Mrs. Chamseddine's 5th Grade News

This week in 5th grade we will be learning…

Language Arts: This week students will continue learning about theme and making connections in reading. 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 informational writing.  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–  

Economics

1. Capital resources – Goods made by people and used to produce other goods and services. Examples include tools, roads, bridges, factories, machinery, glue, lumber, chalk, rope, textbooks, and workbooks.
2. Consume – Use goods and services to satisfy economic wants.
3. Consumers – People who buy and use goods and services to satisfy economic wants.
4. Demand – The amount of a resource or product buyers are willing and able to buy at different possible prices.
5. Economic decision – A choice to produce or consume a good or a service. Because we cannot have everything we want, we have to decide what we will choose and what we will give up.
6. Economic growth – Producing more goods and services at the present time than were produced in the past.
7. Economic wants – Goods and services people would like to have. Examples include food, clothing, a place to live, a bicycle, a toy, a trip to an amusement park, and a birthday party.
8. Economy – The way a society organizes to produce, distribute and consume goods and services.
9. Goods – Things that people make or grow that satisfy economic wants. Examples include a house, a car, a toy, and an apple.
10. Human resources – People (workers) doing physical or mental work to produce goods or services. Examples include teachers, cooks, bus drivers, and carpenters.
11. Interdependence – Depending on one another for resources, goods, and services. When people and businesses specialize, they become interdependent. Example: Within a community, a grocer depends on a doctor for medical care and a doctor depends on a grocer for food. Geographers look at how transportation and communication link people and places.
12. Limited resources – Not having enough resources to produce all the goods and services that people want.
13. Money – Something that is used to buy and sell resources, goods, and services. Money is not a capital resource because it is not used to produce goods and services.
14. Natural resources – Gifts of nature that can be used to produce goods and services. Examples include trees, sunshine, soil, water, plants, animals, oil, coal, and metals.
15. Opportunity cost – The next best (second-best) choice that is given up when a decision (choice) is made. Example: Pedro is buying lunch in the cafeteria. The choices are pizza, tacos, or a hot dog. Pedro likes all three choices, but he can only have one. He chooses pizza. His opportunity cost is his next best (second-best) choice, which is tacos. 
16. Price – The value of a resource, good or service stated in money terms.
17. Producers – People who combine natural, human and capital resources to make goods and/or services.
18. Product – A good or service made with resources.
19. Production – The process of combining natural, human and capital resources to make a product, either a good or a service.
20. Public goods and services – Goods and services provided by the government and paid for with taxes. Examples include roads, bridges, libraries, schools, policy, fire fighters and government.
21. Resources – Things that can be used to produce a good or a service.
22. Services – Actions (jobs) that people do for each other. A service is something that you cannot touch or hold. A service is consumed at the instant it is produced. Some services, such as firefighter, mayor, police officer, and teacher are provided by the government. Other services, such as plumber, dentist, and hair cutter are provided by businesses.
23. Specialized work – A job or a part of a job. Examples include reading teacher, farmer, brick layer, police officer, taxi driver, and worker on an assembly line.
24. Supply – The amount of a resource or product sellers are willing and able to sell at various possible prices.
25. Taxes – Money paid to the government so it can provide some goods and services.
26. Technology – Skills, methods, tools, machines and other things used to perform activities. Technology changes over time and affects the way we live, work, and play.
27. Trade – The exchange of resources, goods, and services through barter or the use of money.

Spelling Words-

Apples:Vowel long o sound silent e

1. throne
2. chose
3. code
4. joke
5. globe
6. hole

Dolch words: so   do

Carrots, egg plants, dragon fruits: Suffix ible- visible, flexible, incredible, irresponsible, collapsible, impossible, convertible, horrible, terrible, audible

Bananas Silent /wr/ and /kn/ Pattern-write, wrist, wrap, knife, knot, know, knew, knee, 

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 8 Fractions.  Everyday 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 continue learning about Life Science Survival of Organisms.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1.) How are the traits of species influenced by genetics and the environment?
2.) How do the behavioral and physical characteristics of organisms help them survive in their environment?
3.) How do we distinguish between inherited and acquired traits?
4.) How do fossils provide evidence about how species and environmental conditions have changed?
5.) How can species extinction be related to catastrophic events and environmental change?
6.) How do the similarities in traits help us classify organisms? 

