I am glad I had the opportunity to meet with each of you and discuss your child's progress.
Please continue to keep in contact with any questions, concerns, or comments. It is always beneficial to work as a team to further your child's education.
Reminders for the upcoming week:
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Project Challenge - 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Deadline for Movie Night Permission Slips
Thursday, December 8, 2011
All School Concert - Cadet Band & Choir - 9:00 a.m.
PARENTS ARE ALWAYS INVITED!!!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Fifth Grade Bowling - a.m.
Students may bring money to purchase snacks.
Movie Night - Zoo Keeper - 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. PV Gym
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:
SPELLING: This week is a lesson with homophones for both regular and challenge words.
Word of the week and definition = bonus point!
ENGLISH/WRITING: We will be talking about VOICE and WORD CHOICE which are important traits of writing. We will also be writing our first draft of a narrative. The students have done quite a bit of brainstorming and getting the details organized for their stories.
READING: We will start the week introducing and reviewing the reading skills of inferencing, generalizing, and recognizing the difference between fact and opinion.
We will be reading GRIZZLEY BEAR FAMILY BOOK in our literature books and filling out a generalizations chart while reading this selection.
There will be various materials used to identify and differentiate between a fact and an opinion.
SCOOPer Reading: Read, Read, Read!!! We have set our goals for the second trimester!
I am looking forward to the interesting book talks as I meet with students and the activities they complete for the book they have read.
SCIENCE: We will be learning how ocean water moves and waves!
SOCIAL STUDIES: We are finishing Chapter 6! TEST ON FRIDAY!
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: This is our last week and the culminating activity for the students is to perform a commercial to advertise a business! Mr. and Ms. Paleka have made this a fun and valuable learning experience.
MATH:
Monday = Problem Solving doing extended responses! This requires the students to show their work and tell how and why they have completed each step of the problem.
Tuesday = Chapter 23 Lesson 2 Perimeter
Wednesday = continuing perimeter and learning the formulas for perimeter
Thursday = NO MATH due to a cadet band and choir concert!
Word of the week and definition = bonus point!
ENGLISH/WRITING: We will be talking about VOICE and WORD CHOICE which are important traits of writing. We will also be writing our first draft of a narrative. The students have done quite a bit of brainstorming and getting the details organized for their stories.
READING: We will start the week introducing and reviewing the reading skills of inferencing, generalizing, and recognizing the difference between fact and opinion.
We will be reading GRIZZLEY BEAR FAMILY BOOK in our literature books and filling out a generalizations chart while reading this selection.
There will be various materials used to identify and differentiate between a fact and an opinion.
SCOOPer Reading: Read, Read, Read!!! We have set our goals for the second trimester!
I am looking forward to the interesting book talks as I meet with students and the activities they complete for the book they have read.
SCIENCE: We will be learning how ocean water moves and waves!
SOCIAL STUDIES: We are finishing Chapter 6! TEST ON FRIDAY!
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: This is our last week and the culminating activity for the students is to perform a commercial to advertise a business! Mr. and Ms. Paleka have made this a fun and valuable learning experience.
MATH:
Monday = Problem Solving doing extended responses! This requires the students to show their work and tell how and why they have completed each step of the problem.
Tuesday = Chapter 23 Lesson 2 Perimeter
Wednesday = continuing perimeter and learning the formulas for perimeter
Thursday = NO MATH due to a cadet band and choir concert!
