Reading - Read 20 minutes
5P Math - Study Link 6.3
Science - Worksheet
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Homework for Dec. 20
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Dec. 21
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
5P Math - Journal pages 166 & 172 #s 1, 3, 4, & 6
5B Math - Study Link 5.7
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
5P Math - Journal pages 166 & 172 #s 1, 3, 4, & 6
5B Math - Study Link 5.7
Monday, December 19, 2011
Homework for Dec. 19
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Dec. 21
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5P Math - Study Link 6.1
5B Math - Study Link 5.6
Science - Test tomorrow
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5P Math - Study Link 6.1
5B Math - Study Link 5.6
Science - Test tomorrow
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Newsletter for the week of December 19
Reading: This week in reading, we will do a variety of activities. On Monday, we will work on using comprehension strategies and define unknown vocabulary words using a Time for Kids magazine. For the rest of the week, we will be working on a fun project using alliteration. I will read the book Animalia, and the students will look for examples of alliteration in other texts. Then they will create their own alliteration. We will also be presenting our wordless picture books and our mash up books.
Book Report: Your book report for December must be a biography, memoir, or autobiography. The presentation will be Wednesday, December 21. For this book report you can select from one of my examples, or you can come up with your own idea. You need to provide a detailed account of the person’s life, have a visual, and give a presentation.
Here are a few examples:
Example #2: A timeline of the person's life
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Example #3: Power Point
Photo Collage
Birth & Childhood
Education
Adulthood - Family and jobs they had before becoming famous
What made them famous
Interesting facts about your person
Later Years/Death
Math: In math we will start unit 6. The first couple of lessons will focus on using landmark data, which is minimum, maximum, median, mode, range, and mean and organizing the data. They will ogranize the data by using graphs, line plots, and stem and leaf plots. On Thursday, the students will work on identifying mystery line plots.
Writing: This week in writing we will be finishing our marketing plan. The students have been put into groups, and their group picked one item to develop a marketing plan and advertise the item. They can select how they would like to present this item: TV ad, radio ad, billboard, print ads, a web page, or Prezi. The students need to think about who is your target and develop a marketing plan to reach the audience. These will be presented in class on Tuesday.
Science: In science we have focused on the atom and magnets. The students learned that an atom is made up of protons, neutrons, electrons, and a nucleus. They also learned about ions. We discussed the periodic table of elements, and the students learned how to read it. After learning about the periodic table of elements, the students drew atoms. They also learned the difference between an element and a molecule. We used the interactive periodic table of elements to learn more about each element, and we built a salt crystal using play-doh. In the first lesson for magnets, students observed three different rocks looking at their similarities and differences. In this lesson they learned that there is a type of rock with magnetic qualities called lodestone. In the next lesson, students learned how magnets got their name, and they did an experiment to see if a one unit magnet or a two unit magnet held more paper clips. Last week in science we continued to do experiments with magnets. On Monday, the students learned how to make a magnet. Then the students saw the magnetic field around different magnets. On Wednesday, the students learned where a magnet is the strongest and which magnet is the strongest. They also saw what objects magnets attract and what substances magnetism can pass through. This week we will review for the magnet test on Monday, and their test will be on Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday, the students will learn about statice electricity. Static electricity occurs when extra electrons collect and stay in an object for a period of time. Electrons move from object to object through friction. As the electrons move between two objects, one object gains electrons and becomes negatively charged. The other object loses electrons and becomes positively charged.
Social Studies: We finished our social studies unit and will move on to science for the rest of the quarter.
Spelling Unit 14:
absent servant present instant accident assistant current moment resident
ignorant pleasant distant innocent intelligent restaurant patient government
statement migrant participant efficacious orbiting continent magma landforms
embarrassment magnificent amendment resistant pungent expedient resilient
immigrant incident consonant electricity traitor static map scale Congress
BOX TOPS:
The PTA is always collecting box tops. They can be found on many different products such as: Progresso soups, Kleenex boxes, Suddenly Salad, Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, and many more products. Check all of your purchased goods and send in your box tops. This is an easy way for the school to make money to enrich our children at May Watts.
