1. A PEEK AT OUR WEEK January 28 – February 1, 2019 Skills/Topics & Tests
Your 5th Grade Newsletter
January 28 – February 1, 2019
Skills/Topics & Tests
Topics / Skills
Upcoming Tests, Quizzes, & Projects
Reading
Understanding Poetry Structure and Meaning
*TEST on Friday, February 1st..
Grammar
COMMAS
*Direct Address
*Tag Questions
*We will have a QUIZ over “Commas after Introductory Elements” on Tuesday, January 29th.
Word Study
UNIT 19:
vi: way, road
urb: city
terr: land, earth
*QUIZ on Friday, February 1st
Writing
Explanatory Writing (with two artists)
Math
*Fractions as Division
*Multiplying Whole Numbers and Fractions
*We will have a short “Fractions as Division” TEST on Wednesday, January 30th. A study guide was given today (1/28).
*HW QUIZ on Monday, February 4th
S.S.
On Wednesday, we will begin the "Roaring 20s."
*Our TEST will be on Tuesday, January 29th. Study guides were given last week.
Science
We will begin Unit 4 (Force and Motion) on Wednesday, January 30th.
*Unit 3 Matter TEST will be on Tuesday, January 29th.
Announcements/Reminders
*We will not be having a Valentine’s party; however, if you want to send in cards and/or treat bags on 2/14, you are more than welcome to do so. PLEASE make sure your treat bags don’t contain items with nuts, peanut butter, or mango.
Wish List
Lysol spray, Candy for reward bucket,
Glade Plug-In Refills (Fall or Holiday scented)
Vocabulary / Spelling Words
via: by going through a particular place; by way of a particular place; by means of a person, machine, etc.
deviate: to do something that is different or to be different from what is usual or expected; to stray from the usual path or way
obvious: easy to see or notice; easy for the mind to understand or recognize
urban: of or relating to cities and the people who live in them
suburb: a town or other area where people live in houses near a larger city
suburbanite: a person who lives in a suburb
terrestrial: relating to or occurring on Earth; living or growing on land instead of in water or air
terrain: a particular type of land
terra-cotta: a reddish clay that is used for pottery and tiles
territory: an area of land that is owned or claimed by a person or animal
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