December 14, 2015

Hello My Friends!!
      Great job to our classmates that performed in the Holiday Concert this morning and good luck tonight! I want to tell you that I was very impressed with your written responses today in math. This is a very hard thing to have to do and you showed me today that you are getting it! So, GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!! Here's tonight's homework:

Math:

• Monday Math Facts
• Double-Sided Math Sheet

Spelling:

• Because of the Holiday concert we were unable to give the Pre-test, so I asked you all to make sure you bring your Spelling books home so you could write the words in ABC order.

Reading:

• Read 20 minutes

December 2, 2015

Good Afternoon Students!
      Today in writing I showed you how to create a timeline on the Read Write Think Website. Tonight you will be creating timelines for your explorer on that website. If for some reason you are not able to create this timeline online, please come to school tomorrow with the 8 or more events you would like to have on your timeline. I will find time tomorrow for you to use a classroom computer to create this or time on Friday. Again, if you can NOT use the online timeline, YOU MUST bring the 8 events that you want to add tomorrow to school!!

Math:

• Homelink 3.3
• Math Facts Wednesday

Spelling:

• pg. 72-74

Social Studies:

• Online timeline (print and bring in) or 8 events for timeline. 

Reading:

• Fuzzy Guppies: Comprehension Questions
• How did Mrs. Sharpe respond to Petra's and Calder's questions? Why did her reactions make them think she might be involved in the art theft?
• Who do you think the thief is?

Dates for Timeline

Please share a date of something important that happened to your explorer. Other kids in the class will be able to use some of your information on their timeline. Thanks!!!

Here is a link that might help!!!

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/timelinearchive.html

Timeline

Here is the link to a website you can use to create a timeline for your Explorer Research Poster!!

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/

December 1st, 2015

Happy December 1st!!!!

Today we finally landed in the NEW WORLD!!! Tomorrow we will decide where we want to land and pick landing cards. This month we will be wrapping up our Exploration Unit in Social Studies, Research Project in Writing and our Mystery Unit in Reading!!!! Here is tonight's homework.

Math:

• Homelink 3.2
• Corrections for Homelink 3.1 if you got a yellow star on it!!
• Math Facts Tuesday

Spelling:

• Spelling pages 72-74

Social Studies:

• Continue any research that you still have left.
• You might want to write down a few ideas on events you want on the timeline. We will be working on this tomorrow in class. 

Reading:

• 20 minutes of reading
• ED
• Finish your jobs for Chapters 11-14 pgs. 78-117

November 30, 2015

Hello Students,
     So, we finally set sail to the New World.  So far we still have all of our ships and are making good progress! We will see tomorrow what is heading our way. Please continue your research for your explorer. Tomorrow we will be working on Quadrant 2.

Tonight's Homework

Math:

• Homelink 3.1
• Math Facts Monday

Spelling:

• ABC Order
• Write each word you got incorrect 3 times each (correctly)

Social Studies:

• Continue researching your explorer

Reading:

• Read 20 minutes
• Fuzzy Guppies:
• Complete jobs for Chapters 12-15
• Electric Dolphins:
• Read Chapters 11-14 pg. 78-117 (Jobs due Wednesday)

November 23, 2015

Hi Kids,
     Today you started packing up your things for your journey to the New World.  How do you think you did as a group today deciding what things you were going to bring on your voyage? What was the biggest problem that you think you might face as far as packing up your ships and heading to the New World? Tomorrow we will continue to pack up our ships. When we come back to school after Thanksgiving Break we will start our 1st Rounds!!! Here is tonight's homework!!

Finish up the Scholastic News Packet and finish the handout that goes with it!

Some of you are still looking for some more information about your explorers. If you have searched the sites that are on the school library website you can try the following link.


http://www.biography.com/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/

http://www.history.com/topics/exploration

See you all tomorrow!

November 20, 2015

Happy Friday!!!
   
       I want to start by telling you all how proud I am of you for bringing in food for the Thanksgiving Basket to help a family in our area have a great Thanksgiving. Next I want to tell Ella, Hailey, Stella, Kaitlyn and Nolan what a great job they did in Mulan Jr.!! You should be very proud of yourselves!!

     So, I sent home your Explorer Research Packets today!!!! You have done a great job finding some important information about your explorers. Some of you still have some more work to do. I'm sending these packets home this weekend in case you would like to do a little research. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE bring these back on Monday. We will be continuing our research on Monday and Tuesday. What ever research you still need, I'll ask that you finish it up during Thanksgiving break. When we return from Thanksgiving break we will be working on our rough drafts for our posters. The following week, you will be doing your final draft at home. Your final Explorer Project is due on December 11th.

     I hope you all have a great weekend and I will see you on Monday!!!

November 18, 2015

Happy Wednesday Kids,
      Today we worked really hard on our math study guides. For the most part you guys did great. I don't want you to forget to go back and check your work and don't forget to label everything!!! Those were the biggest things that you got wrong. Tomorrow in our Discovery Unit we will be calculating up all of our points for Wellness Units and start deciding what we need for our trip to "The New World"!!!!!! Don't forget to bring back your Spelling Pre-Tests and your Math Study Guides!