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. Minutes will be checked on January 9.
Important Dates:
Science Test Tuesday, December 20
Spelling Test Wednesday, December 21
Book Report due Wednesday, December 21
December 23 - January 8 No School - Winter Break
January 9 Classes Resume
Book Report: Your book report for December must be a biography, memoir, or autobiography. The presentation will be Wednesday, December 21. For this book report you can select from one of my examples, or you can come up with your own idea. You need to provide a detailed account of the person’s life, have a visual, and give a presentation.
Here are a few examples:
Example #1:
Illustration of your person
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Write a summary about your person's life
Do you think it was a good idea to write a biography about this person? Why or why not?
Example #2:
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Example #3: Power Point
Photo Collage
Birth & Childhood
Education
Adulthood - Family and jobs they had before becoming famous
What made them famous
Interesting facts about your person
Later Years/Death
Math: In math we will start unit 6. The first couple of lessons will focus on using landmark data, which is minimum, maximum, median, mode, range, and mean and organizing the data. They will ogranize the data by using graphs, line plots, and stem and leaf plots. On Thursday, the students will work on identifying mystery line plots.
Writing: This week in writing we will be finishing our marketing plan. The students have been put into groups, and their group picked one item to develop a marketing plan and advertise the item. They can select how they would like to present this item: TV ad, radio ad, billboard, print ads, a web page, or Prezi. The students need to think about who is your target and develop a marketing plan to reach the audience. These will be presented in class on Tuesday.
Science: In science we have focused on the atom and magnets. The students learned that an atom is made up of protons, neutrons, electrons, and a nucleus. They also learned about ions. We discussed the periodic table of elements, and the students learned how to read it. After learning about the periodic table of elements, the students drew atoms. They also learned the difference between an element and a molecule. We used the interactive periodic table of elements to learn more about each element, and we built a salt crystal using play-doh. In the first lesson for magnets, students observed three different rocks looking at their similarities and differences. In this lesson they learned that there is a type of rock with magnetic qualities called lodestone. In the next lesson, students learned how magnets got their name, and they did an experiment to see if a one unit magnet or a two unit magnet held more paper clips. Last week in science we continued to do experiments with magnets. On Monday, the students learned how to make a magnet. Then the students saw the magnetic field around different magnets. On Wednesday, the students learned where a magnet is the strongest and which magnet is the strongest. They also saw what objects magnets attract and what substances magnetism can pass through. This week we will review for the magnet test on Monday, and their test will be on Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday, the students will learn about statice electricity. Static electricity occurs when extra electrons collect and stay in an object for a period of time. Electrons move from object to object through friction. As the electrons move between two objects, one object gains electrons and becomes negatively charged. The other object loses electrons and becomes positively charged.
Social Studies: We finished our social studies unit and will move on to science for the rest of the quarter.
Spelling Unit 14:
absent servant present instant accident assistant current moment resident
ignorant pleasant distant innocent intelligent restaurant patient government
statement migrant participant efficacious orbiting continent magma landforms
embarrassment magnificent amendment resistant pungent expedient resilient
immigrant incident consonant electricity traitor static map scale Congress
BOX TOPS:
The PTA is always collecting box tops. They can be found on many different products such as: Progresso soups, Kleenex boxes, Suddenly Salad, Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, and many more products. Check all of your purchased goods and send in your box tops. This is an easy way for the school to make money to enrich our children at May Watts.
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. Minutes will be checked on January 9.
