- Hull's Crew ~ Fifth Grade
Notes for Hull’s Crew
Week of Jan. 23rd – 27th
Something to think about...........
“ You will never REGRET doing the RIGHT thing!”
Please be responsible and write your homework in your agenda daily.Check to make sure that you are reading books to earn points for Reading Counts.
Language Arts:
Spotlight On Literature: Tone and Mood •Instructional Concepts: capitalization, punctuation, parts of speech, sentence combining, prepositions, and identifying prepositional phrases.
We have been reading The Island of the Blue Dolphins in our team time groups.
Math:
Topic 10: Fractions • Topic 10 math
Many students did exceptionally well on both the Prime Factorization and Divisibility Rules tests.
Science:
Quizzes and Tests: I am pleased with the results on many of the recent science test and it was easy to correct so many 100% test. Most students were very well prepared; however, there will be a few children retaking the test.
Social Studies:
Explorers: The Age of Exploration: Students will be able to understand and explain the big idea of Cooperation and Conflict during the Age of Exploration in the Renaissance Era!
Standards:
5.2 Students trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas.
5.3 Students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers.
Project Based Learning: Group explorer project
I.B. Project: New Horizons
Technological advances allowed, and continue to allow, the dispersal of peoples and ideas.
Art: Galleon Ship
P.E.: We have a lot of brand new balls and exercise mats that we will be using.
Jog-A-Thon on Thursday, January 26th
Remember to wear or bring tennis shoes daily
Mr. McGrath and I bought our fifth graders new dog-tag chains ,so please wear your chain every Wednesday.
Important notice........
Please note that beginning this week students will be able to take home their iPads for the purpose of projects , homework, and additional time spent discovering appropriate applications. You will be especially using them to complete all the required standards for the second trimester on ixl.com math homework. A note will be going home on Monday and as soon as you return it to school signed by your parents you will be able to take home your iPad nightly. You must bring your iPad back and forth each day. You cannot leave it at home or forget to bring it to school. You will lose this special privilege, if you are unable to follow the conditions . Let's all be reliable. This is soooooooooooo exciting!
January 9, 2012
Last week flew by and you all made a real concerted effort to organize your goals. You are now in your second trimester and you all have a new binder with your second trimester goals list, a checklist of the ixl.com standards you need to complete, and you're also keeping your science study papers in this binder. On your desk tops you have two laminated copies of both your trimester goals and the prefixes and suffixes that you will learn this trimester.
Remember that you can always print out an additional copy of your trimester goals, prefixes and suffixes, and ixl.com goals. You need to be focused to complete all of your goals in a timely manner. I will help you by checking what you've accomplished every Monday by looking at your goal sheets and ixl.com checklist. Additionally, I will be checking what you are reading and the points you are earning in Reading Counts.
See you in the morning.
Ms. Hull
January 3, 2012
Welcome back! I missed all of you and thought of you often. Thank you again for your thoughtful gifts and cards. You were all too generous. I really appreciate your kindness.
We have so much to accomplish during the next several months. This is a very busy time. I want all of you know how important I consider the time that you spend using both of our online math programs and time spent learning your states and using sheppardsoftware.com. I can remind you to make the time but you must be the student that commits to doing it each and every day !
The Second Trimester Goals are posted under printable documents and students should be focused on accomplishing these goals by the end of February.Your standards to achieve for the second trimester ixl.com math goals are available through our website on the homepage menu bar under ixl menu.
I am happy to be back with all of my crew.
Your captain,
Ms. Hull
December 12 th
Winter break begins December 16th. We have four different quizzes this week.
- Cells study sites to use to prepare for the upcoming tests:
http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmsc/ca/5/a/vocabgames/unit_5a.htm
You can also go to Printed Documents and get all the answers for your Cells Study Guide.
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We will have our first quiz on the prepositions on Tuesday, December 13.
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The Indian in the Cupboard vocabulary test on the words will be on Wednesday, December 14.
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Study the science vocabulary......be prepared for the test on December 15. See sites listed above for practice.
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We are working on dividing whole numbers and decimals. The test will be on Thursday, December 15.
I can't believe that it is already December and the end of 2011 is quickly approaching. We only have two more weeks together before we take our Winter Break. You now have your report cards from the first trimester and today we will be discussing your goals for the second trimester. You can go to Printable Documents and print out a copy of your goals. Most of you should be thrilled with your grades but there are those of you that need to become more serious about your studies. Every single one of you should know your multiplication facts without hesitation through the 12's by now.
