Grade 5: Week of May 21st to 25th

Grade 5s will take EOGs this week.  The schedule is as follows:

Monday: Reading EOG
Tuesday: Math, calculator active
Wednesday:  Math, calculator inactive

We will receive the results of the Science retests and Math and Language Arts results Wednesday, May 23rd in the afternoon or early evening.  If your child makes a level 3 or 4, you will not receive a call.  If your child makes a Level 1 or 2, you will receive a call from Mrs. Dohner or Mrs. Berner and your child will receive remediation and a retest.  Students will not have Science homework in Science this week due to EOGs and remediation.

On Thursday and Friday, students will learn about Canada, which is part of the Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum.  Since I am a Canadian citizen, I will be teaching students about Canada's culture, customs, money, animals, transportation, and more.

Grade 6: Week of May 21st to 25th

Grade 6s will take EOGs this week.  The schedule is as follows:

Monday: Reading EOG
Tuesday: Math, calculator active
Wednesday:  Math, calculator inactive

We will receive the results of the Science retests and Math and Language Arts results Wednesday, May 23rd in the afternoon or early evening.  If your child makes a level 3 or 4, you will not receive a call.  If your child makes a Level 1 or 2, you will receive a call and your child will receive remediation and a retest.  Students will not have Science homework in Science this week due to EOGs and remediation.

On Thursday and Friday, students will continue to learn about soil, its uses, and its functions.

Grade 8: Week of May 21st to 25th

Grade 8s will take EOGs this week.  The schedule is as follows:

Monday: Reading EOG
Tuesday: Math, calculator active

We will receive the results of the Science retests and Math and Language Arts results Wednesday, May 23rd in the afternoon or early evening.  If your child makes a level 3 or 4, you will not receive a call.  If your child makes a Level 1 or 2, you will receive a call and your child will receive remediation and a retest.  Students will not have Science homework in Science this week due to EOGs and remediation.

Starting Wednesday, students will start researching about Science careers.  They will research duties of the job, education required, salary, benefits, and challenges of the job.   Students will participate in a mock career fare where they see if their qualifications match the job required.  Half the class will be employers and the others job seekers, and the jobs advertised will be those that the students have researched.

Grade 5: Week of May 14th to 18th

We will have our last day of review before the Science EOG on Tuesday.  Dr. Bunn advised me that we should know the results of the Science EOG by Wednesday night.   If your child makes a 3 or 4, passing, on the EOG then I will not call you.  Your child will receive the results when EOG testing is over.  However, if your child makes a 1 or 2, I will call you and get your permission to remediate on Thursday.  The Science EOG retest will be on Friday.  Students who pass the EOG will further practice Mathematics and Language Arts skills while I remediate for the Science EOG.  Due to the EOGs and tentative nature of next week, I am not assigning any homework.

Refunds for the EOG coach books are being processed.

I wish students the very best on their Science EOG!

Grade 6: Week of May 14th to 18th

I have really enjoyed students' presentations and other students in the class have too!  The presentation itself and presentation notes students write on others' presentations will count as test grades. We will listen to our final presentations on Monday and Tuesday, and watch a fascinating video on the Hubble Telescope.  On Wednesday we will begin learning about soil composition and its functions.  The only homework for next week is Pg. 495 questions on Thursday night.

We will not have an EOG in Science.  Grade 6 will take their EOGs in Mathematics and Language Arts next week from Monday to Wednesday.  I wish them the very best!

Grade 8: Week of May 14th to 18th

We will have our last day of review before the Science EOG on Tuesday.  Dr. Bunn advised me that we should know the results of the Science EOG by Wednesday night.   If your child makes a 3 or 4, passing, on the EOG then I will not call you.  Your child will receive the results when EOG testing is over.  However, if your child makes a 1 or 2, I will call you and get your permission to remediate on Thursday.  The Science EOG retest will be on Friday.  Students who pass the EOG will further practice Mathematics and Language Arts skills while I remediate for the Science EOG.  Due to the EOGs and tentative nature of next week, I am not assigning any homework.

Refunds for the EOG coach books are being processed.

I wish students the very best on their EOGs!

Progress Reports

Progress reports will go home this Wednesday.

Grade 5: Week of May 7th to 11th

This week students will receive a review sheet and their final chapter test on Ecosystems.  We will continue to review EOG questions as well, and write sentences for Column 5 and 6 vocabulary words. 5B and C will have their Ecosystem test on Wednesday.  5A will have their test on Thursday.

Homework for the week:

Monday:  Finish the review sheet, Column 5 sentences and pictures

Tuesday:  Column 6 sentences and pictures, study for the Ecosystem test

Wednesday:  Review sheet for Column 5 and 6; pg. 90-91 and pg. 142-143 questions in the EOG coach book

Thursday: Finish the Post test in the back of the EOG coach book. (Time was given in class to complete some of it.)

Grade 6: Week of May 7th to 11th

On Monday students will write their good copy from the corrections written on their draft research paper.  Then, they will practice their paragraphs and read them aloud to prepare for their presentation.  Presentations on the Space project will be Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Please see last week's blog for specific details on the project assignments and grading.

Homework for the week:

Monday:  Finish the good copy of the research paper.

Tuesday:  Practice reading paragraphs aloud for the presentation.  Finish any late work for presentations Wednesday to Friday

Grade 8: Week of May 7th to 11th

Last week we were able to see interesting protists from the pond water students brought in.  This week students will finish their bacteria growth questions and graph, study cell theory, cell structure and function, and continue preparing for the EOG. 

Homework for the week:

Monday:  Bacteria questions and graph (if not finished in class), corrections on the EOG practice test, Post test questions #1-20

Tuesday:  Post test #20-39

Wednesday:  Post test #40-59

Thursday:  Post test #59-80

Grade 5 and 8 EOGs

The Science EOG  for Grade 5 and 8 will be Tuesday May 15th.  EOG week is from May 15th to May 21st.  I will update my blog with more information as I receive it.