Important Dates:
Science Test Tuesday, December 20
Spelling Test Wednesday, December 21
Book Report due Wednesday, December 21
December 23 - January 8 No School - Winter Break
January 9 Classes Resume
Friday, December 16, 2011
Homework for Dec. 16
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Dec. 21
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
Science - Test on Tuesday
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
Science - Test on Tuesday
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Homework for Dec. 15
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Dec.21
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5B Math - Study Link 5.5
Permission Slip for Hot Chocolate due tomorrow
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5B Math - Study Link 5.5
Permission Slip for Hot Chocolate due tomorrow
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Homework for Dec. 14
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Dec. 21
5P Math - Test tomorrow
5B Math - Study Link 5.4
Permission Slip for Hot Chocolate
5P Math - Test tomorrow
5B Math - Study Link 5.4
Permission Slip for Hot Chocolate
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Homework for Dec. 13
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Dec. 21
Spelling - Contract & Test due tomorrow
5P Math - Study Link 5.11, Mathboxes page 159 #s 1, 3, 4, 5, Study Guide due tomorrow, Test on Thursday
5B Math - Study Link 5.3
Permission Slip for Hot Choclate due on Friday
Spelling - Contract & Test due tomorrow
5P Math - Study Link 5.11, Mathboxes page 159 #s 1, 3, 4, 5, Study Guide due tomorrow, Test on Thursday
5B Math - Study Link 5.3
Permission Slip for Hot Choclate due on Friday
Monday, December 12, 2011
Homework for Dec. 12
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Dec. 21
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5P Math - Study Links 5.9 & 5.10, Study Guide due on Wednesday, & Test on Thursday
5B Math - Study Link 5.2
5V Math - Mathboxes 5.5 #s 1, 2, 4, & 5
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5P Math - Study Links 5.9 & 5.10, Study Guide due on Wednesday, & Test on Thursday
5B Math - Study Link 5.2
5V Math - Mathboxes 5.5 #s 1, 2, 4, & 5
Friday, December 9, 2011
Newsletter for the week of December 12
Reading: This week in reading, we will do a variety of activities. On Monday, we will work on metaphors using tangible and untangible items. The students will also create their own metaphor. We will use picture books and our anthology to work on our focus skills this week. These skills are: What is the audience or purpose for the writing? What is the author's controlling idea? What does the author want you to learn? How do illustrations use art to express their ideas, and how do illustrations reflect different cultures? We will also continue to work on vocabulary using a variety of word analysis and strategies within context to identify unknown words.
Book Report: Your book report for December must be a biography, memoir, or autobiography. The presentation will be Wednesday, December 21. For this book report you can select from one of my examples, or you can come up with your own idea. You need to provide a detailed account of the person’s life, have a visual, and give a presentation.
Here are a few examples:
Example #2: A timeline of the person's life
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Example #3: Power Point
Photo Collage
Birth & Childhood
Education
Adulthood - Family and jobs they had before becoming famous
What made them famous
Interesting facts about your person
Later Years/Death
Math: In math we have started unit 5. The first lesson focused on solving parts and whole problems with fractions and finding a fraction of a whole. We have also worked on converting fractions from mixed numbers to improper fractions and converting them from improper fractions to mixed numbers. Last week we compared and ordered fractions and found equivalent fractions. The students also learned how to convert fractions to decimals and rounding decimals. Last week, we continued to work on converting fractions, to decimals and worked on equivalent fractions. We also constructed, read, and labeled bar and circle graphs. This week we will use a percent circle to measure the different pieces of a circle graph and construct our own circle graphs.
Writing: This week in writing we will be working on developing a marketing plan. There will be more mini lessons on marketing and the different ways companies try to sell their products. The students have been put into groups, and their group picked one item to develop a marketing plan and advertise the item. They can select how they would like to present this item: TV ad, radio ad, billboard, print ads, a web page, or Prezi. The students need to think about who is your target and develop a marketing plan to reach the audience. These will be presented in class.
Science: In science we have focused on the atom and magnets. The students learned that an atom is made up of protons, neutrons, electrons, and a nucleus. They also learned about ions. We discussed the periodic table of elements, and the students learned how to read it. After learning about the periodic table of elements, the students drew atoms. They also learned the difference between an element and a molecule. We used the interactive periodic table of elements to learn more about each element. Last week we built a salt crystal using play-doh and started learning about magnets. In the first lesson, students observed three different rocks looking at their similarities and differences. In this lesson they learned that there is a type of rock with magnetic qualities called lodestone. In the next lesson, students learned how magnets got their name, and they did an experiment to see if a one unit magnet or a two unit magnet held more paper clips. This week in science we will continue to do experiments with magnets. On Monday, the students will learn how to make a magnet. Then the students will see the magnetic field around different magnets. On Wednesday, the students will learn where a magnet is the strongest and which magnet is the strongest. They will also see what objects magnets attract and what substances magnetism can pass through.
