Updates and announcements
Happy Thanksgiving week! I hope
everyone had a restful weekend. Ms. White and I hosted a baby shower for Mr. and
Mrs. Giammalva, whose baby girl is due on December 18th.
Please keep me updated on
planned absences so we can plan make up assessments accordingly. I am in the
midst of starting student evaluations, so the data is incredibly important for
your child’s growth and my data tracking.
Our week in learning
Students will learn about the idiom “It’s never too
late to mend.”
Students will learn about the roots humus, folium,
sal, and mare. Students will be quizzed over these roots next Wednesday.
Students should expect a similar quiz each week. Students will get their study
guides for roots #26-50. This is due on 12/4 and their test will be on
12/11.
Students learned about the poem “The Snowstorm” on
11/13 and recite it on 12/4. We are giving extra time for this poem because it
can be challenging. The poem does not have a rhyme scheme. It has been helpful
for students in the past to listen to a recording while in the car or getting
ready in the morning.
Here are some good recordings of “The Snowstorm”:
In Literature, students will continue reading
“Where the Red Fern Grows”, ending the week with chapter 12. 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 continue reading their
final turkey essay drafts for the class.
During
our short week, students will present their science fair projects to their
classmates. Students only need their trifold board for this. They will have two
minutes to explain their hypothesis, procedure, results, and conclusions and
answer any questions from classmates. When they are done presenting, they will
turn in their science fair packets for a grade. Students may reference their
posters during the presentation, but should be mindful to face the audience.
On Monday, students will turn in their
rough drafts of Charles I Newspaper Articles, when we will peer-edit them.
Final drafts of the assignment are due on Tuesday. Instructions were handed out
on Wednesday, November 20th. On Tuesday, we will further explore the
English Bill of Rights and compare it with the American Bill of Rights.
Students may also share their Articles at this time.
As we explore this period in the history
of England, please utilize this student reader, and other free resources on
Core Knowledge’s website: https://www.coreknowledge.org/free-resource/ckhg-unit-06-england-golden-age/student-reader/
In math, students continue our unit on area,
surface area, and perimeter with comparing the area of a triangle to that of a
rectangle and using ½ X base X height to find the area of a triangle. There are
no more math groups dates for the rest of the quarter.
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).
