Mrs. Daphne Orenshein

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Homework for this evening, Monday, May 14, 2012:

1)  Enjoy reading a good book.
2)  Go to sleep early and make sure to get a good night's sleep
and a good breakfast before tomorrow's ERB's.


Homework for this evening, Wednesday, May 9, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Wordly Wise sections D and E of lesson 19.
3)  Finish typing up your literary essay and print it out (to submit to me tomorrow).  Thank you.
4)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher.
5)  Family activity:  Act out, for your families, the events that lead up to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, i.e., Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, angry British, frustrated colonists...

 
Homework for this evening, Tuesday, May 8, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Continue typing up your literary essay.
3)  Family Activity:  Discuss with your parents, over dinner, the issues of finders' keepers and fair trial in light of the Sharon Jones' story in the news. 


Homework for this evening, Monday, May 7, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Begin typing up your Literary Essay.
3)  Wordly Wise sections A, B and C of Lesson 19.
4)  Math homework as assigned by your teacher.  Mrs. O's math students, please complete any Reteach pages that will help you prepare for tomorrow's Chapter 3 math test.
5)  Family Activity:  Play TABOO with your Lesson 19 vocabulary words! 


Homework for this evening, Thursday, May 3rd, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Mrs. Orenshein's math students, please begin working on the Reteach pages of your packets in preparation for your Tuesday math test on Chapter 3.
3)  If you have not completed your Literary Essay outline, please fill it out tonight.  Thank you!
4)  Family Activity:  Play a board game tonight!


For this evening, Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012:

The Educational Records Bureau CTP 4 exam (the standardized test given to all students in grades 3-8 at Hillel) for grades 3-5 take place during the week of May 14-18 during General Studies classes.  Please be sure your child arrives to school on time and has had a great night’s sleep and breakfast.  Please contact me if you have any questions.  The class will be taking practice tests during the week prior to the ERB and homework will be limited for the week of 5/14-18.

WAY TO GO 5TH GRADERS!  YOU WERE INCREDIBLE TODAY AT THE EXPO!  YASHER KOCHACHEM!
Tonight, please enjoy reading a chapter or two from a good book and completing a Reading Log activity.  That's it.  Have a good night and feel proud!


Homework for this evening, Tuesday, May 1, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher.
3)  Practice your speaking and singing parts for the Expo by performing in front of a mirror.


Homework for this evening, Monday, April 30, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher.
3)  Boys:  Begin typing up your literary essay.  Girls:  finish writing out the outline for your literary essay.
4)  Practice your Expo presentation in front of a mirror, maintaining eye contact and a loud voice.
 


Homework for this evening, Wednesday, April 25, 2012:

1)  FIELD TRIP TOMORROW.  PLEASE SEND IN THE SIGNED PERMISSION FORMS AND $18 MADE OUT TO HILLEL, if you haven't done so already.  Thank you.
2) If you haven't sent in $8 for the Colonial Expo expenses, please send that in by tomorrow as well.  Thank you.
 
Homework for this evening, Monday, April 23rd, 2012:

1)  Pack up your costume for tomorrow's Dress rehearsal!! 
2)  You have an extra day for your sample product and your creative option.  These two items will be due on Wednesday.
3)  Math homework, as assigned by your teacher.
4)  Family Activity:  At dinner, announce a word problem related to your dinner (eg., I have half of a hamburger on my plate.  If I cut it up into four parts, what would each part be called?  1/8th.)  Take turns! 



Homework for this evening, Wednesday, April 18, 2012:

1)  Wordly Wise Lesson 18, sections D and E
2)  Math:  Mrs. O's math students, please complete page 177 in your packets.
3)  Finish creating your tools for your Colonial Occupation.  The tools must be brought in on Friday.
4)  Join me at 6:45 this evening to walk from the Wiesenthal Center to Beth Jacob in commemoration of Yom Hashoah.  There will be a program at Beth Jacob.


Homework for this evening, Tuesday, April, 17, 2012:

1)  FINISH THE PRESENTATION BOARD for the Colonial Expo.  The board is due tomorrow.  The tools are due in by this Friday.  Remember to use cheap materials from home to make the tools (like paper towel tubes, cardboard, tin foil and scraps of unneeded fabric).
2)  Math:  Mrs. O's math students, please complete page 169 (about variables and expressions).
3)  Family activity:  Turn on the radio and dance!  If you like, teach your family the Colonial dance you know... 


Welcome back everybody!  I am updating the homework website late since I experienced technical difficulty logging onto the Hillel website while I was at work.  I apologize for the inconvenience.

