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Fifth Grade am/pm Calendar

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Monday - PE 12:30 - 1pm
Tuesday- Lib 12:30-1pm
Wednesday Music 1:30-2pm
Thursday- Lib 12:30-1pm
Friday-  PE 12:30-1pm (Auction)


Section Announcements
Theft Rising in Portable One 
A large number of small items have been missing since the year started. Two texas instrument calculators were taken from the display rack and one showed up later in the main building's drinking fountain. One is still missing. A Nintendo 64 game from the auction box and two apple computer mice devices are currently missing.  If you know anything about these items or wish to replace them, please let me know.  For future reference: students are not allowed in the classroom without a supervisor present, this applies to any area of the building. Students are not allowed in or behind my desk. Students are required to ask me first, before helping themselves to supplies or tools in the class. This applies to art supplies, tapes, scissors, notecards, glue, weights and scales and or electronics. Students are not allowed in the closet unless supervised during art or clean up. Any student who does not comply with these expectations will be written up with a referral.
Generous donation given 
Earlier this year I asked for students to pay $3.99 for a subscription to the  Scholastic News.  Seven students were able to pay for the magazine, the remaining 19 students did not respond. Our weekly visitor, Mr. Phil Schuster has agreed to pay the remaining subscriptions. Mr. Schuster often helps me in the classroom and thank you notes would be appreciated. Any parents who can pay the subscription are still welcome to send it in, the money will be put in the classroom's field trip and special projects fund.
Homework Policy - Please Read 
Homework policy: students should be able to do the homework in 30 to 40 minutes. Students should not spend more than 30 minutes on either sheet, if they do, please let me know so that I can adjust the assignment or reteach the material. Students have several options for those few occasions that homework is lost, forgotten at school or destroyed, they can go online and generate a worksheet (sites will be provided on this website), create a math puzzle or working on targeted skills (multiplication, division, fractions etc...) and using spelling or vocabulary in written paragraphs. Please have them read at least a 1/2 hour a night up to 4 hours a week.  Homework is due every morning and is corrected and/or collected for grades. Students are responsible for completing their homework at home and completion is tied to our classroom auctions and money system. Students will also be assigned after school detentions and lose lunch recess time. We are currently working on division and trying to move into fractions and decimals. Those students having a lot of difficulty may need to learn their multiplication facts. There are many strategies that can be used.

BookAdventure Reading Assignments 
Our class is using an online quiz website at http://bookadventure.com
Students have 1/2 hour in class daily to silent read and take quizzes at this website. I require that students read and pass the quizzes for at least 2 books a week, one is usually assigned for our topics of study. To sign on to the website students have a username: Port1 _ _ (insert their student number for a total of 2 digits after the Port1, for example student #27 would be Port127. We are now up to ten books that need to be read and passed in order to participate in the weekly auction. 


