Tuesday December 22, 2015

Happy holidays!

This morning I was over at Richland Elementary for a meeting.  Students continued with Sign of the Beaver and took a fractions/mixed number quiz with adding and subtracting.

In the afternoon, we reset ourselves for 2016, cleaned our desks and gathered in the auditorium for a sing along.

I will not be posting tomorrow, so have a great break and holiday season!  Be safe and enjoy time with friends and family.  Also, thank you all for your gifts- super kind of you!

Finally, SKOL Vikings!  Big playoff push ahead!



Homework due Wednesday
RELA- Book Clubs completed; KidBiz- "Plastic Bags" completed
Signed planners and Canvas completed forms

Monday December 21, 2015

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1422957724386

Math quiz tomorrow on adding and subtracting mixed numbers!

Introductions and hooks in Google Docs in writing.

Reading tests to finish the afternoon!

Homework
Math- Mod 3 Lesson 12

RELA- G&L Roots due tomorrow; Book Club day 17 and 18 due Wednesday; KidBiz "Plastic Bags" due Wednesday

Other- Canvas papers signed and returned; Planner signed

Friday December 18th, 2015

Sorry for no post yesterday- bad on me!

Sign of the Beaver- Chapter 16 this AM

Math- Subtracting mixed numbers

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1422957724344

In the afternoon we worked with our buddy classes in first grade to make holiday projects.  See the tweet below for pictures!

First grade buddy holiday project with Mrs. Souder’s class! #qcsd pic.twitter.com/8SowUelL7v

— Z. Garger (@Garger5TVille) December 18, 2015

In writing, we wrapped up our chocolate milk organizers and began using Google Docs to collaborate on our group essay.

Reading- TDA wrap up!

Thanks a ton parents and students for crushing 4 book club days in only 2 days!  Kuddos to you as readers!

Homework

Math- Mod 3 Lesson 11

RELA- Book Club 16; KidBiz "Plastic Bags" due Tuesday; G&L Roots due Tuesday

Other- Canvas papers signed and returned; Planner signed

Wednesday December 16, 2015

Dean gave us a flag football filled morning meeting.

In Sign of the Beaver Matt and Attean met a bear...

Math- adding mixed numbers with sums greater than 2

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1422957724237

NWEA Reading afternoon- growth was the name of the game.

** For reading homework, students will have 4 days of book clubs to complete in the next two nights.  This is due to holiday break next week.  This is in effort to alleviate homework over break- students were all about that! **

Homework

Math- Mod 3 Lesson 10

RELA- Book Club Day 12-15 due FRIDAY; G&L Roots due Tuesday; KidBiz "Plastic Bags" due Dec. 23rd

Other- Canvas papers!!! (more of these were sent home today, please sign up!); Planner signed; Mitten Drive; Coins of Compassion (twin day Friday)

Tuesday December 15, 2015

Ivonna started our morning meeting with a soccer handstand goal block story!  Sounded quite amazing!

Sign of the Beaver chapter 13 and 14 continued our morning.  Bows, leg trapped foxes, and anger!

Math- adding using the standard algorithm with fractions (and least common denominator- see the second video for this)

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1422957724138

Panoramic teacher survey started our afternoon.  This survey was given to students to rate teachers effectiveness.

NWEA Grammar/Writing Skills in the afternoon.  GROWTH was the goal.  After finishing, TDAs were continued.

Homework

Math- Mod 3 L9

RELA- Book Club 11 due tomorrow; G&L Roots due Dec. 22; KidBiz " Plastic Bags" graded (scores lower than 75% will require a revision KidBiz... TAKE YOUR TIME- there have been far too many low scores lately.

Other- Planner signed; Canvas papers signed and returned; Mitten drive; Coins of compassion (twin day Friday)

Monday December 14, 2015

Sign of the Beaver and ticket drawing started our day.

In math, we looked at adding and subtracting from whole numbers.  We first attempted to use number lines, which quickly became confusing, so we resorted to a more "static" way of adding and subtracting and students seemed to respond better.  For homework, they may use number lines or the traditional algorithm.

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1422957724104

In writing, groups decided their side of the debate on chocolate milk, and then proceeded to organize their writing pieces.

To wrap up the day, RELA Plus began organizing their TDAs based on plot and setting.

Homework

Math- Mod 3 Lesson 8

RELA- Book Club Day 10 tomorrow; KidBiz "Plastic Bags" = 75% or higher or revision; G&L Root due Dec 22nd.

Other- Planner signed; Canvas online and paper returned

Friday December 11, 2015

Morning meeting- Student Council

S.o.t.B. Ch. 10 and 11- Ask your child what happened!  Friendships are blossoming.

