Dec. 14

*Exhibition is Wednesday night from 6:30-7:30.  Students must be in my classroom by 6:15 and parents will go to the Cafeteria while we set up.  Students should be dressed nicely (no jeans or tennis shoes).

*Holiday Party: This Thursday from 1:30-2:30.  We will watch the movie Elf and have some snacks!  I can only have 3 parents attend, so please let me know if you plan on attending (first come first serve), but since it is only a movie and snacks I do not need that much assistance, so please do not feel pressure to help out!  You have already been so gracious donating the snacks for the party.

*Camp Forms: Camp forms went home last week.  I have received a small handful of the permission forms back.  If your child has to take medication while they attend camp, the second page must be filled out and signed by your doctor, otherwise your child will not be allowed to take their medication.  I know this step can take some time, so please let me know if that is the case.

*Redos and extra credit due Wednesday!!!!

Math: Area, Perimeter, and Volume.  Here are a couple of videos on how to calculate volume: Volume as Base Area times Height 

Understanding Volume as Cubic Units

Reading: Inferences

Exhibition projects presentations to two other classrooms in the school as a rehearsal for Wednesday night!

Science: Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition.  

Social Studies: U.S. Government

·      Articles of Confederation

·      Bill of Rights

·      Constitution

Dec. 7

*Progress Reports will go home Tuesday.

*Fifth Grade Camp: We are going to Camp January 20-22. The fifth graders will be split up between Camp Olympia and Forest Glen. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to be outdoors, meet new students, and learn wonderful things about science and nature! Permission slips will go home in Tuesday folders this week. Please read the information carefully and let me know if you have any questions. Here is the website for extra information: http://www.hisdoec.com/aboutus.html

Here are the objectives for this week:

Math: Measurement conversions

Area, Perimeter, and Volume

Area and perimeter of quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, parallelograms)

Volume of Cubes and Rectangular prisms.

Reading: Inferences with reading and using text evidence to support them

Oral presentations for Exhibition

Spelling test this Friday!

Science: Types of Landforms and how they were created.

Social Studies: Articles of Confederation and the Bill of Rights.

Nov. 30

Good morning my kiddos! I hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving with your friends and family, and are now ready to finish off the semester with a bang!

*IOWA testing will be held on the mornings of Dec. 3rd, 4th, and 7th. Please make sure your child arrives to school on time!

*This week we are beginning our Exhibition products. We will be meeting every afternoon with the groups so they can have plenty of time to design and create their products. Please check with your child and see if they are responsible for bringing any supplies for their group.

Here are the objectives for the week:

Math: Tuesday: Final test on Multiplying and Dividing fractions and whole numbers

 Wednesday: Converting units of measurement within Customary and Metric systems (NO converting across different systems (only customary units to customary units and metric units to metric units))

 Rule of Thumb: If you are converting from a large unit to a Small unit...Multiply! If you are converting from a Small Unit to a large unit...Divide!

Reading: Review of reading comprehension skills

Spelling

NO Wordly Wise!

Science: Wednesday- unit test on Forms of Energy.

The students have a study guide with them as well as their Science Journals and their Science Textbooks. Feel free to review any videos from previous posts on Forms of Energy.

Social Studies: Bill of Rights

Spelling Bee!

Roberts Spelling Bee Information

Students in first grade through fifth grade are invited to participate in the Roberts Elementary preliminary grade-level spelling bee. Each grade-level bee will be held before school on December 9^th at 7:15 am in the designated grade-level classroom (see below). This is a student-only event. Parents will be invited to the school-wide spelling bee on January 7^th.

First	Boston
Second	Cornelius
Third	Engen
Fourth	Heemer
Fifth	Ruff

Students interested in participating in the class bees should sign up with their teacher no later than Monday, November 30^th by the end of the school day. Your child’s teacher has already given copies of the spelling lists to each interested child so that they can begin studying.

