Homework 10-21

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-29

Spelling - Contract & Test due 10-27

5P Math - Journal page 81

Language Arts - Memoir due tomorrow

Field Trip for due October 25

Homework 10-20

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-29

5P Math - Study Link 3.6, Study Guide due 10-26, Test 10-27

5G Math - Journal pages 80 & 81

Social Studies - Finish reading lesson 1 if you did not finish and worksheet page 36

Field Trip Form due Monday, October 25

Homework 10-19

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-29

Spelling - Contract & Test for tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 3.5

5G Math - Study Link 3.2

Field Trip Notes due on 10-25

Conference Notes were due yesterday

Homework 10-18

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-29

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday

5P Math - Journal page 74

5G Math - Journal page 85 & Study Link 3.1

Social Studies - Worksheet 35, Read pages 134-135 and do the review question on page 135

PA - Finish Booklet

Field Trip note due 10-25

Parent Teacher Conference Note was due today.  If you have not turned it in please turn it in tomorrow.

Newsletter for the week 10-18

Reading: This week we will finish "We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente" and work with Time for Kids magazines.  The focus skills are drawing conclusions and comparing texts for their theme, settings, characters, problems, and events.  We will finish our comparison charts over Roberto and our read aloud book Island.  The students will partner and complete a comparison chart on two picture books. We will also be working on the extended response.  This week, we will work on answering the question, finding evidence, and interpreting the evidence. The focus skills we will be working on with the TFK magazines are skimming to preview a story and scanning to detect major problems. Vocabualry analysis is another skill that we will continue to focus on.  The students will continue to use context clues to define words. 

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Friday, October 29 and must be done on a sports related book.  For this report, the students will make a newspaper page.  I sent home an outline of the requirements for this report.

Math: In math we have started unit three. We finished the first four lessons which were on the American tour, estimating, finding the angle measures of pattern blocks, using the geometry template, using a protractor, and learning about the different angles.  An obtuse angle is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.  An acute angle is less than 90 degrees.  A right angle is 90 degrees, and a straight angle is 180 degrees.  A reflex angle is greater than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees.  This week the students will learn how to copy line segments and angles using compasses and protractors.  They will also learn the properties of polygons and play polygon capture.  Students will also explore and learn about tesselations.  The last lesson of this week will focus on finding the sum of angles in a polygon. 

Writing: This week we will continue our memoirs.  The students have learned about the structure of a memoir, defined a memoir, made a list of questions to help write a memoir and used a visual tool to assist students in writing their memoir.  They have created a special place map, and are using it to write their first memoir.  The students have started writing their memoirs.  Our mini lessons will focus on using action verbs, combining sentences, adjectives, and replacing overused words.  We will also be working on the book review.  For the first book review we will focus on the introduction, summarizing and recommendation. 

Science: We will go back to science next quarter.

Social Studies: This week we will start chapter 4 which is about Spain building an empire in the Western hemisphere.  The first lesson is about the voyages of Columbus.  Lesson two will focus on the Spanish settling in the Western hemisphere, and Spain conquering the Aztec and Incas.  Lesson three will focus on the Spanish explorers.  The skill for this chapter is using latitude and longitude.

Spelling: Unit 7 Words:
charged       spied       moving       trying       practicing       injured       carrying
tasted       receiving       becoming       lying       dying       realized       provided
fried       created       tallied       carried       revising       wearing       approval
glimpse       braggart       sufficient       qualities       angered       sympathizing
whimpering       ricocheted       crocheting       dyeing       murmur       panicking
identifying       resembling       tornado       hurricane       cumulus       precipitation
evaporation

Important Information:
Parent Teatcher conference notes went home last Thursday.  I need the bottom portion returned to me.
A field trip note went home on Friday.  The field trip is for the Paramount Theatre, and we will be seeing "We the People".  This note needs to be returned to me by Monday, October 25.

Indian Prairie Scool District will host a parents' orientation to our fifth grade health unit on Human Growth and Development.  For your convenience, the district has scheduled two dates.  You can attend any one of the seesions.
1st Session:  Wednesday, November 17 at Brookdale Elementary School
2nd Session: Thursday, December 2 at Kendall Elementary School

Important Dates:

Spelling test Wednesday, October 20
Math Test Tuesday, October 26
Book Report due Friday, October 29

Homework 10-15

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-29

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday, October 20

5G Math - Page 74 if didn't finish

Field Trip form due October 25

Parent Teacher Conference form 10-18

Homework 10-14

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due tomorrow

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday, Oct. 20

5P Math - Journal page 71

5G Math - Study Link 2.9, Journal page 76, Test tomorrow

Field Trip form due 10-25

Parent Teacher Conference forms need to be returned by 10-18

Homework 10-13

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Friday

Social Studies - Test tomorrow

Field Trip Money due 10-25

Homework

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due Friday, Oct. 15

Spelling - Contract & Test due tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 3.3, Mathboxes pg. 67

5G Math - 4 Multiplication Problems with decimals

Social Studies - Test on Thursday

Homework 10-8

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report 10-15

Spelling - Contract & Test due 10-13

Field Trip form due 10-25

Homework 10-7

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-15, 2 TFK worksheets

Spelling - Contract & Test Wednesday, Oct. 13

5P Math - SMJ pages 62 & 63, Study Link 3.2

5G Math - SMJ pages 69 & 70

Social Studies - Worksheet, Test Thursday, Oct. 14

Book Order due tomorrow

Homework 10-6

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-15

5P Math - Study Link 3.1 & Mathboxes 3.1 circled ones only

5G Math - Page 68 in SMJ, 2 division problems, Test is Tuesday

Social Studies - The test has been rescheduled for next week.

