Friday, September 28, 2018

Language Arts:
Get adult signatures on your RCC p. 49 & 51.
Get adult signature on your Reading Contract-due on Monday.

Math:
p. 110    Do 5, 10, 15, 18
p. 115  Do all
p. 116 Do number 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
p. 117 Do number 10 only
p. 118 Do 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 25

Science:
Students took a quiz today on the constellations

History:
We began to read chapter 2, lesson 1

Other
Tomorrow is the Movie night at the Sinanyan home. If you ALREADY purchased tickets, go to
1515 Bel Aire Dr. Glendale, CA

Stop rhyming and I mean it....anyone want a peanut????

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Language Arts:
All parents are cordially invited to watch our language arts class perform their cinquain at the Cougar Pride Assembly tomorrow morning at 8:30am.

Study your spellcabulary for test tomorrow on scrib/script/graph and terra/geo words.

Math:
Multiplication test tomorrow for kiddos that still need to pass.

NO OTHER homework-topic 2 test was taken today.

Science:
Explain how the Universe in a Box works and review notes for quiz tomorrow about why we have different constellations during different seasons.

Other:
Tomorrow is sports apparel day for PBIS rewards day.

Saturday is the movie night at the Sinanyan home:  Princess Bride

McDonald's night tonight-see you there.

BE SURE TO TURN IN YOUR THURSDAY FOLDER TOMORROW WITH SIGNATURES ON YOUR DAY AND NIGHT WORKSHEET, YOUR HISTORY QUIZ, AND PHASES OF THE MOON WORKSHEET.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Language Arts:
1. Finish page 53, RCC
2. Study spellcabulary-test Friday. Go to spellingcity.com to find the two lists: terra/geo & scrib/script/graph words.
3. Congratulations, we are performing our "Earth, fire, water, air" at the Cougar Pride Assembly on Friday. All parents are invited to come see our students perform their cinquain poems. :)

Math:
1. Study for topic 2 math test tomorrow. Remember to  Really DO CUBES for all word problems.
2. The textbook is available online. Students need to sign into the GUSD google accounts, then go to the waffle and choose the Pearson app.


Science:
None

History:
Quiz tomorrow on Chapter 1. Study the chapter review to prepare...

Other;
McDonald's dine out is tomorrow night-Thursday.

Fifth grade movie night is this Saturday at the Sinanyan home. :)

Student Council speeches will be taped next Tuesday after school from 2:30-3:30pm.


Monday, September 24, 2018

Language Arts:
1.Complete RCC page 45, read pages 46-48.
2. Get signatures on Spellcabulary from 9/21 and do your ten times each with definitions
3. Get signatures on RCC page 35 & 37
4. Fill out new reading plan/contract for the entire week!

Math:
1. Complete pages 96 & 97 all
2. Get 2 signatures on math quizzes-one addition and one subtraction
3. Study for  Topic 2 math test on Thursday.

Science:
none
History:
none
Other:
Thursday is the McTeachers night at the Central Ave. McDonald's
Saturday is the movie night event at the Sinanyan home (Mher's house)-order your tickets NOW, before it's too late.

Friday, September 21, 2018

LA:
RCC 43-44
Reading contract due

Math:
Pages 93 & 94 all

Science:
Finish the "What Causes Day and Night" worksheet pages 69-72

Other:
Movie night forms are still being accepted for the Princess Bride movie night at the Sinanyans' home-15 per person which includes dinner and popcorn. This is a fundraiser to benefit the fifth grade activities.

McDonald's night is Thursday, September 27. Brand Blvd. Your McTeacher will be using her McMaster's degree to serve up some McFundraising for the fifth grade committee. 

Thursday, September 20, 2018

LA:
Finish page 41 in RCC
Study aqua/hydro words
Reading Contract due next Monday, September 24

Math:
85- 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24
86- 27, 28, 30, 31
87- 1-4
88- 8, 10, 11, 13
Get your multiplication quiz signed by an adult
Math test for Topic 2 = next Thursday

Science;
Finish the Seasons worksheet page 76- numbers 9-12

Other:
Fifth grade movie night Sat., Sep. 29 6:30pm-send in your forms ASAP
Thursday folder and behavior card-get 'em signed and return 'em by tomorrow; also, sign the science quiz (Mystery Science), science test, and the history quiz by tomorrow.

