The C6 Garger Blog - @Garger5TVille: April 2016

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Thursday April 28, 2016

This morning began with a comical morning meeting from Mikey and his trip to Boston.

As the morning continued, we began our final science unit of the year- ECOSYSTEMS. We looked at the riverbank ecosystem, identified living/non-living things, and made connections about how each of these things needs each other. Tomorrow we will build our eco-columns!

In math, we continued to separate rectangular prisms by bases, and also used the standard algorithm for finding area.

http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1428998216562

In writing, revisions were in full swing. Some students are still drafting, but the transition to revisions has been strong.

To end the day, we continued to break down Walter Dean Myer's autobiography and are currently attempting to write from the voice of one of his teachers. Taking on the persona of someone else can be fun!

Homework
Math- 5.4
Soc. St.- MBSID Assessment due 5/4
RELA- Read 30; Book Club Day 4 due MONDAY; KidBiz "Hands Off!" due Friday; G&L Roots due 5/5 (quiz); NOTE in teacher's voice due tomorrow
Other- Planner signed; Art homework due 5/4

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Wednesday April 27, 2016

Our morning began with a soccer morning meeting from Liam.

After, we finished My Brother Sam is Dead. Ask your child how this ended; pretty devastating! The My Brother Sam is Dead assessment will be an at home assessment. It is due next Thursday- May 5th. Expectations have been set in class for how this will be graded and what is expected.

If your child has chosen to take the online version, it can be found here as well as in their email: https://docs.google.com/a/qcsd.org/forms/d/1oMWsFXK9AUjAFHRnS1qf0WNROM6oHXf6rtf0s_G68Og/viewform

Later in the morning, we continued to dive deeper into volume by looking at the laying of bases.

http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1428998216504

As our afternoon continued, new Greek and Latin Root words were learned and applied.

mob, mot, mov (MOVE): https://quizlet.com/2583647/root-word-mob-mot-mov-flash-cards/

grad, gress (STEP): https://quizlet.com/2583680/root-word-grad-gress-flash-cards/

Drafting and revisions continued with biographies. Final essay will hopefully be completed this week or early next week!

To end the day, we looked at some chapters from author Walter Dean Myers novel Bad Boy. Since our unit is on self perception, we are looking at how another person went through struggles of self perception. In Holes, this will certainly happen to Stanley.

Homework

Math- 5.3

Soc. St.- MBSID Assessment

RELA- Read 30; Book Club Day 3 due tomorrow; KidBiz "Hands Off!" due Friday; G&L Roots due 5/5 (quiz)

Other- Planner signed; Art homework due 5/4

Monday, April 25, 2016

Monday April 25th, 2016

This morning began with Alana's morning meeting.

After, we continued through Chapter 13 and began 14 of MBSiD. Is the end near for Sam or can Tim save him!?

In math, we continued to work on volume by filling boxes with centimeter cubes.

http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1428998216069

Our afternoon began with reading marking period meetings and poems in our pockets.

Drafting should be wrapping up soon and together we created a fantastic revision checklist that some people began using today.

As the day wrapped up, we wrapped up our discussion on The Mighty's Max Kane. He was a pretty easy character to dissect, but it was great practice for concluding on how characters appear, what they say, what others say about them, and what they do.

Homework

Math- 5.2

RELA- Read 30; Book Clubs Day 2 due Wednesday, KidBiz "Hands Off!" due Friday

Other- Planner signed; Art homework due May 4th (see 4/22 for more details)

HAVE A GREAT DAY OFF TOMORROW

Friday, April 22, 2016

Friday April 22, 2016

BACK AT IT AFTER PSSAs!

This morning we received new seats and reviewed common practice for C6 students. After we continued to wrap up My Brother Sam is Dead. The end is near!

In math, we began back into Eureka. This module will be focused on volume. Today we used cubes and drawings to represent cubic centimeters.

http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1428998215813

In the afternoon, we created our revision checklist together. After drafting and conferences continued.

To wrap up the day, we looked at involuntary and voluntary actions that have happened to us in our lives. We then practiced looping elaborations on these ideas, and turned them into parallel structures. In the novel Holes, the main character will have many experiences with voluntary and involuntary moments. Continuing, we looked at the movie The Mighty to see how a simple 4 minute video clip can develop a character. We will continue on this Monday.

Homework

Math- 5.1

RELA- Read 30 min; Book Clubs Day 1 due Monday; KidBiz "Hands Off!" due next Friday

Other- Planner signed; Art homework due 5/4

FOR ART HOMEWORK: the username for canvas is qc23.first initial last name; for example my username would be qc23.zgarger. The password is qc followed by your lunch number. For example my password would be qc18951

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Thursday April 14, 2015

Quick post! Math homework tonight!!!

Homework

Math- CCP 21

RELA- Read 30 min

Other- Planner signed; Enrollment papers signed and returned; Report cards signed and returned

Monday, April 11, 2016

Monday April 11, 2016

PSSA Day 1! I spent the morning down with third graders. I know our fifth graders did amazing.

In the afternoon, we looked at adding and subtracting fractions, and then I shared some wedding pictures and stories with the class. Enjoy some of them!

Homework
Read!!!

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Tuesday April 5th, 2016

This morning began by jumping right into My Brother Sam is Dead, since we would be switching for math earlier than normal.

At 9:55 we switched for math, discussed math PSSAs, received back our graded LTAs, reviewed them, and then talked about powers of 10 and place value.

In the afternoon, we worked on a bit more grammar practice for PSSA. We then continued our research after looking at what reviseable research looks like.

To wrap up the day, we completed the Anita Roddick TDA and went over the questions. We will be working on key ideas and detail going forward since that caused us the biggest issues.

Homework

Math- CCP 5

RELA- Read 30; KidBiz "Eagles"; Finish TDA

Other- coins of compassion; planner signed

Monday, April 4, 2016

Monday April 4, 2016

This morning we began by looking ahead in the week. I had some special announcements about when I would be here and out since my wedding is Friday!

In Social Studies we completed chapter 6 of My Brother Sam is dead. Mr. Heron's letter was NOT delivered!

In math, we went back to look at place value. Bit of a review!