Math- Add/subtract fractions review and quiz.  Next week we will continue to add and subtract fractions, but we will be moving away from the area models and into traditional algorithms.

Writing- Organizing our main ideas and topics.

Reading- All Summer in a Day and Text Dependent Analysis preview.

Homework
Math- none
RELA- Book Club Day 9 Monday; G&L Root due Dec. 22
Other- Planner signed; Canvas papers signed and returned; Mitten Drive; Coins of Compassion next week

Thursday December 10, 2015

Quick blog due to faculty meeting after school.

Parents, please check your emails tonight.  There will be an email discussing what we had a "pod meeting" with fifth grade about this AM.

Math- subtracting numbers greater than one whole by fractions

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1422957723928

Greek and Latin roots
flect/flex- bend
frail, fract, frag- break/shatter

Writing- last day of chocolate milk research

Reading- How does setting impact plot?  Conclusions and generalizations.  All Summer in a Day

Homework
Math- Mod 3 Lesson 6
RELA- Book Club Day 8 due tomorrow; KidBiz "A Place in History" tomorrow; Finish 2nd reading (and maybe a 3rd) if you did not already today of All Summer in a Day; G&L Roots due Dec 22
Other- Planner and Canvas signed and returned

Wednesday December 9, 2015

NOVA came this morning to discuss cyber bullying and the consequences of it.  I feel as though right now was the perfect time for NOVA to come and remind students that their actions can extend further than what they might initially see.  Always keep that in mind.

Math- subtracting fractions with unlike denominators

Homework Help- http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1422696887415

To begin our afternoon, we watched a video from Dr. Rippe about his take on the chocolate milk controversy.  After, we read an article to continue to pull out facts on this topic.

After, we took our next Greek and Latin root assessment.

To wrap up the day, our RELA class drew conclusions and gathered plot information on the story Storm Warriors.  We will examine this text and another (All Summer in a Day) to write a text dependent analysis in the upcoming days.

Homework

Math- Mod 3 Lesson 5

RELA- Read 30; Book Club Day 7 tomorrow; KidBiz "A Place in History"

Other- Planner signed; Canvas paper signed and returned

Lob's Girl Socratic Seminars and Tuesday December 8, 2015

Here our our Lob's Girl Socratic Seminars.  The volume may be a little quiet, but its the best we could do!  Check them out.  What was really effective?  What could be improved upon next time?  What were you personal strengths?  What were your personal weaknesses?

This morning, Jacob kicked off our morning meeting with a story about his sister's birthday.

In Sign of the Beaver, Attean is becoming more familiar with the English language.

Math- adding with unlike denominators.

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1413536560417

Writing's focus was on an article that put a positive spin on chocolate milk.  Research was gathered, opinions are continuing to be built.

Socratic seminars were wrapped up and reflected upon.  We talked about the strengths and weaknesses of this round.  The more we do, the better they will get; its a great way of combining reading and conversation making.

To continue in reading, we read Storm Warriors while focusing on making generalizations and coming to conclusions.  As this week continues, we will read another story, then begin a Text Dependent Analysis which will be wrapped up next week.

Homework

Math- Mod 3 Lesson 4

RELA- G&L Root Quiz tomorrow; Book Club Day 6 due tomorrow; KidBiz "A Place in History" due Friday (graded)

Other- Planner signed; Canvas signed up for and paper returned

Monday December 7, 2015

Morning meeting- ticket drawing

After setting up the week and getting back on track, we began to examine the Native American impact on Matt's life.  Ask you child what is happening!

In math, we added fractions with unlike denominators and knocked it out of the park- 95% on the exit ticket!  Keep it up!

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1413536560411

In writing we continued our chocolate milk research.  Tomorrow groups will break down and further their research (this will continue for a couple of days).  At the end of this time, groups will decide upon an opinion and we will go through how to write an opinion based essay that is thoroughly supported by facts and statistics.  Hopefully we will begin writing by Friday.

Socratic seminar in reading!  Oh yeah- a personal favorite of the students.  We had two very interesting seminars that touched on many of the big topics in Lob's Girl and Old Yeller.  There were somethings we need to tighten up as a class, but overall, the book discussion was detailed and text driven.  Impressive.  Look for the Socratic seminar videos to be posted within the next 2 days on this blog.

Homework
Math- Mod 3 Lesson 3
RELA- Book Club Day 5; KidBiz "A Place in History"; G&L Roots due Wednesday
Other- Planner signed; Canvas parent login completed and signed

Friday December 4, 2015

Char morning meeting- "Good Morning Friend My Name is Ben!"