Homework for this evening, Monday, April 16, 2012:

1)  Wordly Wise Lesson 18, sections A, B and C
2)  Math- My math students, please complete page 161 of your new packet.  
3)  Continue working on your presentation board for your colonial occupation.  The board is due this Wednesday. 


Homework for this evening, Monday, April 2, 2012:

1)  Bring in your reading log if you didn't do so today.
2)  Start thinking about a thesis or two for your Literary Essay (based on one of the Spinelli novels we read in school).  Write it into your Writers' Workshop notebook on a page titled "Possible Literary Essay Theses."
3)  Revise your personal essay by, first, checking for structure, then checking for proper elaboration (explanations, examples, details), and lastly, add craft by including powerful words (like Wordly Wise words or the transition words I provided).
4)  Math:  Mrs. O's students, please continue making corrections for any questions you got wrong on your math test.
5)  Family activity:  Offer and follow through with an offer to your parents to help in preparation for Pesach.
 

Homework for this evening, Thursday, March 29, 2102:

1)  Reading log
2)  Continue to work on creating tools for your occupation.
3)  Family activity:  Write up a silly song about one or two of the body's systems.  Sing it with feeling!
 

Homework for this evening, Wednesday, March 28th, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math:  Mrs. Orenshein's math students, please prepare for your math test tomorrow by completing the Reteach pages in your packet, reading through your math notes and/or trying the quizzes at the phschool.com website (codes aqj-020?)
3)  Prepare a tool or two for your Colonial occupation.
4)  Family activity:  Act out the activity of a different system (like the excretory system) in your body for a family member.  You can give your mother or father a part, such as the kidney, and she/he has to say, "I am so bored of balancing all the water and waste in hereall day long.  I wish my 'owner' would drink more water to balance the pasta in here."  Have fun! 


Homework for this evening, Tuesday, March 27th, 2012:

1) Reading log.
2)  Math.  Mrs. O's math students, please complete #13-16 on page 101 from the textbook (the sheet I gave you).  
3)  Begin studying for your science test.  The girls' test is on Monday and the boys' test is on Tuesday.
4)  Bring your costume to school tomorrow!
5)  Family activity: Show your family how the circulatory, digestive or respiratory system works by using props like blocks, cups, cutlery, whatever! 

  
Homework for this evening, Monday, March 26, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math:  Mrs. O's math students, please complete pages 125 and 129 in your packets.
3)  Arrange and pack up your Colonial costume in preparation for Wednesday's costume deadline.
4)  Revise your essay by typing in your concluding paragraph that you started in class today.  Please DOUBLE-SPACE and print it out to bring to school tomorrow.
5)  Family activity:  Teach your family the "Grand Old Flag" song!



1)  No reading log or Wordly Wise this week.

2)  Revise your essays by adding/revising your examples and supports. Double-space please.  Please print it out and bring it to school. 
3)  Research your colonial occupation and take some notes.
4)  Mrs. O's math students, write 10 estimation questions to hand to your classmate tomorrow to complete.


Homework for this evening, Wednesday March 14, 2012:

1)  Finish typing up your essay and bring it to school tomorrow.
2)  Math, as assigned.  Mrs. O's math students, please review your Cumulative Review from today to prepare for tomorrow's assessment on the textbook's chapter 1.  Also, complete Mystery Decimals page.
3)  Wordly Wise sections A and B in Lesson 17.
4)  You can start researching your colonial occupation to learn about your clothing, tools and products!  Try checking out http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Colonial_Life.html 
or http://www.history.org/almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm
 


Homework for this evening, Tuesday, March 13, 2012:

1)  Continue typing/keyboarding your essays.  Bring your printed revision with you to school on Thursday (and keep it in your Writers' Workshop folder).
2)  Rosetta Stone!!
3)  Math, as assigned by your teacher.  Mrs. O's math students, please complete your page on Order of Operations (section 1-4) and the challenge puzzles on the back.
4)  Go to sleep earlier than usual, to help you get adjusted to the time change.  Sleep well!


Homework for this evening, Monday, March 12, 2012:

1)  Begin typing up your introductory paragraph and the three body paragraphs of your essay.  Pace yourself so that you can finish typing Wednesday evening.
2)  Continue reading a book you enjoy every evening.  There is no Reading Log this week as I realize typing the essay will take time.
3)  Wordly Wise sections C and D of Lesson 17.
4)  Math (Mrs. O's math students-) page on 1-3 (both sides).
5)  Family activity:  Go for a 15-20 minute walk with your parent(s) after school, before you begin your homework.  It will actually help you think/work more efficiently.

  
CHAG SAMEACH!  Enjoy the megillah reading tonight and see you tomorrow morning at Hillel for the 2nd megillah reading! Please remember to arrive at school at 8:30 on Friday morning! 