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

Important Dates

Spring Break April 3-7

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

Welcome Back, hope you all had a great break!

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 mystery writing.  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–  

Geography

1. Map– a graphic model of the earth or a part of the earth that is drawn on a flat surface.

2. Map elements #3-15– the parts of a map that make it usable.

3. Author – the person or company that made the map.

4. Border – the frame around the map.

5. Cardinal directions – north, south, east, and west.

6. Compass rose – the small drawing that uses one or more arrows to show cardinal and/or intermediate directions on a map or globe.

7. Coordinate – the point on a map or globe where a line of latitude and longitude cross.

8. Date – the year in which the map was made.

9. Grid system – the pattern of lines that help locate places on a map or globe; for example, latitude and longitude.

10. intermediate directions – directions between the cardinal directions: northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest

11. Latitude/longitude – imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance north and south of the Equator and distance east and west of the prime meridian.

12. legend/key – explains the meaning of the symbols on the map

13. Scale – the measurement on a map or globe that shows the distance between places.

14. Symbols – the pictures, shapes, or colors on a map that stand for objects, places, or people.

15. Title – a heading that identifies the subject of a map.

16. Migrate/migration/immigration– to move from one country or region to another with the intent of staying at that place for a long period of time.

17. Modify– to change to meet the wants of people.

18. Natural environment– the physical setting of a place including the land, air, water, plants, and animals.

19. Physical features– landforms and bodies of water formed by nature.

20. Population growth– the increase in the number of people living in a place due to migration, immigration and/or births.

21. Region– an area that has one or more geographic characteristics in common, such as the Middle Colonies or the Piedmont Plateau.

22. Relative distance– the approximate distance of a place in relationship to other places (i.e. near and far)

23. Settlement– the arrangement of places where people live, including rural and urban centers.

24. Technology– skills, methods, tools, machines and other things used to perform activities. Technology changes over time and affects the way we live, work, and play.

25. Transportation– ways goods and people move from place to place thereby linking communities.

Spelling Words-

Apples: Vowel pairs ai, ay family-

main, wait, sail, tail, jay, train, stay, hay

Bananas, carrots, egg plants, dragon fruits: Suffix ible- tangible,  gullible,  permissible, illegible, comprehensible, admissible, audible, combustible

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 8 Fractions.  Everyday 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 continue learning about Life Science Survival of Organisms.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1.) How are the traits of species influenced by genetics and the environment?
2.) How do the behavioral and physical characteristics of organisms help them survive in their environment?
3.) How do we distinguish between inherited and acquired traits?
4.) How do fossils provide evidence about how species and environmental conditions have changed?
5.) How can species extinction be related to catastrophic events and environmental change?
6.) How do the similarities in traits help us classify organisms? 

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

Important Dates

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

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 mystery writing.  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–  

Geography

1. Adapt – to change in order to fit new environmental conditions.
2. Bodies of water – all the different sizes and shapes of water naturally found on the Earth’s surface. Oceans, seas, bays, lakes, rivers, and ponds are examples of bodies of water.
3. Communication – ways people send and receive messages thereby linking people and places.
4. Environment – the geographic characteristics that surround and affect the way people live.
5. Environment concerns/issues – interests’ people have about the care of the natural environment.
6. Geographic characteristics – traits that distinguish one place from another. These are divided into two groups.
7. Physical characteristics describe the natural environment of the place. They include physical features (natural landforms and bodies of water), weather and climate, soil, vegetation, and animal life.
8. Human characteristics describe the people of the place past or present their human-made features (buildings, etc), languages, religions, economic activities, and political systems.
9. Human-made features – changes people have made to the land. These changes include buildings, bridges, tunnels, railroad tracks, dams, monuments, piers, farm fields.
10. Land forms – the different shapes of Earth’s surface. Mountains, hills, plateaus, plains, valleys, peninsulas, and islands are examples of land forms.