Sign of the Beaver- bears stealing food; bees stinging; stalking Native American helpers

Math- adding fractions with like denominators and being able to PROVE it!

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1413536560400

Writing- Second reading of the great chocolate milk fiasco!  Really fun to have different classes in our room with us.

Reading- Prepared for Yeller and Lob Socratic Seminar on Monday!  Things to think about when preparing questions for Monday's seminar: How are the stories alike and different?  How did the mood change in Lob's Girl and why?  How were the texts organized?  How did the plot form in Lob's Girl?  What was the theme of Old Yeller?  What was the Theme of Lob's Girl?

Homework
Math- Mod 3 L2
RELA- Book Club Day 4 due Monday; Socratic Seminar prepared for Monday; G&L Root due Wednesday; KidBiz due next Friday- "A Place in History"
Other- Planner signed; Canvas sign up and returned note!

Thursday December 3, 2015

Canvas morning meeting-  Please sign the paper and log into Canvas to complete your registration!

Chapter 3 of Sign of the Beaver in social studies- a visitor came to meet Matt; a greedy one at that.

Math- FRACTIONS BEGIN!  Equivalent Fractions

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1413536560381

Reading- Lob's Girl.  This will be our next Socratic Seminar.  Ask your child what it was about, how we read it, and about the mysterious ending.

https://quizlet.com/4908841/lobs-girl-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Homework
Math- Mod 3 L1
RELA- Day 3 Book Clubs; G&L roots due Dec. 9
Other- Planner signed; Canvas paper signed

Wednesday Dec. 2, 2015

Maddy shared her busted water pipe story this morning during morning meeting.  Hope it gets fixed soon!

In Sign of the Beaver, we got the see what it was like to live in nature all alone during the 1700s.  Creepy!

Math- division of decimals!

http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449490

Writing's focus was on gathering facts for both sides of an opinion.  What did you child learn about chocolate milk today?

Reading- Old Yeller and an introduction to foreshadowing!  Tomorrow we begin a story called Lob's Girl and focus on foreshadowing in our Socratic Seminar (hopefully Friday!).

Homework
MATH- Dividing Decimals Word Problems
RELA- Book Club Day 2; G&L root due Dec. 9; Read 30 min
Other- Planner signed

Tuesday December 1, 2015

Back at it in C6!  This morning we shared some Thanksgiving stories and experiences.

After, we began our new social studies novel- Sign of the Beaver.  This novel introduces colonialism and connects to Native American contact with European explorers.  With this novel, we will transition into the 13 colonies and Revolutionary War.

In math, we continued to divide decimals.  Tomorrow we will have a division quiz.

Homework help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449488

New Greek and Latin roots!

bio = life
viv/vit = live; life

In writing, we gathered in the pod to introduce opinion writing.  Opinions and more importantly, FACTS that back up the opinion.  Ask your child what topics we will be discussing!

In reading, we cleared out our Wonder things, received some tests back (look for these!) and got our new book club books.  Expectations for these have been set!  To wrap up reading, we began reading a section of our next story- Old Yeller.  For unit 2 of RELA Plus, we will be reading various short stories and informational pieces and comparing them.

Homework
Math- Mod 2 Lesson 27
RELA- Book Club Day 1 due tomorrow; Greek and Latin root due December 9th
Other- Planner signed

Monday November 23, 2015

Quick post, catch up wrap up day before Thanksgiving.

Homework
Garger Math- none
Garger RELA- Read 30 min; KidBiz "Something Fishy"; Greek and Latin roots due tomorrow!
Planner signed!

Friday November 20, 2015

Quick Update!

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449479

Homework
Garger Math- REFLEX; Mod 2 Lesson 23
Garger RELA- Read 30; G&L Root Tuesday; KidBiz "Something Fishy" due TUESDAY (graded)
Other- Planner signed; Root for the Vikings Sunday at 4:25- BOOOO PACKERS!

Thursday November 19, 2015

Zach gave us a great vacation based morning meeting about conch shells and banana boats.

Canva infographic projects continued in Social Studies. I am really impressed with these guys and gals taking to a new type of project!

Division continues!

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449479

In writing, students began to independently plan and draft their 2nd personal narratives.  This is an On Demand writing piece, so it should be a quick turn around- no more than 3 days.  This is their chance to improve upon their first narrative grades.

In reading Mrs. Smith joined us for our next installment of potbelly pig TDA work!

Homework
Garger Math- Reflex; Mod 2 Lesson 22 (division quiz tomorrow!  LTA Monday)
Garger RELA- Finish Wonder by tomorrow (TEST!); Read 30 min; Greek and Latin roots due Tuesday; KidBiz "Native Americans" due TOMORROW (graded)
Other- Planner signed; backwards day tomorrow; donate cans!

