Math Homework through the Month of April

In an effort to prepare students for the math SOL, and provide the ability to plan around outside activities such as games, practices, other classes, etc. – I am providing students with a “homework plan.”  They are welcome to “work ahead” but need to be sure to do their best and be ready to go over each assignment on the day it is due.  Please be sure students bring this book to school EVERY DAY.

Students will have a copy of this on the inside cover of their book, but it may be helpful to print off a copy for the fridge!  Thanks for your help with this as we begin reviewing and reminding ourselves of everything we have learned this year!

VIRGINIA DAILY PRACTICE SOL TEST PREP BOOK

MATH TEST

Just in case anyone checks this weekend, I wanted to post something about the math test.  I made sure all measurement grades were recorded before I left on Friday, so please review those grades and/or papers with your child.  He or she should also have a practice test to look over.  The main topics are using a ruler, area, perimeter, circumference, and elapsed time.  Have fun!

Update, based on “snow” day

Tuesday- Multiple Choice Writing SOL

Wednesday- Writing Prompt SOL

Thursday- Math Test on Fractions (Study Practice Test)

Friday- Science Quiz on Light

Focus On Writing

Happy snow day! Focus on getting ready for the writing tests and we will get the math test done at the end of the week!

Busy Week

Tuesday- Valentines day/say preamble to Mr. Lapp
Wednesday- math test (study pretest on simplifying, comparing, and fraction concepts)
Friday- science quiz (study sound notes)
Friday- s.s. quiz (study #5 on study guide – 1st 5 presidents and accomplishments)

Additional Dates, besides writing and spelling

Jan
10- Science Quiz on Matter
12- Geometry Quiz on lessons 4-6 –
13- Festival Choir Try-outs in AM- Spelling Bee 1:30

17-.Science Quiz (?)- 1:00 Release
18- 1:00 Release
19- SS Test- 1:00 Release
20- Teacher workday

24- Geometry Test (practice test will go home over long weekend) –
25-(BRC people come visit to explain during regular classes)
26- BRC Trip- AM

Feb 9- conferences
Feb 10- no school for students

Language Arts January 9 through January 19

Monday, January 9 we will begin a new writing “Goals for 2012″ and work on the graphic organizer.
Tuesday, January 10,-Graphic Organizer will be checked for completeness and we will begin on First Draft.
Wednesday, January 11,-Work in computer lab on Language Skills
Thursday, January 12- Edit First Drafts.
Friday, January 13-Work on Second Drafts and practice for the Spelling Bee.
Monday, January 16- Second Drafts collected for grading.
We will begin a Spelling Unit, pages 53 and 54 (top only) will
be assigned. Spelling Activity packets given out.
Tuesday, January 17- Spelling pages checked and graded.
Worktime on spelling packet.
Wednesday, January 18–Spelling Packets collected for grading.
Computer worktime on Language Skills
Thursday, January 19–Spelling Test

Math Test and Science Quiz

Our Chapter 5 Math test will be on Probability, Graphing, and Mean, Median, Mode, and Range! Students will have a practice test to help understand the types of problems they will be seeing, and we will be reviewing in class. This should be a good one.

Don’t forget to study metric measurement papers for Tuesday’s science quiz!

Language Arts December 5 through December 16

During this week and next, we will be having spelling bees in class to choose the spelling bee participants. Five students from each Language Arts Block will be chosen by December 9. The John Wayland Spelling be will be held at 1:30 on Friday, January 13 in the main gym.
We will be reviewing nouns, pronouns and adjectives in class with the language textbook and study packets. This will be done entirely in class and should involve no homework.
There will not be a major writing project before the holiday.
Please enjoy a restful time with your families over the winter break.

Tests Coming Up

Math: Practice tests are coming home today, and we will be practicing throughout the week. The chapter 3/4 test will take place on Thursday. It will be on double digit division, divisibility rules, order of operations, and prime/composite numbers. As you can see, there are plenty of things to study for this test. Please take the time to go over this practice test with your child, and address any issues that he/she may have. We will score it on Tuesday, just to have an idea of who needs help on certain things, then we will return it on Wednesday so that it can be studied at home.

Science: The quiz Tuesday is about tides, waves, and currents. Students need to know what causes them, how the water moves, and what effects they have on the environment. There is a review that was completed in class today that students can study. On next Tuesday (November 22) we will have the unit test on Oceans. It will include information on which we have already been quizzed (geographical features, ocean movement) and ocean life. The old quizzes are a good thing to study, along with notes and study guides.

Social Studies: The quiz Friday will consist of labeling the 13 colonies, and knowing the categories in which they fall (Mid-Atlantic, New England, etc.)