Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
We worked on coordinates and graphing- no homework

5th Grade Math
We worked on graphing- no homework

6th Grade Science
We tried to finish our solar system Power Point projects- we will have to resume this work after Christmas break!

Happy Holidays!
GO HAWKS!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Math & Science

6th Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Prob. week 15 are due
Pg. 99 (1-18)


5th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Prob. week 15 are due
Pg. 113 (1-10) this is not for 5B... they did not get to this as time ran out!

6th Science
Power Point- Solar System

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems Week 15- Tuesday
Pg. 95 (1-6)
Wksht. Comparing and Ordering Numbers


5th Grade
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems Week 15- Tuesday
Wksht. Triangles
Wksht. Constellations

6th Grade Science
Solar System Facts

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems - Week 14- Thursday
Wksht. Triangles

5th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems- Week 14- Thursday
Pg. 106 (20 minutes)

6th Grade Science
Presented projects- we are done!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems- Week 14-Wed.
Ed Helper- Geometry

5th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems - Week 14- Wed.
Ed Helper- Geometry

6th Science
Planet presentations

Monday, December 6, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word ProblemsWk 14- Monday
Pg. 91 (1-8)
Ed Helper Wksht. (2 sided)


5th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems 14- Monday
Pg. 104 (7-22)
Ed Helper Wksht. (2 sided)

6th Grade Science
finished planet projects
Video - if time allowed

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems Week 13- Tuesday
Wksht LCM's and GCF's
Ed Helper (34-39)

5th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems Week 13- Tuesday
Pg. 97 (1-6)
Ed Helper (34-39)

6th Grade Science
Bill Nye- The Planets
Project- model of the planets- they will work on these in class on Wednesday.

NOTE: I will be absent on Wednesday

Monday, November 29, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems Week 13- Monday
Pg 74 (5-17)

5th Grade math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems Week 13 -Monday
Pg. 93 (1-8)

6th Grade Science
Science book pages 602-607 - answer questions in study guide

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Problem Solving Pg. 4, Time-1
Ed Helper-Mixed Rev. (1-17) due Wed.

5th Grade Math
Division steps 4-6
Ed Helper- Mixed Rev. (1-17) due Wed.

6th Grade Science
Ed Helper- Planets

Monday, November 22, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
LCM and GCF Ed Helper- 15 minutes at home

5th Grade Math
Pg. 89 - division: no homework

6th Grade Science
Planets and the solar system

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems Week 12
Pg. 67 (15 min. @home)

5th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems Week 12
Division- no homework

6th Grade Science
Daily Science
Video--Our universe

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems Week 12
Ed Helper- Mixed Rev.
Pg. 63 (1-8)

5th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems Week 12
Pg. 87 (15 minutes outside of class)

6th Grade Science
Atmosphere - done in class
Daily Science 3, Week 1, Day 4

* Get all of your work turned in by next Tuesday!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Math & Science

6th Math
Daily Math & Daily Word Problems- Week 12
Page 60-61 (1-20)

5th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word Problems- Week 12

6th Grade Science
Atmosphere project- due Tuesday

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 11 -due
Daily Word Problems Week 11 - due
Ed Helper -due

5th Grade
Daily Math week 11- due
Daily Word Prob. Week 11 -due

6th Grade Science
Daily Science Big Idea 3-week 1, Days 1 & 2

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 11 - Wed.
Daily Word Problems WK 11 - Wed.
Divisibility rules - quiz
NOTE: Many Students will need to retake this quiz! Look at page 58 in your book and study!

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 11- Wed.
Daily Word Prob. Week 11 - Wed.
Chapter 3 test... HANG on to it! ITBS tests have put a wrinkle in our week!

