Homework for Nov. 4

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Nov. 30
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday

Homework for Nov. 3

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

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday

5P Math - Journal page 101

5B Math - Study Link 3.7

Homework for Nov. 2

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on November 30

5P Math - Study Link 4.1

5B Math - Quiz on Thursday

5V Math - Study Link 3.7

Homework for November 1

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on November 30

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday

5P Math - Journal page 100 #s 1, 3, 4

5B Math - Journal page 106

5V Math- Study Link 3.5

Please Return Report Card Envelopes

Homework for Oct. 31

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Spelling - Test & Contract due Wednesday

Report Card Envelopes Need To Be Returned

Newsletter for the week of October 31

Reading: This week in reading, we will read the story We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente. We will continue with vocabulary and using context clues to define words.  The words for this week are dedicated, lineup, ace, error, artificial, and control tower.  One of our focus skills for this week is the reading strategy of SCAN and RUN.  The S stands for survey headings and turn them into questions.  C is capture the pictures/graphics/maps.  The A stands for attack boldface words, and N means to note and read the lesson questions.  In RUN, R stands for read and adjust speed.  U stands for use word attack skills, and N means notice and check parts you do not understand.  We will also work on using graphic organizers and outlining to understand what we read. 

Book Report: The next book report is due on October 31, and the students will present this to the class. For this report, they will need to make a newspaper page. The assignment has the requirements copied on the back. If you have any questions about this report please let me know.

Math: In math we will start unit 4.  The first lesson will focus on using friendly numbers to divide.  Then we will work on dividing using the traditional method and partial quotients.  This week the students will also learn strategies for estimating straight path distances using a map scale.

Writing: This week in writing, the students will continue to create a written story for a wordless picture book. We will also continue working on our dead word book. This book will have a graveyard of overused words, and the students will make a list of synonyms for those words. I also would like to do a lesson on the use of transitions to make our sentences sound more fluent.

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

Social Studies: This week in groups, the students will continue to create their own colony and develop a vision of their colony 3 years out. They will have to develop a political system, create a flag, name the colony, create a story of the discovery, map the location, figure out a 3 year plan to pay back their charter, and look at the economy. Each group will then present their colony on Friday to the class.

Spelling Unit 9:
level     double     metal     evil     travel     couple     needle     battle     candle     article
equal     civil     capital     original     individual     material     angel     camel     illegal
stencil     brindle     possible     personality     wilderness     humorous     morsel
superficial     inseparable     indomitable     astronomical     indispensable     impeccable
beautiful     technological     hysterical     atom     proton     electron     molecule     element

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.

Robert Crown:
Indian Prairie School District #204 will host a parents’ orientation to our fifth grade health unit on Human Growth and Development. For your convenience, we have scheduled two dates. Please feel free to attend any one of the sessions as follows:

Thursday, November 17, 2011                                                      Wednesday, November 30, 2011
7:00 p.m.                                                                                         7:00 p.m.
Brooks Elementary School                                                              Patterson Elementary School
2700 Stonebridge Boulevard                                                           3731 Lawrence Drive
Aurora, IL 60502                                                                             Naperville, IL 60564
(Stonebridge Subdivision;                                                               (Ashbury Subdivision;
West off of Eola Rd.)                                                                       North off of 104^th St. onto Lawrence Dr.)

This unit includes, as part of its material, a visit by our students to the Robert Crown Health Center in Hinsdale.

At the health center, students have a presentation on the growth changes that are about to begin in their bodies with the onset of puberty. They also will see a twenty-minute film on human growth and development.

The purpose of the parents’ meeting is to inform you of the material your child will be seeing and to answer any questions you might have about the Robert Crown student visitation. If you have any questions about this unit or about the meeting, please contact me. I hope you will be able to attend one of the sessions.

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:
Book Report due on Monday, October 31
Parade & Halloween Party Monday, October 31
Spelling Test Wednesday, November 2
Paw Print Redemption Thursday, November 3

Homework for Oct. 28

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

Language Arts - Extra Credit Scary Story due on Oct. 31

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday

Please Return Report Card Envelopes

Homework for Oct. 27

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

Language Arts - Extra Credit Scary Story due on Oct. 31

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday.

