Homework 3-18

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Friday

Language Arts - Persuasive Paper due Monday

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday 3-23

5G Math - Journal page 287 if not done

Fun Fair tomorrow

The Book Fair will also be open tomorrow.

Homework 3-17

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 3-25

Spelling - Contract & Test due 3-23

5P Math - Journal page 266 problems 2, 3, 4

5G Math - Fix page 280 if needed

Homework 3-16

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 3-25

5P Math - Journal page 261, Journal page 263 numbers 1 & 3

5G Math - Journal page 280 evens & journal page 281

Fun Fair Saturday

Book Fair

Homework 3-15

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 3-25

Spelling - Contract & Test due tomorrow

5P Math - Journal page 258

5G Math - Journal pages 278 & 279

Social Studies - 2 worksheets

Art - Crime poster

Homework 3-14

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 3-25

Spelling - Test & Contract due on Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 8.3

5G Math - Worksheet

Newsletter for the week of 3-14

Reading: This week in reading we will continue to work on using context clues and affixes to define words.  We will also work on summarizing ideas, open ended questions, and defending inferences.  This week in reading we will work on these skills with our social studies curriculum.  The students will be reading the chapter in both reading and social studies block and working on different skills.   

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Friday, March 25, and the genre is fairy tales.  They have three options to select from for this report.  Option 1: After reading the fairy tale, they can create their own fairy tale.  Option 2: They can create a twist to the fairy tale they just read.  This means that they can change a character, change the setting, change the character traits, etc.  The message of the fairy tale should be the same.  Option 3: They can create their 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 instead of the Three Little Pigs.

Math: In math we started unit 8.  The first lesson of this unit focused on equivalent fractions.  The second lesson focused on adding mixed numbers with common denominators and uncommon denominators.  This week the students will learn about subtracting and multiplying fractions.  They will also learn how to find a product of a whole number and a fraction.

Writing: This week in writing we will continue writing a persuasive paper.  The students will continue writing to the King to persuade him to stop taxing the colonists.

Science: We will go back to science next quarter.

Social Studies: We will be working on chapter 9.  The students will learn about the colonists declaring independence from Britain.  They will also learn about the American Revolution.  This chapter also focuses on how other nations helped the colonists during the American Revolution.  The focus skill of this chapter is making generalizations.  The tentative date of the test is this Friday.

Spelling Unit 22 Words:
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
Important Information:
If your child submitted Read for Success, they will be getting the tickets in mid-May.

Important Dates:
Book Fair throughout this week
Band concert at Hill on Monday, March 14 at 7:45
Orchestra concert at Hill on Monday, March 14 at 6:15

Spelling test Wednesday, March 16
Paw print redemption on Thursday, March 17
Social Studies test Friday, March 18
Fun Fair Saturday, March 19
Book Report due Friday, March 25

Homework 3-11

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 3-25

Spelling - Test & Contract due Wednesday

5G Math - Study Link 7.8, Journal pages 267, 271

Social Studies - Test will be finished on Monday

P.E. - Fitness Sheet

Homework 3-10

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Friday

Spelling - Contract & Test due 3-16

5P Math - Journal page 252

5G Math - Study Link

Social Studies - Worksheet, Test on Friday

P.E. - Fitness Sheet due on Monday

Homework 3-9

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Friday

5P Math - Study Link 8.1

5G Math - Journal page 262

Social Studies - Worksheet

P.E. - Fitness sheet due on Monday

Homework 3-8

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 3-11

Language Arts - Persuasive Paper due on Wednesday

Spelling - Contract & Test for tomorrow

5G Math - Study Link 7.5 & 7.6

P.E. - Fitness Homework due on Monday

Homework 3-7

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 3-11

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday

5P Math - Test tomorrow

5G Math - Journal pages 256 & 259, Study Link 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

P.E. - Fitness Sheet due on Monday

Newsletter for the week of 3-7

Reading: This week in reading we will continue to work on using context clues and affixes to define words.  We will also work on summarizing ideas and defending inferences.  This week in reading we will work on these skills with our social studies curriculum.  The students will be reading the chapter in both reading and social studies block and working on different skills.   

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Friday, March 11, and it is a choice book.  They have five options to select from: a book sandwich, write the next chapter to their book, A to Z of their book, make a book jacket, or an accelerated reader test.

