Dear families,
Can you believe November is upon us already? This year is flying by. Before we know it, the holidays will be fully upon us!
Guest House
What a successful trip we had to the Guest House! The kids were SO well-behaved and had a fun time. Lots of the elderly folks who stay at the Guest House told me that it made them so happy to see the kids! What a blessing that trip was. We've been invited back in November to make turkey crafts! We are also planning a trip in December to go Christmas caroling.
FalCan Food Drive
This is the LAST WEEK for the FalCan Food Drive. If you are able, please consider sending in canned (or boxed) foods so we can help the hungry in this upcoming holiday season. So far, my class has brought in 76 cans! Thanks to everyone who has helped thus far.
School Events
Mon, 11/4 New math classes/programs begin
Tues, 11/5 My homeroom library visit
Thurs, 11/7 Chapter 9 Shurley Test (My ELA class only); Skate Country Night @ 6pm
Fri, 11/8 POW due (all language arts classes)
SOCIAL STUDIES
(My homeroom)
Check out the social studies website to view resources and download notes! www.5socialstudies.weebly.com
My class is starting our Jazz Age & Great Depression unit. We’ll be learning about the Roaring 20s and the downfall that occurred in the 30s. To find out more about the standards we’ll be learning, click on the “Social Studies” tab at the top and find SS5H.4b and SS5H.5.
Monday: SS5H.4b - Compare and contrast how Thomas Edison (from the past) and Henry Ford (from that time period) influenced the 20s with their technological advances. Discuss family entertainment from the 20s and how that differs from today. Watch clips of old movies and listen to jazz from a Victrola phonograph!
Tuesday: SS5H4.b – Describe cultural developments and contributions of the Jazz Age (Louis Armsrtong), Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes), automobile (Henry Ford), and the airplane (Charles Lindbergh).
Wednesday: SS5H.5 – Explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans. Students will take notes from a PowerPoint on the Stock Market Crash, Hoovervilles, the New Deal, and famous Americans from the 1930s (Duke Ellington, Margaret Mitchell, and Jesse Owens).
Thursday: Rotations – students spend 3 days in rotations with Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Weiser, and myself. Today: Mrs. Kennedy – learn about credit during the 1930s and how it affected the Stock Market Crash.
Friday: Rotations; Today: Mrs. Weiser – watch Story of US and learn about the Dust Bowl.
Test: NEXT Thursday, November 14.
LANGUAGE ARTS
POW Topic: What if you were a fly on the wall? What would you hear? What would you see?
Monday: Brainstorm.
Tuesday: Detail sentences.
Wednesday: Topic and concluding sentences.
Thursday: Final Copy.
Friday: Proofread/edit.
Shurley English: Chapter 9
Skills: Indirect Object (who receives the direct object: Mom baked me a cake. Mom baked a cake for whom? Me - indirect object); quotation marks
*We are also working on our Passion Projects for #geniushalfhour in my class. The "Genius Hour" movement is sweeping the education world, allowing kids to spend part of their day working on something they are truly curious/ passionate about. We are going to be finishing up Shurley English very soon, so we plan to spend the rest of our time researching for our Passion Projects. I'll be sending home more information about this soon.
Monday: Passion Project - work in computer lab (trello, KWHLAQ, begin research)
Tuesday: Chapter 9 Lesson 4 - indirect objects and quotation marks. Finish Classroom Practice #44
Wednesday: Chapter 9 Lesson 5 - indirect objects and quotation marks. Complete Chapter Checkup #45
Thursday: Chapter 9 Test
Friday: Chapter 10, Lesson 1 – Mixed Patterns; introduce plural nouns
SN-V P1
SN-Vt-DO P2
SN-Vt-IO-DO P3
READING
Mrs. Kennedy and I are revamping the reading program. You will now see two different sections – a section for Reading 1 and a separate section for Reading 2.
READING 1
HOMEWORK: Read 30 minutes every day.
Essential Questions
How can a close reading of a nonfiction text help us understand more about the world around us?
Common Core ELA Standards for Reading 1
RL.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.5.2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.5.3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
Gifted Standards for Reading 1
ARS1. The student investigates topics of interest and selects appropriate research tools and methods.
ARS2. The student formulates original and appropriate questions when researching.
ARS3. The student develops and uses systematic procedures for recording and organizing information.
ARS4. The student documents and cites references and resources.
ACS2. The student produces written and/or oral work, including products and presentations, that is complex, purposeful, organized, and that synthesizes information appropriately.
