The Math Envision website is now available for you and your child to access from home. This website will be especially helpful for students who forget their textbook or homework sheets.
To login:
1. Go to https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp
2. Type in 125, student's last name, first initial (in all caps), then last 3 digits of ID number. (student's full ID number is their password)
Example: John Doe
125DOEJ456
Password: 123456
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SPELLING: Spelling pre-tests are given each Monday. Students are to create their spelling lists from words that they missed on their pretest and words of their own choosing, which may be chosen from math, science, and social studies textbooks. List is to be reviewed and Super Speller sheet is to be signed by parents each Monday night. This ensures that their words are spelled correctly and that you feel their individualized lists are challenging. For Spelling Jobs, students will now log onto spellingcity.com, then complete and print activities, which are due each Friday before the spelling test. Students will receive an instruction sheet for reference.
Spelling List for week of February 16-19:
1. constant
2. consult
3. neglect
4. protrol
5. accuse
6. distance
7. compose
8. dozen
9. collage
10. compass
11. torrent
12. focus
13. purchase
14. payment
15. possess
16. ransom
17. method
18. emblem
19. hammock
20. support
BONUS WOODS:
1. dimensions
2. distinguished
3. landscape
4. thickness
5. unique
*Please refer to the bottom of the page for information regarding Super-Spellers.
LANGUAGE ARTS: We are continuing our American Artist Project where students will recreate an art piece from a famous American Artist of their choosing and write a short essay. The American Artist project will be due on Tuesday, February 16. Presentations will be given in class Wednesday, February 17.
BOOK BINGO: Graphic Organizers and Outlines are due Friday, February 19 and the Book Bingo itself will be due Monday, March 1. Please remember to help your child follow instructions and pay attention to the notes I've written on the graded Book Bingos for help on the next one. Book Bingos should be typed in black ink, 14 size font, Times New Roman style, and double-spaced. Each student has a Book Bingo folder with SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS for successfully completing this project.
MATH: Our next unit of study is on Customary and Metrics Units: 16.2 Customary Units of Capacity; 16.3 Metric Units of Capacity; 16.4 Units of Weight and Mass; 17.1 Converting Customary Units of Length; 17.2 Converting Customary Units of Capacity; 17.3 Converting Customary Units of Weight; 17.4 Converting Metric Units of Length.
SCIENCE: Please visit Mrs. Chrane's teacher webpage by going to the 5th grade page on the Canyon Creek website and clicking on her name. You can add your email address to her list from her teacher webpage.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We have been studying Chapter 19: The Civil War. Students are learning what life was like in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. They will be taking a "walking tour" of the battlefield at Gettysburg in July 1863 visiting important Union sites: General Meade's headquarters, Cemetery Ridge, the surgeon's tent, campfire, and the postal wagon. The test will be on Tuesday, February 16.
Daily Geographies are handed out on Mondays and due on Fridays. Students do one Daily Geography sheet per week. On Fridays, we correct them as a class, but they are not graded. Students then put the sheets in their binders to use for reference on the test we will take once a month; therefore, if they do the work and correct their mistakes, they will have the answers for their test! Our next quiz will be Friday, February 5.
DAILY READING: Students are expected to read 15-20 minutes each night and complete their reading log. Reading logs should be brought home each night in their binders. Their reading logs not only improve comprehension skills, but also show which books they are currently reading for their Book Bingo!
PLANNERS: The students each have a planner in their binder and they are to fill out their homework during the day. Homework is posted in the classroom and available for the student to copy daily. Always check your child's planner for testing dates. Students will know at least five days prior to testing.
TREASURE CHEST: Please help fill our treasure chest with "anything" you think the kids would like for our class auction. Students earn Comet Cash for good work and behavior. Any contributions would be greatly appreciated. (Dollar store trinkets are the best.) "One man's trash is another man's treasure!"
