Homework for Oct. 14

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Oct. 31

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday

5B Math - Test on Thursday

5V Math - Test Tuesday

Social Studies - Test on Tuesday

P.E. - Homework due on Monday

Homework for Oct. 13

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Extra Credit Book Report due tomorrow

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday

5P Math - SL 3.3, Journal page 65 #s 1, 2, & 3

5B Math - SL 2.10, Test Thursday

5V Math - SL 2.10 #s 1-10, Test on Tuesday

P.E. Homework due on Monday

Homework for Oct. 12

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Extra credit book report due on Friday

All Math Classes- If they did not finish their homework from yesterday they need to complete it for tomorrow.

Social Studies - Jamestown questions if they were not done.

Homework for Oct. 11

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Extra Credit Book Report due on Friday

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 3.2 #s 1, 2, and select 3 from the practice, Journal page 65 #s 2, 3 and select 1 from 6

5B Math - Study Link 2.9

5V Math - Study Link 2.9, Journal 2.9 #s 2, 3, & 5, Test

Market Day Order forms for pies are due on Oct. 19

Newsletter for the week of October 10

Reading: This week in reading, we will focus on poetry.  The students will read various poems with partners and work on their fluency skills.  We will also work on figurative language this week.  Students will learn about similes, metaphors, hyperboles, idioms, personification, and onomatopoeias.  Similes and metaphors compare two things.  The difference is that similes use like or as.  Onomatopoeias use words that actually sound like what it means.  For example, the words whack, bam, buzz, hiss are all onomatopoeias.  Hyperboles are exaggerations used for a dramatic effect.  Personification gives something human traits.  For example, the tulips bowed as we walked pass them.  An idiom is a common expression used to mean something else.  For example, it's raining cats and dogs.

Book Report:  The book report due on October 14 is an extra credit report.  The student have two options to select from.  Option #1: Write a letter to the main character in your book.  Tell him/her how you feel about him/her, and what he/she did in the book.  Would you have done anything differently?  Tell the main character your thoughts about the book.  Option #2: Make a book jacket for your book.  Be sure to include author, title, and illustration on the front cover.  On the inside flaps write a summary about the book.  Make sure you include the characters, setting, plot, conflict, and solution.

Math: In math we started unit 3.  The first two lessons focus on data collection, organization, and interpreting data.  The third lesson will focus on finding the measurements of angles inside a polygon without using a protractor.  The students will use a circle to figure out these measurements.

Writing: This week in writing, we will write the rough draft of their memoirs.  I will also conference with the students when they are finished writing their rough draft.  After they conference with me, they will write their final copy.  There will also be mini lessons on fluency, transitions, editing/revising, and using good word choice.  

Science: We will go back to science after finishing our social studies chapters for this quarter.

Social Studies: Chapter 4 was our first chapter in social studies, and this chapter focused on the Spanish building an empire in the Western hemisphere. The first lesson focused on Columbus's expeditions. The second lesson focused on longitude and latitude. The next lesson focused on the Spanish meeting the Aztec. This lesson also discussed how the Spanish defeated the Aztec empire. The last lesson for this chapter focused on how the Spanish built their new life in the Western hemisphere.  This week we will start chapter 5 which focuses on other European nations starting to colonize in the Western hemisphere.  The students will learn about the lost colony of Roanoke and the first permanent colony Jamestown.  They will also learn about the Dutch and the French starting colonies.  We have not taken a test because both of these chapters focus on the beginning of colonization in this hemisphere.

Spelling Unit 6:
treasure     capture     feature     pleasure     measure     creature     picture     adventure
mixture     structure     pasture     culture     literature     furniture     temperature    
legislature     immature     leisure     premature     signature     recruited     persistent
league     devastation     inspiration     caricature     assure     cashier     immeasurable
posture     overture     compromise     lethargic     beneficial     appreciative     vegetables
sentences     tolerate     debtor     elevation

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.

