Classwork 12/17

Math: SMJ 114-116

SL 5.4

LA: Handwriting pgs. 39-41

Religion: Advent WB pg. 28

Tomorrow is a NUD, but students have to wear their OLG 60th anniversary shirts they were given earlier this year. So it's a bit of a 1/2 NUD day, but let's take what we can get! If a student has misplaced their shirt, they can come to school in the regular uniform.

There will be more extra credit work in Math and LA offered tomorrow. Otherwise there should be no homework- enjoy your break!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 12/15

Math: SMJ 111-113

SL 5.3

Religion: Advent WB pg. 27

LA: We continued our work on Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. No homework.

Have a great night,
Paul Schmidt

Classwork 12/15

Math: SMJ 109-110

SL 5.2

We learned the "partial-products" method of multiplication today by playing a game called Multiplication Wrestling (there was very little actual wrestling involved).

LA: Study the class-generated spelling list for Friday's test. We will continue with Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing tomorrow in class.

Religion: Advent WB pg. 26

Misc.:

Please remember:

Boys need to bring in 3 oranges for our craft tomorrow

Girls need to bring in a small jar of cloves (whole) for tomorrow

*Last day for IntaJuice tomorrow*

Thanks,

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 12/14

Math: SMJ 106-108

SL 5.1

Religion: Advent WB pg. 25

LA: We have generated a class spelling list. There are 29 words to study- the test will be out of 25, so there is a chance for some bonus points if a student gets 100%!

Miscellaneous:

Boys need to bring in 3 oranges for our craft on Wednesday

Girls need to bring in whole cloves for our craft on Wednesday

Intajuice this week! $2! Hand in money tomorrow or Wednesday, juice will be delivered on Friday.

Thanks!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 12/11

Math: Block Buster WS - both sides

*Remember, a variable listed right next to a number means multiply:

3N = 15 means 3 * 5 = 15

Religion: Advent WB pgs. 21 and 24

Miscellaneous:

For a craft next week students are asked to bring in a few materials:

Boys bring in 3 oranges

Girls bring in cloves (with stems)

Students will share materials.

Thanks, have a great weekend. Five school days until winter break!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 12/10

Religion: Advent WB pg. 19

*We have kept the homework to a minimum due to the choir concert tonight. Please get to our classroom at 6:45 (no later than 6:55)- we will depart to the church as a class. See you tonight!

Classwork 12/9

Math: Please check math scores on Powerschool. Unit 4 homework, study guide, and test are all posted.

Religion: Advent WB

*Our Rueben Lindh items will be collected tomorrow. Please bring in your items if you have not already done so. Thanks!*

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 12/8

Math: Unit 4 Math test- scores will be posted on Powerschool tomorrow.

LA: Leveled reader- many students finished this in class.

Religion: Advent WB pg. 17

Looks like snow! Please remember boots and shoes for school.

We are still looking for some help on a few Reuben Lindh items:

-Letter recognition game for Tommy

-Bed in a bag money for Tom

-Additional items for either

Tis the season! Help out a family in need!

Have a great night,

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 12/7

Math: Geometric Codes & Measurements WS

Unit 4 math test

LA: We worked on leveled readers; we will finish them in class tomorrow

Religion: Advent WB pg. 16

Classwork 12/4

Math: Unit 4 Review Packet

We will go through the packet together on Monday

Test on Tuesday 12/8

LA: No homework

Religion: Advent WB pgs. 11-15

Classwork 12/3

Math: Decimals & Metric Unit WS

LA: PB 183, 186, 189-191

Religion: Advent WB 12/3

Classwork 12/2

Math: Practice WS 1.9

LA: PB 184, 185, 188

Religion: Advent WB 12/2

SS: Study SE states and capitals - test on Friday!

Miscellaneous:

Barnes and Noble book fair is tomorrow (12/3) at the Galleria. Hope to see you there.

We are collecting pennies for a class experiment. I did not mention this to students today but I will tell them what it is all about tomorrow.

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 12/1

Math: SMJ 101-104

SL 4.10

LA: PB 177-180, 187

Religion: Advent WB 12/1

Classwork 11/30

Math: SMJ 98-100

SL 4.9

LA: Unit 2 Theme Wrap-up

*Our spelling test this week is 30 words. Study up! Lists will go home tomorrow.

Religion:

We started Advent workbooks. One page will be completed each day. The completed book will be due after winter break for 30 points.

Great to be back in school! Have a great night.

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 11/20

Math: Students worked on a Thanksgiving math problems packet. This is extra credit. I STRONGLY recommend they complete it- five points can mean a lot!

LA: Spelling and Skills tests have gone home.

The only homework over break is for students to write their final drafts for their Thanksgiving essays. Two figures of speech must be used. These can be handwritten, or typed for extra credit. They should be about a page hand written or 1/2 a page typed (12 pt. font, single spaced). Please email with questions.