On testing day, please have your child arrive between 6:55 am and 7:10 am- late students will not be permitted into the classroom. 20 words will be selected from the designated grade level spelling lists and the participating students will write the words on a sheet of paper. When the test concludes, students will be escorted to their designated morning arrival areas.

Administrators will then grade each test and winners will be selected based on the highest amount of words spelled correctly. There is a possibility that more than one student from each grade level will advance to the school-level bee. Each grade-level winner will then receive a spelling packet of words to study and prepare for the school-wide bee which will be held on January 7^th. Winners of the school-wide Roberts spelling bee will then qualify to participate in the district-level bee in February.

If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Turek at mturek@houstonisd.org

November 16

*Early Dismissal on Wednesday: Kids will be dismissed at 12:30 pm. Please make sure you have a way for your child to be picked up early that day.

*CoGAT test this Tuesday. This is the 30 minute timed test that will help identify your child for the GT/Vanguard programs for Middle Schools that offer a Gifted program. Please make sure your child is at school on time, we will begin at 8:15.

Here are this week's objectives:

Math: Multiplication of fractions and whole numbers

Thursday - dividing whole numbers by unit fractions and unit fractions divided by whole numbers

Visuals of dividing whole numbers and fractions
Keep Change Flip...dividing fractions!

Reading: Poetry unit. The students are busy understanding all of the elements of Poetry and applying those elements as they dissect a poem. This week, the students will choose two forms of poetry and create their own poems.

Test on the elements of Poetry and Figurative language on Friday.

Wordly Wise and Spelling Test this week. *Don't forget for Wordly Wise: go to www.quizlet.com type in Wordly Wise Book 5 Lesson 12 for extra practice on this week's words!

Science: This week we are wrapping up our unit on Light Energy! Feel free to review any videos on light energy from previous Blog posts.

Social Studies: Revolutionary War Test on Tuesday. The students have a study guide and their Social Studies journals to study from.

November 9

The Fun Run has been postponed to Monday, so please wear your fun-run shirt!

Next week’s objectives:

Math: Order of Operations (without exponents) PEMDAS Test on WEDNESDAY!

ü  On Thursday, we start multiplying fractions

Reading: Poetry

ü  Poetry Project (pick a poem, analyze, and memorize to present)

ü  Poetry Hwk Every day!

ü  Wordly Wise and Spelling Test this week.

Science: Forms of energy

ü  Sound Energy

ü  Light Energy

ü  Go to the Energy and Light section, watch the videos titled Heat, Light, Light Absorption/Reflection/Refraction. Science Study Jams

Social Studies/Exhibition: End of Revolutionary War

ü  Test on Revolutionary War on Thursday

ü  Look over class notes on timeline and key people

Exhibition:  We are done with our research, are collecting the Glossary terms, and writing our 5 paragraph research essays.

Week of November 2

Parents,

Thank you again for supporting our school through the SPARK Fun Run! This weekend we are issuing a special challenge. Visit funrun.com to see the bonus prize your child can earn simply by getting a pledge this weekend only.

 And if you’re looking for an easy way to ask for a pledge, upload a photo of your student to funrun.com to personalize their own Student Star video. It’s a fun movie trailer starring your child! You can share it on email or social media to ask for a pledge.

Thank you again for helping our class.

PS - If you haven’t registered your child on funrun.com, use our school registration code: 558259

 

Next week’s objectives:

Math: Order of Operations (without exponents) PEMDAS

Order of Operations: Math Antics Order of Operations

Reading: Historical Fiction Novels Projects Due Wednesday, November 4^th.

-Review noun, verb, adjective

Wordly Wise and Spelling Test this week.

Science: Forms of energy

- Thermal Energy
- Light Energy
Study Jams Go to the Energy section and watch Light and Heat.