6th Grade Science
Bill Nye -The Atmosphere

Monday, November 8, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade
Daily Math Monday, Week 11
Daily Word Problems Week 11, Monday
ITBS TESTING

5th Grade
5A has Daily Math Week 11, Monday and Daily Word Problems Week 11
ITBS TESTING

6th Grade Science
Experiment is due
Group Quiz

Monday, November 1, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 10-Monday
Daily Word Problems Monday, Week 10
Mr. Sheriff's Shed

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 10- Monday
Daily Word Problems Monday, Week 10
Pg. 80-81 Work w/a partner NO homework

6th Grade Science
Scientific Method
No homework

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 9, Thursday
Daily Word Problems Thursday, Week 9
Mr. Sheriff's Shed (15 minutes)


5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 9, Thursday
Daily Word Problems Thursday, Week 9
Pg. 77 (15 minutes) & pg 78 (#36)

6th Grade Science
Daily Science Big Idea 2 Week 4
Biome Project is due Friday

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 9, Wednesday
Daily Word Problems Wednesday, Week 9

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 9, Wednesday
Daily Word Problems Wednesday, Week 9
Students were partnered up for our Rockwell Nursing Home visit this Friday.

6th Grade Science
Biome Project- worked on in class- it is due Friday
Daily Science Big Ideas 2 Week 4, Day 2

GO WARHAWKS!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 9- Tuesday
Daily Word Problems Tuesday, Week 9
Assessment Review

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 9- Tuesday
Daily Word Problems Tuesday, Week 9
Page 75, (15 minutes at home or in study hall)

6th Grade Science
Biome Project

GO WARHAWK VOLLEYBALL TEAM!!!!!!!!!

Monday, October 25, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 9- Monday
Daily Word Problems Monday- Week 9
Assessment review- no assignment

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 9- Monday
Daily Word Problems Monday -Week 9
Pg. 75 (1-3)

6th Grade Science
Biome Project (30 minutes of homework on this project)
Quiz- not graded!

Friday, October 22, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word problems are due Monday for week 8!

5th Grade Math
Daily Math and Daily Word problems for week 8 are due Monday!
Ten Toss

6th Grade Science
Biome project- get info about your biome!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 8- Thursday
Daily Word Problems Week 8- Thursday
Ed Helper - 10 problems (order of operations)
Mr. Sheriff's Shed

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Wk 8- thurs.
Daily Word Prob. Week 8- Thursday
Pg. 73 (20 minutes)

6th Grade Science
Biome Project- bring information!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Wk 8- Wed.
Daily Word Prob. Wk 8- WEd.
Finished Ch. 2 test
Mr. Sheriff's Shed - Started

5th Grade
Daily Math Wk 8
Daily Word Prob. Wk 8
Pg. 70 (35-40 OR 15 minutes)

6th Grade Science
Biomes Brochures- started - students need information about their biome!

Monday, October 18, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 8- Monday
Daily Word Problems Week 8-Monday
Studied for a Chapter 2 test
Chapter 2 Test on Tuesday

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 8- Monday
Daily Word Problems Week 8- Monday
Pg. 66 (any 3 problems)

6th Grade Science
Test-Interactions an d the Living World

Friday, October 15, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Friday Daily Word Problem is due Monday
Pg. 54 (1-12) is due Monday
Chapter 2 test on Tuesday

5th Grade Math
Friday Daily Word Problem- Worked on in class
Mr. Sheriff's Barn- due Monday

6th Grade Science
Presented Food Chains
Study Guide for Interactions and the Living World- due Monday
Test Monday over Interactions and the Living World

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Wk 7 is due Friday
Daily Word Problems Wk 7 - due Friday
Wksht 2.7 and Power Builder are due Friday
Test over Chapter 2 on Tuesday

5th Grade math
Daily Math Wk 7- due Friday
Daily Word Problems Wk 7- Due Friday
We started Chapter 3, pg 61- NO assignment

6th Grade Science
Presented Food Chains- we will continue this on Friday
Test over the Food Chain on Monday

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Wk 7- Wed.
Daily Word Prob. Wk 7- Wed.
Do pg. 51 (15 minutes)

5th Grade
Daily Math Wk 7- Wed.
Daily Word Prob. Wk 7- Wed.
We took a Chapter 2 test- no assignment

6th Grade Science
Food Web is due on Thursday
Daily Science Day 3

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Wk 7- Tuesday
Daily Word Prob. Wk 7- Tuesday
Pg. 49 (20 min.)

