Ms. Dexter's Fifth Grade

Tomorrow is LATE START, students arrive at 8:55 AM.

Here is what we are working on this week:

Math

• Estimating using place value.
• Adding and Subtracting whole numbers.
• Multiplication of whole numbers and decimals.

ELA

• Opinion writing – students are writing an opinion piece about whether or not they believe chocolate milk should be allowed in school cafeterias.
• Daily 5 and Cafe Strategies – Good fit books, and reading on level.
• We are reviewing check for understanding, cross checking, and listening for interesting words.
• Spelling words for the week: photosynthesis, weight, mode, although, range, reaction, whether, challenge, approach, matter, abolish, whimper, chosen, action, homophones, relation, physical, hyphen, interaction, charity

Social Studies

• National government
• State government
• MyON project comparing and contrasting national and state government.

Science

• We are working on physical and chemical change with matter
• Discussing what would happen if you drank a glass of acid.
• Reviewing vocabulary.

Each week I like to be able to list topics and activities that we will be discuss in class so that you can ask your child questions about what they are learning at school.  Below you will see the topics that we will be learning this week.  If you ever have any questions, please feel free to contact me on the blog or on Class Dojo.  If you need a login code for class dojo, please let me know.  These went home last week.

Our spelling words for this week are: punish, divisible, until, valuable, annual, subtraction, remainder, useful, energy, excuse, square, shuttle, education, inertia, mustard, costume, cultural, human, interaction, and justify

Math

• Adding decimals
• Subtracting decimals

ELA (All students should be practicing these strategies at home for 30 minutes every night)

• Daily 5 strategies – Read to Self
• Check for understanding
• Back up and reread
• Cross Checking
• Listen for interesting words

Social Studies

• Our government
• Branches of government (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial)
• Federal vs. State government

Science

• Matter
• Solids, liquids, and gases

Hello Families,

My name is Ms. Dexter, and I am very excited to be a new fifth grade teacher at Salina Intermediate this year. This is my 7th year teaching and my 4th year teaching 5th grade.  I graduated  high school from Edsel Ford and college from Eastern Michigan University with my Bachelor’s in Elementary Education with a focus in Language Arts and Health Education.  A little bit about me, I am a mother of three beautiful children, Jaelyn (age 9), Payton (age 8), and Ashtyn (age 4), and a huge Michigan State Spartans fan.  One of my passions outside of the classroom is coaching.  I have coached high school basketball and softball for 16 years and some of my career was spent coaching at Edsel Ford HS.

I am very excited to be your child’s fifth grade teacher this year and I look forward to meeting each of you in the near future.  This will be an exciting and adventurous school year.  If you need to contact me or have any questions, please be sure to sign up for ClassDojo (parent letters went home on Monday) or email me at dexterl@dearbornschools.org.

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