On Friday, December 16th, the fifth grade is looking forward to turning our classrooms into cinemas to celebrate the start of our holiday vacation. As you know, students will be viewing a movie of their choice, and enjoying a snack of popcorn and water as well. To make our rooms a bit cozier, we are allowing students to bring in a pillow, cushion, or small blanket to sit upon while watching the movie. We ask that the items be no larger than a normal size beach blanket to ensure we have enough room for everyone to be comfortable. Thank you!
Important Dates:
December 19 -- Winter Break Begins
January 3 -- Classes Resume
January 16 -- M.L. King Holiday -- No School
February 1-- Six Flags Read to Succeed forms due
Reading: We will continue to focus on the skills of generalization and fact and opinion. The students will read a nonfiction story, The Grizzly Bear Family Book. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.
English: In English we will continue focusing on the six traits of writing. The students will be writing a narrative telling of their proudest moment. They will add this to their newspaper article.
Spelling: Unit 14 Homework is due on Thursday. Test is Friday.
Science: We will continue our physical science unit. This week we will learn that matter that's made of only one kind of atom is an element. We will also focus on the three states of matter.
Social Studies: In social studies we will complete Chapter 7, The Fight for a Continent. We will read and learn how the British, French, and Native Americans fought for control of a large part of America. There will be an open book test on Thursday.
Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class: In math we will complete 23 Perimeter. A practice test was sent home on Thursday and is due Monday. There will be a test on Tuesday. Later in the week we will do some plotting of coordinates on graphs.
Thank you and have a great week!
