WEEK OF DEC. 17 - 21

** Please note the adjusted schedule this week due to the two early release B days and plan accordingly **

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19 (B DAY)
7:40 - 9:11 - Pacific Science (LIGHT TEST); Atlantic Social Studies
9:13 - 9:50 - Pacific - Math; Atlantic - Language Arts
9:51 - 10:31 - LUNCH AND RECESS
10:33 - 11:09 - Advisory
11:10 - 12:00 - ENCORE # 1

FRIDAY, DEC. 21 (B DAY)
7:40 - 8:25 - ALL MEHMS READS - Make sure you have your favorite book with you.
8:26 - 9:50 - Atlantic - Math; Pacific - Language Arts
9:51 - 10:31 - LUNCH AND RECESS
10:33 - 11:09 - Advisory
11:10 - 12:00 - ENCORE #2


ASSIGNMENTS

Monday, Dec. 17

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Study for Test on Wednesday.

MATH - NO HOMEWORK


Tuesday, Dec. 18

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - Study for Test on Thursday.

MATH - NO HOMEWORK


Wednesday, Dec. 19

PACIFIC SCIENCE - TEST TODAY! No Homework

MATH - NO HOMEWORK


Thursday, Dec. 20

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - TEST TODAY! No Homework

MATH - NO HOMEWORK


Friday, Dec. 21

NO SCIENCE TODAY

MATH - No Homework


HAVE A WONDERFUL WINTER BREAK, See you Jan. 2!

WEEK OF DECEMBER 10 - 14

**ANNOUNCEMENTS**

Please note the slight change in Pacific's Science Test Date. Due to a school-wide schedule adjustment, Pacific's Science Test will be on Wednesday, December 19 instead of the 21st as previously scheduled. Again, if you know you will not be in town on the 19th, please arrange to take the test before you leave.


**ASSIGNMENTS**


Monday, December 10 -

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - No HW

MATH - Study guide due TOMORROW



Tuesday, December 11 -

PACIFIC SCIENCE - STUDY GUIDE for LIGHT TEST going home today. Spend 15 minutes working on it each night. It will be due MONDAY, DECEMBER 17. Test will be on Wednesday, December 20.

MATH - Study for Math Test (Wednesday)



Wednesday, December 12 -

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - STUDY GUIDE for LIGHT TEST going home today. Spend 15 minutes working on it each night. It will be due TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18. Test will be on Thursday, December 20.

MATH - Test Today. No Homework.



Thursday, December 13 -

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Work on Study Guide. Due Monday, Dec. 17.

MATH - Parent/Guardian signature on math test. Return FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14.



Friday, December 14 -

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - Work on Study Guide. Due Tuesday, Dec. 18

MATH - No Homework.

Week of December 3-7

Science Announcement - Our Unit 2 assessment on Light and Microscopes will be on Thursday, December 20 for Atlantic and Friday, December 21 for Pacific. These are the last two days before Winter Break. If you know you will be out those days, please arrange to take the test before you leave.

Our science discussions have been quite interesting this week! The students have been extremely inquisitive about radiant energy and the electromagnetic spectrum. While we discussed it for awhile in class, I thought I would provide some additional online resources for students to further explore the concept!

1. http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/ - Here you can click on each segment of the spectrum to learn more about the different types of waves. This is the one that I think is the best.

2. http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/ALSTool/EMSpec/EMSpec2.html

Enjoy!

**WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS**

Monday, December 3

PACIFIC SCIENCE - No Homework

MATH - WS - Rounding Decimals practice. Both sides


Tuesday, December 4

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - No HW

MATH - WS - Practice 2-16: Exploring adding and subtracting decimals



Wednesday, December 5

PACIFIC SCIENCE - NO HW

MATCH - WS - Practice 2-17: Adding Decimals


Thursday, December 6

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - NO HW

MATH - NO HW


Friday, December 7

PACIFIC SCIENCE - NO HW

MATH - Students received their study guides for our Unit 2 test. The study guides are due TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11.

WEEK OF Nov. 26 - 30

Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break!

Monday, November 26

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - Have parent/guardian sign Matter Test and return next science class - Wednesday.

MATH - WS - Practice 2-6: Rounding Greater Numbers


Tuesday, November 27

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Have parent/guardian sign Matter Test and return next science class - Thursday.

