5th Grade Gazette
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Mt. Laurel 682 - 7230 November 14, 2016
Planning Time: 1:30 – 2:00
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Thank you to the Diamond family, Lucado family, Bridgeman family, and the Sanders family for adopting our classrooms this year!
Dear Parents –
I can’t believe that the holidays are already upon us!!! This is our last week before Thanksgiving! I hope you and your families have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
In January we will be having student led conferences. Our goal is for 100% of our students to participate in a student led conference this year. More information will be coming soon.
Please continue to you have your child work on Moby Max at home. I have been checking our reports nearly every day. The progress has been unbelievable! Again, I still have a few students that are not prioritizing their time each week. Each student must complete at least 60 minutes each week. Please feel free to check your child’s progress/time throughout the week.
We will be taking our ACT Interim assessments the week we return from Thanksgiving. Please encourage your child to PRACTICE on Moby Max over the holiday. We are working on getting all our students set up on Moby Max for reading as well. It won’t be long before they will be able to practice their reading skills too. I’m hoping to see tremendous progress.
If you ever have questions or concerns regarding your child’s progress or behavior, please don’t hesitate to set up a conference.
Have an amazing week!!!
Sam Scott & Rebecca Newman
We Will Be Working on
These Areas This Week
Reading
Compare and Contrast
Reading Vocabulary
Review / Recap / View the
The Watsons’ Go to Birmingham – 1963
Process Writing/ Grammar
Vowel Team Syllables
Conventions
Informative/Explanatory Writing
Reading / Writing Focus Words
1. hair 6. faith
2. flower 7. elbow
3. bread 8. steak
4. coat 9. throat
5. eagle 10. mailbox
Math
Unit 4 Fractions
Monday: Review Fractions
Tuesday: Review Fractions
Wednesday: Unit 4 – Part 1 TEST
Thursday: Morning Work Quiz / Multiplying a Whole Number by a Fraction
Friday: Multiplying a Whole Number by Fractions or Mixed Numbers
Homework
Monday: Review Study Guide
Tuesday: Review Study Guide
Wednesday: No Homework
Thursday: Fraction Practice Sheet
Friday: No Homework
At Least 1 Hour on Moby Max - Math
(Monday – Saturday)
Science
Earth, Gravity and Space
Social Studies
Early Colonization of North America
Focusing on The 13 English Colonies
Domain Vocabulary
1. Roger Williams
2. Thomas Hooker
3. William Penn
4. James Oglethorpe
5. dissenter
6. proprietor
Test on Thursday, November 17, 2016
Calendar
November 17th
Thanksgiving Feast @ 2:00
(Newman’s Homeroom)
November 18th
Popcorn & PJ Day
($1.00 each)
November 21st – 25th
Thanksgiving Break
December 1st
ACT Aspire Interim
(Math)
December 16th
End of the 2nd 9 Weeks
Early Dismissal @ 1:00
December 19th – January 3rd
Christmas Holiday
January 4th
Students Return
January 16th
MLK Day – No School
February 20th
Presidents Day – No School
(Weather Day)
March 10th
Teacher Workday – No School
March 15th
American Village Field Trip
March 22 – 25
Spring Break
Thank you to the Diamond family, Lucado family, Bridgeman family, and the Sanders family for adopting our classrooms this year!