Book Report: The next book report is due on November 30, and the students will present this to the class. For this report, they will need to read a nonfiction book. The assignment is making an organizer with all the important information. We did a practice one in class with our story about Roberto Clemente. If you have any questions about this report please let me know.
Math: In math we have been working on unit 4. The first lesson will focus on using friendly numbers to divide. Then we will work on dividing using the traditional method and partial quotients. Last week the students learned strategies for estimating straight path distances using a map scale. They also learned how to make magnitude estimates for division. These estimates will help the students place the decimal while dividing and have a range of where their answer should be. The last lesson focused on solving number stories using division. The students had to decided what to do with the remainder. The three choices were: round up, ignore the remainder, or change the remainder to a decimal or a fraction. On Monday, we will learn about variables and how to solve problems with them. On Tuesday, the study guide is due, and we will review for the test. The unit 4 test will be on Wednesday. Our next unit of study will be fractions. The first lesson will focus on reviewing fractions and solving parts and whole problems.
Writing: This week in writing we will focus on the expository paper. We will finish our practice paper on Monday and begin a new paper on Tuesday. The prompt for our next expository will be a guess whose coming to dinner. The prompt: If you could invite anyone living or dead to Thanksgiving dinner who would it be, and why? We will also continue working on our dead word book. This book will have a graveyard of overused words, and the students will make a list of synonyms for these words. We will also continue working on combining sentences to make our papers sound more fluent.
Science: We will go back to science after finishing our social studies chapters for this quarter.
Social Studies: Last week the students learned about the Pilgrims and the Puritans. This week we will review the Pilgrims and the Puritans. They will also learn about the 13 English colonies and their economies. Another lesson that will be focused on this week is the different work and trade that happened in the colonies.
Spelling Unit :
There is no spelling for this week
HEALTHY SNACK LIST:
Due to life-threatening peanut/nuts/sesame allergies at every grade level and the fact that we change classes for math and flex groups, we are asking that no peanut/nut/sesame products be sent in for a nutritional snack. Also a list was sent home that stated the food items that will be allowed for snacks. The following items can be brought in: fruit, vegetable sticks, pretzels, cheese slices or cubes, raisins, cereal mix (i.e. Chex Mix), rice cakes, and crackers.
Robert Crown:
Thursday, November 17, 2011 Wednesday, November 30, 2011
7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Brooks Elementary School Patterson Elementary School
2700 Stonebridge Boulevard 3731 Lawrence Drive
Aurora, IL 60502 Naperville, IL 60564
(Stonebridge Subdivision; (Ashbury Subdivision;
West off of Eola Rd.) North off of 104th St. onto Lawrence Dr.)
This unit includes, as part of its material, a visit by our students to the Robert Crown Health Center in Hinsdale.
At the health center, students have a presentation on the growth changes that are about to begin in their bodies with the onset of puberty.They also will see a twenty-minute film on human growth and development.
The purpose of the parents’ meeting is to inform you of the material your child will be seeing and to answer any questions you might have about the Robert Crown student visitation. If you have any questions about this unit or about the meeting, please contact me. I hope you will be able to attend one of the sessions.
NEW READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
There is a new reading incentive program that Mrs. May is doing. To earn the prize, the fifth graders will need to read 400 minutes in a month. That is 20 minutes a night. To learn more about the program go to Mrs. May's blog at mwlmc.blogspot.com.
Important Dates:
Family Math Night Tuesday, November 15 at 6:30
Math Test Wednesday, November 16
Band Concert Wednesday, November 16 at 6:30 at Hill
Robert Crown Parent Session Thursday, November 17(See above)
Paw Print Redemption Day Thursday, November 17
Book Report due on Wednesday, November 30
