Have a Great Summer!

You have been an unforgettable class! I love each one of you! Have a wonderful, safe, and happy summer! Thank you for a fantastic year! 💕😭

Have a Great Summer!

You have been an unforgettable class! I love each one of you! Have a wonderful, safe, and happy summer! Thank you for a fantastic year! 💕😭

End of Year Dates to Remember

Monday, May 23rd:  End of Grading period; last day for AR

Tuesday, May 24th: Field Day, (Wear a light blue shirt.)

Thursday, May 26th: AR reward field trip

Friday, May 27th: Last day of school, awards 9 am; dismissal 11am

Students with  summer birthdays are welcome to bring in treats, and celebrate their special day at any point from now until the 26th. We will do the birthday chair and balloon for you just like everyone else. 

Sick Day

I need you to, first and foremost, make good choices. Mr. Casto, my brother in law, will let me know if you do not treat him, and each other with respect. 

We need to get our V.I.P straight for today, and get the date/ calendar changed first. 

Our room is also a disaster from last night, so please, everyone clean up our space, and your desks. 

When you finish, read, or do TTM. 

Mr. Casto can take roll at 8:13. VIP, I think the red folder is on my desk. 

Blue group, make sure you are ready with your things for Math. 

Gold, you need to work on your projects. I will expect a presentation on Tuesday, as our baseline test is Monday. 

Blue Reading, you need to work on your final projects. Please use your rubric. You may not use your group's folder. 

11:00-12:00 Art

You will need to take notes on the Reconstruction Video. I'll be checking notes on Monday. 

https://youtu.be/aOJch5C8aEg

Mr. Casto, please start the video at 5 minutes in. 

If at any time you have nothing to do,  read or do TTM. 

FYI: There will be a quiz on commonly misspelled words on Monday. 

Thank you to Mr. Casto for being here today. 

Silent Dismissal

Spring Play

I am so impressed with your bravery and ability! It takes a whole team to pull off a play, and you guys did it superbly! Bravo!!  My phone quit on me right at my favorite dungeon scene, then started working again at the end, so I do not have as many pictures as I'd like.  I think a video was taken though! 

Camp Arrowhead

We had such a lovely time today! Thank you so much to the parents that volunteered, and feed us as well! You are wonderful! 

Vocabulary Test Words for 5-10

This will be our last vocab/ spelling test of the year!

1. tectonic plates
2. inseparable
3. irrelevantly
4. immortality
5. vigorously
6. inferior
7. dilate
8. skiff
9. inverse
10. Jim Crow Laws

Yard Sale

Thank you everyone for your hard work gathering, making, and selling at our annual yard sale. 

The Fourth and Fifth grade combined contributed $1,007 in total to help fund the Tomi Schaffer Scholorship. I'm so very proud of you! 

Class Projects

Half of Your Vocabulary Words

This is only half of your words. Your test will be next Monday, the 2nd of May. I would like for you to look up these words this week.
You may have to google some of the words. 

1. economics
2. repurposing
3. propaganda
4. merchandise
5. consumer
6. price gouging
7. competitive pricing
8. credit
9. surplus
10. profit margin

Outdoor Class

School Yard Sale FRIDAY the 22nd

You will learn about economics next week as we prepare for our annual school yard sale. You will choose what you would like to sell, set up your "business", and calculate your profits after the sale.

 Parents, this is a good time to clean out closets! All those old books, games, and toys can be gone from your home! :) Some of the kids choose to make items, or buy items wholesale to resell at a profit. Whatever they choose, the end result is a real life experience in economics.

F.Y.I 
You will need a cash box of some sort with money to make change. You will have a form to subtract your initial change, so you will be able to take the change your brought  in back home. Just make sure not to spend money from your cash box at the sale. You must bring money separate from your cash box to purchase from other businesses. I will explain more next week on how not to eat into your profits.
Students and parents need to know that no open food will be sold, all items must be in closed containers. Baggies count as closed containers. Also, please note that no food items can be sold containing nuts of any kind.
Also, you may not sell pretend weapons since they are not allowed to be brought to school. I think Nerf items are okay, but if it looks anything like a real weapon do not bring it. 


This sale not only helps you understand a little about money in our world, but also helps to fund the Tomi Schaffer Scholarship. For those of you that did not have the pleasure of knowing Mrs. Schaffer, she was a wonderful teacher. She devoted over twenty years teaching here at St. Joseph. Our current class was the last group of students to have her. She was beloved by all, and missed still. You will be asked to donate a portion of your profits to honor her memory.

Brain POP!

Here are some areas of study for the Reading section tomorrow. Make sure to take the review quiz, and play any games to help you review. You can even go to Brain Pop Jr if there is not enough information.

• root word
• context clues
• theme
• book report
• Reading Skills
• sequence
• adding to writing
• anything on writing
• anything under grammar
• fragments
• run-on sentences  
• verb tense 

 https://www.brainpop.com/

sjwv and irish 

Testing

Here is the schedule for the rest of the week.

Testing Schedule

Five minutes has been added to each testing time to allow for instruction, and sample questions.

