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Oh the Places We’ll Go in 5th Grade Dec. 2-6, 2013 Mrs. Gravely Mrs. Jarre Mrs. Leonard Ms. Lumley There’s an amazing website ahead! Notes from the 5th Grade Teachers: We need Clorox/Lysol Wipes and hand sanitizer, please! ect the desks daily with all of the sickness going around. Please help us with this b Post-It notes are always appreciated too. Also, please check your child’s supplies… A lot of students seem to need more pencils. **Keep selling chocolate… money should be turned in as each box is sold.** Weekly Words – Word Up Unit 7 abuse, compassion, course, dictate, duplicate feeble, moral, nonchalant, senseless, taunt llllllllllllll-- Sky High Events 12/3 & 12/6: MAP Testing – Gravely 12/4 & 12/9: MAP Testing – Jarrett 12/5 & 12/10: MAP Testing – Leonard 12/11-12/16: MAP Testing – Jarrett 12/17: PTO Christmas Program 6-7pm 12/19: December payment due for Expedition Sewee 12/20-1/5: Winter break, no school http://www.gwd50.org/Domain/1114 Reading: Understanding Text Structures Students will read informational texts and determine their features and structures. They should be able to determine the central idea and supporting details of informational text. We are also working to ensure students are reading on their levels every day. Please make sure your 5 th grader reads every night. Writing: Research Essays We are researching the era of the Industrial Revolution. Students will pick a topic to research, becoming an expert on how that topic influenced our world today. We will then write an essay based on our Math: Decimals and Expressions Students are reviewing basic math with decimals. TEST on Wednesday on Chapter 6. Then we will start Chapter 7 on Expressions, Patterns, and Coordinate Plains/Ordered Pairs. Science: Weathering/Landforms Students will begin Unit 2 on Weathering and Landforms. We will learn about types of erosion as well and ocean landforms this week. Quiz on vocabulary words. Each teacher will decide which day, see your student’s Website of the Week Spelling and Vocabulary Practice www.spellingcity.com Download the free app, or use a computer. Find a word list by searching teacher name, Debbie Leonard. All 5 th grade students will

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Page 1: €¦  · Web viewWe would like to disinfect the desks daily with all of the sickness going around. Please help us with this by donating some wipes. Post-It notes are always appreciated

Oh the Places We’ll Go in 5th Grade

Dec. 2-6, 2013Mrs. GravelyMrs. Jarrett

Mrs. LeonardMs. Lumley

There’s an amazing website ahead!

Notes from the 5th Grade Teachers:We need Clorox/Lysol Wipes and hand sanitizer, please!

We would like to disinfect the desks daily with all of the sickness going around. Please help us with this by donating some wipes. Post-It notes are always appreciated too.

Also, please check your child’s supplies… A lot of students seem to need more pencils.**Keep selling chocolate… money should be turned in as each box is sold.**

Weekly Words – Word Up Unit 7

abuse, compassion, course, dictate, duplicatefeeble, moral, nonchalant, senseless, taunt

llllllllllllll--

Sky High Events12/3 & 12/6: MAP Testing – Gravely12/4 & 12/9: MAP Testing – Jarrett12/5 & 12/10: MAP Testing – Leonard12/11-12/16: MAP Testing – Jarrett12/17:PTO Christmas Program 6-7pm12/19: December payment due for Expedition Sewee12/20-1/5: Winter break, no school

http://www.gwd50.org/Domain/1114

Reading: Understanding Text StructuresStudents will read informational texts and determine their features and structures. They should be able to determine the central idea and supporting details of informational text. We are also working to ensure students are reading on their levels every day. Please make sure your 5th grader reads every night.

Grammar & Word Study: Word Up Unit 7, Students need to understand the usage and spelling. Quizzes on Friday.Writing: Research Essays We are researching the era of the Industrial Revolution. Students will pick a topic to research, becoming an expert on how that topic influenced our world today. We will then write an essay based on our research and our thoughts.

Math: Decimals and ExpressionsStudents are reviewing basic math with decimals. TEST on Wednesday on Chapter 6. Then we will start Chapter 7 on Expressions, Patterns, and Coordinate Plains/Ordered Pairs.

Science: Weathering/LandformsStudents will begin Unit 2 on Weathering and Landforms. We will learn about types of erosion as well and ocean landforms this week. Quiz on vocabulary words. Each teacher will decide which day, see your student’s agenda.

Website of the Week

Spelling and Vocabulary Practice

www.spellingcity.com

Download the free app, or use a computer. Find a word list by searching teacher name, Debbie Leonard. All 5th grade students will be able to practice spelling and vocabulary

words each week.