Halloween "Character Day"

In honor of Halloween, Westwood celebrated Character Day.  Today, students were encouraged to dress up as their favorite book character, complete a character interview, and bring  in the book.  We had a ton of fun this morning sharing our characters, and this afternoon dressing in costume to listen to stories and parade around the gym.  Here are a few of our class pictures!
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Happy Halloween everyone!
Have fun, be safe, be respectful!
Love,
Mrs. Wagner  :)

Homework for October 31st

Reading:  Web project is due Monday

Language Arts:  Grammar packet due Friday

Math:  If you didn't finish 3-4 P.S. in class finish it up
            Bring your Halloween Candy to school tomorrow!

Homework for October 30th

Reading:  Read 20 minutes - WEB projects are due Monday!

Language Arts:  Grammar due Friday

Math:  3-4, 1-10 only
           Xtra math

**Character Interview form, your book, your costume
    for tomorrow
**Report Card Envelopes by tomorrow
**box tops
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Homework for October 29

Reading:  Read 20 minutes - Work on Summaries and Projects.  Book Projects due Monday!

Language Arts:  Grammar due Friday

Math:  3-5 Problem Solving &xtra math

Social St:  Practice your part!

**Band Day tomorrow
**1/2 of school tomorrow
**Character interview for character day
**Box tops
**Report card envelopes

Golden Key Team

Here is a picture of the students that made this week's Golden Key Team!  Excellent job everyone.  Keep up the great work next week!

Enjoy your weekend,
Go Bears!
Love,
Mrs. Wagner  :)

Homework for October 26th

Reading:  Read 20 minutes - Finish WEB book, start your summary!

Language Arts:  Final draft of DARE essay, pen/cursive (Not typed)

Math:  Xtra math (3x by Sunday)

Social St:  Finish up Ancient Culture paragraph!  Presentations Monday!

**Sign and return report card envelope**
**Box Tops**
**Pick up Taffy Apples**

Scientific Notation

Here is a video to assist you with our math lesson from October 25th.

Please leave a comment if you viewed the video - Use your blog code, not your name please!  :)

Homework for October 25th

Reading:  Read 20 minutes - WEB books done by Friday.  Project due Nov. 5th

Language Arts:  Proofread DARE Essay

Math:  Page 116, 1-12 all Show work
             xtra math

Social St:  None - RD of paragraph must be done!

**Box Tops
**Taffy Apples come in tomorrow

Homework for October 24th

Reading:  Read 20 minutes - WEB finished by Friday

Language Arts:  Finish RD of DARE Essay

Math:  Finish correcting 3-2 showing all work
             xtra math

Social St:  Final draft Ancient Culture paragraph is due Friday

**Box Tops
**Chorus is tomorrow
**Leave me a comment if you view the "Show Me Videos"

Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Here is a video I created to review what we learned in math today!  Be sure to check it out if you're struggling with your homework.

Hey, this one only took me 20 minutes to figure out and upload. I'm getting better at this!
Enjoy,
Mrs. Wagner

Homework for October 22nd

Reading: Read 20 minutes - book diary WEB book finished by Friday!

Language Arts:  Finish G.O. of DARE Essay

Math:  3-3 circled items only Show work (4-1 blue)
            xtra math

Social St:  None, paragraphs are due Friday!

**Box tops
**Late Start tomorrow

Estimating with decimals--

Check out this tutorial If you're having trouble recalling how to estimate division with decimals.

The Trail of History

Although I was unable to attend the Trail of History with the students, they were full of stories and tales of their day.  Below are some photos that were taken on the trip!  :)
It looks like they had a wonderful time....

Homework for October 22nd

Reading:  Read 20  mins - WEB book done by Friday

Language Arts:  No grammar packet this week, finish simple sentence sheet if not done

Math:  3-2 Practice B (skip 11-12) Show all work
           Xtra math

Social St:  Finish research

**Box tops
**Band tomorrow

Homework for October 15th

Reading:  Read 20 minutes - WEB and book diaries.  Finish WEB books by Oct 26th

Language Arts:  Spelling due Thursday

Math:  3-1 Problem solving & Xtra math
                   MATH TEST CORRECTIONS BY TOMORROW! NO EXCEPTIONS!