Wednesday November 18, 2015

Kyle ran through our morning meeting this morning.

In Social Studies we learned how to use an infographic creating website called Canva.  We will be making infographics about the adaptations of two Native American tribes.  We will dig deeper into this tomorrow, but students seemed really excited to show what they knew in a new way.

In math we continued to divide... long division!

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449477

In writing we focused on attention to editing and attention to the little details that help our narratives to flow.  The small things impact the big things!

To wrap up the day, we began to wrap up Wonder.  It is due Friday, along with a Wonder test on Friday!

Homework
Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 21
Garger RELA- Read 30; Wonder finished by Friday; Greek and Latin roots due Tuesday; KidBiz "Native Americans" due Friday
Other- Canned goods donated!; Planner signed

Tuesday November 17, 2015

No morning meeting due to our assembly at 10:20!

Math- dividing two digits by two digits

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449475

At 10:20, we went down to the cafe-torium for an assembly from Joe Odhiambo.  He is a guiness world record holder for 5 basketball records.  His message was about character/believing in yourself and he showed that through the skills he was acquired throughout his years of training.

In the afternoon, narrative writing pieces wrapped up.  Tomorrow we will discuss editing since we have been revising with our partners as we write.

In reading, we looked at plot and story structure.  We mainly focused on the climax since we finally got into that part of the story!

Garger Homework
Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 20
Garger RELA- Read 30 min; G&L Roots; KidBiz "Native Americans" due Friday and graded
Other- Planner signed

Monday November 11, 2015

Today began with ticket drawing.  Hooray for winners!  Also, hooray for the Minnesota Vikings!!

In social studies, we narrowed our research of Native Americans down to two cultural regions and began to compare/contrast them.

In math, we began dividing with number that have remainders.

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449473

New Greek and Latin roots!

mal/male: https://quizlet.com/337824/vocab-list-14-mal-male-flash-cards/

ben/bene/bon: https://quizlet.com/4033894/ben-bene-bon-root-words-flash-cards/

Writing continued partner narratives and in reading we began the final chunk of Wonder.  To the nature reserve we go!

Homework

Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 19

Garger RELA- Read 30 min; Greek and Latin root due next Tuesday (11/23); KidBiz "Native Americans" due Friday (graded)

Other- Planner signed

Friday November 13, 2015

Student council kicked off our morning with a presentation for the month of November.  Next Friday is "backwards inside out day" so please donate no perishable goods!  No coins this time.

In social studies we looked at the Pacific Northwest Native Americans to wrap up our five major cultural regions.  On Monday, groups will select two regions to compare and contrast adaptations.

In math, we looked at division estimation.  It follows less rigid rules than other types of estimation, so knowing multiplication facts is essential to seeing patterns in the numbers!

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449467

In the afternoon, we wrapped up TDAs.  Students did a really great job on these!  They should be proud of their group efforts.

To end the day, group narrative drafting in Google Docs was our focus.  Showing instead of telling is getting stronger!!!!

Homework
Garger Math- Reflex Math; Mod 2 Lesson 17
Garger RELA- Read 30 min; KidBiz "Native Americans"
Other- Planner signed

Thursday November 11, 2015

Today began with a division of powers of ten lesson in math.

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449465

The reason we had math to start the day was because we had our A.L.I.C.E. assembly to inform us about what to do if intruders were to enter the building.  Students were very mature and receptive.

In the afternoon, we discussed joining Reading Olympics.  A book list can be found here: http://www3.bucksiu.org/cms/lib3/PA09000729/Centricity/Domain/49/2016%20Elem%20Reading%20Olympics%20Booklist.pdf

TDA (Text Dependent Analysis) continued for students across fifth grade.  We hope to wrap these up tomorrow!

In writing, partners began drafting their Google Doc narratives.

Homework
Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 16
Garger RELA- Read 30 min; Book Clubs Day 14 and 15; KidBiz "Hunger in America"
Other- Planner signed

Wednesday November 11, 2015

Ryan W lead our morning meeting today.  The boy is loyal to his Wilkes University football team!

Southwestern adobe living Native Americans were in the cultural region spotlight for us today.

In math, we continued to look at converting units of measure.

In the afternoon, TDA work continued with trifecta groups from each of the fifth grade classrooms.  Common themes ranged, but text evidence was always backing up their claim!  Tomorrow we will hopefully finish organizers and move onto the actual TDA writing.

To end the day, we studied the character Miranda and had a warm moment at the end of her part in Wonder.

