Last Monday in December...for HW!

World Fair was another success! Thanks to the many families who volunteered and made it all happen. The food was fabulous and it was fun to see all the crazy hairstyles.

ELA: Fluency Feedback Form (we crack ourselves up over these titles)

Due: Tuesday

Math: Unit 3 HW#1

Due: Tuesday

Students will take all of the unit 3 materials home tomorrow (notes, vocabulary, syllabus, etc). We wrapped up our Unit 2 projects today and students got their assessments back. If anyone wishes to take a make-up test tomorrow/Wednesday during lunch, I will make myself available.

Tonights HW is a review of whole number computation and fractions, since these will be crucial to our work with decimals and percents!

Looking for computer games to help you understand decimals and percents (or maybe just practice)? Here you go...ENJOY!

Percentage Activities http://tinyurl.com/ylotkjy

Penguin Water http://tinyurl.com/y9jdrb

Decimals Attack! http://tinyurl.com/yskwat

Decimals Activities http://tinyurl.com/yf293p6

Social Studies: Myth presentations are happening this week. Remember, if you know the story well, you will be able to improv your presentation. Be sure to include the important elements of your myth!

Okay, so how cool was it to disect a pig's heart last week? Awesome!

One Voice volunteer forms for this Thursday available in Sandra's classroom.

Happy Monday!

Important News...

Hello Fabulous Fifth Graders and Families,

This weekend is our annual World Fair. We hope that you will join us for a Saturday filled with great food, games, and entertainment. Let's celebrate the rich cultural experiences that make us each truly unique.

Our holiday performance is next Friday morning. Our fifth graders put in some extra rehearsal time yesterday and sound amazing. Don't miss the show of the year! We expect more families that morning, so be sure to get here on time to grab your seat. It is important that parents and quests model attentive listening and respect during each performance. Every class has put in a great deal of time and effort to make this an enjoyable experience for all. Conversations during performances can be distracting for the musicians, singers, and students in the audience. Thank you for your cooperation.

If you are looking for a volunteer experience during the holiday season, One Voice is an organization that packs food for families in need. They could use adults AND children to help sort and package food next Thursday, December 16th at the Santa Monica Hangar. We shared this opportunity with students yesterday during civics class as a way to encourage community service. If you are interested, you can have your student grab a Sign-In form from me (Sandra) which will help you avoid the long line. The time frame that is "KID SAFE" is from 7:30pm-9:00pm, but they go until 11:00pm. I plan on going and it would be nice to see some familiar LCS faces!

Math Matters is a free math contest for 4th and 5th graders on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 10:00am. If you are interested, visit their website to register. Students can choose a parent/teacher as a coach and even use past years' sample questions to prepare. Please let me know if you are interested, as I would like to attend to cheer and support any LCS mathematicians!

http://mathmatters.accordeducation.org

HW

Science: HW#4 Due: 12/13

Have a wonderful weekend!

Tue 12/7

ELA: Word Study HW

Due: Wednesday

Math: Finish Ratio Table Classwork; Write down questions for the Q&A tomorrow; Study and review for assessment on Friday (read fraction packet; word dictionary; look over HW#1-10)

Social Studies: Continue writing myths

Due: Wednesday

*Remember the importance of ACCURACY. Homework is a great opportunity to read instructions carefully, work slowly but efficiently, review your work, and correct errors. These habits help to ensure you present your best work at all times.

Monday News & HW...

This Wednesday, December 8 at 5:00pm our middle school campus is hosting an Open House for 5th grade parents. Students will be spending a day at the middle school in the month of January. The Open House this week is only for parents. We hope you can join us!

World Fair is this Saturday, December 11. This is a wonderful school event that honors and celebrates the diversity of our school community.

ELA: In-Text Notes & Paragraphs

Due: Tuesday

Math: HW#10

Due: Tuesday

Social Studies: Write Myth

Due: Tuesday

Chilly Monday HW

Monday HW

ELA: Character Traits from your independent reading book at home

Due: Tuesday

Math: HW#6; Begin reviewing for the quiz this Friday; Sample questions included on each HW this week; Study the vocabulary

Due: Tuesday

Science: Unit 2 HW#1

Due: Tuesday

Mon 11/22

ELA: New London Due: Tuesday

Math: HW#4 Due: Tuesday

It was wonderful conferencing with all of you last week. We saw it as a great opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of each student and to establish learning goals for the rest of the school year.

