2/13/12
1 - Create 7 new sentences from word work, but make sure that each sentence is
about World War I (1914-1918).
2 - Math retest Wednesday. Math Steps - p. 104, 14-25. p.108, 6-12.
3 - Reading Log : 35 minutes. Logs signed. \
4 - Work on fantasy story.
2/10/12
1 - Science Project due Monday
2 - Reading Log, 45 minutes.
3 - Study Links 9.1, 9.2
4 - Continue researching your black history figure.
2/9/12
1 - Math test tomorrow: adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying
fractions. Converting fractions to decimals and percents, study chapter 8.
2 - Word work, create 8 more sentences.
3 - Research your black history figure.
4 - Science Project due Monday.
2/8/12
1 - Word Work, create 8 sentences.
2 - Study Links 8.12, math quiz Friday
3 - Read for 30 min, jot down a passage you liked.
2/7/12
1 - Study Links 8.10 and 8.11
2 - Social Studies Sheet, write down 5 vocabulary words from the sheet and
answer the questions.
3 - SCI PROJECT DUE MONDAY
2/6/12
1 - Continue to research your person for black history month.
2 - Social Studies (Yellow), 220-223, 1-2
3 - Math Steps, p. 85
2/3/12
1 - Find a second court case (NOT Brown or Plessy) and how it affects us
today. Discuss who was involved in the case and what the decision was.
2 - Study Links 8.9
3 - Find out the results of the Nevada GOP Caucus
4 - Read for 45 minutes, logs signed.
2/2/12
1 - Find a Supreme Court case online and describe how it affects us today.
2 - Reading Log, 45 minutes
3 - Study Links 8.8
2/1/12
1 - Math Steps, pages 111, 3-4 112, 12-19 and 113, 1-4,
2 - Reading Log, 40 minutes
1/31/12
1 - Math Steps, pages 99 - 100
2 - Science Midterm
3 - Reading Log, 40 minutes. Jot down 3 inferences that will be checked.
1/30/12
1 - Study for science and social studies midterms
2 - Study Links 8.7
3 - Science Fair Outline Due.
1/27/12
1 - Study rock cycle, volcanoes, earthquakes, seismic activity, Richter Scale,
types of rocks for Science Midterm on Tuesday.
2 - Study Civil War, abolitionism, secession, Confederacy, Reconstruction,
Freedmen's Bureau, impeachment of Andrew Johnson, the Gilded Age, immigration,
reform, Jacob Riis, Jane Addams, Lillian Wald, etc.
Reiview 425-435, 453-457460-469 and 475-478
3 - Study Links 8.6
4 - SCI Fair Outline Due: Tuesday
1/26/12
1 - Math Midterm Tomorrow
2 - Reading Log, 40 min.
3 - Science Fair idea tomorrow
1/25/12
1 - Math Acuity Tomorrow (midterms will be pushed back one day), math midterm
Friday, Social Studies Monday, Science - Tuesday
2 - Work on your creative writing piece
3 - Create a practice math quiz of 10 questions by using study links
4 - Reading log, 30 min.
1/24/12
1 - Study Links 8.5
2 - Read for 45 min. List 5 vocabulary words.
3 - Math Midterm will be Thursday, PEMDAS, fractions, negative and positive
numbers, telling time, division, multiplication, measuring angles.
4 - Social Studies Midterm and Science Midterms will be Friday
1/23/12
1 - Study Links 8.4
2 - Reading Log, 45 min. Write down 3 questions you had while reading.
3 - review the rock cycle and types of rocks
1/20/12
1 - Write the results of the South Carolina Primary (Saturday).
2 - Study Links 8.3
3 - Study your notes on the rock cycle, earthquakes and volcanoes. Research
one volcanic eruption or earthquake and describe its effects.
4 - Reading Log, 35 minutes.
1/19/12
1 - Math Test Tomorrow: Adding and subtracting negative & positive integers,
exponents, PEMDAS, comparing numbers, parentheses
2 - Read for 35 min. Logs signed.
