Homework

= = = = =5/11/10 Type type type type type...= =5/10/10 Email Morah Gannon with ideas (details) for the SMART Board lesson contest.= =5/1 - 5/6 Type type type! We will count complete paragraphs again on Friday.= = = =4/29/10 Research Research Research= =4/23/10 Remember to work on your research paper this weekend.=

=4/21/10 Work on your research paper. Z.B. work on your enrichment project tonight instead of your research paper.= = = =4/15/10 Look at the pictures Julianna shared with us. Enjoy the weather!=

Reminder **April 16 - Friday - Printed copy of your research paper which will include the cover, outline, and introduction.**

=* Special Event **Friday (2:00) second graders will visit our room so you can read your fables to them. :)**=

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=**4/14/10 Study for the math test. If you feel you are ready for the test you should work on your research paper.**=

=**4/12/10 Do math study sheet for the math test which will be this Thursday. Wednesday your human body introduction is due.**=

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=**Exciting April News!!!!**=

== **Julianna Scheiman will be visiting our classroom using Skype on April 7th in the afternoon for a test call, and then she will teach her lesson on Friday April 9th in the afternoon.** ==

**School Calendar**
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 * http://www.hdsaa.org/calendar.cfm?MonthChange=Forward&LastDate=03/26/2010

Human Body Research Paper Schedule
April 14 - Wednesday - Introduction Due April 16 - Friday - Printed copy of your research paper which will include the cover, outline, and introduction. April 23 - Friday - Notes due (30 cards)**
 * April 12 - Monday - Outline Due


 * 3/25/10 Write in your fifth grade journal. (suggested topics: sports, friends, Molly the Owl, Thursday Torah reading, Hebrew Day School Student Council, our Wiki, the Passover play, electric projects, Purim, enrichment projects, fables, research papers, H.D.S. Times, yearbook pages. ######## Late homework - Due tomorrow - Finish scanning your book. Check your wiki page to make sure all the pages of your book are there. - Bring in memory sticks so you can make the final edits on your yearbook page.##########

3/24/10 Finish putting your fable on your page.

3/23/10 Work on your Wiki. Be prepared to share your Wiki on Wednesday.

3/22/10 Prepare reading log so you can hand it in Tuesday. Finish your yearbook page and give it to Morah Gannon first thing Tuesday morning.

3/15/10 Finish your fable so we can glue it Tuesday.

3/10 - 3/11 Complete work in your Friday Folder, and have your parents sign it. Please ask your parents to edit your yearbook page with you one more time after you have made corrections. Go to the MACUL page on our Wiki and add your questions and comments.

3/9/10 Work for 1/2 hour on your Friday Folder, and be sure to bring the Friday Folder back to school on Wednesday.

3/8/10 Monday Finish fraction math sheets, read, and please go to our Distance Learning with Julianna and add comments or question. If you have not shown your parents our Distance Learning page please show it to them.

3/3/10 Wednesday No homework! Please enjoy the nice weather.

3/2/10 Tuesday

MS, AB, ZB respond to Julianna on our Wiki discussion pages. Work on your fable. Remember to bring 2 permission slips to Morah Gannon tomorrow.

3/1/10 Monday

ZB - (Feel better soon.) Kids handed in their yearbook pages and their Friday Folders. Read "Fair Weather" pages 31- 35.

MK, JM, KE, DZ respond to Julianna on our Wiki discussion pages.

Work on enrichment math.**
 * **Reading Logs are Due Tuesday 3/2/10.**


 * 2/18/10 No homework.

2/16/10 Work on your yearbook page.

2/15/10 Work on your yearbook page. Pictures added to the page due Tuesday. Typing due Thursday. Edit your fable with an adult.

2/12/10 If your outline for your fable has been approved work on writing your fable tonight. If you are not approved to start writing your fable work on your enrichment. Be sure to bring your work to school so you can show it to me.

2/9/10 No homework. If Ann Arbor Schools close tomorrow, HDS will also be closed. KE bring in your map. DZ bring in your reading log. Enjoy the snow!

2/3/10 Talk to your parents about pictures you can use to put on your yearbook pages. The pictures must be brought to school in jpg form and they are due next Friday. (2/12/10) . Remember that you may need to put extra time into your enrichment project if you are preparing a presentation. Homework - Finish your map- Due Friday - 2/5/10 (Don't forget the key is also due on Friday.

2/2/10 Enrichment 1/2 hours. Be sure you are ready for your scheduled enrichment presentation. 1/28/10 Work on your key for your map or globe.

1/27/10 Read the science book you checked out today. Be sure to record what you have read on your reading log. Enrichment math 1/2 hours.

