Welcome to Ms. Stamer's Homework Page for 4th & 5th Grade Science, as well as 5-21 Language Arts.

We will begin to use index cards as a way to help us understand our vocabulary words, in Science and Language Arts. We also will be cutting the Smart Cards from our Science textbooks soon. Please send your student in with several small mailing envelopes. These will be good pockets to hold all of the extra pieces.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me directly at[email protected]. Please do not email through the School Notes site. Thank you. 

**Language Arts: Regarding Spelling Test for this week: I apologize for the volume of words this week. I did not realize how intense it would be. To rectify this, I will be testing ONLY words #1-15 this week (9/26). Next week, Friday (10/3), I will ONLY test words 1#6-30. Bonus words #1-3 will be on Friday 9/26 and Bonus Words #4-6 will be on Friday 10/3. After next week, when we finish this long list of words, we will ONLY use the Vocabulary Workshop Book and Treasures collection for our spelling words. Our Bonus Words may come for other sources, but there will not be as big a volume as there was this week. Once again, I apologize for any confusion this week. I continue to look forward to a great year with you all.***

Week of 9-29-14:

Monday 9/29/14:

Language Arts 5-21:

1. Weekly Letter # 5 is due on Friday 10/3. 
2. Scholastic News is due on Thursday 10/2.
3. Spelling Test on Friday 10/3. Words 16-26 will be counted as a test grade. Words 27-30 will be Bonus Words.
4. Editing Paragraphs Packet (Weeks 3-4) due Friday 10/3. 
5. Group # 2 RRJ due tomorrow, 9/30.
6. Grammar- complete pages 14 & 15 from Orange Book into Grammar Notebook. The pages are found on Edmodo, if needed.

Science 5-20/5-21:

1. Complete Purple page, if not done in class.

Science 4-18/4-19: 

1.  No Homework tonight.

Tuesday 9/30/14

Language Arts 5-21:

1. Weekly Letter # 5 is due on Friday 10/3. 
2. Scholastic News is due on Thursday 10/2.
3. Spelling Test on Friday 10/3. Words 16-26 will be counted as a test grade. Words 27-30 will be Bonus Words.
4. Editing Paragraphs Packet (Weeks 3-4) due Friday 10/3. 
5. Group # 3 RRJ due tomorrow, 10/1.
6. Grammar- complete pages 168 & 169 from Orange Book into Grammar Notebook if not finished in class.

Science 5-20/5-21:

1. 5-20: Read Experiment Procedures. Group 1 bring in tennis balls. Group 2 bring in yard sticks.
2. 5-21: Finish purple sheet for lesson 2.

Science 4-18/4-19:

1.  Finish questions on pages 55-58, if not finished from class.

Wednesday 10/1/14

Language Arts 5-21:

1. Spelling Test on Friday. Words 16-30. 27-30 will be Bonus Words.
2. Grammar Worksheet on Action verbs
3. RRJ Group 4 due tomorrow 10/2.
4. Editing Paragraphs due 10/3.

Science 5-20:

1. Review results from Experiment today. Try to complete the sidewalk/concrete part at home.

Science 5-21:

1. Read procedures for lab tomorrow.

Science 4-18/4-19:

1. Finish questions 8, 9, 10, & 11 from pages 59-61 if not completed in class.
2. Do not do the math question, or 12 & 13 yet. We will do those in class tomorrow.

Thursday 10/2/14

Language Arts 5-21:

1. Study for Spelling Test tomorrow, 10/3.
2. Study for quick Grammar Quiz on subject and predicate, tomorrow 10/3.
3. RRJ Group 1 due Monday 10/6.
4. Scholastic News due Thursday 10/9.
5. Editing Paragraphs week 3 & 4 due Friday 10/3.
6. Minecraft Packet-first 5 pages due 10/17.
7. During the month of October, students are allowed to participate in our Grammar Board of the Month. During October, students can use an index card to write 1 sentence, for each of the 4 types of sentences. They must only use the words on the board on the third floor. Each sentence can use different words, but only if the words are on the board. Before it can get stapled to the board, I must check it. This is an ongoing assignment, and is optional. If you a student participates, they will get their name in a bowl for a raffle at the end of the month.
8. We will be participating in Book-it this year. This program runs from October to March. Each month students will have to reach a monthly minute goal before getting their coupon. Please write a note with your child's name, a parent's name, and email address to register for the event.

Science 5-20:

1. Begin working on writing Bouncing Ball Lab. This is due on Tuesday 10/14.

Science 5-21:

1.  Bring in tennis balls for lab tomorrow.

Science 4-18/4-19:

1.  No homework. Enjoy your weekend!

Friday 10/3/14

Language Arts 5-21:

1. RRJ Group # 1 due Monday 10/6.
2. Friday Folders are due on Monday, 10/6.
3. Minecraft Packet-first 5 pages due 10/17.
4. During the month of October, students are allowed to participate in our Grammar Board of the Month. During October, students can use an index card to write 1 sentence, for each of the 4 types of sentences. They must only use the words on the board on the third floor. Each sentence can use different words, but only if the words are on the board. Before it can get stapled to the board, I must check it. This is an ongoing assignment, and is optional. If you a student participates, they will get their name in a bowl for a raffle at the end of the month.
5. We will be participating in Book-it this year. This program runs from October to March. Each month students will have to reach a monthly minute goal before getting their coupon. Please write a note with your child's name, a parent's name, and email address to register for the event.
6. Editing Paragraphs Weeks 5 & 6 due Friday 10/10.

