A Peek at this Week

Reading Novels

A Look at This Week:

ELA:  

Reading- We will continue to read our novels for our literature circles.  Students will be reading Bud, Not Buddy, Crash, or Touching Spirit Bear.

Word Work- Students will take their Word Work List 5 Assessment on Wednesday.  List 5 word parts: a/an, dec, derma, photo, port, and struct.

Writing- Students will be revising their narratives and adding more details to their writing.

Math: Students will take their Unit 2 test on Thursday.

Science:  Students will finish discussing patterns in the night sky.

Social Studies:  Students will be finish discussing the Pilgrims and Puritans.  They will take an assessment over lessons 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 on Friday.

Spirit Days:

Monday- Have an "Attitude of Gratitude"

Tuesday- Beat the Chill- Tropical Shirt Day

Wednesday- Winter Hat/Flannel Day

Thursday- Cozy up to Winter- Pajama Day

Friday- National Ugly Sweater Day

A Peek at Next Week

  A Look at This Week:

ELA:  

Reading- We will begin to read novels in literature circles.  Students will be reading Bud, Not Buddy, Crash, or Touching Spirit Bear.

Word Work- Students will continue to work with Word Work List 5 word parts: a/an, dec, derma, photo, port, and struct.

Writing- Students will be focusing on slowing down the heart of their story.  They will also make sure that their narrative follows a story-arc.

Math: Students will continue to use ratio tables in order to find a better buy and will be working on finding equivalent fractions when adding and subtracting fractions.

Science:  Students will finish discussing patterns in the night sky.

Social Studies:  Students will be learning about French and Dutch colonies in the Americas. (Lesson 5.2)

Important Days:

Wednesday- Early Dismissal

A Peek at this Week

 A Look at This Week:

ELA:  

Reading- We will continue to look at different character's perspectives within a story, and author's purpose.  Student's book reports are due this week.

Word Work- Students will continue to work with Word Work List 5 word parts: a/an, dec, derma, photo, port, and struct.

Writing- Students will make writing goals, and will review the use of commas while writing.

Math: Students will learn how to multiply a fraction by a whole number.

Science:  Students will finish discussing patterns in the night sky.

Social Studies:  Students will be discussing colonialism, and the colony of Jamestown.

A Peek at This Week

   

A Look at This Week:

ELA:  

Reading- We will continue to look at different character's perspectives within a story.  We will finish our discussion of the book Teammates.

Word Work- Students will continue to work with Word Work List 4 word parts.

Writing- Students will continue to journal about small moments in our life from our character's point of view.  We will also enhance our writing by using commas as we write.

Math: Students will learn how to simplify fractions using the Greatest Common Factor.

Science:  Students will continue to investigate why the patterns in the night sky change throughout the year, and will write a Scientific Explanation on Friday.

Social Studies:  Students will finish discussing their theories about what happened to the Roanoke colonists.

Important Dates

Thursday- Robert Crown Presentation

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

A Peek at Next Week

Geography Stations

  

A Look at This Week:

ELA:  

Reading- We wrapped up our discussion on A Boy Called Slow.  Next week we will begin to look at the story, Teammates, which is about Jackie Robinson.

Word Work- Students will continue to work with Word Work List 4 word parts, and take a quiz over the words on Friday.  Word Work List 4: aud, cardio, de, duct, hydro, and quad.

Writing- Students will continue to journal about small moments in our life from our character's point of view.

Math: Students will be deciding when it is more effective to view fractions as money or clocks.  They will also begin to find the Least Common Multiple, and will be begin simplifying fractions.

Science:  Students will continue to investigate why the patterns in the night sky change throughout the year.

Social Studies:  Students will begin Chapter 5, Lesson 1:  "Hard Times in Virginia."  We will be taking cause and effect notes while we look at the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke.

Important Dates

Thursday- Veteran's Day

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

A Peek at This Week

 

Halloween

 A Look at This Week:

ELA:  

Reading- We will review context clues, and vocabulary for our next story, A Boy Called Slow.

Word Work- Students will begin to work with Word Work List 4 word parts: aud, cardio, de, duct, hydro, and quad.

Writing- Students will continue to journal about small moments in our life from our character's point of view.

Math: Students will be using money models to add and subtract fractions.

Science:  Students will be discovering why the patterns in the night sky change throughout the year.

Social Studies:  Students will finish discussing the 5 themes of Geography.  Then we will begin Chapter 5, "The 13 English Colonies."

Important Dates

Wednesday- 11:30 Early Dismissal

Friday- Bingo Night

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

A Peek at This Week

  A Look at This Week:

ELA:

Reading- Students will continue to go over the elements of a short story and themes of a story.

