Happy Holidays!

Hi! I hope everyone has a wonderful Winter Break! Be safe!

Happy Holidays!

Tuesday 12/21/10

Assignments for today:
Math - Wkst 8
Spelling - Word Search Wk 5 & 12


The music program is tomorrow at 1:30. I hope you are able to make it! Once the program is over, students can go home with parents after checking in with me.

Have a great night!

Monday 12/20/10

Assignments for today:

Spelling - Word Search Weeks 10-11
Social - Time for Kids Week 5

The students had a longer than usual Music practice for the program on Wednesday and will have another one tomorrow.

The Holiday Party will be tomorrow at 1:30 instead of 2:00. The students have Art at 2 and we weren't able to move this. They will be back from Art at 2:35 and we will continue the party and start cleanup. Remember to bring a gift!

Thursday 12/16/10

There are NO ASSIGNMNTS FOR TODAY! YAY!!

We have been very busy getting out stories done and they are ALL DONE! YAY!

Tomorrow we are skiing. Please make sure you are dressed warm! Extra layers are a great thing!

Have a great evening!

Food Drive

Iron Range Youth for Action is sponsoring a food drive to help support the local food shelf. There is a competition between the elementary grades. While I was in Cherry, my class won 2 years in a row! I would like to carry that on in Babbitt. I am encouraging the students to bring items in by giving 1 extra credit point for each item donated. These points will be applied to the subject with the most need.

The deadline for donating items is December 20th. All nonperishable food items are being accepted!

Tuesday 12/14/10

Assignments for today:
Math - P157 1-28, Wkbk 4.3
Spelling - Pretest Wk 12
Reading - Worked on Illustrations
Science - Weekly Reader 9

Remember that we are going to be skiing on Friday. It is going to be colder with a high of 16 degrees. Please make sure that you have enough layers! Dress warm!!!

Book orders are due on Thursday.

Monday 12/13/10

Assignments for today:
Math - None
Reading - worked on illustrations
Spelling - Wkst 66-67
Social - Time for Kids Wk 11

Friday - 12/10/10

Assignments for today:
Math - P154 1-10, Wkbk 4.2
Reading - Worked on drawings
Spelling - Final Test Wk 11
Social - Wkst 5B

Midterms were sent home today! Please sign and return these by Monday!

Ski permission slips need to be in on Monday. We are planning to leave at 8:30 and we we will return by 3:00.

Have a great weekend!

Spelling - Wk 12

honorable
doorknob
chalkboard
plumber
condemn
gnarled
sighed
scented
trestle
drought
doubt
acknowledge
wholesome
castle
exhaustion
shipwreck
pneumonia
wrestling
miraculously
analysis

Thursday 12/9/10

Assignments for today:
Math - P152 1-10, Wkbk 4.1
Reading - Drawing for Author's Tea books
Spelling - Wkst 63, write each word 8 times
Science - Wkst Iv 1 P12-14

Have a good night!

Wednesday 12/8/10

Assignments for today:
Math - Test on Chapter 3
Reading - Worked on cover pages for our books
Spelling - Wkst 62 and 20 sentences
Science - Wkst on P9-12

Tuesday 12/7/10

Assignments for today:
Math - P144-145 All, P146-149 All (Test tomorrow)
Reading - Printed off stories and worked in Compass (no more class time will be given to work on stories)
Science - Weekly Reader 8
Spelling - Pretest Wk 11, write all correct words 5 times and wrong words 10 times

Have a great night!

Monday 12/6/10

I want to apologize for missing a few days on here. I was sick and wasn't able to get to the blog.

Please get all permission slips in for Giants Ridge! If the slip is not turned in, your child will have to stay home.

Holiday Party is scheduled for December 21st.

Assignments for today:
Math - Compass Lab
Reading - Worked on stories for Author's Tea. We will start illustrations tomorrow!
Spelling - Wkst 60-61
Social - Wkst on the first part of Chapter 5

Have a great night and stay warm!

Spelling - Wk 11

Week 11
enough
physical
symphony
coughing
briefly
pamphlet
chieftain
amphibian
efficient
flexible
turmoil
typhoid
ointment
voyager
boycott
loyalty
corduroy
oily
mukluks
towline

Welcome, December!

