DATES:

2/10 Parent/Teacher Conference

 2/12-2/15 - Winter Break for Students     

 2/24 - 5th Grade field trip to Symphony

 
THE WEEK OF 2/29 - BLOWERS CLASS SWIMMING

 CONTACTING US   
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                                        lcuster@hamiltonschools.us

HOMEWORK:  
  MATH: Lesson 10
  READING: Read your February book and work on the project.
 
MATH   - Mrs. Custer

It was another big week of multiplication in math!  We reviewed area model and partial products as two more strategies we can use when multiplying.  Weekend homework is Lesson 10 (bases and exponents) and reviewing any standards that they are trying again on the second multiply and divide fractions test next Thursday.  The next math fact tests are February 26.

BLOWERS WRITING:    

  Students chose a fruit or vegetable to do a little research on. They are working on a persuasive plan and draft for their speech persuading others to elect them as fruit/veggie of the year. They will present their speeches, slogans, and campaign posters. We have looked at the standards and proficiency scales for this piece and students will receive presentation, writing to persuade, and conventions grades.

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

  As promised, we are working on plays right now. Students chose 1 of 3 plays, read the play and responded to some comprehension questions. This week they will practice and perform plays. We have discussed how fluency and intonation matter to the audiences understanding just as it helps us comprehend in reading.

 
Social Studies with Mrs. Custer

We spent our short week identifying the location and names of the original 13 colonies before we broke into groups to begin reading about each of the 3 regions (New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southern).

Science with Mrs. Blowers 

Our test over moon phases, the eclipses, and tides. These will come home Wednesday after others make up the test.

Spelling:     

The Lesson 17 skill is making plural words. The spelling list is in the spelling tab.

DATES:

  * 2/11 -  5th Grade Club TCB                        * 2/8 & 2/10 Parent/Teacher Conferences

  * 2/12-2/15 - Winter Break for Students      * 2/24 - 5th Grade field trip to Symphony

THE WEEK OF 2/29 - BLOWERS CLASS SWIMMING
I WILL SEND HOME A REMINDER AND ALL INFORMATION 2 WEEKS PRIOR. 
 
 CONTACTING US   
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                                        lcuster@hamiltonschools.us

HOMEWORK:  
  MATH: Lesson 42
  READING: Read your February book and work on the project.
  SCIENCE: Study the study Stacks and your science journal. 

MATH   - Mrs. Custer

This week was all about multiplication!  We have looked at three different strategies for multiplying decimals, and will learn even more throughout the unit.  Weekend homework is Lesson 42.

BLOWERS WRITING:    

We will begin writing a persuasive speech on Monday. The kids are very excited about this one! They will choose a fruit or vegetable to do a little research on. Then they will write a persuasive speech about why his/her fruit should be elected fruit/veggie of the year. They will present their speeches, slogans, and campaign posters. 

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

  We will wrap up book clubs by Tuesday. Students will bring home all assignments stapled together. Next we will read and perform plays as I promised them! We will move into some nonfiction after until our next genre unit.

 
Social Studies with Mrs. Custer

We have had fun learning more details about the colony of Jamestown, its founders and its problems.  Using primary sources like maps and lists of travelers, the kids have been able to come up with many insightful questions and thoughts about the colony and its settlers.

Science with Mrs. Blowers 

We completed our unit about moon phases, solar and lunar eclipses, and the tides. Our test will be Wednesday. The students should be studying the study stacks I emailed them and were to take home journals to study the moon phases.  We will continue review next Monday and Tuesday.

Spelling:     

The Lesson 16 test was Friday.We will not have spelling next week, but focus on grammar activities within reading.

DATES:

  

  * 2/11 -  5th Grade Club TCB                        * 2/8 & 2/10 Parent/Teacher Conferences

  * 2/12-2/15 - Winter Break for Students      * 2/24 - 5th Grade field trip to Symphony

CONTACTING US>    
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                                        lcuster@hamiltonschools.us 
HOMEWORK:   

  MATH: R-P 2-7
  READING: Begin reading your February book!

MATH   - Mrs. Custer 

We are tackling a brand new concept involving patterns when multiplying by powers of 10, including when multiplying with decimals.  R-P 2-7 is due Monday.  If you are having trouble, please note that and we will keep at it on Monday

BLOWERS WRITING: 
  Students are wrapping up their "Snowman" drafts. (Standard W.5.3 -writing a narrative.) 

Students are working to incorporate at least 5 of the sentence types that we practiced, some sound words, and most are writing from a snowman's point of view. Students know they have their individual goals for writing to be thinking about as they write.We will be writing a persuasive piece next.

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

 Book clubs will be mostly complete by the end of next week.  The standards we are discussing and focusing on are making inferences using text clues and background knowledge, vocabulary building and using new words in our own sentences as well as finding synonyms/antonyms, summarizing, and comparing/contrasting ideas and characters.

 
Social Studies with Mrs. Custer

We know all about some early European colonies, as well as new vocabulary to help us as we study settlements in the New World.  Please review your notes from this week to go over primary vs. secondary sources, push and pull factors and colonies vs. settlements.

Science with Mrs. Blowers 

We began investigating the reason for moon phases and the different phases, how it orbits Earth, and are beginning to discuss lunar and solar eclipses.

Spelling:     

The Lesson 15 test was Friday. The new skill for lesson 16 is the spelling words that include blends (bl, scr, etc) Students know they should study the activities we do in class to study for the test as well as practice the words on the list in the spelling tab.

CONTACTING US>    
Email:  lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                              lcuster@hamiltonschools.us 
                
HOMEWORK:   
MATH: 
 Study for math retest in Place Value- (for some students- Tuesday)
 Study for time test (Thursday)
READING: Be sure you are reading a minimum of 20 minutes daily! 

