Tuesday, March 10, 2015

3/9/15

    
Upcoming Events:  
  • March 10 all school spelling bee 6:30
  • March 17 testing parent night 6:00
  • March 19 5th grade music program
  • In session March 23 and March 24 (snow makeup days)
  • March 18 is the last day of AR for 3rd quarter
  • DARE Graduation March 24 at 9:00 am
Extra Clothes!
Spring is a muddy time of the year! The nurses office would appreciate your help. We would appreciate it if you could send in an extra pair of pants and shirt to keep in your student’s backpack.
Science:
This week we are finishing up electricity and electrical circuits.

We are less than 1 month away from the Science part of the MAP test.  The topic below is the last topic we are planning to cover before that time.

Interactions of Organisms
  • Food Webs, Food Chains, Hibernating, Hibernation, & Migrating

We will spend about 1 week of review going over all topics covered so far this year prior to taking the MAP test.
Math
ALL CLASSES:
STAR Testing Monday.
Benchmark Testing Tuesday.

Ms. Blankenship
Topics this week:
-Adding and subtracting fractions/mixed numbers.
-Multiplying fractions.

*Please work on fact fluency with your child at home.*
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→→→Mrs. Watson←←←
NO AGENDA or
HOMEWORK THIS WEEK!

Topics this week:
Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers; Multiplying Fractions

With the end of the Quarter approaching, please be looking for missing assignments to come home and have students complete and return them as soon as possible.
ELA info, Specials schedule, and Contact info on back!
Students will be working on Mother’s and Father’s day essays during morning work. We will turn these into the Leader Journal for publication in May/June. Feel free to assist at home!
ELA:
Engelbrecht:
  • We will be comparing and contrasting the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
  • We will begin our DARE essays.
  • AR 94% of goal by Friday
  • READING LOGS DUE Monday!!!

Sandusky:
  • Wrote our American Symbolism poem on Monday
  • Continuing with our Civil War Unit, using the fictional books “Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt”, “Follow the Drinking Gourd”, “Ballad of the Civil War”; we will be comparing story elements and character traits in these books. For informational standards we will be using the book “What is the Battle of Gettysburg?” and answering explicit text and inferencing questions in regards to historical events.
  • Exit slips this week will be in informational reading, and we will have a mini lesson on comparatives and superlatives.

Shultz:
  • Reading: Drawing conclusions/Inferencing and Read aloud with characterization
  • Language: DARE essays
  • Homework: Back to book logs this week. Homework is reading.
  • AR: Students should be at 100% of their goal by the end of this week.
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Week 5
PE 1
Art
Music1
PE 2
Computers
Music 2
Monday
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Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
Blankenship
Tuesday
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Watson
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

2/23/15

    
Upcoming Events:  
  • February 23-27 Classroom Spelling Bees
  • Grades going home today. Please sign the top portion and send it back
  • The 5th grade play will be rescheduled for April due to the snow days
  • In session March 23
Water Bottles
Research shows that students who stay hydrated perform better! Students are encouraged to bring a water bottle to school if possible.
Science:
  • This will be our final full week on the unit for Space and the Solar System.
  • Test Review in Class on Wednesday.
  • Unit Test will be on Thursday.
Study Guide
  • Go to my website at
       nsiders.weebly.com
  • Put your mouse over the button at the top labeled “Science”
  • Click the drop-down that says “Space and the Solar System Review”.
  • The online flashcards are is the study guide.

  • Any student who makes a hard copy set of flashcards to match the ones on my website will receive 5% extra credit on Thursday’s test.
  • Writing the flashcards and using them to study is extremely helpful.  On average, over 95% of my students who make and use the flashcards are able to get an A on their test.  
Math
Ms. Blankenship
This week we will be covering:
-Least common multiples
-Comparing and ordering fractions
-Adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers


→→→Mrs. Watson←←←
Topics this week:
Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers; Line Plots

Homework:
26 points due Thursday

>>>Quiz on FRIDAY  over Line Plots<<<

↬Working on multiplication fact fluency at home will greatly benefit students↫
ELA info, Specials schedule, and Contact info on back!
ELA:
Englebrecht:
  • Reading Behind Rebel Lines we will be reviewing text structure, inferences, summarizing, and quoting accurately from a text.
  • Reviewing root words, prefixes, and suffixes.
  • AR 70% of goal by Friday
  • In writing we will be continuing our civil war character and writing to historical fiction prompts pretending to be that character.
  • READING LOGS DUE Monday!!  
Sandusky:
  • Civil War Informational Text sheet due Wednesday
  • Reading Logs due Friday 27th with Parent Signature
  • We are beginning our Civil War Journals; students are responsible for making these up outside of class time if they are absent. This ongoing project will be taking place of an essay for Unit 4. Students will be expected to respond to the prompt using correct grammatics and conventions. A grade will be given at the END of the Unit.

Shultz:
  • Reading: our focus is historical nonfiction. Currently, we are reading about the Aztec empire of Tenochtitlan. Our read aloud is Dear America, the Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl
  • Language: we will be working on prepositions and reviewing conjunctions.
  • Homework: reading and book log.
  • AR: Students should be at 62% of their goal by the end of this week.

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Week 3


PE 1
Art
Music1
PE 2
Computers
Music 2
Monday
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
Blankenship
Siders
Shultz
Tuesday
Engelbrecht
Watson
Blankenship
Siders
Shultz
Sandusky
Wednesday
Watson
Blankenship
Siders
Shultz
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Thursday
Blankenship
Siders
Shultz
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
Friday
Siders
Shultz
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
Blankenship
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