Friday, January 13, 2012

The Week of January 16, 2012

Dear Parents,

The end of this week is our halfway point of the second trimester. It is a good time to review your child's grades on Parent Connect.

Congratulations to our classroom spelling bee winners:
1st place = Robert!!
2nd place = Kyle G.!!
3rd place = Lucy!!

Good luck to Robert and Kyle G. in the 5th grade spelling bee this Wednesday morning!

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE UP TO THIS WEEK:

Too Good For Drugs: Session 3
Your child should be sharing a home activity each week with you.

SPELLING: Lesson 17 and word of the week

ENGLISH: We continue to share and critique narratives....
We are finishing our Noun Unit. The test is this Friday.

READING: Author's viewpoint is the skill we will be focusing on while using a variety of materials. We will be reading And Then What Happened Paul Revere? The students will have a vocabulary quiz on Monday with words from this selection.

SCOOPer Reading: Your child should be halfway through their reading goal!
We will be having a celebration at the end of the trimester for everyone who meets their goal!

SCIENCE: Chapter 14 We will be be making atom molecules out of mini marshmallows.
We will be learning about the phases of matter....solids, liquids, and gasses!

SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 7 "Fight for a Continent"
We are finishing lesson 3 this week, filling out our "How to Study" sheet (worth 2 bonus points), and reviewing the chapter.
The test will be Tuesday, January 24!

MATH:
Tuesday = We will be practicing extended response problem solving with T charts.
Wednesday = Chapter 18 Geometry - points, lines, and segments
Thursday = Angles
Friday = Polygons