Have a great Thanksgiving break! See you in 10 days!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 11/19

Math: SMJ 96-97

SL 4.8

LA: PB 172-173

Neighborhood Description

Thanksgiving Essay rough draft

Study Spelling

Classwork 11/18

Math: SMJ 93-95

SL 4.7

Batting Averages WS

LA: PB 168, 169, 171

SS: Time for Kids

Did You Know? WS

Classwork 11/17

Math: SMJ 90-92

SL 4.6

LA: PB 164-165, 167, 170

Thanksgiving Descriptive words (on the back of the figures of speech packet from last Friday)

Our class Thanksgiving basket will be picked up Thursday. Perishable items are best brought in on that day.

Thanks!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 11/16

Math: SMJ 87-89

SL 4.5

LA: PB 161-163

Spelling pre-tests will go home tomorrow, due to a copier malfunction.

Don't forget your Thanksgiving basket items. The basket will be collected from our classroom this Thursday.

Inta Juice is this Friday - Luscious Lemon or Razzalade - $2

Thanks!

Classwork 11/13

Math: SMJ: 85-86

SL: 4.4

LA:

Spelling and WST are in Powerschool

Thanksgiving senses packet- we will be writing Thanksgiving papers using these figures of speech:

-alliteration

-hyperbole

-onomatopoeia

-personification

-simile

-metaphor

A packet detailing each of these figures has gone home. Students are asked to complete the left-hand column on the back page, using about 5+ details in each box. This does not have to be in complete sentences, we are simply brainstorming for next week. We will work on drafting and editing next week, as well as completing a final draft. These papers have turned out really well in the past, I am looking forward to what this class can come up with!

Have a good weekend,

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 11/12

Math: SMJ: 82-84

SL: 4.3

PB: 156-158

*Some students have to finish their leveled reader

**All students should study spelling words for tomorrow's test

Don't forget:

$1 for class turkey

$1 for class Christmas craft

Thanks!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 11/11

Math:

SMJ: 80-81

LA:

PB: 154-155

SS:

TFK - Floating School (and double-sided ws)

Have a good night!

Classwork 11/10

Math: SMJ 78-79

SL 4.1

Logic problems packet (the back page is extra credit)

LA: PB 149-153

Miscellaneous:

Students needs to bring in:

$1 for our class turkey donation

$1 for our class winter craft

Thanks, have a great day!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 11/9

PB: 147-148

Ask your child about the Boss of the Plains. It's the hat that won the west!

I am looking forward to seeing many of you at conferences tonight.

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 11/6

Math: We had our unit 3 test today. Scores will be posted in Powerschool no later than Monday morning. No homework.

LA: Spelling and WST. No homework.

Science: Bring a rock for Ms. Reimer on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 11/5

Math: Unit 3 study guide. Unit 3 test tomorrow.

LA: PB - 140, 143; study spelling; leveled reader packet.

Handwriting: Pgs. 35-38

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 11/4

Math: SMJ- 74-76

SL- 3.11

SRB Unit 3 Review Packet

LA: PB- 138-139

Study Spelling words for Friday

SS:

Bring a rock for Monday's class with Ms. Reimer.

Religion:

We took our We Believe chapter 3 quiz today. Scores to be posted on Powerschool soon.

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 11/3

Math: SMJ- 71-72

SL - 3.10

LA: PB 134-137, 141-142

Handwriting: Pgs. 33-34

Religion: Quiz - Ch. 3 (open book)

SS: Bring in a rock for Monday (Reimer)

Classwork 11/2

Math:

SMJ - 69, 70

SL - 3.9

LA:

PB - 131-133

Science (Ms. Reimer):

Bring a rock for Monday

Miscellaneous:

*Tomorrow is a NUD day- wear your OLG Blue Ribbon shirt*

**Report Cards have gone home! Please sign and send the envelope back!**

Classwork 10/30

Math:

SMJ 66 - 68

SL 3.8

Have a fun Halloween!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/29

We had a great time at Mercado Central today! Be sure to ask your student all about it.

When we got back from our field trip, we assembled our electric box games. They have turned out wonderful! We will share them with buddies tomorrow and then they will go home.

No homework tonight, except studying for the spelling test.

Please remember to bring a pillowcase for our Halloween party, which will be 1:45 to 2:45.

Have a great night and try to stay dry!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/28

Math: SMJ 65

LA: PB 118, 121-122

Handwriting: 30-33

Field trip to El Mercado tomorrow from 9:00 to 12:30.

Please remember to bring a pillowcase for our Halloween party on Friday. Students will be decorating these to create Trick-or-Treat bags.

Have a good night!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/27

Math:

SMJ - 63

SL - 5.6

LA:

PB - 114-117, 120

Decorated electric boxes are due Thursday. Students had directions (and boxes) sent home with them. Please email with questions.