Section Links
Campaign sites for unit
create campaign buttons, posters, bumper stickers etc..
Homework Generators
Good for homeworksheets.
Math Sites
Practice skills
Science Links
links for science units
Science Sites for Plants
Keys, plants and vocabulary.
Social Studies Election sites
Links for information and kid friendly sites
Solar System Links
Current Links being tested.
Strategy Games online
Games based on the strategy boardgames.
animal idioms
Good resource
Animal pictures/baby names
Groups, baby names etc...
Another Great Tree/Leaf site
Good information to read, print and research.
BookAdventure Quiz Site
Required quizzes taken here
Books to Read online
Page by page, classics, including Call of the Wild, The Raven and other classics.
Character Analysis
Online Character Analysis
Citizenship test
Pre-assessment for November unit.
Confusing words dictionary
Use to clarify usage and definitions!
Dates that Matter
Neat Quiz Format that gives a date then vocabulary and hints.
Diamonte poem
Dichotomous Key for Trees
Identify trees and leaves for Oregon.
Dictionary & Resources
Look up juicy words and great descriptive phrases.
Eastern Tree Dichotomous Key
Good for many of our trees.
Eek! Dichotomous Tree Key
Seems to be the best
Election vocabulary
Pop up paragraphs using election vocabulary.
Explorer's Site
Excellent timeline
Explorer's Site
Excellent timeline
Fact or Opinion game
Try this one to test fact or opinion.
Fact or Opinion Jeopardy
slide show fun
Fact or Opinion Quia Game
Fun game to test
Family Motto
Look for your family's motto.
games online for strategy
read the rules then click on links to play online
Good Starting Research
Do not copy reports
Graphic organizers
Great organizers for plot, prewriting etc...
Graphing Mole game
Try this coordinate graph game.
Graphing site
Great Critter Site - Nature
Alphabetical resource.
Great for review of proverbs
Quizzes, matching lists etc...
Great math links
Check out the great math links.
Grimm News
Read, write, think printing press. Does not save.
Handwriting Worksheets
Select D'nealian handwriting to create your own spelling practice sheets based on pre-test.
Idioms quiz site
Do you recognize the idiom? Guess and check.
If You liked this book...
A great bookfinding tool.
Invertebrate - amazing facts
good site
Invertebrate - beetles & pals
Invertebrate - macro identification guide
step by step id
Invertebrate - spiders
Invertebrate - spiders
info and links
Invertebrates - bug facts
good research
Invertebrates - everything about
lots of facts
Invertebrates - National Geographic
Invertebrates - OSU guide to ID
Invertebrates biology
Good information
Kid's Click Research Site
Research by subject and category.
Kid's Research Starting point
Look up on several safe sites.
Latin Translator
Change your family motto into a Latin Version.
Leaf Preservation
Involves microwave, watch out for warning Mrs. Byrne!
Lesson plans for science
Lessons for plants/trees & science
Mapping test
Can you pass the third grade or at least beat Ms. Byrne's 32 score (I'm working on it!)
Marble Champ Vocabulary
Hangman for a dozen words taken from story by students.
math worksheet generator
Homework, Practice and graduated problems.
Multiplication Trainer
Practice x tables w/timer
Multnohah County Library Site
Get events, upcoming programs and contests.
Multnomah County Library Event Finder
Find events at local libraries, our zip code is 97222
My Brochure Maker
Use your rough draft state brochure to type in and create a finished final draft brochure.
Native American Language resource
Look up your tribe to find a phrase.
Native Research Site
Looks interesting.
nine men's morris online
nine men's morris online
ONline collection
Good resource, includes most of Aesop's fables.
Onlook dictionary to look up words
lists several sources
pente or gomuku
pente or gomuku - five in a row very hard!
Pictures of the heavens
A NASA satellite site with updated pictures. See Keppler's SuperNova.
Quark game
Try this game for coordinate graphing.
Quick typing test site
Take the quick typing test by starting the clock and stopping it after a few sentences. Record your speed.
Read, Write, Think Stapleless Book
Make a book that folds.
Roll of Thunder vocabulary
Very good quizzes, sections at a time.
Science Quizzes & Questions
NY Times Science Site
Selection Tests for READING STREET TEXT
sign on using your bookadventure code in both boxes
shape poems
Shiloh
Vocabulary & activities.
Site with lots of sites
Follow the links and read the articles first. Ask before printing.
Smithsonian Resource
Excellent for college level research, can find good photos of artifacts.
Solar System Calculator
Diameters and radius to scale!!!
Spell City
Practice vocabulary
Strategy Games online
Strategy Games online
Sunrise and Sunset
Weather information to check sunrise & sunset
Tech Mom Research Site
Good for more research
Text translator
We are translating idioms and proverbs back and forth to find new meanings.
The Human Body
Faster link, find the spleen, the bladder and the epiglottus!
The Race
Investigations links PPS
Time for Kids Rapid Research
Look up articles by tribe, region, topic or keyword. Ask before printing.
Tour of the Nine Planets
Excellent research site
Typing websites
Practice, drills & games.
Variation on Pirates & Bulgars
Called Fox & Geese or Talfut?
Vocabulary Hangman Game
Quia site to practice vocabulary & literary devices.
Weather Statistics Local & historical
Daily Precipitation
What
Look up the origin of your first name. Again, do not click on any prize offers.
What's in a Last Name?
Look up the origin or your last name. Do not click on any prize offers, we did not and will not win anything!
What's in a Name II
Look here if not successful at the first site.
Winn Dixie
Vocabulary & Activities
Winn Dixie Movie Site
Has vocabulary & activities
Word Barrel
Neat site for fun word work & vocab.
Worksheet to Print
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060927/TZWorksheet.asp
Worksheets to print
Fall and Autumn worksheets
World Almanac for Kids
Timelines of American History & other neat information.

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Section Files
 2007 student files
Students by # for 2007archived files
 2007-2008 Work
Fairytales, bugs and native american reports.
 Magician's Nephew Links/files
Links and files for vocabulary and enrichment.
 Mrs. Byrne's Files
Lesson Plans, units, worksheets, spreadsheets
 Substitute Folder
Student list (number key), Seating Chart
Daily schedule and lesson plans.
 #10 bio poem 2008.ppt
#10 bio poem
 #12 final.ppt
#12 mohamed bio poem
 1200 spelling.doc
Spelling idea for common writing words
 15 Bio-poem final[1].ppt
15 Sydney's bio poem
 2’s auto-bio poem final[1].ppt
#2 bio poem
 _18 final[1].ppt
#18 bio poem
 _22bio poem final 2008 1 .ppt
22 bio poem
 _26 BIO POEMfinal[1].ppt
#26 bio poem carlos
 _3 chan autobio poem final[2].ppt
#3 bio poem
 _5 Jarod bio final].ppt
#5 bio poem final jarod
 autobio poem #1.ppt
#1 bio poem
 Autobio poem 6.ppt
#6 bio poem
 BIO - POEM.ppt student final # 25.ppt
#25 bio poem
 Bio Poem final show 2008 for Openhouse.ppt
final slide show for openhouse
 BIO – POEM.ppt final #16.ppt
#16 bio poem final
 Bloom President Campaign.doc
Bloom President Campaign
 Candace for president!.ppt
Candace for President
 Daily proc for Vestal.ppt
Daily procedures for Vestal School.
 family motto sheet.jpg
family motto sheet
 Job Application Form.doc
Job Application form
 Joshua Aaron Casey 20 final.ppt
#20 joshua final
 Kim Dang 13 bio final[2].ppt
#13 bio poem
 Math Puzzles 2.doc
THe Answer is
 Math Vocabulary Study Sheet.doc
5th Grade Math Vocabulary Study Sheet
 math vocabulary worksheet.xls
Math Vocabulary Worksheet
 Mathography Assignment.doc
Mathography
 My Name Is Allison_9 final[1].ppt
#9 bio poem
 My name is Austin #24.ppt
#24 Austin
 Native American Research Project VESTAL[1][1].doc
Native American Research Report
 north america map with geography.xls
interactive map
 Poem _7[1].ppt
#7 bio poem
 port1004.ppt
#4 bio poem
 Positive Behavior Playground.ppt
 Reading Interest Inventory.doc
Reading Interest Inventory revised 20q
 taniah#11 final.ppt
#11 final bio
 Vestal Reading Log 5 day plan revised 830(1).xls
Reading log focusing on Making Connections. Students need to write a complete sentence detailing how they used the strategy.

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