I can't believe it is December! That is unbelieveable!

Assignments for today:
Math - P133 1-5 Wkbk 3.6
Reading - Typing stories
Spelling - Wkst 58 + 20 Sentences
Science - Wkst on P1-8

Band will be practicing tomorrow with the 5th grade, so do not forget your instruments!

Snowy Day!

It is just crazy, how much snow has fallen!

Assignments for today:
Math - P132 1-18 Wkbk 3.5
Reading - Finished The Mountain That Refused To Be Climbed and Wkst Packet
Spelling - Pretest Wk 10, All wrong words written 10x and right words written 5x
Science - Weekly Reader 7

We are tentatively planning to go skiing on December 17th. There are some complications with Music that we are trying to work around.

I hope everyone is warm and safe!

Monday, 11/29/10

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!

Assignments for today:
Math - Compass Lab
Reading - Started reading The Mountain that Refused to Be Climbed, first part of Wkst packet, including the Prediction. Also, used the words on the front of the sheet in a sentence.
Spelling - Wkst 56-57
Social - Time Magazine, Wk 9

I hope everyone has a great night! We will be having Band two days this week - Tues.and Thurs. Please make sure your student has his/her instrument!

TGIW - Thank God It's Wednesday!

What a nice week! We did need to have a talk about being respectful to your teacher and to other teachers. Please encourage this behavior at home.

Assignments for today:
Math - P130 1-28, Wkst 3.1-3.2
Spelling - Word Search Week 8-9
Reading - Stories for Author's Tea are due on Monday (first draft)

Spelling words for next week:
Week10
feature
creature
pitcher
lecturer
bleachers
archery
picturesque
preacher
fixture
puncture
leisure
pleasure
closure
fracture
moisture
catcher
seizure
natural
triangulation
preparation

Have a great Thanksgiving!!

Tuesday 11/23/10

Assignments for today:
Math - P126 1-12, Wkbk 3.4, P128 1-10
Reading - Writing stories for Author's Tea. We are not able to get into the computer lab tomorrow, so the handwritten draft will be due on Monday.
Spelling - Word Search Weeks 6-7

The Science Fair is tomorrow. The students will start setting up at 1:30. I look forward to seeing you there!

Book Fair

The Book Fair is going on this week. The students will have an opportunity each day to go to the Book Fair to make any purchases!

Monday 11/22/10

I hope everyone had a restful 3 day weekend! Now, for a 3 day week!

Please send your children in appropraite clothing for outside. Several students are not wearing hats or mittens while they are outside during recess. Boots would be great also!

Assignments for today:
Spelling - Word Search
Math - Compass Lab
Reading - Working on Stories for Author's Tea. Story must be ready to be typed (first draft) on Wednesday
Social - Time for Kids - Week 8

Have a great night!

Thursday, 11/18/10

Our week has come to an end! Just a reminder, there is NO SCHOOL tomorrow!

The students presented their atlas pages today. I was impressed with many! They put a lot of effort into their presentations!

Assignments for today:
Math - P124 1-27, Wkbk 3.3
Reading - Presented Atlas pages
Spelling - Final Test
Science - Wkst on Decompression Sickness and Sour Power

There isn't a Spelling list for next week! We will review the words we have done this year.

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday 11/17/10

Assignments for today:
Math - P123 1-12, Wkbk 3.2
Spelling - P54-55, 20 sentences
Reading - Worked on Atlas page. This is due tomorrow.

Sorry, it is short!

Have a great night!

Tuesday 11/16/10

Assignments for today:
Math - P120 1-29, Wkbk 3.1
Spelling - Pretest
Reading - Creating an atlas with a partner, due on Thursday
Science - Talked briefly about the Science Fair

Have a great night!

Monday 11/15/10

Conferences started tonight. If you were not able to make it, please call or email me and we can set something up.

Remember, there is NO SCHOOL on Friday! YAY!

Assignments for today:
Math - Compass Lab
Reading - Test on The Great Flood of 1993
Spelling - Wkst 52-53
Social - Time for Kids Week 7

Have a great night!

TGIF!

It's finally Friday! Yes, it is!