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/26

Math:

SMJ - 61, 62

SL - 3.5

LA:

PB 109-113

*Permission slips for El Mercado due, $10.50

*Shoeboxes due for Electric Boxes, $5.50

**You may write a check for $16.00 to cover the cost of both if you have not already paid.

Thanks!

Classwork 10/23

Math:

SMJ- 60

SL- 3.4

Multiples worksheet

LA:

Students are encouraged to edit their own rough drafts. We will finalize these next week.

Social Studies:

NE review packet. Covers chapter 4 & 5 of Social Studies Alive book. Packet is to be completed and handed in before the test on Monday.

Misc.:

-Bring in a shoebox for electric boxes project

-El Mercado field trip permission slip

-Check the newsletter on the school website

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/22

Math:

SMJ: 59

SL: 3.3

LA:

Study spelling words for test tomorrow

Continue revising rough draft of personal narrative; final draft will be due Monday

Science:

We looked at different circuits in class, working to see which connections worked and which ones did not.

Miscellaneous:

Students are asked to bring in a SHOEBOX by next Tuesday. We will use these shoeboxes to create electric box games. The shoebox can be any size, but it is easier to make the box work if it is a little bigger (think basketball shoes, not ballet slippers).

Classwork 10/21

Math:

SMJ 56-57

SL 3.2

LA:

PB 100, 102

Typed personal narrative drafts are due

SS:

We finished our regions journey across the Northeast states. We are able to answer these three questions:

1. Why is the NE considered the birthplace of our nation?

2. Why did the first factories start in the east?

3. What are the biggest cities in the NE region?

Religion:

I collected bible verse ideas and we continued our work in our We Believe text. We will have our chapter 2 quiz on Friday.

Classwork 10/20

LA: We read two mystery stories and completed two story maps. We also talked about the characteristics of a good detective.

PB - 93-95, 97, 99

Social Studies: We hit five more stops on the tour of the NE states. Work was done in class, but students may opt to take their note sheet home to add more detail and information. The sheets we do in class will be our study guides for the test and will be handed in for credit. I've seen a lot of good, creative work so far!

Religion: We will hopefully select our class Bible verse tomorrow- last chance for input!

Spanish: Our homework workload is relatively light because students need to study up for their quarter one spanish test- which is tomorrow! Buen suerte!

Classwork 10/19

We had a great first day back! We have a busy week ahead of us with the quarter ending on Friday:

Math:

We started Unit 3 today.

SMJ: 53-55

SL: 3.1

Religion:

Students are asked to pick a favorite bible verse for class tomorrow. We will select our favorite as our class verse for the 60th anniversary prayer book.

Social Studies:

We covered three areas of the NE today; students are creating a note sheet on the NE that they will hand in for credit.

LA:

I have passed back the On Top of the World WST- students that did poorly have the option to correct their mistakes for 1/2 credit.

As Quarter 1 draws to a close, please check your child's grades on Powerschool and report any questions/concerns to me. I have make-up and remedial assignments at the ready.

Have a great day!

Classwork 10/14

LA:

Rough drafts of Personal Narrative essays will be due on Monday. Keep in mind that this is just a rough draft and is more just to get ideas on paper in a semi-organized fashion. We will work on drafting these Monday.

Math:

We had our Unit 2 test today. Scores will be posted Monday morning.

Religion:

We dove into the Beatitudes. We will work on a Beatitudes project next week.

Science:

I created an electromagnet and we made guesses as to how strong it was. We will finish our last lesson and have our open-assessment science final next week.

Have a great long weekend!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/13

Math:

Unit 2 test tomorrow. Unit 2 review packet will be collected for 10 points. No math homework over MEA!

LA:

Students need to complete their Personal Narrative Event Map aka Idea Web. Only one side needs to be done, as the opposite side is used if the student changes their mind about their topic. They may find that as they fill out the map, their first choice doesn't hold much water and they want may choose to switch.

Social Studies:

We completed a map of the NE using our workbook pages 20 & 21. Scores have been posted on Powerschool.

Have a great night!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/12

I was absent today, so I'm unsure what the sub was able to cover. Our math unit 2 test will be Wednesday. Review packets went home today, we will go through them tomorrow and have some more review work in order to get ready for Wednesday. Please email me with questions or concerns. Thanks!

Classwork 10/9

We had another great week of class! Three-day week next week!

Math:

Cookie math- we tested our third and final cookie. We will compile our data next week and process our findings into an excel document.

Religion:

Venture went home today. If your child needs extra credit in religion, they can answer the six Think! questions on a piece of lined paper and hand it in Monday for 5 makeup points.

Social Studies:

We read Time For Kids and had an earnest discussion about bullying.

LA:

We had our spelling and Weekly Skills tests. Scores will be in Powerschool Monday morning.