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Have you ever been to a 5th grade Awards Ceremony? They are absolutely wonderful. It is an event which takes a great deal of planning and many helping hands. Even though the date is way off on May 27th, the planning must start soon. Volunteers are asked to share their talents in the areas of the awards ceremony itself (decorations, DVD, invitations, programs, teacher and student gifts), the after school off site event and the picnic in the park. I promise there will be very few meetings to attend. If you are interested in volunteering to put on this very memorable event, please contact Monica von Waaden at Monica@vonwaaden.net or 257-0644.
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SUPER SPELLERS:
We welcome your child to participate in MATH SUPERSTARS, a voluntary program designed to enhance your child’s journey through mathematics outside of the classroom. By expressing an interest in more challenging problem solving, your child will take the first steps toward becoming an independent learner who is able to address many types of problems.
Your child is expected to complete one worksheet each week. Each problem is ranked according to it s level of difficulty. The more stars you see beside a problem, the higher the level of difficulty, and the more stars your child can earn for solving it.
Your role in MATH SUPERSTARS is to encourage and facilitate problem solving. During the week, allow time for your child to think about each problem. You may need to read the problem to your child, explaining any new words encountered. Feel free to offer guidance toward certain strategies, but please DO NO GIVE THE ANSWERS. In order for this program to be effective, the thinking must be done by the students.
It is normal for a child NOT to be able to complete every problem on a worksheet. The process of reading, understanding and approaching the problems is a valuable step in solving many types of problems. Remind your child that she or he is not expected to know the answers to every problem.
Your child will turn in ONE worksheet on most TUESDAYS. All the MATH SUPERSTAR sheets are online at www.canyoncreekpta.com under the enrichment tab. The worksheets for each grade are all listed according to the due dates. Please ONLY download and print out the worksheet that is due the following Tuesday. The due dates are printed on the backside of this letter. The graded worksheets will be returned in the following week’s Tuesday folder. The first worksheet is due on Tuesday, September 29th 2009.
Please make sure your child does NOT turn in worksheets ahead of the due dates. Graders are parent volunteers and it is not easy to grade around 100 worksheets every week (with some being different). Please appreciate the time and effort spent by the graders and do your best to make the job easy for them. Worksheets turned in ahead of time will NOT be graded and will be returned back to your child to be turned in at the correct time. The goal is not to complete all/many worksheets in one sitting, but rather develop a discipline to do one worksheet a week. If your child is absent from school on a Tuesday, just make a note on the worksheet.
The top ten students in each grade will receive a special award at the end of the year. Students who reach 100, 200, 300 and 400 points can write their own names on a star that will posted on the MATH SUPERSTAR wall in the school (wall beneath the stairs in the main hallway). Worksheets that are turned in late (not due to absence) will be graded, but will not count towards the final score for the top ten students.
Thank you for allowing your child the chance to embark on this mathematical adventure. We hope that the rewards will last a lifetime. If you have any questions about this program, please feel free to email me at mathsuperstars@canyoncreekpta.com.
Due Dates:
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#1
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Tuesday 09/29/2009
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#2
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Tuesday 10/06/2009
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#3
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Tuesday 10/13/2009
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#4
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Tuesday 10/20/2009
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#5
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Tuesday 10/27/2009
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#6
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Tuesday 11/3/2009
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#7
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Tuesday 11/10/2009
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#8
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Tuesday 11/17/2009
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#9
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Tuesday 12/1/2009
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#10
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Tuesday 12/8/2009
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#11
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Tuesday 12/15/2009
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#12
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Tuesday 01/12/2010
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#13
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Tuesday 01/19/2010
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#14
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Tuesday 01/26/2010
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#15
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Tuesday 02/02/2010
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#16
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Tuesday 02/09/2010
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#17
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Tuesday 02/16/2010
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#18
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Tuesday 02/23/2010
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#19
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Tuesday 03/02/2010
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#20
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Tuesday 03/09/2010
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#21
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Tuesday 03/30/2010
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#22
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Tuesday 04/06/2010
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#23
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Tuesday 04/13/2010
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#24
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Tuesday 04/20/2010
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#25
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Tuesday 04/27/2010
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