Book Club Reading Due Dates

BASKETBALL   BOOK: Stalin’s Nose Schedule: 1/27: Ch. 1-3 1/29:  Ch. 4-6 2/2: 52:  Ch. 7-11 2/3:  Ch. 12-14 2/4:  Ch. 15-17 2/5:  Ch. 18-20 2/9:  Ch. 21-25 2/10:  Ch. 26-28 2/11:  Ch. 29-END

FOOTBALL   BOOK: The Magician’s Elephant Schedule: 1/27: 1-20 1/29: 21-51 2/2: 52-72 2/3: 73-93 2/4: 94-114 2/5: 115-145 2/9: 146-166 2/10: 167-187 2/11: 187-END

SOCCER   BOOK: The Westing Game Schedule: 1/27: 1-20 1/29: 21-41 2/2: 42-62 2/3: 63-83 2/4: 84-104 2/5: 105-125 2/9: 126-146 2/10: 147-177 2/11: 178-END

VOLLEYBALL   BOOK: The Pearl; Chains Schedule: The Pearl 1/27: 1-30 1/29: 31-61 2/2: 62-END Chains 2/3: 1-50 2/4: 51-101 2/5: 102-152 2/9: 153-225 2/10: 226-276 2/11: 276-END

Jan. 26- Jan. 30

Important Dates

-Wednesday, January 28: 12:30 Early Dismissal Day
-Wednesday, January 28: Spanish Day
-April 14-16: 5th grade goes to HISD camp! Hooray! (Many more details to follow in the spring)

What's Coming Up Next Week?
Math: Customary Measurement (Go Math Unit 13)
-Length (inch, foot, yard, mile), Capacity (fluid ounce, cup, pint, quart, gallon), and Weight (ounce, pound, ton)
-homework daily

-check Go Math videos for re-teaching help at home: http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/texas_math_2015/tx/gr5/video_based_projects_se_9780544103269_/index.html

-Customary Measurement Quiz on Friday

English/Language Arts/Reading:
-Book Clubs: Character Traits

-Grammar/Language: Adverbs

-Reading log daily (can use book club book if reading is not completed during class)
-Wordly Wise Lesson 15
-Spelling Test Friday

Science: Unit 11 and 12 Life Science
-Food Webs, Invasive Species
-Unit 11 review on Friday
-homework daily (mostly)

-Quizlet lists: Life Science

http://quizlet.com/59455633/5th-grade-science-ecosystems-food-chain-flash-cards/

http://quizlet.com/40828181/5th-grade-bms-life-science-plants-food-web-life-cycle-flash-cards/

 

Social Studies:

Industrial Revolution

Civil War

 

IB: How We Organize Ourselves

-text organization

-food web organization

-government organization

 

Attendance Reminder

In the spirit of a new semester, I’d like to remind you of the school attendance expectations. Students should be in the classroom by 8:00 a.m. ready to start their day. Our class is working so hard on math, and we start right at 8:00. Students are allowed into the building as early as 7:15 a.m. to the Café for breakfast and move to the circle drive at 7:40 a.m. If your child eats breakfast at school, that should be picked up on the way to the classroom before 8:00.

In addition, students leaving before 3:15 p.m. are missing vital classroom work. If your child must leave early for a doctor’s appointment or for another valid reason, please notify me in advance by email. This allows me time to gather necessary work for your child. Thank you for waiting to tour middle schools until acceptance letters are received. This is helping to keep students in class.

Jan. 20-23

We have benchmark testing this week. These are full length, four hour practice STAAR tests. We will take math on Wednesday, reading on Thursday, and science on Friday. Students have been well-prepared and have practiced their testing strategies. I have so much confidence in them! Please do your part by getting them to school on time and with breakfast in their tummies.

Important Dates

-Monday, January 19: MLK Day, No School
-Wednesday-Friday, January 21-23: Benchmark Testing (practice STAAR tests for Math, Reading, and Science)
-Wednesday, January 28: 12:30 Early Dismissal Day
-April 14-16: 5th grade goes to HISD camp! Hooray! (Many more details to follow in the spring)

What's Coming Up Next Week?
Math: Area, Perimeter, and Volume (Go Math Unit 9)
-homework daily

-check Go Math videos for re-teaching help at home
-Unit 9 Test on Tuesday, January 20

English/Language Arts/Reading:
-Fantasy: Fairytales, Fables, Legends, Myths and More
-Grammar/Language: Pronouns--they take the place of nouns!

-reading log daily (can use book club book if reading is not completed during class)
-no Wordly Wise (due to benchmark testing)
-no spelling (due to benchmark testing)

Science: Unit 11 and 12 Life Science
-homework daily (mostly)

-Quizlet lists: Life Science and Environmental Life Science

Social Studies: Westward Movement, Trail of Tears, War of 1812
-Extra credit Industrial Revolution project due Jan 23

IB: How We Organize Ourselves (coming soon)

-text organization

-food web organization

-government organization

Ecosystem Quizlet!

http://quizlet.com/1148308/5th-grade-ecosystem-terms-flash-cards/

Jan. 12-16

Important Dates

-Name That Book qualifier test: New Date/Time: Tuesday, January 13, 7:15 a.m.

-Retake of first 25 states spelling test for those who apply--Friday, January 16
-Monday, January 19: MLK Day, No School
-Wednesday-Friday, January 21-23: Benchmark Testing (practice STAAR tests for Math, Reading, and Science)
-Wednesday, January 28: 12:30 Early Dismissal Day
-April 14-16: 5th grade goes to HISD camp! Hooray! (Many more details to follow in the spring)

What's Coming Up Next Week?
Math: Area, Perimeter, and Volume (Go Math Unit 9)
-homework daily

-check Go Math videos for re-teaching help at home
-Unit 9 Test on Tuesday, January 20

English/Language Arts/Reading:
-Fantasy: Fairytales, Fables, Legends, Myths and More
-Grammar/Language: Pronouns--they take the place of nouns!

-reading log daily
-Wordly Wise daily (unit 14) Test Friday
-Spelling daily- Test Friday

Science: Unit 11 and 12 Life Science
-homework daily (mostly)

Social Studies: Westward Movement, Trail of Tears, War of 1812
-Extra credit Industrial Revolution project due Jan. 23

IB: How We Organize Ourselves (coming soon)

-text organization

-food web organization

-government organization

Happy New Year!

I am so excited to see all my kiddos! I have missed you all so much! We have had an amazing, successful fall semester, and I am excited to see all the wonderful things the spring semester has in store for us!

**Let’s not forget to start dating our papers 2015!

Important Dates

-Thursday, January 8: Spelling Bee (Go Konstantin, Shreyas, and Delia!)
-Monday, January 19: MLK Day, No School
-Wednesday, January 28: 12:30 Early Dismissal Day
-April 14-16: 5th grade goes to HISD camp! Hooray! (Many more details to follow in the spring)

What's Coming Up Next Week?
Math: Review of First Semester
-homework daily

-check Go Math videos for re-teaching help at home

English/Language Arts/Reading:
-Fantasy: Fairytales, Fables, Legends, Myths and More

-Reading log daily

-Wordly Wise daily (unit 13) Test Friday
-Spelling daily- Test Friday

Science: Unit 9 Weather, Climate, and Water Cycle
-homework daily (mostly)

-Quiz on Friday

Social Studies: Westward Movement, Trail of Tears, War of 1812