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Wk 7-Tuesday
Daily Word Prob. Wk 7-Tuesday
Chapter 2 Study Guide - Chapter 2 Test on Wednesday

6th Grade Science
Daily Science
Test Notes
Worked on food web- due on Thursday

Friday, October 8, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade
Turned work in and made cards for the nursing home visit.
The kids had a great visit to the nursing home!

5th Grade
Turned in work
5C do page 44 (1-19)
5A & 5B played 10 toss
Chapter 2 test will be next Wednesday (at the earliest)

6th Grade Science
Biomes- no homework

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade
Daily Math and Daily Word problems should be done for this week.
MAP testing today, so there was no regular class assignment

5th Grade
5A and 5B had class today, and hey are to have Daily Math Wk 6 done along with Prob. Solv. Week 3. Pg. 44 (1-19) is due
5C did not have class- they had MAP testing- no homework

6th Grade Science
Video - Food Web
Daily Science The Big Idea Week 2, Monday-Friday is due. We will work on Friday's "B" section on Friday!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Math & Science

6th Math
Daily Math Week 6- Wed.
Daily word Prob. Week 3- Wed.

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 6- Wed.
Daily Word Prob. Week 3-Wed.
5A & 5B do Pg. 41 (1-16)

6th Science
Read about Biomes
Daily Science - Big Idea 2, Week 1, Day 4

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 6- Tuesday
Daily Word Problems- Tuesday, Week 3
Pg. 43 ( any 5) NOTE: This is for 6A only!
Pg. 46 (1-7)
Problem Solving Wksht- due Wednesday

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 6- Tuesday
Daily Word Problems- Tuesday, Week 3
Pg. 46 (15 minutes)
5A and 5B had MAP testing, so they did not get the Pg. 46 assignment

6th Grade Science
Video - Biomes
Pretest

Monday, October 4, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 6-Monday
Daily Word Prob. Week 3- Monday
Pg. 43 (any 3 problems) THIS IS FOR 6B ONLY! 6A will do this Tuesday!

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 6- Monday
Daily Word Prob. Week 3- Monday

6th Science
Daily Science "Big Idea" Week 1, day 3 due Tuesday

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 5- due
Daily Word Problems Week 2- Thursday
Pgs. 39-40 (start at #12 and do 15 minutes at home or in study hall )
Quiz Friday

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 5- due
Daily Word Problems Week 2 - Thursday
Pg. 39 (start at #1 and do 15 minutes at home or in study hall
Quiz Friday

6th Science
Ed Helper -due Friday

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 5- Wednesday
Daily Word Problems Week 2- Wednesday

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 5- Wednesday
Daily Word Problems Week 2- Wednesday

6th Grade Science
Daily Science Big Idea Week 1, Day 1

Bring a penny to class and get a prize!!!!!!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade math
Daily Math Week 5- Tuesday
Daily Word Problems - Tuesday, Week 2
Pg. 37 (1-26)
Pg 39 (1-7)

5th Grade
Daily math Week 5- Tuesday
Daily Word Problems- Tuesday, Week 2
Pg 33 (1-10)
Pg. 36 (1-10)

6th Grade Science
Finished Bill Nye
Discussion involving DNA and traits
no assignment

Monday, September 20, 2010

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 4- Monday
Page 33 (1-16)
Wksht. "Number Names" is due Tuesday


5th Grade Math
Daily Math week 4- Monday
Chapter Rev. page 24, (15 min.) You can do page 25
Chapter 1 Test Wednesday

6th Grade Science
Volcano posters are due
Volcano test on Wednesday
Question of the Day: How do Planes take off?