Math: In math we started unit 9.  The first three lessons of this unit focused on reading and graphing coordinate pairs.  We also learned about finding the area of rectangles.  Last week we learned about using the rectangle method to find the area of triangles and parallelograms.  They also learned how to find the volume of rectangular prisms and the relationship between a liter, cubic centimeter, and millilter.  The test is Tuesday.

Writing: This week in writing we will finish writing the persuasive paper which focused on school uniforms.  Later in the week, we will write another persuasive paper.  The students will write to the King to persuade him to stop taxing the colonists.

Science: We will go back to science next quarter.

Social Studies: We will be working on chapter 8.  The students will learn about the taxes Britain imposed on the thirteen colonies.  We will be doing a taxation project with the students to help them understand taxes, and why the colonists became angry with all the taxes.  They will also learn how the colonists responded to the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, and the Intolerable Act.  This chapter also focuses on the many events that led to the American Revolution and the first battle of the war.  The focus skill of this chapter is using primary sources.  The tentative date of the test is this Friday.

Spelling Unit 21 Words:
precede       predict       prefer       pretend       pretest       prevent       preview       previous
proceed       process       proclaim       professional       program       progress       project
promise       pronunciation       property       propose       protect       ceramic       opponent
aquarium       resources       acquaintance       prearrange       prefix       preparation       preserve
presume       profound       productive       prohibitive       proportional       hyperbole       simile
personification       alliteration       onomatopoeia       metaphor

Important Information:
If your child submitted Read for Success, they will be getting the tickets in mid-May.

Important Dates:

Field trip money due
Math test Tuesday, March 8
Spelling test Wednesday, March 9
Book Report due Friday, March 11
Book Fair Preview Friday, March 11
Social Studies test Friday, March 11

Homework 3-4

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due Friday, March 11

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday, March 9

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

Field Trip Note

Homework 3-3

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 3-11

5P Math - Study Link 9.10, Journal pages 330 & 331, Study Guide due Monday, Test on Tuesday

5G Math - None

Science - Test tomorrow

Field Trip form

Form for pictures taken for the fifth grade farewell

Homework 3-2

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 3-11

5P Math - Study Link 9.9, Mathboxes 9.9, Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday

5G Math - Journal page 253

Science - Test on Friday

Field Trip form

Form giving permission to use your students picture in the slideshow and DVD for the 5th grade farewell

Homework 3-1

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book report

5P Math - Study guide due on 3-7, Test on 3-8

5G Math - Study Link 7.1

Science - Worksheet, Test Friday

Field Trip form

Homework 2-28

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report

5P Math - Study Link 9.8, Study guide due 3-7, Test 3-8

Science - Test on Friday

Field Trip note due

Newsletter for the week of 2-28

Reading: This week in reading we will continue to work on using context clues and affixes to define words.  We will also work on using multiple meaning words, and reading charts.  The students will also work on poems and a TFK magazine on Friday.

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Monday, February 28.  This book must be a historical fiction.  For this report, they need to make a 3x3 quilt block with each of the squares being about 8x8 inches.  They need to share something from the book in each of the 9 squares.  Examples would be: characters, setting, summary, illustration, their favorite part, conflict, etc.  They need to make sure all 9 squares are filled in, and they will share their quilt with the class.

Math: In math we started unit 9.  The first three lessons of this unit focused on reading and graphing coordinate pairs.  We also learned about finding the area of rectangles.  Last week we learned about using the rectangle method to find the area of triangles and parallelograms.  This week we will learn how to find the volume of rectangualr prisms.  The students will also learn the relationship between a liter, cubic centimeter, and miililter.

Writing: This week in writing we will continue to write a persuasive paper which will focus on school uniforms. 

Science: This week in science we will start learning about stars.  In the first lesson the students learned about the sun and the layers of the sun.  Then they learned about the different star sizes, distances, star colors and what the colors mean.  This week we will continue to focus on star birth, death, and galaxies.  We will also focus on the different constellations.

Social Studies: We will go back to social studies the last half of this quarter.

Spelling Unit Words:
There is no spelling this week.

Important Dates:

Field trip money due
Book report due on Monday, February 28
ISAT testing March 1, 2, & 3
Science test Friday, March 4
Math test Tuesday, March 8

Homework 2-24

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due Monday

5P Math - Study Link 9.6

Science - Worksheet

Field Trip form

Homework 2-23

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Monday, Feb. 28

Language Arts - 4 Square due tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 9.5, Journal page 315

PA - Stock market game worksheet

Field Trip note