Spelling Week of December 14, 2015

 

We are the Ship Spelling list:

 

1. Athletes

2. Autograph

3. Banned

4. Competition

5. Crouch

6. Culture

7. Debut

8. Disgracefully

9. Eloquent

10. Exhibition

11. Integrate

12. Integration

13. Intelligence

14. Legendary

15. Military

16. Negotiated

17. Precision

18. Recognition

19. Recruits

 20. Rival

November Updates!

The past few weeks have been busy in 5B! We have just finished "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" in reading. The students loved this book. Today in class we are wrapping it up with a book discussion in class. Next week, we will be beginning a book review on the two half days. What isn't finished, will be an at home project. Students will be given graphic organizers, a rubric, and explicit instruction to get started.

In math students are working hard in division and complex multiplication! They recently completed a topic 1-4 review to reflect on the term and content that was learned.

In science, students have been honing their structural engineering skills. They have built card structures and tested them, and are currently making structures with spaghetti and marshmallows. They test these structures and redesign using the process many engineers use!

In social studies, we are learning about the Early English Colonies. We learned the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke. This week have been learning about the Jamestown Colony. Students learned about the struggles the colony faced and what led it to be successful. We are currently working on researching two important people to Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas. Students are creating Google slide presentations on their chrome book accounts.

Finally in writing we have been writing persuasive pieces on current issues happening in the world, mostly using our Time For Kids subscriptions as resources. Ask your students their views on Fair Trade, Diamond Mining in Africa, and honoring our Veterans.

There are two half days next week due to conferences, I look forward to meeting with you!

Virtual Jamestown

www.historyglobe.com/Jamestown


Students who would like to access the virtual Jamestown activity we did in class today can do so through this link.

Book Club

We are ending October by reading the novel "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin. The students are discussing their ideas about the book in book club groups. Ask your child for their review so far. 

Fall Wonka Fair

We had an amazing time today at the fall fair. The kids had the chance to play a lot of games. We displayed our fair trade projects, raced our engineered boats, and enjoyed a bubble show! 

Barrett Park

We had a great time today. We geocached, looking for "treasure" using geographical coordinates. We completed a nature scavenger hunt looking at all of the different trees, leaves, and wildlife Barrett has to offer. Also we tested water samples for ph, alkalinity, and temperature. It was a great time at a beautiful place!

Life Flight Visits JA!

Today we had the awesome experience of watching the life flight heliocopter land in the back field. The pilot and crew told us about what they do to help those in need, and took questions from the classes. Students had a chance to jump inside as well!

Spelling Words: Week of September 28th

Spelling:  Week of September 28^th

R Controlled Vowels

 

1.       Heartfelt

2.       Swear

3.       Aboard

4.       Awareness

5.       Explore

6.       Uproar

7.       Scorned

8.       Starch

9.       Source

10.   Fare

11.   Barge

12.   Parched

13.   Forcefully

14.   Scarce

15.   Coarse

16.   Portfolios

17.   Swords

18.   Sparsely

 

Weekly Homework Links

Homework Links- These are copies of our weekly homework on Google Docs! Please feel free to print out, or use as a template and share with me through Google docs.

• Current Event
• Get to 50
• Reading Response
• DOGO News: Current Event Resource

This Week's spelling words

Name:______________________________________

 

U sounds 

Spelling List- Week of September 21^st:

 

 

1.       Spruce

2.       Reduce

3.       Toucan

4.       Chewy

5.       Soothe

6.       Bamboo

7.       Accuse

8.       Statue

9.       Proved

10.   Recruit

11.   Raccoon

12.   Plume

13.   Hue

14.   Bruise

15.   Union

Book Orders

New Book orders have been sent home to those who are interested. Orders are due October 2nd. Thanks for contributing to our class library!

Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub

One-Time Class Activation Code: H32BL

Dear Families,

Good news! This month's Scholastic Reading Club flyers are ready for you to explore with your

child. Children read more when they choose their own books, so I encourage you to look at the

flyers together. Each flyer is filled with grade-specific, affordable titles.

Place your order online at scholastic.com/readingclub or send the order form and payment to me.

Ordering online is the easiest way to ensure I get your order on time. Also, there are more books

to choose from as well as teacher recommendations.

Remember, for every book you order, our class earns FREE Books and supplies...and we have

our eye on some new additions.

Thank you for your support!

PS: Books make wonderful gifts! Please let me know if your order includes a gift, and I will contact

you when it arrives.

