In this post, you will find an announcement from the PTA in addition to the classwork and homework for this week.
Battle of the Books
Friday, information permission slips were sent home about Lindbergh’s Battle of the Books. I have attached that information sheet/permission slip below. Please refer to it for any information about the event. Permission slips are due back this Thursday, December 12th to the PTA mailbox in the main office.
Math
5th Grade Math
Fifth Graders are continuing to add and subtract fractions using different representations. We are beginning to work with fractions greater than 1, and we are applying our knowledge to story problems.
I have scheduled the end-of-module math assessment for Friday, December 20th. I will pass out the review packet late this week. Students will not have to be concerned about studying for it until after their social studies test this week.
Homework resources for math are linked on the homework tab of this blog.
4th Grade Math
Students take their mid-module test this Friday, the 13th. We will finish the last lesson on the test on Monday and begin some lessons on division. On Wednesday and Thursday we will review, and on Friday we will take the test.
Homework resources for math are linked on the homework tab of this blog.
ELA
This week, we are comparing different informational text structures, such as compare/contrast, chronological, and problem/solution. In writing, we are outlining the body paragraphs of our persuasive essays.
Science
Students will complete an investigation about the phases of the moon this week. Students will take a quiz about the investigation on Friday. Below is a link to the lesson so students can review it.
https://mysteryscience.com/astronomy/mystery-5/moon-phases-lunar-cycle/77?t=student
Social Studies
5th Grade Social Studies
Students will wrap up their unit on early encounters between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans by sharing short writing pieces they have created, reviewing material, and taking their unit test this Thursday.
The review guide was sent home last week. We will go over review guide questions #1-5 tomorrow and the rest on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please note that students need to bring a completed review guide to class in order to participate in the review session. This does not mean that every answer is correct, but that I still that students have put effort into answering each question on their own.
4th Grade Social Studies
Fourth graders are beginning a new lesson in social studies in which we think more deeply about why people have immigrated to the United States. Tomorrow, students will be sent home with an assignment related to this.
Spelling
Spelling words for this week will be on spelling city. The words this week are again homophones, words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Students will be quizzed on their ability to hear a sentence and use the correct spelling of the word. Cold words will be homophones from last week.