Happy Thanksgiving week to all of you and your families!

HW 11/18 and 11/19

Sandra's Class:

ELA: Study for Word Study Quiz on Monday

Math: HW#3 Due Friday

Science: Study for test tomorrow

Rachel's Class:

ELA: Study for Word Study Quiz on Monday

Math: HW#2 Due Friday; HW#3 Due Monday

Lorena's Class:

ELA: Study for Word Study Quiz on Monday

Math: HW#2 Due Friday; HW#3 Due Monday

Science: Study for test tomorrow

Wed 11/17 News

THANK YOU for all the food and money donations for the Thanksgiving bags and to the parents who volunteered to put the bags together. Students are finishing up the amazing centerpieces that will surely brighten any holiday feast.

ELA: Study for Word Study Quiz next Monday

Math: HW #2 Sandra's Class- due tomorrow

Rachel & Lorena's Classes- due Friday

*Due to shortened days and our enrichment schedule, I will not see all the math classes on the same day.

Science: HW#10 Rachel's Class- due tomorrow

Lorena & Sandra's Classes- due Friday

Tue 11/16 HW

ELA: Word Study HW Due: 11/17

Begin studying for the quiz today! It will be next Monday.

Math: Unit 2 HW#1 Due: 11/17

Students were given the Unit 2 Syllabus, Packet of Resources & Notes on Fractions, Math Vocabulary Word Definitions, and even a Fraction Game. These are all tools designed to give students the opportunity to seek the information they need beyond the classroom and have support when doing HW.

Science: HW#9 Due: 11/17

Monday News...

Thanksgiving bag items are due this week. Please be sure to send in your donations for turkeys and bags by tomorrow. This is a great way to demonstrate the ESLRs as a school community and do something meaningful for families. We appreciate all of your generous contributions to make this event a great success!

Conference Week

1. Your child is to attend the conference.

2. We love to chat and can easily talk for more than 20-30 minutes, but we will have our timers ready to keep us on schedule. We appreciate your understanding if we have to wrap up in order to be respectful of our next conference time.

3. Dismissal is at 12:30pm.

4. Rescheduling and/or sign-ups must now be done with your child's homeroom teacher. Please contact the office to give us a message or us directly via email.

Homework

ELA- Sequoyah Reading Passage Due: Tuesday

*Due to our shortened days and rotation schedule, no other HW today. We will rotate for math, science, and social studies tomorrow.

Wed 11/10

No School Tomorrow!

We did not give word study HW this week (yesterday) since it would have been a review for a quiz. Since we have the day off, we moved the next word study lesson to next week.

Math: HW#31 Due: Friday

We look forward to seeing everyone next week during parent, student, and teacher conferences.

Monday 11/8

Hi there,
Tonight's HW is to do Math #29 and reading comprehension. It's a script. We are participating in National Write a Play Month in November, so we're learning all about how to write scripts. Don't forget Veteran's Day on Thursday and to sign up for a conference with your homeroom teacher in the office.

Thanks

Thu Nov 4

Thanks to all the parents for getting their child to school on time. We had a great time on the field trip yesterday learning about a new culture from Bali, touring the campus, and making it back safely. The students were extremely respectful and followed all directions. We were impressed and proud of all of them.

ELA: Performance Review

UCLA has asked the students to write a review of the performance. They have kindly given some guiding questions to think about. Please be sure the writing is organized into paragraphs, legible, and edited/revised. Students are welcome to type up their review as well.

Conference sign up sheets are in the main office. Please be sure to stop by or call the main office to schedule your parent, student, teacher conference. Your child is expected to attend the conference.

Happy Thursday!

Nov 2 HW

Hello 5th Grade,

Tomorrow is our field trip to UCLA to watch the Gamelan performance. Please have your child at school by 8:05am. We need to have everyone on the bus by 8:15am. The bus will leave promptly at 8:15am!

ELA: The Rumble Due: 11/3

Math: Study for the Assessment; HW#26 is to review Powers of 10 which is helpful when estimating, multiplying, and dividing. Use all the tools you have been given to study.

In order to give you as much time as you need to complete the 15 questions and check your work, you will have the time after the field trip to begin the assessment on Wednesday and an entire class period on Thursday. Practice the strategies for multiplication and division that make sense to YOU to ensure accuracy. Use Wednesday night to study as well. No additional HW will be given on Wednesday night.

You will do GREAT!