Spelling Words-

Apples: Vowel pairs ill family- all, call, small, ball, install, football, help, play

Bananas, carrots, egg plants, dragon fruits: Suffix able- portable, advisable, available, favorable, unforgettable, laughable, noticeable, biodegradable

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 8 Fractions.  Everyday 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 continue learning about Life Science Survival of Organisms.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1.) How are the traits of species influenced by genetics and the environment?
2.) How do the behavioral and physical characteristics of organisms help them survive in their environment?
3.) How do we distinguish between inherited and acquired traits?
4.) How do fossils provide evidence about how species and environmental conditions have changed?
5.) How can species extinction be related to catastrophic events and environmental change?
6.) How do the similarities in traits help us classify organisms? 

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

Important Dates

Late Start 2/15/17 

Mid-winter break 2/20/17-2/24/17

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

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 finishing a story in narrativve and informational.  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–  

History Vocabulary

1. Colony – an area of land controlled by another, usually distant, country.
2. Economic characteristics – traits that are used to describe the way people use their resources to meet their wants.
3. Ethnic group – a group of people who share a language and similar customs.
4. Migration – the movement of people from one country or region to another with the intent of staying at that place for a long period of time.
5. Native societies – the first peoples living in a particular region, for example the Eskimos and the Indians were the first to inhabit North America.
6. Political characteristics – looking at the way people form government policy, choose to govern themselves and work within the political arena to get and hold office.
7. Settlement – a place where people make a permanent new home.
8. Settler – a person who makes a permanent home in a new place. Settlers from many countries built homes in the English colonies.
9. Social characteristics – traits that are used to describe how people live together in a society, including their traditions, housing, diet, religion, language, education, and the development of their art and music.
10. Society – a group of people bound together by the same culture or way of life.

Spelling Words-

Apples: Vowel pairs ill family- same, shake, stage, whale, grape, snake, him, his

Bananas, carrots, egg plants, dragon fruits: Suffix able- desirable, excitable,  variable, notable, tolerable,  lovable,  remarkable, predictable,

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 6 Organizing Data and measurement.  Everyday 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 begin learning about Life Science Survival of Organisms.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1.) How are the traits of species influenced by genetics and the environment?
2.) How do the behavioral and physical characteristics of organisms help them survive in their environment?
3.) How do we distinguish between inherited and acquired traits?
4.) How do fossils provide evidence about how species and environmental conditions have changed?
5.) How can species extinction be related to catastrophic events and environmental change?
6.) How do the similarities in traits help us classify organisms? 

Social Studies: We will begin learning about the Road to the Revolution.  Research with your child about how and why different colonial regions developed in North America and find out these questions…

Important Dates

Mid-winter break 2/20/17-2/24/17

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

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 finishing a story in narrativve and informational.  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 14

Apples– Green book 

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

Spelling Words-

Apples: Vowel pairs ill family- will, chill, fill, no, come, spill, drill, skill

Bananas, carrots, egg plants, dragon fruits:authority, imperialism, liberty, Patriot, Loyalist 

taxation, Declaration of Independence, advantages

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 6 Organizing Data and measurement.  Everyday 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 begin learning about Life Science Survival of Organisms.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

1.) How are the traits of species influenced by genetics and the environment?
2.) How do the behavioral and physical characteristics of organisms help them survive in their environment?
3.) How do we distinguish between inherited and acquired traits?
4.) How do fossils provide evidence about how species and environmental conditions have changed?
5.) How can species extinction be related to catastrophic events and environmental change?
6.) How do the similarities in traits help us classify organisms? 

