Reading - Read 20 minutes
Make sure your reading minutes are logged in.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Homework for March 21
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
5B Math - Study Link 8.2 Optional
5V Math - Mathboxes 8.1 & 8.2
5B Math - Study Link 8.2 Optional
5V Math - Mathboxes 8.1 & 8.2
Monday, March 19, 2012
Homework for March 19
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
5P Math - Mathboxes page 253 1, 2, 5, & 6
5B Math - Study Guide due on Wednesday, Test on Wednesday
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
5P Math - Mathboxes page 253 1, 2, 5, & 6
5B Math - Study Guide due on Wednesday, Test on Wednesday
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Newsletter for the week of March 19
Reading: This week in reading, we be reading poetry. In groups, the students will be given a packet of poems to select from. The poems are: The Tyger by William Blake, Alone by Edgar Allen Poe, I Knew A Man By Sight by Henry David Thoreau, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, I Carry Your Heart With Me by E.E. Cummings, Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Father To His Son by Carl Sandburg, Hope Is The Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson, If by Rudyard Kipling, O Captain! My Captain! The students will analyze these poems and look for the deeper meaning. The following are questions we will focus on: What does the title mean? What was the purpose of the poem? What is the target audience for the poem? Is there a lesson in the poem? What is the implied meaning in the poem? How does this poem evoke feelings? The students will also take text that they think are poems(silly kid ones) and connect it to the deeper texts that I will give them.
Book Report: Your book report for March must be a fairy tale. The presentation will be Thursday, March 22. For this book report you have three options to select from.
Writing: This week in writing the students will be working on poetry. They will write free verse poetry.
Science: We have finished the digestion unit and our next unit will focus on stars. This unit will be done after our unit in social studies.
Social Studies: The students will learn about America becoming a country. They will learn about the first government The Articles of Conferation which was a weak government. The students will also learn about the delegates at the Constitutional Convention debating about representatives and the formation of the Constitution.
Spelling Unit 23:
wondering fastened permitting controlled listening regretted suffered admitted
referred bothered submitted whispered transferred occurring canceled developing
scrubbing upsetting wondered quarreled triggered pretended commenting
delaying squatted complained permitting remained profiting selling supplying
obtaining omitted preferred profited abolitionist headline editorial dateline secede
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.
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
To earn the prize, the fifth graders will need to read 325 minutes for this month. The incentive will be sponsored by the Chicago Slaughter Professional Indoor Football Team along with Buffalo Wild Wings and GameWorks. Students who meet their goal will receive 2 ticket vouchers to a 2012 Chicago Slaughter game, a free kid's meal courtesy of Buffalo's Wild Wings, a free game card from Game Works, and other prizes. Since all reading must be done before Spring Break, and the month is shortened, the reading goals have been reduced.
Important Dates:
Doodle 4 Google due on Monday, March 19
No School Tuesday, March 20
Spelling Test Wednesday, March 21
Book Report due on Thursday, March 22
Special Chorus Concert Thursday, March 22 7:00 p.m. at Hill
Friday, March 23 early dismissal
Baby Photo for 5th Grade Farewell due on Friday, March 23
Photo Permission Slip due on Friday, March 23
Spring Break the week of March 25
Classes Resume Monday, April 2
Book Report: Your book report for March must be a fairy tale. The presentation will be Thursday, March 22. For this book report you have three options to select from.
- After reading your fairy tale, you can create your own fairy tale.
- For the second option you can create a twist to the fairy tale you just read. This means that you can change a character, change the setting, change the character traits, etc. You do have to keep the message the same. You will rewrite your fairy tale with this twist.
- The third option is to create your own parody. An example of a parody would be Cinderella's Rat. Cinderella's rat tells the story instead of Cinderella. Another parody is the Wolf telling the story of the three little pigs.
Writing: This week in writing the students will be working on poetry. They will write free verse poetry.
Science: We have finished the digestion unit and our next unit will focus on stars. This unit will be done after our unit in social studies.