Spelling words for next week:

favorite
traitor
curcuit
circumvent
rehearse
coutesy
courteous
humor
humorous
energy
energetic
courage
courageous
similar
grammar
worthy
earthworm
earnestly
fissures
porters

Assignments for today:
Math - Test on Ch. 2
Reading - Packet on Great Flood
Spelling - Final Test
Social - Test on Ch 4

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Thursday

Hi! Today was a nice quick day! The students went to the Vet's Program this morning. They did a great job in showing how to be respectful to the adults on stage and the students in the audience. I don't want to jinx it for us, but the students have really been doing a great job this week! Make sure to give them tons of praise at home! I am very proud of them!

The Book Break was this afternoon. The students only had to pass 1 test to be able to participate this time. We have now set personal goals to meet. I hope they are all putting the time into reading these books!

Assignments for today:
Math - P112 1-30, Wkst 28 (Test on Ch 2 tomorrow)
Reading - Wksts 15-18 (The Great Flood of 1993)
Spelling - Wkst 51
Social - Reviewed for the test tomorrow on Ch 4

Have a great night!

River Watch

This afternoon, the students went to the Dunca River to perform a series of tests. The students did a great job in working together to do this. I was very impressed!

Today's assignments:

Math - P107 1-29
Spelling - Wkst 50 plus 20 sentences

That's it!

Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!

Assignments for today:
Math - P102 1-6, Wkbk 2.12, Wkst 27
Reading - Reviewed vocabulary for the next story, The Flood of 1993, created a web for our stories for Author's Tea
Spelling - Pretest
Science - Listened to a presentation on River Watch

River Watch will be tomorrow afternoon from 12:30 to 3:00. Students are expected to be on their best behaviors. If any student is not, he or she will be removed from the river and asked to sit on the bus. Permission slips were sent home today from Mrs. Makkyla. Please sign and return this tomorrow. Any students who do not have their permission slip returned will not be able to participate in River Watch. Any parents who are free and willing to be an extra pair of eyes are asked to join us! We will be leaving the school at 12:30 and returning by 3:00.

Monday 11-8-10

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Here are today's assignments:
Math - We went into the Compass Lab
Reading - Test on 3 Kingdom's, Wkst 9-10
Spelling - Wkst 48-49
Social - Wkst Ch 4 P46-49 Test will be on Friday

Tomorrow, Mrs. Makkyla will be coming in to talk to the class about River Watch. On Wednesday, she will be taking the students to the river to do some observations and tests. If you would like to volunteer your time and chaperone, that would be great! Send me an email and let me know! crogers@isd2142.k12.mn.us

Thanks!

Spelling Words - Week 8

I apologize for these being late!

everybody
anywhere
knowledge
brainstorm
stomachache
outstanding
sweatshirt
videotape
meanwhile
old-fashioned
long-distance
duffel bag
child's play
absent-minded
daybreak
high school
headquarters
themselves
sandbagger
dashboard

Book It!

The students received their Book It! forms today! Please help/encourage them to read 400 minutes a month! This is would equal 20 minutes a day/5 days a week/4 weeks during the month.

Thanks!

Finally Friday!

I hope everyone has had a great week! Good luck to everyone going hunting this weekend! Be safe!

This afternoon, we were able to spend time learning how to fold dance with Terrence Smith. As always, some enjoyed it, some didn't, but all learned something from it!

Today's assignments:
Math - P101 1-28 and Wkbk 2.11
Reading - Wkst 11-13 and Finish packet
Spelling - Final Test

Due to the dancing, we were not able to do Social Studies or Science this afternoon.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday

Assignments:
Math - P98 1-12
Reading - Finish Three Kingdoms and do Wkst 5, 7, 8
Spelling - Wkst 46-47
Science - Lab and wkst

Conferences are fast approaching! If you have a preference of Monday or Wednesday, please let me know and what time would work best. I will try my best to accomodate you!

Thanks!

PartyLite is here!

Hey! I'm sorry I didn't write yesterday. Our orders came in and I was very busy making sure everything was here. Unfortunately, not everything is. There are parts to a few orders missing, so until those are received, I can't let those orders go. If all of a student's order is here, they can be picked up or taken home. A few students took theirs home yesterday and more should go today. In the meantime, my classroom smells wonderful!