Social Studies: We will begin learning about the Road to the Revolution.  Research with your child about how and why different colonial regions developed in North America and find out these questions…

Important Dates

Mid-winter break 2/20/17-2/24/17

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

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 the cause and effect of a scientific phenomenon.  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 14

Apples– Red book 

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

Spelling Words-

Apples: Vowel pairs ou, ow- clown, brown, growl, howl, round, sound, crown, house

Bananas, Carrots group-Recession, concession, vision, comprehension, conclusion, possession, permission, profession (multisyllabic words -sion words)

Dragon fruit & Eggplant group- permission, accomplishment, commitment, penicillin, mayonnaise, confetti, concussion, corrosion

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 5 fractions, decimals, and percents.  Everyday 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 continue learning about Dynamics of the Solar System.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

How does the position and motion of the Earth cause seasonal changes throughout the year?

How does the position and motion of the moon cause moon phases, eclipses, and tides?

What effect does the rotation and revolution of the Earth have on observation of objects in the sky?

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…

How did economic activities contribute to the significant differences among the colonial regions?

How did colonial political experiences influence how colonists viewed their rights and responsibilities?

How did the institution of slavery affect colonial development and life in the colonies?

Below you will find the triangular trade map and slave trade map…

Triangular Trade

Slave Trade

Important Dates

1/16/17 MLK Day No School

1/18/17 Late Start Day

1/18/17-1/25/17 NWEA Testing 

1/27/17 Half Day/Marking Period Ends

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

Welcome back and Happy New Year!!

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 12

Apples– Red book 

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

Spelling Words-

Apples group–oil, soil, moist, hoist, toy, joy, royal, soy (Vowel pairs oi, oy).

Bananas, Carrots group- assistant, brilliant, compliant, extravagant, ignorant, intolerant, vacant, instant (A suffix is a meaningful group of letters that can be added at the end of a base or root word to form (derive) a new word with a different but related meaning. -ant/-ance, -ent/-ence = action, process, state of -ant/-ent are adjective-forming endings which often have corresponding noun form endings in -ance, -ence.).

Dragon fruit & Eggplant group-audition, vaudeville, ingenious,favorite,penitentiary,  disgusted, auxiliary, tournaments

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 5 fractions, decimals, and percents.  Everyday 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 continue learning about Dynamics of the Solar System.  Research with your child about the Solar system and find out these questions…

How does the position and motion of the Earth cause seasonal changes throughout the year?

How does the position and motion of the moon cause moon phases, eclipses, and tides?

What effect does the rotation and revolution of the Earth have on observation of objects in the sky?

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…

How did economic activities contribute to the significant differences among the colonial regions?

How did colonial political experiences influence how colonists viewed their rights and responsibilities?

How did the institution of slavery affect colonial development and life in the colonies?

Below you will find the triangular trade map and slave trade map…

Triangular Trade

Slave Trade

Important Dates

1/16/17 MLK Day No School

1/18/17 Late Start Day

1/18/17-1/25/17 NWEA Testing 

1/27/17 Half Day/Marking Period Ends

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

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 11

Apples– Red book 

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

Spelling Words-

• Apples group– chop, chunk, chat, lunch, patch, inch, come, came (it word family).
• Bananas, Carrots group- occurred,  omitted, concurred, stopped, strapped, gripped, propelled, formatted (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-receiving, qualified, mimicking, prophesied,   accompanying, overlooked, traveled, managed

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

12/23/16 Holiday Party

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

Hello,

Sorry my BLOG wasn’t working.  For the Solar System Flip Book find the following information about each topic below.  See you Monday!!

Sun

• The age of the sun..
• The temperature of the sun..
• Make sure to draw a picture of the sun (real representation).

Planets

• The average distance from the sun…
• Is it an inner or outer planet…
• The climate and weather…
• The length of day (rotation)…
• The length of orbit/revolution…
• Other facts…

Moons, Meteoroids, Comets, & Asteroids

• Define each and describe its appearance.

If you can’t finish it all it’s okay.  You may turn it in on Tuesday.

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