Social Studies: The students will learn about America becoming a country. They will learn about the first government The Articles of Conferation which was a weak government. The students will also learn about the delegates at the Constitutional Convention debating about representatives and the formation of the Constitution.
Spelling Unit 23:
wondering fastened permitting controlled listening regretted suffered admitted
referred bothered submitted whispered transferred occurring canceled developing
scrubbing upsetting wondered quarreled triggered pretended commenting
delaying squatted complained permitting remained profiting selling supplying
obtaining omitted preferred profited abolitionist headline editorial dateline secede
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.
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
To earn the prize, the fifth graders will need to read 325 minutes for this month. The incentive will be sponsored by the Chicago Slaughter Professional Indoor Football Team along with Buffalo Wild Wings and GameWorks. Students who meet their goal will receive 2 ticket vouchers to a 2012 Chicago Slaughter game, a free kid's meal courtesy of Buffalo's Wild Wings, a free game card from Game Works, and other prizes. Since all reading must be done before Spring Break, and the month is shortened, the reading goals have been reduced.
Important Dates:
Doodle 4 Google due on Monday, March 19
No School Tuesday, March 20
Spelling Test Wednesday, March 21
Book Report due on Thursday, March 22
Special Chorus Concert Thursday, March 22 7:00 p.m. at Hill
Friday, March 23 early dismissal
Baby Photo for 5th Grade Farewell due on Friday, March 23
Photo Permission Slip due on Friday, March 23
Spring Break the week of March 25
Classes Resume Monday, April 2
Friday, March 16, 2012
Homework for March 16
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
5B Math - Study Guide due on Wednesday, Test on Wednesday
5V Math - Test on Monday
Doodle 4 Google due Monday
Fun Fair on Saturday
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
5B Math - Study Guide due on Wednesday, Test on Wednesday
5V Math - Test on Monday
Doodle 4 Google due Monday
Fun Fair on Saturday
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Homework for March 14
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
5B Math - Test on Wednesday
5V Math - Test
Social Studies - Test on Thursday
Square Art due Friday
Doodle 4 Google due on Monday
5B Math - Test on Wednesday
5V Math - Test
Social Studies - Test on Thursday
Square Art due Friday
Doodle 4 Google due on Monday
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Homework for March 13
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5B Math - Study Link 7.8 due on Wednesday
5V Math - Mathboxes 7.9
Social Studies - Test on Thursday
Square Art due next Friday
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5B Math - Study Link 7.8 due on Wednesday
5V Math - Mathboxes 7.9
Social Studies - Test on Thursday
Square Art due next Friday
Monday, March 12, 2012
Homework for March 12
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
Langugae Arts - Timelines due tomorrow
5P Math - Test tomorrow
5B Math - Study Link 7.8 due on Wednesday, Quiz on Tuesday
5V Math - Math boxes 7.6
Social Studies - Test on Thursday
Square Art due next Friday
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
Langugae Arts - Timelines due tomorrow
5P Math - Test tomorrow
5B Math - Study Link 7.8 due on Wednesday, Quiz on Tuesday
5V Math - Math boxes 7.6
Social Studies - Test on Thursday
Square Art due next Friday
Friday, March 9, 2012
Newsletter for the week of March 12
Reading: This week in reading, we be reading the story William Shakespeare & the Globe. This story explores the world of Elizabethan England, focusing on the life and times of William Shakespeare and on the building of the Globe theater. The skills we will be focusing on are determining the importance of information, word analysis and contextual clues, determine the meaning of words in context using denotation and connotation. On Friday we will have an assessment on the story, and we will read a Time for Kids magazine. The magazine we will be reading focuses on women pioneers. After reading the magazine, the students will have to decide how they would celebrate Women's History Month in the magazine, and come up with new and different ways to explore the topic.
Book Report: Your book report for March must be a fairy tale. The presentation will be Thursday, March 22. For this book report you have three options to select from.
