Week of November 14, 2016

This week in 5th grade we will be learning…

Language Arts: This week students will continue 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 life in colonial America.  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 8

Apples– Red book 

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

Spelling Words-

1. Apples group– wish, dish, push, fish, brush, fresh, not, one (-cvc-um and ub)
2. Bananas, Carrots group- airproof, afternoon, lagoon, fireproofing, raccoon, foolproof, hooligan, pontoon (The vowel digraphs appear in the same syllable).
3. Dragon fruit & Eggplant group- decision, completely, recruit, sleigh, maneuver, briefcase, perfume, perserve 

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 4 Number and operations focusing on division.  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 Colonization and Settlement.  Research with your child about how and why different colonial regions developed in North America and find out these questions…

1. How did the push and pull factors of migration influence the settlement of different colonial regions in North America?
2. How did the geography of North America affect settlement patterns and the economic, political, and cultural development of different colonial regions?

Important Dates

11/16/16 Late Start Day

11/16/16 Parent teacher conferences (Malek, Alaa, Omar, Jawad, Abdulaziz, Mahdi, Haidy, Sundas, Camille, Amriah, Mastora, Shafeeka)

11/23/16-11/25/16 No School Thanksgiving Break

 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