5th Grade Newsletter
February 17th , 2014
February 17th , 2014
Upcoming Dates:
- February 17th; Mid Quarter Grades sent home
- February 18- 5th Grade Science Night 6:00pm (Rescheduled)
- March 11th- Spelling Bee
- March 13- ALL AR GOALS DUE
- March 14- DARE Field Trip
Parents:
- Students will be going outside for recess unless the temperature is 20 degrees or below. Please encourage your child to dress weather appropriate, for they will be going out unless there is a doctor’s note.
Homework:This is the last week that students will be given class time to complete their 50 State Test. They are expected to have 100% accuracy on labeling the states. If they do not master it by the end of the week students will be making the test up during recess, RTI, and morning time.
MATH:
Mr. Siders - We will continue working through our unit on fractions. This week we will be working on adding and subtracting like fractions and reducing our answer to simplest form. We will also be reviewing all fraction concepts common factors and greatest common factors and reducing/simplifying fractions into simplest form. I expect us to be ready to take our post test over fractions next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Students have been doing amazing on taking a fraction (like 3/28) and turning it into a decimal and a percent. There are so many real world applications for this that I encourage you to practice this with your students. Examples: February 3/28 (3rd out of 28 days) to find the decimal and percent we are through the month. 34/365 (days in the year), etc….
Ms. Blankenship - We are continuing our unit on fractions. This week we will work on adding and subtracting like fractions, as well as reducing fractions. We covered the divisibility rules last week, and will continue to practice those so that we are ready to reduce fractions.
Mrs. Watson- Students will be learning about long division with 2 digit divisors. We will also be covering geometric shapes and their attributes, number patterns, and probability. Students will have a quiz over number patterns on Thursday, February 20th, 2014. Homework will be due on Friday and covers the different ways to write a number.
If you have questions or concerns please email your student’s math teacher: nsiders@stjschools.org, bblankenship@stjschools.org, or swatson@stjschools.org. You can also visit the class web pages http://stjschools.org/fifth-grade/ for games and other sites to help review.
ELA: Mrs. Kemnitzer and Mrs. Shultz: Mondays are our library days. Please help your student remember any books from home he or she has through the week so that we can have new books to read. Students should be reading at home as often as possible. Practice makes perfect! Students should be at about 55% of their AR goal in order to stay on track to reach their goal. We are beginning our DARE essays this week. Because we are taking a step-by-step approach to the writing process, we prefer that students complete these in class. However, you should feel more than comfortable talking about the subject matter and tossing out ideas for the project. This essay MUST be completed in order to graduate and attend the DARE field trip in March. We also continue to work on writing conventions (combining sentences) and reading for main idea and details. Please remember, if you ever have questions or would like to contact Mrs. Kemnitzer or Mrs. Shultz you can do so by writing a note in the red folder, calling us at 265-2300 x4292 or emailing dkemnitzer@stjschools.org and kshultz@stjschools.org.
Sandusky: DARE Essays is our big push this week. Monday students were given time to complete their graphic organizers (this shows how and where all the information is suppose to go). Tuesday we will start our rough drafts, Wednesday we will finish AND peer edit. Thursday and Friday we will be working on our Final Copies. If essays are not completed by Friday, they are homework over the weekend. All DARE Essays are due Monday February 24th. We will also be working on RI 5.1, inferring with nonfiction information. Students will be looking at images of Native American Tribes and inferring about their lifestyles and culture. Book Clubs continue with their Historical Fiction texts, along with daily questions and blogging. Read logs due Friday the 21st. As always feel free to contact me at: bsandusky@stjschools.org, or 573-265-2300 ext: 4294
Engelbrecht: In Language this week we will be working on sentence structure and identifying parts of speech in a sentence. DARE Essays is our main focus this week. Monday students were given time to complete their graphic organizers (this shows how and where all the information is suppose to go). Tuesday we will start our rough drafts, Wednesday we will finish AND peer edit. Thursday and Friday we will be working on our Final Copies. If essays are not completed by Friday, they are homework over the weekend. All DARE Essays are due Monday February 24th. Reading logs will be due on Monday, students need to read two hours at home and have a parent sign the log. We will also be working on RI 5.1, inferring with nonfiction information. Students will be looking at images of Native American Tribes and inferring about their lifestyles and culture. We will also be listening to “I will Fight no More Forever” a speech by Chief Joseph. If you need anything or have any questions please email me at lengelbrecht@stjschools.org or 573-265-2300 ext: 4293
SCIENCE:
Mr. Siders - We will begin our unit on the Space and the Solar System this week.
Mr. Siders - We will begin our unit on the Space and the Solar System this week.
Ms. Blankenship - This week we will be continuing our unit over Weather and the Water Cycle.
Mrs. Watson- We will be continuing our unit on Weather and the Water Cycle and focusing on Climate.
Week 2
PE 1
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Art
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Music1
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PE 2
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Computers
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Music 2
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Monday
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Engelbrecht
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Watson
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Blankenship
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Siders
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Shultz
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Sandusky
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Tuesday
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Watson
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Blankenship
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Siders
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Shultz
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Sandusky
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Engelbrecht
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Wednesday
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Blankenship
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Siders
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Shultz
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Sandusky
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Engelbrecht
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Watson
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Thursday
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Siders
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Shultz
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Sandusky
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Engelbrecht
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Watson
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Blankenship
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Friday
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Shultz
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Sandusky
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Engelbrecht
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Watson
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Blankenship
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Siders
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