Dear Room 19 Families,
This week is almost “normal”! Aside from The
Giver on Monday, we are back in full swing this week! One change you may be
noticing is a delay in when homework is due. Next year, students will be on a
block schedule so they may be assigned homework on Monday that isn’t due until
Wednesday, or on Tuesday homework that isn’t due until Thursday. This is a
balancing act for many students and can be very challenging. To help students
prepare for the rigor and changes that are to come in middle school, we are
staring to prepare now. It is imperative that assignment notebooks are being
recorded in daily and checked. Please help your 5th grader stay
organized and on top of their academics.
Happenings this week:
· Skate Night on
Thursday
Our learning this week continues with:
• Reading-Unit 4,
Lesson 1 in Journey's-The Dog Newspaper (Autobiography)
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Skill: Fact and Opinion
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Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate
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Word work focus: homographs
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Fluency skill: phrasing
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New Novel Assignment: Due January 30th!
FRIDAY!
• Social
Science- As we finish up our unit on Colonization and head into the
Revolutionary War, we will be discussing the French and Indian War. We will
also be continuing to memorize the 50 states. You can find blank templates on
line to quiz your geographer!
• Writing-Students
Persuasive commercials were great! I am excited to see 5th grader
authors use their skills from commercials to apply to a larger persuasive pieces
starting next month. The reminder of this week will be used to focus on grammar
and parts of speech. •
Math-Unit 7: This week, we will review graphs and data sets. We
have started our next unit on graphing with linear equations on a coordinate
plane. This tends to be a fun unit for students because we start using
variables and what they call “real algebra”.
Assessments this Friday consist of:
• DMR Quiz
• Unit 4 Lesson
18 reading Test
Students should be using online resources
every week!
Online Resources for Students:
Username: Student ID #
Password: Last name
Please do not hesitate to contact me with
any questions or concerns. Have a wonderful week!
srahrig@msdwt.k12.in.us
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