I hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday! I am looking forward to spending time with family that lives in Southern California during the winter break. Hopefully everyone will be making some happy lasting memories with family and friends!
Thanks to Mrs. Daniele for making the popcorn for our class treat on Friday!
Thanks to the Hoffman family for volunteering to bring in bottled water!
Friday afternoon the students will be enjoying a movie in the 5th grade Movie theater!
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:
SPELLING: A regular week with spelling work due Thursday and test on Friday.
Word of the Week.....worth 2 bonus points!
ENGLISH/WRITING: We have been working on the traits of writing which includes IDEAS, ORGANIZATION, VOICE, WORD CHOICE, SENTENCE FLUENCY....
Each of these traits has been modeled and practiced.
Your child should be including each of these traits in their narratives!
The children should have a first draft completed and we will begin working on the last trait CONVENTIONS as we revise and proofread.
Due to the writing skills we have been working on, there have not been any grades for English during 2nd Trimester to date.
When we return from break, we will begin NOUNS in our English book, as well as, continue writing!
There has been a lot of enthusiasm about writing including our "trash can" words and W.O.W. words! Ask your child what those mean.
READING: We are continuing to work on fact/opinion and inference skills.
We will be using a variety of materials to practice and apply these skills.
I will be sharing "Stories With Holes" this week! Wait until your child shares these!!
SCOOPer READING: Your child has set their second trimester goal! I have had several book discussions already. I hope that everyone has read at least one book and completed an activity when we return from winter break.
SCIENCE: We are finishing Chapter 12 Oceans this week.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Kirk will be our class historian as he shares his knowledge and pictures from a trip his family took to "colonial" Williamsburg.
We are not starting the next chapter until we return!
We will be doing some holiday activities this week!
MATH:
MONDAY = Circumference (radius, diameter, and Pi)
We might get to the review for Chapter 23 on Monday.....?
TUESDAY = Chapter 23 test, if we reviewed on Monday! Otherwise, we will review on Tuesday!
WEDNESDAY = see above.....If we have taken the test, we will be reviewing graphing ordered pairs/coordinates.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY = More work with graphing ordered pairs/coordinates!
Word of the Week.....worth 2 bonus points!
ENGLISH/WRITING: We have been working on the traits of writing which includes IDEAS, ORGANIZATION, VOICE, WORD CHOICE, SENTENCE FLUENCY....
Each of these traits has been modeled and practiced.
Your child should be including each of these traits in their narratives!
The children should have a first draft completed and we will begin working on the last trait CONVENTIONS as we revise and proofread.
Due to the writing skills we have been working on, there have not been any grades for English during 2nd Trimester to date.
When we return from break, we will begin NOUNS in our English book, as well as, continue writing!
There has been a lot of enthusiasm about writing including our "trash can" words and W.O.W. words! Ask your child what those mean.
READING: We are continuing to work on fact/opinion and inference skills.
We will be using a variety of materials to practice and apply these skills.
I will be sharing "Stories With Holes" this week! Wait until your child shares these!!
SCOOPer READING: Your child has set their second trimester goal! I have had several book discussions already. I hope that everyone has read at least one book and completed an activity when we return from winter break.
SCIENCE: We are finishing Chapter 12 Oceans this week.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Kirk will be our class historian as he shares his knowledge and pictures from a trip his family took to "colonial" Williamsburg.
We are not starting the next chapter until we return!
We will be doing some holiday activities this week!
MATH:
MONDAY = Circumference (radius, diameter, and Pi)
We might get to the review for Chapter 23 on Monday.....?
TUESDAY = Chapter 23 test, if we reviewed on Monday! Otherwise, we will review on Tuesday!
WEDNESDAY = see above.....If we have taken the test, we will be reviewing graphing ordered pairs/coordinates.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY = More work with graphing ordered pairs/coordinates!
