Homework for 11/30 and the Weekend

Here is the homework for the weekend:

Reading and Language Arts: Bring in one article about anything that you find interesting and share it with the class.  Also, write one page about what you want for Christmas.

Your reading log paragraph is also due!

Great work this week!  It was jammed packed, but you all worked hard!  See you all on Monday!

Homework for 11/29

Here is the homework for tonight:

Reading/Language Arts: Write 5 one sentence summaries of a movie or book of your choice.  Also, finish your I.P. work from today if you didn't do so in class.

Reading log paper due Monday!

Math: STUDY FOR YOUR DIVISION TEST!!!

Social Studies:  If you had won the powerball, what would you spend your money on?  Write a 10 sentence paragraph explaining yourself!

Enjoy your evening!  Any questions about the math test, let me know!

-Mr. Goodman

Homework for 11/28

Today was a crazy busy day, but I feel we got a lot accomplished!  Here is the homework for tonight:

Reading/Language Arts:  Finish up your morning work on common and proper nouns.  Also, complete the workbook page on analogies.

Math:  For bonus points, find the answer 24 by using the 4 operations and only the numbers 8, 8, 9, and 4.

Science: Complete the rocks and minerals word search.

I want to give a special thanks to those pastors who came to celebrate and pray with us today.  It was a great event for all of us!  Enjoy your evening!

-Mr. Goodman

Homework for 11/27

Great work today!  We have been working hard preparing for our prayer service tomorrow.  I believe that we are ready to pray and sing with everybody.  Here is our homework for tonight:

Reading/Language Arts: Read pg. 13-17 in our Midwest book and fill out your summary worksheet.

Math: Try to find the number 24 by using the 4 operations and ONLY the numbers 9, 6, 1 and 5.  If you find more than one way to solve it, I will give you extra credit :)

Any questions, please let me know!  Enjoy your evening!

Homework for 11/26

Welcome back!  It was great to see all of you today.  Here is your homework for tonight:

Reading/Language Arts: Read the first chapter of The Midwest and write a 7-9 sentence summary of the chapter.  Also, your weekly reading log is due Monday.

Math: Division Drill Sheet

Social Studies:  Answer the following question: What is the fiscal cliff?  Also, define the words pardon and bicameral.

Lets set a goal for ourselves to stay focused on our work in class.  We have a lot to cover, and in order to be successful, we must focus!  See you all tomorrow!

Homework for Thanksgiving Break

Great job today! Here is the homework for Thanksgiving Break:

Reading/Language Arts: Reading Log due Monday

Math: Study your division and multiplication facts.

Science: Write a paragraph summary about the lab that we did in class today.  Make sure that your paragraph is seven sentences!

Social Studies: Current Event due Monday!

As always, if you need anything, please let me know!  Also, look on the blog during break.  I will be posting bonus questions and other learning websites for you.  Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!

-Mr. Goodman

Homework for 11/19

Great work today!  I would also like to welcome the newest edition to our class, Vernice Austin.  I am so excited that you are joining us! Welcome!  Here is the homework for tonight:

Reading/Language Arts: Finish your Sandy Shores reading and be ready to present it to the class tomorrow. Remember, you are going to be teaching the material to all of us.

Math: Study your division and multiplication facts.

Science: Answer the question that Ms. Cheers presented to you:

• Can rocks be scratched if they are hard?

Social Studies: Current Event due Monday!;

As always, if you need anything, please let me know!  Enjoy your evening!

-Mr. Goodman

Homework for 11/16 and the Weekend

Hey all! Here is your homework for the weekend:

Reading/Language Arts: Pick 3 metaphors from Every Teardrop is a Waterfall and write 5 sentences for each (15 total) about what they mean to you!

Math: Division Worksheet

Science: Define the following vocabulary words in preparation for our lesson on rocks and minerals:

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Mineral
• Luster

Religion: FAMILY MASS IS ON SUNDAY!! I am looking forward to seeing everybody there!

This was a great week!  Remember that next week we do not have school Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.  Enjoy your weekend, and I will see you on Sunday!

Homework for 11/15

Hey All, here is the homework for today:

Reading/Language Arts: Read the next chapter of the Sandy Shores and write the main ideas.  Also, finish your descriptive writing about Thanksgiving.

Math: Write 4 more division word problems that we will be working on in class tomorrow.

Religion: Practice your readings for mass.  Sunday is family mass!

Great work today!  Lets work on staying focused on our school work and our homework.  You never know when you might get a pop quiz or if Ms. Cheers will pop in for a quiz...