Writing: This week in writing the students will finish their parallel timelines and present them. Our prompt is: If you could go back in time and change an event in history what would it be. The class will make two timelines. The first showing how history really evolved with all the major events before and after the event. They will also make a parallel timeline showing how the world might have been different if they could go back in time to change the event. Imagine if JFK would have lived because you stopped Oswald... what would the next few decades been like? Would the U.S. have gone to war in Vietnam? Would RFK have run for president and been killed like his brother? The final project will include these two timelines showing what the world was like and how it would be different and a written plan explaining how they would actually succeed in stopping the event. We will also work on using the BIG6 steps for research. These steps are task definition, information seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation.
Two other writing assignments this week will be on social studies topics. The first prompt: Do you think it was a good idea for the colonists to start the American Revolution? Explain your answer using evidence. The second prompt: If you lived during the time of the Revolution which side would you have taken and why? Explain your answer using evidence.
Science: We have finished the digestion unit and our next unit will focus on stars. This unit will be done after our unit in social studies.
Social Studies: The students have learned about the French and Indian War which led to the taxes that were placed on the colonists. The students also learned about taxes, and the taxes that the colonists were required to pay. Last week they will learn how the colonists protested these taxes and the start of the American Revolution. This week the students will learn about the American Revolution.
Spelling Unit 22:
pretty service thunder blanket effort fellow subject perhaps attack entire
chimney tunnel effect suspended challenge pretzel survive pillow hunger
college determined autobiography disease eternal composition percussion
malignant elastic silkworm signal suburban warranty yielding perfection
language undeniable despair concocted homestead brooded
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.
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
To earn the prize, the fifth graders will need to read 325 minutes for this month. The incentive will be sponsored by the Chicago Slaughter Professional Indoor Football Team along with Buffalo Wild Wings and GameWorks. Students who meet their goal will receive 2 ticket vouchers to a 2012 Chicago Slaughter game, a free kid's meal courtesy of Buffalo's Wild Wings, a free game card from Game Works, and other prizes. Since all reading must be done before Spring Break, and the month is shortened, the reading goals have been reduced.
LMC NEWS:
The Book Fair is coming! Preview was March 7-9, and sales are March 12-17. We will be open during the Fun Fair! Our online homepage can be accessed directly by going to http://goo.gl/7jFU4 or go to www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs and follow the path to May Watts.
Important Dates:
Math test Tuesday, March 13
Spelling Test Wednesday, March 14
Social Studies Test Thursday, March 15
Paw Print Redemption Thursday, March 15
Band Concert at Hill on Thursday, March 15 @ 6:15
Orchestra Concert at Hill on Thursday, March 15 @ 7:45
Fun Fair Saturday, March 17 11:00-3:00
Book Report due Thursday, March 22
Book Report: Your book report for March must be a fairy tale. The presentation will be Thursday, March 22. For this book report you have three options to select from.
- After reading your fairy tale, you can create your own fairy tale.
- For the second option you can create a twist to the fairy tale you just read. This means that you can change a character, change the setting, change the character traits, etc. You do have to keep the message the same. You will rewrite your fairy tale with this twist.
- The third option is to create your own parody. An example of a parody would be Cinderella's Rat. Cinderella's rat tells the story instead of Cinderella. Another parody is the Wolf telling the story of the three little pigs.
Writing: This week in writing the students will finish their parallel timelines and present them. Our prompt is: If you could go back in time and change an event in history what would it be. The class will make two timelines. The first showing how history really evolved with all the major events before and after the event. They will also make a parallel timeline showing how the world might have been different if they could go back in time to change the event. Imagine if JFK would have lived because you stopped Oswald... what would the next few decades been like? Would the U.S. have gone to war in Vietnam? Would RFK have run for president and been killed like his brother? The final project will include these two timelines showing what the world was like and how it would be different and a written plan explaining how they would actually succeed in stopping the event. We will also work on using the BIG6 steps for research. These steps are task definition, information seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation.
Two other writing assignments this week will be on social studies topics. The first prompt: Do you think it was a good idea for the colonists to start the American Revolution? Explain your answer using evidence. The second prompt: If you lived during the time of the Revolution which side would you have taken and why? Explain your answer using evidence.
Science: We have finished the digestion unit and our next unit will focus on stars. This unit will be done after our unit in social studies.