Social Studies: We finished our social studies unit and will move on to science for the rest of the quarter.
Spelling Unit 13:
anyway any way all right every one everyone already all ready a lot its
it's your you're who's whose there's theirs anyone any one altogether
all together continents wavelength particles dangerous eventually minuscule
millennium occurrence anoint ridiculous aerobic acreage eccentric luxurious
apostrophe symbol petition repeal delegate Boston Tea Party
BOX TOPS:
The PTA is always collecting box tops. They can be found on many different products such as: Progresso soups, Kleenex boxes, Suddenly Salad, Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, and many more products. Check all of your purchased goods and send in your box tops. This is an easy way for the school to make money to enrich our children at May Watts.
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. Minutes will be checked on January 9.
Important Dates:
Spelling Test Wednesday, December 14
Pro-Kids Assembly Wednesday, December 14 at 10:30 a.m.
Pro-Kids Family Night Wednesday, December 14: K-2 6:00 p.m., Grades 3-5 7:45 p.m.
Math Test Thursday, December 15
Paw Print Redemption Thursday, December 15
Science Test Monday, December 19
Book Report due Wednesday, December 21
Book Report: Your book report for December must be a biography, memoir, or autobiography. The presentation will be Wednesday, December 21. For this book report you can select from one of my examples, or you can come up with your own idea. You need to provide a detailed account of the person’s life, have a visual, and give a presentation.
Here are a few examples:
Example #1:
Illustration of your person
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Write a summary about your person's life
Do you think it was a good idea to write a biography about this person? Why or why not?
Example #2:
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Example #3: Power Point
Photo Collage
Birth & Childhood
Education
Adulthood - Family and jobs they had before becoming famous
What made them famous
Interesting facts about your person
Later Years/Death
Math: In math we have started unit 5. The first lesson focused on solving parts and whole problems with fractions and finding a fraction of a whole. We have also worked on converting fractions from mixed numbers to improper fractions and converting them from improper fractions to mixed numbers. Last week we compared and ordered fractions and found equivalent fractions. The students also learned how to convert fractions to decimals and rounding decimals. Last week, we continued to work on converting fractions, to decimals and worked on equivalent fractions. We also constructed, read, and labeled bar and circle graphs. This week we will use a percent circle to measure the different pieces of a circle graph and construct our own circle graphs.
Writing: This week in writing we will be working on developing a marketing plan. There will be more mini lessons on marketing and the different ways companies try to sell their products. The students have been put into groups, and their group picked one item to develop a marketing plan and advertise the item. They can select how they would like to present this item: TV ad, radio ad, billboard, print ads, a web page, or Prezi. The students need to think about who is your target and develop a marketing plan to reach the audience. These will be presented in class.
Science: In science we have focused on the atom and magnets. The students learned that an atom is made up of protons, neutrons, electrons, and a nucleus. They also learned about ions. We discussed the periodic table of elements, and the students learned how to read it. After learning about the periodic table of elements, the students drew atoms. They also learned the difference between an element and a molecule. We used the interactive periodic table of elements to learn more about each element. Last week we built a salt crystal using play-doh and started learning about magnets. In the first lesson, students observed three different rocks looking at their similarities and differences. In this lesson they learned that there is a type of rock with magnetic qualities called lodestone. In the next lesson, students learned how magnets got their name, and they did an experiment to see if a one unit magnet or a two unit magnet held more paper clips. This week in science we will continue to do experiments with magnets. On Monday, the students will learn how to make a magnet. Then the students will see the magnetic field around different magnets. On Wednesday, the students will learn where a magnet is the strongest and which magnet is the strongest. They will also see what objects magnets attract and what substances magnetism can pass through.
Social Studies: We finished our social studies unit and will move on to science for the rest of the quarter.