·         Complete Battery First

·         Plus Form C Second

·         In View Last

Monday: Complete Battery

8:30-8:50 Math One

Break

9:00-10:00 Math Two

Break

10:15-11:00 Science

Tuesday: Complete Battery

8:30-9:05 Reading Part 1

Break

9:20-9:55 Reading Part 2

Break

10:15-11:00 Social Studies

Wednesday:  Starts with Complete Battery

8:30-9:05 Language

Take up Complete Battery booklets, hand out Form C booklets

Break

9:25-9:45- Vocabulary

Break

9:55-10:15 Language Mechanics

Break

10:25-10:45 Spelling

Thursday: Form C and In View

8:30-8:55 Math Computation

Take up Form C

Pass out In View

Break

9:15-9:35 Test One

Break

9:40-9:55 Test Two

Break

10:15-10:50 Test Three

Friday: In View

8:30-8:55 Test 4

Break

9:10-9:35 Test 5

Students need to check all bubbles etc. before taking up the In View and the answer sheet.

Brain Pop

Please use Brain Pop to review at home. It has every subject, with games, and quizzes.
https://www.brainpop.com/
sjwv, and irish

Items to search:

• Revolutionary War
• Grammar (There are various clips; try them all.)
• Writing Structure
• Main Idea
• Mapping Skills
• Democracy
• Purposes of Government 
•  Adding to Writing 
• Using a Timeline 
• Math Skills
• Graphs

Test Prep Reading

Some of these sites will also help you to prepare for Social Studies. 

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/reading

http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/amcomp12/

http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/silkroadcomp/

http://mrnussbaum.com/christopher-columbus-reading-comprehension/

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/

All of Mr. Nussbaum's Language Arts Games:
http://mrnussbaum.com/langcode/

This site cost, but it has a test prep just for the Terra Nova test you will be taking.
https://www.testingmom.com/buy-now/?su=1

Test Prep Sites for English

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g05/g05home.htm

http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/generalgrammar_index.php

Vocab/Spelling List for 4-4-16

1. moot
2. league
3. authority
4. vessel
5. pollination
6. creed
7. carpetbaggers
8. sharecropping
9. moderate
10. radical
11. Freedmen's Bureau

Reconstruction Resources

Brain Pop :   https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/reconstruction/
Don't forget the quiz, and activities.

Crash Course: https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/reconstruction/
This on is on youtube, so ask your parent's permission first.

Reconstruction Documentary Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOJch5C8aEg
This link is also to youtube, so please ask your parents before watching.
Part 2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KNhf3ZkSuU

Family Math Night Geometry Games

http://www.mathplayground.com/index_geometry.html

http://www.math-play.com/Geometry-Math-Games.html
Choose one link.  Play one all the way through for a hole punch.

Vocabulary/Spelling Quiz March 14th

1. sallow
2. astonished
3. antagonism
4. phosphorescent 
5. magistrate
6. disquietude
7.  ceremoniously
8. refract
9. diameter
10. incredulous 

Alzheimer's Association

Hey guys, 

I received an email from The Alzheimer's Association. I thought I would pass along the information. 

http://www.alz.org/dm/FY16/Marshalls/FY16-Marshalls.html

Engineering Day at Marshall

Video Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV4kVf1k4SU

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Permission Slips

There are currently two permission slips roaming around. :)  Many of you have signed and returned them. Thank you!
One slip is for The Young People's concert on Tuesday, the 8th. 
The other slip is for this Friday, the 4th at Marshall. 
Both field trips are free of charge, so they can be turned in the day of the trip.
This Friday, for the Marshall trip, students need to have a packed lunch.

Spelling/Vocabulary Quiz for March 7th

attributed

reconstruction 

assassination 

compression (Sci.)

assessment 

Triduum

amendment

quadrilateral 

Monstrance 

Children's Free Classics

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=children+classics+

Fifth Grade Winners!

Congratulations to our fifth grade Math Field Day representatives for winning second place! 

You Did It Again!!

Our 5th grades raised 103.00 for our veterans! 

Funds will go toward care boxes for local veterans. Again, I'm very proud that you give, not just to get, but as a service to others. 

Text Book Study Pages

This is not the only source you have. Please review your notes from videos and Two Miserable Presidents as well. 

Time Line and Map p. 92-93

P. 100 State Authority
p. 102-103 Missouri Compromise and 1850 Compromise  
P. 104-105 Dred Scott
P. 105 Lesson Review Questions all but 3, and 4 

P. 109 Fugitive Slave Act, but use the other study site I have on here. 
p. 111 Tubman and Women 
p. 112 Uncle Tom's Cabin
p. 113 Lesson Review 2, 7

p. 116 Election of 1860, also about electoral college http://www.270towin.com/1860_Election/
p. 118 Fort Sumter 
p. 119 Lesson Review 4, 6, 8

p. 122 Stonewall Jackson
p. 123 Anaconda Plan
p. 124 Map and footnote on W.V
p. 125-126 Emancipation Proclamation 
p. 127 Contributions from All
P. 128 Lesson Review 7, 8

P. 131-132 Gettysburg Address  
p. 132 Road to Appomattox 
p. 135 Memorial Day 
p. 135 Lesson Review 1, 2, 5, 6, 7