Reading: This week we will read "Iditarod Dream". The focus skills are drawing conclusions and comparing ways in which kinds of literature are organized. We will continue working on the extended response. This week, we will work on answering the question, finding evidence, and interpreting the evidence. Vocabulary analysis is another skill that we will continue to focus on. We will work on prefixes, suffixes, and root words. The students will also 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. Last week the students learned how to copy line segments and angles using compasses and protractors. They also learned the properties of polygons and play polygon capture. This week the students will explore and learn about tesselations. The last lesson will focus on finding the sum of angles in a polygon.
Writing: This week we will work on a book review. For the book review we will focus on the introduction, summarizing, strengths, weaknesses, and recommendation. Our mini lessons will focus on using the 4 square organizer, combining sentences, and adjectives.
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. Last week the students learned how to copy line segments and angles using compasses and protractors. They also learned the properties of polygons and play polygon capture. This week the students will explore and learn about tesselations. The last lesson will focus on finding the sum of angles in a polygon.
Writing: This week we will work on a book review. For the book review we will focus on the introduction, summarizing, strengths, weaknesses, and recommendation. Our mini lessons will focus on using the 4 square organizer, combining sentences, and adjectives.
Science: We will go back to science next quarter.
Social Studies: This week we will finish 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 8 Words:
American frozen button chapter tractor golden taken harbor
father color ancestor hidden hamburger theater weather beckon
cannon comparison elder turban desperate frostbitten laden
emergency straighten forbidden sovereign battalion examine amplifier
renovator reverberate calendar interpreter wanderer proprietor Conestoga
indigo despair Congress
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 27
Social Studies test Wednesday, October 27
Math Test Thursday, October 28
Book Report due Friday, October 29
Halloween Parties Friday, October 29
Report cards go home on Friday, October 29
No school Tuesday, November 2 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Social Studies test Wednesday, October 27
Math Test Thursday, October 28
Book Report due Friday, October 29
Halloween Parties Friday, October 29
Report cards go home on Friday, October 29
No school Tuesday, November 2 - Parent Teacher Conferences
