Miss Islam's 5th Grade

• NWEA Math this week
• Meeting with the Superintendent: Mon, Jan. 27 @ 5:00 pm
• Bake Sale (hosted by Kindergarten) on Tuesday after school
• WEDNESDAY, 01/29 – FIFTH GRADE FIELD TRIP!
• Friday: Honor Roll Assembly at 9am!

Happy New Year! Welcome back everyone.

• We will be beginning NWEA testing this month. This week we will be taking NWEA screener tests to prepare the students.
• For math, we are starting our fractions unit.
• For science, we are beginning our water unit.
• For social studies, we will be discussing the first 13 colonies.
• For writing, we are working on compare and contrast and then will move onto informational writing.

• Last week before break!
• Continuing converting units
  • Working on word problems
• Finishing compare and contrast essays for “Wizard of Oz”
• NWEA Practice ALL week!

NWEA will open up January 6!

Here is another well that was successfully built with your help!

• Continuing our Spheres Posters
  • Spheres test: Wednesday
• Math: Word Problems
  • We will be starting converting units on Tuesday and continuing with word problems as we continue
• Social Studies: The Middle Passage and Triangular Trade Route
• ELA: Compare and Contrast
  • The Wizard of Oz (The Lion and the Tin Woodman)

• Welcome Back!
• Science: Earth’s 4 Spheres
• Social Studies: The Triangular Trade Route
• Math: Word Problems
• ELA: Compare and Contrast, Practicing writing prompts with essays
• Friday, Dec. 6, Assembly (Secret World of Robots)

• ELA: Compare/Contrast Characters in a text : Wizard of Oz
  • Conjunctions Review
  • Prepositions Introduction
  • TEST on Thursday
• Math: Long Division (Decimal Divisor, Decimal Dividend, Decimal Divisor and Dividend)
  • TEST on Friday!
• Science: Earth’s Four Spheres
• Social Studies: Triangular Trade Route, Colombian Exchange, Middle Passage

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES: MON, 11/18 4:00PM-7:00PM

HONOR ROLL ASSEMBLY: FRI. 11/22 9:00AM

• No School Tuesday 11/5!
• Long Division Quiz (3×1)
• Shadows (Sun) Assessment
• Ch. 6 Social Studies: Early Settlements
• CER WRITING
• MAIN IDEA/DETAILS

• Beginning Long Division
• Long Division test 3 x 2 digits (Friday)
• Figurative Language (Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Hyperbole)
• Social Studies Chapter 6 “College Notes”
• Science – wrapping up shadows unit, introducing the SUN
• Thursday, Oct. 31, we will be celebrating our “End of the Month” party. Please bring in $2 for the pizza!
• Friday, Nov. 1, 1/2 Day for all students. Pickup is at 11:45 am.

• Mobile Dentist will be in all week doing cleanings.
• Math Centers (Multiplying Decimals)
  • This Week: Dividing Decimals
• Science: Shadows Graph
• Figurative Language
  • Metaphors
• Spider and the Fly
  • Personification Paragraph
  • Facts about Spiders
  • Persuasive Essay
• Social Studies: Christopher Columbus
  • Early Settlements

THURSDAY, OCT. 24: PICTURE DAY!!

FRIDAY, OCT. 25: PARENT MEETING (ALL PARENTS ARE INVITED) This meeting will be about information on the BRICS Bond Proposal. We would love all of our parents to attend.