Thu 10/27

We received many permission slips today but we still need more! Please make sure to fill out the bottom portion with emergency contact information that will be best for a Wednesday. Also, we need a signature from a parent/guardian. If sections are not completely filled out, we will send it with your child to be filled out and returned ASAP.

Thanks!

ELA: Run-on Sentence Due: Thursday

*Sandra's class did not get Word Study HW yesterday due to a mix-up in communication. Sorry! Since Math is not due tomorrow, please focus on getting both ELA HWs done today and save the Math for tomorrow.

Math: HW#24 Due: Friday

Parents,

All LCS students will be performing Thriller this Friday during Morning Sing with the debut of the LCS Staff Band (new artists to perform). You are then invited to see the beautiful Dia de los Muertos altar in the art room. It will be a great opportunity to appreciate the amazing talents of our students and teachers We are so lucky to be part of a school that believes in the importance of exploring creativity throughout all subjects. Stacy, Eddie, Lisa, Katy, and the surprise artists from our very own teaching staff have enjoyed putting together a celebration of family, music, movement, and art!

Happy Wednesday!

Tue 10/26

Next week, the fifth grade will be taking a field trip to UCLA for the Gamelan Cudamani Performance. Field trip permission slips went out and need to be returned ASAP, since we need to submit lunch order confirmations and cross check with allergies before a bagged lunch menu is finalized. Please note that the bus will leave promptly at 8:15am. Your child needs to be here no later than 8:05am, so that we can take attendance and load everyone on before 8:15am. If your child arrives later than 8:15am, they will have work to complete in another classroom.

Homework

ELA: Word Study Due: 10/27

*Be sure to write one definition for each work found from a dictionary, even if you know what it means. This is a great opportunity to find out the multiple meanings of words and write one that people may not know to share in class tomorrow.

Math: HW#23 Due: 10/27

Today we talked about algebraic equations and order of operations. We made connections to all the algebraic thinking we have been doing since kindergarten!

Science: No HW...but our experiment was exciting today and connected with algebra in math-variables. Rachel and Sandra are pretty sneaky!!! Share with your parents what you learned today about butter.

Social Studies: Your "boss" Lorena suggests that you can continue to work towards the completion of your advertising campaign for the State Tourist Board which will be due on her desk by the end of the day on Tuesday, November 2. You will have two more class periods but may need additional time to turn in your BEST work!

Mon Oct/25

ELA: Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension HW Due: Tuesday

Math: HW#22

Don't forget to review all of your corrected work with your parents and return the signed slip tomorrow. It counts as a required HW point!

Fri 10/22

Math: HW#21

Science: Quiz on Monday; HW#8

Enjoy the weekend!

Wed Oct/20 HW

We made it through another rainy day!

ELA HW: Varying Sentence Lengths

Math: Today we watched two videos that introduce the context for our work in math over the next week or so. While students do not have any HW to turn in on Friday, everyone is encouraged to answer some of their own questions that came up while watching the video or researching the following:

-Calaveras County, California

-Mark Twain's 1865 fictional short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

-The Frog Jubiliee

-Calaveras County Fair that happens every May

Any information gathered can be shared at the beginning of math class on Friday.

HW Oct/19

ELA: Word Study

Math: HW#21 Study for quiz

Please remember to return the Intent to Re-enroll form as soon as possible.

Reminder: November 1, NO SCHOOL

Oct. 18 HW

ELA: Arachne Reading Comprehension HW Due: Tuesday

Math: HW #20 Due: Tuesday

Weekly Reports: Signature page due tomorrow! Be sure to review all of your work with your parents.

Oct. 15 HW

Remember our CAFE strategies? Be a voracious reader at home too! Weekends are a great time to curl up with a book and practice thinking about the characters, author's purpose, theme, and so on.

Math: HW#19

Science: HW#7

Picture envelopes went home yesterday. You can order your prints online.

Your child will be taking an Intent to Enroll Form home today. This needs to be completed by every fifth grader's family and returned to school as soon as possible.

We hope you enjoy your weekend!

LRS

10/14 HW

ELA: CPR Writing HW

Math: HW#18 is due tomorrow

*On the syllabus, there was a math quiz scheduled for this week. Since we are a few days behind, I have moved it to next week. It will focus on multiplication and division of multi-digit numbers.

Word Study Quiz tomorrow. Use this week's HW as a study guide. The quiz is review of the previous weeks' roots.