Homework

Garger Math- Metric conversion homework

Garger RELA- Read 30 min; Book Clubs finished by Friday!; KidBiz- "Hunger in America" due Friday

Other- Planner signed

Tuesday November 10, 2015

Morning meeting- conference recap!

Native Americans- Plains!  My favorite cultural region.

In math we looked at converting smaller to larger units.  This involved fractions and division.

In reading we partnered up across grade levels to tackle a TDA.  One student from each of the 3 classes teamed up to partner write a TDA.  Today we read and annotated while thinking about the two story's themes.  

To end the day, we looked at how to SHOW and not tell a suspenseful moment.  We used this moment in Monsters Inc. to practice.

Homework

Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 14

Garger RELA- Read 30; Book Clubs Day 14 and 15 due Friday; KidBiz "Hunger in America" due Friday

Other- Planner signed

Monday November 9, 2015

Sorry for no blog on Friday- I had to run out of school to get to a wedding that evening... I was still late!

Ticket drawing morning meeting.

In social studies groups looked at adaptations of Southeast Native Americans.

In math, we used our knowledge of multiplication to convert measurements.

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449443

We reviewed our Greek and Latin roots with a matching game, then worked on more SHOW instead of tell.  We then began to write our partner narratives.

In reading, we wrapped up Auggie's second part of Wonder and focused on figurative language a bit more.

Homework
Garger Math- Reflex and Mod 2 Lesson 13
Garger RELA- Read 30 min; Book Club Day 13; Greek and Latin roots due WEDNESDAY now; KidBiz "Hunger in America" due Friday
Other- Planners signed

Thursday November 5, 2015

This morning began with a morning meeting from Max.  Racing is his thing.

Social Studies focus today: North Eastern Woodland Native Americans.  We looked at their climate, resources, food, housing, tools and clothing to make connections to the types of adaptations used to survive.

In math, we multiplied whole numbers by hundredth decimals.

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449403

SHOW, don't TELL mini-lesson was our focus today!  We also finished our story maps.  Tomorrow we will begin drafting our partner stories in Google Docs.

In reading we looked at similies and metaphors, compared them, and identified them in different Wonder sentences.  We read through the first half of Auggie's second part and left off at a pretty big cliff hanger!

Homework

Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 11

Garger RELA- Read 30 min; Book Club Day 11 and 12 due MONDAY; KidBiz "Goodbye, Eastern Cougar" due TOMORROW! (graded); Greek and Latin roots due Tuesday of next week (quiz!)

Other- planner signed; cookie orders due; book logs due tomorrow!

Wednesday November 4th, 2015

Alyssa kicked off our morning meeting with some Just Dance stories.

Explorer projects came back- look for these coming home!  We then connected explorers to what was found in the new world- Native Americans!  We will begin our study on Native Americans and their adaptations as the week progresses.

In math, we multiplied whole numbers and decimals (to tenths) together.  We used an area model and standard algorithm to help us.

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449393

In the afternoon, we continued to look at our partner narratives.  Our focus today was creating a story map to organize how our story will flow.  Tomorrow we will do a major review of SHOW, don't TELL.

In reading, we finished Justin's chunk of Wonder while focusing on making inferences based on his point of view.

Homework
Garger Math- Mod 2; Lesson 10

Garger RELA- Book Club Day 10 due TOMORROW; KidBiz "Goodbye, Eastern Cougar" due Friday; "cred, jur/jud/jus" due next Tuesday the 10th

Other- Planners; cookie dough orders due the 9th; picture retakes Nov. 13th

Monday November 2nd, 2015

Quick update before conferences!  No school tomorrow!

jur, jud, jus Quizlet

cred Quizlet

Homework
Garger RELA- Book Club Day 9 due Wednesday; "jur,jud,jus/cred" due Tuesday Oct. 10; KidBiz "Goodbye, Eastern Cougars"
Other- Planner signed; Cookie orders due Nov. 9

Friday October 30, 2015

Quick post!  Lots of assessment wrap ups for marking period 1!  Ask your child to find out more details!

Garger Homework
Garger Math- None!

Garger RELA- Read 30 min; Book club day 8 due MONDAY; KidBiz "Goodbye, Eastern Cougar" due next Friday

Other- Planner signed; American Education Day on Monday!

Thursday October 29, 2015

Stephen kicked off our morning with a bass fishing extravaganza morning meeting.  Great perseverance Stephen!

Explorer projects pushed on!  Last day tomorrow!

Math was all about standard multiplication algorithm today.  Students know how to do it, but there is a HUGE issue with multiplication facts, lining up place values, and adding efficiently.  If we could cut back on the silly mistakes, we would be flying through this!  If you child is still having issues with multiplication facts, I highly encourage you to get your child on REFLEX: https://www.reflexmath.com/

The username is: zgarger (or pwilson), select our year 15.16, and after they select their name from the list, they use their lunch code as their password.