Word Work- Students will continue to work with their List 3 word parts:  astro, auto, ject, post, spect and tri.  They will take their Word Work List 3 Assessment on Wednesday.

Writing- Students will continue to journal about small moments in our life.

Math: Students will begin Unit 2, which focuses on adding and subtracting fractions.  We will reflect on our Unit 1 test, take our Unit 2 pre-assessment, and begin our first lessons that look at money as fractions.

Science:  Students will be writing a Scientific Explanation, using evidence from different models.

Social Studies:  Students will begin to look at the 5 themes of geography:  location, place, human-environment interaction, movement,  and region.

Important Dates

Monday- Parent/Teacher Conferences; Spirit Day: Wear Yellow or Green

Tuesday- Spirit Day:  Wear Red 

Wednesday- Parent/Teacher Conferences; Spirit Day:  Wear Blue

Thursday- Spirit Day: Wear any Color of the Rainbow

Friday- Bring Halloween Costume; Spirit Day:  Wear Orange

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

A Peek at Next Week

 A Look at Next Week:

ELA:

Reading- Students will continue to look at the Author's Purpose and viewpoint.  They will also be identifying context clues to help them define unknown words in the text.

Word Work- Students will continue to work with their List 2 word parts:  alter, anti, bi, geo, ology, and script.  They will be taking their Word Work List 2 assessment on Friday.

Writing- Students will begin our narrative writing unit.  Students will begin writing about a small moment from their life.

Math: Students will continue to practice using different multiplication strategies, writing expressions, and finding the volume of rectangular prisms.

Science:  Students will be writing a Scientific Explanation, using evidence from our Simulation or texts.

Social Studies:  Students will begin to read Lesson 4.2, "Different Worlds Collide."

Important Dates

Wednesday- Book Fair 6:30-8:00

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:

ELA:

Reading- Students will continue to practice writing reading responses.  Meanwhile, they will also be looking at the Author's Purpose and viewpoint.  

Word Work- Students will continue to work with their List 2 word parts:  alter, anti, bi, geo, ology, and script.

Writing- Students will continue building their writing endurance in their Writer's Notebook.  They will also continue to analyze R.A.C.E.S. responses and looking at text evidence to support their claims.

Math: Students will be looking at the partial product strategy for solving multiplication problems.  Also this week students will be reviewing all the different multiplication strategies we have gone over, and will continue to work on finding the volume of rectangular prisms.

Science:  Students will continue to discuss different models that are helping us visualize the distance between stars and the Earth.  They will also practice using scientific words in their evidence in order to support their claims.

Social Studies:  Students will begin to read Lesson 4.2, "Different Worlds Collide."

Important Dates

Friday- No School- Teacher Institute Day

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

A Peek at Next Week

 A Look at Next Week:

ELA:

Reading- Students will continue to practice writing reading responses.  While writing these responses we will use the R.A.C.E.S. strategy.  R=Restate; A=Answer; C=Cite evidence; E=Explain the evidence; S=Sum it up in a concluding sentence.

Word Work- Students will get their new word parts from List 2:  alter, anti, bi, geo, ology, and script.

Writing- Students will continue building their writing endurance in their Writer's Notebook.  They will also be learning about different ways to write hooks at the beginning of their stories.

Math: Students will be learning how to write expressions and using the partial product when multiplying.

Science:  Students will continue to discuss different models that are helping us visualize the distance between stars and the Earth.  They will also practice using scientific words in their evidence in order to support their claims.

Social Studies:  Students will  continue to discuss Lesson 4.1, "Voyages of Columbus."  They will go over our four key questions:  

1. What groups of people are involved? (What do they believe? What do they want?) 

2. How do these individuals or groups go about getting what they want?  (What worked or didn't work, and why?

3. What can be learned from the choices of these individuals or groups?

4. What does it remind you of? (Can you connect to a past or current event?)

Important Dates

Friday- Movie Night

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

A Peek at this Week

A Look at Next Week:

ELA:

Reading- Students will continue to practice writing summaries.  They will also practice making inferences and drawing conclusions from their reading.  

Word Work- Students will continue to work with their Word Work List 1 words.  They will take an assessment over these words on Friday.  List 1 word parts are:  aqua, bio, man, uni, phono, and pre.

Writing- Students will continue building their writing endurance in their Writer's Notebook

Math: Students are beginning Unit 1, Lesson 1, where they will be learning different multiplication strategies (Double the Dimension, Double the Area; Double and Halving).