Homework for 11/14

Today was a great day!  We were really productive in our short time together!  Here is your homework for tonight:

Math: Division worksheet

Also, for a bonus point, come to school tomorrow with the location of the Big 10 Championship game (the name of the stadium, the city and the state).

Have an great night! 

Homework for 11/13

Hey All!  Here is the homework for tonight:

Reading/Language Arts: Read the next chapter in your Sandy Shores book and create a main idea planner!

Math: Division word problem worksheet.

Science: Collect 7-10 rocks and bring them to school tomorrow.

Social Studies: CURRENT EVENT DUE!!

Remember that tomorrow is a half day and it is parent teacher conferences.  School ends at 12pm, and conferences begin at 3pm.  Enjoy the rest of your evening!

Homework for 11/12

Hey all, here is the homework for tonight:

Reading and Language Arts: Write 5 similes and 5 metaphors in your language arts notebook.

Math:  Write 2 multiplication and 2 division word problems and solve them on a separate sheet of paper.

Social Studies: Current Event is due on Wednesday!

As always, if you need anything, please let me know.  For a bonus point...email me the 5 different branches of the military that we learned about today.

I hope you all have a good night!

Homework for 11/9 and the Weekend!

Great work this week students!  You ended the first quarter very strong.  Here is the homework for this weekend:

Reading/Language Arts: Read the next chapter of the Sandy Shores, and gather the main ideas just like how we have been doing them in class.  Also, finish your reading log AND GET IT SIGNED!!!

Social Studies: Current Event is due on Wednesday!  Find your article over the weekend to give yourself a head start for next week.  Also, check out the White House Website, http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/inside-white-house/interactive-tour.

What is your favorite part of the White House?  Email me your answer to earn a bonus point!

Have a great weekend!  It has been a pleasure having all of you in my class.  Lets try to make second quarter just as great as the first one.  Stay focused on your studies!

--Mr Goodman

Homework for 11/8

Hey all!  Great work today!  We have a lot going on tomorrow, so here is your homework for tonight:

Reading/Language Arts:  Finish your proofreading exercise from today.  Also, complete your descriptive writing piece about thanksgiving.  Remember to use similes in your writing!

Math: DIVISION TEST TOMORROW!! Complete the division worksheet as practice for tomorrows test. Here is the link to the website with the review games that we used in class:

http://www.fun4thebrain.com/division.html

Make sure that you know how to solve division problems using ALL three methods of division:

1. Regular Division
2. Reverse Multiplication
3. Drawing a picture

Science: STUDY FOR TEST ON HURRICANES!  Know the different parts of the hurricane, vocabulary words, and maybe even some review questions from previous units.  Study hard! I know you can all do a great job on this!

Social Studies: Current Event due WEDNESDAY!

Religion: STUDY FOR THE TEST ON ORDINARY TIME AND ADVENT!

If there is anything that you need, please email me.  Stay focused on your studies, and have a great night!

Homework for 11/7

Hey All!  Today was a great day!  Here is your homework for tonight:

Reading/Language Arts:  Complete a Venn Diagram comparing fiction and non fiction text.  Also, your reading log is due Monday!

Math: Create 3 division word problems.

Social Studies:  Finish your morning work from today about the qualities that make up a good president.

Also, here is the link to CNN Student News that we watched in class:

http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/index.html

Science: Complete the worksheet on hurricanes.

Also, congrats to you on your newly elected positions on our classroom government!  I am looking forward to getting our classroom government and economy set up!

Homework for 11/6/12

Here is the homework for tonight:

Reading/Language Arts: Main idea worksheet.  Also, begin reading your book for your book report and your reading log.

Math: Division worksheet

Science: Draw the path of a hurricane like in the video that we saw.  Here is the video like the one from class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgVy6cmUjRU

Social Studies: Watch the news on the election, and fill in the states with the correct color (red or blue)!  Here is the link that we looked at in class:


http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/ecalculator#?battleground

I want to thank all of you for your hard work with your class elections.  You put a lot of time into your campaigns and I wish you the best of luck moving forward!

Watch the election tonight!

-Mr Goodman

Homework for 11/2 and the Weekend!

The zoo was great today!  I hope that you all had as much fun as I did!  Here is your homework for the weekend:

Reading and Language Arts:  Complete your reading log AND get it signed!

Enjoy your weekend!  I might be posting a bonus question, so keep a look out on here!

Homework for 11/1

Here is the homework for tonight:

Reading/Language Arts: Write a 1 page story about your Halloween!

Science: Write down 10 animals that you would like to see at the zoo tomorrow and why.

Great job with your speeches today!  Remember to dress warm for the trip tomorrow and bring a sack lunch with you to eat!

Enjoy your evening!