Tuesday December 23

These are just a few of the incredible talents that appeared in our talent show!

Monday 12-22-14

Here we are during our art workshop with Mr. Brunelle, part of Wellness Day at BRMS.

Today, Ms. Lamb's CPR group visited three wellness workshops: yoga, fitness planning and art. Then, after lunch and recess we had some mindful mandala coloring followed by an interesting presentation on media and tobacco by Rob Williams. All in all, an informative and restorative day.

There will be no homework this week. Students may want to work on their biography projects for Leadership and Legacy. The approximate due date for projects in January 15.

Tomorrow we will have a team celebration. The schedule is something like this.

CPR large circle (like ATM) attendance and announcements.

Game of medic in the gym - both groups

Plan for group skits and talent show

PE/World Language

TALENT SHOW
lunch

recess

Coding or quite art activities

Indoor volleyball tournament (thank you Mr. Pless for organizing this)

5th grade chorus band concert

Ms. Lamb has to leave at 1:00 tomorrow for an eye docor appointment. If I don't get a chance to post tomorrow, I likely will over vacation. I'm still finishing the grades for last week's journals and wordstudy - look for grades to be posted in the next day or two. 

Have a safe and wonderful holiday and vacation. (I plan to post pictures of tomorrow's festivities, but I sometimes get waylaid.

Thursday 12-18-14

Snow much fun at recess!

Here is a brief overview of the Vermont History Day project.

1) Read a biography and take at least 20 notes.
3) find and read an internet source on the same person
4) complete a MadLib exercise and turn in to Ms. Lamb
5) Create a bibilography using easybib.com and share with Ms. Lamb
6) Complete a presentation organizer and turn in to Ms. Lamb (to be done on Friday 12-19)
7) Decide format of presentation: Written report, tri-fold presentation, live performance, documentary.

Complete presentation in class and at home if necessary. The presentations will be around January 15.

Homework tonight:
Current evetnts - article of the week schoalstice news Catching Fire in Thailand

Click on link to see article.

Read for 30 minutes

Math: Order of operations worksheet side one

Skiiers may do current events and reading over the weekend, but do the math!

Wednesday 12-17-14

What a beutiful foggy wet rainy day!

This morning we all worked on our social studies National History Day Projects. This is what is due this week:

Mad Lib
imovie practice video shared with Ms. Lamb
bibliography google doc shared with Ms. Lamb
Project Plan (choose your format and fill out form on Friday in class)

Homework today:
LA ISILT in your science journal or googledoc shared with Mr. Meadows
Read for 30 minutes
Skill sheet for math due tomorrow (you got this last week)

I know all kids should now have an account on Khan Academy. You can ask about that.

Tuesday 12-16-14

We had an exciting day on Team Energy.
In math we had or math test. Mr. Meadows was at a meeting and Mrs. Hauly substituted until 11:30.

In social studies, Mrs. Provost did an imovie workshop with team Awesome. Ms. Lamb did her best to replicate it for Team Fantastic.

In social studies we continue to work on our National History Day Projects

In Iblock we did some mindful breathing and then we jigsawed to study The Brain Book. We will present our learning on Friday.

Homework tonight:
LA prompt reading - What do learn from the books that you are reading? (examples; I learn about another culture, I learn about a time period...)

Math: Finish skill sheet due tomorrow

Read for 30 minutes

Monday 12-15-14

Welcome back!
I bet everyone is glad to be back at school (especially parents.) It's good to have our routine back. I hope everyone has power.

Today in LA we finished last week's word study. We will not have a new list this week or next.
We are still working on December's read-a-thon. See how many books and pages you can read by the end of January.

We start new Iblock in January. Kids got letters today telling their next iblock teacher. There might be a few errors, but most will be solid.

During iblock period we did an essential task: organized our binders and cubbies. That feels good.

This afternoon we have social studies for Fantastic and all have math menu.

Remember lessons are tomorrow. Check the schedule.

Tonight's homework:
LA: Free choice journal or YWP Prompt: Sorry. Write a story or poem that incorporates the sentence "I'm sorry.....so sorry."

Read for 30 minutes

Math: Finding volume "How Many Cubes" and explain how you found the volume for one prism (in words.)

TEST TOMORROW - be ready, the test is on finding volume and explaining your thinking.

Skill sheet from last week is due on Thursday

Friday 12-12-14

Well, I never expected three days off before Christmas. Now I have no excuse to not have my decorations up.

