Newsletter for the week of 2-28

Reading: This week in reading we will continue to work on using context clues and affixes to define words.  We will also work on using multiple meaning words, and reading charts.  The students will also work on poems and a TFK magazine on Friday.

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Monday, February 28.  This book must be a historical fiction.  For this report, they need to make a 3x3 quilt block with each of the squares being about 8x8 inches.  They need to share something from the book in each of the 9 squares.  Examples would be: characters, setting, summary, illustration, their favorite part, conflict, etc.  They need to make sure all 9 squares are filled in, and they will share their quilt with the class.

Math: In math we started unit 9.  The first three lessons of this unit focused on reading and graphing coordinate pairs.  We also learned about finding the area of rectangles.  Last week we learned about using the rectangle method to find the area of triangles and parallelograms.  This week we will learn how to find the volume of rectangualr prisms.  The students will also learn the relationship between a liter, cubic centimeter, and miililter.

Writing: This week in writing we will continue to write a persuasive paper which will focus on school uniforms. 

Science: This week in science we will start learning about stars.  In the first lesson the students learned about the sun and the layers of the sun.  Then they learned about the different star sizes, distances, star colors and what the colors mean.  This week we will continue to focus on star birth, death, and galaxies.  We will also focus on the different constellations.

Social Studies: We will go back to social studies the last half of this quarter.

Spelling Unit Words:
There is no spelling this week.

Important Dates:

Field trip money due
Book report due on Monday, February 28
ISAT testing March 1, 2, & 3
Science test Friday, March 4
Math test Tuesday, March 8

Homework 2-24

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due Monday

5P Math - Study Link 9.6

Science - Worksheet

Field Trip form

Homework 2-23

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Monday, Feb. 28

Language Arts - 4 Square due tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 9.5, Journal page 315

PA - Stock market game worksheet

Field Trip note

Newsletter for the week of 2-21

Reading: This week in reading we will continue to work on using context clues and affixes to define words.  We will also work on using multiple meaning words.  We will also be doing packet reading.  The students will be given a story to read on their own and then have to answer multiple choice questions.  After answering the questions, they will have to answer the extended response.

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Monday, February 28.  This book must be a historical fiction.  For this report, they need to make a 3x3 quilt block with each of the squares being about 8x8 inches.  They need to share something from the book in each of the 9 squares.  Examples would be: characters, setting, summary, illustration, their favorite part, conflict, etc.  They need to make sure all 9 squares are filled in, and they will share their quilt with the class.

Math: In math we started unit 9.  The first three lessons of this unit focused on reading and graphing coordinate pairs.  We also learned about finding the area of rectangles.  This week we will be working on finding the area of triangles and parallelograms.

Writing: This week in writing we will continue to analyze persuasive writing.  The students and I will read different persuasive pieces and come up with a list of components that are required in a persuasive paper.  We will also start writing a persuasive paper which will focus on school uniforms. 

Science: This week in science we will start learning about stars.  In the first lesson the students learned about the sun and the layers of the sun.  Then they learned about the different star sizes, distances, star colors and what the colors mean.  This week we will focus on star birth, death, and galaxies.

Social Studies: We will go back to social studies the last half of this quarter.

Spelling Unit 20 Words:
discuss       deduct       dismissed       develop       disease       discount       disturb       details
demand       determined       depressed       defense       disappointing       discouraged 
disadvantage       demonstrated       defeat       descent       disappear       disconnect  
distract       decision        deliver       distressed       distribute       disable       describe
destroyed       disobey       disassemble       disagreed       discipline       discredit       delete
define       investor       stagecoach       reaper       interchangeable       encyclopedia

Important Dates:

No school Monday, February 21
No school Tuesday, February 22
Spelling test Wednesday, February 23
Field trip money due Wednesday, February 23
Field trip to the planetarium Thursday, February 24
No school Friday, February 25
Book report due on Monday, February 28