Math Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449352

In the afternoon, we reviewed our Greek and Latin roots with a matching game.  We then got together with partners to re-revise our narratives based on the feedback I provided.  The scores on the first round of narratives were quite low.  Many students neglected to use resources, apply strategies such as SHOW DON'T TELL, and disregarded publishing checklists.  We had a big discussion how this is a HUGE over site on many of their parts.  In our upcoming narrative, we will look to take steps forward.

Mrs. Smith joined us for reading and we continued to research pot bellied pigs.  In the past two lesson we learned how to support our opinion with facts and then elaborate in a focused way on them.  Awesome!

Homework

Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 8 (use the resources provided!)

Garger RELA- Read 30 min; Book Clubs Day 8 due MONDAY; Greek and Latin roots due tomorrow; KidBiz "Batkid" due TOMORROW (graded!)

Other- Planner signed; Donate canned goods and wear RED tomorrow; American Education Week yellow papers turned in

Wednesday October 28, 2015

Claire's floating mattress morning meeting really got the class thinking!

Social Studies- Explorer project, moving along with publishing!

Math- more multiplication with standard algorithm and area models.  ACCURACY IS EVERYTHING!

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449350

Writing- Kahoot competition for G&L roots!  Final day of narrative publication

Reading- part 4 of Wonder wrapped up!

Homework
Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 7
Garger RELA- Book clubs day 7 tomorrow; Greek and Latin Root due Friday; "Batkid" KidBiz due Friday (GRADED!!!)
All Other- planner signed; cookie dough fundraiser Nov. 9; Conference papers and American Education Week papers

Tuesday October 27, 2015

This morning began with a morning meeting that focused on red ribbon week and RESPECTING one's self.  We made a poster that will part of the large school poster.

We immediately switched for math and focused on multiplying using the area model and standard algorithm.  Today's area model was decomposed on both the top and side!  This allowed us to do quicker math, but it did take a bit longer.

Rain Forest assembly post math!

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449348

Afternoon consisted of linking verbs, revision, editing, and publishing of our first narratives.  Tomorrow will be our final full day in class.

In reading, groups broke down how Wonder shows the various types of conflict.  Groups rotated and did a fantastic job of identifying page numbers and text evidence to support their conflict claims.  Additionally, we continued to read and sticky annotate part 4 of Wonder.  The plot continues to grow as we hear Jack Will's side of things!

Homework
Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 6
Garger RELA- Read 30; Book Club day 6 due tomorrow; G&L roots due Friday; KidBiz- "Batman" due Friday (graded!)
Other- Planner signed; Cookie Fundraiser due Nov. 9; Conference/AEW yellow papers ASAP

Monday October 26, 2015

Ticket drawing morning meeting- congrats to Abby, Dan and Claire!

In social studies, individuals began putting their partner collected research together for their own projects.  These are due on Thursday.

Math's focus was on multiplying two or three digit numbers using the area model and standard algorithm.

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449345

In the afternoon, we looked at verbs in grammar, continued to revise, edit and publish our personal narratives.  The goal is to have these completed by Tuesday or Wednesday.  Then in reading, we continued to read Jack Will's part of Wonder.  We discussed the specific different types of conflict that have happened so far in this novel.

Homework
Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 5
Garger RELA- Read 30 min; Book Club Day 5 due tomorrow; "scrib/script/graph" due Friday; KidBiz "Batman" due Friday
Other- Planner signed; conference papers turned in; cookie dough orders due Nov. 9

Friday October 23, 2015

Quick blog today, as I am headed down to Maryland for the PSU-Maryland game!  Enjoy the fall festival!  I am so sorry this is the first year that I cannot attend :(  Best of luck to our class winning baskets!

Math Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449343

Homework
Garger Math- Mod 2 Lesson 4
Garger RELA- Read 30; Book Clubs Day 4 due Monday!; "G&L Roots due Oct. 30; KidBiz "Batman" due Oct. 30

Thursday October 22, 2015

CDTs were taken all morning.  These are another standardized test taken throughout the district by all 5th grade students.  Math was the focus today.

In the afternoon, we received our new Greek and Latin roots.  See below!
Scrib/Script Quizlet
Graph Quizlet

In writing, peer revision wrapped up and final personal revisions began.  Published pieces are due Tuesday!

In reading, we looked at an article on Legos together.  We reviewed KidBiz expectations and how to answer a Thought Question.  Groups then jumped into their book clubs to discuss what they have been reading on Day 1 and 2.  Complete sentences, page numbers, text evidence and 1 or 2 quotes per day are important when completing these book clubs.