Homework for this evening, Tuesday, March 6, 2012:

1)  Enjoy preparing for Purim by baking or creating a funny or interesting costume for Friday!  
2)  Keep reading and enjoying a good book!  I am :)

 
Homework for this evening, Thursday, March 1, 2012:

1)  Finish the reading log (which is due tomorrow), making sure all sections focus on your Spinelli novel.
2)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher. 
3)  Visit the online Wordly Wise site and play the synonym/antonym game for lessons 13-16 at  http://www.wordlywise3000.com/games/frame.cfm?book=5&;game=mc&id=1142190&lessons=13–16
4)  Consider helping to bake for Purim.  Batter for hamentashen?  Maybe help to find a recipe or to actually make the batter.


Homework for this evening, Wednesday, February 29th, 2012:

1)  Reading log (all about your Spinelli novel).  This is due on Friday!
2)  Wordly Wise lesson 16, sections B and D.
3)  Math, if assigned by your teacher.
4)  Family activity:  Do something 'colonial,' such as eating dinner by candlelight only, or shutting off all electronics and talking, or building a fire and sitting by it to read together!

Homework for this evening, Tuesday, February 28, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math, as assigned bu your teacher.
3)  ROSETTA STONE 20 minutes.
4)  Family activity:  Turn on some music and dance.  It's Adar!!


Homework for this evening, Monday, February 27th, 2012:

1)  Reading Log.  Try using yor new Wordly Wise words in your reading log responses.
2)  Wordly Wise sections A and C of Lesson 16.
3)  Math, as assigned by your teacher.  Mrs. O's math students, please complete page 25 in your Fractions packet.
4)  Girls, design your own colonist's journal using your own paper bag or the ones provided by me.
5)  Family activity:  Play vocabulary charades with your parents/siblings! 
 
 
Homework for this evening, Thursday, February 23rd, 2012:

1)  It's Adar!  Turn on the radio and dance with your family before dinner.  Yes, you will earn ten points and a good time for this!
2)  Practice presenting your immigrant report while maintaining good eye contact with your audience.  The written report and presentation are due tomorrow.
3)  Use your Wordly Wise words in conversation.  Immense, conceal, boisterous, intense, major, minor...


Homework for this evening, Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012:

1)  Math-  Mrs. O's students, please finish pages 16 and 17.  Ms. Walch's students, complete the pages she assigned.  
2)  Boys-  Write up the 3 body paragraphs for your essay using the Structure we discussed in class today. Try using some of the Wordly Wise words in your writing!
3)  Wordly Wise sections C and D of Lesson 15. 
4)  Family Assignment:  Practice saying your Immigrant report to your parents, while maintaining eye contact with your audience. 


Homework for this evening, Tuesday, February 21, 2012:

1)  Wordly Wise lesson 15, sections A and B.
2)  Finish up the immigrant report.  Prepare flashcards with key words for oral presentation this Friday.
3)  Math, assigned by your teacher.


Homework for this evening, Thursday, February 16, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Tell your parent(s) the story of Thomas Edison using as many of the Wordly Wise words as you can.  Have your parent email me that you did this.  The only way to truly master the use of these words is by using them in speech and writing.


Homework for this evening, Tuesday, February 14th, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher.  Mrs. O's morning class, review today's Practice Test in preparation for tomorrow's Book 3 Test.  Mrs. O's afternoon class, please finish the Fractions Book 3 packet.
3)  At the dinner table, play the game of Broken Telephone and see how well you do!  (It's actually rude to whisper at the dinner table but you can do it just this once...)


Homework for this evening, Monday, Februaru 13, 2012:

1)  Wordly Wise lesson 14, sections A and B.
2)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher.  Mrs. O's morning students, please finish the Fractions Book 3 packet.  Mrs. O's afternoon students, please finish pages 23 and 24 only.
3)  Continue working on your immigrant report which is due on February 24th.


Homework for the weekend of February 10-12, 2012:

1)  Finish reading through the end of chapter 36 in your Spinelli novel.
2)  Finish the reading log.
3)  Vocabulary test corrections.
4)  Begin or continue working on your immigrant report/presentation.
5)  Play mental math games at your Shabbat table. (Think of the number of sides on a pentagon, multiply by the number of days in two weeks, subtract half of 100, and divide by the number of toes on one person.  What is left?

SHABBAT SHALOM!!


Homework for this evening, Wednesday, February 8th, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  MATH- Mrs. O's morning math students, complete pages 20 and 21.  Mrs. O's afternoon math students, complete pages 17-19.
3)  Wordly Wise Lesson 13, sections C and D.


