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Assignment Sheet for February 28, 2005 (Word Document) www.pcboe.net/pcis/garrett2004/index.htm Mrs. Garrett’s 5th Grade

 

Character Trait

Grammar

Math

Science

Monday

-Discuss the Word of the Week:  Perseverance

-Brainstorm ideas about the word.

-Write the ideas in the Changing Lives activity book.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Write down all assignments in planner, even if they are completed.

-Get your planner signed by your parent/guardian every night.

-Study for the second adverb mastery test.  Test on Tuesday.

-Complete review activities for adverbs out of the adverb chapter.

-Always print in legible handwriting.

-During Exploratory, begin writing or rewriting something for the Young Authors’ Competition.

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Practice adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions, Improper fractions and mixed numbers, finding equivalent fractions, and simplifying answers.  -Multiply fractions on workbook pages 110, 112, and 113.  -Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators on workbook pages 107 and 108.

-Determine whether a pair of congruent figures are related by a slide (translation), flip (reflection), or turn (rotation) on pages 364-367.

-Study for a mastery test on symmetry and transformations on Thursday.

-Type essays during Computer Lab time.

-Study for a mastery test on multiplying fractions on Wednesday.

-Practice math and reading skills using science concepts.

-Identify events and favorable outcomes, and determine if an outcome is equally likely, impossible, less likely, more likely, or certain on pages 296-299.

-Study for test on probability on Thursday.

Tuesday

-Write a rough draft for the Word of the Week in the Changing Lives activity book.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Write down all assignments in planner, even if they are completed.

-Get your planner signed by your parent/guardian every night.

-Demonstrate knowledge of adverbs by taking the second Mastery test.

-Work on writing or rewriting something for the Young Authors’ Competition.

-Always print in legible handwriting.

 

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Practice adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions, Improper fractions and mixed numbers, finding equivalent fractions, and simplifying answers.  -Multiply fractions on workbook pages 110, 112, and 113.  -Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators on workbook pages 107 and 108.

-Identify and make symmetrical figures and draw a line or lines of symmetry on pages 368-370.

-Study for a mastery test on symmetry and transformations on Thursday.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Study for a mastery test on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators on Friday.

-Study for a mastery test on multiplying fractions on Wednesday.

-Practice math and reading skills using science concepts.

-Find all possible outcomes of an event by making a tree diagram or by multiplying on pages 300-301.

-Study for test on probability on Thursday.

Wednesday

-Revise your rough draft on the Word of the Week in the Changing Lives activity book to make it better.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Write down all assignments in planner, even if they are completed.

-Get your planner signed by your parent/guardian every night.

-Work on writing or rewriting something for the Young Authors’ Competition.

-Always print in legible handwriting.

 

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Practice adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions, Improper fractions and mixed numbers, finding equivalent fractions, and simplifying answers.  -Multiply fractions on workbook pages 110, 112, and 113.  -Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators on workbook pages 107 and 108.

-Demonstrate knowledge of multiplying fractions with unlike denominators on the first Mastery Test.

-Study for a mastery test on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators on Friday.

-Study for a mastery test on symmetry and transformations on Thursday.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Practice math and reading skills using science concepts.

-Use fractions to represent the probabilities of events, and use probability to decide if a game is fair or unfair on pages 302-305.

-Study for test on probability on Thursday.

Thursday

-Proofread your Word of the Week writing to make it flawless.

-Publish your final copy in the Changing Lives activity book.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Write down all assignments in planner, even if they are completed.

-Get your planner signed by your parent/guardian every night.

-Turn in your Young Authors’ Competition submission.

-Always print in legible handwriting.

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Practice adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions, Improper fractions and mixed numbers, finding equivalent fractions, and simplifying answers.  -Multiply fractions on workbook pages 110, 112, and 113.  -Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators on workbook pages 107 and 108.

-Demonstrate knowledge of probability by taking the mastery test.

Demonstrates knowledge of symmetry and transformation by taking the mastery tests.

-Study for a mastery test on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators on Friday.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Practice math and reading skills using science concepts.

-Identify important geometric terms relating to lines, parts of a line, angles, and planes on pages 328-331.

Measure and draw angles, and classify angles according to their measures on pages 332-335.

-Study for mastery test on classifying angles, lines, segments, and rays on Friday.

Fr

iday

-Turn in your Changing Lives activity book.  (Activities from Changing Lives are given grades in Language as “Other Averages.”)

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Write down all assignments in planner, even if they are completed.

-Get your planner signed by your parent/guardian every night.

-Practice Language SAT skills using Test Ready books.

-Always print in legible handwriting.

-Participate in DARE during Exploratory time.

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Review adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.

-Demonstrate knowledge of adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators on the first Mastery Test.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Practice math and reading skills using science concepts.

-Demonstrate knowledge on classifying angles, lines, segments, and rays by taking the mastery test.

Lesson plans are subject to change.

REAP the Benefits:  Read 5+ books on your STAR level, Earn 10+ points each grading period, Achieve at least 85% on the tests, and Pass at least 5 AR tests on level.

Get a free personal pan pizza for February by reading on or above your reading level and earning 5 or more points in the month of February.

Note:  Websites listed are for further study by the student and parent.

Parent’s/Guardian’s signature or initials to verify that he/she has seen this week’s lesson plan:

Young Authors’ Writing Competition:

Students may submit an entry in one of the three categories: poetry, short story, and nonfiction.

Guidelines:
1. 
Students may only submit one entry, and it must be the original work of the student.
2.  The entries must have a title page with the student's name, school, grade, and homeroom teacher.
3.  The entries may be typed or NEATLY written in
ink.

4.    Short stories & nonfiction submissions should be between 500-1500 words.

The entries are due to Ms. Booker by Thursday, March 3. The entries will be picked up by 10:00 A.M. on Friday.

Consider visiting these sites:

-www.aaamath.com

-http://www.SFSuccessnet.com

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th.htm

http://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/

 

 

 

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This website is created and maintained by Shirley Garrett.  02/25/2005 12:54

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Shirley Ann Garrett
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Phenix City Intermediate School
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Phenix City, Alabama   36867
phone:  (334)298-8744
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