ACS3. The student participates in small group discussions and supports and defends his/her own opinions while respecting the opinion of others.
HOCTS2. The student responds to questions with supporting information that reflects in-depth knowledge of a topic.
HOCTS5. The student draws conclusions based upon relevant information while discarding irrelevant information.
Monday: Whole Group
Review test-taking skills. Answer practice questions using clickers. (Always fun!)
Literature Circles
We are starting a new round of literature circles, but we are completing the whole series in one week.
Reading 1 texts: Queen Anne's Revenge, For a Good Cause, and Eye on the Universe
Standards: RI.1, RI.2, RI.3, ACS2-3, CPS2, CPS4
Tuesday: Introduce the text, view table of contents, read the book, and summarize.
Wednesday: Compare summaries, discuss close reading and critical thinking questions, complete end-of-book activity
Thursday: Final projects (use art supplies)
Friday: Research opportunity, cite sources
READING 2
HOMEWORK: Read 30 minutes every day.
Essential Questions
How can we put test questions and answers into our own words to help us perform better when taking reading tests?
Common Core ELA Standards for Reading 2
RL.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.5.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
RL.5.3. Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
RL.5.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
RL.5.6. Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.
Monday: Whole Group
Review test-taking skills. Read questions before reading the passage, “Finding Time to Travel.” Write notes in notebooks about evidence from the text supporting answers to the questions. Analyze questions and answer choices. Use clickers to answer the questions!
Tuesday: Table Talk
Students will read “A Sheepish Adventure.” At their tables, they will work together to analyze the test questions and answers to decide on the best answer for each question. They will also use the clickers to answer the questions.
Wednesday: Independent Work
Students will reread “Following Boo” and answer critical thinking questions. Students will also enter an essay contest about the story! Ten winners will be selected from ALL essay entries across the US to win a free copy of a book written by the author of the story (Bobbie Pyron).
Thursday: Figurative Language Reteach
We will identify 1,000 examples of figurative language! (OK, that’s a hyperbole. Just 50 examples.) Students will have to explain WHY an example is a certain type of figurative language. We’ll discuss the following: similes, metaphors, alliteration, idiom, personification, and hyperbole.
Friday: Retest and Following Directions Fun
We’ll have a retest on Figurative Language first thing, then students will have some fun doing an art activity on following directions!
Can you believe November is upon us already? This year is flying by. Before we know it, the holidays will be fully upon us!
Guest House
What a successful trip we had to the Guest House! The kids were SO well-behaved and had a fun time. Lots of the elderly folks who stay at the Guest House told me that it made them so happy to see the kids! What a blessing that trip was. We've been invited back in November to make turkey crafts! We are also planning a trip in December to go Christmas caroling.
FalCan Food Drive
This is the LAST WEEK for the FalCan Food Drive. If you are able, please consider sending in canned (or boxed) foods so we can help the hungry in this upcoming holiday season. So far, my class has brought in 76 cans! Thanks to everyone who has helped thus far.
School Events
Mon, 11/4 New math classes/programs begin
Tues, 11/5 My homeroom library visit
Thurs, 11/7 Chapter 9 Shurley Test (My ELA class only); Skate Country Night @ 6pm
Fri, 11/8 POW due (all language arts classes)
SOCIAL STUDIES
(My homeroom)
Check out the social studies website to view resources and download notes! www.5socialstudies.weebly.com
My class is starting our Jazz Age & Great Depression unit. We’ll be learning about the Roaring 20s and the downfall that occurred in the 30s. To find out more about the standards we’ll be learning, click on the “Social Studies” tab at the top and find SS5H.4b and SS5H.5.
Monday: SS5H.4b - Compare and contrast how Thomas Edison (from the past) and Henry Ford (from that time period) influenced the 20s with their technological advances. Discuss family entertainment from the 20s and how that differs from today. Watch clips of old movies and listen to jazz from a Victrola phonograph!
Tuesday: SS5H4.b – Describe cultural developments and contributions of the Jazz Age (Louis Armsrtong), Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes), automobile (Henry Ford), and the airplane (Charles Lindbergh).
Wednesday: SS5H.5 – Explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans. Students will take notes from a PowerPoint on the Stock Market Crash, Hoovervilles, the New Deal, and famous Americans from the 1930s (Duke Ellington, Margaret Mitchell, and Jesse Owens).
Thursday: Rotations – students spend 3 days in rotations with Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Weiser, and myself. Today: Mrs. Kennedy – learn about credit during the 1930s and how it affected the Stock Market Crash.
