Newsletter for the week of 4-18

Reading: This week in reading, we will be reading the story "The World of William Joyce Scrapbook".  The focus skill will be word analysis.  We will be working on synonyms, antonyms, and multiple meaning words.  We will also be working on comprehension skills and open ended questions.  Our focus words for this story are: encouraged, illustrating, series, charcoal, and pastels.

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Friday, April 29.  The genre for this book is a science fiction or fantasy book.  For this book report the students need to make a travel brochure.  The travel brochure should include the following: an illustrated cover, what a guest should bring, why someone should come and visit this place, directions on how to get there, any special features that a person may want to see, and anything else they would like to include.

Math: In math we started unit 10.  The first two lessons focused on solving pan balance problems.  The third lesson focused on algebraic expressions.  This week we will work on developing representational forms for rates, interpreting graphs, and interpreting tables. 

Writing: This week in writing we will continue our research.  We will use books and computers to research their topics.  We will review how to take notes from the different resources.

Science: This quarter our unit in science focuses around using the microscope.  The students have learned about the parts of the microscope and how to prepare a slide.  The students also looked at their hair and thread, and they wrote down their observations.  They learned about the range of view and observed a penny.  They also observed the plant cell and used stains to highlight different parts of the cell.  This week we will start learning about the animal cell.  The students will observe their cheek cells, and protists under the microscope.

Social Studies: We will go back to social studies after we finish the science unit.

Spelling Unit 25 Words:
slogan     radar     minutes     honest     second     virus     shadow     humor     salad     eleven
closet     model     volcano     private     balance     radio     basis     decent     fanatic     novel
diary     textbooks     calculated     superior     centuries     laser     module     miser     lotion
bouquet     resign     scenic     awesome     finance     promise     blockade     impeach
segregation     sharecropping     generalization

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

Important Dates:

Spelling Test Wednesday, April 20
Permission slip to eat the food at the 5th grade farewell due Thursday, April 21
Book Order due Thursday, April 21
No School Friday, April 22
No School Monday, April 25
Book Report due Friday, April 29
Math Test Monday, May 2

Everyday Math Apps

Everyday Math Apps

We just learned this information and wanted to share it with you. McGraw-Hill is offering the EDM Games Apps for iPads and iPhones/iPod touches FREE at the iTunes store from April 13-16, 2011. After April 16th, the apps will be available for $1.99.The games that will be available include:

• Addition Top-it
• Subtraction Top-it
• Beat the Computer
• Name that Number
• Equivalent Fractions
• Tric-Trac
• Monster Squeeze
• Baseball Multiplication 1-6 Facts
• Baseball Multiplication 1-12 Facts
• Divisibility Dash

Check them out!  Just go to your iTunes account, click on the App store, and search Everyday Math.

Homework 4-15

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 4-29

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday

5G Math - Journal page 327, Study Link 9.1

Baby Photo due 4-29

Permission slip for the fifth grade farewell due 4-21

Book Order due 4-21

Homework 4-14

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due tomorrow

Spelling - Contract and test due on 4-20

5P Math - Study Link 10.2

5G Math - Nothing written on the board

Baby photo due 4-49

Permission slip for 5th grade farewell's food due 4-21

Homework 4-13

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book report due on Friday

5P Math - Study Link 10.1, Journal page 355 numbers 1, 2, & 3

5G Math - Journal pages 321 & 322, Study Link 8.12

Baby Photo due 4-29

Permission slip for fifth grade farewell food due 4-21

Homework 4-12

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due Friday

Spelling - Test & Contract for Wednesday

5G Math - Study Link 8.11

Baby Photo due 4-29

Permission Slip for 5th Grade Farewell due 4-21

Homework 4-11

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due Friday

Spelling - Contract & Test due 4-13

5P Math - Test tomorrow, Study Link 8.12

5G Math - Study Link 8. 10, Journal pages 315 & 319

Culvers Drawing due tomorrow

Baby photo due 4-29

Newsletter for the week of 4-11

Reading: This week in reading, we will use articles from Time for Kids to work on our focus skills.  We will work on making a timeline, answering open ended questions, and answering the research questions.  We will also work on using context clues to define unfamiliar words.  

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Friday, April 15.  The students may select from the following options: a book sandwich, a book quilt, an A to Z about the book, make a book jacket, or take an accelerated reader test.

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.  The students also learned about subtracting and multiplying fractions.  They learned how to find a product of a whole number and a fraction.  Last week they learned how to calculate the percent of a discount.  They also learned how to find the whole given a fraction or percent.  The last lesson in unit 8 was dividing fractions.  The test over unit 8 is Tuesday.  On Wednesday, we will start unit 10.  The first two lessons focus on solving pan balance problems.  The third lesson focuses on algebraic expressions. 

Writing: This week in writing the students will begin their research.  We will use books and computers to research their topics.  We will review how to take notes from the different resources.

Science: This quarter our unit in science focuses around using the microscope.  The students have learned about the parts of the microscope and how to prepare a slide.  The students also looked at their hair and thread, and they wrote down their observations.  They learned about the range of view.  This week they will observe a penny.  They will also start to learn about the parts of a plant cell and be able to observe one under the microscope.  We will also use stains to highlight different parts of the cell.

Social Studies: We will go back to social studies after we finish the science unit.