Don't worry about work anyone, we will regroup on Monday and move forward. Maybe will all my time off I will create a syllabus so you know what is coming up.
Here is a note from Julie in the cafeteria.


Good Morning!!

Due to the school cancellations we are making the following changes to next week's menu:

Monday- Taco Salad (see 12/10)

Tuesday- Brunch Lunch (see 12/15)

Wednesday- Homemade Pizza (see 12/12)

Thursday- North Woods Beef Stew (see 12/17)

Friday- Grilled Chicken w/ Caesar Salad (see 12/18)

Please make an announcement to all students so that they are aware of the changes!

Thanks,

Julie

I know some folks travel for the holidays and will miss school Monday and Tuesday the 21st and 22nd. Although you will miss some fun, you will not miss or need to make up any work. On Monday we have an all school event involving stations and an assembly. On Tuesday we have our first trimester celebration involving games and activities. 

See you next week.
Ms. Lamb

Tuesday 12-9-14

Even though I am now remebering to take a photo of our Hour of Code...I I left both ipads home. (I could use my phone  -both batteries are dead and I can't find the cord - just a little downside of tech note from your friendly blogger.)

Thanks to Mrs MacAnulty and her trusty iphone (and email) I did get a photo of our Hour of Code.

Here is our Room Full of Coders.

Today we started with an Hour of Code. Mrs. McDevitt (our BRMS Math Wizard) came to introduce the subject and we all got to mess around and geek out on the computers with coding.

Then we all had our LA/Math and Science/Social Studies classes.

Today's homework:
LA journal: Reading - what is your goal for the winter read-a-thon. What goals would be good for you. What are you reading now and what do you like (or not like) about it?

Read for 30 minutes

Math:
Skill sheet due Thursday

Monday 12-8-14

Tomorrow is lesson day - check the schedule
9:15 bells
9:40 trumpets
1005 strings
1:25 flutes and oboes
1:50 clarinets

Today in LA we read for reading month, reviewed our last word study packet, especially grammar in our sentences and we got a new word study packet and list.

In I-block - we all relaxed with some cursive and winter classical music. Then we reviewed the parts of the brain and were introduced to our beautiful brain books. More on that Friday.

We start regular iblock for second trimester next Monday (at least that's the plan).

In social studies, we continue our research.

Homework today:
LA journal - you travel a harrowing 100 mile hike on foot - descibe what you see when you arrive at the end....

or your own idea

Read for 30 minutes

Math: Worksheet on volume due tomorrow
Skill sheet due Thursday

Friday 12-5-14

Happy Friday
Today in LA we practice our typing. Then we head off to the library. Make sure you get your books for the weekend and next week. We don't get to the library very often.

In Iblock we put our evidence into our big Evidence Binders kept at school. Parents may want to check these out sometime. They can be taken home for a night and returned the next day by parent request. All assessments are in these binders. This includes our three great personal narratives.

In social studies, we continue to research for our Vermont History Day projects.

In LA we had big discussion about horrible news when doing current events. We need to self monitor as we now live in the immediate access of the world wide web. Also, even very legitimate news sources are posting bad news. I personally stay away from it. I don't watch videos of horrible violence and therefore don't watch a lot of news, but I still get informed through print and radio.

Also, students are reminded of the need for source citing on current events journals and writing their own opinions of the event.

Ms. Lamb will now commit to grading journals every Friday and posting on Schoology.
This weeks assignments included word study packet, 20 notes, three journal entries. (Remember, all Wednesday journals go in your science journal now - everyone writes about science.)

Have a great weekend everyone.

Thursday 12-4-14

Kayley explains her thinking in math.

Brody reads words to Daniel for a buddy sort in LA

We continue our research for Vermont History Day "Leadership and Legacy." For the month of Decmeber we emerse ourselves in research and begin organizing our presenatations. In the week after vacation we will put finishing touches on our presenatations and share the second week back.
Presentation formats may be one of these four choices:
A presentation board (large trifold)
A written report (paper)
A documentary (video or imovie)
A live skit performance

Mrs. Provost will be scheduling an imovie workshop with us so we all know how to use this tool.
(Before vacation sometime)


Homework:
LA Current Events
Read for 30 minutes
Math worksheet review for test tomorrow

Wednesday 12-3-14

Lesson Schedule

Click above to see the regular lesson schedule.


