Mrs. Gartha's 5th Grade Blog

 

It’s a short week but we have a lot to do! Be sure that your child is completing his/her work every night.

Please make every effort to attend tonight’s Science Night at Oakman for S.T.E.M. activities from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. It should be a BLAST!

Don’t forget Wednesday afternoon is the Celebration Assembly! Please join us as we celebrate the achievements of our students at 2:15 in the gym.

Homework

Spelling– Write your words 2 times each in cursive on your worksheet.  Sign and correct your test.

Science– Draw a picture that demonstrates gravity and add a caption to it.

Math– Pg. 143-144 in Learn

Read your pledge minutes and write in your log.

This Week’s Objectives

Literacy

-The students will work again on finding the main idea and key details in selected text. They will also be analyzing text.

Writing

– The students will continue research on their informational piece on the Earth’s spheres and then begin work on a rough draft.

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. We will also be converting numerical expressions into unit form as a mental strategy for multi-digit multiplication.

 

Spelling Words

1. illegible
2. comprehensible
3. sensible
4. visible
5. flexible
6. incredible
7. irresponsible
8. collapsible
9. horrible
10. terrible
11. impossible
12. gullible
13. convertible
14. destructible
15. digestible
16. concrete
17. gravitational
18. organizer
19. investigate
20. paraphrase

 

Spelling Words List #2

 

1. terrible
2. visible
3. flexible
4. horrible
5. possible
6. gullible
7. credible
8. edible
9. forcible
10. reversible
11. legible
12. digestible