Social St:  You can research at home if you want --not HW

**Box Tops
**Band Instruments tomorrow!!!!!!
**Trail of History money $2

Golden Key Club for Week of October 8th

Below is a picture of the students that made this week's Golden Key Club.  These are the students that received one check or less this week, turned in assignments on time and followed the 8 Keys of Excellence.  These students helped our class be a productive learning environment.

Keep up the great work.
Enjoy your weekend,
Love,
Mrs. Wagner  :)

Homework for October 12th

Reading:  Read 20 mins per night in WEB and book diary!

Language Arts:  None

Math:  Xtra math (We took our test today!!!!)

Social Studies:  None

**$2 for Trail of History by Monday!!!!
**Box tops

Trail of History

A note went home on Tuesday regarding our 5th Grade Trail of History Field Trip!

We are so lucky to have been chosen via lottery system to attend the Trail of History!  The trail of history is a live simulation of life in the mid-west from approximately 1700-1900.  Students will have the opportunity to interact with individuals as they portray what their life might have been like during this time period.  :)  This is an amazing trip and we are very fortunate to have been selected to attend.

We are asking for $2.00 to help cover the cost of transportation.  The remainder of the cost will be covered by the bit of funds we have left from camping.

The trip will be next Friday, October 19th.  We will be gone the entire school day.  Your child will need to dress for the outdoor elements and bring a large sack lunch!  Trail of History is trying to promote a GREEN environment.  The program is asking that lunch be completely trash free.  Students should bring food items in plastic reusable containers that can be brought home.  No trash cans are provided!!!!

Space for volunteers is limited.  We can take two chaperones per class.  Chaperones must ride the bus with the students.  Parents are asked by the Trail of History not to drive out to meet up with their class. Parking is limited for buses only.  If you would like volunteer to chaperone you can respond to this post using "Parent of....and your child's code"  You may also send a note to school.

We are so excited to have this opportunity and look forward to next Friday!

Homework for October 11th

Reading:  Read 20 minutes - WEB and book diary

Language Arts:  Grammar packet due tomorrow

Math:  Test tomorrow - Finish review on page 85: 1-23 all
            Xtra math

Social Studies:  Finish putting together your timeline

**Box tops
**taffy apples due tomorrow
**$2 for Trail of History

Homework for October 10th

Reading:  Read 20 minutes - WEB book and book diary

Language Arts:  Grammar due Friday

Math:  2-7 Practice B or C (Back is Ex. Cr.)

**Tomorrow - first day chorus
**$2 for Trail of History

Homework for October 9th

Reading:  Read 20 minutes - WEB and book diary, bring to school.  WEB groups tomorrow!

Language Arts:  Grammar is due on Friday

Math:  2-6 practice B (or C)
            xtra math

Social St:  Pgs 7 & 9 in packet.  Packets are due tomorrow

Homework for October 3rd-8th

Reading:  Read 20 minutes WEB book and book diary per night!!!!

Math:  Xtra math.  You need to have three by Sunday.

See you Monday, enjoy your long weekend!

Homework for October 2nd

Reading:  Read 20 mins.  WEB book and book diary.  Have these in school tomorrow

Language Arts:  None

Math:  2-4 & 2-5 evens only - show work
            Xtra math

Social Studies:  Pg. 12 in your packet

**Chorus forms
**Taffy apples
** 1/2 day of school - 11:00 dismissal

Homework for October 1st

Reading:  Read 20 minutes - WEB and Book diaries

Language Arts:  Finish proofreading your camping essay, be ready to type your final tomorrow.

Math:  2-3 Practice (Problem solve is Ex. Cr.)
            Xtra math

Social Studies:  Pg.  6 & 8 in your packet.  Use your book to help you.

**Chorus sign up
**Taffy Apples
**Box tops