Book Report: Your book report for April must be on a fantasy or science fiction. The presentation will be Monday, April 30. For this book report you can make a travel brochure, or you can come up with your own idea. For the travel brochure you should include the following items:
- An illustrated cover
- What a guest should bring
- Why someone should come and visit this place
- Directions on how to get there
- Any special features that a person may want to see
- Anything else you would like to include
Math: In math we will continue working on unit 8. The first lesson focused on renaming equilvalent fractions and comparing fractions. The second and third lessons focused on adding and subtracting mixed numbers. Last week we worked on multiplying fractions and multiplying mixed numbers. This week we will continue to work on multiplying mixed numbers and dividing fractions. We will also work on percents of discounts and finding the fraction or percent of a whole.
Writing: This week in writing the students will finish their poetry books, and on Wednesday, they will present one of their poems. This week we will also work on 6 word memoirs. The first step will be to have the students write six word memoirs for characters from a shared reading experience. Next they will write 6 word memoirs for the main characters in the book they are currently reading. Then the kids will write one of their own about their own lives.
Science: We will continue our star unit. The students will learn about the different parts of the sun, which is a star, and the two gases that make up a star. They will also learn about the sizes of stars and their distances. Then we will look at the relationship between star color and temperature. The students will also learn about the ideas of star formation and star destruction. Our last lesson will focus on the 4 four types of galaxies that we see in the universe.
Social Studies: This week in social studies we will look at George Washington's presidency, the Lousiana Purchase, and the War of 1812.
Spelling Unit 25:
slogan radar minutes honest second virus shadow humor salad eleven
closet model volcano private balance radio basis decent fanatic novel
diary textbooks calculated superior centuries laser module miser lotion
bouquet resign scenic awesome finance promise blockade impeach
segregation sharecropping generalization
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
To earn the prize, the fifth graders will need to read 400 minutes for this month. The incentive will be tickets to see the Joliet Lackhammers Minor League baseball team. They will also get a free one-topping personal pan pizza.
Important Dates:
Spelling Test Wednesday, April 18
Science Test Thursday, April 19
Paw Print Redemption Thursday, April 19
Social Studies Quiz Friday, April 20
Book Report due on Monday, April 30
