Language Arts:
Explore the sensory details of your vacation...how does the Thanksgiving meal taste, what do you hear, what do you smell, what textures do you notice????


Happy Thanksgiving!

Read!!!!

Math:
Count your blessings!

Science:
Chapter 1 test = Wednesday when we return, 12/4/19.

Other:
Field trip on Thursday, 12/5/19 to the Huntington Library. Pack a lunch. We will be returning after the cafeteria is closed.

School resumes after the Thanksgiving Break on Monday, 12/2/19.

I hope everyone has a restful and lovely Thanksgiving Break!

The fifth grade Scholastic Book Fair is coming!! December 9th-13th!!

 Please sign up at this link to help out with volunteering to staff this FUN event!!! Click here to sign up.

Language Arts:
Don't forget to study ALL of the vocabulary needed for tomorrow's test (including colonel)
2. Finish the paraphrasing of the illustration from the Corn stalk article (short read 1)

Math:
None, students took the Topic 6 test today.

Science:
Chapter 1: lessons 1 & 2 quizzes are tomorrow.

Other:
The Behavior Card, the Thursday Folder, and the Report Card Envelope need to be returned tomorrow.

I still need field trip forms from R.A.; A.K.;J.A.; AH;SM;AN; NP;KP;SP; and ES.  If these forms are not returned, these students will be left behind in another classroom on this day.

Tomorrow is a minimum day; dismissal = 12:30pm

Language Arts:
Study your vocabulary words: don't forget the extra words: colonel, men, children, mice, shelves and the rule "if the word ends with "s, x, z, ch, or sh", then add "es" for the plural

Finish vocabulary day 1 worksheet for homework: be sure to use ALL the words.

Math:
Study for the test tomorrow on Topic 6: division of decimals. You can always sign into the clever account from your student Google account and use the Khan academy website for extra support.

Remember to study the shortcuts we used today in class.

Science:
We covered chapter 1, lesson 1 today in class. Tomorrow will be lesson 2. Friday will be the lesson 1 & 2 quizzes.

Other:
Please turn in all field trip forms ASAP. Thank you to the families who have already done so.

L.A.:
Get the L. 2 and the L. 4 assignments signed by an adult
Study the vocabulary words: don't forget the extra rule and mice, children, men, and shelves

Math:
345: Evens
346: All except #19
347: 3,6,9, 10
348: 11-14, 17-18

Test on Topic 6 = this Thursday

Other:
Be sure to bring in your 100 words for your art project. You will be graded on your project.

Friday = Minimum Day, dismissal = 12:30pm

PLEASE TURN IN YOUR FIELD TRIP FORMS & DONATIONS ASAP...We only need to pay for the bus because we are going on free day. :)

Language Arts:
Study vocabulary words: add these words to the list: children, mice, men, shelves and
the rule: when creating a plural, if the word ends in "sh", or "ch" or "x" or "z", then add "es"
For example box turns into boxes, lunch turns into lunches, flush turns into flushes.


Math:
finish p. 339: 18-22
341: 1-4; 13-16
342: 17-19; 23-25.

SHOW YOUR WORK OTHERWISE YOU STAY IN AT RECESS TO REDO THESE PROBLEMS.
TEST ON TOPIC 6 = THIS THURSDAY


History:
Chapter 6 test = tomorrow.

Other;
Please return field trip forms and donations ASAP for our field trip to the Huntington Library.

Friendship grams are on sale now. Please see me if you want extra forms. :)

Language Arts:
All-R.Con 11/18 due on Monday
"Tail for a Tail" book groups: narrative due on Monday about Rabbit getting back at deer: be sure to address all of the elements we discussed in the assignment

Math:
315: 9-11
317: 1-8

History:
Tuesday = chapter 6 test

Other:
No school tomorrow. Next week on Friday is a minimum day.

Language Arts:
Read and annotate pages 25, 26, 27 with interesting facts and QUESTIONS ABOUT CONTENT/VOCABULARY.
Get parent signatures on vocabulary test. (Also, do your ten times each on the incorrect answers.)
Get a parent signature on 5 facts from both sources assignments (check, check plus, check minus grade)
Get a parent signature on the small book questions.
Remember two groups have short stories due next Monday (Tail for a Tail small book groups)

Math:
Get your "Does McDonalds Sell CheeseBurgers, Duh" notes signed by a parent after you explain them.