3 - CNN 8PM - watch the first portion of the GOP Debate. Jot down notes.
1/18/12
1 - Study Links 8.2
2 - Read for 45 minutes, write down 5 vocabulary words.
3 - Math Test Friday
1/17/12
1 - Study Links 8.1 Math Quiz on Friday (adding and subtracting integers,
exponents, PEMDAS)
2 - Read for 40 min. Logs signed, list three inferences you made while reading.
1/13/12
1 - Research one event of the civil rights movement. You can choose a court
case, a demonstration, a protest, a march, etc. Examples can be found at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/01_till.html
Create a short report on the event, who was involved, what the conflict
was and what the outcome was.
2 - Math Steps p. 31, 82, 83
1/12/12
1 - Study Links 7.10
2 - Reading Log, 30 min.
3 - List 5 possible ideas for a script on the civil rights movement.
1/11/12
1 - MATH COACH: p. 25-28
2 - Word Work Test/Soc. Studies Test will be tomorrow: it will cover the
results of the Iowa and NH races and our in-class notes.
3 - Reading Log, 30 min. signed.
1/10/12
1 - Study Links, 7.8 and 7.9
2 - Word Work/SS Test Tomorrow
3 - Reading Log, 30 min.
4 - Grammar Book : page 14
1/9/12
1 - Math Steps, p. 267-268
2 - Study word work, quiz on Wednesday
3 - Reading Log, 40 min. signed.
1/6/12
1 - Find an article on the New Hampshire Primary from www.nyt.com
www.dailynews.com news.yahoo.com or news.google.com or from a newspaper.
Summarize the article, providing the main idea and three key details.
2 - Study Links 7.7
3 - Reading Log 45 minutes, jot down 5 vocabulary words.
1/5/12
1 - Create 6 more sentences from word work list.
2 - Complete Resolutions Essay.
3 - Study Links 7.6
4 - Reading Log, 30 min.
1/4/12
1 - Create 6 sentences from word work list
2 - Study Links 7.4 and 7.5
3 - Reading Log, 45 minutes.
1/3/12
1 - Write three New Year's Resolutions.
2 - Study Links 7.3
3 - Reading Log, 45 minutes.
12/22/11
1 - Read p. 498-501 in America's Story, answer 1-2 on 501
2 - Study Links 7.1 and 7.2
12/20/11
1 - Write your pen pal letter.
2 - Find information about Sierra Leone
3 - Trip Tomorrow
4 - Math Steps, p. 102
12/19/11
1 - Finish your fable
2 - Reading Log 45 minutes
3 - Math Steps, p. 101 6-8
4 - Return your permission slip
12/16/11
1 - Study Links 6.8 and 6.9
2 - Reading Log 45 minutes
3 - Write a short story involving fractions.
12/15/11
1 - Math Steps, p. 100
2 - Study Links 6.7
3 - Social Studies Test Tomorrow
12/14/11
1 - Math Steps, p. 97
2 - Study Links 6.6
3 - Social Studies Test on Friday - Compromise of 1850, Bleeding Kansas, John
Brown, secession, Civil War, Fort Sumter, Emancipation Proclamation,
Gettysburg Address, Sherman's Marcn to Sea, Election of 1860 and 1864,
Assassination of Lincoln, Reconstruction
4 - Reading Log, 30 min.
12/13/11
1 - Read for 40 minutes - write down 3 predictions you made as you read.
2 - Study Links 6.4 and 6.5
12/12/11
1 - America's Story: 427-431, 1 & 2 on 431.
2 - Study Links 6.2 & 6.3
12/9/11
1 - Math Test Monday on fractions, decimals, percents and division.
2 - Reading Log, 45 min. Write the main idea and supporting details of what
you read.
3 - Write a short essay on why voting is an important right.
12/8/11
1 - Study Links 6.1 Quiz will be on Monday - fractions to decimals and
percents, division.
2 - Reading Log, 40 min. Write a short summary of what you read.
3 - Grammar Book, page 11.
12/7/11
1 - Finish writing your newspaper article.