October 6, 2014

We are moving along through our new textbooks. It is exciting to see all that we have learned so far. During the weeks, we will also be adding an experiment or two to our schedule. During this time, I may ask students to bring in some supplies. If so, you can check this page and our Homework page for more information. We will be having a quiz on Thursday, October 9, 2014. The study guide is going home today, 10/6/14. There is also a review guide in their textbooks. I have taken the test from the book, and have created my study guide from it as well. We will also try our best to begin our next chapter on Friday. This will begin our physical science unit. 

**We will begin to use index cards as a way to help us understand our vocabulary words, in Science and Language Arts. We also will be cutting the Smart Cards from our Science textbooks soon. Please send your student in with several small mailing envelopes. These will be good pockets to hold all of the extra pieces. **

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me directly at [email protected]. Please do not email through the School Notes site. Thank you. 

**We have a NEW page! Check out the homework page on Ms. Stamer's Main School Notes page.**

September 29, 2014

Welcome back for another full week of school. This week will continue to learn about how technology affects our lives. We will also begin to learn about the engineering design process. Our first experiments will be happening this week, also. I will assign our students to lab groups. In our lab groups, students will be asked to bring in certain supplies. Hopefully this will cut down on having 48 cans of salt, or 48 boxes of gloves in the future.

I look forward to a fantastic week with you all. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me directly at [email protected]. Please do not email through the School Notes site. Thank you. 

October 6, 2014

I cannot believe that October is already here. The year seems to be flying by. On 10/2/14, Power School passwords were sent home with your students. The Language Arts subcategories are weighted as such: Grammar 45%, Writing 35%, and Spelling 20%. I will have Power School updated by each weekend.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 7 at 1:30pm we will celebrate the Living Rosary in the school parking lot.  Please join us if you are free. Students can also bring in their rosaries for this event. On Friday, October 10 we have the Walk-a-thon.  We will begin walking at approximately 1pm.  Dress code will be announced later this week.

October 15 and 16 are conferences.  No appointments will be made.  Parents are asked to come during the allotted time and wait in the hallway for the teacher(s) they would like to see. The times will be sent home in a letter at the end of the week. 

A lot of students are getting close to being 1/4 of the way done with the 40 Book Challenge. It is very exciting to see so many students engaged in reading. There are some incentives to the challenge that have been added within the past week.

• After reading 1 book, and completing an index card for the book, students will receive a FREE book coupon for Scholastic Book Club.
• After reading 10 books, students will receive another FREE book club coupon.
• If students complete the entire 40 Book Challenge, they will receive a special, surprise gift.

We will be beginning a new story this week as well. We will continue our studies of plot and character. We will also add in setting to our mix. In Grammar we will be reviewing subject and predicate. We will also begin learning more about verbs.

I look forward to a fantastic week with you all. 

-Ms. Stamer
[email protected]  

Congratulations to our class representatives: Julia Scafidi & Andrew Jotz. Congratulations, also, to our alternate rep Emily Destito. Thank you to everyone who ran for 5-21's representatives. I look forward to an amazing year with lots of fun events. Your first meeting is Monday, October 6, 2014. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me directly at [email protected]. Please do not email through the School Notes site. Thank you. 

September 29, 2014

September is almost over. I cannot believe how fast the year is going. A lot of students are getting close to being 1/4 of the way done with the 40 Book Challenge. It is very exciting to see so many students engaged in reading. There are some incentives to the challenge that have been added within the past week.

• After reading 1 book, and completing an index card for the book, students will receive a FREE book coupon for Scholastic Book Club.
• After reading 10 books, students will receive another FREE book club coupon.
• If students complete the entire 40 Book Challenge, they will receive a special, surprise gift.

We will be beginning a new story this week as well. We will continue our studies of plot and character. We will also add in setting to our mix. In Grammar we will be reviewing subject and predicate. We will also begin learning more about verbs.

I look forward to a fantastic week with you all. 

-Ms. Stamer
[email protected]  

Reminders:

• Scholastic Book Club forms went out on 9/26/14. There were several forms, to give our students a wide variety of choices. These orders are due 10/17/14.
  
• October Scholastic Book Club Order forms went home on 9/26. If we order $100 worth of books, our students will all receive a free book, Spirit Animals: The First Greencloak, a Scholastic exclusive. Orders are due October 17, 2014. Every student who orders will also receive a FREE Minecraft bookmark.

**Our Class Activation Code for Scholastic Book Clubs is N2W8Z.