Spelling Unit 13:
anyway any way all right every one everyone already all ready a lot its
it's your you're who's whose there's theirs anyone any one altogether
all together continents wavelength particles dangerous eventually minuscule
millennium occurrence anoint ridiculous aerobic acreage eccentric luxurious
apostrophe symbol petition repeal delegate Boston Tea Party
BOX TOPS:
The PTA is always collecting box tops. They can be found on many different products such as: Progresso soups, Kleenex boxes, Suddenly Salad, Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, and many more products. Check all of your purchased goods and send in your box tops. This is an easy way for the school to make money to enrich our children at May Watts.
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. Minutes will be checked on January 9.
Important Dates:
Spelling Test Wednesday, December 14
Pro-Kids Assembly Wednesday, December 14 at 10:30 a.m.
Pro-Kids Family Night Wednesday, December 14: K-2 6:00 p.m., Grades 3-5 7:45 p.m.
Math Test Thursday, December 15
Paw Print Redemption Thursday, December 15
Science Test Monday, December 19
Book Report due Wednesday, December 21
Homework for Dec. 9
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Dec. 21
Spelling- Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5P Math - Study Guide due on Wednesday, Test on Thursday
P.E. homework due on Monday
Spelling- Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5P Math - Study Guide due on Wednesday, Test on Thursday
P.E. homework due on Monday
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Homework for Dec. 8
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Time for Kids due tomorrow(if it was not finished), Book Report due on Dec. 21
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
5P Math - Study Link 5.8, Journal page 149 #s 1, 3, 5, & 6, Study Guide due on Wednesday, Test on Thursday
5V Math - Mathboxes 4.11 #s 1, 3, & 4
P.E. homework due on Monday
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
5P Math - Study Link 5.8, Journal page 149 #s 1, 3, 5, & 6, Study Guide due on Wednesday, Test on Thursday
5V Math - Mathboxes 4.11 #s 1, 3, & 4
P.E. homework due on Monday
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Homework for Dec. 7
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Dec. 21
5P Math - Journal page 146 #s 1, 2, 3, 4, & either 5 or 6, Study Guide due next Wednesday, Test next Thursday
5B Math - Test tomorrow, Study Link 5.1
5P Math - Journal page 146 #s 1, 2, 3, 4, & either 5 or 6, Study Guide due next Wednesday, Test next Thursday
5B Math - Test tomorrow, Study Link 5.1
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Homework for Dec. 6
Reading - Read 20 Minutes, Book Report due on Dec 21
Spelling - Contract & Test for tomorrow
5P Math - Journal page 144 #s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
5B Math -Test on Thursday, Go Over Study Guide
5V Math - Mathboxes 5.3
Spelling - Contract & Test for tomorrow
5P Math - Journal page 144 #s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
5B Math -Test on Thursday, Go Over Study Guide
5V Math - Mathboxes 5.3
Monday, December 5, 2011
Homework for Dec. 5
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Dec. 21
Spelling - Test & Contract for Wednesday
5P Math - Study Link 5.5
5B Math - Test on Thursday, Study Guide due Tuesday
5V Math - Mathboxes 5.4, one chart done
Spelling - Test & Contract for Wednesday
5P Math - Study Link 5.5
5B Math - Test on Thursday, Study Guide due Tuesday
5V Math - Mathboxes 5.4, one chart done
Friday, December 2, 2011
Newsletter for the week of December 5
Reading: This week in reading, we will do a variety of activities. On Monday, we will do an outline for our extended response, and on Tuesday we will write it in paragraph format. The question is: What does the author want you to learn from Dusty's success? Use information from the passage and your own ideas to support your answer. The rest of the week we will use Time for Kids to focus on our other skills. Our focus skills for the week are: connect and clarify main ideas and concepts and identify their relationship to other sources and topics. We will also continue to work on vocabulary using a variety of word analysis and strategies within context to identify unknown words.
Book Report: Your book report for December must be a biography, memoir, or autobiography. The presentation will be Wednesday, December 21. For this book report you can select from one of my examples, or you can come up with your own idea. You need to provide a detailed account of the person’s life, have a visual, and give a presentation.