MATH   - Mrs. Custer 

Please check PowerSchool over the weekend if you are interested in your unit 3 math test grades.  They will all be entered before the end of the weekend.  A reminder that next week Tuesday is the place value retest and next Thursday are our Mad Minute math fact tests. The goal is 30 problems in one minute for each of the operations.

 

 

BLOWERS WRITING: 
  We continue our "Snowman" drafts. (Standard W.5.3 -writing a narrative.) 

Students are working to incorporate at least 5 of the sentence types that we practiced, some sound words, and most are writing from a snowman's point of view.Students know they have their individual goals for writing to be thinking about as they write. Students who wish to read their stories to the class will have the opportunity on Friday.

READING: with Mrs. Blowers
As we continue in book clubs, the standards we are discussing and focusing on are making inferences using text clues and background knowledge, vocabulary building and using new words in our own sentences as well as finding synonyms/antonyms, summarizing, and comparing/contrasting ideas and characters.

 
Social Studies with Mrs. Custer

We had a lot of special activities that occurred during our usual social studies time this week, but we did work on informational reading strategies from chapter 6 of our textbook as we learned about the early English colonies of Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth.

Science with Mrs. Blowers 

Science tests will come home Monday or Tuesday. Monday we begin our section focusing on the moon's role in our solar system.

 Spelling:     

The Lesson 14 test will be Monday. The new skill for lesson 15 the spelling of words that include diagraphs. (wh, che, etc).  Students know they should study the activities we do in class to study for the test as well as practice the words on the list in the spelling tab.

This coming Wednesday is a 2 hour delay!

CONTACTING US>    
Email:  lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                              lcuster@hamiltonschools.us 
                
 HOMEWORK:   

MATH:  Worksheet 3-12  (#13 - 21).

MATH   - Mrs. Custer 

The fifth graders have been working very hard since Christmas on story problems that involve multiplication and division of fractions.  Our test will be next week.  Their homework this weekend is worksheet 3-12  (#13 - 21).

Students also took the Delta math test and you will see these results at conferences.

BLOWERS WRITING: 
 This week we began a short story that includes a snowman.                               (Standard W.5.3 -writing a narrative.) Students are working to incorporate at least 5 of the sentence types that we practiced, some sound words, and most are writing from a snowman's point of view.

READING: with Mrs. Blowers
We continued with book club this week. Students are working in groups to read and discuss their books. I come sit in with groups daily. We are focusing on vocabulary building, various comprehension strategies, and character development. We took the SRI test- you will see the results at conferences.  Dibels testing is next week.
 
Social Studies with Mrs. Custer

We started a new unit this week on the first of the early English colonies in America.  

Science with Mrs. Blowers 

We completed lessons for first section of this unit which primarily focuses on why we have seasons and temperature differences. It is because the Earth is tilted on its axis and the amount of direct sunlight a given area receives as it revolves around the Earth. The test will be next Friday.

 Spelling:     

The Lesson 13 test was Friday. The new skill for lesson 14 is the spelling of words that have the "ow/ow" sound/spelling.  Students know they should study the activities we do in class to study for the test as well as practice the words on the list in the spelling tab.

THE GREAT MAIL RACE: Our class randomly received a letter from a school in Minnesota to participate in the Great Mail Race. We will return a letter to them next week. Each of our students chose a school in a different state to write a letter to and our classroom should receive letters from 28 states! Everyone is pretty excited about it!

CONTACTING US>    
Email:  lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                              lcuster@hamiltonschools.us 
                
 HOMEWORK:   

MATH:  Lesson 3-8 AND Lesson 3-12 (1-6 only on this one)

ELA:

*Some students have reading and writing to finish up and should have this with them and in their planners.

 

MATH   - Mrs. Custer 

We have spent the past week reviewing fraction work, especially multiplication and division of fractions within story problems.  I think we will be ready for our test next week.  Speaking of tests, any student who is being given a chance to try again on the standards from math test 1 (adding and subtracting fractions) and / or test 2  (place value) was given a letter from me in class on January 7.  The tests will be on January 19 and 26.

BLOWERS WRITING: 
 This week we worked on the standard W.5.4 -writing for purpose, task, and audience. Students wrote 2 letters. A thank you note to Grandma for the pencils they received for Christmas or birthday as a gift and one to a friend telling about this gift.  We discussed how the tone and language of the letter to a friend would be different that the one to their grandma.  The letters were wonderful with a lot of description to grandma detailing the wonders of their regular, everyday pencils!

READING: with Mrs. Blowers
We began book club this week. Students are working in groups to read and discuss their books. I come sit in with groups daily. We are focusing on vocabulary building, various comprehension strategies, and character development. SRI and Dibels testing is in a couple weeks.
 
Social Studies with Mrs. Custer

We are finished with our study of the early empires of Western Africa.  Next week we will move on to early English colonies in America.

Science with Mrs. Blowers

We began our unit "Objects in the Sky". This first section is about why we have seasons.

 Spelling:     

The Lesson 13 test was Thursday. The new skill for lesson 14 is the spelling of words that have the "ow/ow" sound/spelling.   Students know they should study the activities we do in class to study for the test as well as practice the words on the list in the spelling tab.

Eloquence Day was a fun event- the students were pretty excited about it. I saw students pulling out chairs for each other, trying to use their utensils appropriately, using manners at the table, and using their manners to listen as the owner of the Boatwerks gave a manners review before our lunch. We appreciate Boatwerks donating their space for us!
You may view pictures below.

HOMEWORK:
Students should keep reading over break- this is homework kids! Read nonfiction and/or chapter books.

Math: Students should have their study guide completed. Remember there are tutorials on the blog for assistance. 

Mrs. Blower's class will NOT have a January book project.