Reading: This week in reading we will use our Time for Kids magazines to work on our reading comprehension skills. The focus skills for this week are main idea and concepts, explaining how illustrators use art to express their ideas, and open ended questions. The extended response will be an ongoing skill. We will also continue to work on prefixes, suffixes, root words, and using context clues to define words.
Book Report: The next book report is due on Tuesday, November 30. The genre for this report is nonfiction. The students need to create a poster board with information about their topic. An example was provided on the back of their book report instructions. They need to include the following:
- 6 idea bubbles with at least 4 detail lines
- use your own words
- 3 to 7 pictures
- do not need complete sentences
- print or computer only
Math: In math we will continue unit 5. The students have learned how to solve parts and whole problems of fractions, used pattern blocks to model mixed numbers, and changed mixed numbers to improper fractions. This week we will learn about equivalent fractions, comparing/ordering fractions, and adding fractions.
Writing: This week we will start working on an expository. For the expository, we will use the 4 square to organize our thoughts. Our mini lessons wil be establishing and maintaining a focus in the paper, elaboration, word choice, and compound sentences. We will also work on writing introductions to catch the readers attention. The students are also working on a power point about them.
Science: We will go back to science at the end of this month.
Social Studies: This week we will start chapter 6. Lesson 1 focuses on the work and trade in the colonies. The second lesson will focus on the cities, towns, and farms in the colonies. The third lesson will look at the colonists everday life, and the last lesson will focus on slavery in the colonies. The skills lesson will teach the students how to distinguish between news articles and feature articles.
Spelling: Unit 12 Words:
basketball seventy-five rock band everybody fireplace anything take-off
skateboard homework two-thirds high school railroad motorcycle
vice president strawberry freeway car pool comic strip fine arts forty-two
breathtaking thunderstruck runner-up half hour paper clip extracurricular
cold-blooded headache counterclockwise merry-go-round awestruck
overexposure time-consuming nonetheless spreadsheet treason boycott
liberty militia assembly
Indian Prairie Scool District will host a parents' orientation to our fifth grade health unit on Human Growth and Development. The district has one more session.
2nd Session: Thursday, December 2 at Kendall Elementary School
Important Dates:
Spelling Test Tuesday, November 23
No School November 24, 25, & 26 Thanksgiving Break
Book Report due Tuesday, November 30
Social Studies Test Friday, December 3
No School November 24, 25, & 26 Thanksgiving Break
Book Report due Tuesday, November 30
Social Studies Test Friday, December 3