5P Math - Test tomorrow

5B Math - Study Link

Homework for Oct. 26

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

Language Arts - Stuffed Animal Memoir due tomorrow, Extra Credit Scary Story due on Oct.31

5P Math - Study Link 3.9, Study Guide due tomorrow, Test on Friday

5B Math - Study Link 3.4

5V Math - Study Link 3.3

Homework for Oct. 25

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

Language Arts - Extra Credit Scary Story due on Oct. 31

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 3.8, Study guide due on Thursday, Test on Friday

5V Math - Study Link 3.1

5B Math - Study Link 3.3

Homework for Oct. 24

Reading - read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Oct. 31, Time for Kids sheet due tomorrow if they did not finish in class

Language Arts - Extra Credit Scary Story due on Oct. 31

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday

5P Math - Journal page 81 #s 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, & 4 select 2, Study Guide due on Thursday, Test Friday

5B Math - Study Link 3.2

5V Math - Study Link 3.1

Conference note if you have not turned it in.

Newsletter for the week of October 24

Reading: This week in reading, we will use a variety of literature to teach our skills.  We will continue with vocabulary and using context clues to define words.  We will be reading articles from the Time for Kids magazines and using read alouds to teach our skills.  This week in reading we will be distinguishing between significant and minor details in a reading selection.  We will also be reading to form an opinion and take a stance using our Time for Kids magazine, and working on higher level thinking skills.

Book Report: The next book report is due on October 31, and the students will present this to the class. For this report, they will need to make a newspaper page. The assignment has the requirements copied on the back. If you have any questions about this report please let me know.

Math: In math we started unit 3. The first two lessons focused on data collection, organization, and interpreting data. The third lesson focused on finding the measurements of angles inside a polygon without using a protractor. The students will use a circle to figure out these measurements.  Last week we worked on the different types of angles and measuring them using a protractor. The acute angle is less than 90 degrees. An obtuse angle is greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees. A right angle is exactly 90 degrees, and a reflex angle is greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees. Then they learned about the radius and the diameter of a circle. They also learned about the measurements of vertical and adjacent angles. Adjacent angles form a straight angle so the sum of the angles equal 180 degrees. Vertical angles have the same measurement. They also learned about the different types of triangles, and how to use a compass to copy them.  This week the lessons will focus on the properties of polygons and tessellations.  The test will be on Thursday.

Writing: This week in writing, the students will finish writing a memoir from the point of view of their stuffed animal.  In groups, the students will create a written story for a wordless picture book.  We will also create a dead word book.  This book will have a graveyard of overused words, and the students will make a list of synonyms for those words.  I also would like to do a lesson on the use of transitions to make our sentences sound more fluent.

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

Social Studies: This week in groups, the students will continue to create their own colony and develop a vision of their colony 3 years out. They will have to develop a political system, create a flag, name the colony, create a story of the discovery, map the location, figure out a 3 year plan to pay back their charter, and look at the economy. Each group will then present their colony to the class.

Spelling Unit 8:
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

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.

Robert Crown:
Indian Prairie School District #204 will host a parents’ orientation to our fifth grade health unit on Human Growth and Development.  For your convenience, we have scheduled two dates.  Please feel free to attend any one of the sessions as follows:

Thursday, November 17, 2011                                                       Wednesday, November 30, 2011
7:00 p.m.                                                                                           7:00 p.m.
Brooks Elementary School                                                                Patterson Elementary School
2700 Stonebridge Boulevard                                                             3731 Lawrence Drive
Aurora, IL 60502                                                                                Naperville, IL 60564
(Stonebridge Subdivision;                                                                  (Ashbury Subdivision;       
West off of Eola Rd.)                                                                         North off of 104^th St. onto Lawrence Dr.)

This unit includes, as part of its material, a visit by our students to the Robert Crown Health Center in Hinsdale.

At the health center, students have a presentation on the growth changes that are about to begin in their bodies with the onset of puberty.  They also will see a twenty-minute film on human growth and development.

 The purpose of the parents’ meeting is to inform you of the material your child will be seeing and to answer any questions you might have about the Robert Crown student visitation.  If you have any questions about this unit or about the meeting, please contact me.  I hope you will be able to attend one of the sessions.