HW 10/6

HW 10/6

ELA: Capitalization sheet

Math: #15

If you have not signed a work report, please do! We spend a lot of time correcting and keeping track of everyone's work so they can bring it home to show you. Please help support us by encouraging your child to come ask for the work they are missing if they need copies, and get in any outstanding assignments - even if they were absent!

Thanks

PS Sandra will be out the rest of the week making funeral arrangements for her uncle. We know this is a hard time for her and her family and we wish them the best.

Sandra out

Hi all,

Just letting you know that Sandra will be out the next couple days because her uncle has brain cancer and will likely not make it. We wish her and her family the best in this tough time.

Thanks

Monday 10/4 HW

ELA: Reading Comprehension- Zoo Due: 10/5

Math: HW#12 Due: 10/5

Social Studies: Remaining States Due: 10/5

Finally autumn weather has arrived! Enjoy the cooler temperatures.

Friday 10/1/10 HW

Only Math HW#11 (Yes, it says #10 on the HW but it is in fact the eleventh HW)

Enjoy the warm weather this weekend and don't forget books are waiting to be read. Pick one up and enjoy the afternoon under a shady tree or air-conditioned room.

Thursday 9/30 HW

We have internet! Yippee!!!!!

ELA: Writing Paragraphs HW due tomorrow

Math: HW#10 due tomorrow/Study for Quiz

-Use your math vocabulary sheet (purple notes page I gave you last week) and HW to study. Concepts on the quiz include: prime & composite numbers; prime factorization; exponents; exponential notation; place value; addition & subtraction of decimals.

Science: Study for Quiz

-Use all Science HW & Vocabulary to study for quiz.

Social Studies: none

Friday HW

Hi all,

The kids have science and math HW this week. A note about science - we read the pages in class today EXCEPT for the section on supersaturation. They should do their best on this part. We will go over it Monday in greater depth. Some of the words are cut off on the copy, but you can infer them (especially since they've read it already). Thanks!

Have a good weekend!

Sorry, thanks and Thursday HW

Hi there,

Thanks to everyone that came to Back-to-School Night. It was great to have all of your support. Again, sorry that we're not as consistent with posting the HW here. Once we get internet in the cottage, it will become much better!

Anyway, tonight's HW was just the writing HW about writing a dialogue about a missing homework assignment.

Thanks!

HW Monday

Hi - here's the Monday homework:

ELA: Lizards HW

SS: West/Midwest States

Science: MS #2

Math: #5

Thanks!

Friday News on Sunday...

First of all, we would like to apologize for some missed days on our blog last week. Without the internet in our cottage, we have forgotten to blog once we get home at the end of the day. This is something we typically do during the school day with more consistency. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Friday HW:

Math: HW#4

ELA: Stating Main Idea (if it wasn't due on Friday, turn in this Monday)

Reminders-

Back-to-School Night is this Wednesday from 6:00-7:00pm. Our grade level will meet in the art room promptly at 6:00 and then move to our lovely annex around 6:15pm. We hope to see you all there.

Picture Day is also Wednesday. Fifth grade will be taking pictures at the end of the day, so dress comfortably but wear a flattering color. We will make sure faces have been washed after lunch and hair is in place before the click of the camera.

Wednesday HW...

ELA: Simple Sentences

Math: HW #3

Students took home a survey for you to fill out and return to us at your earliest convenience. Some of the information may have been part of school documents returned to the office, but we do not get copies of them. We appreciate you taking the time to fill these out.

Reminder- Picture Day is next Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

Monday HW

Hi there,

HW today was...

ELA: Director's Diary

SS: States HW#1

Math: HW #1

Thanks!

No Homework...

There was no homework assigned on Friday!

We would like to acknowledge all of the 5th graders for participating with great effort and enthusiasm during the first few days of school. We are looking forward to our first full week ahead.

Fantastic job 5th graders!

Carpool...

We've made some adjustments (as always at the beginning of the year)...please stay tuned for the new streamlined process!

First Day!

What a fantastic first day! Hope the kids had as much fun as we did.

HW Tonight:

• Bring in old magazines to cut up
• Expectations HW

See you Friday!

Hello World!

Hi new 5th grade families,

We are so excited to start the year and get to know all of you! Please check this blog daily once school starts to stay informed about homework assignments and other tidbits of interest. We post pretty much every day once we get going. We've found it a great way to add another layer of communication to ensure your child's success in 5th grade. Thanks for reading and here's to a great year!

Lorena, Rachel, & Sandra