Updates and announcements
I hope everyone had a lovely
weekend. We are really looking forward to our field trip to the Renaissance
Fair tomorrow!
Our week in learning
Students will learn about the idiom “A watched pot
never boils.”
Students turn in their roots study guide on 2/26
and the roots test will be on 3/4.
Students learned about the poem “Battle Hymn of the
Republic” on 2/12 and will recite it on 2/26.
In Literature, students will read through chapter
25. There are periodic journal entries which are numbered, but do not happen
after every chapter. Students will do journal entry 17 this week. Please send
in the book as soon as possible.
In Grammar, students workshop their exercise essays
on Monday, then we will evaluate their essays as a class using an AZMerit style
rubric on Thursday. Starting on Friday, students will be led through guided
lessons on reading comprehension during grammar and writing.
During
this exciting week, students will continue working on their George Washington
Carver writing project. On Monday, students will be given an outline and will
use the information from the articles they read last week to create an outline
of their paragraph. On Thursday and Friday, they will work in class to create a
final draft in their best Spalding handwriting. Anything not finished in class
will be finished for homework.
This
week in History, students will begin studying the Civil War, including the
causes that led up to war. We will begin this large unit with conversations of
the state of slavery in the U.S. before the Civil War, growing abolitionist
sentiment, and the Missouri Compromise. We will also discuss other differences
between the North and South, such as their economic situations. Since this unit
will take us well into the 4th quarter, we will have a large quiz at the end of
the third quarter discussing the causes of the Civil War. You and your child
may access our textbook online at https://www.coreknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CKHG_G5_U11_CW_SR.pdf
In math, students will continue our unit on
percentages. Students will complete word problems which use percent. There will
be no math groups this week.
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).
