Hello Parents and Students!
Here are the reminders for this week:
1. Track and Field Day will be next Monday, October 6th. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Ms. Andrews.
2. The May Watts Reads Program begins on Wednesday, October 1st. You can begin logging your reading minutes then.
Here's what's going on this week in 5B:
Word Study: This week we will be reviewing closed, open and vowel consonant silent "e". The words have been posted to the blog and the test will be on Friday.
Math Accel: We are moving right along in MA. This week the skills that we will focus on are powers of 10, exponents, long division and possibly scientific notation if we have time. Expect an exit slip on powers of 10 Monday or Tuesday.
ELA: In ELA we recently finished up our citizenship lessons regarding the first 20 days of school. This week we will begin our Cool Tool lessons which will focus on Empathy/Bullying. We will also continue to write our own Where I'm From poems. These are coming along nicely. Some students will begin typing them this week. We will also be discussing the digital media that the students will be using to present their poems. We are in about chapter 7 of our new read-aloud book, Becoming Naomi Leon. Our discussions about this book have been excellent. The students are also journalling about the topics/situations in this book. We will be completing a close read using this book later in the week and will also be learning how to annotate.
Science: We completed another experiment last week on how air takes up space. We also discussed air, air pressure and air temperature. We also studied the water cycle. This week we will be discussing fronts and completing a barometer activity. We will also be researching types of clouds. Expect a study guide to come home sometime this week to help prepare for our upcoming test on the Weather Unit.
That is it for now. Please contact me with any questions.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Bennick :-)
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Asheville, North Carolina
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Saturday, September 20, 2014
5B Activities for the Week of September 22nd, 2014
Hello Parents and Students,
Here are the reminders for this week:
1. Curriculum Night is this Monday, September 22nd. Kindergarten through 5th grade Session I is from 6:30-6:55. The whole school session is in the gym from 7:05-7:25. Kindergarten through 5th grade session 2 is from 7:35-8:00. This schedule allows parents of more than one student to visit both classrooms. Also, please remember to sign up for November Parent-Teacher Conferences in the multi-purpose room on this night. Curriculum Night is an adult only evening.
2. If you have not done so already, please send our room parent, Jen Straub, your email address as soon as possible. Her email address is fpjlstraub@yahoo.com.
3. Track and Field Day will be Monday, October 6th. Ms. Andrews is looking for parent helpers. Please contact her if you are interested.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week in 5B:
Word Study: This week we will be studying Part II of Open Syllables. The words have been posted to the blog. The test will be on Friday. This week's word study lesson went very well since we had five full days to get through it. :-)
Math Accel: We are currently working on our Transfer Task in MA. The students are in groups and practicing their drama skills! We completed our menus and are now doing some restaurant role-playing. They are pretending that they are in a restaurant and one group member is a waiter/waitress who is taking all of their orders. They are then responsible for calculating their total cost, determining the gratuity and adding taxes. All is going well! We should finish up this activity Monday or Tuesday and will then begin working on powers of 10 and exponents. Possibly, late in the week, we may begin whole number division.
ELA: We finished up the book, Because of Mr. Terupt last Friday. The kids really enjoyed the ending! Monday, we will begin our first CCSS anchor text, Becoming Naomi Leon. We will finish up our first 20 days of citizenship this week. Our topics will include common courtesies and times when it's best to mind your own business. We will then begin our Cool Tool lessons and our first one will focus on empathy. We have had some great discussions about the Where I'm From poem by George Ella Lyon. We enjoyed watching the video clip. This week, we will continue to answer the pre-write discussion questions which will better prepare us for writing our own Where I'm From poems.
Science: We've been very busy in science lately! We completed two experiments this week (both about molecules) and this week we will be discussing air pressure, air temperature, and air. We will discuss how air takes up space and complete an experiment on this topic. Later in the week we will focus on Fronts and what happens when a warm and cold front meet. There will also be an experiment to demonstrate this. If time allows, we will also practice reading a barometer. If not, that will move to next week.
That's it for now. Any questions or concerns, please email me. Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick :-)
Here are the reminders for this week:
1. Curriculum Night is this Monday, September 22nd. Kindergarten through 5th grade Session I is from 6:30-6:55. The whole school session is in the gym from 7:05-7:25. Kindergarten through 5th grade session 2 is from 7:35-8:00. This schedule allows parents of more than one student to visit both classrooms. Also, please remember to sign up for November Parent-Teacher Conferences in the multi-purpose room on this night. Curriculum Night is an adult only evening.
2. If you have not done so already, please send our room parent, Jen Straub, your email address as soon as possible. Her email address is fpjlstraub@yahoo.com.
