Week of February 16-19

Welcome to mid-February!
Alot is happening in these next two weeks!  Keep updated.

5th Grade Language Arts:  Spelling - Pretest will be Tuesday.  We will begin working on pages 136-139.  They have 2 study halls to work on these pages on Tuesday.  We will grade pages and take the final test on Thursday of this week.
Grammar - We will wait and start the skill pages on Wednesday this week.  The proofreading homework page will be assigned on Thursday and due on Friday.  We will take the weekly quiz Friday allowing us to stay on track.

Literature:  We are enjoying reading the Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. We are sketching characters and things as we read.  We hope to turn those sketches into a bulletin board this week in the hallway. Students were to read chapter 10 over the weekend and complete the summary/reaction for it on Google Classroom.  We will continue with vocabulary this week, which is all done in class.  However, if your child is absent, they must check and make up the words that they missed.

**Don't forget book report coming up next week.  The students should be done reading their books and beginning the project.  All the directions are posted on this blog under Literature.  I have put out examples of the newspaper/magazine report. 


5th grade social studies:  We are really getting the feel for how the colonists felt and reacted toward Great Britain in the 1770's.  Tuesday and Wednesday we will be reviewing for the chapter test.  We will not do our usual study guide, we will be making foldables in class for the vocabulary words and to remember the 6 events we discussed in the chapter.  These should come home Tuesday and Wednesday night to help them study.
Chapter 10 test is Thursday, Feb. 18.

6th Grade Literature:  We are well into Number the Stars.  Students will continue to be assigned chapters to read each class.  They must keep up with the reading.  We will be completing quizzes, journals, and vocabulary in class.
We have begun a Project-based research project on topics relating to the Holocaust.  Your student is in a small group. I am guiding them through the research steps in class.  They have posted a thesis statement and are beginning to find information to post with their statement.  I will keep you up to date on their progress.  We do not have a due date yet, because we are in the initial stages, and I do not want them jumping ahead.

**Book Reports:  6Caciano is due Wednesday, 2/17 and Heiber is due Thursday 2/18.  NO EXCEPTIONS.  If your student is having trouble with any part of the report they must see me tomorrow!  They cannot wait until the day it is due.  
Remember there are 2 parts to this report.  Directions for both are on this blog under 6Lit.
The essay may be typed and turned in on Google Classroom if they wish.


It is a blessing to me to have your children.  Have a blessed week in the Lord,
Mrs. Brown