Homework
Garger Math- none
Garger RELA- Read 30 min; Book Club Day 3 due TOMORROW; KidBiz "Werewolf" due tomorrow (GRADED); Greek and Latin root of the week due Oct. 30 (Friday)
Other- Planner signed; Conference/AEW papers signed

Wednesday October 21, 2015

Student council lead our morning meeting today.  Great job leaders!  Can't wait for penny wars to begin!

Social studies explorer research continued.

In math, we reviewed yesterday's numerical expression struggles, and then took our second LTA of the marking period.  See yesterday's videos for homework help tonight.

Before lunch, we had an unexpected fire drill.  A fire alarm was accidentally pulled, but we responded well and everything was just fine!  Great job class!

In the afternoon, 81% of the class received a 3 or 4 on their Greek and Latin root quiz for this week!  AMAZING!!!!!!  Now our next goal is 90% of the class.

In writing we continued to peer and independently revise.  I hope to have these writing pieces wrapped up by early next week.

In reading we read Part 3 in Wonder.

Homework

Garger Math- numeric expressions practice

Garger RELA- Read 30; Day 1 and 2 of book clubs TOMORROW; KidBiz- "Werewolf" due Friday (GRADED!)

Other- Planner signed; conference and American Education Week signed (if coming); and THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATED TO THE CLASSROOM BASKET!  Amazing, amazing, amazing, donations!

Tuesday October 20, 2015

Over $400 raised based on "wear pink day!"  Great job everyone!

Mikey began our day by telling a story about how he walked around his neighborhood in high heels...

In social studies we continued to research our explorers.  Hopefully drafts and initial notes are completed by tomorrow.

In math, students took a look at numeric expressions!  Tough stuff!

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449341

miss/mit and port quiz!

Peer review continued in writing- excellent praises and polishes.  Super impressed by Google Doc-ing skills!!

In reading, we broke down the TDA that we were working on yesterday and partnerships did a MASTERFUL job of writing the next two body paragraphs and conclusion.  This seems to have really cleared up misconceptions about TDAs.  Our next round of these should be much stronger!  Great focus and use of text evidence!

Homework
Garger Math- Mod 2, Lesson 3- Just 1A-F
Garger RELA- Read 30; Day 1 and 2 of book clubs due Thursday; KidBiz "Werewolf" due Friday (graded!!)
Other- Planner signed; Fall basket donations due tomorrow!; Conference and Parent Observation info. signed

Monday October 19, 2015

Wear pink and donate a dollar tomorrow!

Ticket drawing morning meeting!

In social studies, explorer groups began researching their explorer.  Rough copies and note taking were the focus!

In math, we estimated and multiplied.

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449322

In the afternoon, we practiced our Latin/Greek roots with a matching game.  After, we began peer conferencing and revising using Google Docs.  We learned how to share docs and comment within the doc to help give praises/polishes for writing.  Tomorrow we will continue to give feedback.

In reading, TDAs continued to be planned and we finally began writing.  Expectations are being set!!

Homework
Garger Math- Mod. 2, Lesson 2
Garger RELA- Read 30; NEW Book Clubs Day 1 and 2 due Thursday; "miss/mit/port" due tomorrow and quiz!; KidBiz- "Werewolf in School" due Friday (GRADED)
Other- Planner signed; wear pink and donate a dollar tomorrow; THANKS FOR FALL BASKET DONATIONS!  MORE ARE STILL WELCOME!!

Friday October 16, 2015

Liam began our day telling us about soccer.

In social studies we picked our explorer for research and finished our article on Vasco de Gama.

In math, we worked with multiplying whole numbers based on their place value.  We used distributive and commutative property to help us.

Homework Help- http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1404734449303

In writing we continued to look at mentor texts and apply their successes to our own writing.

In reading, TDAs were given back to students.  These are the first TDAs of the year, and again, they were used as a benchmark.  In class we are now looking at how to write TDAs so we can all be successful with them in the future.

Homework
Garger Math- M2 Lesson 2
Garger RELA- Read 30; Vocab part 2 and 3; Latin/Root due Tuesday (ask your kid how they did on Kahoot challenge today!
Other- Planner and fall fundraiser basket donations!  (So many donations!  Keep them coming in! Thanks a ton- its looking ammmmmmazing!)

Thursday October 15, 2015

Alana lead us through a fantastic morning meeting.

In social studies students received their geography quizzes back.  We also highlighted the explorer Vasco De Gama.

In math we took a quiz on multiplying and dividing, and worked on some long division.

