{"id":318,"date":"2017-01-30T15:14:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T20:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/chamseddine\/?p=318"},"modified":"2017-01-30T15:14:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T20:14:43","slug":"week-of-january-30-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/chamseddine\/2017\/01\/30\/week-of-january-30-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of January 30, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Language Arts:<\/u><\/strong> This week students will continue\u00a0learning about point of view in reading and 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 finishing a story in narrativve and informational. \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 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

Apples: <\/u><\/strong>Vowel pairs ill family-<\/u><\/strong><\/u> will, chill, fill, no, come, spill, drill, skill<\/p>\n

Bananas, carrots, egg plants, dragon fruits:<\/strong><\/span>authority,\u00a0<\/span>imperialism,\u00a0<\/span>liberty,\u00a0<\/span>Patriot,\u00a0<\/span>Loyalist\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

taxation,\u00a0<\/span>Declaration of Independence,\u00a0<\/span>advantages<\/span><\/p>\n

Math:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0This week we will continue\u00a0learning about Unit 6 Organizing Data and measurement.\u00a0 Everyday 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 begin\u00a0learning about Life Science Survival of Organisms. \u00a0Research with your child about the Solar system\u00a0and find out these questions…<\/p>\n

1.) How are the traits of species influenced by genetics and the environment?
\n2.) How do the behavioral and physical characteristics of organisms help them survive in their environment?
\n3.) How do we distinguish between inherited and acquired traits?
\n4.) How do fossils provide evidence about how species and environmental conditions have changed?
\n5.) How can species extinction be related to catastrophic events and environmental change?
\n6.) How do the similarities in traits help us classify organisms?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Social Studies:<\/u><\/b> We will begin learning about the Road to the Revolution. \u00a0Research with your child about how and why\u00a0different colonial regions developed in North America and find out these questions…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Why did some colonists from different regions join to create an independent nation?<\/p>\n

How did economic issues and political experiences and ideas affect the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies?<\/p>\n

Why were some colonists unhappy with British rule after the French and Indian War?
\nHow and why did people in different colonial regions unite against Great Britain?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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

Mid-winter break 2\/20\/17-2\/24\/17<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

We are in need of tissue boxes, it’s that time of the year where noses will run. \u00a0Please send them in with your kids.<\/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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