In math menu we worked on finding volume of boxes with a group.

In social studies we continue to research for our Vermont History Day projects Leadership and Legacy.
In LA we worked on reading, sentences for word study and our cursive packets.

Homework:
LA ISILT in your science journal or google doc shared with Mr. Meadows. ALL DO SCIENCE NOW ON WEDNESDAYS

Read for 30 minutes in a novel or non-fiction book

Math: Finding Volume worksheet
Skill sheet is due tomorrow

Tuesday December 2, 2014

We started cursive review in LA. We will spend 5-10 minutes per day in December reviewing, perfecting or learning cursive.

In math we made cubes.

Homework:
Journal - reading. What kind of books do you like to read and why?
Read for 30 min.
Math:
Skill sheet due Thursday

Monday December 1st

Welcome back.

We had a busy Monday to start out second trimester. We adjusted our schedule. I will post the new one on this webpage shortly. We now have social studies and science daily for both groups.

In LA we started our slightly longer reading time for December to promote Mrs. Babbitt's read-a-thon or can you read a book a week for 12 weeks? We also started a new word study packet.

In social studies we began our Vermont History Day projects. Last trimester we finished our biography and took notes (at least 20 to be graded tomorrow.) Now we are going to develop our Leadership and Legacy projects. More on this later.

In science, Mr. Meadows is reviewing how to work in science.

Homework today:
LA journal - next greatest invention - explain or free write
Read for 30 minutes
Math: Cube worksheet and Skill sheet (due Thursday)

Friday 11-21-14

Greetings from Washington DC where I'm at a writing conference.

Here is what I hope is going on at school today.

Awesome had a science assessment first thing, while Fantastic finished creating their own continents.

Everyone wrote a final reflective essay for first trimester which ends today.

Everyone watched a movie together.

Over vacation:

Keep reading

Finish any work you need to , but email Ms. Lamb if you need her to wait to assess your Vermont project or your personal narrative.

Have a wonderful Thsnksgiving break. 

Wednesday and Thursday 11-19,20

I rushed out Wednesday to cTch a plane to Washi glom DC to the National Writing Project Annual Meeting so I forgot to post. 

Wednesday homework

Isilt

Read

Finish math from yesterday

Thursday homework

Current event

Read

Not sure what math is

Have a great vacation!

I'll write tomorrow live from WA if I remember.

Tuesday 11 - 18-14

In Writer's Workshop, Jack strikes an unusual pose while Sabrina photo bombs. We finished our personal narratives today (or they are homework.)

We will also work to finish our Fantastic Social Studies Vermont and Me googlepresentations or they are homework.

Everything must be finished by Friday for report cards.

Homework today:

LA Write about your book - today, explain why the person in your biography is a leader and how they left a legacy.

Read for 30 minutes

Math: 

Pages 19 C 19 D and page 20

Skill sheet due Thursday

Tuesday 11-18-14

In Writer's Workshop, Jack strikes an unusual pose while Sabrina photo bombs. We finished our personal narratives today (or they are homework.)

We will also work to finish our Fantastic Social Studies Vermont and Me google presentations or they are homework.

Everything must be finished by Friday for report cards.

Homework today:

LA Write about your book - today, explain why the person in your biography is a leader and how they left a legacy.

Read for 30 minutes

Math: 

page 19 C and D and page 20

Skill sheet due Thursday

Tuesday 11 / 18 / 14

Science
Team Energy will be finishing up the Matter Unit this week.  Students in Team Awesome will be taking their unit final exam...  Make sure you know the explanation for why objects sink or float in water?

Monday 11-17-14

Great day!
In LA we are on our last lap of revising our personal narratives. We also had  all of us in team Fantastic read to Ms. Lamb or Ms. Lipsitt for our fluency assessment.
Ms. Lamb checked on biography note progress. Some kids had not started! but they have now.

It is a week of assessments, in that report card marking period ends this Friday.

In social studies we work to finish our Vermont and Me projects by tomorrow afternoon.

Today's homework:
LA - YWP prmopt: Alone - what do you do when you are alone? or write a story about being alone.
OR Nanowrimo or your own idea

Read for 30 minutes. Your biography should be finished by Friday so perhaps this is what you read each day this week.