Homework for this evening, Tuesday, February 7th, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math pages 13 and 14 for Mrs. O's math students.  Ms. Walch's students, complete whatever she assigned.
3)  Family activity:  Do ten minutes of indoor phycial exercise together:  Jumping jacks, crunches, push-ups, lunges, stretches, Yoga positions, whatever you like!  You'll feel so good that you did this!!
                    



Homework for this evening, Monday, February 6th, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher. 
3)  Wordly Wise, Lesson 13, sections A and B.
4)  Family activity:  Tell your parents something you learned today about your grandparent's/special relative's childhood memories of Shabbat.

Over the Shabbat/weekend of February 3-5, 2012...

1)  Share with your parents the message that the Chief Rabbi Sacks related today at the assembly (about children and 'looking up'...)
2)  Finish the reading log.
3)  For those of you attending the banquet, remember to wear the white Hillel logo shirt and to follow the instructions that were emailed to your parents.
4)  Have a beautiful Shabbat!
 
Homework for this evening, Thursday, February 2nd, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Ms. Walch's math students-
3)  Family activity:  If you have not done so yet, use the vocabulary words to tell your parents about the life of Frida  Kahlo.
4)  Continue working on your immigrant interview.  The report is due on February 24th.
  

Homework for this evening, Wednesday, February 1st, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher.  Mrs. O's math students, please review your math practice test in preparation for your assessment tomorrow.
3)  Wordly Wise sections C and D in lesson 12.
4)  Begin writing out your Immigrant report using the answers to the questions from your interview.  If you haven't started the interview, consider starting this week!
5)  Family activity:  Using as many Wordly Wise words as you can, tell your parents about the life of Frida Kahlo.


Homework for this evening, Tuesday, January 31, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math homework as assigned by your math teacher. 
3)  Family activity:  Pull out a board game and play!  Change one of the rules just to be creative. Also, ask this riddle:  What month has 28 days?  (The answer is all of them!) 

Homework for this evening, Monday, January 30, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Wordly Wise lesson 12, sections A and B.
3)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher.  Mrs. O's math students, please finish Fraction Book 2 packet.
4)  Family activity:  Over dinner, discuss what might be two great questions to ask an immigrant.


I hope you're enjoying your winter break!  Remember to continue davening, learning a little Torah and reading every day.
If you discover a good subject to interview for your Immigrant Interview over vacation (a relative or family friend), feel free to begin your interview :)


Homework for this evening, Thursday, January 19th, 2012:

1)  Finish the Reading Log (only 3 sections total).
2)  Math homework as assigned.  Mrs. O's math students, please complete pages 23 and 24 in your Fractions packets.
3)  Family Activity:  Just as you observed and wrote notes into your Writers Workshop Notebook, observe and ask your mother or father to observe what she/he observes on the way home from school or on the way to school tomorrow.  Make sure to write those observations down in your Notebook either tonight or tomorrow.

Homework for this evening, Wednesday, January 18,
2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher.  Mrs. O's math students, please complete pages 15-17 in you math packets.
3)  Wordly Wise sections C and D.
4) Show and discuss your graded narrative with your parent/s and have it signed. Please return it to school tomorrow for 10 points.
5) Family Activity:  Discuss with your family the details and data we learned about in class regarding immigration.  How have the numbers changed since the 1800's? 


Homework for this evening, Tuesday, January 17, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math pages, as assigned by your math teacher.
3)  (Boys:  Wordly Wise sections A and B in lesson 11).
4)  Show and discuss your graded narrative with your parent/s and have it signed.  Please return it to school tomorrow for 10 points.


Homeowrk for this evening, Wednesday, January 11, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Wordly Wose sections C and D of Lesson 10.
3)  Finish the Unity project.
4)  Writers' Workshop:  Attention to Details.  Print out your Narrative (or email it to me before 9:00.

 
Homework for this evening, Tuesday, January 10, 2012:

1)  Reading log. 
2)  Write your spelling words 3 times each or in sentences.  (Class words:  seemed, appeared, reeked, sounded, and quiver.)
3)  Get permission slips signed for Friday's trip to the hotel for banquet rehearsal.  


Homework for this evening, Monday, January 9th, 2012:
1)  Reading Log.  Get a head start on the next 4 chapters in your Spinelli novel.
2)  Wordly Wise Lesson 10 sections A and B.
3)  Mrs. O's math students- Review concepts from today's Practice Test for tomorrow's math test on Fractions.
4)  Play a board game tonight with a parent!  How about Life?  Monopoloy?  Rummikub?  Sequence?  Taboo?
 

