9-29-10

Today the class had Phy Ed. and music. Thanks to the students who remembered to bring in a picture of people doing something active for Phy Ed! In Music class, the students are listening to some songs from the musical West Side Story. I have them on my ipod too, so after music we listened to one of the songs after the class could give me the background of what was going on.

Homework:

Social Studies: Finish up the Columbus Map worksheet. I will collect them tomorrow.

Math: Homework and remembering 1.6. If you child had a sticky note on the front of their packet from me, it tells them what work they are missing. These missing assignments need to be finished.

Reading: Finish Hatchet poster-we have worked on it for about two hours in class this week.

Science: Study your microscope terms for Friday's quiz.

Spelling: Study for your test tomorrow

Other:
Baby photos for the yearbook

9-28-10

Today we went over our grades from our first Science unit about living things. I will keep these papers to show at conferences.

Tonight your child will bring home Spelling sentences that they worked on for the past two days. I would like someone to go over the sentences with them and correct any errors before they hand them in tomorrow. look for cursive errors, capitilization errors, punctuation errors, sentences that don't make sense, and sentences that need more details. They are not to start any of the sentences with the same word, they are in 5th grade and need to write more complex sentences.

Homework:

Spelling: study and get sentences corrected (they will be turned in tomorrow)

Phy. Ed: cut out or draw a picture of someone being active and bring it to class tomorrow

Social Studies: Get a current event and finish your Columbus map worksheet.

Other: Baby photos for the yearbook due at the end of October

9-27-10

Today we started to work on our Hatchet Posters and alternate endings. I am using these projects instead of a test to finish up this unit.

We went to Mrs. Zelhofer's 3rd grade class and read our short play about Christopher Columbus. It was neat to share!

Homework:

Spelling: Study for test on Thursday

Phy Ed.: Cut out a picture of someone being active to add to Mrs. Plachetka's bulletin board. If you can't find a picture, print one off the computer, or draw one! This is due Wed.

1,000 Islands

1,000 Islands Field Trip

9-23-10

Today the class watched "A Cry in the Wild"-the movie version of Hatchet. I think it does a nice job of keeping true to the book. We will be talking about the smiliarities and differences between them soon.

Tomorrow is our field trip. It is supposed to rain on and off and be in the 60's. I recommend students to bring a rain poncho(you can get them cheap at Walgreen's) or to bring a large garbage bag to punch holes in as a makeshift one. They should also wear layers to keep warm. Wear shoes that can get wet, or wear rain boots. They can bring an extra pair of socks and shoes to change into later. Bring a plastic shopping bag to put your wet things in. Remember to bring a lunch if you didn't order one from school.

homework:

Math: Homework and remembering 1.1 and 1.3 have to be completed by tomorrow. I will be collecting packets.

Other: Field trip tomorrow

9-22-10

I t was nice seeing some of you guys at Culver's last night! I am sure we raised a nice amount of money for our school. My daughter Carol was crying because she didn't want Scoopie to go near her...but other than that it was fun :)

Fundraiser orders and money are due to school by tomorrow, so send them if you have them.

We will be watching the movie based on Hatchet tomorrow in class. You may bring a snack for yourself, or one to share with the class.

Homework:

Math: finish hwk and remem. 1.3, we worked on them in class for awhile. I will be collecting Math packets Friday. Students should have 1.1 all done, 1.2 can be partially done, and 1.3 should be all done.

Spelling: study for your test tomorrow!

Other:
We will have library tomorrow, so bring library books back!
Field trip Friday

Scoopie Night 2010

9-21-10

Tonight is the PTO Culver's Night for BDM! Come to the Culvers on Calumet St. from 5-8 and part of the money you spend will go back to BDM. There will be BDM teachers serving you as well! I will be there with my girls eating at around 5:45 or 6pm. I hope to see you there!!!

Homework:

Reading: Read chapters 17 and 18 in Hatchet tonight. You can read them alone or with another person.

Social Studies: Get a current event and bring it into school tomorrow. Watch news on TV if you do not have a newspaper or the internet and write a short explanation of what you heard.

Spelling: Study your list at least one time.

Other:

1,000 Islands Field trip on Friday. Wear old shoes or rain boots. bring extra dry socks and shoes to change into when we are done. Bring a plastic shopping bag to store wet things in. Bring in a lunch if you didn't order one from school.

fundraiser money and order forms due this Thursday!

9-20-10

Today we had our first all school assembly. We learned about the character trait of respect, which is the trait BDM is working on for the first quarter. I will be keeping my eyes out for a few students who use respect in their day to day lives and then we will have an awards assembly in a month or two.