Math: Page 19 A and B
Skill sheet due Thursday

Friday 11-14-15

We end the day with art time. We are making a hand collage. We had CARES shout outs for

• Thatcher - incredible reading prowess and knowledge to add to any conversation - also very funny to be with
• Sydney - helpful, nice, always looks out for you
• Emma - Loyal friend, ready to give you a hug, wacky fun
• Trevor - always encouraging and can really take a hit and keep going
• Madison - perseverance and effort in math

This morning after math and la we had some cooperative group challenges with hula hoops.

We worded on typing skills and had library time in LA.

Have a great weekend.

Do some reading.

Thursday 11-13-14

LA still working on our narratives.
Math still dividing and multiplying - what are factors?
Science density - working on a graph
Social Studies - more Vermont and Me Project
End of the day - big class meeting about positive and negative behaviors and consequences - let's get back on track to our cheery positive hardworking Team Energy

Homework:
LA - Current Events (magazines given in class)
Read for 30 minutes
Math - hand in your skill sheet in math tomorrow
DO page 18 tonight

Wednesday 11-12-14

I wasn't there today. Here is what I imagined happened.
Everyone behaved amazingly politely and earnestly and helped the new substitute in every way they could.
LA went to the lab to work on narratives and comment on other's posted on YWP.

Math menu finished splendid renditions of their Exemplars problems.

End of the day LA finished their blind sorts and quietly took notes on their biography leader.

Homework:
LA - Write about science or social studies ISILT In Science (or Social Studies) I learned that....

Read for 20-30 minutes

Math Skill sheet is due tomorrow. There may have been something else, but I can't imagine it right now.

Tuesday 11-11-14

Homework today:

Journal: Nanowrimo or
Novel write - describe the setting and how it affects the story.
Read for 30 minutes
Math
Exemplars due tomorrow
Skill sheet due Thursday
Page 14 due tomorrow

Monday 11-10-14

Today in LA we took a look at our journals and filled out a self assessment.
Journals are graded on quanity (all there and 100 words each) and quality (answers the question or writes some interesting thoughts)

Then we really read our writing narratives with a pencil in hand. We tried to make sentences and paragraphs to make the reader better able to understand us.

In social studies, we begin  our Vermont and Me assessment project.

Homework:
LA Invent a mythical animal and write about it. or free choice or NANOWRIMO

Math: Pages 12 and 13, Exemplars problem due on Wednesday 11/12
skill sheet due Thursday

Read: Biography should be done by next Friday

Lessons tomorrow - bring your instrument

Friday 11-7-14

A regular fun Friday.

Note: The pictures are in, but Mr. Meadows took them and then left for a dentist appointment without handing them out, so....Monday they will come home. Sorry about that.

We started in the lab posting our second drafts on YWP. Now others can read and give comments. We will work to finish these on Wednesday next week.

The trimester only has two weeks left (then it's Thanksgiving Break!)
We need to:
finish our narrative
take a narrative assessment
take a reading Istation assessment
do a read aloud test (one minute of read aloud)
Finish a Vermont and Me Social Studies assessment (Fantastic only)
and that's just LA and Social Studies.
I bet Mr. Meadows has a few more to kick in to the mix.

In social studies, each group (Bushmen, All Stars, Tamaris and Purple Prickly Piranahs) presented an overview of their hunting gathering society and how the environment influenced their culture. Next week we begin to anaylize how living in Vermont affects us.

Kids are off to PE/Music followed by Unified ARTS (COG)
When they return we read silently (USSR - uninterrupted sustained silent reading) only I'm going to interrupt a few to finish narratives and CLEAN OUR CUBBIES (they are getting a bit out of hand and possibly coming to life.)

Ms. Lamb will collect journals today. Remember, NANOWRIMO novelists share your novel with Ms. Lamb in place of Monday, Tuesday and Thursday journal writes.

See you next week. Enjoy the weekend.

Thursday 11-6-14

I'm starting this in the morning this time, so maybe I won't forget to update it later.

We watch the play today - can't wait.
The plans are - more finishing of second drafts and social studies projects (remember, both are due Friday)

We did not have word study this week to allow for more writing time. We'll resume next week.

Ms. Lamb has high hopes for updating Schoolspring today. Let's see if it happens.

