Welcome to October !!
We have two weeks left in the first quarter. We have a lot to finish in those two weeks.
I encourage you and your child to look on Educate for any missing work. I will be compiling a list and discussing it with the students. All missing work, even from absences must be in by the end of the quarter in order to receive partial credit.
5th Grade Language Arts:
Spelling: The pretest is Monday and final test is Thursday. Pages 40-43 are also due on Thursday. The pretest we take on Monday is returned to each student so that they can see how many and which words they missed to help them study better for the final test. I encourage them to take the pretest and leave it in the car or on the frig so that they can go over the words they missed during the week.
Grammar: We are continuing to work on Grammar in class each week. We have moved on to Nouns. Some students are struggling with the skills. I will begin to let them make corrections on pages scoring under a 70%. Most of the pages only have 7-15 points per page, so just missing a few questions can give them a low percentage.
Just remember it is the points that are recorded, but I am happy to let them make corrections if they did not understand the skill.
Literature: We are so excited to finish the Wonder book. It has been wonderful to read. We will finish it this week. We will also complete our last 2 vocabulary words, and students will bring home their folders to study the words. There will be 12 words on the final test. The final test on Wonder and the vocabulary is scheduled for Tuesday, October 11th. I will send a reminder email home.
We will work together on the final writing assignment for this book. It will be on Google Classroom.
We have spent some time on our CHOOSE KIND CAMPAIGN and plan to launch it in the next couple weeks. All 5th grade students will have an opportunity to sign the Choose Kind Pledge this week.
5th Grade Social Studies:
We have begun our preparations for the Great Native American Dig!! Students chose Native American tribes they wanted to research and have been divided into groups. This week they will be gathering notes on 6 required topics. They will then create a shoebox of artifacts representing those 6 topics. Finally, they will make a presentation explaining the 6 artifacts and their tribe. Each group will need a shoebox!
When we are ready, probably Thursday or Friday October 13-14, we will hold the dig. Groups will be burying their artifacts in the sand pits outside and then digging up artifacts from a different group.
Each group will use what they observe about the artifacts, and what they know about the regions, to determine which tribe they have discovered.
The activity will depend on when we complete our research and the weather, I will let you know next weekend when we will hold the Dig! Parents are invited to come and join the fun.
Chapter 2-3 test is Wednesday, October 5th. An email will come home tomorrow with all the information.
6th Grade Literature:
We have learned about setting, and characters so far. We will be finishing up with our reading of True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle this week. We will complete the vocabulary words in our folders. Students will bring those home to study the words. The final test will be Monday or Tuesday next week. This week students have a 250 word journal due, and will receive grades for the character presentations. All assignments have been on Google Classroom. Please check Educate, and if any work is missing, go to Google Classroom to find it.
We have a busy week ahead. Remember to check Educate for anything missing. If late work is turned in, please make sure I know about it, so that I can go back and grade it. I cannot promise late work will be graded immediately.
Have a Blessed week,
Mrs. Brown
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