Homework for this evening, Thursday, January 5th, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math-  Mrs. O's math students, review the Fractions packet.  A practice test will be given on Monday and a test on Tuesday.
3)  Help cut up vegetables (into equal parts) for salad!
4)  Use those Wordly Wise words in conversation tonight!
 
 
Homework for Wednesday evening, January 4th, 2012:

1)  Reading log.
2)  Math, as per your teacher.  Mrs. O's students, please complete pages 28 and 29 in the Fractions packet.
3)  Revise your narratives and print them out.  Remember to check for TENSE CONSISTENCY, SENTENCE VARIETY and ACTION WORDS.
4)  Wordly Wise sections C and D in Lesson 9.

Homework for this evening, Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012:

1)  Reading Log.  I hope you're reading something good!

2)  Math, as assigned by your math teacher.  Mrs. O's math students- please complete through page 27.

3)  Go for a 15-20 minute walk outside with your mom or dad before dinner.  It's beautiful outside!  Note the change in the color of the leaves on the trees.


Homework for this evening, Thursday, December 29, 2011:

1)  Use your Wordly Wise words in conversation tonight (task, prosper, frivolous, banquet, pledge, celebrate, edible...)
2)  Math homework as assigned by your teacher.  My math students please finish page 19 in your Fraction packets.
3)  Family activity:  Ask your parents to solve the math problem you answered today involving the 3-cup and 5-cup containers. 


Homework for Wednesday evening, December 28, 2011:

1)  Revise your narrative by enhancing the dialogue.  Remember that what each character says should show something about that character.  

2)  Wordly Wise, Lesson 8, sections C and D.

3)  My math students- complete pages 11 and 12 of the Fraction packet.

 THERE IS NO HOMEWORK IN MY CLASS OVER CHANUKAH.  Chag sameach everyone!  Play dreidel games!  Help prepare latkes!  Enjoy sufganiot!  Celebrate with family and friends and have fun!

 
Homework for Monday evening, December 19, 2011:

1)  Math practice sheet.
2)  Write the spelling words 3 times.
3)  Revise your narratives.


Homework for Wednesday evening, December 14, 2011:

1)  Please continue revising your narrative (and the second when you finish the first.  There is no Reading Log or Wordly Wise this week (and next) in order to allow you the time for revising.  Please use this time accordingly. 
2)  Math homework-  Mrs. O's morning class: page 35.  Mrs. O's afternoon class: page 31.  Ms. Walch's homework is individualized.
3)  Play a board game tonight after dinner!


Homework for Tuesday evening, December 13, 2011:

1)  Again, if you have already had a private conference with Mrs. O, please begin revising your latest narrative draft. If you would like to revise your other narrative, please feel free to do so and plan to conference with Mrs. O this week.
2) Math homework-  Mrs. Orenshein's morning math students:  Page 31 in Division packet.  Mrs. O's afternoon math students: Pages 26 and 27 in Division packet.
3) Cozy up with one or both of your parents under a blanket for some tea/cocoa with a good book.  

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Homework for this evening, Thursday, March 22, 2012:

1)  Continue collecting notes and pictures about the tools and methods of your Colonial trade.
2)  Mrs. O's math students, please finish the bottom portion of page 117 on line graphs.
3)  Family activity: Find and bring to school an interesting Bar Graph or Line Graph that you find in the newspaper or online.    

Homework for this evening, Wednesday, March 21, 2012:

1)  Take some notes on the tools of your Colonial trade.

2)  Math-  Mrs. O's math students, please complete the first half of page 117 on Bar Graphs only.

Homework for this evening, Tuesday, March 20, 2012:

1)  Rosetta Stone.

2)  Continue researching your Colonial occupation, taking notes on paper and putting it in a folder.

3) Mrs. O's math students, please finish pages 89 and 97.

 

 

Homework for this evening, Monday, March 19, 2012:

(All my daily homework updates between today and December 13 were accidentally deleted on March 20th). 

 

Homework for Monday evening, December 12, 2011:

1)  If you have already had a private conference with Mrs. O, please begin revising your latest narrative draft.  If you would like to revise your other narrative, please feel free to do so and plan to conference with Mrs. O this week.
2)  Math homework, as assigned by your math instructor.
3)  Visit www.learningplanet.com and play Word Mayhem!  Have fun.



Homework for Thursday evening, December 8, 2011:

1)  Reading log.  Try to incorporate Wordly Wise words into your writing.
2)  Use the Wordly Wise words in conversation tonight.
3)  Math (complete the pages assigned by your math teacher).
4)  Family activity:  Play Math Ping-Pong with your Mom or Dad.  (First teach her/him/them how to play)...

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