I hope you're considering volunteering in the classroom! If so, the school nurse needs a negative TB test from you on file. Here is the district sponsored TB test information:

Monday, October 15, 2018
At the district admin building from 1:30-4:45pm
223 N. Jackson Street
Glendale, CA

Reading the test is on Wednesday, October 17, same time, same place


Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Language Arts:
Finish RCC pages 35-37
Study your aqua/hydro words
READ!

Math:
79- numbers 2-12
80- all
81 - odds
82-all

Test on Topic 2 = next Tuesday


Science:
Make sure you finish the worksheet on the different phases of the moon by tomorrow.

Other:
Sept 29 is the fifth grade movie night at the Sinanyan home. Get details from your child. :)

Fifth Grade Student Council applications are due on this Friday by the end of school.
Speeches & poster are due by next Wednesday, Sept. 26. Filming for speeches will be on Tuesday, Oct. 2 from 2:30-3:30pm

Hi there,
   A mom of a Keppel student lost her very valuable rings near our campus. If anyone has them or knows who has them, please let me know so that we can get them back to her. She is devastated.
My best,
Mrs. Cannon

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

LA: Today we had school pictures and Music with Mrs. Acitelli during LA. Study your vocab words and READ!

Math:
Finish:
p. 73- #8-11, that means all of the problems starting with number 8 and going all the way until number 11.
p. 74 #14, 19
p. 75 # 1, 2
p. 76 # 9, 16

Science:
Finish the worksheet "Why does the moon have phases?"

Other:
Princess Bride movie night, SATURDAY, Sep. 29, 6:30pm. Many students brought home a flyer for the fifth grade movie night fundraiser at the Sinanyan home. Please consider attending this fun event. All students must be accompanied by a paying adult.

Monday, September 17, 2018

LA:
1. Study your aqua/hydro words for test on Friday
2. Complete RCC pages 29 & 31 ALL-not page 30
3. Get new Reading Contract completed with adult signature
4. Get adult signature and ten times each for the words and definitions that you missed on last weeks spellcabulary test.

Math:
p. 62- only #16, 19, 20-mental math
p. 63-only # 2, 4, 5, 14, 15-mental math
p. 64 only #16-mental math
p. 67 complete 3-18, remember ESTIMATE so that this page is EASY mental math
p. 68 19, 20, 22, 23
p. 70 only # 7, 8, 9, 11

Get adult signatures on BOTH Topic 1 Assessment and Topic 1 Performance Assessment (Tests)


Science:
Complete worksheet pages 83/84; remember that number 9 is now write a FEW sentences relating these terms.

History:
Be ready to answer questions on p. 22 in the big book.

Other:
Tomorow is picture day.

Friday, September 14, 2018

LA: 
1. Do ONLY question 5 on page 68 in your READING book (Line Drive story) . Be sure to RACE, but not to hurry (wink, wink).
2. Get reading contracts signed on the bottom.

Math:
Study multiplication facts for test on Monday. Students took the Topic 1 test today.

Science:
We did a sun dial activity today.

Other:
Pictures are next Tuesday....haircuts, anyone???  Send picture money in on the day OF pictures with your child.
Have a lovely weekend.

Thursday, September 13, 2018

LA:
1. Study astro/aster/audi words for spellcabulary test tomorrow. Make sure you know the spelling and the definitions for these words.
2. Type out your story. Make the changes that were suggested to you in class today.
3. READ, turn in reading contract next Monday

Math:
Study for test tomorrow.

Other:
Return ALL Science quizzes for chapter 6 in your Thursday folder tomorrow with an adult signature.
Sign behavior card/chart and First 4 forms in the Booklet. Return all in the Thursday Folder
Picture day = next Tuesday, 9/18


Wednesday, September 12, 2018

LA:
Add sensory details to your writing. You MAY write on Google docs if you want to make it easier.

Study astro/aster/audi words for spellcabulary test on Friday.

READING CONTRACTS SHOULD BE FILLED OUT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK-THIS IS THE PLAN, NOT A LOG!

Reading contracts are due next Monday

Math:
Finish pages 51, 52, 53.
Study for test on Friday.

Science:
Study for test tomorrow!
Turn in all quizzes in Thursday folder with parent signature.