Have a great weekend, see you at the Twins game Sunday!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/8

Field Trip:

Our field trips today were both a big success! We put on a radio show at the Pavek, which was a ton of fun! I will post the sounds clips on my webpage soon. We then headed to the Bakken museum and learned about the history of static electricity. We made our own Leyden Jars, which can be used to store an electrical charge. Students were allowed to take their jars home, so be on the lookout for a small plastic jar with a nail sticking out of it- you might get shocked!

Thanks to all our wonderful parent volunteers, they helped make the day go very smoothly!

Math:

We tested Chips Ahoy! brand cookies in our cookie math lesson. Students need to find the average number of chips based on our class data for homework.

LA:

Study those spelling words!

Miscellaneous:

Tomorrow we will pray an all-school rosary. Students are encouraged to bring a special rosary from home for the event. Rosaries will be provided otherwise.

Have a great night!

Classwork 10/7

Math:

We started Cookie Math, where we are counting the number of chocolate chips in various brands of cookie. Your child needs to find mean, median, and mode for the cookie data we took today. Many students finished this in class. We will work on this project through Friday.

Science:

Making Connections

We learned about circuits and tested some objects to see if they are insulators or conductors.

LA:

Study those spelling words!

Tomorrow (Thursday) is our Bakken/Pavek field trip- students need to supply a cold lunch. Thanks to the parent volunteers who are helping us tomorrow. Remember, if you would like to volunteer you must complete a background check and Virtus training. Information can be found in the school office.

Have a great night, go TWINS!

Classwork 10/6

Oops! In my excitement to get home and watch the Twins I forgot to post yesterday. Here is the classwork from 10/6:

Math:

SMJ 42-44, 49-52

SL 2.7 & 2.9

LA:

PB 64-65, 67

*Please remember to pack a cold lunch for the field trip on Thursday*

Classwork 10/5

Welcome back to another week of school!

Math:

SMJ 45-47

SMJ 48 -Drawing a Kite (optional, a good challenge!)

LA:

PB 61-63

*Everyone needs a bag lunch for the field trip on Thursday*

Classwork 10/2

Math:

2.8 worksheet

Two sided- Measurement and Gestation Periods

LA:

Spelling test and WST went home today

Check grade on Powerschool

Social Studies:

Counting Cranes & Problem Solved worksheet

*Go through your child's FRIDAY FOLDER carefully, because it holds a lot of important information*

Have a great weekend, see you tomorrow at Marathon (sorry, no bikes or scooters due to the wet conditions).

Classwork 10/1

Math:

SMJ 40-41

SL 2.6

LA:

Leveled Reader Packet

Study spelling words

*Reading calendars are due!

Handwriting:

Pages 20-23

Classwork 9/30

Math:

SMJ 37-39

SL 2.4 and 2.5

LA:

PB 53

SS:

Finish pages 8 & 9 in workbook (geography challenge 2a and 2b)

Classwork 9/29

Math:

SMJ 32-35

SL 2-3

LA:

PB 49-50, 52

Dictionary/Subjects and Predicates WS

Social Studies:

Geography Challenge

2A and 2B

-to be completed on student's SS workbook pgs. 8 & 9

Homework 9/28

Math:

SMJ 30-31

SL 2.2

LA:

PB 46-48

Spelling words went home today. Study for Friday's test.

Religion:

Community Service WS

**We won the Marathon Silver Medal today!**

Great job students and parents!

Don't Forget!

Monday is a No Uniform Day (NUD).

Keep bringing in your marathon fundraisers folders. We are a couple hundred dollars away from our goal!

Marathon is October 3rd.

9/25

We wrapped up a great week today! Ask your child about the Morning Meeting game we played today- it was a hit!

Math:

We started a new math unit. No homework.

LA:

Weekly Skills and Spelling tests. I will post WST scores shortly. Spelling test scores have already been posted. Next week we will start our new story, "Finding the Titanic".

SS:

We read Time For Kids magazine and learned about the $1,000,000,000 repairs made on the Hubble Telescope.

Religion:

Venture! Your child has homework- assemble the personal goals cross on the back page of the magazine.

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 9/24

Math:

We had the Unit 1 math test. Expect scores to be posted on Powerschool this afternoon.

LA:

We used level readers. A three page packet accompanies the readers. It is homework if not finished in class.

Handwriting:

Pgs. 16-19 in the handwriting books. This was finished in class.

Science lesson: Breaking the Force

Ask your child about the cool science lesson we did in class today!

Thanks!

Mr. Schmidt

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Here you will find all the important day-to-day information from our class. In order to preserve the safety and security of my pupils, I will never mention names or school specifics. Please check this blog if your student is absent, or if you want to check the homework schedule. I will be updating this blog every day. Thanks!

Mr. Schmidt