Louisville Academy’s 5th Grade News
January 9 – January 13, 2017
Reading/ Shared Reading: PARCC Practice
Focus Strategies: Read Self- Selected Books
Word Study Words: depression, commence, commencement, provoke, provoked, provoking, tolerate, tolerating, tolerated, terrify, terrified, revenge, orphan, economy
Interactive Read Aloud
Grammar/Writing / Opinion Writing: I can effectively use reasons and evidence to support a position on a topic or text in a logically ordered argument.
**Students need a new composition journal (not spiral bound) for the second semester of school. Thank you!
Social Studies / I CAN describe the United States involvement in World War I and post-World War I America.
Math
/ Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Fractions
I CAN…
§ find equivalent fractions.
§ write fractions in simplest form.
§ estimate sums and differences of fractions.
Important Information / ***Please check your child’s agenda EACH night.***
***PLEASE remember that students are NOT allowed to use mechanical pencils at school. They should not bring them to school.
Please be sure that your child reads at least 45 minutes each night. Please initial his/her reading log in the agenda when they complete their book.
Mon., Jan. 9 Report Cards
Mon., Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Day – Student and Teacher Holiday
Thurs., Jan. 19 4H Meeting