We have lots going on in our classroom at this point. Make sure to read through what we are working on and some special dates coming up!
5th Grade Language Arts: Spelling: Normal week. We will continue with normal weeks until we finish the book. I have posted the remaining lists on the blog. Pretest is Monday and pages are assigned. Numerous students did not finish the pages last week. You can check for this on Educate as it is listed incomplete. If too much was not done, they receive a 0. Pages 162-166 are this week.
We will take the unit test tomorrow in order to practice for achievement tests. Final test is Thursday.
Grammar: We will continue with the grammar skills until we finish the book. However we will be doing several writing assignments and will not complete all of the pages. This week we will not do the proofreading page. Instead students will receive a proofreading grade for editing their fractured fairy tales. Mr. Akerson will be using some of their newspaper assignments as grammar/writing grades as well.
Literature: Last week we enjoyed reading and comparing fairy tales. The final venn diagram document on google classroom is due Tuesday. If your child has been absent they will need to stay in tomorrow and read the stories they are missing.
This week we will be writing a fractured tale. Students will work together and take an original fairy tale. After receiving 3 common objects, they will change or fracture their tale to include the 3 items.
This will lead into each student writing their own fairy tale the following week.
Students should be reading independently, their own book at this point. We will do some assignments on those this week as well.
5th Grade Social studies: We will finish our study of the Declaration of Independence this week. We have been watching a series of videos call Liberty's Kids and answering questions on them. If your child is absent they will need to watch the video on line and complete the assignment. On Wednesday, they will receive the take home test for this chapter. It is all short answer about the Declaration. They can use their book and notes to help them. It will be due on Friday.
On Thursday we will be observing objects and completing questions about them and making a final analysis. This has to be done in class. That will lead us into the American Revolution. This chapter will include individual presentations on a related topic. More info to follow next blog.
6th Grade Literature: We are spending our class time split into 3 components. 1. Students read independently for the first third of class. This week they will have assignments on the books they are reading.
2. We are working on a Project based Research activity. Their groups meet each class. They are currently finding the research they need on a topic related to the Holocaust. Then each group will turn what they have found into a project. We will be presenting those projects in the dining hall next week Wednesday and Thursday. Caciano will present on Wednesday, April 12, and Hieber on Thursday, April 13th from 9:30-10:30. Please join us if you are able.
3. The last third of our class time is spent watching the documentary film "Paper Clips". We are taking notes as we watch and those notes can be used on the final test. It is awesome film about kids studying the Holocaust.
Blessings on your week. I look forward to all the new discoveries we will make together in class this week!
Mrs. Brown
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