Math:

• Math Facts
• Study Guide and study for tomorrow's Math Test

Spelling:

• Write your words in cursive
• Workbook pages 66-71

Reading:

• FG: Finish your 2 comprehension questions.
1. What has Petra's father been doing lately that makes her worry about him?
2. Re-read the first 2 pages of Chapter 11. What was the author's purpose in this passage?

November 16, 2015

Happy Monday!!!!
     
     I was so impressed with the research that you did on your famous explorer today! The rest of the week we will be continuing this research.  A REMINDER is that you will have your Unit 2 Math Test on Thursday and the second part on Monday!!

Homework:

• Math
• Math Facts Day 1
• Homelink 2.13
• Spelling
• ABC Order
• Rewrite the words you got wrong on your spelling pretest 3 times each.
• Social Studies
• Map Skills 3
• Reading
• Fuzzy Guppies: 
• Finish jobs
• Electric Dolphins: 
• Read Chapters 7-10 (pgs. 48-77)
• Jobs are due on Wednesday. I would get some of this down tonight so you don't have a ton of work to do tomorrow!!!
• THINGS TO BRING BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!
• Homework
• Reading Book
• Discovery Packet

November 12, 2015

Good Afternoon Students,
        Today in Math you worked hard on your division strategies. Our biggest focus was on reviewing what we learned in 4th grade about partial-quotients. Tonight's homework focuses on this strategy. The big news today was the introduction to our Explorer Research Project. Please remember to have your parents sign the sheet saying that they have viewed the project and understand that there is a small piece that needs to be done at home. We will be doing a bulk of the research here at school. The one things I forgot to have you add to the sheet going home is the due date. Please note that DECEMBER 10TH as the DUE DATE for your final project. I will be sending home a reminder of this. Here is the homework for tonight!!

Math:

• Math Facts Day 4
• Homelink 2.11

Spelling:

• Spelling workbook pgs. 60-65

Reading:

• Electric Dolphins:
•  Comprehension Questions 1. Explain what "The Box" is, as well as its purpose. Evaluate whether it is effective or not.
• For EXTRA CREDIT: Who is Oscar? Describe him in details.

Social Studies:

• Map Skill  2

DON'T FORGET:

• Spelling Book
• Reading Book
• Discovery Packet

November 10, 2015

Happy Tuesday Kids!!
        I hope you all are enjoying your half day today. Remember there is no school tomorrow. Let's get right into the homework. Remember what I said today about it looking like a lot, but you have 2 days to do it!! :)

Math:
     Homelink 2.10
     Math Facts Day 2 and 3
Reading:
     Fuzzy Guppies:
          1. Research Vermeer and write a paragraph about him.
          2. List 3 coincidences that they have discovered. **Practice using page numbers for this one!
     Electric Dolphins:
          Research 3 other things that are in this book or relate to this book. Examples: astrology, zodiac
          signs, other books buy this author...
Spelling:
          Workbook pages 60-65 (Due Friday)
           Cursive
Language Arts:
            Daily Language Review Packet:  Days 2 and 3
            Daily Reading Comprehension Packet: Day 2 and 3

On Thursday we will take a look at our Explorer Research Project. I hope you all have a get day off tomorrow and I'll see you on Thursday!!

November 9, 2015

Happy Monday!!!

       You all did a great job on the map assignment today in the Discovery packet. You are all well on your way to being great explorers! Tomorrow we will continue learning about mental division in math. Today is the first day of our weekly math fact packets. As a reminder, you are to do 1 page a night. I will collect them daily and you will have a quiz on Friday on the facts that you have learned during the week. Please remind your parents that tomorrow is an early release and there is no school on Wednesday. Here is tonight's homework.

Math:
     Multiplication worksheet
     Math Fact Day 1
Spelling:
     Write the words that you got wrong on the pretest 3 times each
     ABC Order
Handwriting:
     The kids that have not finished need to complete pages 24 and 25
Reading:
     Read 20 minutes
     Fuzzy Guppies:
          Read Chapters 8-9 and work on your job (Your job is due on Thursday)

Have a great night and see you all in the Morning!
                               
                                                                  Love, Mrs. Jenkins

November 4, 2015

Hello Kids,
      I hope that you are enjoying your half day! I'm excited to be meeting with your parents and telling them all about the great things you are doing and a few things I would like you to work on. Remember that tomorrow we are going on a field trip. Make sure you wear comfy walking shoes. Here is tonight's homework:

Math: Multiplication worksheet
Spelling: pgs. 54-59
Writing: DLR and DRC Day 4
Reading: Read 20 minutes
     Fuzzy Guppies: Finish Summarizer and Researcher Jobs
     Electric Dolphins:

Please Bring Back: Spelling Book, DLR and DRC, Reading book

November 3, 2015

Good Afternoon,

     Today we had a great day wrapping up our Open Response on responding to math questions and using Powers of 10! We also got to take a first look at our Discovery Simulation! Tonight's homework is below. Don't forget tomorrow is a HALF DAY!!! See you all tomorrow.