Friday, September 17, 2010

Math & Science

6th Math
We went over the Chapter 1 test and checked Daily Math Week 3
No Homework

5th Grade Math
We corrected Daily Math Week 3
Pg. 22-23 (15 minutes of work outside of class)
5C Did not meet today, so they will take care of the above assignment on Monday

6th Grade Science
Made drawings and labeled volcanoes

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Finished ch. 1 test
Daily Math Week 3- due Friday
Pg. 31 and "A Fishy Riddle" IF time allowed... not more than 15 minutes at home

5th Grade Math
Pg. 22 (10-23) is due... this was done in class
Daily Math Week 3- due Friday

6th Grade Science
Discovery Kids- Volcanoes... kids worked on definitions

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Math & Science Assignments

6th Grade Math
We are working at finishing the Chapter 1 test... the shortened schedule has made it a challenge today.
Students can do page 31, but it is not due
Daily Math Week 3- Wednesday

5th Grade Math
Pg. 22 (10-17)
Daily Math Week 3- Wednesday

Science
Ed Helper -Volcanoes is due Thursday (worked on in class)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Chapter 1 test- we will finish Tuesday
Daily Math Week 3- Tuesday
Pg. 31 (if you had time in study hall)

5th Grade Math
Pg. 17 (1-5) patterns
Daily Math Week 3- Tuesday

6th Grade Science
Ed Helper - Volcanoes (NOT DUE) We will work on this Wednesday

Monday, September 13, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Test Notes - Test on Tuesday over Chapter 1
Do pg. 29 (15 minutes)
Daily Math Week 3- Monday

5th Grade
Pgs 14-15 (15 minutes outside of class)
Daily Math Week 3- Monday
Chapter 1 test- the end of this week or early next week

6th Grade Science
Heat under your feet WKsht -due Tuesday

Friday, September 10, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Handed in Daily Math - Week 2
Iowa vs ISU math & prediction
NO HOMEWORK!

5th Grade Math
Handed in Daily Math - Week 2
Iowa vs ISU math and prediction
NO HOMEWORK!

6th Science
No Class - Homecoming parade
GO WARHAWKS!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade
Chapter 1 Rev. pg. 28 (15 minutes at home or study hall)
Daily Math Wk 2 - Thursday
Test next Tuesday

5th Grade
Pg. 12 (15 minutes at or study hall home)
Daily Math Wk 2 - Thursday

Science
Video - Yellowstone Super Volcano
No homework

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Pg. 23 (20-Stop)
Pg. 26 (1-4) use towers!
Daily Math Week 2 - Wed.

5th Grade Math
Pgs. 11-12 (5-15)
Daily Math Week 2 - Wed.

6th Grade Science
video - Super Volcano

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade
Daily Math Wk. 2 - Monday & Tuesday
Pg. 23-24 (15 minutes of work)

5th Grade
Daily Math Wk 2 - Monday & Tuesday
Pg. 11 (1-4)

6th Grade Science
We went over the Earth's layers test
Video- Super Volcano

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Math and Science

6thGrade Math
Ed Helper- "Rounding" is due Thursday
Daily Math Week 1- Wednesday

5th Grade Math
Exponents Wksht is due Thursday
Daily Math Week 1 - Wednesday

6th Grade Science
Ed Helper is due Thursday
Earth's layer's test on Friday (students have notes)

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 1 - Tuesday
Ed Helper - page one only!

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 1 - Tuesday
Page 7, problems 11 and 12

6th Grade Science
Ed Helper- "The Earth's Interior" due Tuesday

Monday, August 30, 2010

Math & Science

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 1 - Monday
Pgs. 11-12 (1-14) Due Tuesday

5th Grade Math
Wksht. Why Did the Grizzly Catch Cold? Due Tuesday

6th Grade Science
Video "Earth's Layers" Bill Nye

Friday, August 27, 2010

Math and Science

6th Grade Math
Page 9, (1-23) due Monday

5th Grade Math
Wksht. Reteach 1.1 is due Monday
"Why Did the Grizzly Catch Cold" is not due!

