March 1, 2016

FIFTH GRADE NEWS AND COMMUNICATION

MARCH 1, 2016

UPCOMING DATES: Auction March 19

No school March 14- Teacher Inservice

TOMORROW WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF DR. SEUSS.  WEAR PJs, BRING BLANKIE OR SLEEPING BAG, PILLOW OR STUFFED CRITTER, AND IF YOUR KIDDO WANTS TO BRING  A FAVORITE  PICTURE BOOK FOR A LITTLE FRIEND TO SHARE, that is GREAT! WE WILL READ A LOT TOMORROW AND START OUR FRESH READING GOALS OFF WITH A BIG FLOURISH.

Bible: Isaiah 61:10

This is a long verse, but gives us a beautiful picture of salvation, and righteousness as garments and robes that the Lord gives to us; it is a beautiful thing and how God provides for our spiritual needs.

READING:   Number the Stars by Lois Lowry will finish up this week.  Our next book is From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - this is such a fun book!  It also has incredible vocabulary. Students also should be reading good novels of their choosing.   

Reading logs for March: goal is 4 titles that are fully text (no graphic novels, etc.) and at least 100 pages in length.   300 page books  count as two.

LANGUAGE ARTS:   iXl skills, G, I , J...continuing to practice what we learn in terms of word choice, subject/verb agreement and sentence structure.

SPELLING: Lesson 23 review, Test 23 Friday

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Revolutionary Rumblings and also a quick note: I sent home a weekly lesson over slavery and its causes.  There will be several non-graded assignments that I still want the students to have access to in order to learn about important topics in our country’s history.  We cannot cover them all due to time constraints so I look for areas of overlap or continual coverage; we cover several topics in more than one lesson and so we only assess one module.

State notebooks- State Map Assignment due Thursday

STATES AND CAPITALS: 2nd round of 1-30 Review

SCIENCE:  Electricity and magnetism

PE : M, T, F

MUSIC: W, TH

ART : T, TH

Spring Break April 4-8

OJP April 18 12:30

ITBS Testing and Parent Teacher Conferences April 18-22