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:
Conference Notes due Monday, October 24
Spelling Test Wednesday, October 26
Math Test Thursday, October 27
Report cards go home Friday, October 28

Homework for Oct. 21

Reading _ Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 10-31

Language Arts - Extra Credit: Scary story due on 10-31

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday

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

Conference note due on Monday

Homework for Oct. 20

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

Lanuage Arts - Extra Credit: Scary Story due on Oct. 31

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 3.5 Practice only, Journal page79 #s 2, 3, 5, & select 2 from 6, Study Guide due Wednesday, Test on Thursday

Conference Note due on Oct. 24

Homework for Oct. 19

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

Language Arts - Extra Credit: Scary Story Contest due Oct. 31

5P Math - Journal page 61, study guide due on Wednesday, Test on Thursday

5B Math - Test tomorrow, Study Link 3.1

5V Math - Brainteaser

P.E. - Test tomorrow

Conference form due back by Oct. 24

Homework for Oct. 18

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 10/31

Spelling - Test & Contract due on Wednesday

5P Math - Journal page 74 All

5B Math - Test on Thursday, Study Guide

PA Flex - Write paragraph on your opinion

Bring Stuffed Animal

Homework for Oct. 17

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

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 3.4, Mathboxes page 71 #s 1, 2, & 3

5B Math - Study Guide, Test on Thursday

5V Math - Test Tuesday

Social Studies - Test tomorrow

Newsletter for the week of Oct. 17

Reading: This week in reading, we will read an exert from the story Dear Mrs. Parks.  We will focus on drawing conclusions, making inferences, and continue working on figurative language.  We will also start working on the extended response.  This week will be a mini extended response.  The requirements for the extended response are: TTQA, answer, evidence, interpretation, and reflection.  For the mini extended response we will not focus on the interpretation.  On Wednesday, I will model how to write one with the following question: What character traits does Mrs. Parks show?  Then on Thursday the students will work with a partner to answer the following question: Why do you think Mrs. Parks took the time out of her busy life to carry on correspondence with young people?  We will also continue to focus on vocabulary.  These words will be focused on during the story: ridiculed, dignity, counsel, potential, inspire, correspondence, and mentor.

Book Report: The next book report is due on October 31, and the students will present this to the class.  For this report, they will need to make a newspaper page.  The assignment has the requirements copied on the back.  If you have any questions about this report please let me know. 

Math: In math we started unit 3. The first two lessons focused on data collection, organization, and interpreting data. The third lesson focused on finding the measurements of angles inside a polygon without using a protractor. The students will use a circle to figure out these measurements.  This week we will work on the different types of angles and measuring them using a protractor.  The acute angle is less than 90 degrees.  An obtuse angle is greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.  A right angle is exactly 90 degrees, and a reflex angle is greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.  Then they will learn about the radius and the diameter of a circle.  They will also learn about the measurements of vertical and adjacent angles.  Adjacent angles form a straight angle so the sum of the angles equal 180 degrees.  Vertical angles have the same measurement.  They will also learn about the different types of triangles, and how to use a compass to copy them.  The next two lessons will focus on the properties of polygons and tessellations.

Writing: This week in writing, we will write the final copies to their memoirs. I will finish conferencing with students.  There will also be mini lessons on fluency, transitions, editing/revising, and using good word choice.  The students will also write a memoir from the point of view of their stuffed animal.  I hope to start these on Wednesday of this week.

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.  Last week we started chapter 5 which focused on other European nations starting to colonize in the Western hemisphere. The students learned about the lost colony of Roanoke and the first permanent colony Jamestown.  The test on Tuesday will be about the Spanish colonization, Columbus's expeditions, the lost colony of Roanoke, and Jamestown.  This week in groups, the students will also start to create their own colony and develop a vision of their colony 3 years out.  They will have to develop a political system, create a flag, name the colony, create a story of the discovery, map the location, figure out a 3 year plan to pay back their charter, and look at the economy.  Each group will then present their colony to the class.

Spelling Unit 7:
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       murmured       panicking       identifying       resembling       tornado
cumulus       precipitation       evaporation       hurricane

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.

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:
Social Studies Test Tuesday, Oct. 18
Spelling Test Wednesday, October 19
Paw Print Redemption Thursday, October 20

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