Week of December 5, 2016

This week in 5th grade we will be learning…

Language Arts: This week students will continue learning about point of view in reading and writing. While, they are reading each student will focus on a specific reading strategy (main idea, story elements, sequence of events, and parts of speech).  During Daily 5 students will continue practicing Daily 5 procedures and focus on learning about various strategies that will help make them better readers.  We will be focusing on QAR strategies to help them answer comprehension questions.  In writing we will be focusing on writing an informational piece about life in colonial America using point of view.  Students will have to read an informational article set to their level on Frontrowed.com (same login and password as the math) with guided reading questions everyday.

Vocabulary Words– vocabularyworkshop.com Unit 10

Apples– Red book 

Bananas, Carrots, Dragon Fruit, & Eggplants– Blue Book

Spelling Words-

• Apples group– fit, kit, pit, bit, hit, sit, run, two (it word family).
• Bananas, Carrots group- admitted, controlled, flagged, referred, tripped, dropped, conferred, permitted (Words that end in an accented short or modified vowel sound must have the final consonant doubled to protect that sound when you add a vowel suffix).
• Dragon fruit & Eggplant group-

bushwhackers, language, penguin, exhilaration,  ostrich,

overwhelmed, chandelier, executive

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 5 fractions, decimals, and percents.  Everday students should go on frontrowed.com for extra math practice.  They log in using their first name and their last name.  The class code is k9kyvt.

Science: We will coninue learning about Dynamics of the Solar System.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1. How does the position and motion of the Earth cause seasonal changes throughout the year?
2. How does the position and motion of the moon cause moon phases, eclipses, and tides?
3. What effect does the rotation and revolution of the Earth have on observation of objects in the sky?
4. How are the predictable motions of objects in the solar system described?

Social Studies: We will continue learning about Life in Colonial America.  Research with your child about how and why different colonial regions developed in North America and find out these questions…

1. How did economic activities contribute to the significant differences among the colonial regions?
2. How did colonial political experiences influence how colonists viewed their rights and responsibilities?
3. How did the institution of slavery affect colonial development and life in the colonies?

Important Dates

12/21/16 Late Start

12/26/16-1/6/17 No School Winter Break

1/9/17 School Resumes

 Important Reminders

Please send a healthy snack with your child.

We are in need of tissue boxes, it’s that time of the year where noses will run.  Please send them in with your kids.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at anytime (chamsef@dearbornschools.org).

Thank you,

Fatima Chamseddine