Updates and announcements
It was so wonderful getting to
meet with all of you last week! Parent teacher conferences are one of my
favorite times of year. I am happy to be setting into our new house more and am
grateful for the three day weekend. I finally got my sewing room set up and got
to work on some bowl cozies.
The Read a thon is this
Thursday. I look forward to seeing our parents read to the students selections
from their favorite books.
Friday is another half day.
Our week in learning
Students will learn about the idiom “To kill two
birds with one stone.”
Students will learn about the roots medicus, sanus,
and holos. Students will be quizzed over these roots next Wednesday. Students
should expect a similar quiz each week.
Students learned about the poem “Narcissa” on
10/16. Students will recite “Narcissa” on 10/30. Students will learn about the
poem “The Road Not Taken” on 10/30 and recite it on 11/13.
In Literature, students will start reading “Where
the Red Fern Grows”, ending the week with chapter 3. Students will journal
every day we read in Literature about a given prompt. We are a spoiler-free
school, so if students or older siblings know the end, please encourage your
child to discover the text on their own (especially the ending).
In Grammar, students will review interjections and
possessive notes. They will get a practice test containing questions on complex
sentences, independent clauses, dependent clauses, and direct objects. Their
grammar test will be on 11/1.
This
week in Science, students will continue studying classification. On Tuesday,
students will review the correct answers to the Animal Kingdom quiz they took
on Friday. This should be kept and used to study, as similar questions will be
on the unit test. Students will learn about Kingdom Fungi on Thursday, and take
an open notes quiz on Friday to test their knowledge. They will continue
filling out their study guides, which
are now due November 8th with the test being November 12th.
By the 29th,
students should have their experiment designed and materials listed and
gathered in anticipation of beginning trials by November 4th.
They are also welcome to begin trials earlier!
This week in history, students
will be tested on Unit 4: The Reformation, on Wednesday. Their study guides are
due on Tuesday, which will be review day. Thursday will be an activity day,
learning about Henry VIII, and Friday will be a review day for their 50 States
quiz, which will occur on Wednesday, November 6th.
Encourage your children to be diligently preparing for this quiz at home -
consider using the website https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003 for practice.
In math, students will multiply a fraction by a
fraction and solve word problems that involve multiplying a fraction by a
fraction. Here are the dates for math groups for the rest of the quarter:
10/30
11/6
11/13
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).
