Homework for Sept. 20

Reading _ Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Sept. 30

Language Arts - Fortunately Book due on Friday

Spelling - Test & Contract due tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 2.2

5B Math - Journal page 39, Study guide, Test on Tues.

5V Math - Study Link 1.12, Test on Thursday

Homework for Sept. 19

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Sept. 30

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday

5P Math - Journal page 31 all problems

Newsletter for the week of Sept. 19

Reading: This week in reading, we will be working on the mini research project. This week they will be planning for their presentation.  The following are the questions they will be required to answer:  1.  What did the person develop/invent, and how was it used?  2.  What impact did this innovation have on society?  3. What was the legacy of this innovation?  Then during their presentation, they will need the following information: 1.  They will need an opening argument.  2.  They will need to prove/defend their person as the most innovative/influential.  This will be done through both an oral/visual presentation.  3. They will need a closing argument.  The focus skills being worked on this week are ask and respond to open ended questions, making connections to real world situations or related topics before and during reading, making inferences and drawing conclusions.  I will be using the following picture books to practice these skills: Ben's Dream and The Garden of Gasazi.  The students will also work on these skills with their independent reading book, and I will be conferencing with them.

Book Report:  Their first book report will be due on Friday, September 30.  The students need to read any award winning book.  Their assignment is to write an A to Z book report. 

Math: In math we are starting unit 2. The first lesson for unit 2 looks at developing strategies for estimating.  The second and third lessons will focus on addition and subtraction.  We will also learn about open number sentences.  On Friday, the students will work on interpreting data.

Writing: This week in writing, we will be doing a variety of activities.  During writer's workshop, the students will finish their own Fortunately book.  We will also be working on our mini research project during writing.  The students will have to prove that their person was the most influential/innovative person.  We will also be doing two quick write arguments.  One will focus on wearing school uniforms, and the other one will focus on the new research about the T.V. show Sponge Bob.  Researchers are saying that children under the age of 4 should not watch this show.

Science: We have been working on our weather unit. The students watched videos on storms, weather instruments, and hurricanes at the beginning of the unit. Then they learned about the layers of the atmosphere. The layers are troposphere, stratosphere, ozone layer, mesosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.  The students have learned about three of the weather instruments. The wind vane tells the direction in which the wind is blowing, and the anemometer tells the speed of the wind.  The barometer measures the atmospheric pressure.  Last week the students learned about the three states of matter.  They are gases, solids, and liquids.  Through experiments, we looked at some of the properties of air.  The students learned that air takes up space and is lighter than water.  They also saw what happens when air molecules are heated and cooled.  Another experiment showed that hot air rises.  This week the students will learn about humidity and relative humidity.  We will also do experiments showing how a cloud is made, the water cycle , and one that shows air pressure.  The students will also go to the computer lab and do research on the clouds.

Social Studies: We will start social studies after we finish our science unit.

Spelling Unit 3:
soul     smoke     move     clue     fruits     lose     chose     stole     prove     produce     juice
drove     Tuesday     rescue     continue     issue     ego     argue     cruise     toll     forehead
include     rehearsal     fourth     course     conducive     ensue     turbulent     tombstone   
suitable     peculiar     acoustic     illusion     camouflage     surgeon     colony     encomienda
missionary     conquistador     atom

PTA REFLECTIONS:  The Project turn in deadline for May Watts' students is October 7.  For more information, please go to http://www.wattspta.org/.  Also, information, rules, and entry forms can be downloaded at www.ptareflections.org/cs/rules and documents or contact the Reflections Chair, Amy Toepper, at amytoepper@hotmail.com
This years theme is "Diversity Means..."

Band/Orchestra: The lessons for this week are only during the school day.  Before school band/orchestra begins the week of September 26th.

Important Dates:
PTA General Meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Spelling Test Wednesday, September 21
Paw Print Redemption Thursday, September 22
Book Report due on Friday, September 30

Homework for Sept. 16

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Sept. 30

Spelling - Test & Contract due on Wednesday

Homework for Sept. 15

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Sept. 30

Spelling - Test & Contract for Wednesday, Sept. 21

5B Math - Study Link 1.11, Page 38 optional

Chorus & Eco Club forms due tomorrow

Homework for Sept. 14

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Sept. 30

5B Math - Study Link 1.9

5V Math - Study Link 1.9 only page 1

Homework for Sept. 13

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Sept. 30

Spelling - Sentences & Test for tomorrow

5P Math - Test tomorrow

5B Math - Study Link 1.8

5V Math - Study Link 1.8 & Mathboxes 1.9 #s 1, 2, 3

Homework for Monday, Sept. 12

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Sept. 30

Spelling - Sentences & Test for Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 1.9, Study Guide due tomorrow, Test on Wednesday

5B Math - Study Link 1.7

Newsletter for the week of September 12

Reading: This week in reading, we will be working on the mini research project. This week they will be doing the research.  On Monday, the students will learn how to analyze an article and find the important information for their research.  The following are the questions they will be required to answer:  1.  What did the person develop/invent, and how was it used?  2.  What impact did this innovation have on society?  3. What was the legacy of this innovation?  Then during their presentation, they will need the following information: 1.  They will need an opening argument.  2.  They will need to prove/defend their person as the most innovative/influential.  This will be done through both an oral/visual presentation.  3. They will need a closing argument.  The focus skills being worked on this week are ask and respond to open ended questions, making connections to real world situations or related topics before and during reading, making inferences and drawing conclusions.  The students will also work on these skills with their independent reading book.

