{"id":228,"date":"2016-10-31T09:41:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T13:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/chamseddine\/?p=228"},"modified":"2016-11-01T08:47:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T12:47:31","slug":"week-of-october-31-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/chamseddine\/2016\/10\/31\/week-of-october-31-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of October 31, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week in 5th grade we will be learning…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Language Arts:<\/u><\/strong> This week students will continue\u00a0learning about informational\/expository writing.\u00a0While, they are reading each student will focus on a specific reading strategy (main idea, story elements, sequence of events, and parts of speech). \u00a0During Daily 5 students will continue practicing Daily 5 procedures and focus on learning about various strategies that will help make them better readers. \u00a0We will be focusing on QAR strategies to help them answer comprehension questions. \u00a0In writing we will be focusing on writing an informational\u00a0piece about life in colonial America. \u00a0Students will have to read\u00a0an informational article set to their level on Frontrowed.com (same login and password as the math) with guided reading questions everyday.<\/p>\n

Vocabulary Words<\/span>– vocabularyworkshop.com<\/a>\u00a0Unit 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apples<\/span>–\u00a0Red book\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bananas, Carrots, Dragon Fruit, & Eggplants<\/span>– Blue Book<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spelling Words-<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Apples group<\/strong>– hut, shut, cut, bug, hug, rug,\u00a0 live,\u00a0<\/span>would\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(-cvc-u)<\/li>\n
  2. Bananas, Carrots, Dragon fruit & Eggplant group-<\/strong><\/span> demonstrate, vanishing, prevent, defending, protest, devoted, define, bonus<\/strong> (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).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Math:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0This week we will continue\u00a0learning about Unit 3 Geometry. \u00a0Everday students should go on frontrowed.com for extra math practice. \u00a0They log in using their first name and their last name. \u00a0The class code is k9kyvt.<\/p>\n

    Science:<\/u><\/b> We will continue\u00a0learning about forces and motion\u00a0focusing on Newton’s Laws of Motion. \u00a0This 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. \u00a0Research with your child about Forces and Motion and find out these questions…<\/p>\n

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    1. How is the motion of an object described relative to its point of reference?<\/li>\n
    2. How do forces affect the motion of objects?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Social Studies:<\/u><\/b> We will continue\u00a0learning about Colonization and Settlement. \u00a0Research with your child about how and why\u00a0different colonial regions developed in North America and find out these questions…<\/p>\n

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

        Important Dates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        11\/4\/16 1\/2 day dismissal at 11:15<\/strong><\/p>\n

        11\/4\/16 Newton’s distance and egg car due\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

        11\/8\/16 No School for students\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \u00a0<\/strong>Important Remi<\/strong>nders<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        Please send a healthy snack with your child.<\/p>\n

        If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at anytime (chamsef@dearbornschools.org).<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Thank you,<\/p>\n

        Fatima Chamseddine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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