3. Track and Field Day will be Monday, October 6th. Ms. Andrews is looking for parent helpers. Please contact her if you are interested.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week in 5B:
Word Study: This week we will be studying Part II of Open Syllables. The words have been posted to the blog. The test will be on Friday. This week's word study lesson went very well since we had five full days to get through it. :-)
Math Accel: We are currently working on our Transfer Task in MA. The students are in groups and practicing their drama skills! We completed our menus and are now doing some restaurant role-playing. They are pretending that they are in a restaurant and one group member is a waiter/waitress who is taking all of their orders. They are then responsible for calculating their total cost, determining the gratuity and adding taxes. All is going well! We should finish up this activity Monday or Tuesday and will then begin working on powers of 10 and exponents. Possibly, late in the week, we may begin whole number division.
ELA: We finished up the book, Because of Mr. Terupt last Friday. The kids really enjoyed the ending! Monday, we will begin our first CCSS anchor text, Becoming Naomi Leon. We will finish up our first 20 days of citizenship this week. Our topics will include common courtesies and times when it's best to mind your own business. We will then begin our Cool Tool lessons and our first one will focus on empathy. We have had some great discussions about the Where I'm From poem by George Ella Lyon. We enjoyed watching the video clip. This week, we will continue to answer the pre-write discussion questions which will better prepare us for writing our own Where I'm From poems.
Science: We've been very busy in science lately! We completed two experiments this week (both about molecules) and this week we will be discussing air pressure, air temperature, and air. We will discuss how air takes up space and complete an experiment on this topic. Later in the week we will focus on Fronts and what happens when a warm and cold front meet. There will also be an experiment to demonstrate this. If time allows, we will also practice reading a barometer. If not, that will move to next week.
That's it for now. Any questions or concerns, please email me. Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick :-)
Monday, September 15, 2014
Please read! A note from our room parent, Mrs. Straub
Hello parents,
My name is Jennifer Straub and I am excited to be Mrs. Bennick's Room Parent this year. I will be coordinating volunteers to work both in the classroom and from the home. These opportunities include hosting 3 separate parties (fall, winter and Valentine's Day), supporting math explorations & science projects, reading to the kids, donating supplies, sharpening pencils and contributing in other ways that may arise throughout the year.
My name is Jennifer Straub and I am excited to be Mrs. Bennick's Room Parent this year. I will be coordinating volunteers to work both in the classroom and from the home. These opportunities include hosting 3 separate parties (fall, winter and Valentine's Day), supporting math explorations & science projects, reading to the kids, donating supplies, sharpening pencils and contributing in other ways that may arise throughout the year.
I will be using a simple scheduling website called www.signupgenius.com. This will allow you to view availability online and plug yourself in to your desired slot. This is a very user-friendly site and an efficient way of planning.
Because our school is so careful about everyone's privacy, I need to please ask for your e-mail directly. When you send me your e-mail address, I will add it to my distribution list. I would appreciate having all e-mail addresses by Monday, September 22nd, as we need to start the fun and get organized!
Thank you in advance for your help.
Jennifer Straub
630-220-0749
Sunday, September 14, 2014
5B Activities for the Week of September 15th, 2014
Hello Parents and Students!
***Graded papers will be coming home tomorrow in your child's take-home folder.***
Here's what's going on in 5B this week:
Word Study: We are on part I of the Open Syllable type. The words for this week have been posted to the blog. We will be discussing word meanings, diagramming and separating the words into syllables. The test will be on Friday.
Math Accel: This week we will begin studying multiplication of decimals, powers of 10 and exponents. We finished our mini grocery store project last week. Included in the lessons this week is another project. This project is fairly lengthy so we will most likely be working on it most of the week. It includes creating a detailed menu with prices, adding and subtracting decimals, multiplying decimals and adding taxes and gratuity. We will be doing some role-playing in which we will pretend that we are patrons at a restaurant and we have to figure out how to pay our bill.
ELA: We have a lot going on in ELA currently. We should be finishing up the book, Because of Mr. Terupt this week. It is such a great book! Late in the week, I plan to introduce one of our anchor texts, Becoming Naomi Leon. We will continue working on our culture projects this week. We will be discussing vocabulary and how words/phrases come about. We will do this by using the book, For Good Measure. In citizenship this week our topics will be considering the other person's feelings (empathy), how to talk and listen…communicating our feelings, accepting outcomes and making up with friends. We will also begin to discuss the vocabulary from the Where I'm From poem by George Ella Lyon.
Science: This week in science we will be completing our layers of the atmosphere project. Hopefully, these will be completed by mid-week. We will then be moving on to air, air temperature and air pressure. We will also discuss how air occupies space. We will be doing at least two experiments this week in science. :-)
That's it for now. Please contact me with any questions.
Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick
***Graded papers will be coming home tomorrow in your child's take-home folder.***
Here's what's going on in 5B this week:
Word Study: We are on part I of the Open Syllable type. The words for this week have been posted to the blog. We will be discussing word meanings, diagramming and separating the words into syllables. The test will be on Friday.
Math Accel: This week we will begin studying multiplication of decimals, powers of 10 and exponents. We finished our mini grocery store project last week. Included in the lessons this week is another project. This project is fairly lengthy so we will most likely be working on it most of the week. It includes creating a detailed menu with prices, adding and subtracting decimals, multiplying decimals and adding taxes and gratuity. We will be doing some role-playing in which we will pretend that we are patrons at a restaurant and we have to figure out how to pay our bill.
ELA: We have a lot going on in ELA currently. We should be finishing up the book, Because of Mr. Terupt this week. It is such a great book! Late in the week, I plan to introduce one of our anchor texts, Becoming Naomi Leon. We will continue working on our culture projects this week. We will be discussing vocabulary and how words/phrases come about. We will do this by using the book, For Good Measure. In citizenship this week our topics will be considering the other person's feelings (empathy), how to talk and listen…communicating our feelings, accepting outcomes and making up with friends. We will also begin to discuss the vocabulary from the Where I'm From poem by George Ella Lyon.
Science: This week in science we will be completing our layers of the atmosphere project. Hopefully, these will be completed by mid-week. We will then be moving on to air, air temperature and air pressure. We will also discuss how air occupies space. We will be doing at least two experiments this week in science. :-)
That's it for now. Please contact me with any questions.
Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick
Saturday, September 6, 2014
5B Activities for the Week of September 8, 2014
Hello Parents and Students!
Here are the reminders for this week:
1. There is NO SCHOOL for students this Monday. It is Building Articulation Day. Enjoy the extra day off!
2. Student picture day is this Wednesday, September 10th. Please return your picture form if you plan to order pictures.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study: This week we will study the Vowel Consonant "e" syllable. (VC-e) The words have been posted to the blog. The students will need to know how to spell, diagram and separate the words into syllables. This week they will also need to know the meaning of each word. We will review all of this in class. The test will be on Friday.
Math Accel: This week in MA we will be working on adding and subtracting decimals. To help the students better understand this skill, they will be doing a small project. Towards the end of the week, we will be moving onto multiplication of decimals.
English Language Arts (ELA): We will continue to discuss identity by doing a close read of the song, True Colors by Cyndi Lauper. The students will then be introduced to the poem, Where I'm From. We will analyze and discuss this poem in great detail as it is quite difficult. If time allows, we will begin writing our own Where I'm From poems. This activity may go into next week. In Citizenship, we will be discussing comfortable and uncomfortable feelings and controlling our emotions. Our read-aloud book continues to be Because of Mr. Terupt and it is getting very interesting now. We will also go to the computer lab and create Wordles about ourselves.
Science: Our Soda/Mentos experiments were awesome! We learned all about the Scientific Method and then tested our hypotheses. Ask your child which soda exploded the highest! This week in science we will be studying weather tools and we will make an anemometer. Late in the week we will begin learning about the layers of the atmosphere.
That's it for now! If you have any questions or concerns, just email me.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Bennick
Here are the reminders for this week:
1. There is NO SCHOOL for students this Monday. It is Building Articulation Day. Enjoy the extra day off!
2. Student picture day is this Wednesday, September 10th. Please return your picture form if you plan to order pictures.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study: This week we will study the Vowel Consonant "e" syllable. (VC-e) The words have been posted to the blog. The students will need to know how to spell, diagram and separate the words into syllables. This week they will also need to know the meaning of each word. We will review all of this in class. The test will be on Friday.
Math Accel: This week in MA we will be working on adding and subtracting decimals. To help the students better understand this skill, they will be doing a small project. Towards the end of the week, we will be moving onto multiplication of decimals.
English Language Arts (ELA): We will continue to discuss identity by doing a close read of the song, True Colors by Cyndi Lauper. The students will then be introduced to the poem, Where I'm From. We will analyze and discuss this poem in great detail as it is quite difficult. If time allows, we will begin writing our own Where I'm From poems. This activity may go into next week. In Citizenship, we will be discussing comfortable and uncomfortable feelings and controlling our emotions. Our read-aloud book continues to be Because of Mr. Terupt and it is getting very interesting now. We will also go to the computer lab and create Wordles about ourselves.
Science: Our Soda/Mentos experiments were awesome! We learned all about the Scientific Method and then tested our hypotheses. Ask your child which soda exploded the highest! This week in science we will be studying weather tools and we will make an anemometer. Late in the week we will begin learning about the layers of the atmosphere.
That's it for now! If you have any questions or concerns, just email me.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Bennick
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