2 - Study Links 5.11 and 5.12
3 - Reading Log, 30 min. Write a short summary of what you read.
12/6/11
1 - Yellow Social Studies Book - p.120-121. Answer Skill question on p. 120
and 121, and reading check on 121
2 - Reading Log - 30 min.
3 - Math Steps - p. 154
12/5/11
1 - Reading Log, 40 min. Write a short summary of what you read.
2 - Math Steps, p.153
3 - Science, write 3 ways water can change rocks.
12/2/11
1 - Study Links 5.10
2 - Finish your winter poems with illustrations.
3 - America's Story, 400-404, answer questions 1-3. Use complete sentences and
use evidence when answering the questions.
12/1/11
1 - Research the Kansas-Nebraska Act. (Pages 402-404 in A.S.)
2 - Grammar Book, 10.
3 - Study Links 5.9
4 - Reading Log, 35 minutes.
11/30/11
1 - Grammar Book, 8-9
2 - Study Links 5.8
3 - Reading Log, 40 minutes.
11/29/11
1 - Grammar Book, Page 6-7
2 - Social Studies Quiz Tomorrow - study your in-class notes and America's
Story, 355-366.
3 - Math Steps, 169, 1-9
4 - Reading Log, 30 min. signed.
11/28/11
1 - Realistic fiction piece due.
2 - Social Studies Quiz on Wednesday.
3 - Study Links 5.7
4 - Reading Log, 40 minutes, signed.
11/23/11
1 - Write a realistic fiction piece with dialogue.
2 - Have your expository piece completed and ready to hand in.
3 - Study Links 5.6
4 - America's Story: 359-365, 1-2 on p.365. Quiz Monday on Age of Jackson,
westward expansion.
11/22/11
1 - Study Links 5.5
2 - Reading Log 30 min. Logs signed.
3 - Finish your expository writing piece.
11/21/11
1 - Math Test Tomorrow
2 - Study Links 5.4
3 - Find and define 5 types of landforms, give an example of each: example,
mountain range - a group of mountains - Himalayas in Asia.
4 - Reading Log - 30 min. logs signed
11/18/11
1 - Math Steps, page 81
2 - Study Links 5.3 TEST MONDAY ON CHAPTER 4 division, and find equivalent
fractions
3 - Reading Log, 45 minutes.
11/17/11
1 - Social Studies, read pages 331-335, answer questions 1-2. Define the words
purchase and negotiate.
2 - Study Links 5.2 TEST ON CHAPTER 4 MONDAY (Nov. 21)
3 - Write a journal entry on any topic you like (free write).
4 - Bring back parent-teacher conference slip.
11/10/11
1 - VETERANS DAY TOMORROW - No school.http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/gallery.asp
2 - TRIP MONDAY - 7 AM Arrival. Please bring pen and notebook for the trip - $
for lunch (and souvenirs), dress warmly, Monday - Blue shirt, Tuesday - Red,
Wednesday - Green. NO ELECTRONICS.
3 - www.plimoth.org - read from the web site.
4 - Study Links 5.1
5 - Read for 1 hour. Logs Signed.
11/9/11
1 - Study Links 4.7
2 - Read for one hour. Jot down character traits or timeline.
11/7/11
1 - NO SCHOOL TOMORROW (Election Day) - HW Due Wednesday
2 - Read for one hour, logs signed.
3 - Study Links 4.6
4 - Complete your historical fiction story.
11/4/11
1 - EC - Visit Cloisters, Grant's Tomb, Tenement Museum, Castle Clinton or
Morris-Jumel Mansion.
2 - Study Links 4.4, 4.5
3 - Read for 45 minutes, write a fact or opinion.
4 - Write a historical fiction plot outline.
11/3/11
1 - Math Steps - p.18 5-6. p.19 9-10, p.20, #11
2 - Read for 40 minutes. Logs signed.
3 - Research how rocks are formed.
11/2/11
1 - America's Story: read pages 284-287, answer questions 1-3 on 287.
2 - Study Links 4.3
3 - Jot down three things you would like to learn on your trip to Massachusetts.
