. We will also continue with our individual reading conferences.
Science: We are finishing up our Magnetism/Electricity unit. The students will have a quiz on electricity this coming Tuesday. The study guide went home last week. Sometime late in the week, I will be introducing our Inventions project and the Invention Convention.
Social Studies: The students were just introduced to a major project this past week. They will be creating their own "foldable" about the U.S. Constitution. Creating a foldable is a great way for students to self-differentiate and learn at their own pace. Guidelines for this project will be coming home on Monday. This is an at-school activity. Students will be doing their own research and planning for this project. I showed them a model of a foldable and most of the students seemed excited to get started on it.
That's it for now. Please email me with any questions.
Thank you!
~Mrs. Bennick :-)
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