WEEK OF DECEMBER 9TH-13TH

WEEK OF DECEMBER 9TH-13TH

Monday Dec 16th- log cabins are due

Thursday Dec 19th- Spelling Bee "Preliminaries"

Thursday Dec 19th-Santa's Workshop

Thursday Dec 19th- Science Test 

Friday Dec 20th- Genre Unit Test 

Friday Dec 20th Eloquence Day

HOMEWORK: No Homework except for the usual reading consistently all week- all kids know they should be reading frequently all week, every week!

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FUSION PAGE   Mrs. Blowers Fusion Page
You can find fractions and other math links here as well as spelling, grammar, and sites for reading.

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MATH:
    All students have taken the Place Value Test and will bring them home on Monday- I go over each students test with them so it can take 2 days after the test for me to get through them all. We began dabbling in our next unit; multiplying and dividing fractions. We will spend this week reviewing past concepts and continue in our new unit.
Practice sites will be available under the MATH tab next week. 
 
PLEASE have your kids work on their math facts!! They are able to do XTRAMATH at home on the computer in addition to flashcards and other practice activities. I see many mistakes that are simply math facts.
  
READING
  We are enjoying "Sign of the Beaver". We have been reading this aloud as a class and discussing author techniques, vocabulary in context, using clues and background knowledge to make inferences about the text, and summarizing/retelling sections of the book. The Log cabin Project is due Monday.
 
WRITING:     
 The students are in the process of writing persuasive letters to Santa. We discussed how persuasion is all around us and part of our everyday lives. We read some examples and discussed some techniques. These are due on Wednesday. There should be enough time for these to be completed in class, but it will be homework Tuesday for anyone who needs more time.

SCIENCE:   
We did investigations about the motion of tops as well as electricity as a noncontact force. We will review this coming week for the test which will be on Thursday.

SPELLING:
  Students took the lesson 12 test on Friday. We studied contractions.
Next week's lesson 13 skill is homophones.
If your child wants to play games/ practice tests, go to: Spelling City

WEEK OF December 2nd-6th

WEEK OF December 2nd-6th

REMINDER: THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10th. 

 Wed., Dec. 11 ... Support Staff Day

Tues., Dec. 17.... Santa’s Workshop 

Thur., Dec. 19 ...Santa’s Workshop
Fri., Dec. 20 ......PTO Popcorn - .25/bag

Fri., Dec. 20 ......5th Grade Eloquence Day

Mon., Dec. 23.... No School –The start of Christmas Break

 Mon., Jan. 6 School Back In Session

HOMEWORK: No Homework except for the usual reading consistently all week- all kids know they should be reading frequently all week, every week!

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FUSION PAGE   Mrs. Blowers Fusion Page
You can find fractions and other math links here as well as spelling, grammar, and sites for reading.

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MATH:  (Practice sites and games for this unit are under the "MATH" tab)
    This week we reviewed Place Value. A few students took the test. Everyone will take the Place Value test Wednesday. Our next unit is multiplying and dividing fractions. It is important that students are able to not only perform the operations, but draw the concepts and look at a picture and write it as an equation. We will review previous fraction skills as well. 
Practice sites will be available under the MATH tab next week. 
 
PLEASE have your kids work on their math facts!! They are able to do XTRAMATH at home on the computer in addition to flashcards and other practice activities.
  
READING
  We began our next genre unit. The theme is "Facing a Challenge". Our central novel is "Sign of the Beaver" which also ties into our history units.  The Log cabin Project is based on this book. 
 
WRITING:   
  Students wrote a short story about their Life in a Snow Globe. They drew a scene from their story in a globe, I am hanging their stories up along with their globes in the hall- so you won't see those until January. But they are REALLY GOOD! We have been reading them aloud. Next we will work on persuasive writing.

SCIENCE:   
We have been discussing contact and non-contact forces. The non-contact forces we have have learned about so far are gravity and magnetism. We performed an investigation where we made a paper clip levitate using a magnetic force. We are also discussing the forces involve in flight: drag, thrust, lift, and weight. Students are designing their own paper airplanes and testing their designs.

SPELLING:
  Students took the lesson 11 test on Friday. We worked on apostrophes as possessives and contractions.
Next week's skill is contractions. List 12 is under the SPELLING tab.

If your child wants to play games/ practice tests, go to: Spelling City