Here are a few examples:
Example #2: A timeline of the person's life
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Example #3: Power Point
Photo Collage
Birth & Childhood
Education
Adulthood - Family and jobs they had before becoming famous
What made them famous
Interesting facts about your person
Later Years/Death
Math: In math we have started unit 5. The first lesson focused on solving parts and whole problems with fractions and finding a fraction of a whole. We have also worked on converting fractions from mixed numbers to improper fractions and converting them from improper fractions to mixed numbers. Last week we compared and ordered fractions and found equivalent fractions. The students also learned how to convert fractions to decimals and rounding decimals. This week, we will continue to work on converting fractions, to decimals and work on equivalent fractions. On Friday, we will construct, read, and label bar and circle graphs.
Writing: This week in writing we will finish our picture book mash up. The students take two different picture books and mash them up into a new story. When we finish the mash up books, we will begin a collaborative writing activity dealing with needs and wants using a variety of catalogs with a range of items costing between $20.00 and $60,000. We will begin with a pre-writing activity of what a want is and what a need is. Then I will use some online catalogs and have the kids generate a list of the items that I show into a needs or wants section. After the lessons on needs and wants, we are going to watch some old TV classic commercials and discuss how the companies are marketing their products. There will be a mini lesson on marketing and the different ways companies try to sell their products. After all the mini lessons are done, the students will be put into groups, and they will be given a sample of items cut out of a magazine or they can bring in their own items. Their group will pick one of the items to develop a marketing plan and advertise the item. They can select how they would like to present this item: TV ad, radio ad, billboard, print ads, a web page, or Prezi. The students need to think about who is your target and develop a marketing plan to reach the audience. These will be presented in class.
Science: Last week in science we focused on the atom. The students learned that an atom is made up of protons, neutrons, electrons, and a nucleus. They also learned about ions. We discussed the periodic table of elements, and the students learned how to read it. After learning about the periodic table of elements, the students drew atoms. They also learned the difference between an element and a molecule. We used the interactive periodic table of elements to learn more about each element. This week we will build a salt crystal using play-doh. Then on Wednesday, we will start learning about magnets. In the first lesson, students will observe three different rocks looking at their similarities and differences. In this lesson they will learn that there is a type of rock with magnetic qualities called lodestone. In the next lesson, students will learn how magnets got their name, and on Friday they will do an experiment to see if a one unit magnet or a two unit magnet will hold more paper clips.
Social Studies: We finished our social studies unit and will move on to science for the rest of the quarter.
Spelling Unit 12:
basketball seventy-five rock band everybody fireplace anything take-off skateboard
homework two-thirds high school railroad motorcycle vice president strawberry
freeway car pool comic strip fine arts forty-two breathtaking thunderstruck
runner-up half hour paper clip extracurricular cold-blooded headache
counterclockwise merry-go-round awestruck overexposure time-consuming nonetheless
spreadsheet treason boycott liberty militia assembly
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. Minutes will be checked on January 9.
Important Dates:
Spelling Test Wednesday, December 7
5th Grade Musical Wednesday, December 7 at 9:30 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Orchestra: Rehearsal at Hil 6:00 p.m. & Concert at 7:00 p.m.
Book Report: Your book report for December must be a biography, memoir, or autobiography. The presentation will be Wednesday, December 21. For this book report you can select from one of my examples, or you can come up with your own idea. You need to provide a detailed account of the person’s life, have a visual, and give a presentation.
Here are a few examples:
Example #1:
Illustration of your person
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Write a summary about your person's life
Do you think it was a good idea to write a biography about this person? Why or why not?
Example #2:
5 character traits that relate to your person and evidence
Example #3: Power Point
Photo Collage
Birth & Childhood
Education
Adulthood - Family and jobs they had before becoming famous
What made them famous
Interesting facts about your person
Later Years/Death
Math: In math we have started unit 5. The first lesson focused on solving parts and whole problems with fractions and finding a fraction of a whole. We have also worked on converting fractions from mixed numbers to improper fractions and converting them from improper fractions to mixed numbers. Last week we compared and ordered fractions and found equivalent fractions. The students also learned how to convert fractions to decimals and rounding decimals. This week, we will continue to work on converting fractions, to decimals and work on equivalent fractions. On Friday, we will construct, read, and label bar and circle graphs.
