Mrs. Gartha's 5th Grade Blog

Wednesday is our field trip to the IMax and the Ford Rouge Factory.  Be sure that your child brings a bag lunch with just the food needed for them.  Be sure to include a drink but no pop.

Continue urging your child to read at home.  This is reading month so let’s put out more effort.

Homework

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

Social Studies– Study your new states and capitals

North Dakota- Bismarck

South Dakota- Pierre

Nebraska- Lincoln

Kansas- Topeka

Iowa- Des Moines

Missouri- Jefferson City

Math-Do Succeed page 125

Read your pledge minutes and write in your log.

This Week’s Objectives

Literacy

-The students will continue to work on prepositions and prepositional phrases.

Writing

– The students will work on a narrative and will continue practicing for the M-Step.

Science

-The students will look at what causes nighttime and daytime and then will begin to study the moon and its phases.

Social Studies

– The students will continue studying the three colonial regions in the New World including their economics, landforms, religion and government. Then we will look at some of the settlements in the colonies.

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. essential
2. racial
3. influential
4. residential
5. confidential
6. commercial
7. artificial
8. judicial
9. facial
10. antisocial
11. potential
12. partial
13. sequential
14. initial
15. martial
16. multiracial
17. financial
18. official
19. crucial
20. special

 

Spelling Words List #2

 

1. racial
2. official
3. social
4. martial
5. facial
6. special
7. partial
8. multiracial
9. judicial
10. initial