Friday, November 22, 2013

The Week of !!/25 and 12/2

Dear Parents,

Tuesday, 11/26
Field trip to the Robert Crown Center for Health Education.  We will be returning to school in time for lunch.
5th grade movie in the afternoon since we are the grade level that sold the most coupon books for PTO!
The children will be watching  Monster's University rated G. They will be treated to a snack.
The movie will be in the gym and the students may bring a blanket and stuffed animal.

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE UP TO IN THE CLASSROOM:

SPELLING:  No spelling the week of 11/25
Lesson 13 when we return!

ENGLISH: Unit 6 Pronouns
Test is scheduled for Wednesday, December 4th.

READING:  Jacob's Rescue  
We will be finishing the book on Monday and the students will need to only PLAN their Artisitic Adventurer activity during the holiday weekend.  I will approve their plan when we return from the holiday and they will then work on the project in class.

SCIENCE:  Chapter 12 Test Monday, 11/25
Next science unit will begin the week of 12/9

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Chapter 6 : Colonial Life
The students will be creating a colonial game with directions and play it with other students.
Directions will be given the week of 12/2 and the game will be due Monday, 12/9.

The students will also be learning about Ben Franklin's book, Poor Richard's Almanac
They will choose one of his clever sayings to interpret and illustrate.

MATH:  
Chapter 3 Lesson 10 Long Division with quotients that have zeros
Chapter 3 Lesson 12 Problem solving that requires the student's to interpret the remainder
Chapter 3 Lesson 13 Problem solving with missing or extra information
Chapter 3 Review
Chapter 3 Test the week of 12/9