FAMILY READING NIGHT FOR GRADES 2-5: All the fifth grade teachers will be there.
Family Reading Night will take place on Tuesday, October 11 from 6:15 - 7:45 with the theme of Reading is for Meaning. The purpose of this evening is to be introduced to the different stages of reading and to understand that reading goes beyond word recognition. The primary focus will be on Newly Fluent and Truly Fluent readers through exploring text complexity in the various genres of literature. Matching readers to text that supports interactive and engaged reading is an important part of building student comprehension. Plan to come and attend 3 different breakout sessions. The registration form is due on Friday, October 7. You must register to attend.  If you still want to attend, you can send in the registration note on Tuesday.

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. To learn more about the program go to Mrs. May's blog at mwlmc.blogspot.com.

Important Dates:
No School Monday, October 10
Fundraiser due on Tuesday, October 11
Spelling Test Wednesday, October 12
Family Reading Night Tuesday, October 11 from 6:00 - 8:00
Early Dismissal 12:15 on Wednesday, October 12

Homework for Oct. 7

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Extra Credit Book Report due on Oct. 14, Required Book Report due on Oct. 31

Spelling - Test & Contract due on Wednesday

Fundraiser due on Oct. 11

Homework for Oct. 6

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Extra Credit book report due Oct. 14, TFK if they are not done

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday, Oct. 12

5P Math - Study Link 3.1

5B Math - Study Link 2.8

5V Math - Journal page 69 #s 3, 4, &5 2.8

Fundraiser due on Oct. 11

Homework for Oct. 5

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Extra Credit book report due on Oct. 14

5B Math - Study Link 2.7 due Thursday

5V Math - Math boxes page 65 #s 3, 4, & 5

Picture Day tomorrow

Fundraiser due on Oct. 11

Homework for October 4

Reading read 20 minutes, Extra Credit Book Report due on Oct. 14,

Spelling - Contract & Test due tomorrow

5P Math - Test tomorrow, Study Link 2.10 practice problems only

5B Math - Quiz tomorrow Review 2.3, 2.4, & 2.5, SMJ 2.7

5V Math - Pages 62 & 63, Mathboxes page 64 #s 1, 2, 3, & 4

Picture Day Thursday

Fundraiser due on Oct. 11

Homework for Oct. 3

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 2.8, 2.9, Study Guide due tomorrow, Test on Wednesday

5B Math - Study Link 2.6

5V Math - Page 59 & 60, 61 # 1 & 4

Social Studies - Worksheet

Newsletter for the week of October 3

Reading: This week in reading, we will finish the story Sees Behind Trees and read articles from Time for Kids.  On Monday, we will work on vocabulary and open ended responses from Sees Behind Trees.  With the TFK issue that focuses on Hurricane Irene, we will be making connections to our science unit.  Our focus skills for this week are making connections to real world situations before and during reading, making inferences while reading nonfiction texts, and using a combination of word analysis skills when attacking new words. With another TFK, which focuses on monarch butterflies, we will focus on the author's purpose for writing this article, and the students will have to find evidence to support their answer. 

Book Report:

Math: In math we are working on unit 2. The first lesson for unit 2 looked at developing strategies for estimating.  The second and third lessons focused on addition and subtraction.  We learned about open number sentences, and the students worked on interpreting data.  Last week the students learned about probability and estimating products.  They also worked on multiplying using partial product, lattice, and the traditional method.  This week we will finish this unit working on place value and reviewing multiplication.  The test is on Wednesday.

Writing: This week in writing, we will continue learning about memoirs.  The students will finish looking at different author's memoirs and analyzing the components that make up a memoir. After looking at these components, we will define what a memoir is and look at the structure of a memoir.  The memoir will be introduced to the students by making a special memory map and placing a X on the map marking an important image.  From there the students will give an oral telling of their special place to different students in the class.  After the oral telling, we will start planning out our memoir, and the students will start writing a rough draft.  There will also be a short lesson on using transitions in our writing.  On Friday, we will do another debate on using social-network sites.  One of our issues of Time for Kids poses the following question: Should kids use social-networking sites? 