6th Grade Science
Earth's Layers- took notes
Video- Earth Science

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Math & Science Assignments

6th Grade Math
Lesson on page 6 in textbook - assigned page 7 (15 minutes)

5th Grade Math
No homework - remember, place value is everything!
What about the Egg Man?

6B Science
Finished "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?"
Earths layers - we took notes
We also worked on Math as many students missed class this morning because of an assembly.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Math and Science Assignments

6th Grade Math
Wksht Reteach 1.1 is due Thursday
Wksht. "Carry On" is not due
"Place value is everything!"

5th Grade Math
Wksht. "Odd or Even" the computation is due, we will color class tomorrow
"Place value is everything!"

6th Grade Science
Wksht. "Solid to the Core" is due Thursday (colored) along with the 2 questions we generated in class.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Math & Science Assignments

6th Grade Math
Introductions

5th Grade Math
Introductions

6B Science
Introductions- Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader

Monday, August 23, 2010

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Handed in Exemplars
Final Math Test

5th Grade
Handed in Exemplars
Final Math Test

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math 32 is due Friday
"The West Fork Times" Math Exemplar (Not Due)

5th Grade
"Fill the Pool" Math Exemplar (Not Due)

Have a great day!

Mr. Sheriff

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math week 32 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Wksht. "Test Your Skills" pg. 102 and "It's a Fact" pg. 103 due Thursday

5th Grade
Exemplar: "Filling the Pool" 5b and 5c (5A did not get this because of a library meeting)

Get any late work turned in ASAP!

THANKS!

Monday, May 24, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math 32 (Monday)
Dream House Plans - most are working on their outside elevations

5th Grade
Wksht. "Can You Calculate the Products" & "Sports Camp" are due Tuesday
"Math Mania" problem solving page

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 31 is due
Dream House Plans - they are working on the outside elevation
(wear green for library week)

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 32 is due
Graded Party Mix exemplars
Worked on subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
(wear yellow for library week)

NOTE: I will be at a District golf meet tomorrow, so there will not be a blog.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 31 (Tuesday)
Dream House Plans
Wksht. Something's Missing-I is due Wednesday

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 32 (Tuesday)
Pg. 267 (4-15) subtracting fractions
Party Mix Exemplar is due Thursday

Monday, May 17, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 31 (Monday)
Dream House Plans- done in class

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 32 (Monday)
Exemplar Party Mix- done in class

Friday, May 14, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 30 is due
Dream House Plans - we are doing this in class
Brain Teaser - Census is due Monday

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 31 is due
Exemplar: Party Mix - we are working on this in class

Nursing home visit on Friday, May 14

NOTICE: All late work or make-up work must be completed and turned in ASAP!

I have Sectional Golf today, so I will not be in school. See everyone on Monday!

Have a great weekend!

Friday, May 7, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
We worked on Dream House plans (scale 1/4 inch =1 foot) and measuring/problem solving
No assignment

5th Grade
We worked on adding fractions with unlike denominators
Mr. Sheriff's Number Dilemma answers were 24, 36, 48
No assignment

Have a great weekend!

West Fork is hosting the boy's conference golf meet, so I will not be in school or "blog" on Monday.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 29 (Thursday)
Dream House Plans

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 30 (Thursday)
Page 261 (1-6)
Mr. Sheriff's Number Dilemma (not due, but it will drive the kids crazy!!)

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 29 (Wednesday)
House plans - no assignment

5th Grade math
Daily Math Week 30 (Wednesday)
Pg. 259 (done in class)

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 29 (Monday & Tuesday)
6A and 6B have a worksheet to do (15 minutes at home)
6C took a MAP test

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 30 (Monday & Tuesday)
Assignment "Mr. Sheriff's Barn" is due Wednesday

Friday, April 30, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math week 28 is due on Monday
6C is to study their foldable this weekend (MAP testing on Tuesday)
6A and 6B have no assignments

5th Grade
Daily Math week 29 is due on Monday
Students have a worksheet, but it is not due. We will work on it Monday.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Mr. Sheriff

Monday, April 26, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 28 (Monday) 6C will get there's tomorrow
Logic Puzzles- this is a project to raise money for the Bonjour family. Each student is to pay a $1.00 entry fee and do a logic puzzle. Correct answers will be eligible for a prize.
NOTE: I encourage students to participate, but the $1.00 is optional.