MATH - WS - Rounding whole numbers and decimals


Wednesday, November 28

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - No HW

MATH - WS - Estimating Sums and Differences


Thursday, November 29

PACIFIC SCIENCE - No HW

MATH - WS - Practice 2-13 Estimating Sums and Differences


Friday, November 30

NO HW

Week of November 19 - 23

Remember! This Wednesday is an early release day and there is no school Thursday and Friday. Happy Thanksgiving!


Monday, November 19

PACIFIC SCIENCE - None

MATH - WS - Decimal Place Value Practice. This is a review of the place values for decimals through the thousandths place.


Tuesday, November 20

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - Finish Thursday Thought about the Deep Ocean animals if not already done so in class.

MATH -


Wednesday, November 21

NO HOMEWORK FOR ALL SUBJECTS - Enjoy your Thanksgiving!

WEEK OF Nov. 12 - 16

This week is SCA-Sponsored SPIRIT WEEK! Come to school 4 out of 5 days this week showing your school spirit and receive an ice cream on Friday!
Monday - POLKA DOT DAY
Tuesday - FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM DAY
Wednesday - PAJAMA DAY
Thursday - CRAZY HAIR DAY
Friday - SOCK IT TO 'EM HUSKY DAY (wear crazy socks and Husky gear)


Also Remember:Field Trip money due Wednesday, Nov. 14 to your A Day home base teacher.


MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - Students should continue to work on their Matter Review Packet. It is due Wednesday. Test is on Friday.

MATH - None


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Matter Review Packet DUE TODAY. Students should be reviewing their study guides and notes for the test on Friday.

Math - WS - "Place Value Through the Millions" PRACTICE 2-2. Complete whole page.


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - Matter Review Packet DUE TODAY. Students should be reviewing their study guides and notes for the test on Friday

MATH - WS - Comparing and Ordering


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Students should be reviewing their study guides and notes for the test on Friday.

MATH - WS - Exponent Practice


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16

BOTH SCIENCE CLASSES - Atlantic and Pacific will have their first unit assessment: Matter

MATH: No HW

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 5 - 9

Monday and Tuesday are PARENT-TEACHER-STUDENT Conferences. We are looking forward to meeting with our parents and students. If you are unsure of your conference time, please send an email and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Students -- enjoy your two-day break and read, read, read!


Monday, Nov. 5 & Tuesday, Nov. 6 - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS


Wednesday, Nov. 7 - First Day of the Second Quarter!

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Students are receiving a study guide for their UNIT ONE ASSESSMENT - MATTER (Test on Friday, Nov. 16). Students should begin working on the review packet using notes from their science binder. The completed review packet will be due Tuesday, Nov. 13 in class. If students have questions about the packet, we can discuss them in class over the next week.

MATH WS - Practice writing large numbers in three different forms - 1. Standard - using numerals (ex - 2,415,022) 2. Word - using words (ex - two million, four hundred fifteen thousand, twenty-two) 3. Expanded - using the values of each digit (ex - 2,000,000 + 400,000 + 10,000 + 5,000 + 20 + 2) This should be a review.


Thursday, Nov. 8 -

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - Students are receiving a study guide for their UNIT ONE ASSESSMENT - MATTER (Test on Friday, Nov. 16). Students should begin working on the review packet using notes from their science binder. The completed review packet will be due Wednesday, Nov. 14. If students have any questions about the packet we can discuss it in class over the next week.

MATH - WS - Practice 2-3 - Practice Powers of 10 and Exponents. Students should see the relationship between powers of ten and our place value system. We will explore other place value systems that are not based on tens. :)


Friday, Nov. 9 -

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Students should continue working on the review packet.

MATH - No Homework: Have a great weekend!

WEEK OF OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 2

Happy Halloween! While this Wednesday is Halloween, the fifth grade will not be having any "parties" or celebrating Halloween. Additionally, students will not be permitted to wear costumes, it will be a regular school day. Students WILL, however, play the famous annual grade-wide BINGO on Wednesday during Stretch and Challenge.

Friday, November 2 is the last day of the first quarter! All LATE, MISSING, or ABSENT work is due TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 to be counted on the first quarter report card.

