Week of February 6-10
Reminders for this week:
DuVall’s 5th grade will be having a fundraiser for their Inland Seas field trip in Traverse City on Valentine’s Day (next Tuesday). Both Brera and Yogurtopia (They are next to each other) will give a portion of their proceeds for the day back to us. Brera is giving 15% back (Pizzas 5.99-9.99) while Yogurtopia is giving 50%, just mention DuVall when you make your purchase. Dinner and a dessert treat for your loved ones 🙂 sounds terrific, right? We’ll be sending home a reminder flyer later in the week. Please tell your family and friends! Feel free to let them know we really appreciate them too!
Valentine’s Day is Coming!
The students will be able to pass out Valentines to their classmates. If they wish to do so, they will need to fill out one for each student in the class (Mrs. Alabakoff likes Valentines too!). I am sending home a class list of names if your child wants to personalize the Valentine cards. It is not required and can just sign their own name.
We are learning:
Spelling–This week’s focus is homophones (words that sound the same, have different spelling and meaning). Practice how to spell them, but also the meaning of each and how to tell the difference. I will be giving a sentence with each word and students will have to identify the correct word out of the pair.
Daily5/Cafe–We are working on informational text and main idea with details. Students have been using graphic organizers to practice this strategy. They are also working on their own books as well.
Writer’s Workshop–We have just begun our research for our public discourse issue. We have selected issues that are important to Michigan! Students will research and use that information to write an opinion letter. They are already learning a lot about and are quite excited!
Social Studies–We finished our study of Michigan history up to statehood. The students did a great job and had a lot of fun learning. They were very motivated. I will be sending home the assessment I did with them later in the week.
Science–We have begun our unit on Light and Sound. Students learned about different types of energy and completed a graphic organizer with examples. They also created superheroes that use different types of energy. We will be studying different types of materials light travels through and creating designs with these materials. Students will also be learning about reflection and refraction with various activities.
Math–Our focus is fractions and decimals this week. Students will be using models to represent both. We are also still working on multiplication and division.
Have a sunny week!
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