Homework today:
LA - current events
Read for 30 minutes biography or novel
Math: TBD

Wednesday 11-5-14

Homework
LA - ISILT or ISSILT (social studies or science overview)
Read
Math page 3 Skill sheet due tomorrow

More later....if I remember

More with second drafts today. They need to be done by Friday. (We work on these narratives for one more week, then publish)

Tuesday 11-4-14

Homework
LA Journal - write about the person you are studying with your biography
Read for 30
Math - page

Sorry, backposting - forgot yesterday

This day was very very productive. We pushed forward with our society projects (due Friday) and finished The Gods Must Be Crazy.

In science, further experiments with density - sinking and floating.

In math, more problem solving and division.

In LA - story arcs and second drafts.

Monday 11-3-14

Homework today:
LA Journal (Note: Nanowrimo participants will be sharing their novels and are exempt from Monday, Tuesady and Thursday journal homework.)
Write about the best holiday experience you have had or free choice.

Read 30 minutes

Math: Skill sheet and Exemplars (Due later this week - not tomorrow)

Here's the overview of the day.

In LA we sorted out our biography project. The first due date is 8 notes (include one citation note) by next Monday, 11-10. The book must be finished by Thanksgiving break (and all notes taken from your book)

In writing workshop we revisited our flashdrafts as we will be doing for the next two weeks. We did a silent personal conference and took notes on our draft. Tomorrow we have a lesson on compelling beginnings and get back to the computers to redraft.

In social studies - we continued to work on our ADAPT society projects.

We will take a week off from word study this week. We will have a quiz tomorrow during aftrnoon LA.

Friday October 31

I can't be at school today as I am attending a The Joy of Writing III with Georgia Heard (she's an originator of the writing workshop project we are working on at BRMS)

Here is what I imagine is happening:

LA kids are going to the lab to practice edutyping.com then to the library for book talk and checking out books.

Math kids continue to explore division.

Social studies kids are watching another installment of The Gods Must Be Crazy that we are using to picture a hunting and gathering society, agricultural society and post industrial society as we continue our Adapt projects with Schlunkland.

Science is probably floating or sinking something....I'm not really sure.

We have two specials in the afternoon and then silent reading and closing meeting.

Use the weekend to catch up on  reading, or to finish any work like word study or journal entries.

Ms. Lamb

Thursday 10-30-14

Another great day on Team Energy
We learned about conferencing and started our first peer conference in writing. The focus was what is the heart of this story. We learned how important a compliment is, so compliments first, then what could use more focus?

We finished our word study. If not, it is now homewor.


Today's homework
LA: Current Event - use the handout or magazine from class or find your own and cite your source
Read for 30 minutes
Math: page 56, 69 and 70
Finish entire word study packet

click below for the article of the week

Article of the week

Wednesday 10-29-14

I'm sor sorry I forgot to post yesterday. I have to get kids to do this....

Anyway
Yesterday's homework:
LA prompts: ISILIT or ISSILT
social studies or science
Read for 30
Math p. 53 and 59 page 60 only if you finished the first two in class

Tuesday 10-28-14

Today was busy busy busy. I'll write more soon.

Heres' the homework
LA Reading - would you be friends with your character?

Read 20-30 minutes

Math - work 20 more minutes on division
Ms. Nicole's group was working on prolems

Monday 10-27-14

We started with an All Team Meeting.
First we discussed email. Did you know your CESU email is not private? Anything you write on email can be accessed by adminstration. That being said, sometimes what you think is a funny joke at someone, that person does not think it so and they can't question you or see your face and it almost always gets back to that person. Please be especially careful of feeling on email and beware that your email can be seen by others.
Then we did our CARES SHOUT OUTS TO:
Jayme
Mason
Hannah
Piper
Danial
and Trevor. Theya re awesome.

In LA, Ms. Lamb returned jounrals and word study and discussed quality work. Also she showed how to create google folders and/or post on YWP.

We are working full out on narrative writing this week, so we are taking one week off from word study. We will have a quiz on last week's words tomorrow.

In math we continue with division. We are not using the standard algorithm. If you are intersted, ask you student how they are figuring out division.

In social studies, we are learning what a hunting and gathering society is and beginning our map placement of a society.

Homework:
LA: free choice or YWP - write a winter tale
Read for 30 minutes
Math: division work sheet, work for an honest 20 minutes on division
Tomorrow is lesson day. Bring your instrument
8:50 Bells
9:15 Trumpets
9:40 Strings
10:05 flutes and oboes
1:25 clarinets
1:50 Saxes

Friday 10-24-14

Mr. Mindell subbed for Mr. Meadows today. He is very impressed with our hard work and positive behavior.

