Mrs. Chamseddine's 5th Grade News

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 9

Apples– Red book 

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

Spelling Words-

1. Apples group– grow, crow, low, doe, goes, toast, have, went (vowel pairs oa, ow, oe).
2. Bananas, Carrots group- forgetting, expelling, transferring, equipping, regretting, flipping, wrapping, planning (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).
3. Dragon fruit & Eggplant group shrieking, piercing, auditor, lieutenant, experimental, heterogeneous,   unyielding, weirdest

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

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

The students had a blast with force and motion and trying to represent Newton’s Laws of Motion.

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 7

Apples– Red book 

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

Spelling Words-

1. Apples group– cub, sub, scrub, gum, sum, drum, down, see (-cvc-um and ub)
2. Bananas, Carrots, Dragon fruit & Eggplant group- fountain, invoice, announcement, empower, voyage, coward, boycott, appoint, (Generally use oi in the middle of a word and use oy at the end of a word. Examples: boil, soil, toil, boy, toy.  Generally use ou in the middle of a word and use ow at the end of words other than those that end in n or d).

Math: This week we will begin 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 begin 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

11/8/16 No School for students 

11/10/16 Parent teacher conferences (Mariam Bzaih, Mohammad Nasrallah, Sandra Jarrar, Emman Ajami, Tayib Bazzi, Sindus Ahmed, Dana Habhab, Marwa Deeb, Zeinab Aboutaam, & Yousif Jadallah)

 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 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 6

Apples– Red book 

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

Spelling Words-

1. Apples group– hut, shut, cut, bug, hug, rug,  live, would (-cvc-u)
2. Bananas, Carrots, Dragon fruit & Eggplant group- demonstrate, vanishing, prevent, defending, protest, devoted, define, bonus (In words with the VCV spelling pattern, a consonant between two vowels tends to go with the second vowel unless the first vowel is accented and short (open syllable: bro-ken; closed syllable: wag-on).

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 3 Geometry.  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 continue learning about forces and motion focusing on Newton’s Laws of Motion.  This week and next week we will begin building and testing our distance car and our egg/inertia car to demonstrate Newton’s Laws of Motion.  Research with your child about Forces and Motion and find out these questions…

1. How is the motion of an object described relative to its point of reference?
2. How do forces affect the motion of objects?

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

11/4/16 1/2 day dismissal at 11:15

11/4/16 Newton’s distance and egg car due 

11/8/16 No School for students 

 Important Reminders

Please send a healthy snack with your child.

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 nonfiction text features and 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 5

Apples– Red book 

Bananas & Carrots– Orange Book

Dragon Fruit & Eggplants– Blue Book

Spelling Words-

1. Apples group– fox, hope, lock, hop, joke, box, out, find (-cvc-o)
2. Bananas, Carrots, Dragon fruit & Eggplant group- determination, subject, address, absent, progress, contest, suggest, fantastic (vc/cv pattern)

Math: This week we will begin learning about Unit 3 Geometry.  Everyday your child 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 forces and motion focusing on Newton’s Laws of Motion.  This week and next week we will begin researching and building our distance car and our egg/inertia car to demonstrate Newton’s Laws of Motion.  Research with your child about Forces and Motion and find out these questions…

1. How is the motion of an object described relative to its point of reference?
2. How do forces affect the motion of objects?

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

Halloween Parade 10/31/16-Students are able to dress up and passout canady.  No masks or weapons allowed for saftey reasons.

 Important Reminders

Please send a healthy snack with your child.

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 begin learning about nonfiction text features and 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 4

Apples– Red book 

Bananas & Carrots– Orange Book

Dragon Fruit & Eggplants– Blue Book

Spelling Words-

1. Apples group– far, jar, are, art, start, bark, yard, arm (-ar family words)
2. Bananas & Carrots group- redeem, relieve, even, equal, scene, cedar, between, precede (long vowel sound)
3. Dragon fruit & Eggplant group- interpret, compartment, temperature, warrior, separate, splendor, perspire, partnership (/r/ syllables)

Math: This week we will continue learning about Unit 2 Place value, decimals, and using base ten blocks. Starting this week your child should go on frontrowed.com every night 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 forces and motion focusing on Newton’s Laws of Motion.  Research with your child about Forces and Motion and find out these questions…

1. How is the motion of an object described relative to its point of reference?
2. How do forces affect the motion of objects?

Social Studies: We will begin 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

 Important Reminders

Please send a healthy snack with your child.

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

Thank you,

Fatima Chamseddine

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