Homework 10-22

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-29

Spelling - Contract & Test due 10- 27

5P Math - Study Guide due 10- 27, Test 10 -28

Social Studies - Test 10-27

Field Trip Form due 10-25

Homework 10-21

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-29

Spelling - Contract & Test due 10-27

5P Math - Journal page 81

Language Arts - Memoir due tomorrow

Field Trip for due October 25

Homework 10-20

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-29

5P Math - Study Link 3.6, Study Guide due 10-26, Test 10-27

5G Math - Journal pages 80 & 81

Social Studies - Finish reading lesson 1 if you did not finish and worksheet page 36

Field Trip Form due Monday, October 25

Homework 10-19

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-29

Spelling - Contract & Test for tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 3.5

5G Math - Study Link 3.2

Field Trip Notes due on 10-25

Conference Notes were due yesterday

Homework 10-18

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-29

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday

5P Math - Journal page 74

5G Math - Journal page 85 & Study Link 3.1

Social Studies - Worksheet 35, Read pages 134-135 and do the review question on page 135

PA - Finish Booklet

Field Trip note due 10-25

Parent Teacher Conference Note was due today.  If you have not turned it in please turn it in tomorrow.

Newsletter for the week 10-18

Reading: This week we will finish "We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente" and work with Time for Kids magazines.  The focus skills are drawing conclusions and comparing texts for their theme, settings, characters, problems, and events.  We will finish our comparison charts over Roberto and our read aloud book Island.  The students will partner and complete a comparison chart on two picture books. We will also be working on the extended response.  This week, we will work on answering the question, finding evidence, and interpreting the evidence. The focus skills we will be working on with the TFK magazines are skimming to preview a story and scanning to detect major problems. Vocabualry analysis is another skill that we will continue to focus on.  The students will continue to use context clues to define words. 

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Friday, October 29 and must be done on a sports related book.  For this report, the students will make a newspaper page.  I sent home an outline of the requirements for this report.

Math: In math we have started unit three. We finished the first four lessons which were on the American tour, estimating, finding the angle measures of pattern blocks, using the geometry template, using a protractor, and learning about the different angles.  An obtuse angle is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.  An acute angle is less than 90 degrees.  A right angle is 90 degrees, and a straight angle is 180 degrees.  A reflex angle is greater than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees.  This week the students will learn how to copy line segments and angles using compasses and protractors.  They will also learn the properties of polygons and play polygon capture.  Students will also explore and learn about tesselations.  The last lesson of this week will focus on finding the sum of angles in a polygon. 

Writing: This week we will continue our memoirs.  The students have learned about the structure of a memoir, defined a memoir, made a list of questions to help write a memoir and used a visual tool to assist students in writing their memoir.  They have created a special place map, and are using it to write their first memoir.  The students have started writing their memoirs.  Our mini lessons will focus on using action verbs, combining sentences, adjectives, and replacing overused words.  We will also be working on the book review.  For the first book review we will focus on the introduction, summarizing and recommendation. 

Science: We will go back to science next quarter.

Social Studies: This week we will start chapter 4 which is about Spain building an empire in the Western hemisphere.  The first lesson is about the voyages of Columbus.  Lesson two will focus on the Spanish settling in the Western hemisphere, and Spain conquering the Aztec and Incas.  Lesson three will focus on the Spanish explorers.  The skill for this chapter is using latitude and longitude.

Spelling: Unit 7 Words:
charged       spied       moving       trying       practicing       injured       carrying
tasted       receiving       becoming       lying       dying       realized       provided
fried       created       tallied       carried       revising       wearing       approval
glimpse       braggart       sufficient       qualities       angered       sympathizing
whimpering       ricocheted       crocheting       dyeing       murmur       panicking
identifying       resembling       tornado       hurricane       cumulus       precipitation
evaporation

Important Information:
Parent Teatcher conference notes went home last Thursday.  I need the bottom portion returned to me.
A field trip note went home on Friday.  The field trip is for the Paramount Theatre, and we will be seeing "We the People".  This note needs to be returned to me by Monday, October 25.

Indian Prairie Scool District will host a parents' orientation to our fifth grade health unit on Human Growth and Development.  For your convenience, the district has scheduled two dates.  You can attend any one of the seesions.
1st Session:  Wednesday, November 17 at Brookdale Elementary School
2nd Session: Thursday, December 2 at Kendall Elementary School

Important Dates:

Spelling test Wednesday, October 20
Math Test Tuesday, October 26
Book Report due Friday, October 29