In social studies, we finished our atlas assignment (a few are finishing during silent reading today or at home). All word study was handed in yesterday and is currently be graded and will be posted this weekend.

We had library today and were introduced to new books. We also went to the lab to practice edutyping.

Two specials happen on Fridays PE for Terrific and Music for Super followed by COG. We will be ending the day with silent reading (your novel or your biography) and All Team Meeting.

No homework this weekend unless finishing something from the week or reading to fit in your two hour minimum per week outside of class.

Have a great weekend. I hope the sun shines.
Ms. Lamb

Thursday 10-23-14

CPR - we played arm hockey - good game for indoor recess. Mr. Meadows played gaga - also good game for indoor recess.

In math we continue to divide.
In LA we reviewed and practiced how to do a current event journal entry. We read "Far From Home" and cited it like this:

Barber, Joe. "Far From Home." Scholastic News. 10-20-14.

They summarized with who, what, when, where, why how. Then we wrote what our thoughts opinions were. The whole thing should talk up about a page. Here is what mine looked like.

Kids are walking into the U.S. from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Guides are hired by parents, but they leave the kids who walk many miles unaccompanied. This is a problem for the U.S. They are illegal undocumented immigrants. This is happening now and for the past several months.

This is frightening for these kids. I can't imagine anyone from this class walking 11miles alone across a desert. I also sympathise with the officials trying to figure out what to do with a thousand kids - they don't even know where to send them back to? How bad must it me for there for these kids to do this alone?

Mrs. Babbitt talked to the Fantastic group about National History Day. We will all complete a project under the Leadership and Legacy theme. If kids choose to, they can get ready to compete in December. The competition is in April or May. (This is the biography project.) BTW - you can't do the person you did in 4th grade...sorry, expand your horizons.

In Social Studies we worked with atlases today.
Sorry, I don't know what went on in science.

Homework today:
LA Current Events - yes you have to do another one on your own. Cite your source
Read for 30 minutes
Math: Page 49

Wednesday 10-22-14

Happy Wednesday!
In LA we settled on our Leadership and Legacy project topics (generally a biography). Mrs. Babbit talked to Awesome about the National History Day project we will all be completing. Fantastic will find out about it tomorrow.

Everyone now had a book source, cited it, and started reading and taking notes.

In math students are still working on division.

In math menu Awesome investigated some math game activities and Fanastic practiced some math games (all multiplication and division related).

Tomorrow, we switch activities.

Kids alos had band/chours, PE/World Language and Community, Organziation or Guidance today.

Homework:
LA journal: Awesome write about science (scientific method and a few other ideas I forgot about were mentioned) or social studies (geographic terms and how geography affects people)

Read for 30 minutes (remember a total of two hours outiside of school reading is expected, at minimum)

Math: Count 21, 48 times

Tuesday 10-20-14

The blogger apologizes for completely forgetting to post yesterday.
She would give you the reasons, but you can probably guess them.
This was the homework. I hope you did it kids.
LA: Write about your novel. What has your character learned? or what do they need to learn?
Read for 30 minutes (total 2 hours per week)
Math: finish division project.

If you are looking here and find the blogger forgot to post, and you need to know something, please email cate.lamb@cesuvt.org.

See you tomorrow, on time, before the end of the day, maybe.

Monday 10/20/14

 

Ms. Lamb leads writing workshop.

Mr. Martin presented an anti-bullying workshop during CPR this morning.

A regular super busy Monday. We switched groups for science and social studies. Fantastic started with geographical terminology. Eould you rather live on an atoll or archipelago? Perhaps down by the 

bay?

Ms. Lamb and Brianna blogged today.

Homework:
LA: Free choice or YWP Write a thankyou letter to someone real or imagined.
Read for 30 minutes
Math Page 48
Bring your instrument tomorrow for lessons and band

Wednesday 10-15-14

No pics today...sorry.

Ms. Lamb's Awesome Social Studies class worked more on finishing their social studies assessment Vermont and Me. The assignment is here

Vermont and Me

This should get finished over vacation if it is not.

Students and parents have an email describing how to access schoology.com for Ms. Lamb's classes. This is where you can track work that has been handed in and the standards grade. Work can be redone or completed. If resubmitted, you need to email Ms. Lamb so she knows to check it and chage the grade.

