Spelling: We learned about silent letters and the different ways to make the initial sound in the word "kite". We have also been continuing to review nouns, pronouns, common nouns, and proper nouns. Students had a quiz on Friday over this topic.
Writing: Students are writing a narrative story about a trip down a river of their choice. Along the way they will encounter animals and will describe their trip. We are focusing on narrative, writing inviting introductions, and using strong detail to show not just tell what is happening.
Reading: We continue reading Guests from our historical fiction genre unit. We have been pre-reading comprehension questions, discussing them as we read and marking the places where we find possible answers or clues to answers. We have learned about the genre of legend and about Pour Quoi tale elements.
Math: We have been reviewing concepts learned each day. New concepts this week are multiplying whole numbers and relating them to the distributive property, multiplying decimals and looking for decimal patterns when multiplying decimals by 10, 100, and 1,000. The test over multiplication will likely be Friday, October 22nd.
Science: What causes the ocean tides? The gravitational pull of the moon as it moves around the Earth. There are 2 high tides and 2 low tides each day. We watched a video clip to illustrate this concept and looked at an interactive of the Bay of Fundi's high and low tides.
CONFERENCES: A reminder that 5th grade students will be sitting in on his/her conference this year. IF you would prefer that your child not be included in the conference, please let me know. I will still share the information your child gives me.
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