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