Progress Reports went home today. They do not need to be returned.

Science kids in Fantastic had a science assessment today. I also heard something about a math quiz.

Todays homework:
Seriously check your Monday and Tuesday journal to see that it has a date, and is complete.
Read your novel over vacation. You need to read the equivalent of 1200  pages for a 3 and a variety of genre. Break out of those graphic novels.

Finish your social studies Vermont project.

Cheers. Have a great mini-vacation.
Ms. Lamb

October 10/14/14

We are getting ready for science.

We wrote about if an object sinks or floats.

                We tried to answeer a trick question, if eggs sink or float. We think one had vinager and one had water.

                We got to test a liquid. We had some fun. Jays head is blocking the way to see the liquid.

                We had science twice. 

Homework:

LA - write about your novel. What does this book make you think of? Think of in your own life, another book or the world.

Read your novel for 30 minutes

Math: Sorry, no information available at this time.

Thanks Eric for blogging. Ms. Lamb updated the homework (thus no math). Ms. Lamb was away at a conference today.

Monday 10/13/14

In Science we are getting ready for our end of unit assessment on Wednesday. We have been studying density.

In social studies, we are making a final google presentation project on Vermont and Me. How does the geography in Vermont affect the way I live. We have three class periods to finish. Homework is allowed, but not required.

In LA we reviewed our pre-progress report work in journals, reading expectations and word study. We read one more chapter of No Talking. We have two chapters left.

In math we are working on the benefits of mental math.

Homework today:
LA journal: Free choice or YWP promt: Writer a story about meeting your guardian angel.

Read for 30 minutes, really, really read.

Math: Page 35

Band lessons tomorrow for all instruments (not guitar). Strings, special guest teacher at lunch and recess, please bring a lunch.

Ms. Lamb is the blogger

Friday 10/10/14

It hasn't been my best week at blogging....but here's the day in a nutshell.
Mr. Meadows was home sick. Ms. Sweeny stepped in to sub for him. We enjoyed a day of calm excitement waiting for our afterschool 5/6 party to begin.

In LA we had library. Team Fantastic started their next post on YWP, Team Awesome finished The Gods Must Be Crazy. In social studies, Team Awesome learned about Culture Grams. We are doing a little research on Vermont to write our "how my environment affects the way I live" project to share with someone in another state.

I'm sure plenty went on in science and math, but I didn't have time to look in on them.

We are closing in on finishing our book No Talking. We taled about civil disobedience and grassroots movements.

Parent conferences are continuing. Wedesday is the last day to sign up, but we will never refuse to see you.  If you couldn't find an opening, please contact us.

Have a great weekend.
Cate Lamb

Thursday 10/9/14

Sorry, no pictures today.

Today, in LA we wrapped up word study. Fantastic started thinking about their long term person of leadership and legacy to research... Awesome got caught up on our book No Talking.

Social studies watched another installment of The Gods Must Be. Crazy and discussed.

Homework 

La journal Current Events Summary, opinion and cite source

Read 20 to 30 minutes

Math page 27-28

Wednesday 10/6/14

Homework today:
LA - finish second sort and 8 great sentences (one in cursive)
no math today
journal was done at school

Tuesday

Oops. Forgot to make the post.

Homework

LA write about your novel. Is your character good?

Read for 20

Math page 26?

October 6, 2014 Monday

Somehow, Monday got away from me....so we have no great pictures.

Here's what happened.
We started with CPR our great morning meeting time. Ms. Lamb's CPR shared stories, shared costume ideas and played Huckle Buckle.

In LA we learned how to use a very cool site called the Vermont Online Library. We are looking for a person to study that fits the Vermont History Day theme of "leadership and legacy." There were many many great people to choose from.

In the end, students must have a book source and an internet source and be able to convince us that the person was a leader and left a postive legacy.

In science we continue to work on density. In Social Studies we had our last group work period for our hunting and gathering societies. Tomorrow we can work alone for one period, then we present in the afternoon.

We also had PE and Music and EXPs today.

Today's homework:
LA journal YWP prompt - redesign your room - no limits or choose your own topic, free choice

Read for 20 minutes

Math page 25 - remember your Examplars problem is due Wednesday. Come to class with a good draft.

October 3, 2014 Friday

Ms. Lamb's iblock finished reading the play The Giver.

