October 17, 2019
Dear Fifth Grade Parents and Students,
Mid-Trimester reports will be sent home on Friday, Oct. 25th.
Math:
Mr. Schreck
Chapter 3, Divide by a One-Digit Divisor
Friday: Living Rosary/ALEKS
Monday: Lesson 8, Divide Three-and Four-Digit Dividends
Tuesday: Review Lesson 8
Wednesday: Lesson 9, Place the First Digit
Thursday: Lesson 10, Quotients with Zeros
Ms Semandiris
10/18 – Ch. 3, L. 1, Relate Division to Multiplication
10/21 – Ch. 3, L. 2, Hands On: Division Models
10/22 – Ch. 3, L. 4, Division Patterns
10/23 – Check My Progress Lessons 1-4
10/24 – Check My Progress Quiz Lessons 1-4
10/25 – Ch. 3 L. 5 Estimate Quotients
Mrs. Heuer
We have completed our second unit. The students did corrections on their unit 2 test, and we discussed how preparation for the test begins the day we start the chapter. We also talked about the importance of paying attention to detail in math. In Unit 3, we will be adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers. We will work with like and unlike fractions. The students will also be applying these skills to story problems. If a student ever wants additional practice, they can be working on their ALEKS pie charts at home. Students can move up to the next grade levels!
Reading: 5th graders have completed the first three chapters of Hatchet. We’ll continue this fast-paced story next week, focusing on comprehension, vocabulary building and figurative language. Students are expected to keep up with the reading, as there will be frequent comprehension quizzes. They should have read to the end of Ch. 6 by Monday.
Religion: Students begin Chapter 3, Signs of God’s Presence. Students will read Exodus 3:15 and discuss what God wanted Moses to understand when he saw the burning bush. Students will discuss how signs point the way to God. They will brainstorm signs of God’s goodness, justice, and mercy.
Social Studies: We are currently finishing up Chapter 4. Tomorrow students will receive a hard copy of their study guide for Chapter 4. I already pushed out the study guide on Google Classroom. We will go over the study guide and students will have a chance to work on writing notes on their study guide in Google Classroom. The test for Chapter 4 is on Friday 10/25. Next week we will be moving on to Chapter 5 Routes of Exploration to the New World. In a Social Studies Skill Builder, students use an illustrated classroom matrix to organize information about 8 European explorers. Students will work in pairs to become an “expert” on one of the explorers. Then students will play a game in which they answer questions about the explorers.
Science: Students have been testing the pH of soil and water from the fictional town of Greentown. They will be investigating possible sources of pollution. Students will discuss how changes in soil and water pH can affect the health of an ecosystem. They will then compare historical soil and water data to current data to build a case for sources of pollution in Greentown. Next, students will use the Engineering Design Process to design, implement, evaluate, and improve a process for cleaning an oil spill so that the oil has the least impact on the surrounding ecosystem.
Language Arts: We have introduced M.L.A. writing format to our papers! Students are working on ‘scholarly’ writing with proper heading and citing. Our next Spelling Quiz will be November 1st, Lesson 4, including (5) challenge words! So, there will be a total of 25 words. I suggest using this as review study tool as well as looking at the words online. They can be found on my class website: https://6b.holyrosaryws.org/5th-la/.
Library Technology: Complete 1 hour of typing practice by Monday, October 21st on Typing Club. Each grading week for 5B starts on Tuesday and ends the following Monday.
Students will also be tested on their Google username and password, which they must know by heart by Tuesday, Oct. 29. They will be asked to login to their Google account in the computer lab on that day. To “study”, follow the instructions at this link here.
Have a great week!