History:
History test is being moved to Tuesday, Nov. 19 (next Tuesday)

Other:
No school Friday.
Tomorrow is a banking day.

Language Arts:
Students were assigned to write 5 sentences using different "contrast" key words and ideas for each sentence.
Get your RCon signed by an adult.
NO vocabulary test this week.

Math:
Get your tests signed by an adult.
Get your math notes signed by an adult

History:
Chapter 6 test = next Monday.

Other:
No school on Friday for students.

Language Arts:
Study your vocabulary words (geo/terr-earth words)
Blue group do ALL of page 15
Orange group do All of page 32
Yellow group do ALL of page 33.

Return your answers and books to their correct colored bins tomorrow!

Math:
None, today was two division tests

History:
Today was the chapter 5 test.
The chapter 6 test will be on Monday, November 18

Other:
Keppel Rocks tomorrow night!!! Rock on, Cougars!
No school on Monday, Nov. 11-Veterans' Day
No school on Friday, November 15, Teacher's Report Card Preparation day

Language arts:
Read your science book lessons 2 & 3. Write 5 facts that are in both the "Transforming Matter' booklet and the science book.
Study vocabulary words

Math:
283-286 ALL
Get a parent signature on graded homework pages 267-268
Math test = This Thursday, 11/7

History:
We completed reading chapter 5 today. We reviewed the answers in class for numbers 1-4 at the end of lesson 3.

Test on chapter 5 is on this Thursday.

Other:
We need to forms back from ALL families regarding camp attendance. Please send in a form or a note to let us know whether or not your child is attending camp.

Please turn in all wreath sales and forms.

Keppel Rocks = this Friday at 5:30, gates open at 5:00pm, tickets are 10 each.

Make-up pictures = Thursday, November 14

Language Arts:
Many parent signatures:
1. R. Con, due 11/12
2. Parent signature on Tom Sawyer essay about most admirable trait
3. Parent signature on Lesson 11 ( on inference)
4. Parent signature on vocabulary test (aud-/phone words) and students write misspelled words ten times each
5. L. 14 parent signature

Students:
1.  Complete your vocabulary test words (ten times each).
2. Write sentences using this week's vocabulary words AND cause/effect words.
3. This week's vocabulary:
1. George- boy's name
2. geography-study of land forms
3. geode-type of rock
4. subterranean- below ground
5. terrace- outdoor seating area/patio
6. terra cotta- earthen ware
7. geographer-scientist who studies land forms
8. extraterrestrial-alien
9. Mediterranean Sea
10. Rule: if a word ends in "y", then the "y" changes into "i" with a suffix
11. story-stories
12. territory: an area

Math:
277: 8-15
278: ALL
279: 6-16 evens
280: ALL
test on Topic 5 = Thursday, 11/7

History:
We did chapter 5, lesson 2 today
page 197: 1-4, 6
Test on chapter 5 = Thursday

Other:
Please turn in any and all camp forms ASAP. They're due by Friday

Language arts:
R. Con due on Monday, 11/4 with parent signature.

Math:
Finish page 266: 16, 18
267: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8
268: 10, 11, 13, 14

Students had 35 minute in class to work on these problems.

Math test on whole number division = NEXT THURSDAY, 11/7/19

History:
NO new homework, but chapter 5 test = Thursday. All students were instructed to bring home their history books to study.

Other:
TURN IN YOUR CAMP INTEREST FORMS AND CAMP DONATIONS ASAP!  I have only received 10 forms back!!! We need to know if we have enough students participating to be able to confirm our dates.
Dine out night at Chipotle =next Wednesday, Yummo on the burritos! 132 N. Glendale Blvd. 4-8pm

Keppel Rocks = Nov. 8, Rock on, Keppel kiddos!

Time change = this weekend...fall back one hour on Sunday. So, what used to be 8 am will now be7am...aaaahhhh, an extra hour of sleep for all of us. :)