A Peek at My Week: Back to School and Back to Blogging

It’s been a while since I last blogged…I had great intentions, but school and life got in the way.  This year, my goal is to stick with it!  I had great ideas for posts throughout the year, so this year, it is on!  I thought I’d start back with A Peek at My Week which is hosted by Mrs. Laffin’s Laughings.

My fifth grade team looks a little different this year, because one of our teammates retired two weeks ago.  The last two weeks have been a fury of interviews, hiring a new teammate, prepping my own room, and helping her move in.  So the stress level has been high to say the least.  But this is the first week of school, so I’m sure everyone’s stress level is at maximum levels! 

So here’s the peek at my week:

Monday: Open House
Open House at my school is a chance for kids to drop off their materials and meet the teacher.  So, tonight, I meet my 26 new kiddos and their families, and I’m super excited!

Tuesday: Teacher Work Day

A day filled with meetings, schedules, and paperwork…

Wednesday: First Student Day!
The first day is always filled with nerves (on our part and the kids'!), but I'm ready to start the year with my new batch of kids.  It will be sad to lose one of our team members, but I’m excited about the new teammate and a year of new opportunities.

Thursday: Day 2

Still working on some community building activities, but starting some curriculum too.

Friday: Day 3
By the end of the day, the kids will have most of their textbooks and will have had an introduction to every subject.  It should lead to a solid start of “real school days” on Monday.

That’s a look at my week…what are you looking forward to in terms of back to school?

A Peek at My Week (October 21-24)

Parent Teacher Conference week is over!  Friday I had 22 conferences starting at 7:30 and running pretty much nonstop until 3:30.  I did schedule myself a lunch break and had a 30 minute break in the afternoon, but I was exhausted by 3:30 when my last parent left!  This week should be much less stressful without conferences hanging over my head.

Since the long week has taken me away from the blog, I decided to link up with Mrs. Laffin’s Laughings for A Peek at My Week to get back to the blogging world.

Monday

FALL BREAK!!!!  I’m definitely in need of this break.  It’s been a crazy few weeks and I’m looking forward to some down time!

Tuesday
Math – Divide by Multiples of 10, 100, and 1000
Reading – Reading “Storm Warriors” from our Journeys book
English – Dependent and Independent Clauses
Social Studies – Review Chapter 5: The New England Colonies
Science – Introduce environments, ecosystems, and terrariums

Wednesday

Math – Divide by Multiples of 10
Reading – Write about nonfiction text and practice quoting from the text
English – Correlative Conjunctions
Social Studies – Chapter 5 Test

Thursday
Math – Two Digit Divisors
Reading – Vocabulary Strategies and DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time
English – Writing complex sentences with conjunctions
Social Studies – Settling the Middle Colonies
Science – Plant terrariums.  We will be planting corn, peas, wheat, and barley.

Friday

Math – One Digit Quotients
Reading – Book Talks and DEAR time
English – Grammar Quiz
Social Studies – A lesson on Citizenship with the theme of Justice.
Science – Journal about the process of building an ecosystem in our terrariums

That’s a peek at my week.  What is going on in your classroom?

A Peek at My Week (October 14-18)

This week is going to be a little crazy in my world because it is parent teacher conference time.  In preparing for conferences and working on report cards, my blogging has definitely taken a back seat. So today I decided to link up with Mrs. Laffin’s Laughings for A Peek at My Week.

Monday

Math – Zeros in the Quotient
Reading – Reading “Everglades Forever” from our Journeys book
English - Conjunctions
Social Studies – Settling New England
Science – Parts of plants

Tuesday

Math – Problem Solving: Draw a Picture and Write an Equation
Reading – Author’s Purpose activity that I got during a flash freebie sale from Lovin’ Lit.  It’s incredible!  You can buy it at TpT here
English – Conjunctions in Compound Sentences
Social Studies – Skill: Fact and Opinion
Science – Types of plants

Wednesday

Math – Chapter 4 Review
Reading – Reading “National Parks of the West” from our Journey’s book and comparing it to “Everglades Forever” from Monday
English – Subordinating Conjunctions
Social Studies – Life in the New England Colonies
Science – Photosynthesis

Thursday

Math – Chapter 4 Test
Reading – Vocabulary quiz, Book Talks (about Mysteries – our genre of the month), and DEAR (Drop Everything And Read time)
English – Writing sentences with conjunctions
Social Studies – New England’s Economy
Science – Transpiration and Respiration in plants

Friday

Parent teacher conferences from 7:15 – 3:30
 
That’s a very basic peek at my week.  What do you have planned?