Mrs. Gartha's 5th Grade Blog

Happy New Year!!!  I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing break!  Many thanks to the students that completed the assignments over break.  I appreciate the parents that made sure that your child was reading everyday and keeping up with their studies.  That is how your child will be successful in school!

Now it is back to work and we have a lot to do to prepare for the NWEA tests this month.  If your child did not complete the vacation assignments, they will need to be done by this Friday.

We had many “sleepy heads” today in class!  Please be sure that your child is well rested tonight.

Homework

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

Read at least 20 minutes and write in your log.

This Week’s Objectives

Literacy

-The students will work at writing a letter with a purpose along with a partner, relationships of events in using chronological order and inferencing in text.

Writing

– The students will complete work on their narrative writing piece.

Science

-The students will continue studying the water on Earth, where it is found and how to protect it from contaminants.

Social Studies

– The students will be sharing their explorer reports with the class and then studying the Columbian Exchange.

Math

-The students will continue multiplying multi-digit whole numbers and multiples of 10 using place value patterns and the distributive and associative properties.

 

Spelling Words

1. disguises
2. column
3. foreign
4. wrinkle
5. character
6. resign
7. knuckle
8. numb
9. wrist
10. wrestled
11. chemical
12. choir
13. technology
14. anchor
15. debt
16. sensory
17. discovery
18. conserve
19. global
20. contaminate

 

Spelling Words List #2

 

1. hour
2. often
3. sign
4. honest
5. knot
6. whole
7. wrist
8. numb
9. thumb
10. wrong
11. knuckle
12. wrestle