You have the opportunity to learn so very much in the fifth grade that will help you in sixth grade and junior high, so decide to be the student that always listens, asks questions, and becomes part of your own learning process. I am here at Ocean Knoll before and after school for all of you. I will help you. Here is the list that we complied as a class of what you could do to help yourself stay on top of your studies or improve:
- Read each night and keep selecting books from the Reading Counts quizzes bank of quizzes. You want to achieve 65 points by December 16th. Congratulations to many of you who already have earned even more than this trimesters goal of 65 points.
- Use ixl.com for at least 30 minutes daily.
- Use Math Facts in a Flash.
- Do your daily homework.
- Study with the study guides for tests.
- Learn the states and capitals using sheppardsoftware.com for the Southern states, Midwestern, and Great Lakes states.
- Use www.sheppardsoftware.com to learn the parts of the cells.
- Memorize and practice the second trimester Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots.
- Learn the preposition song.
- Continue to practice your multiplication facts.
- Practice running, sit-ups, and push-ups at home over the weekend.
We can always add new ideas, if you have some more suggestions. Let's get all our goals accomplished!
Your captain,
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Learn the second trimester list of prefixes,suffixes,and roots. You can print out another copy of the prefixes, suffixes, and roots by clicking on Printable Documents.
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You can also print out a copy of your Second Trimester Goal Sheet by clicking on Printable Documents .
I hope that you all had a loving holiday with family and friends. We all have so much to be grateful for during this school year. This group of children are a delightful group.Report cards will be coming home on Friday, so please be advised to ask for them.We will be busy informing the students of their second trimester goals and helping them prepare for this learning process. I have given them new materials for their binders. We are off to a good start.
Ms. Hull
11/14/11
Important to note...........
Friday, November 18th is Spirit Day. Let's all plan on wearing our moustaches; Mr.McGrath just needs to comb his. All fifth graders will be showing their shared Ocean Knoll spirit.
We are collecting food for gift baskets for families in need during the Thanksgivng holiday. The fifth graders are being asked to donate beans (dried or canned).We have a collection box that we have decorated in our classroom.Thanks for sharing for a good cause.
Don't forget that we are in our final week for the first trimester and we all need to be prepared for our Benchmark Trimester tests.
Our goals this week:
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Finish coordinate plane graphing
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Continue to work on multiplying decimals
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Complete your writing prompt project
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Be prepared for the prefixes,suffixes, and roots test
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Attain your Reading Counts goal.....You need to read each night and take reading comprehension quizzes to achieve this goal
11/10/11
I can't believe how fast this week flew by,but we have accomplished a lot. Most of you have achieved many of your personal trimester goals. We have now reached 50,000 problems using ixl.com with this years goal being 115,000,so we are well on our way.
We are in the process of administering many of your trimester exams. All of our goals need to be accomplished by November 18th.
Veterans Day holiday on Friday,November 11th.......No School !
10/31/11
First Trimester Goals ...........It's important to note that you can print your First Trimester Goals . Click on the column to the your left under the category Printed Documents and on the next page find the document titled First Trimester Goals , then click and print your own new copy. This is the list of goals that you are required to achieve by November 17th. Hopefully, you have remembered to reference the sheet of goals that we sent home over the Fall Break and you have returned it signed by your parent ; however , if you misplaced it, you can now print your own new copy whenever needed. Also, don't forget to mark off on your desktop goal sheet as you achieve them. We will continue to all celebrate together by marking off the back cupboard goal sheets (fifth grade standards) as a class.
Dear Students ,
Welcome back to school! We hope that you had a nice Fall Break with your family. Here are some highlights of the next several weeks so that you are aware of what we are doing and can note the relevant due dates:
In Language Arts, beginning this week, we will start a unit study on punctuation. We will also resume our unit of study of the novel, The Indian in the Cupboard.
We also will be preparing for our Trimester 1: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots test with the final test on Thursday, November 17th.
In Math this week, we will begin Topic 6: Multiplying Decimals.
As well , we will continue to learn and review geometry terms.
In science, we’ll be studying a short unit on our Solar System.
In Social Studies , we will continue learning about this first trimester’s three different regions: Pacific, Mountain, and Southwestern. Students need to take their final test on sheppardsoftware.com by Friday, November 18. Students who want to challenge themselves can take a written test once they pass the online version. For this test, spelling will count, and a score of at least a 90% will be required in order to earn a rubric 4 on their report cards.
Red Ribbon Week is here ! We will be having some interesting discussions in class. Heroes Assembly.........We have an assembly scheduled on Friday,November 4th.
Use new ixl.com link.......I have shown you how to access it and now I am expecting you all to use ixl.com for at least 30 minutes every day for homework. As you all know, you can come before school or stay after school to use our computers or iPADS to access ixl.,if you are unable to use a computer at home. Take a look at how user friendly we have made the link for you. On the front page of our Hull's Crew website you can go down the menu bar to IXL MENU and you will find the skill linked to the ixl page for you. We made it easy and fun !