I gave out spelling lists today. They are stapled in agendas. I have three kids who do not have lists, they will work out of a workbook. I have a link on my blog to Spelling city. They can go on this to practice their words, their lists are entered. They need to use the username teggek and password teggek to get into the site. Our tests are on Thursdays.

Homework:

Reading: Read chapters 14 and 15 in Hatchet. You can read it alone or with an adult. Be ready to answer questions about the chapters tomorrow.

Math: Homework and Remembring 1.1

Spelling: study your list

Other:
Fundraiser money is due Thursday.

9-17-10

Today we had indoor recess for the first time in the afternoon. The kids did a great job behaving and having fun! We also helped out Mrs. Rajotte, a kindergarten teacher, color her wall alphabet. It saved her a lot of time, and we liked it because we don't get to color a lot!

I have been noticing a lot of kids who are not writing in their agendas. Please check on your child's agenda to see if they are writing in it. They should never leave anything blank!!!! I did write some notes in a few that were missing work, so double check for that too.

Homework:
If you do not have missing work, you have no homework! Have a great weekend!

9-16-10

The class did pretty well for the substitute yesterday. I did have lists of kids who were talking after she had told them to quiet down, they will have initials on their incentive card. I also will give initials to kids who didn't have their current event done. This will be homework every Tuesday night, so they need to get used to it! If your child didn't finish their Science poster or family interview, I will be writing in their agendas. If these do not get done, they will miss out on our Sept. incentive coming up.


Please remember to go through your child's Thursday folder tonight and sign and date on a line.

homework:

Lang. Arts: Read poem to an adult and giet it signed for tomorrow.

Math: do Homework and Remembering (FP5) for tomorrow. I gave th e class 5 minutes in class to get a head start.

Science: get your study guide signed and return it tomorrow. The quiz is tomorrow.

Other:
Book order due tomorrow
field trip $4 due tomorrow

9-15-10

Today I was out taking care of a feverish daughter :) She seems to be better now, so will hopefully be back tomorrow. I am hoping for a good report from the substitute teacher!

Homework:

Science: Study your study guide a few times before Friday. Get it signed by a parent and bring it back to school on Friday. We will then be taking a quiz.

Other:
field trip $4 due Friday
book orders due Friday
Science poster and family interview are late, so if you didn't finish them please do and hand them in ASAP!

9-14-10

Today we used work time in class to finish up our Science living thing poster. If students are not done, they need to take it home tonight and finish it. We did have two half hour blocks in class to work on this.

Remember that book orders are due Friday. You can either order online using the link to the right (the code to get in the first time is GTNGK) or you can send the order form with a check made out to Scholastic and send it to school. I will be doing book orders every month.

Homework:

Science: make sure your poster is finished. Use your rubric to check off things and make sure you are done! It is due Wed.

Social Studies: Get a current event for tomorrow to share with the class.

Reading: Family interview is due tomorrow. This was given last Thursday, so they had almost a week to work on this at home. Ask ten questions from the list given and then write the questions and answers in cursive on a seperate sheet of paper.

Other:
Field trip $4 due Friday
Book Order due Friday

9-13-10

Today was our first Monday schedule! The students had Phy Ed and Music in the morning. Then during Math, we went into the computer lab to enter in our district Math pre-test scores.

Homework:

Reading: Family interview is due Wed., Sept 15th.

Other: Book orders due Friday, 1,000 Islands trip $ due Friday

9-10-10

Thank you to all of the parents and family members that came to our Hand in Hand Parent Orientation. I was blown away by the attendance!!!! I know your children appreciate you being there. If you think of any questions that you have about 5th grade, please email or call me! I did find the Math Expressions website and put a link to it on my blog.

I posted a video I took during the project on my blog. I also posted a cool video I showed the class called "Awareness Test". Check them out!

Homework:

Reading: The family interview that was sent home yesterday is due Wed., Sept 15th.Your child needs to pick a person to ask ten of the questions to, and write the questions and answers on a seperate sheet of paper in cursive.

Poem: I am giving kids over the weekend to get their first poem signed. We were in such a rush yesterday I forgot to put it on the agenda. Have them read the Columbus Poem to at least one adult and then they need to sign the poem.

Math: so far we have done homework and remembering 1 and 3 in our packets (I forgot to put 2 in there). It is a total of 4 pages. If your child isn't done with these 4 pages, they should finish it up over the weekend. We did FP 4 in class today, but I am not expecting them to be done with that.

