Mrs. Gartha's 5th Grade Blog

Oh my, it looks as though we will have a normal week, 5 full days!

At the end of this week March is Reading Month begins. We will have the theme, “Under the Ocean” and will focus on non-fiction text.

 

Homework

Spelling– Write your words 2 times each in cursive on paper.

Social Studies– Study your states and capitals

Read at least 20 minutes and write in your log.

This Week’s Objectives

Literacy

-The students will work on identifying the 4 types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory) and working on conjunctions.

Writing

– The students will finish their informational piece on the Earth’s spheres and then begin work on a narrative.

Science

-The students will continue focusing on the force of gravity and its effects. We will then look at what causes nighttime and daytime.

Social Studies

– The students will be studying the three colonial regions in the New World including their economics, landforms, religion and government..

Math

-The students will continue multiplying multi-digit whole numbers and multiples of 10 using place value patterns and the distributive and associative properties. We will also be converting numerical expressions into unit form as a mental strategy for multi-digit multiplication.

 

Spelling Words

1. magic
2. magician
3. electric
4. electricity
5. critic
6. criticize
7. crumb
8. crumble
9. muscle
10. muscular
11. moist
12. moisten
13. sign
14. signature
15. music
16. musician
17. office
18. official
19. soft
20. soften

 

Spelling Words List #2

 

1. soft
2. soften
3. music
4. musician
5. office
6. official
7. crumb
8. crumble
9. electric
10. electricity
11. sign
12. signal