Class Schedule

Ms. Black’s Homeroom	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
745-845	Spanish (800-845)	PE/Music	Art	PE/Music	Spanish (830-915)
855-930	SCI	SCI	SCI	SCI	SCI
930-1100	Math	Spanish (930-1015) Math (1015-1100)	Math	Math	Math
1100-1130	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1130-1145	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess
1145-1230	SS	SS	SS	SS	SS Library 1215-1245
1230-200	ELA	ELA	ELA	ELA	ELA
200-230	Homeroom	Homeroom	Homeroom	Homeroom	Homeroom

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Ms. McFaddin’s Homeroom	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
745-845	Art	Spanish (800-845)	PE/Music	Spanish (800-845)	PE/Music
855-930	SS	SS	Spanish (845-930)	SS	SS Library 900-930
930-1100	ELA	ELA	ELA	ELA	ELA
1100-1130	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1130-1145	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess
1145-1230	SCI	SCI	SCI	SCI	SCI
1230-200	Math	Math	Math	Math	Math
200-230	Homeroom	Homeroom	Homeroom	Homeroom	Homeroom

Monday, August 5th

ELA - I taught a grammar lesson on the correct usage of "there, they're, and their."  Students watched a BrainPop video, took notes, and completed a practice worksheet.  I will review the content tomorrow and quiz the students later this week.

Social Studies - We did an inquiry into Rights and Responsibilities.  I started by asking students to discuss with their table partners the responsibilities and rights of teachers.

Students then analyzed a scenario to determine if an individual was expressing his right to freedom of speech or if he was irresponsible and wrong.

We concluded the lesson by coming up with definitions for rights and responsibilities and students selected a reflection to write.  The choices were:

1. How do your actions impact others?

2.  What is your responsibility as a member of a classroom or school community? 

Homework:  Read for 30 minutes.

Classroom request:  Our room is really warm...sticky even.  I brought in a fan but it's tiny and not powerful enough to provide relief to the entire class.  I would love to borrow a few fans and I promise to return them when things cool down.  Thank you!

Friday, August 2nd

We set up our ELA and Social Studies notebook and we began our first lesson on identifying main idea and summarizing text with the book John Brown: His Fight for Freedom.  I choose this text because John Brown is an American who 5th graders learn about during their study of the Civil War.

A note about blog updates

I typically update the blog by 6pm on weeknights.  However, on some occasions I may update it later or combine a few days in one blog entry.  This typically happens during the first and last week of the term and on Fridays.

First Day of School!

We had an excellent first day.  Students had Music with Mr. Brooks first and then they worked collaboratively to come up with our classroom agreements.  We also reviewed the IB Learner Profile traits and students learned about the various classroom jobs.  We concluded the day with a matching Learner Profile review and students identified the traits within a poem (Shel Silverstein's "The Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No").  During the last hour of the day I met with Ms. McFaddin's homeroom to introduce myself and Ms. Smith (my GSU student teacher).  We concluded our time together with the poetry Learner Profile review.

Tomorrow we will wrap up some housekeeping issues by finalizing our classroom agreements, labeling our subject notebooks (Science, Math, ELA, & Social Studies),and storing personal items in our bins.  After that I will begin ELA instruction with a review of main idea and text summarizing.

Lastly, please make sure school supplies are sent tomorrow.  We will be using the composition books and it's very important that students are ready with these tomorrow so they don't fall behind.  I will also take, and greatly appreciate, donations of composition books.

Homework:  

30 min of reading

Student Survey (Black only)

Job Application (Black & McFaddin) -- Due Monday