We are all excited about this week at school. We begin our week with a wonderful opportunity in science. We have scheduled a program with WATER in mind. You've been invited to participate in the Green Machines project and the Splash Program this Monday morning. We'll learn a lot and have fun at the same time.
On Tuesday, the iPads are being delivered. We have a morning time in the MPR that we are invited with our friends in fifth and sixth to gather and celebrate this amazing event.We have prepared our room and organized our desks. We have talked about how we will be using and caring for this learning tool and now we finally get to have it in our hands.Yeah!!
Important to note.......
- Math addition and subtraction test on Wednesday
- Topic 3 math test on Friday
- Science Test (Weather) on Thursday. Don't forget to study using e-word vocabulary game under the science link. This is an excellent way to study the weather test vocabulary in a fun way. You can also go to Printed Documents and print out a study guide with the answers for the weather science test. Be prepared !
- Study for pop quiz on this trimesters Prefixes and Suffixes and Roots
Happy to be your teacher,
Ms. Hull
10/03/11
This year is flying by too quickly.We have a lot to accomplish during the next two weeks before the October break. You will all need to focus on your trimester goals and checking them off on your desktop. I will be meeting with each of you and evaluating what you have accomplished thus far. You have your list of goals ;it is your job to stay focused and achieve your goals.
9/12/11
Hi Hull's Crew,
I missed seeing all of you on Friday, but I hope you spent some time reading to prepare for quizzes on Reading Counts. Your first goal is to achieve 35 points. Some of you have already reached your goal and surpassed the next trimester goal.Keep reading! The more that you read the better you become at reading. We didn't have our math test on Friday since we were not in school ;however, we will have it on Tuesday. Be prepared!
- In Language Arts we are reading the story “Volcanoes.”
- The skills we are working on are: subjects, predicates, root words, capitalization, and sequence of events.
- In math we are finishing our first Topic: Numeration. There will be a rescheduled test on Tuesday.
- In social studies we will begin a unit of study on Early Americans.
- In science we have begun our unit of study on Water Resources and Weather in preparation for our field trip to the U.S.S. Midway on October 5th.
I am thrilled that you are all enjoying our TLP rotations and the teachers are equally thrilled that you are a very well-behaved and delightful group of students. I am very proud of all of you! It is easier to learn in an environment in which each of you is committed and respectful.The TLP teachers love working with the fifth grade.
Great job !!
Important to note........Please return your field trip permission slips and your parent goal-setting conference form that I sent home last week.All appointments will be finalized by Monday.
Ms. Hull
9/06/11
Dear Families and Students,
We will be sending home notices for upcoming Goal-Setting conferences. They are being scheduled earlier than conference week since Ms. Hull will be attending her daughter’s wedding in late September. Be watching for the paperwork to schedule your time coming home this week.
In Language Arts this week, we will be reading Volcanoes by Seymour Simon. Some of the skills that we will be studying are: subjects, predicates, sequence of events, root words, descriptive writing, singular nouns, and plural nouns.
In Math this week, we will continue to work through Topic 1: Numeration. This will focus on place value, comparing and ordering whole numbers, decimal place value, and comparing and ordering decimals. There will be a Topic 1 test this Friday.
In Social Studies we will continue learning about the states and the different regions that make up our country. The students have begun taking the tests on the first three regions. Students who want to challenge themselves can take a written test once they pass the online version. For this test, spelling will count, and a score of 90% will be required in order to earn a rubric 4 on their report cards.
We are excited to let you know that we will be able to take our classes on a very worthwhile field trip to the U.S.S. Midway on October 5th. This event will be the culminating activity for our study of the weather in science. Please consider volunteering to chaperone since we will be in need of at least six volunteers per class. We are planning to take a bus. Have a fantastic week.
Ms. Hull
Susan Hull
susan.hull@eusd.net
http://www.teacherweb.com/ca/oceanknollelementary/hull
8/15/11
Welcome to the fifth grade in room 17 the home of Hull’s Crew. I am looking forward to being your teacher, and I am excited to meet and greet all of our new school family.
I hope that you visit this website often, as it will provide important information for Room 17 students and parents. Just look at the column on the left hand side of the page to navigate your way through the website. Each page of the website will serve a unique purpose. I know you will find it to be a useful resource.
I am looking forward to a spectacular year with our new group of students. It is always enjoyable for me to experience how well a new group of children come together and become our school family, Hull's Crew. You will be learning a lot of new information this year in the fifth grade. You are expected to participate and become a dedicated and conscientious student. I promise you that you will have fun in the process. Let's get our school year started.
Your captain and teacher,
Ms. Hull
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to Email me at susan.hull@eusd.net