A PEEK AT OUR WEEK September 9-13, 2019 Announcements/Reminders Your 5th Grade Newsletter September 9-13, 2019 Skills/Topics & Tests Topics / Skills Upcoming Tests & Quizzes ELA Writing/Reading *Narrative Essay Writing *Begin Summarizing Review Grammar *Begin Conjunction/Clauses Unit SS *None Spelling/Vocabulary dict – say, declare scrib/script – write graph/gram – write, draw, describe, record *Last essay is a grade! *Quizzes Every Friday! Math *Adding & subtracting decimals using base ten blocks, models, & the standard algorithm *We will begin multiplying whole numbers on Friday (4-digit by 3-digit). *TEST on Thursday, Sept. 12th *Multiplication QUIZ every Monday *HW QUIZ every Monday. Science *Unit 2: The Engineering Process *Complete Lesson 1 *Begin Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 *Practice Vocabulary at www.quizlet.com (refer to your Password Page to search) Announcements/Reminders *Check out the monthly School Calendar to keep up to date on events and due dates. *Math HW Quizzes Please practice at home with your child & review problems missed nightly. Students should be correcting their answers & recording the steps for solving those they missed as we check in class. *Common Assessments Sept. 26-Oct. 4 *TCAP scores in grades 3-5 will be calculated as 15% of a student’s second semester average in reading math, science, and social studies unless the BOE decides otherwise due to testing issues. *Multiplication Quizzes If your child does not have his/her multiplication facts memorized, please work on them at home. It is imperative to their success in math this year. A Multiplication Quiz will now be given every Monday. Spelling / Vocabulary Words dictate – (v) to speak or read something to a person who writes it down; to decree contradict – (v) to say the opposite of something that someone else has said; to deny the truth edict – (n) an official order given by a person with power or by a government autobiography – (n) a person's life story written by that person telegram – (n) a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form; sometimes referred to as wire or cable calligraphy – (n) the art of making beautiful handwriting graphic – (adj) shown or described in a very clear way, used especially to refer to things that are unpleasant or shocking inscription – (n) words that are written on or cut into a surface transcript – (n) a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken prescription – (n) a written message from a doctor that officially tells a patient what medicine to take Wish List candy Resources traciewickham.weebly.com ♥ atesbrandyhill.weebly.com Family Learning Center – 475-5967 (FREE resources for your child) The mission of Atoka Elementary School is to create a challenging learning environment that provides students for college and career readiness through academic, behavioral, and social achievement.