Other:
Student council applications for President, Vice President, Secretary, and Activities Director are due on September 21. NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

SCHOOL PICTURES ARE ON NEXT TUESDAY.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Language Arts:
1. Complete READING CONTRACT: this is a PLAN for reading. Adults sign only the side spaces when they agree to the plan. On Sundays, sign the bottom portion, if your child completed the reading.

2.Study "aster, astro, audi" words for Friday spellcabulary test.

3. Many students (16!!!!!!) failed to get signatures on assignments-we have to spend MANY minutes at recess getting organized-writing in behavior cards/charts and names on the board when students forget. Students and guardians, please check the blog and bring all required signatures.

Math:
Get adult signatures on multiplication quiz and on p. 31 & 33.
Finish p. 44, 45, 46.
Study for math test which is on this Friday

Science:
Study for chapter 6 test tomorrow.

Other:
Next Tuesday is picture day. September 18, 2018

Monday, September 10, 2018

Language Arts:
Get 4 signatures:
1. Story test
2. Opinion writing
3. 4 Scholastic Articles summary
4. Spellcabulary-be sure to write each missed word AND definition ten times.
5. Complete RCC 18-23
6. Reading logs came home today-due May 1, 2019
7. Reading Contracts are due on Wednesday.
Book recommendations are at bottom of today's blog!

Math:
1. Get 2 parent signatures on Place Value Quizzes
2. Complete:
p. 38   #19, 21-26
p. 39 ALL
p. 40   #14-15, 18-21

Topic 1 test = Friday
Study all homework and quizzes

Science:
Chapter 6 test = Wednesday
Study!

Other:
Picture day is NEXT Tuesday, Sept. 18. Bring all forms/money on that day. :)

Our class NEEDS a PTA rep, if you're interested please email me at mcannon@gusd.net.

Book Recommendations:
Historical Fiction:
Author
Title
Avi
Iron Thunder (1861-1865; Civil War)
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Chains (American Revolution; Slavery)
Barrow, Randi
Saving Zasha (WWII; Russia)
Birney, Betty
Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs (1923; Missouri)
Blackwood, Gary L.
Around the World in 100 Days (Victorian England)
Bruchac, Joseph
Children of the Longhouse (1400's; Mohawk Village)
Choldenko, Gennifer
Al Capone Does My Shirts (1935; San Francisco)
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Elijah of Buxton (1859; Freed Slaves in Canada)
Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 (1963; US)
Cushman, Karen
Midwife's Apprentice (Middle Ages; England)
De Angeli, Marguerit
Door in the Wall (13th Century; England)
Dumon Tak, Bibi
Soldier Bear (WWII; Middle East & Europe)
Erdrich, Louise
Birchbark House (1847; Lake Superior)
The Game of Silence (1849; Ojibwa Indians)
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Willow Run (WWII; Michigan)
Going, K.L.
Liberation of Gabriel King (1976; Georgia)
Gutman, Dan
Ted & Me (Baseball Card Adventures Series - 1941; Pearl Harbor)
Haas, Jessie
Chase (post Civil War in mining town)
Hartnett, Sonya
The Midnight Zoo (WWII; Romany)
Hayles, Marsha
Breathing Room (1940; Tuberculosis)
Kadohata, Cynthia
Weedflower (WWII; Japanese American)
Kelly, Jacqueline
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (1899; Texas)
Klages, Ellen
Green Glass Sea (WWII; Los Alamos)
Lai, Thanhha
Inside Out & Back Again (Vietnam War; Immigration in Alabama)
Levine, Kristin
Lions of Little Rock (1958; Little Rock)
Martin, Ann
Here Today (1960's)
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Kite Rider (13th Century; China)
Meyer, Susan
Black Radishes (WWII; French Occupation)
Peck, Richard
A Year Down Yonder (1937; Illinois)
Teacher's Funeral (20th Century; Indiana)
Philbrick, Rodman
Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (Civil War)
Prevost, Guillaume
The Book of Time (Timetravel: Egypt; Dark Ages; WWI)
Rinaldi, Ann
The Last Full Measure (American Civil War)
Schmidt, Gary D.
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy   (1911; Freed Slaves)
Selznick, Brian
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (1931; Paris, France)
Speare, Elizabeth George
Witch of Blackbird Pond (Colonial Connecticut)
Stone, Phoebe
The Romeo and Juliet Code (WWII; Maine)
Timberlake, Amy
One Came Home (1800s; Wisconsin)
Vanderpool, Clare
Moon Over Manifest ( Great Depression; Kansas)
Wells, Rosemary
On the Blue Comet (Timetravel: Great Depression)
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House Series - 19th Century America; Wisconsin)
Williams-Garcia, Rita
One Crazy Summer (1968; California)
Wilson, Diane
Firehorse (19th Century; Boston)
Winthrop, Elizabeth
Counting on Grace (1910; Child Labor)
Woods, Brenda
Saint Louis Armstrong Beach (2005; New Orleans)
Yelchin, Eugene
Breaking Stalin's Nose (WWII; Soviet Union)
REALISTIC FICTION 5TH & 6TH GRADES