Other:
book order due next Friday
$4 field trip $ due next Friday
Fundraiser goes until Sept. 23rd
Remember to return all Thursday folders

Hand in Hand 2010

9-9-10

Today we had a special computer time with Mr. Staehler. Ask your child about it! We also had Art class in the afternoon.

Remember that tomorrow is our big Hand in Hand Parent Orientation. The 5th grade time is from 8:25-9:35. Please come a few minutes early to get settled in the LMC. If you cannot attend, try to have another adult come!

I have had some questions about chaperoning the 1,000 Islands field trip on
Sept. 24th. I welcome any chaperones-but you will have to meet us there. We will be arriving at around 8:45-9. Students all have to ride the bus when going on a school field trip. Bring a lunch for yourself to eat, and you will be all set. Remember to wear boots that can get wet, if possible.

We started kids blogs today in computer time. I have a link to it on my blog. Right now, kids can only respond to my posts. eventually they will get to do their own pages. They have to login with their password # they use at school.

Homework:
Math-finish homework and remembering pages for FP-3 if you didn't finish in class

Science-get pictures ready for your life function poster, we need them for our work time tomorrow

Poem-read your poem to an adult and have them sign it

Reading-Family interview due Wed., Sept. 15th. The sheet about it should come home tonight.

Fundraiser-info goes home tonight, if goes until Sept. 23rd

Thursday Folder-sign and return

September 8th

Today we started to work on posters that illustrate the 5 basic functions of living things. Students can choose a living thing to do their poster on, and then decide if they want to draw the pictures, print them off a computer at home, or cut out of magazines. Bring in any pictures by Friday so we can start our work!

Friday is our Hand in Hand Parent Orientation. The 5th grade session is from 8:25-9:35. Come a few minutes early to check in. Babysitting is available if you need it! I am hoping that each student willl either have a parent or another adult come to support them and learn about 5th grade. I have been going through different notes that were supposed to be handed in the first week of school. The ones I am missing I will re-hand out on Friday directly to the parents.

Homework:


Other: book order due the 17th, field trip $4 due the 17th, String instrument pick up Sept. 9th 2:30-6:00 at Clovis

September 7th

The class does have some homework tonight. Every Tuesday night the class will have to find a current even to bring in and share on Wed. This can be printed from the computer, cut out from a newspaper or magazine, or written down after watching the news on TV, or listening to the radio. It can be local, national, or world news. They should read over the article before Wed so they know what it is about. If they do not understand it, they should pick another. I will give initials on their incentive card for missing current events.

Also, if you have any copies of the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen at your house, please send them to school for your child to use. If you are at a book store and want to purchase one to donate to the class, that would be wonderful too! A lot of our copies have bit the dust. I will be ordering more when I see them in a book order....

Other:
Band instrument pick up TODAY at Clovis from 2:30-5:30
String Instrument pick up Thursday, Sept. 9th at Clovis 2:30-6
Patrol permission slips due tomorrow
RSVPs for Friday's Hand in Hand due ASAP
$4 and field trip slip due Sept. 17th
Book order due Sept 17th (See blog post for instructions on how to do this online)

Book Orders

I handed out Sept. book orders yesterday. Today I am sending home a letter telling you how to order books online with your credit card. There is a one-time activation code to enter once you get to the scholastic site, and then you can make your own username and password that you can use all year long. Every book purchased online gets us a free book for the classroom library.

I do book orders once a month. This one is due Sept. 17th. If you would rather not use the online ordering, please use a check whenever possible made out to "Scholastic". It is easier for me, because with cash then I have to turn around and write a personal check.

Thank you!!!

Mrs. Tegge

9-2-10

Today we had Art for the first time. The students worked on some multiplication and division problems in Math class, and also took a fun personality test that I will go over with parents at next Friday's Hand in Hand Parent Orientation.

Today I am sending home my Thursday Folder. It will have important papers in it. Please empty the folder, go through the papers, and then sign and date on the folder so I know you have seen them. Then return the folder to school. There are some notes in today's that need to be signed and returned. I will also put my Thursday Fridge Note in there-it keeps you informed about what is going on in our class.

Homework:

Other:

Picture Day tomorrow-bring order form and money
Sign and return Thursday folder
return Field trip $ and note
return RSVP for next Friday's parent orientation

9-1-10

The first day of school went very well. It was hot in our room, but we took some breaks outside and in the air conditioned computer lab.

We spent most of the day going over routines etc, and it was a lot of information!

Homework:

Other: Picture Day is THIS Friday!!! Please return the money envelope by Friday if you want to purchase photos!

email me with any questions:

teggek@mjsd.k12.wi.us (school)
ktegge@new.rr.com (home)