Don't forget! Parent Teacher conferences will take place Monday, Nov. 5 and Tuesday, Nov. 6! Make sure you know when your appointment is. SUNLIGHT ZONE -- Your students are invited to attend the meeting as we make plans for THEIR success!


**ASSIGNMENTS **

Monday, Oct. 29

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - No Homework

MATH - Test corrections and parent signature on graphing test due TUESDAY.


Tuesday, Oct. 30

No Homework - ALL CLASSES

Wednesday, Oct. 31

No Homework - ALL CLASSES - Be safe Trick or Treating!

Thursday, Nov. 1



Friday, Nov. 2

WEEK OF October 22 - 26

** Field Trip this week! ** Don't forget to bring a bag lunch on Thursday unless you checked off on the permission slip that you would buy one from school.


Monday, October 22

Pacific Science - No Homework

MATH - Study for graphing test -- TOMORROW! Those who choose to re-do their bar graph, those are also due tomorrow.


Tuesday, October 23

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - No Homework

MATH - No Homework -- Test today.


Wednesday, October 24

PACIFIC SCIENCE - No Homework

MATH - No Homework


Thursday, October 25

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - Finish Thursday Thought if not done in class. Due Monday.

MATH - Did not meet today, field trip!


Friday, October 26

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Finish Thursday Thought if not done in class. Due Tuesday.

MATH - Parent signature and test corrections due TUESDAY. Students will go back through their test and correct mistakes according to guidelines given on the sheet attached to the test. Parents please sign the test itself indicating that you have seen it.

WEEK OF October 15 - 19

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - Element project due today. "Probing the Periodic Table" due today if not already finished in class. NO HW.

ATLANTIC & PACIFIC MATH - Worksheet: "Crazy for Cookies" - Students will find the range, median, mode, and mean for the sets of data. Numbers are round, so calculators should not be necessary for calculating the mean.


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Element Project due today. "Probing the Periodic Table" due today if not already finished in class.

PACIFIC & ATLANTIC MATH - WS - Practice 1-3 - Finding the mean, median, and mode. Students should use a calculator. Due Tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 SHORT WEDNESDAY

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - No Homework

PACIFIC & ATLANTIC MATH - Graphing Review Packet: 5 pages, DUE MONDAY. Graphing Test will be on Tuesday, October 23.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18

PACIFIC SCIENCE - No Homework

PACIFIC & ATLANTIC MATH - 1. Graphing Review Packet: 5 pages, DUE MONDAY. Graphing Test will be on Tuesday, October 23. 2. Make bar graph at home based on data collected in class. Be sure your graph is complete with TAILS!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - No Homework

ATLANTIC & PACIFIC MATH - Graphing Review Packet: 5 pages, DUE MONDAY. Graphing Test will be on Tuesday, October 23.

WEEK OF October 8-12

I hope everyone enjoyed their three day weekend!
This Friday we will be taking our first field trip. We'll be heading to the Natural History Museum in DC.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 - Columbus Day! Have a great holiday!


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 - A DAY

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - 1. WS: #3, Element Symbol Hunt and Atomic Number Hunt
2. Work on final draft of Element Project. Fill in any gaps of information by staying after school today or Thursday to use the resources in the library. FINAL DRAFT DUE MONDAY, OCTOBER 15.

ATLANTIC MATH - 1. WS: "Carnival Coupons" side ONLY

PACIFIC MATH - No Homework.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 - B DAY

PACIFIC SCIENCE - 1. Work on final draft of Element Project. Fil in any gaps of information by staying after school Thursday to use the resources in the library. FINAL DRAFT DUE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16.

PACIFIC and ATLANTIC MATH - Worksheet: Creating a Stem and Leaf Diagram and determining the range (the difference between the greatest and least piece of data), mode (the piece of data that occurs the most often), the median (the middle piece of data when pieces are ordered numerically), and the BONUS: mean (determined by dividing the sum of the data by the number of addends). The other side is creating a line plot and determining the same averages. DUE THURSDAY.


Thursday, October 11

ATLANTIC SCIENCE -

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC MATH - No Homework -- we will not have math tomorrow due to the field trip.

Friday, October 12 - FIELD TRIP TO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

PACIFIC SCIENCE -

PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC MATH - No Homework -- we did not meet today. Have a good weekend!