Social Studies: The students have learned about the French and Indian War which led to the taxes that were placed on the colonists. The students also learned about taxes, and the taxes that the colonists were required to pay. Last week they will learn how the colonists protested these taxes and the start of the American Revolution. This week the students will learn about the American Revolution.
Spelling Unit 22:
pretty service thunder blanket effort fellow subject perhaps attack entire
chimney tunnel effect suspended challenge pretzel survive pillow hunger
college determined autobiography disease eternal composition percussion
malignant elastic silkworm signal suburban warranty yielding perfection
language undeniable despair concocted homestead brooded
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.
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
To earn the prize, the fifth graders will need to read 325 minutes for this month. The incentive will be sponsored by the Chicago Slaughter Professional Indoor Football Team along with Buffalo Wild Wings and GameWorks. Students who meet their goal will receive 2 ticket vouchers to a 2012 Chicago Slaughter game, a free kid's meal courtesy of Buffalo's Wild Wings, a free game card from Game Works, and other prizes. Since all reading must be done before Spring Break, and the month is shortened, the reading goals have been reduced.
LMC NEWS:
The Book Fair is coming! Preview was March 7-9, and sales are March 12-17. We will be open during the Fun Fair! Our online homepage can be accessed directly by going to http://goo.gl/7jFU4 or go to www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs and follow the path to May Watts.
Important Dates:
Math test Tuesday, March 13
Spelling Test Wednesday, March 14
Social Studies Test Thursday, March 15
Paw Print Redemption Thursday, March 15
Band Concert at Hill on Thursday, March 15 @ 6:15
Orchestra Concert at Hill on Thursday, March 15 @ 7:45
Fun Fair Saturday, March 17 11:00-3:00
Book Report due Thursday, March 22
Homework for March 9
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5P Math - Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday
Square Art due next Friday
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5P Math - Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday
Square Art due next Friday
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Homework for March 8
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5P Math - Journal page 330, Mathboxes page 331, Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday
5V Math - Venn Diagram Questions 1-4
5B Math - Study Link 7.6 & 7.7
Square Art due Friday, March 16
Spelling - Contract & Test due on Wednesday
5P Math - Journal page 330, Mathboxes page 331, Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday
5V Math - Venn Diagram Questions 1-4
5B Math - Study Link 7.6 & 7.7
Square Art due Friday, March 16
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Homework for March 7
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
5P Math - Study Link 9.9, Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday
5V Math - Study Link 7.5
5P Math - Study Link 9.9, Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday
5V Math - Study Link 7.5
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Homework for March 6
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
5P Math - Extended Response, Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday
5B Math - Study Link 7.5
5P Math - Extended Response, Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday
5B Math - Study Link 7.5
Monday, March 5, 2012
Homework for March 5
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due March 22
5P - Study Link 9.8, Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday
5B Math - Study Link 7.4
5V Math - Extended Response
5P - Study Link 9.8, Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday
5B Math - Study Link 7.4
5V Math - Extended Response
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Newsletter for the week of March 5
Reading: This week in reading, we will work on nonfiction reading using a variety of stories and writing another extended response. We will be doing ISATs during reading on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Book Report: Your book report for March must be a fairy tale. The presentation will be Thursday, March 22. For this book report you have three options to select from.
Writing: This week in writing the students will continue to work on researching an event in history. Our prompt is: If you could go back in time and change an event in history what would it be. The class will make two timelines. The first showing how history really evolved with all the major events before and after the event. They will also make a parallel timeline showing how the world might have been different if they could go back in time to change the event. Imagine if JFK would have lived because you stopped Oswald... what would the next few decades been like? Would the U.S. have gone to war in Vietnam? Would RFK have run for president and been killed like his brother? The final project will include these two timelines showing what the world was like and how it would be different and a written plan explaining how they would actually succeed in stopping the event. We will also work on using the BIG6 steps for research. These steps are task definition, information seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation.
Science: We have finished the digestion unit and our next unit will focus on stars. This unit will be done after our unit in social studies.
