Monday, February 1, 2016

This Week in Room 33! Feb. 1-5



***REMINDER- Please turn in Jump Rope for Heart permission slips and send in 5th grade memory book pictures!!!

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

Science- We are reviewing Mon. and Tue. in class and our ch. 9 test on Earth and Space will be on Wednesday! 

*Reminder- It's not too late to participate in PRISM! For those who are working on PRISM, projects are due Tue., Feb. 16th! Concord Maker's Fair Night is Thurs. Feb. 18th from 3:30-6. EVERYONE is welcome! We will be needing 5th grade volunteers to help out- more information to come soon!

Writing- We will be busy this week revising, adding metaphors to convey our big ideas, and editing our memoirs by varying our sentences. We will begin publishing on the Google drive at the end of the week.

Math- We will review ch. 9 on adding and subtracting fractions on Monday and Tuesday with an informal quiz on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we will start chapter 10 on multiplying and dividing fractions! As a reminder, our fractions unit test will cover ch. 8-10.

Reading- We are continuing our new unit on author studies this week! Students are reading books from their chosen author and comparing across texts as they discuss and write in their notebooks about settings, character struggles, social issues, and text structures.

Social Studies- We are studying early European settlements including New England settlements and New Netherlands and New France.

Reminders-
Fri. 2/5 Counselor's Day
Wed. 2/10 Early Release
Thurs. 2/11 Group Yearbook Pictures
Fri. 2/12 Jump Rope for Heart

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