Updates and announcements
I hope everyone had a wonderful
weekend! I got my flu shot on Friday and ended up with all of the side effects
on Saturday, however I was happy to be able to do yard work and quilting on
Sunday. Here’s to not getting the flu this year!
I am sending home the students’
last math test, Units 1-2 Cumulative Test A, in their homework folders instead
of waiting for this Friday’s signed folder. I want to give students plenty of
time to complete corrections if they choose, so be on the lookout for those.
Our week in learning
Students will learn about the idiom “Every cloud
has a silver lining”
The Quarter 1 Roots Study Guide is due on 9/25, and
the test over the first 25 roots will be on 10/2.
Students will recite “Some Opposites” on Wednesday,
9/25.
In Literature, we will read through chapter 16 in
“Voyage of the Dawn Treader”, working on vocabulary and summarizing every
chapter. Students will also work through discussion questions in groups.
In Grammar, students will learn about pronouns, the
understood “you” in imperative (command) sentences, and compound parts of
sentences. There will be Quarter 1 Grammar test on Wednesday, 10/2. A study
guide will go home on Friday and we will discuss how to find the answers to
their study guide from their notes.
This
week in science, we will continue our study of chemistry. Students will learn
the difference between a physical and a chemical change, as well as how to
differentiate between a mixture, compound, solution and suspension. We will
have a hands on demonstration to help understand the differences between the
types of mixtures. STudents will continue to have a section of their study
assigned each night as homework, and they are expected to complete those parts.
In History we will finish Unit 3: Renaissance,
covering individuals such as Baldassare Castiglione and Niccolò Machiavelli,
and the impact of the Renaissance outside of Italy. Study guides are due on
Thursday (9/26), and the unit test is on Friday (9/27). On Wednesday, students
will be quizzed on the location of states in the Great Plains, and will learn
about the Rocky Mountain Region. Please utilize this resource in preparing for
states location quizzes: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003
In
math, students will learn about relating fractions to division problems, and
addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers. To keep work neat,
students are encouraged to use graph paper to ensure their columns are accurate
while dealing with large numbers. When a “test b” (multiplication test) is
assigned for homework, it contains questions very similar to a quiz the
following day. We take a lot of low-stakes math quizzes in fifth grade. All
math workbook assignments are half of every type of problem. Please keep in
mind that students may do test corrections on any math quiz for partial credit
(fill in the blank sheets, not multiple choice homework sheets). Math groups
will continue this Wednesday, 9/25, 8:35-9:45. Please let me know if you are
able to attend and I’ll make sure to have enough keys.