Social Studies: Last week, the students learned about the French and Indian War which led to the taxes that were placed on the colonists. The students learned about taxes, and the taxes that the colonists were required to pay. This week they will learn how the colonists protested these taxes and the start of the American Revolution.
Spelling:
There is no spelling this week.
ISAT SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, March 6: Session 1 for both reading and math
Wednesday, March 7: Session 2 for both reading and math
Thursday, March 8: Session 3 for both reading and math
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.
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
To earn the prize, the fifth graders will need to read 325 minutes for this month. The incentive will be sponsored by the Chicago Slaughter Professional Indoor Football Team along with Buffalo Wild Wings and GameWorks. Students who meet their goal will receive 2 ticket vouchers to a 2012 Chicago Slaughter game, a free kid's meal courtesy of Buffalo's Wild Wings, a free game card from Game Works, and other prizes. Since all reading must be done before Spring Break, and the month is shortened, the reading goals have been reduced.
LMC NEWS:
Young Authors entries are due on Thursday - late admissions will not be accepted, so bring them in on time.
We are looking for parent scorers for the Young Authors entries. Reading will be done during the school day on Monday - Wednesday, March 5-7. Parents can sign up to read at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D4A4AB2EA13-readers
The Book Fair is coming! Preview will be on March 7-9, with sales March 12-17. We will be open during the Fun Fair! Flyers will go home next week. Our online homepage can be accessed directly by going to http://goo.gl/7jFU4 or go to www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs and follow the path to May Watts.
Important Dates:
ISATs Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
Math test Tuesday, March 13
Book Report: Your book report for March must be a fairy tale. The presentation will be Thursday, March 22. For this book report you have three options to select from.
- After reading your fairy tale, you can create your own fairy tale.
- For the second option you can create a twist to the fairy tale you just read. This means that you can change a character, change the setting, change the character traits, etc. You do have to keep the message the same. You will rewrite your fairy tale with this twist.
- The third option is to create your own parody. An example of a parody would be Cinderella's Rat. Cinderella's rat tells the story instead of Cinderella. Another parody is the Wolf telling the story of the three little pigs.
Writing: This week in writing the students will continue to work on researching an event in history. Our prompt is: If you could go back in time and change an event in history what would it be. The class will make two timelines. The first showing how history really evolved with all the major events before and after the event. They will also make a parallel timeline showing how the world might have been different if they could go back in time to change the event. Imagine if JFK would have lived because you stopped Oswald... what would the next few decades been like? Would the U.S. have gone to war in Vietnam? Would RFK have run for president and been killed like his brother? The final project will include these two timelines showing what the world was like and how it would be different and a written plan explaining how they would actually succeed in stopping the event. We will also work on using the BIG6 steps for research. These steps are task definition, information seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation.
Science: We have finished the digestion unit and our next unit will focus on stars. This unit will be done after our unit in social studies.
Social Studies: Last week, the students learned about the French and Indian War which led to the taxes that were placed on the colonists. The students learned about taxes, and the taxes that the colonists were required to pay. This week they will learn how the colonists protested these taxes and the start of the American Revolution.
Spelling:
There is no spelling this week.
ISAT SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, March 6: Session 1 for both reading and math
Wednesday, March 7: Session 2 for both reading and math
Thursday, March 8: Session 3 for both reading and math
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.
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
To earn the prize, the fifth graders will need to read 325 minutes for this month. The incentive will be sponsored by the Chicago Slaughter Professional Indoor Football Team along with Buffalo Wild Wings and GameWorks. Students who meet their goal will receive 2 ticket vouchers to a 2012 Chicago Slaughter game, a free kid's meal courtesy of Buffalo's Wild Wings, a free game card from Game Works, and other prizes. Since all reading must be done before Spring Break, and the month is shortened, the reading goals have been reduced.
LMC NEWS:
Young Authors entries are due on Thursday - late admissions will not be accepted, so bring them in on time.
We are looking for parent scorers for the Young Authors entries. Reading will be done during the school day on Monday - Wednesday, March 5-7. Parents can sign up to read at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D4A4AB2EA13-readers
The Book Fair is coming! Preview will be on March 7-9, with sales March 12-17. We will be open during the Fun Fair! Flyers will go home next week. Our online homepage can be accessed directly by going to http://goo.gl/7jFU4 or go to www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs and follow the path to May Watts.
