Time for Kids Homework

Today a new Time for Kids magazine went home. I reviewed with the class the expectation for the work that they turn in and we worked together to write a reading response (below) and the Retell Summary (below). Only 4 students completed last week's assignment, and I hope that today's review with the class today will help them with this assignment so I have more students successfully completing their homework. Please read the example below of a week's worth of Time for Kids homework! This week they will be reading about Hurricane Sandy and other current events topics. The homework is due NEXT Friday, November 16th.

Brianna Njaa

Time For Kids

Reading Responses

Friday

11/2/12

A Surfer’s Story

When the article said that they are making a movie about surfing legend Jay Moriarity, I was thinking that he must have really liked surfing and was really good at it. This helps me understand that if you work really hard at something that you really like people will notice.

Monday

11/5/12

Free-Falling

When the article said daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumped from 24 miles above the ground, I was thinking that he must be really brave and have a lot of confidence that he would land safely. This helps me understand that he put a lot of thought into everything that could go wrong and figured out ways to keep himself safe during the jump.

Tuesday

11/6/12

Chess Champions

When the article said students whose families don’t have a lot of money were the most successful middle school chess team in the nation, I was thinking they must have put a lot of time and effort into learning the game Chess. This helps me understand that it doesn’t matter who you are, anyone can work hard and make great accomplishments.

Wednesday

11/7/12

Counting the Votes

When the article said the first candidate to 270 electoral college votes will become president, I was thinking that nobody knows who will go to the White House before they count the votes. This helps me understand why they have to try so hard to get people to vote for them.

Thursday

11/8/12

Good Enough to Eat

The Time for Kids article, Good Enough to Eat, by Suzanne Zimbler, explains how bugs are good for people and have lots of vitamins and minerals in them. In the beginning, a bug scientist traveled the world discovering how people eat bugs. Next, the article says in 2050 the need for meat will be greater and we should start eating bugs. Then, the article says bugs might be the food of the future because they can live off of our scraps. Finally,  the article says there are restaurants in New York that has fried grasshopper tacos and 10 – 15 people order it per day. I am thinking that some people should try new things and start eating bugs because they have protein, vitamins and minerals.

Friday November 9th

Picture day!!! These are for individual pictures not whole class.

Time for Kids is due!!! Please bring back your homework Friday morning!

Today our Math homework was about measuring angles. Students know that a circle has 360 degrees. They also know that a regular triangle has 60 degree angles and a regular hexagon has 120 degree angles. A right angle is 90 degrees.

This information will help find the measures of the angles. Let me know if you have questions!

Wednesday

Today we started reviewing what we know about angles. Kids remembered that there are kinds of angles called acute, obtuse and right angles. They recalled that a circle has 360 degrees in it. We then used this information to start finding the degrees of angles in regular shapes without the use of a protractor! 

A homework page did not go home today, but you can ask your child to find angles around the house and identify if they are acute, obtuse or right angles.

In Reading, students wrote an opinion paragraph on Juvenile Boot Camps that ties in with the plot of the book Holes. I am really impressed with the paragraphs I've read so far! Ask them what their opinion is on this topic and why!

TFK Homework

A new Time For Kids magazine was sent home yesterday, Friday, November 2nd. Students will respond to their articles on notebook paper (or typed if they prefer) and return their work to me next week. I had 8 students complete their homework for TFK this first time around. I'm hopeful that number will grow!

Please let me know if you have any questions! brianna_njaa@msvl.k12.wa.us

Unit 2 Math Test

We will be having our math test covering Unit 2 tomorrow morning. 

The test will include:

*Adding and subtracting decimals and whole numbers

*Using the Partial-Sums Method and Trade First Subtraction

*Multiplying decimals and whole numbers using the Partial-Products Method and the Lattice Method

*Using Magnitude Estimates when multiplying whole numbers and decimals

Students are doing a GREAT job of working will all of these skills, I'm excited them to show me what they can do on tomorrow's test!

Picture Day

Picture day is coming up on Friday, November 9. That is next week!! Picture order forms will be sent home on Nov. 1. If you want to order pictures (and why wouldn't you, these kids are adorable!) make sure they are back as soon as possible.

New CIA Unit

This year, the 5th grade team is trying on the Reading curriculum, CIA, created by a local Washington teacher. CIA teaches students the Reading strategies of Collect, Interpret and Apply. We finished our first unit that centered around the Realistic Fiction - Adventure book Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret. I am so proud of the hard work put in by my students and I can't wait to see their new skills continue to develop as we read the next book in the curriculum, Holes by Luis Sachar!

Conference Week

This coming week is Fall conferences. I can't wait to meet the families of my wonderful students and be able to tell them how much I am enjoying the group I have this year!