Math: Homelink 2.9
Spelling: pgs. 54-59
Reading: 20 minutes
            Fuzzy Guppies: Finish up both comprehension questions.
                            1. What can you conclude about Calder's personality?
                            2.  Why was Petra upset by her encounters with Calder and Ms. Hussey at Powell's
                                 Used Books?
            Electric Dolphins: Finish up comprehension outline and write out the answer on white lined
            paper.
                           1. Analyze the text to infer why Heather doesn't like Sammy in Chapter 4. Cite specific evidence from the text.
Specials: Please return the Field Trip Slip ASAP!!!

Bring Home and Back to School: Spelling books and reading books

November 2, 2015

November 2, 2015

Spelling: Write each word you got wrong 3 times each. Also, ABC Order
Reading: Read 20 Minutes
       Fuzzy Guppies: Illustrator and Connector Jobs
       Electric Dolphin: Discussion Director and Read Chapters 3 and 4
Extra Things: Field Trip Permission Slip

Homework for the Week of October 5-9

Monday, October 5th

·         Math: Homelink 1.11

·         Reading: Read for 20 minutes

·         Spelling: ABC Order, Correct words on pre-test (3x each), Workbook pgs. 32-37 (Due Friday)

·         Science/Social Studies:

·         Writing:

Tuesday, October 6th

·         Math: Homelink 1.12

·         Reading: Read for 20 minutes

·         Spelling: Workbook pgs. 32-37 (Due Friday)

·         Science/Social Studies:

·         Writing:

Wednesday, October 7th

·         Math:  Study for Math Test

·         Reading: Read for 20 minutes

·         Spelling:  Write words in cursive, Workbook pgs. 32-37 (Due Friday)

·         Science/Social Studies: Science Worksheet

·         Writing:

Thursday, October 8th

·         Math:

·         Reading: Read for 20 minutes

·         Spelling: Workbook pgs. 32-37(Due Friday)

·         Science/Social Studies:

·         Writing:

Friday, October 9th

·         Have a great weekend!!!

IXL Login

Follow the link below to get to IXL. Then ask an adult at home to bookmark the site!!!

www.IXL.com/signin/exeter

Homework for the Week of September 21-25

Monday, September 21^st

·         Math: Homelink 1.6

·         Reading: Read for 20 minutes

·         Spelling: ABC Order, Correct words on pre-test (3x each), Workbook pgs. 20-25 (Due Friday)

·         Science/Social Studies: Look for an example of a decomposer in or around your sit spot. TIP: Look near fallen trees, since decomposers need a source of decomposing matter to survive.

·         Writing:

Tuesday, September 22^nd

·         Math: Math Worksheet pg. 22

·         Reading: Read for 20 minutes

·         Spelling: Workbook pgs. 20-25 (Due Friday)

·         Science/Social Studies:

·         Writing:

Wednesday, September 23^rd

·         Math:  IXL

·         Reading: Read for 20 minutes

·         Spelling:  Write words in cursive, Workbook pgs. 20-25 (Due Friday)

·         Science/Social Studies:

·         Writing:

Thursday, September 24^th

·         Math: Homelink 1.7

·         Reading: Read for 20 minutes

·         Spelling: Workbook pgs. 20-25 (Due Friday)

·         Science/Social Studies:

·         Writing:

Friday, September 25^th

·         Have a great weekend!!!

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Boston
Playing outside
Riding a bike
Pets
School
Spaceships

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Supply List

Hi Everyone!
     I hope you are all enjoying the last couple of weeks of Summer vacation! I have been in the classroom getting things ready for us! I didn't realize how many books we have in our classroom library! What are some books you have enjoyed reading this Summer? I have read a few that we will be reading together this year. I'm currently reading  Al Capone Does My Shirts.

     In my letter to you I had promised a list of school supplies that will be useful for you to have.  Please come prepared with the following items:

• A supply of No. 2 pencils
• A couple red pens
• An extra eraser
• A 2 inch binder
• A supply of loose leaf paper (3-hole punched)
• Dividers (with pockets, if possible)
• (4) 3-hole punched folders
• Post-It® notes
• Reusable water bottle
• Pencil box

Suggested Supplies: (I have some in the classroom)

• Crayons
• Colored pencils
• Markers
• Scissors
• Glue sticks
• Black/white composition book
• Ruler with inches and centimeters

Additional classroom supplies: (We will need throughout the year include)

• Tissues
• Clorox wipes
• Hand sanitizer
• Copy paper
• Lined paper
• Pencils

     I will provide each of you with an agenda book. Due to the limited space in each desk, once you get your books and your binder, please limit your school supplies to those that will fit into your pencil box. Additional supplies can be kept in your backpack or brought from home when needed.

      If you have any questions about the supply list, don't hesitate to email me or post a question here!! I can't wait to meet you all soon!

                                                                                         ~Mrs. Jenkins

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