11/1/11
1 - Reading Logs, 40 min. Jot down three inferences.
2 - Study Links 4.2
3 - Coach p.46-48
10/31/11
1 - Reading Log Signed, 40 min. Jot down two inferences.
2 - Study Links 4.1 and p. 41, 1-7
3 - Research the history of Halloween.
10/28/11
1 - Grammar Book, page 2, 3, 5.
2 - Study For Math Test - Review Pretest and Math Steps: p.199
3 - America's Story: Read pages 231-234, answer 1,2,3 on p. 234
4 - Reading Log for those who owe HW.
5 - EXTRA CREDIT: Morris-Jumel Mansion AC to 163rd Street Station OR Grant's
Tomb, 1 to 116th Street
10/27/11
1 - Word Work Test tomorrow, words and American Revolution.
2 - Study Links 3.9 and 3.10
3 - Read for 40 minutes, logs signed.
10/26/11
1 - America's Story textbook - read p. 236-237, finish your letter to a
friend
from the Patriot or Loyalist point of view
2 - Study Links 3.8
3 - Word Work Test Friday
4 - Read for 30 min.
10/25/11
1 - Complete flip book
2 - Social Studies NYC - read p. 86-89. Answer the following: Reading Check
on
page 87, Reading Maps on page 88, and Reading Check on p. 89
3 - Math Steps p.192
4 - Word Work Test Friday
10/24/11
1 - Study Links 3.7
2 - Complete persuasive essay
3 - Read for 30 min. Logs signed
10.21.11
1 - Find an article on Iraq, Syria or Libya and write a summary.
2 - Read Treasures, p. 208-219, jot down any questions you have
3 - Study Links 3.6
10/20/11
1 - Math Steps, p. 191
2 - Study Links 3.5
3 - Reading Log, 30 min. In your notebook jot down the main idea and two
supporting details.
10/19/11
1 - Space Story past due.
2 - Math Steps, p. 187-189
3 - Reading Log, 40 min. signed. Study word work words
10/18/11
1 - Write a paragraph using 4 of the vocabulary words from Word Work.
2 - Study Links 3.4
3 - Read for 40 minutes, logs signed.
4 - EXTRA CREDIT: Watch GOP debate and bring in notes.
10/17/11
1 - GOP Debate tomorrow night
2 - Social Studies, p. 145, 1-6
3 - Study Links 3.3
4 - Read for 30 min, LOGS SIGNED, list any vocabulary words
5 - Create 5 sentences from word work list.
10/14/11
1 - SOCIAL STUDIES, 142-144, 1-3 on 144
2 - PICTURE DAY MONDAY
3 - TRIP MEETING OCTOBER 19, 8 AND 3:40
4 - READING LOG, 40 MINUTES
5 - STUDY LINKS 3.2
10/13/11
1 - Math Quiz Tomorrow on Chapter 2. Study estimation, multiplication with
and
without decimals, probability and multiplying fractions.
2 - Reading Log - 45 minutes, log signed.
3 - Complete your piece about a weather related incident.
10/12/11
1 - Math Steps p. 45, 1-5. p 55, #11.
2 - Reading Log - 45 minutes, log signed.
3 - Complete space stories with detailed setting and characters.
10/11/11
1 - Study Links 2.9
2 - Read for 40 minutes create a timeline for what you read in your notebook.
3 - Revise your space story by adding details to the characters and setting.
10/7/11
1 - Study Links 2.7, 2.8
2 - Read for one hour, list any causes and effects. Also list vocabulary
words
and their meanings.
3 - Continue working on your space story
4 - Find one article on the War in Afghanistan and bring it in Tuesday.
10/6/11
1 - Research the following: how did the War in Afghanistan begin?
2 - Study Links 2.5, 2.6
3 - Work on your space story
4 - Read for 30 minutes
10/5/11
1 - Science, p.301, 1-6
2 - Math Steps, p. 257. 1-4
3 - Reading Log - 35 minutes.
4 - OPTIONAL: Work on your space story
10/4/11
1 - Write an introduction for one of the 5 fiction ideas.