Ordering online is fast and easy:

VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub

ENTER the one-time Class Activation Code (top of this letter)

SHOP from a carefully curated selection of the best books and value packs

SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom

All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading

together!

Spelling Words Week of 9/14

Spelling Words – Week of September 14th

Long Vowels

 

1.     Paste

2.     Parade

3.     Spices

4.     Greedy

5.     Pleaded

6.     Succeed

7.     Heap

8.     Tornado

9.     Decay

10. Theme

11.  Lifetime

12.   Growth

13.     Yolk

14.      Upbeat

15.     Claimed

 

 

Homework Planner

Mrs. Demers and I have our 5th grade homework set up to be flexible. We know how busy kids can be with after school activities and wanted them to have the ability to complete their work while learning time management. Here is a sample homework planner to show the students how they might spread their homework out over the week.

Homework Planner

* 5th grade homework is meant to be flexible for students to begin to manage their time completing tasks. All Math homework is due the following day. Science and Social Studies homework is due on Thursday, and Spelling and Reading homework is due on Friday. Below is a sample of how you could complete your work spread out over the week.

Sample Planner

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Math	Math	Math	Math
Science	Reading Response	Current Event	Reading Response
Spelling: 10pt Practice sheet	Spelling: 15pt Draw pictures of 10 words	Spelling: 15pt Write words to form picture	Spelling: 10pt ABC order

My Homework Plan: ________________

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday

 

First Project!

In social studies we are reviewing map skills in cooperative groups. Students are designing anchor charts to be used as reference tools in the classroom.

Social Studies News

We have been studying the causes of the American Revolution. The students have been really engaged in learning about the events that took place just miles away! We have gone over the French and Indian war, Taxes and protests surrounding taxation without representation, The Boston Massacre, and this week we talked about the Boston Tea Party. Today they acted out the events in a readers theater play. I also attached a link to the "Tea Party Song" that the class really enjoyed. At home, students are hopefully completing their research project on their Revolutionary American, we will present them this Thursday and Friday in class.


Tea Party Song

Valentine list

Valentine List:

 

1.     Brandon

2.     Ben

3.     Celia

4.     Caitlyn

5.     Katelyn

6.     Matthew

7.     Anthony B

8.     Anthony M

9.     Gabriella

10.                        Layla

11.                        Drisilla

12.                        Cindy

13.                        Katrina

14.                        Rona

15.                        Brady

16.                        Patrick

17.                        Karina

18.                        Jayden

19.                        Isabella

20.                        Samantha

21.                        Emely

Story of Snow

This week we read a non fiction selection titled, "The Story of Snow". It talked about how snow crystals are formed and the patterns that they form in. As I was looking online at the snow forecast, the u local section of wcvb's facebook page had a gallery of all the perfect snowflakes people found today. The conditions had to be just right for formation! Wanted to share with the kids who hopefully have a new appreciation for snowflakes.

https://www.facebook.com/wcvb5/posts/10153095695804445:0

Social Studies Project!

Here is a copy of the assignment given to students this week. It is a at home research project on Revolutionary Americans. The students are tasked with researching their American, and their contributions to American Independence. The students chose their person yesterday and were given a research template along with the assignment and grading rubric. Projects are due February 12th and 13th, right before February vacation.

Famous Revolutionary Americans Research Project:

Task: Your job is to research and report to the class the contributions your revolutionary American made to American Independence. It can be anything from helping to declare Independence from Great Britain, to fighting in one of the many battles of the American Revolution.  The exciting part of this project is you can present your research in any way you would like.

 

Step One: In class you will be given a research template that you will need to complete on your American. This will help you focus your research.

 

Step Two: You need to present your research to the class in a creative way. It can be through a poster board, power point/keynote, IMovie, Play, Song, Video, etc. Your presentation must be 5 minutes long.

 

You will present your project on Thursday and Friday February 12^th and 13^th. The Revolutionary American you will research will be picked by random selection in class.

You will be graded on your research, presentation, effort and creativity using the rubric on the back side of this assignment.

 

 

Rubric

Area	Points allotted	Comments
Research: ·         Revolutionary American’s contributions to American Independence is  stated in presentation ·         Important biographical information about the person’s life is included ·         Multiple sources are used for research	/40
Presentation: ·         5 mins long ·         Presenter is audible and clear ·         Presenter is prepared for presentation ·         Presentation is done in one of the accepted formats	/35
Creativity and Effort ·         Project is neat and easy to read/see ·         Time and a sufficient amount of work was put into creating the project	/25
Total Grade:	/100 points