OCTOBER 1 - 5

Monday, Oct. 1

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Sign and return field trip permission slip -- Natural History Museum (10/12). Permission Slip due WEDNESDAY.

PACIFIC MATH 1. Come up with your survey question that you will turn in to a bar graph. QUESTION DUE TUESDAY. 2. 25 responses due WEDNESDAY.

ATLANTIC MATH 1. Come up with your survey question that you will turn in to a bar graph. QUESTION DUE TUESDAY. 2. 25 responses due WENDESDAY. 3. WS - Stem and Leaf DUE TUESDAY.



Tuesday, Oct. 2

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - 1. Field Trip Permission Slip due THURSDAY. 2. Parent signature on Element Project. Research will be done in class, final copy and diagrams may need to be done at home. Parent signature due Thursday. Libray time begins Thursday.

ATLANTIC MATH - 1. Data for bar graph DUE WEDNESDAY.

PACIFIC MATH - 1. Data for bar graph DUE WEDNESDAY. 2. Finish "The Cookie Sheet" - graphs and conclusions. DUE WEDNESDAY.



Wednesday, Oct. 3

PACIFIC SCIENCE - 1. Parent signature on Element Project. Research to be done in school, final copy and diagrams may need to be finished at home. Signature due FRIDAY. 2. Element symbols and Atomic number worksheet - DUE FRIDAY.

PACIFIC MATH - 1. Worksheet - Reading a Line Plot.

ATLANTIC MATH - 1. Finish "The Cookie Sheet" - graphs and conclusions. DUE THURSDAY.


Thursday, Oct. 4

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - None

ATLANTIC MATH - 1. "Line Plots: Who needs an elevator?"

PACIFIC MATH - 1. "CARNIVAL COUPONS" side only



Friday, Oct. 5

PACIFIC SCIENCE

PACIFIC MATH

ATLANTIC MATH

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24 - 28

Students will begin their new math classes on Monday, Sept. 24. Please contact your child's math teacher with any future math questions -
Mrs. McCann - mccannl@fccps.org
Ms. Blandford - blandfordl@fccps.org
Ms. Mueller - muellerl@fccps.org


Monday, September 24

ATLANTIC SCIENCE and MATH: No Homework

PACIFIC MATH: 1. Complete "Bar Graphs: It's a Wonderful Life!" due Tuesday.


Tuesday, September 25

PACIFIC SCIENCE: No Homework

PACIFIC MATH: 1. Complete "Line Graphs: Hello? Are You There?!" due Wednesday.

ATLANTIC MATH: 1. Complete "Bar Graphs: It's a Wonderful Life!" due Wednesday.


Wednesday, September 26

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - No Homework

ATLANTIC MATH: Complete "Line Graphs: Hello? Are you there?" Practice reading line graphs and making predictions. Due Thursday. We're on a roll! All Atlantic math students turned in their homework today. Don't let the streak end with you!

PACIFIC MATH: Complete "Pictographs: TV Nation" - Reading and interpreting Pictographs. Remember to check the key! Due Thursday. Let's get back on a roll and have ALL HOMEWORK in tomorrow!

Thursday, September 27

PACIFIC SCIENCE - Finish THURSDAY THOUGHT about school food and childhood obesity if not already done in class. DUE FRIDAY.

PACIFIC MATH - Complete "Stem and Leaf Plots: Hold on to your Hats!" Due Friday.

ATLANTIC MATH - Complete "Pictographs: TV Nation" - reading and interpreting pictographs. Remember to check the key! Due Friday.

Friday, September 28

ATLANTIC SCIENCE - Finish THURSDAY THOUGHT about school food and childhood obesity if not already done in class. DUE MONDAY.

ATLANTIC MATH - No Homework :)

PACIFIC MATH - No Homework :)


HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17 - 21

ANNOUNCEMENTS - Back to School Night! Thursday, Sept. 20 - 6:30 - 8:30. You should receive your student's schedule in the mail. Please report to his or her A Day Home Base. Look below at our apples after a week. Not so yummy after all:




Then we needed to graph our data:


DAILY ASSIGNMENTS

Monday, Sept. 17

PACIFIC ONLY - Finish graphs and conclusion for LAB: Water-in-Apples. Due WEDNESDAY!