Book Order  due Friday

Homework 10-5

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 10-15

Spelling - Contract & Test due tomorrow

5G Math - SMJ pages 66 & 67, 2 division problems

Social Studies - Worksheet

Book Order due Friday

Homework 10-4

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-15

Language Arts - 3 ideas to go with their special place paper

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday

5P Math - Test tomorrow

5G Math - 2 single digit division problems, pages 64, 65, and 63 fixes if not finished

Social Studies - Ws, Finish reading the lesson and fill out the chart if not finished

Book Order due Friday

Homework 10-1

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on October 15

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday, October 6

5P Math - Study guide due Monday 10-4, Test 10-6

Book Order due Friday, October 8

Homework 9-30

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday, October 6

5P Math - Study Link Study Link 2.9, Study Guide due 10/4, Test 10/5

5G Math - Finish page 59, Page 61 in journal

Homework 9-29

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 2.8, study Guide due 10-4, Test 10-5

5G Math - Study Link 2.4

Homework 9-28

Reading - Read 20 Minutes, Book Report due Thursday, Summary about Rosa Parks Advice

Spelling - Contract & Test due tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 2.7, Journal page 39

5G Math - Journal pages 56 & 58

Science - Ws & Test for tomorrow

Homework 9-27

Reading - Read 20 minutes, book report due Sept. 30

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wed., Sept. 29

5P Math - Study Link 2.6

5G Math - Journal pages 54 & 55

Science - Precipitation Worksheet, Test Wednesday

Newsletter for the week of Sept. 27

Reading: This week we will read the story "Dear Mrs. Parks".  This story consists of letters written to Rosa Parks by students, and her replies, on subjects ranging from getting along in school to the changes she has seen in her lifetime.  One of the focus skills is making judgments.  While reading the students will learn to determine if what they read provides reasonable and reliable information.  They will evaluate the author's facts and opinions and then make their judgments.  We will also be working on the extended response.  This week, we will work on answering the question, finding evidence, and starting to interpret the evidence.  Vocabualry analysis is another skill that will be focused on.  The students will continue to use context clues to define words.  The words for this story are ridiculed, dignity, counsel, potential, inspire, correspondence, and mentor.

Math: In math the students have started unit 2.  The students have reviewed traditional method for addition, partial sums, subtraction, open number stories, and estimating.  This week will will learn about probability, latice method for multiplication, partial products, and traditional method for multiplication.  The students will also continue to work on using the landmark data.  This data is: maximum, minimum, range, mode, median, and mean.

Writing: There will be a variety of activities for this week. We will continue working on "storying" which helps students come up with ideas.  With storying this week, the students will continue to listen to memoirs and write down the common characteristics of memoirs.  The students will also learn about the structure of a memoir, and we will define a memoir.  They will also make a list of questions to help them write a memoir and use a visual tool to assist students in writing their memoir.  They have created a special place map, and we will use that map to write their first memoir.  We will also start learning about the book review.  For the first book review we will focus on the introduction, summarizing and recommendation. 

Science: So far this unit the students have learned about the layers of the atmosphere, the three states of matter, the wind vane, the anemometer, and the barometer. The wind vane shows the direction the wind is blowing, and the anemometer shows the speed of the wind.  The barometer measures the air pressure.  The air pressure can be measured in inches or millibars. The students have also learned five properties of air.  These properties are: hot air rises, air takes up space, air is lighter than water, air space changes with temperature, and what can happen when the air temperature changes suddenly.  They also learned about the water cycle and the three cloud types.  This week they will see how a cloud forms and learn about the four types of precipitation.  The test will be on Wednesday.

Social Studies: We will start social studies this week after taking the science test.  The first lesson focuses on traveling the Silk Road and trade in the Eastern Hemisphere.  The second lesson focuses on Africa's trading empires.

Spelling: Unit 3 Words:
parts       history       warning       declare       despair       shirt
learning       backward       border       prepared       harsh 
research       carnival       particular       squirrel       harmful
charms       disorder       favored       remark       correspondence
generations       constitution       literature       assurance       pressure
charisma       aerobic       archery       boundary       architecture
familiar       pleasure       gesture        opinion       armada       quivered
barometer       Mayflower Compact

Important Dates:

Spelling test Wednesday, September 29
Science test Wednesday, September 29
Picture day Wednesday, September 29

Book Report due Thursday, September 30