Sorry, I'm not at school today.
I will not be able to tell you what happened.
I will post some random pictures soon for your entertainment.
Get caught up on any unfinished work or reading this weekend.
See you Monday.
Ms. Lamb 

Here is some of what I was off learning about on Friday.

Thursday

This afternoon we hiked to Mills River Park to use nature as our writing prompt. I already have heard some great things, so I can't wait to see the finished products.

There's a very active dragon mural going on at recess.

This morning in LA we finished our word study with a buddy sort or blind sort (practice quiz) and handed in our word study. Then we had a very mini writing lesson on experience writing - get inside your story and let your reader experience it with you. Do this with details, present tense and/or emotion.

We had band/chorus and study hall today as well as our regular closing meeting time. If you are lucky, you might have your homework finished before you get home.

Homework today:

LA: Current Events - find out about some news happening in the world or nation. Summarize, write your thoughts and cite your source.

Read for 20 minutes.

Math: Pages 20, 21 and 23

October 1, 2014 Wednesday

Today Ms. Lamb is blogger. Sorry - no pictures.

We started collecting ideas to write about and everyone started a piece in writing workshop.

In math menu we rocket mathed and then worked on Shhh, It's a Secret problems.

We had band/chorus, PE/World Language and Unified Arts today.

At the end of the day we wrote our sentences for word study. They need to be 100 perent correct. Almost all of us finished in class and started our homework.

Homework today:
LA: ISLIT note: Science students please do this in your science journal. Social studies kids do it in your regular journal. Pictures count.

Read for 20 minutes

Math: Page 16 and 17

September 30 Tuesday

Writing about the things we need to be writers.

Our guest writer, Edie's grandmother and Ms. Lamb's writing mentor for years, Mrs. Ann Watson. We wrote about and discussed what we need in our writing environment. We need things like sharp pencils, quiet spaces and inspiration. We can't wait to start writing tomorrow.

We end the day on Tuesdays now with spelling - resort your words and write a brief explanation for each category. We moved library time to Fridays. We will see if it works.

Today's homework:
LA journal: write about what you are reading. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your character.

Read for 20 minutes

No math today, apologies from Mr. Meadows. He knows how much you love math homework.

September 29 Monday

The Flying Seals Work in the Back Room





Today's blogger: Ms. Lamb
We put together the blogging team.

Today's Homework
LA - write from the point of view of a leaf
or free choice writing
Read for 20 minutes - come on, you can do it.
Math pp 12-13

September 26 Friday

Group work in Social Studies - building a hunting and gathering society in Schlunkland.

This is a huge triumph - nothing on the floor! Everything is hung up! We now have labeled hooks. Time will tell if we can keep orderly.

Today's bloggers: Ms. Lamb

On Fridays we end with All Team Meeting. This week's Shout outs went to Edie, Jack, Thatcher and Haily - Hurrah!

Today we finished our first week of word study and now know the routine. Next week we start in our groups.
We read another chapter of No Talking and did some picture word note taking.

In science we continued with what floats?

and in social studies groups are still working on the descriptions of their hunting/gathering socieites.

Remember, no homework on the weekend - but some kids still owe their journals to Ms. Lamb. Don't forget them on Monday. If you were absent during the week, use your weekends to finish homework and classwork from the week past.

Enjoy the sunny weather.

September 25, 2014

Today was busy for Ms. Lamb, so sorry, no photos.

SS Schlunkland is on its way to developing hunting and gathering societies.

We wrote our sentences in word study.

Today's homework

LA journal current events read, summarize opinion cite source

Read for 20

Math p 3 and 4

Problem from yesterday

Get parent signature on math menu letter

September 24, 2014

We got reddy for a rocket math test

Writing in our Asinment books

At l.a we talked about spelling

September 23, 2014 Tuesday

Mr. Meadow's iblock. Pick me, pick me.

Rachel reads in iblock.


Wyatt makes a beautiful plot mountain in iblock.

Today was pretty busy, so not getting to blog until 5:30. I hope everyone remembers tonight is Open House at BRMS. It starts at 7:00 for specials visiting. Visit our classroom between 7:30 and 8. There's no special presentation, just visiting.

We started word study today.

Today's homework:
LA prompt for every Tuesday. Write about what you are reading.
Today comment on what you would do in that situation.

Read for 20 minutes

No math today

Awesome social studies - finish Research Task

LA all finish first sort for word study