AUTHOR
TITLE
Ames, Mildred
Without Hats Who can Tell the Good Guys?
Avi
S.O.R. Losers
Banks, Lynne
Alice-By-Accident
Bauer, Joan
Hope Was Here
Stand Tall
Bauer, Marion
On My Honor
Bennett, Frances
A Little Princess
Birdsall, Jeanne
The Penderwicks
Two Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boy
Blume, Judy
Blubber
Burnett, Frances
A Little Princess
Buyea, Rob
Because of Mr. Terupt
Choldenko, Gennifer
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog
Clements, Andrew
The Janitor's Boy
Conly, Jane
Crazy Lady!
Connor, Leslie
Crunch
Conway, Celeste
The Goodbye Time
Creech, Sharon
Heartbeat
Crum, Shutta
Spitting Image
Danzinger, Paula
Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars
Dorris, Michael
The Window
Dowell, Frances O'Roark
Secret Language of Girls
Draper, Sharon
Out of My Mind
Eige, Lillian
Dangling
Fehler, Gene
Never Blame the Umpire
Frazier, Helen
The Other Half of My Heart
Gantos, Jack
Joey Pigza Loses Control
Grant, Katy
Hide and Seek
Greene, Constance
A Girl Called Al
Hannigan, Katherine
Ida B.nd Her Plan to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster and (Possibly) Save the World
Hiaasen, Carl
Chomp
Holm, Jennifer
Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf
Hamilton, Virginia
Plain City
Henkes, Kevin
Words of Stone
The Birthday Room
Horvath, Polly
Everything on a Waffle
Johnson, Emily
Write Me If You Dare
Kelley, Jane
Nature Girl
Kelly, Jacqueline
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Konigsburg, E.L.
A View From Saturday
Koss, Amy
Stranger in Dadland
Lord, Cynthia
Rules
Lowery, Lois
Attaboy Sam
Gossamer
MacLachlan, Patricia
Journey
Martin, Ann
Corner of the Universe
Mass, Wendy
Finally
McDonald, Megan
Cloudy with a Chance of Boys
Mills, Claudia
Lizzie at Last
Myracle, Lauren
Eleven (series)
Na, An
A Step from Heaven
Park, Barbara
Graduation of Jake Moon
Paterson, Katherine
Bridge to Terabithia
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Paulsen, Gary
Lawn Boy
Winter Room
Perkins, Lynne Rae
Criss Cross
Pevsner, Stella
Keep Stompin' Till the Music Stops
Rhodes, Jewell
Ninth Ward
Roberts, Willo D.
Hostage
Rodowsky, Colby
Clay
Sachar, Louis
Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
Schmidt, Gary
Okay for Now
Smith, Roland
Zach's Lies
Spinelli, Jerry
Crash
Maniac Magee
Tolan, Stephanie
Surviving the Applewhites
Ure, Jean
Skinny Melon and Me
Vanderpool, Clare
Moon Over Manifest
Voigt, Cynthia
Dicey's Song
A Solitary Blue
Wallace, Barbara B.
Sparrows in the Scullery
Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth
Blue Eyes Better
Wiles, Deborah
Love, Ruby Lavender
Each Little Bird That Sings
Wilson, Jacqueline
The Lottie Project
Wolfson, Jill
What I Call Life
Woodson, J.
Peace, Locomotion
Wright, Betty
The Wish Master
Yee, Lisa
Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time
Zinnen, Linda
Truth About Rats, Rules and Seventh Grade