1. 5th Grade News MATH Contact us: rcopelan cmcalister kthompson
5th Grade News
ELA/
Reading
In ELA this week, we will continue with our unit on opinion writing. Students will read a pair of articles and organize their ideas using both a t chart and an OREO structure. Then they will begin their drafts. Students will take a daily grade quiz on Friday over their opinion writing knowledge.
We will continue reading Bud, Not Buddy this week as well as focus on making inferences. No homework or test this week.
MATH
This week we will be finding a common denominator between fractions. We will also add and subtract fractions after finding a common denominator. Homework will be sent home on WEDNESDAY this week and will be due Friday. There will also be an assessment on Friday over fractions with unlike denominators.
We will finish our unit over the Great Depression this week. We will research the culture of the 1930's and review for our test on Friday. Students will have homework on Thursday and test on Friday. A study guide went home today.
SCIENCE
We will finish our unit over Genetics with a test on Thursday (1/24). A study guide was sent home last week. I will have a copy of the key on my website.
1/ CHAMPS
1/ Club Day (Photo, Home Ec, Sports, Board Games, Science, Dance and Color guard)
1/ $1 Hat Day
1/ Club Day (Robotics, Woodworking, Painting, Drama)
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Objectives this week:
January 22-25, 2019
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2. Spelling/Vocabulary Words chapters 7-11:
“riding the rails”: jumping on trains without a ticket and riding empty cars
“hopping a train”: getting on a train when it is moving
“cardboard jungle”: a place where hobos go to hide out when they get off of trains. Many hobos would use these boxes as homes.
orphanage: (noun) A home for children who have no family
hypnotized: (verb or adjective) focused so carefully on one thing that you can’t see anything else
taste: (noun or verb) You know what taste is as a sense in its verb form. The noun form means what you like (someone has good taste in books or music).
devoured: (verb) ate really quickly
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