In writing we continued to write our exploded moment personal narratives.

In reading we finished Part 2 of Wonder and began planning our in class TDA.  Parents, please be aware that the first TDA that is coming home in the next day or two is our baseline TDA.  Scores may be lower than expectations because students have never done them in RELA Plus before.  These scores are used, but they helped guide our TDA that we are working on in class together to set expectations.  We will compare our first TDA with our class TDA to see how things have changed.

Homework
Garger Math- Long Division
Garger RELA- Read 30; KidBiz- "Three Worlds Meet" tomorrow; Latin/Greek roots due Tuesday; Wonder vocabulary due Monday

Wednesday October 14, 2015

This morning began with our student council voting!  Congratulations to Stephen and Kylie!  Maddy, Dan and Shane did a tremendous job preparing for elections as well.  You should all be proud!

In social studies we took our geography quiz, and then looked at expectations for our upcoming explorer project.

In math, we continued to divide with place value.  Today we learned what happened when we had remainders left!

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1401784867902

Please see yesterday's post for LONG DIVISION assistance.

In writing we continued to revise for explode-able moments- WOW!  Was I impressed by some of these, here is an excerpt from Rachel's story.  She really SHOWS how panicked she was.

In reading, we took a look at plot and continued to read part 2 of Wonder which lets us see the story so far through a different character's eyes- Via, Auggie's sister.  Ask your child what new things you have learned about Auggie from this point of view.

Homework

Garger Math- Lesson 15

Garger RELA- Read 30; KidBiz "Three Worlds Meet" due Friday; Latin Roots due Oct. 20; Wonder Pt. 2 and 3 vocabulary due Monday

Other- Planner signed; Fall Basket donations!  Huge thanks to Zach, Charlotte, Ryan, Max, Luke R!

Tuesday October 13, 2015

Stephen and Maddy began our morning with student council speeches.  We will vote tomorrow!

In social studies we took a quick look at John Cabot and his experience finding the Northwest Passage.

Math's focus was on dividing using place value and the original algorithm.

Homework Help: http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1401784867401

Original Algorithm Helper:

In writing, we analyzed a sample Text Dependent Analysis example.  Then students continued to work on their own TDAs.

In reading, we powered through half of Part 2 in Wonder and began to see Via's interpretation of everything August has been through.

Homework

Garger Math- Lesson 14

Garger RELA- TDA due tomorrow; "port/miss/mit" due next Tuesday; KidBiz- "Three Worlds Meet" due Friday; Vocabulary part 2 and 3 due Monday

Monday October 12, 2015

This morning began with Dan, Kylie, and Shane giving their student council speeches.  Tomorrow Maddy and Stephen will give their speeches, and voting will happen on Wednesday.

In social studies we continued to find out more about explorers and made a connection to today's holiday- Columbus Day.  Tomorrow we will have our geography quiz.  Study!

In math, students recieved back their Learning Target Assessment which covers all 5th grade standards.  So far we have only taught patterns, place value, and operations with decimal numbers.  Those 3 standards will count towards the marking period report card- the other standards were just to see where students stood so far in math.  Overall these were pretty strong!  Then we continued to use place value to divide.

In the afternoon, RELA reviewed their Wonder part 1 quizzes.  These would have been superb if directions were followed.  Some silly mistakes from people not answering questions fully!!  Overall, these were good.

Next, we analyzed our next set of Greek and Latin root words- "port" meaning carry and "miss'mit" meaning send.

"Port" Overview- http://membean.com/wrotds/port-carry
"Port Quiz- https://quizlet.com/1020270/greeklatin-root-port-flash-cards/
"Miss/Mit Overview- http://www.english-for-students.com/miss.html
"Miss/Mit" Quiz- https://quizlet.com/1020277/greeklatin-root-miss-mit-flash-cards/

Then we discussed the upcoming Part 2 and 3 vocabulary for Wonder.

To finish the day, students began their Text Dependent Analysis for their first round of book clubs.  We will finish this tomorrow.  The question revolved around finding a theme for their novel and using text evidence throughout to support it.

Homework
Garger Math- Dividing Practice
Garger RELA- Read 30; "port/miss/mit" due Oct. 20; KidBiz- "Three Worlds Meet" due Friday; Wonder vocab due Oct. 19 (do at least 2 a night!)
Other- Planner signed; geography quiz tomorrow; Fall Basket donations! (Thanks Luke R and Zach!)

Friday October 9, 2015

This morning began with a nice morning meeting from Shane.  We then reviewed geography and in math reviewed all of our standards with our first LTA test of the year.

In the afternoon- FUN!  Fall Fitness Fundraiser!!!