Mrs. Gartha's 5th Grade Blog

What a cold winter blast!  I hope you had a relaxing evening and enjoyed viewing the lunar eclipse.  I know it was an extremely cold night but we are about to begin a unit on space and the opportunity to view the eclipse was too perfect for our learning purposes.  Did you know that the next lunar eclipse that we will be able to see will not be until the year 2021?

Below is a picture I took at 12:12 a.m. (You have to enlarge it to get a good view)

This week we will be continuing our NWEA testing in the areas of language and science.  We will also be piloting an M-Step writing test.  This will be a short week but full of academics.

The Burn Drive will continue through this week.  Any donation would be appreciated!

 

Homework

Spelling– Write your words 3 times each in your spiral.  Sign and correct your test.

      – Sign your test

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 finish their unit on Earth science and start looking at space and gravity.

Social Studies

– The students will be studying the Columbian Exchange and the African economy.

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. assistant
2. ignorant
3. brilliant
4. vacant
5. instant
6. constant
7. merchant
8. important
9. abundant
10. fragrant
11. contestant
12. defiant
13. tolerant
14. infant
15. giant
16. blizzard
17. eclipse
18. lunar
19. solar
20. phase

 

Spelling Words List #2

 

1. instant
2. radiant
3. infant
4. truant
5. vacant
6. tenant
7. chant
8. giant
9. mutant
10. servant
11. transplant
12. hydrant