October 24th, 2016
What’s happening this week in…?
Science:
-Earth surfaces
-Rock Cycle
-Types of Rocks
Social Studies:
-5th grade: Understanding the Election
VS.3/4Jamestown
Math:
Adding and subtracting whole numbers and decimals.
Reading:
-Spelling sorts
-Halloween grammar games!
Upcoming events:
-Pumpkin Book Reports due 10/27/16
-Spirit Week
PBL: Out of Eden Learn-
We have completed our first three footstep! Students will be starting footstep 4 this week. Please make sure they have completed footstep 2 and 3!
Halloween Spirit week
Monday 10/24- Halloween colors day! Wear something with Purple, Black, Orange and/or Green!
Tuesday 10/25- Crazy Socks day and Hallway Decorating! Each Class will make some decorations for their hallway while students wear CrAzY socks!
Wednesday 10/26- Crazy Hair and Door Decorating! Each Class will decorate their door for Halloween while sporting their funniest hair styles!
Thursday 10/27- Sports Day and Pumpkin Decorating! Each class will decorate their pumpkin based on their favorite book(s) while representing their favorite sports team!
Friday 10/28-Literacy Parade! Each student is asked to dress like their favorite story book character, we will have a short parade at the end of the day for the school to see our amazingly decorated school, pumpkins and MCCS students and faculty!
Monday 10/31-Halloween Student may wear their costumes to school on Monday but please no mask, weapons or gore!
Homework:
Now Optional. Suggested practice:
-20 Minutes of any reading
-20 Minutes of Moby Max Math
-3 spelling assignments
-60 minutes of MobyMax of Reading Stories
The best form of communication is via email.
Miss Brennen or
Mrs. Drawdy:
This week’s Spelling Categories:
Lions:
Short –a and Long –a (CVCe and CVVC)
-CVC
Black
Rash
Flash
camp
-CVCe
Space
Frame
Place
Blame
Tale
Mane
-CVVC
Rain
Brain
Paint
Train
Tail
Main
Chain
Faint
Oddball
Said
Want
Tigers:
Adding –ing to words
Double
Setting
Cutting
Stopping
Begging
Grinning
Jogging
humming
e-drop
hiking
moving
living
coming
having
taking
nothing
reading
adding
spelling
floating
feeling
talking
pushing
fixing
working
going
snowing
Bears:
Prefixes: Changes base words to tell time
re-
replay
reappear
reclaim
reconsider
reruns
research
reaction
in-
inflate
interior
inhabit
inmate
install
inhale
ex-
exhale
exile
explore
excess
exhaust
exterior
de-
deflate
defrost
deprive
decrease
delete