Week of 8/21 - 8/25

Important Dates:

Aug. 22 – Boom Bozz Fundraiser

Aug. 25 – Picture day

Aug. 28 – 5pm-8pm PTO Back-to-School Pool Party

Aug. 28 – Laila & Maddie's Birthday



Welcome Back! 

We had a great first week of school and I'm looking forward to a wonderful school year! I will add photos to the shared Google Photos Album throughout the year. Please click the "5th Grade Photos" button to see them. 

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING

Language Arts- Mrs. Phelps

This week we will begin switching classes! In Language Arts, students will take spelling and morphology assessments, etc. This is for me to gauge where they are to help guide my instruction. They will also get a crash course on the history of the English language, including its origin and why it can be so tricky sometimes! We will begin reading engaging literary and informational texts with a focus on using evidence from the text to make inferences about things the author doesn't explicitly tell us. This is an important thinking strategy for comprehension. Considering we are just meeting for the first time, still going over routines and procedures, and getting some assessments completed, we will work on this skill for awhile. 

HOMEWORK: You should be reading at least 20 minutes a night. You may keep track of this in your agenda (there is a yellow box for tracking minutes read). On Monday, the reading log for this week will post on google classroom.  It is a google form that should be completed every Thursday (due Friday) on Google Classroom.


Math: Mrs. Bennett

We are excited to get our first full week under our belt in math class! We are continuing to get organized and learn our new routines. This week we will learn our warm-up routine: A Fraction a Day to promote rich, deep conversations around fractional amounts. We will do some review activities from equivalent fractions, common denominators, and comparing fractions from 4th grade before jumping into our first chapter of the year!

Homework:

We are starting homework this week. Students should complete one SS lesson a night. The assigned lessons are listed below. Students should take their books home and bring them back to school each day. We will check our lessons every Friday, so students have the opportunity to ask questions and review problems. We will take a SS Quiz every Friday, starting this week. The quiz questions correspond to the homework, which is why students should take their time when completing a lesson and have an adult check over their work. Each quiz is 7 questions and will be a grade in Rediker. 

8/21 Simple Solution Lesson #1

8/22 Simple Solution Lesson #2

8/23 Simple Solution Lesson #3

8/24 Simple Solution Lesson #4

8/25 SS Quiz #1


Social Studies: Mrs. Crush

We will be completing our unit on European Exploration and Its Effects. Students will investigate explorers from different European countries and map the areas of the Western Hemisphere where they explored. They will be paired with a classmate and assigned an explorer to research and present to their classmates. 

Religion: Mrs. Crush

Last week, we began reading A Long Walk to Water.  We will focus on the difficulties people face in Africa with water and how we, 5th graders, could help with this social justice issue.  Students will be answering questions on Google Classroom, as well as, we will discuss in class. 

HW: Student Led Prayer due Wednesday, August 23.

1st Trimester Service Hours+ Reflection due Wednesday, November 1. 

Items Needed:

The students created jobs that they will be completing each week. Based on the job description, they will earn points on Class Dojo. Each Friday, the students will have the opportunity to turn in their points to purchase a variety of items. If you are able, please send in an item or two listed below.