This week:

Spelling: The students received 10 words today. On Monday, they will always receive 5 spelling pattern words and 5 content words. They will also have spelling work each night. On Friday, they will receive a spelling test on these 10 words and 5 additional spelling pattern words that they have not been given.

This week the pattern is short and long vowel sounds. Ask your student to explain the pattern to you! The 10 words they have are:

Pattern:

advance, abstract, transplant, grateful, safety

Content:

narrative, setting, character, problem, solution

Math: We are working on factors, factor trees, prime and composite numbers, and getting ready to launch Math Workshop.

Language Arts and Reading- Students are working on learning about narratives and are each reading a historical narrative. They will be writing historical narratives for this unit and publishing them.

Science- Science will begin this week and will focus on Forces and Motion. Students will refresh themselves on the Scientific Process and will start learning about forces.

Social Studies- The 5th grade classes will begin switching for science and social studies this week. This will help them prepare for middle school, when they begin switching for all of their classes.

Other notes: This week on Thursday is Open House! I look forward to meeting everyone.  We also still have the band permission slips out so please complete these and send them back to me as soon as possible, if you wish for your child to learn to play an instrument.

Lastly, every night your child is expected to be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes. As the year progresses, we will be increasing their stamina for reading and writing and their time can increase at home as well! Please make sure they are reading each night.

Thank you,

Mr. Hawkins