5th Grade
Daily Math Week 29 (Monday) 5B will get there's tomorrow
Logic Puzzles - this is a project to raise money for the Bonjour family. Each student is to pay a $1.00 entry fee and do a logic puzzle. Correct answers will be eligible for a prize.
NOTE: I encourage students to participate, but the $1.00 is optional.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math week 27 is due
Review and study for testing

5th Grade
Daily Math week 28 is due
Wksht. "A Tongue Twister" this is for 5B and 5C only, I did not meet with 5A

NOTE: I will not be in school on Friday, April 23, so there will not be a blog.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 27 (Wednesday)
Math review - no take home assignment, but they are to study their foldable

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 28 (Wednesday)
Math review - we worked on comparing fractions with unlike denominators
No take home assignment

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 27 (Tuesday)
We worked on a packet in class... no assignment
Students must know the 3 different triangles and their characteristics

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 28 (Tuesday)
Pg. 247 (7-12) fractions to decimals done in class
Wksht. mixed review - 10 minutes of math outside of class

Monday, April 19, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 27 (Monday)
Page 203 (8-10) Finding Area and Perimeter
6B has a worksheet, but it is not due!

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 28 (Monday)
4 overhead problems
Pg. 247 (1-6)

Friday, April 16, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Quiz of U.S and metric measurements

5th Grade
Quiz over LCM's, GCF's, and adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 26 (Thursday)
Reviewed metric and U.S. customary units of measure
Perimeter and Area

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 27 (Thursday)
Wksht. Least Common Denominators and Adding Fractions (this was done in class and most finished)

Good luck at the concert!!!!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 26 (Wednesday)
Wksht. "At Bat" and "What's Happening"

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 27 (Wednesday)
5B and 5C had music practice
5A had class and worked on page 241, no assignment

5/6 grade students who bring a penny to class will receive a prize!!!!!!!

Monday, April 12, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math week 26 (Monday)
Ed Helper - Measurement, due Tuesday

5th Grade
Daily Math week 27 (Monday)
Wksht. Fractions (2 sided) due Tuesday

Friday, April 9, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Masters Golf, due Monday

5th Grade
Pages 237-238 (7-11) and (18-22) due Monday

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math 25 is due Friday
Masters Golf - we will work on this in class Friday

5th Grade
Daily Math 26 is due Friday
Masters Golf - due Friday

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math 25 (Wednesday)
Quiz - some finished in class, others must finish at home.
Skill: multiplying and dividing decimals (some with powers of 10)

5th Grade
Daily Math 26 (Wednesday)
Page 237-238 (2-6) & (13-17)
Skill: improper fractions to mixed numbers

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade Math
Daily Math 25 (Tuesday)
Wksht. Dividing Decimals

5th Grade Math
Daily Math 26 (Tuesday)
Pg. 234 (9-18 & (29-38)

Duke is the Men's NCAA Basketball Champions!
How about the women? UCONN vs Stanford

Monday, April 5, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math 25 (Monday)
Reviewed dividing fractions with decimals
Problem solving pg. 167 (1-8) any 4 problems

5th Grade
Daily Math 26 (Monday)
Reviewed GCF's
LCM problems (1-10)

It should be a great game tonight! Butler vs Duke for the NCAA national championship

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
ITBS Testing
I met with 6C for about 25 minutes today. We worked on computation skills such as adding and subtracting fractions (this was done in partner). They have a worksheet that is due Monday.

5th Grade
ITBS Testing
Math review
5C has a worksheet that is due on Monday

See everyone on Monday!

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
ITBS Testing
6B & 6A had some reviewed computation skills in class. I did not meet with 6C today.
6A has a worksheet that is due Thursday

5th Grade
ITBS Testing
Reviewed computation skills in class.
Students have a worksheet (30-31) they are to finish. We worked on wksht. page 31 together in class.