Assignments for today:
Math: P94 1-20, P96 1-10, Wkbk 2.8 & 2.9 (looks like a lot, but it is very easy and shouldn't take much time)
Reading: Read The Story of Three Kingdoms (to pg 15) and do corresponding wkst
Spelling: Pretest Wk 7
Social: Went over worksheet from yesterday

Remember - NO SCHOOL tomorrow!

Have a great evening!

Happy Halloween!

Today was a great day for a party! I think the kids had a great time!

Spelling Words for next week:
gestured
gesturing
hesitated
hesitating
studied
studying
prescribed
prescribing
skied
skiing
lonelier
loneliest
friendlier
friendliest
cleaner
cleanest
angrier
angriest
photographed
photographing

Have a great weekend! Be safe on Sunday!

Thursday

Good afernoon!

Today has been a day of working in the computer lab. We worked in Compass this morning for Math. The students are working on decimals.

We were also in the lab for Reading. The students took some time to type their Veteran's letters. These will be mailed to the Minnesota Discovery Center on Monday. If you would like to view these, you are able to go through the exhibit at the Minnesota Discovery Center.

Tomorrow is our Halloween Celebration. The day will be filled with fun activites. The afternoon is going to be split into 2 parts: swimming and a movie. Please be sure to send a swimsuit and towel!

Thanks!

Tuesday!

Hello! The students were GREAT today! It is unbelievable how they can be so different from day to day!

Assignments:
Math - Quiz on 2.7, Wkbk 2.7
Reading - Finished Zlata's Diary, wkst 51-53
Spelling - Pretest

I will not be here tomorrow, Wednesday, October 27th. I am hoping the students are well behaved for Mr. Marshall!

Have a great evening!

Just a reminder, the Spelling Final Test will be on Thursday!

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend! It was great to come back to school today well rested!

Today's assignments:
Math - P88 1-26 (Multiplying Decimals)
Reading - Wkst 51 (Vocabulary from Zlata's Diary)
Spelling - Wkst 40-41

The students are very talkative! If you could please remind students of the proper way to behave in school, this would be appreciated. I am doing what I can here at school, but a reminder at home is always nice.

Thanks! Have a great evening!

Spelling for next week

Week 6
occurrence
embarrass
occasion
symmetry
recommend
exaggerate
terrain
barricade
alliance
applaud
hooray
opportunity
opposite
daughter
authentic
awkward
brought
because
aperture
cinematography

The Spelling test will be on Tuesday and Thursday next week due to Friday being a day for Halloween.

Assignments:
Math - Wkbk 2.6 Wkst 25
Reading - Test
Spelling - Crossword Puzzle

Have a great weekend!

Feels like Thursday!

Assignments today:
Math P86 1-22
Reading: Shooting Back Packet
Spelling: Pumpkin Word Unscramble
Science: Weekly Reader 4

There isn't any school on Thursday or Friday!

Have a great evening!

Monday

Well, it is a short week! Only 2 days of school left! We are working on the Metric System in Math. Some of the students had a harder time with this concept. I did go around and ask each student if he or she understood it and helped those who didn't, so I am hoping that everyone understands it!

We are writing letters to our veterans for Reading/Writing. These letters will be sent to the Minnesota Discovery Center to be posted in a display.

Todays assignments:
Math - P83 1-26 and wkbk 2.5
Reading - Veteran's Letter
Spelling - Halloween Word Search
Social - Time For Kids

Have a great evening!

Happy Friday!

Good afternoon! We have had another successful week! As always, there were a few bumps along the way, but we made it through it in one piece! The Fundraiser money has been collected and the order will be placed once the Partylite consultant receives it. It won't take long for the orders to come in once she receives them.

There were 18 out of 30 students who received late slips this week. Many of these were because students did not put their names on their assignments. By the 6th grade, students should not have a problem putting their name on their papers, so I will continue to give late slips for this. I am hoping to have fewer and fewer of these as the days go by.

We will not have a new spelling list for next week. Instead, we will do fun Halloween related word searches and word scrambles.

Todays work:
Math - P80-81 1-10 Wkbk 2.4
Spelling - Final Test
Reading - Creating our Gallery
Social - Ch 3 Test

Have a great weekend! Enjoy the sunshine, we may not have much more!