Friday: Rotations; Today: Mrs. Weiser – watch Story of US and learn about the Dust Bowl.
Test: NEXT Thursday, November 14.
LANGUAGE ARTS
POW Topic: What if you were a fly on the wall? What would you hear? What would you see?
Monday: Brainstorm.
Tuesday: Detail sentences.
Wednesday: Topic and concluding sentences.
Thursday: Final Copy.
Friday: Proofread/edit.
Shurley English: Chapter 9
Skills: Indirect Object (who receives the direct object: Mom baked me a cake. Mom baked a cake for whom? Me - indirect object); quotation marks
*We are also working on our Passion Projects for #geniushalfhour in my class. The "Genius Hour" movement is sweeping the education world, allowing kids to spend part of their day working on something they are truly curious/ passionate about. We are going to be finishing up Shurley English very soon, so we plan to spend the rest of our time researching for our Passion Projects. I'll be sending home more information about this soon.
Monday: Passion Project - work in computer lab (trello, KWHLAQ, begin research)
Tuesday: Chapter 9 Lesson 4 - indirect objects and quotation marks. Finish Classroom Practice #44
Wednesday: Chapter 9 Lesson 5 - indirect objects and quotation marks. Complete Chapter Checkup #45
Thursday: Chapter 9 Test
Friday: Chapter 10, Lesson 1 – Mixed Patterns; introduce plural nouns
SN-V P1
SN-Vt-DO P2
SN-Vt-IO-DO P3
READING
Mrs. Kennedy and I are revamping the reading program. You will now see two different sections – a section for Reading 1 and a separate section for Reading 2.
READING 1
HOMEWORK: Read 30 minutes every day.
Essential Questions
How can a close reading of a nonfiction text help us understand more about the world around us?
Common Core ELA Standards for Reading 1
RL.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.5.2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.5.3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
Gifted Standards for Reading 1
ARS1. The student investigates topics of interest and selects appropriate research tools and methods.
ARS2. The student formulates original and appropriate questions when researching.
ARS3. The student develops and uses systematic procedures for recording and organizing information.
ARS4. The student documents and cites references and resources.
ACS2. The student produces written and/or oral work, including products and presentations, that is complex, purposeful, organized, and that synthesizes information appropriately.
ACS3. The student participates in small group discussions and supports and defends his/her own opinions while respecting the opinion of others.
HOCTS2. The student responds to questions with supporting information that reflects in-depth knowledge of a topic.
HOCTS5. The student draws conclusions based upon relevant information while discarding irrelevant information.
Monday: Whole Group
Review test-taking skills. Answer practice questions using clickers. (Always fun!)
Literature Circles
We are starting a new round of literature circles, but we are completing the whole series in one week.
Reading 1 texts: Queen Anne's Revenge, For a Good Cause, and Eye on the Universe
Standards: RI.1, RI.2, RI.3, ACS2-3, CPS2, CPS4
Tuesday: Introduce the text, view table of contents, read the book, and summarize.
Wednesday: Compare summaries, discuss close reading and critical thinking questions, complete end-of-book activity
Thursday: Final projects (use art supplies)
Friday: Research opportunity, cite sources
READING 2
HOMEWORK: Read 30 minutes every day.
Essential Questions
How can we put test questions and answers into our own words to help us perform better when taking reading tests?
Common Core ELA Standards for Reading 2
RL.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.5.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
RL.5.3. Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
RL.5.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
RL.5.6. Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.
Monday: Whole Group
Review test-taking skills. Read questions before reading the passage, “Finding Time to Travel.” Write notes in notebooks about evidence from the text supporting answers to the questions. Analyze questions and answer choices. Use clickers to answer the questions!
Tuesday: Table Talk
Students will read “A Sheepish Adventure.” At their tables, they will work together to analyze the test questions and answers to decide on the best answer for each question. They will also use the clickers to answer the questions.
Wednesday: Independent Work
Students will reread “Following Boo” and answer critical thinking questions. Students will also enter an essay contest about the story! Ten winners will be selected from ALL essay entries across the US to win a free copy of a book written by the author of the story (Bobbie Pyron).
Thursday: Figurative Language Reteach
We will identify 1,000 examples of figurative language! (OK, that’s a hyperbole. Just 50 examples.) Students will have to explain WHY an example is a certain type of figurative language. We’ll discuss the following: similes, metaphors, alliteration, idiom, personification, and hyperbole.
Friday: Retest and Following Directions Fun
We’ll have a retest on Figurative Language first thing, then students will have some fun doing an art activity on following directions!
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