Thursday will be the last day for ITBS testing.

It sure is nice outside!

Math Assignments

March 29 & 30
ITBS Testing

No 5/6 assignments

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Math review in class.
ITBS testing next week.... let's put forth our best effort!

5th Grade
Math review in class
Review wksht. 37-47 (skip problems you do not know how to do)
ITBS testing next week....let's put forth our best effort!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Geometry Packet - do the problems you know how to do!

5th Grade
Geometry Packet - we worked on in class. Do not work on at home!
Wksht. GCF's (1-15) is due Wednesday. Do not do the LCM side!

Monday, March 22, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade Math
U.S. customary and metric measurements study guide - study! Quiz on Tuesday!
Pages 153 (1-10) and 161 (1-10)
NOTE: We worked on these in class.

5th Grade Math
Prime and composite numbers
Page 226 (1-3)

Friday, March 19, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Math review- geometry (foldables)
NCAA team winning % (this was due today, but we didn't get to it)

5th Grade
Daily Math 25 will be handed in on Monday
Mille Lacs Data - we have completed this data and statistics problem - students predicted an ice out date.

I hope to see many of you at P/T conferences next week.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Perimeter wksht.
Census Data - due Wednesday

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 25 (Tuesday)
Perimeter Wksht.
Lake Mille Lacs Data - put the day of the year next to the ice out date and then add the days of the year to get a total. We will figure mean tomorrow.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Ed Helper- Pairs of lines (perpendicular, intersecting, parallel)
Census - find the mean (average) of how many people per household

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 25 (Monday)
Ed Helper - Pairs of lines (perpendicular, intersecting, parallel)
Mille Lacs Ice out data (in class)

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Handed in Daily Math Week 24
Went over Chapter 6 test (Mult. and Div. Fractions)
Test retakes will be the week of March 15

5th Grade
Handed in Daily Math Week 24
Lake Mille Lacs Ice out (Data)
Wksht. Animal Pens (Perimeter)

March Madness is here!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 24 (Thursday)
Chapter 6 test

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 24 (Thursday)
Lake Mille Lacs Ice Out- students used Microsoft Excel to order past ice out dates

EPP!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 24, (Wednesday)
Study for a Chapter 6 test on Thursday (students have notes)

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 24, (Wednesday)
Lake Mille Lacs ice out exemplar is here! We will be doing this in class, with some outside work at home.

March Madness is coming next week!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 24 (Tuesday)
Chapter 6 Study Guide - there are problems that are due on this guide.
Chapter 6 test on Thursday

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 24
Page 205 (1-2) Students have to find mean, median, and mode!
Mille Lacs ice out project is coming

March Madness is coming next week!!!!!!!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 24 (Monday)
Wksht. Percents - due Tuesday

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 24 (Monday)
Page 201 #1, make a table with the information provided

Friday, March 5, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Wksht. Evaluate Expressions with Fractions
Wksht. Percents - neither of these assignments is due on Monday. We will go over them together (I had a sub this morning)

5th Grade
Page 199 (10-13) Stem & Leaf plot

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math 23 is due Friday
Page 140 (11-15) is due on Friday
Chapter 6 test will be next week - students will get a study guide

5th Grade
Daily Math 23 is due Friday
Page 199 (5, 6, 8) Stem and leaf plots - we ran out of time, so students may not get #8 done...

Both 5th and 6th grade students had a lesson in how to treat others today. I hope they learned something besides X fractions and stem and leaf plots!

NOTE: I will be gone Friday morning and hope to be back in the afternoon:)

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 23 (Wednesday)
Page 139 (any 1 problem)

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 23 (Wednesday)
Page 196 9 (16-17) 5C (some) had to do 20-24 and a multiplication sheet

Note: You have to like the sun and warmer temps!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math Week 23 (Monday)
Page 137 (15 minutes at home)

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 23 (Monday)
Page 196 (#4 only) Data and Statistics

NOTE: I will be gone to the Girls State Tournament on Tuesday, March 2.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Problem Solving- Attention All Teachers
pg. 136 (1-6) is due on Monday

5th Grade
We reviewed chapter 7 test
We covered page 192 (surveys & frequency)

Have a great weekend!!!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math 22 is due Friday
Pg. 134 (14-26) is due Friday

NOTE: Sixth grade students who bring a penny to class will get a treat on Friday!!!!!