Wednesday

Assignments today:
    Math - P77 1-18
    Reading - Read Rising Voices and do wkst 45
    Spelling - P38
    Science - Wkst 12

We went outside to take pictures for our own gallery to go with our stories in Reading. The students had a great time with this! I will be getting the pictures developed and we will be creating our own gallery on Friday. Please stop in the school and check out the pictures we have up!

Just a reminder that the fundraiser money is due on Friday!

I will not be here tomorrow. The students will have Mrs. Oksanen as a sub.

Have a great night!

10/12/2010

Our assignments today:
     Math - P74 1-20, Wkbk 2.1-2.2
     Reading - Read Shooting Back, Wkst 47
     Spelling - Pre-test
     English - One Line Poems wkst

In Minnesota History, the students shared their oral stories. Tomorrow, they will go into different groups and have to tell a story they heard from someone else.

Late slips - There have been some questions on late slips. I will send late slips home for students who turn their work in late (after 8:45 am), if a name is not on it, or if the student doesn't complete the assignment for some reason. I have been told I send home to many, but I feel it is important for the parents to know what is going on in class. Please note, I do not take points off of the assignments. The students only lose their 25 minutes of "Free Time" on Fridays and are in a study hall instead.

Have a great evening!

Oral Traditions

Today, we started looking at oral traditions and how they are passed on. The students were given a Folk Tale to read and we will be sharing these stories with others in the classroom.

Other assignments:
     Math - P72 1-42
     Reading - Wkst 44
     Spelling - Wkst 36-37

Remember, all fundraising money needs to be in by Friday!

Have a great night!

Book Orders Due

Book orders will be due on Monday! Don't forget to order your favorite books!

TGIF

Happy Friday! We made it through another week! YAY!

We had a Spelling test and a Math test today. I think the students put a lot of effort into both.

The Babbitt Fire Department was visting today and they brought the smoke trailer with them! The students were able to go through a simulation of what a house fire is like and how hard it is to find their way to the window. They were all able to operate the fire extinguisher, too.

Our spelling words for next week are:
country
does
once
beautiful
unusual
unit
fugitive
menu
utilize
sculpture
valuable
thumbprint
museum
universe
luxury
sulfur
customary
suffocate
multicolored
photojournalist

Please take some time to study these words! Those who get zero wrong on the pretest do not have to take the final test.

Have a great weekend!

It's almost Friday!

It has been a great day! I was pleasantly surprised at how well behaved and quiet the students have been today!

We will have a Math Test tomorrow on Chapter One, along with our Spelling Test.

Assignments for today:
Math: P64 1-35
Reading: Revise/Rewrite Antecdotes
Spelling: Wkst 35
Science: A Salty Story and answer questions on board

Tomorrow, the Fire Department will be here with their smoke trailer. We will go outside and see this right after lunch.

Have a great evening! Study those words!

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

We had a great day today! The students were very well behaved... until this afternoon. During the morning, the students did a great job at staying on task and working.

Our assignments for the day:
Math - Multiplying and Dividing Integers Packet
Reading - Write an antecdote on your pet and Wkst 36-37
Spelling - Wkst 34

In Science we did the 3rd part to our Investigation on Solutions and Mixtures. The students had evaporated the water from our salt solutions and looked at the crystals today.

Midterms are not being mailed out this year. All grades can be viewed on Parent Portal.

I, also, wanted to remind the students that cell phones are not allowed in class. I understand some students carry them to school, but they are not to be in the classroom or outside during recess/gym/freetime. There have been a few students who have been warned or had their phones taken away. If a phone is taken away, a parent/guardian will need to come and pick it up.

Things to come:
     We will be having a Math test on Chapter One on Friday. Tomorrow will be review.
     Spelling Final Test on Friday.

Have a great evening!

Welcome to our blog!

It took a while, but I have finally set up the blog!

Our spelling words for next week are:
buyer
instant
quietly
plight
describe
acquire
typhoon
twice
lithe
scientific
blind
decipher
distinct
xylophone
glimps
pliable
slight
friction
devotion
absorbed

The students received the fundraising information today. We will be selling Partylite candles. These are excellent candles with great burning times and wonderful scents. We have set personal goals for each the students to sell 10 items. They will have until October 15th. Please help them to meet this goal!

Thanks! Have a great weekend!