Parent/Teacher Conference week

With conferences this week and 1 1/2 less days of school, our schedule will be a little lighter.  I do hope to see as many of you as possible during conference time.  It is a great time to touch base and discuss how the year is going.  I am fine if you would like to include your child in the conference with us.


5th Grade Language Arts:

We will not be doing Spelling or Grammar this week!  We will resume normal schedule next week.

Literature:  We will be working on 3 things this week.
1.  We are filming Book Trailers in class for Wonder.   The class chose groups, and have been writing a script/storyboard.  We will film this week.
2.  Precept writing - This first piece of writing will go into the digital portfolio and so we will work on editing and revising it this week.  There will be a final grade for second quarter.
3.  New LIT books!  Below are the 5 books students will be choosing from this week.  They will be assigned to read one of the books with a small group.  Each group will have journals, vocabulary, quizzes discussions and a final test on the book.
Bridge to Terabithia - by Katherine Patterson
Crenshaw - by Katherine Applegate
Dear Mr. Henshaw - by Beverly Cleary
The Great Gilly Hopkins - by Katherine Patterson
Feathers - by Jacqueline Woodson

The children have been looking at them in class.  You can Google them or go on Common Sense Media for a review.

5th Grade social studies:
We have moved on to chapter 4-5 about the early explorers to North America.
On Monday we will have another activity.  We will pretend to be on a sunken ship in the hallway.  We will locate objects found on the ship and determine what they are(good follow up to our Native American unit).
Chapter 4 like chapter 2 is very short.  We will take a quiz on the chapter possibly on Thursday, but I will let you know for sure.

6th grade Literature:
Charlotte Doyle has ended.  It is a long book, but such a good read.  We have been reading a couple of short stories from our LIT book, and completing assignments on them.  This week we will read All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, and use it as a basis for a writing assignment
We are going to put our Charlotte Doyle essay in the digital portfolio that each child has, so we will edit and clean those up this week.
We will be choosing our next lit book this week.  The 5 choices are listed below and can be found on Google or Common Sense Media for a review.
Because of Mr. Terrupt - By Rob Blyea
Star Girl - by Jerry Spinelli
Walk Two Moons - By Sharon Creech
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town - Kimberly Willis Holt
Wonder by RJ Palacio

 We had a great first quarter.  The pace should pick up a bit in literature second quarter.  Make sure to check that assignments are being done.  There will more homework, which includes reading some at home.
Have a blessed week.

Mrs. Brown