Mrs. Jones's Class WebsiteDearborn Public Schools

Apr 18th Week of April 18-22

Reminders:

MSTEP is Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week-please get a good night sleep and a good breakfast!

Camp Meeting this Wednesday, April 20 at 5:30 which includes your amount owed, a packing list, other important documents, the announcement of chaperones, and much, much more!!!!

Friday is a popcorn day!

Spelling words: abduct, aqueduct, conducive, deduce, deductible, deduction, introduce, introduction, produce, reduce-write list in planner and get signed-test Fri.
Vocabulary: definitions-study-test Fri.
ROOT: duc, duct=lead, take bring

Word Work: Spelling Sentences OR Story, Adding My Words, Spelling Shapes-due Fri.

Writer’s Workshop: Biography of an important person in the Revolution

Math: Unit 9 Test is corrected and returned-lots of great scores!, Unit 10 Pretest, Algebraic Expressions

Science: Body Systems-digestive

Social Studies: The American Revolution

Apr 11th Week of April 11-15

M-STEP TESTing is this T, W, TH. Please make sure your child gets a good night sleep, has a healthy breakfast, and arrives ON TIME!!!! We will be testing from approximately 9:00-10:30. Art class has been moved to 10:40.

Spring pictures are Tuesday at 11:30.

April 20: CAMP Meeting, receive camp packet and packing list, etc.

Spelling Words: assenter, consensus, desensitize, dissent, nonsense, resent, sensational, sensible, sensitive, sentimental-test Fri.
Root: SENS, SENT=feel, be aware

Word Work: Pyramid Writing, Three Times, Blue Vowels-due Fri.

Writing: Diamante Poems

Math: Unit 9 Pretest Corrections, STUDY, TEST-THURSDAY

Science: Made Slime, Body Systems

Social Studies: The American Revolution

Apr 4th Week of April 4-8

Welcome back!!! There is no packet this week, but there is spelling. We are doing some M-STEP practice before it begins next week.

Spelling Words: ecstatic, estate, static, station, stationary, stature, status, status quo, statute, thermostat-test Fri.
ROOT: STAT=stay, position, to know

Word Work: Vowel Circle, Connect the Dots, Bubble Letters-due Friday

Writing: Figurative Language Flip Books

E.L.A.: M-STEP practice

Math: grid, ordered pairs, coordinates review; volume

Science: Body Systems

Social Studies: The American Revolution

Mar 24th Your kids are AWESOME!!!!!!

Something exciting is happening here in the 5th grade! Students are really focused, applying their knowledge, and persevering! This has been the best week, yet! To keep up the momentum over the break, please try to have your child log onto dearbornschools.org and click on students. From there look at MobyMax, NWEA practice, and MyOn. These are all wonderful resources to keep those skills fresh! They have come a LOOOOOOOONG way since the beginning of the year and I am soooooooooo proud of them!!!!! Thank you parents for your support! Have a great break!!!!

Mar 14th March 14-18

Upcoming Events:
Wed: Late Start 9:40 and 10:00 Assembly
Thurs: Music Concert 6:00

Spelling Words: appendix, dependent, expenditure, impending, independent, pendant, pending, pendulum, perpendicular, suspended-test Fri.
ROOT: pend=hang, weigh, pay

Word Work: Spelling Shapes, Goofy Story OR 10 Sentences, Colorful Words-due Fri.

Reading Packet: due Th.
Strategy: Author’s Purpose and Context Clues

Writer’s Workshop: Chris VanAllsburg Picture Story

Math: Performance Tasks

Science: Fossils- SURVIVAL OF ORGANISMS-TEST Thurs.

Social Studies: The American Revolution

Mar 7th Week of March 7-11

Reminders:
Wednesday is the Book Fair!
Friday is Team Spirit Day!

Spelling Words: compel, dispel, expel, impel, impulse, propel, pulsate, repel, repellent, repulsive-test Fri.
Root: pel, puls=drive, driven, force

Word Work: Three Times, Blue Vowels, Adding My Words-due Fri.

Packet: due Thurs./Test Fri.
Reading Strategy: Character/Setting
Grammar: Pronouns/Antecedents

Writer’s Workshop: Picture Story

Math: STUDY!!!!!!!Unit 8 TEST-Tuesday

Science: Animal Teeth/ Bird Beak Adaptations

Social Studies: STUDY!!!!!!Road to Revolution-TEST WED.

Mar 3rd Week of Feb. 29

Reminders:
Friday- popcorn 25 cents and
groovy day-wear 60s clothes, colorful, etc.

Book It March reading logs handed out.

Please read at least 20 minutes a day or work on MobyMax, MyOn, or NWEA RIT scores all found on our home page.

spelling words: chauffeur, circumference, conference, differ, fertile, infer, offer, prefer, referral, transfer-test Fri.
ROOT: fer=to carry, to bear, to bring together
Word Work: Bubble Letters, Connect Dots, Vowel Circle-due Friday
Packet: due Thursday-Test Friday
reading strategy-drawing conclusions
grammar-irregular verbs

Writer’s Workshop: Animal Adaptation Diagram, Chris Van Allsburg Picture Story

Math: dividing fractions, Unit 8 Pretest Corrections, Test next Tuesday, March 8

Science: animal adaptations

Social Studies: Road to Revolution, Study Guide-Test next Wednesday, March 9

Feb 22nd Week of February 22-26

Reminder: VERY IMPORTANT: 5th Grade Information Sheet-please fill out and return A.S.A.P.

Spelling/Vocabulary Words/Definitions: abstain, contain, detain, detention, extend, patent, retainer, tenant, tendon, tentative-test Fri.
Root: tain, ten, tent=hold

Word Work: 10 Sentences (6 or more words) or Spelling Story, Blue Vowels, Colorful Words-due Fri.

Reading Packet: Due Thursday
Strategy: Compare and Contrast
Grammar: Linking Verbs

Writer’s Workshop: Animal Adaptation Paragraph and Diagram / Diary of a…

Math: Adding and Subtracting Fractions, Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Science: Animal Adaptations

Social Studies: Road to Revolution

Feb 9th STUDY!!!!! MATH TEST-TOMORROW!!!!!

My students were supposed to take home their math unit 7 pretest and finish their corrections last night. Then, when they came in this morning, we were going to go over all the right answers and any questions. However, ELEVEN students did not have it done. Last week ELEVEN students did not have their reading packet done by Thursday.  Please encourage your children to complete assignments and pack them in their backpacks before coming to school.

Feb 8th Week of February 8-11

REMINDERS:
Late Start Wednesday / Count Day: PLEEEASE come to school on time at 9:40
Thursday: Valentine Party-the committee is working on ideas – Everyone is welcome to bring valentines and/or treats, but it is NOT required. A class list will be coming home.
Friday: NO SCHOOL
Monday: NO SCHOOL

Spelling Words: capable, capacity, capitalize, capsize, caption, capture, decapitate, encapsulate, escape, recapitulate-Test Thursday
ROOT=take, seize

Word Work: Across and Down, Connect the Dots, Adding My Words-due Thursday

Writing: Graphic Novel Comic

Math: Review Ch. 7 Pretest, STUDY, TEST WED.

Science: Inherited vs. Acquired Traits

Social Studies: Road to Revolution