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. Then we moved on to multiplying fractions and multiplying mixed numbers. Last week we continued to work on multiplying mixed numbers and dividing fractions. We also worked on percents of discounts. This week we will find the fraction or percent of a whole. Our test for this unit is on Wednesday.
Writing: This week in writing the students will share their 6 word memoirs about the characters in their book. They will also write a 6 word memoir about their life. After we finish our memoirs we will be doing a piece on flipping lunch and recess. The prompt is: Would kids behavior in the lunchroom be better if recess was before lunch? The students will develop interview questions and research the benefits of recess. Then they will go and interview students to get their opinion. After interviewing them, the information will be compiled and a class paper will be written.
Science: This week in science we will finish our star unit with constellations. Then we will start our last unit which is small life. The first lesson will focus on the parts of a microscope. The students will also use water drop lenses to see how a bigger lense does not magnify as good as a smaller lense. We will also compare the size of specimens.
Social Studies: This week in social studies we are going to research the Lewis and Clark expedition and with a partner they are gong to make a brochure to encourage Americans to settle in the West.
Spelling Unit 26:
quiet trial fuel poem diet nucleus cruel Indian fluid violin
museum dial ruin influence triumph violent theater liar leotard
koala journey obstacle accomplishment desperate calm beneath leisure
protein receiver pleasant measures appointment weather sweatshirt journalist
Reconstruction Gettysburg Civil War Appomattox Amendment
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:
Planetarium Field Trip Monday, April 23
Spelling Test Wednesday, April 23
Math Test on Wednesday. April 25
Earth Day Assembly Thursday, April 26
Book Report due on Monday, April 30