5th Grade
Daily Math 22 is due Friday
Introduced our next unit - Data & Statistics

Note: Fifth grade students who bring a penny to class will get a treat on Friday!!!!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math week 22 (Tuesday)
Reviewed Multiplying fractions
Wksht 6.1 Est. Fractions



5th Grade
Daily Math week 22 (Tuesday)
Reviewed Graphs
Test on Wednesday over chapter 7 (There is not a study quide)

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math week 21 (Tuesday)
Ed Helper Problem Solving page - due Thursday
Page 131 (1-6) Do IF they are comfortable with multiplying fractions w/whole numbers

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 21 (Tuesday)
Page 183 (graphs) We will do in class

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math week 21 (Monday)
Reviewed Data (mean, median, mode, range)
Reviewed perimeter, area, volume
Multiplying Fractions
No assignment

5th Grade
Daily Math week 21 (Monday)
Reviewed Multiplication and Division
We will make graphs tomorrow

NO MORE SNOWDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math week 20 (Monday-Wednesday)
Pg. 129 (1-10) due Friday
Arthropod story problem (done in class)
A full day of school :)

5th Grade
Daily Math week 20 (Monday-Wednesday)
Pgs. 173-174 (1-5) due Friday

Friday, February 5, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math 19 is due Monday
Chapter 5 test has been completed
Brain teaser "Chicken Crossing"
My Math Week in Review (turned in)
Wksht. "Why Did the Grizzly Catch Cold" is due Monday

5th Grade
Daily Math Week 19 is due Monday
Chapter 6 test, we will finish on Monday
My Math Week in Review (turned in)
Wksht. "Favorite Fruits" is due Monday

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math - 19, Tuesday
Study Guide for a Chapter 5 test- due Wednesday
Chapter 5 test on Thursday

5th Grade
Daily Math - 19, Tuesday
Study Guide for a Chapter 6 test- due Wednesday
Chapter 6 test on Thursday

Monday, February 1, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math 19 - Monday
Studied for a test
Chapter 5 test will be Thursday

5th Grade
Daily Math 19 - Monday
Studied for a test
Chapter 6 test on Thursday

Friday, January 29, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Jigsaw pages 118-119 (in class)
Page 120-121 (1-6) due Monday
Test next week over chapter 5, Wednesday is the target date

5th Grade
Jigsaw page 169 (in class)
Page 166-167 (1-4, and 6)
Test next week over chapter 6, Wednesday is the target date

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Daily Math 18- handed in
Page 117-118 ( 1-10) due Friday

5th Grade
Daily Math 18 - due Friday
Pages 164-165 (1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,14,15)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 18, Thursday
Pages 113-114, (1-10)

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 18, Wednesday
Page 153 (15 minutes outside of class)


I hope we are done with this nasty weather!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Chapter 4 Test
Page 107 (1-20) Only do the problems that you know how to do

5th Grade
Chapter 5 test
Page 147 (1-10) Only the problems that you know how to do

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade
Math review page
Chapter 4 test on Thursday
All work must be turned in by this Friday!

5th Grade
Math review page
Chapter 5 test on Thursday
All work must be turned in by this Friday!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Math Assignments

6th Grade Math
Daily math Week 17, Mon.-Wed.
Page 101 (1-6) is due
Started chapter Rev. page 104
We will have test soon (the weather may dictate when the test will be, but I am thinking Friday or early next week)

5th Grade Math
Daily Math Week 17, Mon.-Wed.
Page 129-130 (1-8)
We will have a test soon (the weather may dictate when the test will be, but I am thinking early next week)