Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Period 1: On Wed. students will practice problems from WB 52


Periods 2 and 4: WB page 54 problems 1-16 - write answers in WB - remember to multiply to check


Period 3: WB page 52 problems 19-24 - show work in notebook or on grid paper that was given to you in class - remember to multiply to check

Week of March 30, 2009

Periods 1 and 3 will continue to practice dividing on pages 214-217.

Chapter 10 Test is scheduled for Friday for Periods 2 and 4.



Please check the Assignment Book daily or visit Homework Helpline under the Elementary Centers tab on the NS homepage for specific assignments.

Friday, March 30, 2009

Period 1: Textbook page 214 #s 46-49 (divide and multiply to check)
Period 3: WB page 52 #s 13-15 (divide and multiply to check)

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Period 1: Textbook page 214 problems 38-45 (divide & multiply to check)
Periods 2 and 4: WB page 53 all
Period 3: WB page 52 - Revised Directions - Students need to only identify with a "dot" the place value position of the first digit of the quotient for problems 1-24. That's it!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Period 1: page 213 problems 30-33; page 214 problems 34-37 (divide and multiply to check)

Periods 2 and 4: We completed WB 52 in class (graded assignment)

Period 3: We continue to practice dividing by 2-digit divisors; no homework this evening.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Period 1: Page 213 problems 2-9, 12-17 and 18-25
Periods 2 and 4: Text page 214 problems 34-48 even; WS
Period 3: Text page 213 problems 30-32 (divide and multiply to check)

Homework for Monday, March 23, 2009

Period 1: Finished a bulletin board activity - no homework

Periods 2 and 4: WS questions 1-9; this will be graded - show work in the margins or on the back of the sheet. Also, complete textbook page 213 questions 18-33 in your notebook (follow directions).

Period 3: No homework. We completed examples from textbook page 213.

Week of March 23, 2009

Periods 1-4 will begin practicing problems from Chapter 10 - Divide by 2-digit divisors.

Please check the Student Assignment Book daily or visit Homework Helpline on the NS homepage under the Elementary Centers tab for specific assignments.

Week of March 16, 2009

All 5th grade students will be taking the Reading and Math PSSA this week.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Periods 1 and 3: WB page 106 questions 1-6, 12, 14, 15
Periods 2 and 4 practiced finding area of squares and rectangles. Students also identified horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry in various shapes.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Period 1: Reviewed adding & subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, finished WB 104, identified prime & composite numbers
Periods 2 & 4: Practiced finding the perimeter of a polygon shaded on a grid & calculated the perimeter of a polygon with lengths of sides provided
Period 3: Continued to work on WB page 104

Homework for Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Period 1: Complete WB page 104 questions 2-5 and questions 10-12; WB page 84 questions 1-8 for Wednesday
Periods 2 and 4: Reviewed "Sudsy Solids" WS and completed Lesson 20.4 page 438-440 in class (no written homework ).
Period 3: We are working on WB page 104 together (angles, points, segments) (no written homework).

Update for Monday, March 9, 2009

Periods 1 and 3 practiced adding & subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators. We also defined line, point, ray, segment. We will continue with WB 104 on Tuesday.



Periods 2 and 4 practiced differentiating between prisms and pyramids and counting the faces, vertices and edges of a solid shape. Periods 2 and 4 have a WS to complete for homework.

Period 4 also needs to finish WB 114.

Week of March 9, 2009

Periods 1 and 3: We will be practicing adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. We will then focus on geometry and measurement skills as we near the PSSA scheduled to begin on Tuesday, March 17.



Periods 2 and 4: We will continue to review a variety of skills in order to sharpen PSSA readiness.



Most of the work in all periods will be completed during class this week.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Period 1: Textbook page 324 questions 9-24 odd
Periods 2 & 4: Pattern WS to be graded
Period 3: Finish WS

Homework for Monday, March 2, 2009

Period 1: Finish Problem Solving Worksheet

Periods 2 and 4: WB page 104

Period 3: Know how to complete problems 14-18 on textbook page 333

Week of March 2, 2009

Hello Parents and Students,

Periods 1 and 3 will finish practicing mixed number concepts. Objectives for week are to practice comparing , ordering, and adding fractions.

Periods 2 and 4 will continue with a geometry unit. Students will practice measuring angles and straight lines.

Please see the Student Assignment Book daily for specific assignments or visit Homework Helpline on the NS homepage.