Feb. 15

Math: Finish up our Geometry unit - Quiz on Thursday!!! 

-Classify different types of Polygons based on similar attributes

Quadrilaterals

Reading: Finishing Character Unit

Book Club Projects- Due on Friday   

Types of text structure and how that affects the meaning of text across different genres.  Some examples of text structure include: Sequential Order, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Description, and Cause and Effect

Vocabulary and Spelling Test: Vocab Week of Feb 15th

Science: Space -moon and sun and how they are different/similar to Earth and other planets.  

 
Social Studies: Main causes of the Civil War.

I hope you all have a great week, and thank you, again for all of the amazing Valentine's gifts.  You are all too kind and thoughtful!

Feb. 8

*Friday we are having a Valentine's Celebration, not actually a party.  Please do not send candy with your students, your child may bring cards for everyone. I will have a treat for them all. Thank you!

Math: Wednesday - test on our types of Graphs unit.  Students will be expected to answer questions about Frequency tables, bar graphs, stem and leaf plots, dot plots, and scatter plots.  Please feel free to visit old posts for video links for review.  Starting Thursday we will cover 2D shapes and their attributes.  Students need to fully understand what a polygon is and what it isn't, how to classify triangles and quadrilaterals based on common attributes.  Here are a couple of videos:
Polygons Math Antics
Triangles Math Antics

Reading: This week the students will finish reading their current book club books.  The students will have to turn in their finished Bookmarks on Monday, February 15th.  We will have spelling and Vocabulary this week.  Here is the link to the Quizlet list of Vocabulary terms: Vocab Feb 8-12

Science: Unit on Space!  On the Study Jams website:  Go to the Solar System tab and watch the videos on "A Day on Earth" and "Gravity and Inertia". Study Jams

Social Studies: This week students will work on their Industrial Revolution project.  Friday they were assigned an invention from that era.  Students will research it and how it impacted society/technology and our economy.  They will then create an advertisement for their product.  These projects are due this Friday.  

Feb. 1

*Tuesday Progress Reports will go home...look for them in the Tuesday folder!

*Tuesday we will have a Math Benchmark and Wednesday we will have a Reading Benchmarkto assess the progress of the students in both math and reading.


Objectives:

Math:  Stem and Leaf Plots and Scatter Plots
Math Dictionary For Kids
Scatter Plot video
Stem and Leaf Plot video

Reading:  Character trait study with our book club books

Adverbs and Prepositions

Spelling and Vocab Test on Friday

Vocabulary list on Quizlet: February 1 Vocabulary List

Science: Water Cycle (condensation, percolation, transpiration and ground water)  

Water Cycle video  Study Jams Water Cycle

Social Studies: Finish War of 1812 and begin Industrial Revolution, especially how the technology developed during that era had a great impact (positive and negative) on the world's society.

Week of Jan. 25

*Wednesday is an early dismissal at 12:30pm.  Please make sure your child has a way to get home that afternoon.

Objectives:

Math: Frequency tables, bar graphs, and dot plots (4^th grade objectives, but we include decimals and fractions with their data)  

Do you remember how to order and organize decimals and fractions? (Good place to review is your math journal!)    

A Maths Dictionary For Kids Look up these terms: Frequency Table, Bar Graph, Dot Plot.  

Next week: Stem and Leaf and Scatter Plots.

Reading: Book Club! YAYY!!  We have some awesome books picked out! 

-Character traits and development

-Observations and create inferences with their characters

Spelling Test and Vocabulary list on Quizlet: Quizlet Week of January 25 ON FRIDAY!

 
Science:  Weather vs Climate; Carbon Dioxide Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, Water Cycle 
Finish/ Review Earth Science FINAL UNIT TEST NEXT Friday

Review: landforms, weathering, erosion, deposition, soil (layers, types of soil, and properties of different soils), and fossils

Social Studies:  War of 1812

Jan. 11, 2016

*Report cards will go home on Tuesday.
*Pershing Field trip on Wednesday from 8:30-11:15.
*Fifth grade camp: January 20-22nd.
Objectives for the week:
Math: This week we are continuing with our Algebraic skills. Students will learn how to solve for a variable with multiplication and division equations. We will also cover input/output functions where students will identify a Rule or Function based on either additive or multiplicative patterns. Students will then create linear graphs based on those rules they identify.
Here are some videos:
Multiplication Division One Step Equations
Create a Rule from a Table
Create a Graph from a Rule

Reading: This week we are finishing our unit on Fairy Tales. The students are working on understanding elements of fairy tales, fables, folk tales, legends, and myths as they read stories from around the world and analyze their content. This week we are starting something new for Vocabulary. We will focus more on content vocabulary by incorporating important words from different subjects. The students will go to this link on Quizlet: Vocabulary Week 1 Students can create a login for Quizlet so they can keep track of their progress as they complete different activities to help practice for the test on Friday. We also have a spelling test on Friday.
Science: This week we are covering properties of soil including different layers of soil and what different types of soil look like.
Social Studies:This week we are beginning our unit on Westward Expansion. Students will explore the reasons why people moved west in our country and how we accumulated different territories.

Grand Canyon Video! Super Awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBYvCJLb7tE&feature=youtu.be

Jan. 5

Happy New Year my wonderful kiddos! Thank you so much for all the wonderful and thoughtful presents I receive. It was so kind of y’all! I hope you all enjoyed your time with friends and family are now recharged for a new semester!

REMINDERS:

*If you have not turned in your child's Camp permission form, please do so ASAP!

*Fifth grade camp: January 20-22nd. If you have any questions, please let me know!

Objectives:

Math: Area, Perimeter, and Volume unit test on Wednesday! Please review any videos for Area, perimeter, and volume on previous blog posts including math journal notes

Thursday: one step equations and finding the value of a variable

What is Algebra?
Solving One Step Equations with Addition and Subtraction

Reading: Fantasy genre including: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Fables, Myths, and Legends

There is a spelling test this week!

Science: Weathering, erosion, and deposition.

Study Jams Go to Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: watch Weathering & Erosion video and Landforms video.

Social Studies: American History Review Test on Friday

This week’s Social Studies newspaper is the review for the test