Mrs. Jones's Class WebsiteDearborn Public Schools

May 9th Week of May 9-13

Reminders:
Camp is right around the corner!!!! Please send in camp forms and money.
Popcorn Fri.-last one

Words/Definitions: contact, contagious, contiguous, entangle, intact, tactile, tangent, tangible, tangled, tangy-test Fri.
ROOT: tact, tang, tag, tig=touch

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

Writer’s Workshop: Biographies, Diary of a…

Math: What’s My Rule? Graphing Patterns

Science: Body Systems

Social Studies: Federalists vs. Anti-federalists, A New Nation-STUDY GUIDE-STUDY-Test Fri.

Apr 26th Week of April 25-29

Announcements/Reminders:

This Friday is Plant Day at 1:15! You may bring a plant/flower and a hand shovel if you’d like!

Please fill out O.L. Smith Middle School yellow sheet and return.

Please fill out CAMP paperwork and return. (payment)

Please fill out the blue Rouge River Water Festival permission slip and return. Any parents interested in joining us, please let me know through email, planner, or phone call.

Please fill out the Field Day permission slip to use the inflatable and return.

Wednesday, April 27 is S.T.E.A.M. Night from 5:30-7:00. Come see how we integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math into super fun activities!

There is NO Band/Strings this Friday.

We will have 2 NWEA tests this week and 2 next week.

Spelling Words: affluence, confluence, effluence, fluctuate, fluent, fluid, fluted, influential, influx, superfluous-please sign list in planner-test Fri.
Root: FLU, FLUX=to flow

Word Work: Bubble Letters, Three Times, Colorful Words-due Fri.

Writer’s Workshop: Biography, Diary of a …, District Prompt

Math: Algebraic Expressions

Science: Body Systems

Social Studies: A New Nation

Apr 22nd 5th Grade Photos

Hello!

Mr. Valente, Trinity’s dad, is putting together a 5th grade slide show DVD. Please send photos: baby, toddler, K-5 to conan.valente@gmail.com as soon as possible!

Thank you!

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