Tuesday, Sept. 18


Wednesday, Sept. 19


Thursday, Sept. 20


Friday, Sept. 21

THE METRIC OLYMPICS! We are fine tuning our estimating and measuring skills. Grams, centimeters, milliliters, SQUARE centimeters? We can use them all!

How much do you think your handful of marbles weighs?

With just one squeeze, how much water do you think you could put in a tub?

How many square centimeters is your foot? For each task we estimated, found out the actual. The mathlete with the closest estimate wins the gold!

How far can you throw a cotton ball? These things don't go very far.....

WEEK OF SEPT 10 - 14

School Pictures on Friday, Sept. 14. Please have your child notify his/her home base teacher if you do not have a picture ordering form. It is due to the photographers by Friday.

Monday, Sept. 10
BOTH CLASSES -- WS - "How to Become a Mathlete - Step 1" Students are working on estimation.


Tuesday, Sept. 11
BOTH CLASSES -- WS - "How to Become a Mathlete - Step 2" Students will use the blue tape measure constructed in class to take measurements of different items around the house. This is due FRIDAY.

Wednesday, Sept. 12 -Measurements due tomorrow.

ATLANTIC ONLY - Science Lab Safety Contract. Parent/student signature due tomorrow.


Thursday, Sept. 13 - Measurements due tomorrow.

PACIFIC ONLY - Complete "Thursday Thought" if not done in class. DUE FRIDAY.
Science Lab Safety Contract. Parent/student signature due tomorrow.


Friday, Sept. 14

ATLANTIC ONLY - Complete "Thursday Thought" if not done in class. DUE MONDAY.

BOTH CLASSES - Complete "LAB: Water in Apples" Data Reporting (Graphs) DUE MONDAY.

CHECK US OUT COLLECTING DATA FROM OUR APPLES THIS WEEK!

And here is how we measure the mass of the apples....

Check us out! We are measuring with non-standard units... no wonder we couldn't agree on an accurate reading.... Next time we'll use our standard tape measure.

WEEK OF September 3 - 7

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!
Monday, September 3 - Enjoy your Labor Day!

Students and Families can find daily assignments and announcements right here throughout the year. Assignments are listed on the day they are assigned and are due the next class period unless otherwise noted. (**Science only meets every other day, so science specific assignments are due two days after they are assigned).


TUESDAY, SEPT. 4 - First day of school!
ATLANTIC ONLY
1. Parent homework - blue packet; Please keep the blue top page for reference, complete the attached four pages and place in your child's homework folder to be returned to school on Wednesday.

2. WS (Worksheet) "The Big Day" - Students reflect on their first day of school.

3. Parents will be receiving a peach "School Board Policies and Information Packet". Please keep this at home for reference.

4. White "Back to School" envelope. Please go through the documents in the envelope, complete the necessary forms, place the completed forms back in the white envelope and return with your student on Wednesday.

5. "My Brown Bag" - Students received an assignment today to put together a brown bag of artifacts about themselves. Please see requirements.
BROWN BAG - DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10.


Wednesday, September 5
BOTH CLASSES, Atlantic and Pacific

1. Gather pictures, cut-outs, photos, drawings for math notebook. Students have an assignment sheet --> Gather 4 pictures that show math being used outside of the classroom and 3 pictures that tell something about the students. Bring these to class on Friday as we make our math collages. Again, students can find these on the internet, draw their own, or find photos (with parent permission).

Atlantic -
** Brown Bag due Monday


Thursday, September 6

No new assignments. Students should be gathering photos, pictures, or drawings, for their math collage. Due tomorrow.


Friday, September 7
Atlantic -
** Brown Bag due Monday

Scholastic Book Order forms went home today. Look over them. If you would like to purchase any items, please indicate that on the order form and return it to Mrs. McCann by Friday, September 14 with a check made out to Scholastic Books.

WEEK OF AUGUST 27 - 31

Welcome back to school!

Tuesday, August 28 -- 5th graders: Come meet your homeroom teacher, locate your locker, and learn how to open it! 9-12am - We're looking forward to meeting you!

Wednesday, August 29 - Welcome back to school social! Meet your teachers, buy your gym uniform and familiarize yourselves with the building.

See you all on Tuesday, September 4th!