Social Studies/Exhibition: Revolution

-Founding Fathers

-I would recommend watching the brainpop on the Revolution ;)

 

I am not sure about the Fun Run and Field Day Schedule on Friday, but I will update as soon as I find out! If any parents are willing to bring in a class set (25 students) of waters, juices boxes, and a snack (goldfish, crackers, fruit snacks, granola bars) please email me! Thank you so much!

Science Homework- 10/29

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/

Helpful to study WordlyWise!

https://quizlet.com/1752600/wordly-wise-book-5-lesson-9-flash-cards/

October 26

*Please register your child for the Fun Run at www.funrun.com  The student code is 558259.  It would be SOOO great to have 100% of the students registered by Monday!  We kick off the Fun Run with a pep rally on Monday afternoon.  We are trying to raise money for our playground Spark Park... the school wide goal is $55,000!  

Don’t forget half day on Wednesday!

Math: Addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY

-We will begin Order of Operations (without exponents)

 Order of Operations: Math Antics Order of Operations 

Reading:  Historical Fiction Novels.  

Wordly Wise and Spelling Test this week.

Science: Forms of energy

-Electricity and Thermal Energy

-open vs. closed circuits

-parallel vs series circuits

Study Jams Go to the Energy section and watch Electricity and Heat.

Social Studies/Exhibition: This week we will be spending our Social Studies time conducting research for our Exhibition project.  These are real world problems and they fit under the parameters of Social studies.  I encourage you to ask your children about how their research is going and what have they learned so far!

October 19

*If your child has any re-do assignments to complete, please remind your child to have them turned in by this Friday!

*Next Monday, the 26th, we will kick off our amazing Fundraiser to help raise money to renovate our Spark Park Playground! The students will participate on a Fun Run on November 6th. Students will try to find sponsors for their Fun Run efforts. Your child can register online at https://funrun.com/a/s/yO3CQDvV or try www.funrun.com each child's student code for registering is 558259.
Our school wide goal is to raise $55,000...together we can do it!

Here are this week's objectives:

Math: Dividing Decimals.

Unit test on Multiplication and Division of Decimals on Tuesday

Starting on Wednesday- addition and subtraction of fractions with different denominators. Here are some great videos for review of that objective:
Visual Model of Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Adding and Subtracting Fractions Math Antics

Reading: Historical Fiction

-Plot structure and types of Conflicts

-Past and present tense verbs

Wordly Wise and Spelling tests this week!  

Science: Forms of Energy unit.

-Mechanical, Electricity, Electromagnetic (Light), Thermal, Sound, Chemical, and Nuclear

REMEMBER!!! Energy doesn't go anywhere...it just takes different forms!

What is Energy?

Social Studies: Causes of the American Revolution

Exhibition: This week our wonderful University of Houston Mentors start with us! The kids will continue to conduct research on their topics.

Oct. 12

*Exhibition topics: Tomorrow I will send home a permission slip for you to look over and sign.  It will have the topic that was assigned to your child for Exhibition.  Please make sure to sign it and return it on Tuesday.  

*International Festival: This Friday we have an altered schedule day.  The students will be released at 12:30.  The International Festival starts at 3:00.  I hope to see you all there!

Objectives:

Math: Dividion of decimals by whole numbers (create area models and pictorial models to show the quotients of decimals and whole numbers)  

Shading Model Divide Decimals by Whole Numbers

Drawing a model for Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers

*There will be a Unit test on Multiplication and Division of Decimals on Monday, October 19th.

Reading: Historical fiction novels

-Author's Purpose

-Wordly Wise test and Spelling Test this week

Science:  Alternative Energy: Geothermal, Solar, Wind, Biomass/Biofuels, Hydroelectric.  

Check out: Science Study Jams Go to Energy Light and Sound: watch Renewable Fuels.

Social Studies: Causes of the Revolutionary War

Exhibition: This week the students will be given their topic (look for the permission slip to come home tomorrow).  We will develop our Central Idea under Sharing the Planet, develop our lines of inquiry, and review researching skills in order to get started!