Feb.16-20

Important Dates:

-Wednesday, February 25: 12:30 early dismissal

-April 14-16: 5th grade goes to overnight HISD camp! Hooray! (Many more details to follow)

What's Coming Up Next Week?

Math: Numerical Data (Go Math Unit 16)

-Go Math videos for re-teaching help at home

-Quiz on Tuesday, February 24

English/Language Arts/Reading:

-Text Structure: Sequence, Description, Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution

-Text structure quiz Friday

-Reading log daily

-Spelling Test Friday

-Vocabulary: Fifth grade is going to take a break from the last two Wordly Wise lessons. Instead, we are going to review the science, math, reading, and social studies vocabulary that we have learned this year. Each week there will be 25 words to review and a test (similar to Wordly Wise) on Friday. The lists will be handed out each week on Monday, but can also be found AND PRACTICED on www.quizlet.com. Here is the link for the Week 1 List: www.quizlet.com/_16gqbq. Students can create a username and password if they want to save their scores on the games. Happy reviewing!

Science: Unit 12 Life Science-Adaptation and Heredity

-Homework daily (mostly)

-Study Jams (see Science Page): Photosynthesis, ecosystems, food chains, food webs, carbon cycle

Social Studies:  Civil War

IB: How We Organize Ourselves

-text organization

-food web organization

-government organization