2 - Read for 40 minutes, logs signed, jot down a short paragraph.
3 - Math Steps page 76
10/3/11
1 - Read for 40 minutes, logs signed. Jot down vocabulary words.
2 - Create 5 ideas for a space-related fiction story.
3 - Study Links 2.3, 2.4
9/28/11
1 - Math Steps 74-75
2 - Read for 90 minutes (can be broken up)
3 - Create an interesting story (could be stock-related, etc.) involving
decimals.
4 - EXTRA CREDIT: Visit Grants Tomb (122nd and Riverside Drive), Federal
Hall,
Museum of City of NY, Cloisters, Tenement Museum, African Burial Ground
and/or
Castle Clinton OR BEAR MOUNTAIN, NY and write a short paragraph on your visit
(receive 100 points
per site).
9/27/11
1 - Math Steps, p.39 and 73
2 - Word Work Quiz Tomorrow
3 - Read for 40 min, logs signed. Write a short paragraph about what you
read.
9/26/11
1 - Write in your notebook three ways you could improve our school.
2 - Word Work Quiz on Wednesday.
3 - Study Links 2.2
4 - Read for 35 minutes, logs signed.
9/23/11
1 - Social Studies, read pages 50-57, answer 1 and 2 on page 57.
2 - Word Work Quiz on Wednesday
3 - Study Links 2.1
4 - Read for 35 minutes, logs signed.
9/22/11
1 - Complete your personal narrative about the summer.
2 - Math quiz tomorrow on factor pairs, factor strings, exponents
multiplication and place value.
3 - Read for 40 minutes, logs signed.
4 - Create 5 questions using your US/NYS map.
9/21/11
1 - Create 7 more sentences.
2 - Study Links 1.9
3 - Math quiz Friday
4 - Read for 35 minutes, logs signed.
9/20/11
1 - Define 8 of the vocabulary words AND write a sentence.
2 - Math Steps, p. 71: 1-3 and 7-9, p. 72, 18-19
3 - Read for 35 minutes, logs signed.
9/19/11
1 - Find an article on Obama's tax plan or the UN. Read it and write a short
summary. (This counts toward your reading log).
2 - Study Links 1.7 and 1.8
9/16/11
1 - Find out what the autumnal equinox is (write a paragraph in your sci.
notebook)
2 - Study Links 1.6
3 - Read for 45 minutes. Write a paragraph about what you read.
4 - Work on your personal narrative.
9/15/11
1 - Vocabulary Quiz Tomorrow
2 - Math Steps 67-69
3 - Read book club book for 30 min.
4 - Finish your contest story
http://www.nysedregents.org/Grade5/EnglishLanguageArts/home.html
9/14/11
1 - Study Links 1.5
2 - Read for 35 minutes. Find five new words.
3 - Study for your vocabulary quiz on Friday.
4 - Social Studies Textbook: 24-27, 1-2 on 27.
9/13/11
1 - Make a factor rainbow for 12, 24, 36, 45, and 60.
2 - Read your book club book for 30 minutes. Logs Signed.
3 - Tomorrow is parent orientation.
4 - Complete six sentences and definitions.
9/12/11
1 - Study Links 1.4
2 - Read for 35 minutes, Logs Signed
3 - Define six words from word work list and write a sentence for each of the
six words.
4 - Social Studies: 12-15, 1-2 on p. 15
9/9/11
1 - Create a draft of a personal narrative
2 - Write a short summary of the 9/11 commemoration on Sunday.
3 - Study Links 1.3
4 - Read for 30 minutes
9/8/11
1 - Binder with looseleaf paper and dividers.
2 - Two marble (composition notebooks)
3 - Pencils/Pens
4 - Folders_________________________________________________________________
5 - post-its, index cards, printer paper, markers, glue stick
1 – Study Links 1.1 and 1.2
2 – Use an atlas to find the coordinates of the capitals of NY, PA, CT, MA,
RI, NJ
3 – Read a book of your choice for 20 min.
4 - Finish your job application.