Writing: This week in writing we will finish our picture book mash up. The students take two different picture books and mash them up into a new story. When we finish the mash up books, we will begin a collaborative writing activity dealing with needs and wants using a variety of catalogs with a range of items costing between $20.00 and $60,000. We will begin with a pre-writing activity of what a want is and what a need is. Then I will use some online catalogs and have the kids generate a list of the items that I show into a needs or wants section. After the lessons on needs and wants, we are going to watch some old TV classic commercials and discuss how the companies are marketing their products. There will be a mini lesson on marketing and the different ways companies try to sell their products. After all the mini lessons are done, the students will be put into groups, and they will be given a sample of items cut out of a magazine or they can bring in their own items. Their group will pick one of the items to develop a marketing plan and advertise the item. They can select how they would like to present this item: TV ad, radio ad, billboard, print ads, a web page, or Prezi. The students need to think about who is your target and develop a marketing plan to reach the audience. These will be presented in class.
Science: Last week in science we focused on the atom. The students learned that an atom is made up of protons, neutrons, electrons, and a nucleus. They also learned about ions. We discussed the periodic table of elements, and the students learned how to read it. After learning about the periodic table of elements, the students drew atoms. They also learned the difference between an element and a molecule. We used the interactive periodic table of elements to learn more about each element. This week we will build a salt crystal using play-doh. Then on Wednesday, we will start learning about magnets. In the first lesson, students will observe three different rocks looking at their similarities and differences. In this lesson they will learn that there is a type of rock with magnetic qualities called lodestone. In the next lesson, students will learn how magnets got their name, and on Friday they will do an experiment to see if a one unit magnet or a two unit magnet will hold more paper clips.
Social Studies: We finished our social studies unit and will move on to science for the rest of the quarter.
Spelling Unit 12:
basketball seventy-five rock band everybody fireplace anything take-off skateboard
homework two-thirds high school railroad motorcycle vice president strawberry
freeway car pool comic strip fine arts forty-two breathtaking thunderstruck
runner-up half hour paper clip extracurricular cold-blooded headache
counterclockwise merry-go-round awestruck overexposure time-consuming nonetheless
spreadsheet treason boycott liberty militia assembly
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. Minutes will be checked on January 9.
Important Dates:
Spelling Test Wednesday, December 7
5th Grade Musical Wednesday, December 7 at 9:30 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Orchestra: Rehearsal at Hil 6:00 p.m. & Concert at 7:00 p.m.
Homework for December 2
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on December 21
Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday
5B Math - Test Thursday
Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday
5B Math - Test Thursday
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Homework for December 1
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on December 21
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
5P Math - Journal page 141 #s 1, 2, 3, & 4
5B Math - Study Link 4.10, Test on Thursday
Science- Quiz tomorrow
Book Order due tomorrow
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
5P Math - Journal page 141 #s 1, 2, 3, & 4
5B Math - Study Link 4.10, Test on Thursday
Science- Quiz tomorrow
Book Order due tomorrow
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Homework for Nov. 30
Reading - Read 20 minutes
5P Math - Study Link 5.4
5B Math - Study Link 4.9
5V Math - Test tomorrow
Science - Quiz over atoms
Book Order due on Friday
5P Math - Study Link 5.4
5B Math - Study Link 4.9
5V Math - Test tomorrow
Science - Quiz over atoms
Book Order due on Friday
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Homework for Nov. 29
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Nov. 30
5P Math - Study Link 5.3
5B Math - Study Link 4.8(optional)
5V Math - Mathboxes 5.2, Optional Test due tomorrow
Science - Ws due tomorrow
Book Order due on Friday
5P Math - Study Link 5.3
5B Math - Study Link 4.8(optional)
5V Math - Mathboxes 5.2, Optional Test due tomorrow
Science - Ws due tomorrow
Book Order due on Friday
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