Spelling Unit 24 Words:
subtract      distract      contract      complex      distrust      extra      improve      instead      Congress
English      conflict      exchange      pumpkin      sandwich      Christmas      construction      luncheon
complaint      transform      although      cassette      devised      persuaded      deceive      dictionary
punctuation      unstressed      abbreviation      approve      substance      parsley      puncture
hatchet      laughter      purchase      nutrients      proteins       vitamins      calorie      carbohydrates

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

Important Dates:

Math test Tuesday, April 12
Spelling test Wednesday, April 13
Book report due Friday, April 15

Homework 4-8

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 4-15

Spelling - Test & Contract due 4-13

5P Math - Study Link 8.10, Study Guide due on Monday, Test on Tuesday

5G Math - Journal page 313

Baby photos due 4-29

Bring a penny for science on Monday

Homework 4-7

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 4-15

Spelling - Contract & Test due 4-13

5P Math - Journal page 283, Study guide due Monday, Test Tuesday

5G Math - Journal pages 311 & 312

Baby Photo due 4-29

Hill Parent Night 7:00 - 8:30

Homework 4-6

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 4-15

5P Math - Study link 8.9, Study Guide due 4-11, Test 4-12

5G Math - Journal page 309, Study Link 8.8 both sides

5S Flex - Character Chart

Homework 4-5

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report 4-15

5P Math - Journal page 279, Study guide due Monday, Test Tuesday

5G Math - Journal page 307

Science - Quiz over parts of the microscope

Homework 4-4

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 4-15

5P Math - Problems on sheets, Study Guide due 4-11, Test 4-12

5G Math - Study Link 8.2 & 8.7

Science - Quiz Wednesday

Newsletter for the week of 4-4

Reading: This week in reading we will be reading the story "William Shakespeare & the Globe".  The focus skills for this story are fact and opinion, important vs. unimportant information, and connecting literary selections to historical context.  We will also continue to work on using context clues to define words.  The words we will focus on this story are dismantle, adornment, lavish, congested, patron, critical, and shareholder.   

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Friday, April 15.  The students may select from the following options: a book sandwich, a book quilt, an A to Z about the book, make a book jacket, or take an accelerated reader test.

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.  The students also learned about subtracting and multiplying fractions.  They learned how to find a product of a whole number and a fraction.  Last week the students continued to learn how to find a product of a whole number and a fraction.  This week they will learn how to calculate the percent of a discount.  They will also find the whole given a fraction or percent.  The last lesson in unit 8 is dividing fractions.

Writing: This week in writing the students will pick their research topic.  We are making some changes to our project this year, and we have not decided what the end product will be.  This year the students can select either a person who impacted the world or a historical event that had an impact on the world.  On Monday, they will be able to look through biography books and books with historical events.  This will help them select a topic.  On Tuesday, we will go through the specific questions that will need to be answered after doing their research.  Then they will select their person or event on Friday.  On Wednesday, they are going to write a story about meeting their favorite author, and on Thursday, the students are going to write a 6 word memoir. 

Science: This quarter our unit in science focuses around using the microscope.  The students will learn about the parts of the microscope and how to prepare a slide.  The students will also compare the size of specimens and observe a penny next week.  They will start to learn about the parts of a plant cell and be able to observe one under the microscope.

Social Studies: We will go back to social studies after we finish the science unit.

Spelling Unit  Words:
There is no spelling this week.

Important Information:
Please sign the report card envelope and send it back to school after break.
If your child submitted Read for Success, they will be getting the tickets in mid-May.

Important Dates:

Spring Break the week of March 28
Classes resume Monday, April 4
Parent night at Hill on Thursday, April 7
Math test Tuesday, April 12
Book report due Friday, April 15

Homework 3-25

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 4-15

5P Math - Study Guide due on Thursday, April 7, Test on Friday, April 8

Have a great spring break.

Homework 3-24

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 8.8, Study guide due on April 6, Test April 7

5G Math - Journal pages 303 & 306

Book Order due Friday

Homework 3-23

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Friday

5P Math - Journal page 275

5G Math - Study Link 8.6, Journal page 301

Book Order due on Friday

Homework 3-22

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on Friday

Spelling - Test & Contract due Wednesday

5G Math - Journal pages 297 & 299

Book Order due on Friday

Homework 3-21

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

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 8.7, Journal page 271 numbers 1, 3, 4, 5

5G Math - Journal pages 293 & 294,

Social Studies - Worksheet, Test starting tomorrow

Book Order due 3-25

Newsletter for the week of 3-21

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, inferences, and important vs. unimportant information.  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.  We will also be using Time for Kids magazines to teach these 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.  Last week the students learned about subtracting and multiplying fractions.  They also learned how to find a product of a whole number and a fraction.  This week the students will continue to learn how to find a product of a whole number and a fraction.  They will also learn how to calculate the percent of a discount.

Writing: This week in writing we will be making mash up books.  The students will take two picture books and mash the two stories together.  They will also make two class books this week.  I will read the story Animals Should Definately Not Wear Clothing then the students will brainstorm other things animals should not do.  Each student will make a page for our class book about what animals should not do.  I will also read the book Bad Ideas, and the students will make a page for the class book on bad ideas.

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 Tuesday.

Spelling Unit 23 Words:
wondering       fastened       permitting       controlled       listening       regretted       suffered
admitted       referred       bothered       submitted       whispered       transferring       occurring
canceled       developing       scrubbing       upsetting       wondered       quarreled       triggered
commenting       delaying       squatted       complained       permitting       remained       profiting
selling       supplying       obtaining       omitted       preferred       profited       abolitionist
headline       editorial       dateline       secede

Important Information:
Spring fundraiser - Money order forms are due Monday, March 21
If your child submitted Read for Success, they will be getting the tickets in mid-May.

Important Dates:
Social Studies test Tuesday, March 22

Spelling test Wednesday, March 23
Book Report due Friday, March 25
Report cards Friday, March 25
Spring Break the week of March 28
Classes resume Monday, April 4
Math test Friday, April 8