Book Report:  Their first book report will be due on Friday, September 30.  The students need to read any award winning book.  Their assignment is to write an A to Z book report. 

Math: In math we are on unit 1. The first lessons of this unit focused on number models and arrays.  We focused on finding all the factors of a number and the divisibility rules for 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10. This past week we learned about prime and composite numbers and square numbers. A prime number has exactly two factors and a composite number has more than two. The students also learned how to find the square root of a number.  Next week, we will work on prime factorization of a number.  Then on Tuesday, we will go over the study guide, and their test will be on Wednesday.  The first lesson for unit 2 looks at developing strategies for estimating.

Writing: This week in writing, we will be doing a variety of activities.  During writer's workshop, the students will continue working on their own Fortunately book.  We will also be working on a mini research project during writing.  The students will have to prove that their person was the most influential/innovative person.

Science: We have been working on our weather unit. The students watched videos on storms, weather instruments, and hurricanes at the beginning of the unit. Then they learned about the layers of the atmosphere. The layers are troposphere, stratosphere, ozone layer, mesosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.  The students have learned about three of the weather instruments. The wind vane tells the direction in which the wind is blowing, and the anemometer tells the speed of the wind.  The barometer measures the atmospheric pressure.  This upcoming week the students will learn about the three states of matter.  They are gases, solids, and liquids.  Through experiments, we will also look at some of the properties of air.  The students will learn that air takes up space and is lighter than water.  They will also see what happens when air molecules are heated and cooled.  Another experiment will show that hot air rises.  At the end of the week they will learn about humidity and relative humidity.
We will do a discussion about 911.
Social Studies: We will start social studies after we finish our science unit.

Spelling Unit 2:
stayed     brain     thief     meat     flight     style     delighted     daily     breathe     meanwhile
believes     tonight     increased     explained     slightly     payment     brief     tray     byte
raise     tight     type     remain     chief     pleaded     accommodate     decrease     intermediate
league     decisive     indicate     propane     righteous     acquaintance     relieved     molecule
voyage     compensation     expedition     connotation

Important Dates:
Spelling Test Wednesday, September 14
5P Math Test Wednesday, September 14
Curriculum night Thursday, September 15
Book Report due on Friday, September 30

Homework for Sept. 9

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Sept. 30

Spelling - Sentences & Test for Wednesday, Sept. 14

5P Math - Study Links 1.7, 1.8 (if not finished), Study Guide due on Tuesday, Sept. 13, Test on Wednesday, Sept. 14

Book Order - If you are ordering online, Sunday is the last day to place an order.

Homework for Sept. 8

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Spelling - Sentences & Test due Wednesday, Sept. 14

5P Math - Mathboxes page 22, Study guide due Tuesday, Sept. 13, Test Wednesday, Sept. 14

5B Math - Study Link 1.6

5V Math - Study Link 1.7

Science - Worksheet

Book Order due tomorrow

Homework for Sept. 7

Reading - Read 20 Minutes

5P Math- Study Link 1.6

5B Math - Study Link 1.5

5V Math - Finish Graph, Write Paragraph, Study Link 1.6

Science- Barometer Worksheet

Book Order due on Friday

Newsletter for the week of September 5

Reading: This week in reading, we will be doing a variety of activities. The students will continue working on their fluency through lessons focusing on the elements of fluency: accuracy, speed, comprehension, and expression. I will also be conducting formal reading conferences with each of the students to listen to their fluency, and the students will be writing reflections in their response journals.  We will also be starting a mini research project.  This week the students will learn about relevant and reliable information.  We look over the questions and discuss them.  Then on Friday they will select their groups and their topic.  The focus skills being taught this week are ask and respond to open ended questions, making connections to real world situations or related topics before and during reading, making inferences and drawing conclusions.  These skills will be taught with picture books this week and they will carry over to the research project.  The students will also work on these skills with their independent reading book.

Grammar: We will be focusing on nouns and verbs this week.

Math: In math we are on unit 1.  The first lessons of this unit focused on number models and arrays.  Last week we focused on finding all the factors of a number and the divisibility rules for 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10. This week we will learn about prime and composite numbers and square numbers.  A prime number has exactly two factors and a composite number has more than two.  The students will also learn how to find the square root of a number.

Writing: This week in writing, we will be doing a variety of activities. The students will look at the steps of the writing process and establish a writer's workshop routine. During writer's workshop, I will read the book Fortunately, and the students will create their own Fortunately book.  Lessons on revising and editing will be incorporated into their Fortunately book.

