Book Report: Your book report for December must be a biography, memoir, or autobiography. The presentation will be Wednesday, December 21. For this book report you can select from one of my examples, or you can come up with your own idea. You need to provide a detailed account of the person’s life, have a visual, and give a presentation.
Here are a few examples:
Example #1:
Illustration of your person
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Write a summary about your person's life
Do you think it was a good idea to write a biography about this person? Why or why not?
Example #2:
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Example #3: Power Point
Photo Collage
Birth & Childhood
Education
Adulthood - Family and jobs they had before becoming famous
What made them famous
Interesting facts about your person
Later Years/Death
Math: In math we have started unit 5. The first lesson focused on solving parts and whole problems with fractions and finding a fraction of a whole. We have also worked on converting fractions from mixed numbers to improper fractions and converting them from improper fractions to mixed numbers. Last week we compared and ordered fractions and found equivalent fractions. The students also learned how to convert fractions to decimals and rounding decimals. Last week, we continued to work on converting fractions, to decimals and worked on equivalent fractions. We also constructed, read, and labeled bar and circle graphs. This week we will use a percent circle to measure the different pieces of a circle graph and construct our own circle graphs.
Writing: This week in writing we will be working on developing a marketing plan. There will be more mini lessons on marketing and the different ways companies try to sell their products. The students have been put into groups, and their group picked one item to develop a marketing plan and advertise the item. They can select how they would like to present this item: TV ad, radio ad, billboard, print ads, a web page, or Prezi. The students need to think about who is your target and develop a marketing plan to reach the audience. These will be presented in class.
Science: In science we have focused on the atom and magnets. The students learned that an atom is made up of protons, neutrons, electrons, and a nucleus. They also learned about ions. We discussed the periodic table of elements, and the students learned how to read it. After learning about the periodic table of elements, the students drew atoms. They also learned the difference between an element and a molecule. We used the interactive periodic table of elements to learn more about each element. Last week we built a salt crystal using play-doh and started learning about magnets. In the first lesson, students observed three different rocks looking at their similarities and differences. In this lesson they learned that there is a type of rock with magnetic qualities called lodestone. In the next lesson, students learned how magnets got their name, and they did an experiment to see if a one unit magnet or a two unit magnet held more paper clips. This week in science we will continue to do experiments with magnets. On Monday, the students will learn how to make a magnet. Then the students will see the magnetic field around different magnets. On Wednesday, the students will learn where a magnet is the strongest and which magnet is the strongest. They will also see what objects magnets attract and what substances magnetism can pass through.
Social Studies: We finished our social studies unit and will move on to science for the rest of the quarter.
Spelling Unit 13:
anyway any way all right every one everyone already all ready a lot its
it's your you're who's whose there's theirs anyone any one altogether
all together continents wavelength particles dangerous eventually minuscule
millennium occurrence anoint ridiculous aerobic acreage eccentric luxurious
apostrophe symbol petition repeal delegate Boston Tea Party
BOX TOPS:
The PTA is always collecting box tops. They can be found on many different products such as: Progresso soups, Kleenex boxes, Suddenly Salad, Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, and many more products. Check all of your purchased goods and send in your box tops. This is an easy way for the school to make money to enrich our children at May Watts.
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.
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. Minutes will be checked on January 9.
Important Dates:
Spelling Test Wednesday, December 14
Pro-Kids Assembly Wednesday, December 14 at 10:30 a.m.
Pro-Kids Family Night Wednesday, December 14: K-2 6:00 p.m., Grades 3-5 7:45 p.m.
Math Test Thursday, December 15
Paw Print Redemption Thursday, December 15
Science Test Monday, December 19
Book Report due Wednesday, December 21
