Mrs. Gartha's 5th Grade Blog

The Oakman PTA has started a School Store that will be open during the school day on Wednesdays.  This store will sell supplies such as:  glue sticks, pencils, dry erase markers… and snacks.

Book orders are due this Wednesday.  Also, if you are still interested in purchasing Oakman t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies or jackets, please try to send in the orders this week.

NWEA testing will continue on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, this will be our last test, science.

Please be sure that you have an area in your house that your child can complete homework. It could be a table or desk (or even the kitchen table when not in use for eating). This way the work will be done neatly. Also, make sure that there are pencils and paper to use for these assignments. No homework should be done in pen!

Homework

Spelling– Write your words 3 times each in your spiral.

Read 20 minutes and write in your log.

This Week’s Objectives

Literacy

-The students will continue identifying reading strategies, explaining inferences found in text and identifying the main ideas and key details in a text piece as well as summarizing it.

Writing

– The students will begin to work on an opinion piece by constructing a stand statement, gathering information  from credible sources and planning the paper using a graphic organizer.

Science

-The students will be continue their study on the stages of matter and particles.

Social Studies

– The students will be focusing on the Bill of Rights and the first ten amendments. We will have a short test on the 3 branches of government, how a bill becomes a law and the Bill or Rights.

Math

-The students will continue working on place value, exponents and metric system.

 

Spelling Words

1. blossom
2. compact
3. object
4. focus
5. comedy
6. monopoly
7. pocket
8. project
9. problematic
10. gossip
11. totally
12. frozen
13. poster
14. program
15. vocal
16. broken
17. oppose
18. rotation
19. introduction
20. photograph