Hi all! I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. I hope the kids have remembered their responsibility of giving you things from their accordions; last week there were various things sent home (ISAT scores from 13-14, Fall CBM scores, and pictures and "child-safe cards").
This week kids will bring home a conference request form with a date and time. Some people have already signed up for a date (at Curriculum Night) so you will receive a letter with the day/time you've chosen; please return the form as a confirmation. If the day/time does not work, please list better days/times when you return the slip- thank you!
5H Math:
This week we will continue working on multiplying whole numbers by decimals and decimals by decimals. Then we will work with word problems, a combination of multiplying whole numbers and adding/subtracting/multiplying decimal word problems. Kids will need to use their computation skills as well as comprehension skills to determine what type of problem each word problem is. I am planning the Unit 2 test for Friday. I will hold optional study sessions Wednesday after school until 4:15 or Thursday during lunch and/or recess. We will also review rounding decimals throughout the week.
Language Arts:
I planned entirely too much for last week, so several skills are being carried over to this week. We will work on summarizing both fiction and nonfiction texts focusing on using only the most important information.
While reading "Naomi", our anchor text, we will also work on understanding vocabulary by using context clues.
We are also working on our end of the quarter Performance Task, by brainstorming ideas for our "Where I'm From" poem and beginning our rough drafts.
Word Study:
This week we'll focus on correctly using the following homophones:
their, they're and there
its and it's
to, two, and too
Social Studies:
We pick up this week by reading text from Christopher Columbus's own journal. We are comparing his perspective of landing in San Salvador to the Native's perspective. We will use several texts to discuss and write about whether we think Columbus Day should be celebrated.
Citizenship:
This week we'll talk about the difference between disrespectful and bully-type behavior.
This week kids will bring home a conference request form with a date and time. Some people have already signed up for a date (at Curriculum Night) so you will receive a letter with the day/time you've chosen; please return the form as a confirmation. If the day/time does not work, please list better days/times when you return the slip- thank you!
5H Math:
This week we will continue working on multiplying whole numbers by decimals and decimals by decimals. Then we will work with word problems, a combination of multiplying whole numbers and adding/subtracting/multiplying decimal word problems. Kids will need to use their computation skills as well as comprehension skills to determine what type of problem each word problem is. I am planning the Unit 2 test for Friday. I will hold optional study sessions Wednesday after school until 4:15 or Thursday during lunch and/or recess. We will also review rounding decimals throughout the week.
Language Arts:
I planned entirely too much for last week, so several skills are being carried over to this week. We will work on summarizing both fiction and nonfiction texts focusing on using only the most important information.
While reading "Naomi", our anchor text, we will also work on understanding vocabulary by using context clues.
We are also working on our end of the quarter Performance Task, by brainstorming ideas for our "Where I'm From" poem and beginning our rough drafts.
Word Study:
This week we'll focus on correctly using the following homophones:
their, they're and there
its and it's
to, two, and too
Social Studies:
We pick up this week by reading text from Christopher Columbus's own journal. We are comparing his perspective of landing in San Salvador to the Native's perspective. We will use several texts to discuss and write about whether we think Columbus Day should be celebrated.
Citizenship:
This week we'll talk about the difference between disrespectful and bully-type behavior.
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