Homework 10-1

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on October 15

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday, October 6

5P Math - Study guide due Monday 10-4, Test 10-6

Book Order due Friday, October 8

Homework 9-30

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday, October 6

5P Math - Study Link Study Link 2.9, Study Guide due 10/4, Test 10/5

5G Math - Finish page 59, Page 61 in journal

Homework 9-29

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 2.8, study Guide due 10-4, Test 10-5

5G Math - Study Link 2.4

Homework 9-28

Reading - Read 20 Minutes, Book Report due Thursday, Summary about Rosa Parks Advice

Spelling - Contract & Test due tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 2.7, Journal page 39

5G Math - Journal pages 56 & 58

Science - Ws & Test for tomorrow

Homework 9-27

Reading - Read 20 minutes, book report due Sept. 30

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wed., Sept. 29

5P Math - Study Link 2.6

5G Math - Journal pages 54 & 55

Science - Precipitation Worksheet, Test Wednesday

Newsletter for the week of Sept. 27

Reading: This week we will read the story "Dear Mrs. Parks".  This story consists of letters written to Rosa Parks by students, and her replies, on subjects ranging from getting along in school to the changes she has seen in her lifetime.  One of the focus skills is making judgments.  While reading the students will learn to determine if what they read provides reasonable and reliable information.  They will evaluate the author's facts and opinions and then make their judgments.  We will also be working on the extended response.  This week, we will work on answering the question, finding evidence, and starting to interpret the evidence.  Vocabualry analysis is another skill that will be focused on.  The students will continue to use context clues to define words.  The words for this story are ridiculed, dignity, counsel, potential, inspire, correspondence, and mentor.

Math: In math the students have started unit 2.  The students have reviewed traditional method for addition, partial sums, subtraction, open number stories, and estimating.  This week will will learn about probability, latice method for multiplication, partial products, and traditional method for multiplication.  The students will also continue to work on using the landmark data.  This data is: maximum, minimum, range, mode, median, and mean.

Writing: There will be a variety of activities for this week. We will continue working on "storying" which helps students come up with ideas.  With storying this week, the students will continue to listen to memoirs and write down the common characteristics of memoirs.  The students will also learn about the structure of a memoir, and we will define a memoir.  They will also make a list of questions to help them write a memoir and use a visual tool to assist students in writing their memoir.  They have created a special place map, and we will use that map to write their first memoir.  We will also start learning about the book review.  For the first book review we will focus on the introduction, summarizing and recommendation. 

Science: So far this unit the students have learned about the layers of the atmosphere, the three states of matter, the wind vane, the anemometer, and the barometer. The wind vane shows the direction the wind is blowing, and the anemometer shows the speed of the wind.  The barometer measures the air pressure.  The air pressure can be measured in inches or millibars. The students have also learned five properties of air.  These properties are: hot air rises, air takes up space, air is lighter than water, air space changes with temperature, and what can happen when the air temperature changes suddenly.  They also learned about the water cycle and the three cloud types.  This week they will see how a cloud forms and learn about the four types of precipitation.  The test will be on Wednesday.

Social Studies: We will start social studies this week after taking the science test.  The first lesson focuses on traveling the Silk Road and trade in the Eastern Hemisphere.  The second lesson focuses on Africa's trading empires.

Spelling: Unit 3 Words:
parts       history       warning       declare       despair       shirt
learning       backward       border       prepared       harsh 
research       carnival       particular       squirrel       harmful
charms       disorder       favored       remark       correspondence
generations       constitution       literature       assurance       pressure
charisma       aerobic       archery       boundary       architecture
familiar       pleasure       gesture        opinion       armada       quivered
barometer       Mayflower Compact

Important Dates:

Spelling test Wednesday, September 29
Science test Wednesday, September 29
Picture day Wednesday, September 29

Book Report due Thursday, September 30