Quarter 2 Week 2

Hello 5B Families!

I hope you all have enjoyed the long weekend as much as your children have. I know it has been a treat for me!

BLOG UPDATE PROBLEM

It has come to my attention that the blog updates are not functional, so to ensure that everyone is aware of the goings on in 5th grade, I will be sending the updates via email. I appreciate your patience and support with this matter.

BOOK FAIR

The book fair begins this week! It will be open for student previews on Tuesday and open to the public by Wednesday. I encourage you to check it out, and maybe purchase your child a book to read during the Read-A-Thon on Halloween, as we will have independent reading time that day. There will be a 5B wishlist for you to peruse as well.

In other news, related to the book fair, Costo is selling awesome book sets right now at a really competitive price. The Roald Dahl, Nancy Drew, or Hardy Boys sets would make a really awesome Holiday gift to the classroom too if you feel so moved. :)

Thank you for partnering with us to encourage a love of great stories! 

SUBJECT UPDATE

• Language Arts

This week in writing we will begin our second formal writing assessment, a personal narrative.  We will start the week by discussing point of view and how to write an introductory sentence to gain the reader’s attention.  By the end of the week students will have completed their pre-writing.

In Literature we will begin Where the Red Fern Grows and will focus on point of view and using the text to describe the setting of a story.

We will also get back to Spalding, Greek and Latin roots, and poetry.

• Science

This week in science, the students will be acquiring knowledge about the classification of living things. This unit on classification will last approximately two weeks. There will be 2 take-home quizzes and one final assessment. They will receive the final assessment study guide on Tuesday and should work one it and review the material a little but every night to ensure readiness for that final assessment. A take-home quiz will be sent home Friday.

• History

This week, students will take an in-depth look into the powerful Medici family. They will work on a foldable to document their findings.

Students will also continue their geography unit by learning about the states in the New England region of the United States. They will have a short geography lesson every other Wednesday.

• Math

We will continue to build upon our knowledge of fractions.