Science: We have been working on our weather unit.  The students watched videos on storms, weather instruments, and hurricanes at the beginning of the unit.  Then they learned about the layers of the atmosphere.  The layers are troposphere, stratosphere, ozone layer, mesosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.  Last week we continued learning about the layers of the atmosphere and also learned about two of the weather instruments. The wind vane tells the direction in which the wind is blowing, and the anemometer tells the speed of the wind. This week the students will learn about the barometer.  The barometer measures the atmospheric pressure.

Social Studies: We will start social studies after we finish our science unit.

Spelling Unit 1:
master     ahead     build     front     meant     bread     ready     busy     quit     mother     above
does     advantage     business     sweater     plastic     balance     limit     among     dozen
activity     building     heavy     biscuit     purpose     astonish     symmetric     cyclical    
abandon     subsequent     expository     abundant     accomplish     mishap     extraordinary
atmosphere     exploration     weather     territory     troposphere

Important Dates:
No School Monday, September 5
No School Tuesday, September 6
Spelling Test Wednesday, September 7
Band & Orchestra Registration at Hill 4:00 - 8:00 on Friday, September 9
5P Math Test Wednesday, September 14
Curriculum night Thursday, September 15

Homework for Sept. 1

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Spelling - Sentences due on Wednesday & Test Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 1.5 & Mathboxes page 11

5B Math - Quiz on Wednesday

5V Math - Quiz on Wednesday

Newsletter for Wednesday, August 31

Reading - Read 20 minutes

5P Math - Mathboxes page 15 problems 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

5B Math - Study Link 1.4, Quiz on Friday

5V Math Accel. - Study Link 1.4, Quiz Friday

Science - Quiz over the layers tomorrow

Homework for August 30

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Writing - What I have learned so far?

5P Math - Study Link 1.4, Mathboxes 1.4 problems 1, 3, 4

5B Math - Study Link 1.3

5V Math - Study Link 1.3 Mathboxes 1c, 2, 4

Science - Quiz over the layers of the atmosphere

Me in a bag due tomorrow

Homework for Monday, August 29

Reading - Read 20 minutes

5P Math - Study Link 1.3

5V Math - Study Link 1.2 & Mathboxes 2, 3, 5

5B Math - Study Link 1.2

Science - Quiz over the layers of the atmosphere on Thursday

Me in a Bag due on Wednesday

Newsletter for the week of August 29

Reading: This week in reading, we will be doing a variety of activities.  The students will work on their fluency through lessons focusing on the elements of fluency: accuracy, speed, comprehension, and expression.  I will also be conducting formal reading conferences with each of the students to listen to their fluency.  The students will also be writing reflections in their response journals, and they will present their Me in a Bag.

Grammar:  We will be focusing on nouns and verbs this week.  

Math: In math we are on unit 1.  Last week we learned about number models and arrays.  This week we will focus on finding all the factors of a number and the divisibility rules for 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10.  We will  also learn about prime and composite numbers and square numbers.

Writing: This week in writing, we will be doing a variety of activities.  The students will learn why it is important to write about topics that are important to them.  They will also learn what makes a good writer, and why writing is crucial.  We will also look at the steps of the writing process and establish a writer's workshop routine.  During writer's workshop, I will read the book Fortunately, and the students will create their own Fortunately book.

Science: We started our weather unit last week.  On Wednesday and Thursday the students watched videos on storms, weather instruments, and hurricanes.  On Friday the students learned about the layers of the atmosphere.  The layers are troposphere, stratosphere, ozone layer, mesosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.  They will have a quiz over the layers on Thursday.  This week we will continue learning about the layers of the atmosphere and also learn about the weather instruments.  The wind vane tells the direction in which the wind is blowing, and the anemometer tells the speed of the wind.  The barometer tells the pressure.

Social Studies: We will start social studies after we finish our science unit.

Spelling Unit:
There are no spelling words for this week.

Important Dates:
Market Day Pick Up Tuesday, August 30
Me in a Bag presentation due Wednesday, August 31
Quiz over the layers of the atmosphere Thursday, September 1
No School Monday, September 5
No School Tuesday, September 6
Band & Orchestra Registration at Hill 4:00 - 8:00 on Friday, September 9

Homework 8-26

Reading - Read 20 Minutes

5P Math - Study Link 1.2

Science - Quiz over layers of the atmosphere on Thursday, Sept. 1

Me in a bag due on Wednesday, August 31

Welcome Back to School!

Welcome to 5P. This BLOG serves as the 5P newsletter, updated each week. Here you will find information about what we have done, will be doing in the coming week, spelling lists, and even links to websites that will come in handy. It was nice seeing everyone at "Meet and Greet" on August 17th. If you need the supply list go to the following link:http://watts.ipsd.org/uploads/About/SupplyLists2010-2011.pdf There will be a lot more information posted here as the year gets started. I am looking foward to working with your son or daughter and I intend to make their fifth grade experience educational, challenging, and FUN!