This Week in Room 33! Sept. 23-27

Happy Fall! I hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather! :)

Here's what to expect this week in 5th grade:

Math- We will be reviewing unit 2 on data and graphing on Mon. and Tue. Our Unit 2 test will be on Wed. Please help your student choose the best studying method for him/her:

1. Online textbook
2. Textbook at home
3. Homework sheets 

**Study Tip: Studying should NOT be just flipping through the pages. It should include your child practicing math problems with paper/pencil or white boards, answering questions on the computer, and then checking to see if they were right and making corrections when necessary.

Science- We will be completing our paper airplane investigation on Tue. (weather permitting of course!) The study guide is due Wed. and will be reviewed before our test on Thursday. Students should use their notebooks and study guide to help prepare for the test. 

Reading- We will focus on determining importance and finding the main idea this week. We will ask ourselves questions like- "What matters most?", "What is this MOSTLY about?", "What does the author really want us to know the MOST?" Of course, in order for us to find the main idea from our reading we need to be able to think metacognitively (your student should know what this means!!!) 

Writing- I am so excited for students to have their first author's celebration on Tuesday! We have been busy planning, drafting, revising, editing, and now publishing with our first "practice" pieces and I can't wait for our writers to share with each other.  I am even MORE excited to officially begin our first unit on narrative writing!
New word lists will be given out this week. Our next words contract due date/ spelling test will be on Friday, Oct. 4th.

*Picture day is this Wednesday!

*There is NO school this Friday due to teacher professional development.

*Please remember to turn in field trip $/forms if you haven't already done so.