Important Dates:
ISATs Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
Math test Tuesday, March 13
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Homework for March 1
Reading - Book Report due on March 22, Read 20 minutes
5P Math - Study Link 9.5, Study Link 9.6 for extra credit
5B Math - Study Link 7.3
5V Math - Study Link 7.2
5P Math - Study Link 9.5, Study Link 9.6 for extra credit
5B Math - Study Link 7.3
5V Math - Study Link 7.2
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Homework for Feb. 28
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due tomorrow, Alliteration book due tomorrow
Spelling - Contract & Test due tomorrow
5P Math - Study Link 9.4, Journal page 307 #s 2, 3, 4(select one), 6
5V Math - Study Link 7.1
Spelling - Contract & Test due tomorrow
5P Math - Study Link 9.4, Journal page 307 #s 2, 3, 4(select one), 6
5V Math - Study Link 7.1
Monday, February 27, 2012
Homework for Feb. 27
Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Feb. 29, Alliteration book due on Feb. 29
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Newsletter for the week of February 27
Reading: This week in reading, we will work on nonfiction reading using a variety of stories. Our skills will focus on: open ended questions, making connections, and working on inferences. We will continue to work on test taking skills and go over the questions from the story Animals in Disguise. The students will also be writing another extended response.
Book Report: Your book report for February must be a historical fiction. The presentation will be Wednesday, February 29. For this book report the you will create a book quilt, which should be a 3x3 quilt block with each of the squares being about 8x8. You should share something from the book in each of the 9 squares. Some examples would be: character traits, setting, summary, illustration, conflict, solution, your favorite part, etc. Make sure all 9 squares are filled in, and you will share your quilt with the class.
Math: In math we are working on unit 9. The first two lessons focused on reading and plotting coordinate pairs. The next lesson focused on the area of rectangles. This week we will work on the area of triangles and parallelograms and the volume of prisms. We will also continue to work on the extended response.
Writing: This week in writing the students will continue to work on researching an event in history. Our prompt is: If you could go back in time and change an event in history what would it be. The class will make two timelines. The first showing how history really evolved with all the major events before and after the event. They will also make a parallel timeline showing how the world might have been different if they could go back in time to change the event. Imagine if JFK would have lived because you stopped Oswald... what would the next few decades been like? Would the U.S. have gone to war in Vietnam? Would RFK have run for president and been killed like his brother? The final project will include these two timelines showing what the world was like and how it would be different and a written plan explaining how they would actually succeed in stopping the event. We will also work on using the BIG6 steps for research. These steps are task definition, information seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation.
Science: We have finished the digestion unit and our next unit will focus on stars. This unit will be done after our unit in social studies.
Social Studies: On Monday, we have our Harriet Tubman field trip. On Tuesday, the students will learn about the French and Indian War which leads to the taxes that are placed on the colonists. The students will learn about taxes, and the taxes that the colonists are required to pay. They will also learn how the colonists protested these taxes.
Spelling Unit 21:
precede predict prefer pretend pretest prevent preview previous proceed
process proclaim professional program progress project promise property
pronunciation propose protect ceramic opponent aquarium resources prefix
acquaintance prearrange preparation preserve presume process profound
productive prohibitive proportional hyperbole personification alliteration simile
onomatopoeia metaphor
ISAT SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, March 6: Session 1 for both reading and math
Wednesday, March 7: Session 2 for both reading and math
Thursday, March 8: Session 3 for both reading and math
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.
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
To earn the prize, the fifth graders will need to read 400 minutes for this month. The prizes this month will be a ticket to the Kane County Cougars May Watts Night on May 24 & a free personal pizza at Pizza Hut. The Kane County Cougars ticket includes a free hot dog and drink voucher, tshirt, and an opportunity to run around the bases.
LMC NEWS:
Young Authors entries are due on Thursday - late admissions will not be accepted, so bring them in on time.