Science:  Students will continue to conduct investigations using a simulation of the night sky.

Social Studies:  Students will begin studying Chapter 4 in our Social Studies Book:  "Spain Builds an Empire."  We will be discussing the effects of the Columbian Exchange.

Important Dates

Wednesday- 7:00-7:35 5th Grade Virtual Curriculum Night

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

MAPs Testing

Thank you for a wonderful 2nd week of school!  I just wanted to let you know that next week we will be doing our Fall MAPs testing in Math and Reading. Please encourage students to get a good night's sleep this week so that they are fresh and alert during testing.

A Look at Next Week:

ELA:

Reading- Students will continue to identify the main idea or gist of the article or short story they read, and write a summary paragraph.

Word Work- Students will continue to work on their Word Work List 1 slides.  List 1 word parts are:  aqua, bio, man, uni, phono, and pre.

Writing- Students will continue building their writing endurance in their Writer's Notebook

Math: Students will continue to review Order of Operations and will begin our first unit on expressions,  equations, and volume.  

Science:  Students continue to discuss the stars in our solar system, and our book, How Far is Far, How Big is Big?  Students will also conduct an investigation using a simulation of the night sky.

Social Studies:  Students will begin studying Chapter 4 in our Social Studies Book:  "Spain Builds an Empire."

Important Dates

Tuesday- Math MAPs

Wednesday- Reading MAPs

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Welcome Back!

Thank you so much for a wonderful first week of school!  I had such a great time getting to know your students.  I am looking forward to another amazing week!

A Look at This Week:

ELA:

Reading- Students will be reviewing how to write the main idea or gist of the article or short story they read, compared to writing a summary.

Word Work- Students will work on their Word Work List 1 slides.  List 1 word parts are:  aqua, bio, man, uni, phono, and pre.

Writing- Students will be working on building their writing endurance in their Writer's Notebook

Math: Students will review place value, order of operations, and estimation.

Science:  Students will begin our first unit:  Patterns of Earth and Sky.  We will take our pre-assessment on Tuesday.

Social Studies:  Students will discuss the differences between primary and secondary sources.  

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

A Peek at this Week

  ELA:

Reading- Students will continue to paraphrase their research on their storm.  

Word Work- Students will work on their Word Work List 8 slides.  List 8 word parts are:  dic, metri/meter, poly, sub, tele, and un.

Writing- Students will complete their first magazine article on their natural disaster.

Math: Students will review Unit 3.  They will take their Unit 3 test on Thursday.

Science:  Students will continue to learn about soil and decomposers while writing scientific arguments.

Social Studies:  Students will finish discussing the French and Indian War.

Have a wonderful week!

Important Dates:

Monday- CogAT Testing

Tuesday-  CogAT Testing

Wednesday- CogAT Testing; Wear Green- St. Patrick's Day!

A Peek at this Week

 ELA:

Reading- Students will continue to work on paraphrasing.  

Word Work- Students will work on their Word Work List 6 slides.  List 6 word parts are:  arch, cent, graph, loc, ped/pod, and re.

Writing- Students will write their flash drafts on natural disasters, and will begin note-taking.

Math: Students will continue to model, read, and compare decimals.  

Science:  We will begin to write scientific arguments, using claims and evidence.

Social Studies:  Students will finish discussing the colonial trading system and the Middle Passage.

Have a wonderful week!

Important Dates:

Tuesday-  Reading MAPs Testing

Wednesday- Math MAPs Testing

A Peek at this Week

 ELA:

Reading- Students will continue to work on paraphrasing.  

Word Work- Students will work on their Word Work List 6 slides.  List 6 word parts are:  arch, cent, graph, loc, ped/pod, and re.

Writing- Students will begin writing an informational text about natural disasters.

Math: Students will be modeling, reading, and comparing decimals.  They will take their mid-year common assessments on Thursday and Friday.

Science:  We will be investigating how animals grow and thrive in their ecosystems.

Social Studies:  Students will finish Lesson 6.1.  They will be learning about the colonial trading system and the Middle Passage.

Have a wonderful week!

A Peek at this Week

 ELA:

Reading- We will begin our second unit on natural disasters.  We will start to read some articles about avalanches and wildfires.

Word Work- Students will take their Word Work Lists 1-5 quiz on Tuesday.

Writing- We will practice paraphrasing articles.

Math: Students will begin to work with decimals.  They will learn different strategies for adding decimals, and will go over the decimal place value.

Science:  We will be discussing food webs, and how everything is made up of matter.

Social Studies:  Students will start Chapter 6 and learn about apprentices and artisans.

Have a wonderful week!