Sunday, December 14, 2014

Exhibition Invitation




Dec. 15-19

Important Notes for Success
-Please ensure that your child has pencils and erasers. Many students are spending instructional time hunting down or bartering for a pencil which distracts from everyone's learning.
-Tardies and early dismissals have been very high in the last two weeks. Please make every effort to be present for the whole school day. Instruction moves quickly, and missed time is hard to recover from.
-Holiday gift giving: At Roberts, we strive to be inclusive of all students. If your child would like to bring in gifts for the class on Friday during our party, that is fine. Please do not bring in gifts for only a select few. 

Important Dates
-Wednesday, December 17 6:30-7:30 Exhibition. Celebrate with us!
-Friday, December 19 ALL GRADES AND REDOS DUE FOR THE 2ND NINE WEEKS
-Friday, December 19 1:30-3:00 Holiday Party
-Winter Break: December 20-January 5 (students return Tuesday, Jan 6)
-April 14-16: 5th grade goes to HISD camp! Hooray! (Many more details to follow in the spring)

What's Coming Up Next Week?

Exhibition:
-Finalizing oral presentations

-Exhibition - Wednesday, Dec 17

Students report to our classroom at 6:15.  Parents will then meet in cafe for the start of the presentations. Exhibition begins at 6:30 and continues until 7:30. Students should wear nice clothes - like a gallery opening. 
 

Math: Unit 15 (Frequency Table and Bar Graphs)
-homework daily

English/Language Arts/Reading: Inferring

-Inferring bookmark due Wednesday
-no reading log this week
-We are taking this weeks off from spelling and Wordly Wise 
-Midterm spelling/geography quiz for the first 25 U.S. states (alphabetically). Students must spell each state and abbreviation correctly, AND identify the first 25 states on the map correctly. Test on Friday, December 19

Science: Earth Science

-Soil
-homework sparingly

Social Studies: Creating the Country and Constitution
-The Articles of Confederation
-The Constitution
-The Bill of Rights
-Westward Expansion
-Vocabulary
QUIZ ON THURSDAY! Make sure you look over your review sheet. 

Monday, December 8, 2014

Dec. 8-12

Important Notes for Success

-Please ensure that your child has pencils and erasers. Many students are spending instructional time hunting down or bartering for a pencil which distracts from everyone's learning.

-Tardies and early dismissals have been very high in the last two weeks. Please make every effort to be present for the whole school day. Instruction moves quickly, and missed time is hard to recover from.

Important Dates


-Spelling Pre-Bee (optional) Thursday, Dec 11 at 7:15 a.m. in Mrs. Audi's room
-Wednesday, December 17 6:30-7:30 Exhibition. Celebrate with us!
-Friday, December 19 ALL GRADES AND REDOS DUE FOR THE 2ND NINE WEEKS
-Friday, December 19 1:30-3:00 Holiday Party

-Winter Break: December 20-January 5 (students return Tuesday, Jan 6)
-April 14-16: 5th grade goes to HISD camp! Hooray! (Many more details to follow in the spring)


What's Coming Up Next Week?
Exhibition:
Art will be finished by Monday, December 8.

Students are writing their artist statements this week and are working on their oral presentation (what they will say when they present their art).

Math: Unit 8 (Solving Algebraic Equations)

-Students will understand the terms: variable, constant, coefficient, equation and expression. They will be able to solve for variables using all four math operations.
-homework daily
-PEMDAS (no exponents)

-use Go Math videos as reference
-quiz Friday

English/Language Arts/Reading: Inferring

-reading log
-We are taking the next two weeks off from spelling and Wordly Wise.

-Midterm spelling/geography quiz for the first 25 U.S. states (alphabetically). Students must spell each state and abbreviation correctly, AND identify the first 25 states on the map correctly. Test on Friday, December 19


Science: Earth Science

-Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
-Landforms

-homework sparingly
-Quizlet Resources: Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition (highly recommended)
-Quiz Friday



Social Studies: Creating the Country and Constitution
-The Articles of Conferderation
-The Constitution
-The Bill of Rights
-Westward Expansion
-Vocabulary