This week in 5th grade we will be learning…

Language Arts: This week students will learning about informational/expository 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 their personal goals.  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 3

Apples- Red book 

Bananas-Purple book

Carrots, Dragon Fruit, & Eggplants- Blue Book

Spelling Words-

1. Apples group-cap, cape, back, bake, ate, been, off, cold, work, does (-cvc-a)
2. Bananas group-poke, rock, mop, below, broke, been, off, cold, work, does (cvc-short and long o)
3. Carrots, Dragon Fruit, & Eggplants-insist, inflict, dismiss, expire, alive, divide, idealistic, surprise, liquid, peninsula (cvc-short and long i)

Math: This week we will be learning about Unit 1 Reviewing basic math facts.  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 chams5.

Science: We will be learning about Physical Science focusing on structure and properties of matter mixtures and the scientific method.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1. What is matter?
2. What has matter?
3. What is the scienctific method?
4. Why do scientists use the scientific method?

Social Studies: We will begin learning about our country’s government.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1. What is a Constitution?
2. Why do countries have governments?

Important Dates

October 13 Half day

October 18 Late Start

 Important Reminders

Please send a healthy snack with your child every day we have a late lunch.

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

Thank you,

Fatima Chamseddine

This week in 5th grade we will be learning…

Language Arts: This week students will learning about informational/expository 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 their personal goals.  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 2

Apples- Red book 

Bananas-Purple book

Carrots, Dragon Fruit, & Eggplants- Blue Book

Spelling Words-

1. Apples group-Wag, six, if, had, bad, around, their, sleep, wash, before (-cvc-short and long vowel sounds)
2. Bananas group-Polite, cane, spin, kick, ice, around, their, sleep, wash, before (cvc-short and long a & i vowel sounds)
3. Carrots, Dragon Fruit, & Eggplants-Restless, sentence, increase, spectacular, speaker, succeed, defeat, hockey, concede, disease  (cvc-short and long e vowel sounds)

Math: This week we will be learning about Unit 1 Reviewing basic math facts.  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 chams5.

Science: We will be learning about Physical Science focusing on structure and properties of matter mixtures and the scientific method.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1. What is matter?
2. What has matter?
3. What is the scienctific method?
4. Why do scientists use the scientific method?

Social Studies: We will begin learning about our country’s government.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1. What is a Constitution?
2. Why do countries have governments?

Important Dates

 Important Reminders

Please send a healthy snack with your child every day we have a late lunch.

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

Thank you,

Fatima Chamseddine

Today we worked in groups and tried to build the tallest freestanding tower. The challenge was to work as a team to build the tallest freestanding tower. Students were only allowed to use 20 sticks of spaghetti, 1 yard of tape, 1 yard of string, and 1 cotton ball.  Look below and see how much fun the students were having and how well they were working together.

This week in 5th grade we will be learning…

Language Arts: This week students will learning about informational/expository 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 their personal goals.  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 1

Apples- Red book 

Bananas-Purple book

Carrots, Dragon Fruit, & Eggplants- Blue Book

Spelling Words-

1. Apples group– has, sat, will, fix, him, live, would, very, your, its (-cvc-short and long vowel sounds)
2. Bananas group- lane, stick, trap, brick, cape, would, live, very, its, your  (cvc-short and long vowel sounds)
3. Carrots, Dragon Fruit, & Eggplants- advance, grateful, debate, transplant, bandstand, handbag, debate, ransack, happened, napkin  (cvc-short and long vowel sounds)

Math: This week we will begin learning about Unit 1 Reviewing basic math facts.  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 chams5.

Science: We will begin learning about Physical Science focusing on force and motion.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1. What is force and motion?
2. What are Newton’s Laws of Motion?

Social Studies: We will begin learning about our country’s government.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1. What is a Constitution?
2. Why do countries have governments?

Important Dates

9/13/17 Open house from 6:00-7:30

 Important Reminders

Please send a healthy snack with your child every day we have a late lunch.

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

Thank you,

Fatima Chamseddine

Welcome back everyone!

I’m so excited for this new year with your beautiful faces.  Thank you for sharing your children with me they are so precious and amazing.  If you have any questions or concerns please feel free contact me at any time.

You may contact me through email- chamsef@dearbornschools.org

You may also send me a letter and place it in your child’s purple home folder and I will write back.

You may also call me at 313-827-1800 ext. 22414

Looking forward to creating great memories and experience with each other.

Important Dates

9/13/17 Open House 3:00-4:30