Science: We will go back to science after finishing our social studies chapters for this quarter.

Social Studies: We started social studies last Thursday.  Chapter 4 will be our first chapter in social studies, and this chapter focuses on the Spanish building an empire in the Western hemisphere.  The first lesson will focus on Columbus's expeditions.  The second lesson will focus on longitude and latitude.  The next lesson will focus on the Spanish meeting the Aztec.  This lesson will also discuss on the Spanish defeated the Aztec empire.  The last lesson for this chapter will focus on how the Spanish built their new life in the Western hemisphere.

Spelling Unit 5:
percent     absence     years     refused     ancient     pressure     machine     notice     scene
station     social     special     parachute     specialty     detention      constitution    
advertisement     advise     cities     chalet     sincere     tissue     resident     magician     medicine
appreciate     atrocious     innocence     intercept     asymmetrical     symmetry     cemetery
ceremony     scenic     permission     Sachem     tentative     servant     cash crop     multiplication

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. 

FAMILY READING NIGHT FOR GRADES 2-5:
Family Reading Night will take place on Tuesday, October 11 from 6:15 - 7:45 with the theme of Readingis for Meaning.  The purpose of this evening is to be introduced to the different stages of reading and to understand that reading goes beyond word recognition.  The primary focus will be on  Newly Fluent and Truly Fluent readers through exploring text complexity in the various genres of literature.  Matching readers to text that supports interactive and engaged reading is an important part of building student comprehension.  Plan to come and attend 3 different breakout sessions.  The registration form is due on Friday, October 7.  You must register to attend.

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.  To learn more about the program go to Mrs. May's blog at mwlmc.blogspot.com.

FAMILY SELF DEFENSE NIGHT (from Mrs. Andrews):
The safety of our children is of great importance to all of us.  We can do our best to keep them safe at home and school, but situations may arise that we cannot control.  These incidents can happen anywhere, at any time, and with anyone.  It is not just an issue in the big cities or always a "stranger danger" attack.  Parents are often unsure of what to say to their young children and how much information they should provide to them.  Mrs. Andrews will provide an age appropriate, hands om self-defense workshop in which you may participate with your family.  When parents are in attendance, they can see first hand what she plans to cover.  Your child can practice these techniques on their parents or adult family members.  Competence and confidence in self-defense techniques can relieve anxiety and is a good resource for your child.  The majority of self-defense is avoidance of dangerous situations and good information.   That will be her focus. They will be practicing physical defense, so please wear comfortable clothing and gym shoes.  Older siblings and all family members are encouraged to participate.  Permission slips were sent home, but Mrs. Keene has them in the office.  Mrs. Andrews also has extra permission slips.  The number of participates will be limited due to safety and space needs, so be sure to return the permission slip.  This event will be held on Wednesday, October 5 from 6:30 - 8:30 for K-5 students and parents.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Andrews at terri_andrews@ipsd.org or 428-6709.

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..."

Important Dates:
Track & Field Monday, October 3
Math Test Wednesday, October 5
Spelling Test Wednesday, October 5
Self-Defense Night Wednesday, October 5 from 6:30 - 8:30
Picture Day Thursday, October 6
Paw Print Redemption Day Thursday, October 6
No School Monday, October 10
Family Reading Night Tuesday, October 11 from 6:00 - 8:00
Early Dismissal 12:00 on Wednesday, October 12

Homework for Sept. 30

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Spelling - Test & Contract for Wednesday

5P Math - Study Guide due Tuesday, Test on Wednesday

5V Math - Need a compostion notebook

Picture Day on Thursday

Fundraiser Oct. 11

Homework for Sept. 29

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due tomorrow

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday

5P Math - Journal page 49 #s 1, 3, 4, & 5, Study Guide due on Tuesday, Test on Wednesday

