Biology February 1-5, 2016

*REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR CHAPEL UNIFORMS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1!

This week we will continue to learn about mollusks - what fun!  Monday we will observe the anatomy of the oyster and dissect some fresh oysters for a first hand look.  (Clams were not available!)

History for Week of February 1-5, 2016

This week in History we will be reading Chapters 33 and 34 in class and Chapters 35 and 36 at home.

Reading for Week of February 1-5, 2016

This week in Reading we will read Blood on the River Chapters 20 and 21 in class and Chapters 22 & 23 at home.

Upcoming Events

February 5- Gala

February 9- Shrove Tuesday (Dinner at Church)

February 10- Ash Wednesday/ Beginning of Lent

February 12- Valentine Card Exchange

February 15- Student Holiday, Building Closed

February 16- Parent Conferences will be scheduled

Math for Week of February 1-5, 2016

Monday- Section 3.4  Common Factors and Greatest Common Factors (GCF)

Tuesday- Section 3.4  Common Factors and Greatest Common Factors (GCF)

Wednesday- Section 3.5 Common Multiples and Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)

Thursday- Section 3.5 Common Multiples and Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)

Friday- Study Guide for Section 3

Monday- Test 

Tuesday- Go over test and do test corrections

Greatest Common Factors

Lowest Common Multiple

Bible and Latin: Feb 1-5

Memory Verse: Recite on Tuesday, February 9th

John 2:3-4

When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.”

Bible

Tuesday - Review for Jesus Calls Andrew and Simon

Wednesday - Fishing Game

Thursday - Jesus Calls Andrew and Simon Quiz

Latin 

Monday - Primer A, Page 67 is due to me on Monday, we will check our work and make corrections. Remember that nouns and adjectives have to match in GENDER, NUMBER and CASE
Create flash cards for chapter 11, I will check that these are done on Friday.
Friday - I will check that you have made your flashcards for chapter 11, a card for each vocabulary word and for your 3 ending chats for Mas, Fem, and Neuter. We will then review one another in class for your quiz on Monday the 8th

ELA February 1-5

This week we are starting the "Grammar Voyage" textbook and workbook. We will be discussing nouns (proper, common, plural, singular and possessive), introducing subject, object, demonstrative, possessive, and interrogative pronouns.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Lambden Brown

Bible, Latin: January 25-29

Apologies 5th graders and parents! I realize I have been posting your work on my 4th grade blog and forgetting to post it here! Ms. B had a brain lapse! I'm sorry!

Memory Verse: Recite on Tuesday, February 2nd

Mark 1:19-20

As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.

Bible
Tuesday- Recite memory verse: Matt. 4:18-19; Jesus Calls Andrew and Simon Peter, read card and complete corresponding worksheet
Wednesday - Bible Reading worksheet
Thursday -

Latin 
Monday -We will check our work that you were to have completed on Ch. 10 and complete the rest of the review
Friday - Chapter 11, read the vocabulary and grammar and complete the activity page in your workbooks.

Biology January 25-29, 2016

Great Job, Biology Students!  You are working so hard as we learn about invertebrates - even flatworms, round worms, and segmented worms!  You are beginning to verbalize your observations from "oh, wow!" to "I never knew there was so much to a worm!"  You are using scientific vocabulary with ease and even getting over the "gross" factor!

This week we will begin to learn about Echinodermata (spiny-skinned invertebrates such as starfish) and you will be fascinated by the incredible beauty as well as the amazing body structure.

We will not have a quiz this week but will keep up with new vocabulary.

History for Week of January 25-29, 2016

In History this week we will read and discuss

In Class-

Chapter 29 and 30 on Monday and Tuesday


At home

Chapter 31 and 32 by Friday.

Reading for Week of January 25-29, 2016

This week in Reading we will read

In Class-

Chapters 16 and 17 on Monday and Tuesday

At Home-

Chapters 18 and 19 by Friday

Upcoming Events-

January 26- CAC Grades 3-5 Magic Theater 10:30

January 29- 100^th Day of School

February 5- Gala

February 9- Shrove Tuesday (Dinner at Church)

February 10- Ash Wednesday/ Beginning of Lent

February 12- Valentine Card Exchange

February 15- Student Holiday, Building Closed

February 16- Parent Conferences will be scheduled

Bring in your Box Tops- Pizza Party for the winner!

Math for Week of January 25-29, 2016

In Math this week we will on

Monday- Section 3.3 Prime Factorization- Exercises 1-10

Tuesday- Section 3.3 Prime Factorization- Exercises 1-10

Wednesday- Section 3.4 Find Common Factors and Greatest Common Factors Exercises 1-11

Thursday-Section 3.4 Find Common Factors and Greatest Common Factors Exercises 1-11

Friday Lesson 3.5 Common Multiples and LCM

ELA 1/25-1/29

This week we will be revisiting complex sentences and starting compound-complex sentences. We were having trouble understanding these sentences last week. I would like to revisit them to make sure everyone masters them. This will also be the last week we will be using "Grammar Town". We will begin "Grammar Voyage" in February. Hooray!