1/26/10 Work for one half hour on your map before Thursday. Go to our middle school blog and make your first comment before Friday.

1/25/10 Finish your fifth grade journal. Finish your static experiment notes. Math sheet 15 minutes. Study for fraction definition test.

1/22/10 Show your parents your work. Next week you will have a binder and backpack test (Tuesday) and fraction vocabulary test ( Tuesday). Have a great weekend!!!!

1/21/10 Work on your enrichment for 1/2 hour tonight.

1/20/10 Write the fraction definitions you have in your math journal.

1/19/10 No homework unless you have a job to work on for the Student Council.

1/11/10 Finish final editing on your research papers. If your research paper is done work on materials for your display board.

1/4/10 We are going to have a very busy few weeks as we prepare for the Hebrew Day School Language Arts Fair, which is will be at 7 p.m. on January 14th. It is important that you keep up with the homework and classwork so you can display all of your work at the Fair. Your research paper is due this Friday, January 8th. We will work on your display boards at school.

Homework tonight... 1) Research Paper 2) Country Brochure

12/17/09 Research paper - type type type type.

No homework ====== December 16th.

December 11, 2009 * No Friday Folder* Enjoy the holiday!!!

12/10/09 Start typing your bibliography.

12/9/09 Continue working on your research paper. You will begin typing your bibliography on Thursday.

New math web sites to try. Thank you Barb and JM!

@http://www.321know.com/grade5.htm

@http://eclassroom.110mb.com/games.htm

12/8/09 - 12/15/09

If you do not have 8 pages typed you should work on your research paper first.**

The math test will be Thursday December 17th not December 11th.**
12/3 Study for math test. Work on your island map.

12/2 Study for math test. The math test will be next December 11th.

12/1 Student Council

Happy Thanksgiving

Remember to complete your Friday Folder.

11/16 - 11/19 Every night this week - 1/2 hour of research. It is important that you practice working for a solid 1/2 hour. Be sure you have a place to study where you will not be distracted.

11/9 - 11/12 Every night this week - 1/2 hour of research. It is important that you practice working for a solid 1/2 hour. Be sure you have a place to study where you will not be distracted.

11/5/09 Finish your friendly letter. Due at 8:10 am Friday. Remember you need to visit the library.

11/4/09 Work on your friendly letter, and make a date with your parents.

KE - We hope you feel better soon. We started taking notes for the country research paper today. When you feel up to it you can call MG for instructions. Work for Hebrew is being sent home with your brother.

11/3/09 Work on your friendly letter for 1/2 hour. Did you make a date with a parent?

11/2/09 Start your letter to a friend. Remember it should be in friendly letter format. First draft due Friday. KE - (Get better soon!) I introduced how to write the country research paper. You will find the instruction on your desk when you return. We are going to take notes in school this week.


 * Make a date with your parents to visit the library to pick materials for your research paper. You must come to school with materials on Monday November 9th. Be sure to have your materials every day!!!!!!

10/29/09 Finish your second draft of your speech. Study for the spelling test, which will be given on Friday.

10/27/09 Hi DZ! We are sorry you are sick, and hope you will be better soon. Today the first draft of the Civil War speech was due, which you can hand in when you get back. We wrote in our fifth grade journal (mealworms, Civil War speech, enrichment, center, presentation). You can select the topic that you want to add to your journal. We also read pages in our social studies book (pages 232 - 237) and answered the section review questions. Tonight kids will be reading their speeches to their parents or other adult. They will be using their comments and my comments to edit their speech. You (DZ) can always work on your enrichment at home, and catch up on classwork during centers.

10/26/09 Work on your speech. Remember that your speech is due on Wednesday.

10/22/09 Study for the spelling test that will be given on Friday. Work on your speech! The first full draft of your speech is due on Wednesday. You will be graded on this draft so be sure you edit it first.

10/19/09 Work on you Civil War speech. Finish your fourth paragraph. Hand in your four paragraphs tomorrow. I highly recommend you read your first draft to an adult.

10/15/09 M.S. and MK bring an apple. N.H. finish typing bio-poem book. DZ, KE enrichment math. J work on writing enrichment, Z enrichment project, A enrichment project.

10/13/09 Edit your introduction to your speech, and begin writing the second paragraph of your speech. Find a red shirt that you can wear to school on Monday October 19th.

10/12/09 Work on your enrichment for at least one half hour. If you have a writing project for enrichment it is due on Thursday. It will be marked down one full grade for every day it is late.

Reminders:

OCTOBER 19 Mon Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan/Rainbow Day, 8:30 am (4th grade presents) Fifth grader should wear red!

27 Tues School Picture Day