5B Math - Mathboxes page 58

5V Math - Study Link 2.4, Mathboxes 2.4 #s 1 & 2

Book Order due tomorrow

Picture Day next Thursday

Fundraiser due on Oct. 11

Homework for Sept. 28

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Friday

5P Math - Study Link 2.7

5B Math - Study Link 2.3

5V Math - Journal page 58 # 4, Study Link 2.2

Book Order due on Friday

Fundraiser due on October 11

Homework for Sept. 27

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due Friday

Spelling - Test & Contract for Wednesday

5P Math - Journal pages 42 & 46 selected numbers

5V Math - SL 2.1, Journal pages 54 & 58 # 5 only

Science - Test & Crossword for tomorrow

Book Order due on Friday

Fundraiser due October 11

Homework for Sept. 26

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Friday

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 2.5, 2.6

5B Math - Mathboxes page 51, Test Tuesday & Study Guide due on Tuesday

Science - Crossword puzzle due on Wednesday, Test Wednesday

Book Order due on Friday 

Newsletter for the week of Sept. 26

Reading: This week in reading, we will be reading the story Sees Behind Trees.  This story is about a Native American boy, Walnut, who overcomes his poor eyesight to show his community his unusual skill and earns his adult name.  The skills we will focus on are asking and answering open ended questions using evidence from the text to support their answer, and identifying main plot elements, conflicts, and themes in a variety of texts.  We will also focus on the vocabulary for the story to work on using context clues to define words.  The words for this sotry are: quiver, tread, moss, sternly, exaggerate, and compose.

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.  They will present this report to the class. 

Math: In math we are working on unit 2. The first lesson for unit 2 looked at developing strategies for estimating.  The second and third lessons focused on addition and subtraction.  We learned about open number sentences, and the students worked on interpreting data.  This week the students will learn about probability and estimating products.  They will also work on multiplying using partial product, lattice, and the traditional method.  We will finish this week working on place value.

Writing: This week in writing, we will finish up our argument about Sponge Bob.  We will be taking a district writing assessent to get a baseline on the students' abilities.  This will be a timed expository prompt.  We will also begin our unit on memoirs with immersion this week.  The students will start looking at different author's memoirs and analyzing the components that make up a memoir.

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.  The students also 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.  Last week the students learned about humidity and relative humidity.  We also did experiments showing how a cloud is made, the water cycle , and one that shows air pressure.  The students went to the computer lab and did research on the clouds.  This week, the students will learn about the four types of precipitation.  We will review for the test on Tuesday, and the test is on Wednesday.

Social Studies: We will start social studies on Thursday.  Chapter 4 will be our first chapter in social studies, and this chapter focuses on the Spanish building an empire in the Western hemisphere.  The first lesson will focus on Columbus's expeditions.  The second lesson will focus on longitude and latitude.

Spelling Unit 4:
parts     history     warning     declare     despair     shirt     learning     backward     border
prepared     harsh     research     carnival     particular     squirrel     harmful     charms
disorder     favored     remark     correspondence     discouraged     generations
constitution     literature     assurance     pressure     charisma     aerobic     archery    
boundary     architecture     familiar     pleasure     gesture     opinion     armada     quavered
barometer     Mayflower Compact

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: Before school band/orchestra begins this week.

Important Dates:
Track & Field Monday, September 26 & if it rains it will be on Wednesday
Author Visit Tuesday, September 27
Spelling Test Wednesday, September 28
Science Test Wednesday, September 28
CogAT Testing Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday
Book Report due on Friday, September 30
Math Test Tuesday, October 4

Homework for Sept. 23

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

Spelling - Test & Contract due Wednesday

Science - Test Wednesday

5B Math - Test & Study Guide for Tuesday

Homework for Sept. 22

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

Language Arts - Fortunately Book due tomorrow

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 2.4

5B Math - Study Link 2.1, Test and study guide Tuesday

Homework for Sept. 21

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

Language Arts - Fortunately book due on Friday

5P Math - Study Link 2.3, Journal page 36

5B Math - Study Link 1.12, Study guide due Tuesday, Test on Tuesday

5V Math - Test Thursday, Mock Test for Thursday

Science - Test on Wednesday