Stay warm!

Mrs. Lambden Brown

History for Week of January 18-22, 2016

For History this week, we will read

In class- Chapters 23-25

At Home- Chapters 26-28 by Friday

Reading for Week of January 18-22, 2016

For Reading this week we will read

In Class- Chapters 12 and 13

At Home students will read Chapters 14 & 15 by Thursday

Upcoming Events

January 18- MLK Holiday building Closed

January 22- Donuts for Dad

January 26- CAC Grades 3-5 Magic Theater 10:30

January 29- 100^th Day of School

February 5- Gala

February 9- Shrove Tuesday (Dinner at Church)

February 10- Ash Wednesday/ Beginning of Lent

February 12- Valentine Card Exchange

February 15- Student Holiday, Building Closed

February 16- Parent Conferences will be scheduled

Math for Week of January 18- 22, 2016

This week in Math we will on

Monday- No School

Tuesday- Complete a Study Guide

Wednesday- Take Test of Section 3

Thursday- Go over test and do test corrections

Friday- Section 4.1 Models of Fractions

Fractional Models

Biology January 11 - 15, 2016

This week we are going to learn about flatworms (planaria, tapeworms, and flukes) - how exciting is that!!  On Friday, you will take a vocabulary test on the following words;
porifera
sessile
motile
bilateral symmetry
radial symmetry
asymmetrical
regeneration
cnidarians
medusa
polyp
tentacles
nematacyst

Also, be prepared to write a paragraph describing a sponge, jellyfish, coral, or sea anemone.

History for Week of January 11-15, 2016

This week we will change how we are doing our Reading and History.

We will be doing History on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  This week we will read Chapters 16-22 in A History of Us Book 2 Making Thirteen Colonies by Joy Hakim.

Please have children read these chapter before Wednesday.  We will discuss these chapter on Wednesday.

On Thursday and Friday we will attempt to build a replica of a New England village to include Meeting House, the Inn, the Mill, School, furniture maker, copper smith and black smith, the stocks, the well, and the common.  Wish us luck!

Reading for Week of January 11- 15, 2016

This week we will change how we are doing our Reading and History. This week we will read Chapters 9-12 in Blood on the River James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone.  We will discuss these chapters all at one time.  Please have students read them on Monday evening.  Monday we will create of map of Jamestown and write in our journals.

Reading will be done on Mondays and Tuesdays and History will be done on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Monday night, please have students read Chapters 9- 12 for discussion on Tuesday. On Monday we will create a map of Jamestown and write in our Journals.

Don't worry about History for Monday or Tuesday.

For our Gala Project, we are decorating a bookcase.  If your child has old books they don't read anymore and you would like to donate them for the project, please send them to school.  These books will be taken apart and the pages will be used as decorations on the bookcase.  If your child can not bare to part with their books, I certainly understand.

Bookcase

Upcoming Events

January 18- MLK Holiday building Closed

January 22- Donuts for Dad

January 26- CAC Grades 3-5 Magic Theater 10:30

January 29- 100^th Day of School

February 5- Gala

February 9- Shrove Tuesday (Dinner at Church)

February 10- Ash Wednesday/ Beginning of Lent

February 12- Valentine Card Exchange

February 15- Student Holiday, Building Closed

February 16- Parent Conferences will be scheduled

Math for Week of January 11- 15, 2016

In Math we will on:

Monday- Complete Chapter Review

Tuesday- Complete a Study Guide

Wednesday- Take Chapter 2 Test

Thursday- Go over test and do test corrections

Friday- Lesson 4-1 Decimal Place Value

Decimal Place Value

Bible and Latin: Jan 11-15

Memory Verse: To be recited on Tuesday the 19th 

Matthew 4:3-4

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”  But he answered, “It is written,

‘One does not live by bread alone,

    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Bible
Tuesday - Temptation of Christ, read introduction and complete corresponding worksheet
Wednesday - Bible reading on the Temptation, complete worksheet
Thursday - Work on finishing our Jesus Ministry Window project.

No, there are not! 

Latin 
Monday - Chapter 9 Quiz, study pages 52-53 in preparation and chant your 2nd Declension Neuter Endings
Friday - Chapter 10 Review over chapters 6-9. To be completed by next Monday for easy 100. We will check and make corrections.

Reading for Week of January 4-8, 2016

We will begin reading a new book this week.  It is Blood on the River James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone.

We will create a journal to use as a diary and other assignments.

Journal

History for Week of January 4-8, 2016

In History we will read 3 chapters a night in our new A History of Us Book- Making Thirteen Colonies.  The students will recap what they have read and color and label a map of Virginia, and create a map of Jamestown.  They will create a cartoon of Indians and colonists and create a pamphlet to encourage more colonists to come to America.

Jamestown

Cartoon

For week of January 4-8, 2016

This week in Math we will work on

Monday and Tuesday- with prime factorization.

Wednesday and Thursday- with  common factors, greatest common denominators.

Thursday and Friday- with multiples and lowest common multiple

Prime Factorization

Greatest Common Factors

Lowest Common Multiples