We are looking for parent scorers for the Young Authors entries. Reading will be done during the school day on Monday - Wednesday, March 5-7. Parents can sign up to read at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D4A4AB2EA13-readers
The Book Fair is coming! Preview will be on March 7-9, with sales March 12-17. We will be open during the Fun Fair! Flyers will go home next week. Our online homepage can be accessed directly by going to http://goo.gl/7jFU4 or go to www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs and follow the path to May Watts.
Important Dates:
Harriet Tubman field trip Monday, February 27
Spelling Test Wednesday, February 29
Book Report due Wednesday, February 29
Final manuscripts for young authors due on Thursday, March 1
Paw print redemption Thursday, March 1
No School Friday, March 2 Teacher Institute
Book Report: Your book report for February must be a historical fiction. The presentation will be Wednesday, February 29. For this book report the you will create a book quilt, which should be a 3x3 quilt block with each of the squares being about 8x8. You should share something from the book in each of the 9 squares. Some examples would be: character traits, setting, summary, illustration, conflict, solution, your favorite part, etc. Make sure all 9 squares are filled in, and you will share your quilt with the class.
Math: In math we are working on unit 9. The first two lessons focused on reading and plotting coordinate pairs. The next lesson focused on the area of rectangles. This week we will work on the area of triangles and parallelograms and the volume of prisms. We will also continue to work on the extended response.
Writing: This week in writing the students will continue to work on researching an event in history. Our prompt is: If you could go back in time and change an event in history what would it be. The class will make two timelines. The first showing how history really evolved with all the major events before and after the event. They will also make a parallel timeline showing how the world might have been different if they could go back in time to change the event. Imagine if JFK would have lived because you stopped Oswald... what would the next few decades been like? Would the U.S. have gone to war in Vietnam? Would RFK have run for president and been killed like his brother? The final project will include these two timelines showing what the world was like and how it would be different and a written plan explaining how they would actually succeed in stopping the event. We will also work on using the BIG6 steps for research. These steps are task definition, information seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation.
Science: We have finished the digestion unit and our next unit will focus on stars. This unit will be done after our unit in social studies.
Social Studies: On Monday, we have our Harriet Tubman field trip. On Tuesday, the students will learn about the French and Indian War which leads to the taxes that are placed on the colonists. The students will learn about taxes, and the taxes that the colonists are required to pay. They will also learn how the colonists protested these taxes.
Spelling Unit 21:
precede predict prefer pretend pretest prevent preview previous proceed
process proclaim professional program progress project promise property
pronunciation propose protect ceramic opponent aquarium resources prefix
acquaintance prearrange preparation preserve presume process profound
productive prohibitive proportional hyperbole personification alliteration simile
onomatopoeia metaphor
ISAT SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, March 6: Session 1 for both reading and math
Wednesday, March 7: Session 2 for both reading and math
Thursday, March 8: Session 3 for both reading and math
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.
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
To earn the prize, the fifth graders will need to read 400 minutes for this month. The prizes this month will be a ticket to the Kane County Cougars May Watts Night on May 24 & a free personal pizza at Pizza Hut. The Kane County Cougars ticket includes a free hot dog and drink voucher, tshirt, and an opportunity to run around the bases.
LMC NEWS:
Young Authors entries are due on Thursday - late admissions will not be accepted, so bring them in on time.
We are looking for parent scorers for the Young Authors entries. Reading will be done during the school day on Monday - Wednesday, March 5-7. Parents can sign up to read at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D4A4AB2EA13-readers
The Book Fair is coming! Preview will be on March 7-9, with sales March 12-17. We will be open during the Fun Fair! Flyers will go home next week. Our online homepage can be accessed directly by going to http://goo.gl/7jFU4 or go to www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs and follow the path to May Watts.
Important Dates:
Harriet Tubman field trip Monday, February 27
Spelling Test Wednesday, February 29
Book Report due Wednesday, February 29
Final manuscripts for young authors due on Thursday, March 1
Paw print redemption Thursday, March 1
No School Friday, March 2 Teacher Institute
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