A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:

Social Studies- We will finish our web-notes on Lesson 5.1 "Jamestown," and will be begin to read Lesson 5.2.

ELA
Reading- We will continue to work in our ELA centers.  We will finish listening to "A Boy Called Slow," and students will be introduced to our research project on Sitting Bull.

Essential Questions:  

How can challenges affect yourself and those around you (i.e family, friends, etc)?

How do characters, real and fictional, respond to challenges  (both positively & negatively)?

How are challenges conquered in literature and informational text?

Word Work- Spelling:  Students will be studying Lesson 10, and will take a test on Friday.
Vocabulary-  Students will continue to work on Marzano's strategies for making words more meaningful.  We will continue to look at how to use some vocabulary apps on the iPad, and how to use iMovie to enhance our tableaux and skits.

Language Arts- We will apply our writing strategies by revising fragments and run-on sentences.  Students are going to be publishing a piece of writing from their Writer's Notebook.

Science- We will finish discussing Lesson 6.1, and take an open-note assessment on Wednesday.  We will then preview and begin to read Lesson 6.2.
Essential Questions:  How do organisms compete and survive in an ecosystem? How do ecosystems change over time? How do people affect ecosystems?

Math-  We will finish reviewing Chapter 5 and take a test on Tuesday.  We will then preview and begin Chapter 2, focusing on multiplying whole numbers.

Important Days:

Monday- Parent/Teacher Conferences
Tuesday- Parent/Teacher Conferences
Thursday- Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday - Halloween- 1:15 Parade

Have a great weekend!

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:

Social Studies- We will finish reading Lesson 5.1 "Jamestown," and will continue to work on note-taking skills.  During this lesson we will focus on making web notes.

ELA
Reading- We will continue building our reading stamina, and setting up our ELA centers.  We will read with partners and listen to the story called "A Boy Called Slow."

Essential Questions:  

How can challenges affect yourself and those around you (i.e family, friends, etc)?

How do characters, real and fictional, respond to challenges  (both positively & negatively)?

How are challenges conquered in literature and informational text?

Word Work- Spelling:  Students will be studying Lesson 9, and will take a test on Friday.
Vocabulary-  Students will continue to work on Marzano's strategies for making words more meaningful.  We will continue to look at how to use some vocabulary apps on the iPad.

Language Arts- We will be working on our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebooks, and find themes in our writing.  We will also be looking at conjunctions, and how to make more complex sentences.

Science- We will begin to read Chapter 6 "Ecosystems and Change."  We will read Lesson 6.1 "How do organisms compete and survive in an ecosystem?"  Again, we will focus on taking notes through webs.
Essential Questions:  How do organisms compete and survive in an ecosystem? How do ecosystems change over time? How do people affect ecosystems?

Math-  Students will take a Lesson 5.4-5.7 quiz on Monday.  They will then continue to work with subtracting decimals.

Important Days:

Thursday- Bus Driver Appreciation Day

Have a great weekend!

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A Look at Next Week:

Social Studies- We will begin Chapter 5 "The Struggle to Found Colonies."  We will preview the chapter, discuss our background knowledge, and read Lesson 5.1 "Jamestown."

ELA
Reading- We will continue building our reading stamina, and setting up our ELA centers.  We will discuss our Native American name, and look at the Sioux culture.  

Essential Questions:  

How can challenges affect yourself and those around you (i.e family, friends, etc)?

How do characters, real and fictional, respond to challenges  (both positively & negatively)?

How are challenges conquered in literature and informational text?

Word Work- Spelling:  Students will be studying Lesson 8, and will take a test on Friday.
Vocabulary-  Students will continue to work on Marzano's strategies for making words more meaningful.  We will look at how to use some vocabulary apps on the iPad.

Language Arts- We will be working on our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebooks.  We will also review writing in complete sentences.

Science- Students will work with their partners to come up with their own Photosynthesis or Energy Pyramid song, that explains those processes.  
Essential Questions: How do plants produce food?  and How is energy passed through an ecosystem?

Math-  Students will be adding decimals, and will be subtracting decimals using base-ten blocks.

Important Days:

Monday- Columbus Day- No School
Thursday- Book Fair/Taffy Apple Sale 6:30-8:00pm

Friday - Early Dismissal, Spirit Day- 5th Grade Wears Red

Have a great weekend!

Junior Achievement

We will begin Junior Achievement next week.  Mr. Blocker will be coming to present the curriculum to our class on Tuesday mornings.  The curriculum covers basic economics and the discussion of topics such as starting up a business, and how to act on a job interview.  The students are always very excited about the program, and Mr. Blocker does an excellent job.  We look forward to starting next week.

A Look at Next Week:

Social Studies- We will present our power point presentations on the Columbian Exchange, and continue to read our Time For Kids magazine.  
Essential Questions:  How can one country impact another?  and What can we learn from the Columbian exchange that has impacted other countries today?

ELA
Reading- We will continue building our reading stamina, and setting up our ELA centers.  We will do a close read from the book Teammates about the challenges Jackie Robinson faced.  We will also continue to comparing the challenges in Teammates to the challenges in the poem "Mother to Son."  

Essential Questions:  

How can challenges affect yourself and those around you (i.e family, friends, etc)?

How do characters, real and fictional, respond to challenges  (both positively & negatively)?

How are challenges conquered in literature and informational text?

Word Work- Spelling:  Students will be studying Lesson 7, and will take a test on Friday.
Vocabulary-  Students will continue to work on Marzano's strategies for making words more meaningful.  They will continue to make our vocabulary "note-cards" in the back of our Reading Notebook.  They will also practice acting out our vocabulary words, and turning our pictures and skits into an iMovie.  

Language Arts- We will be working on our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebooks.  We will take a quiz on subjects and predicates on Thursday.

Science- Students will review Chapter 5 and have their test on Thursday.
Essential Questions: How do plants produce food?  and How is energy passed through an ecosystem?

Math-  Students will take a quiz on Lessons 5.1-5.3 on Monday.  Then we will be using models to demonstrate our understanding of adding decimals.

Important Days:

Wednesday - Picture Day
Thursday- Spirit Day- Blawkhawks Day 

Friday - Early Dismissal, Spirit Day- 5th Grade Wears Red

Have a great weekend!