Week of September 25-29

We completed a very busy week last week.  We turned in several significant assignments.
Students are working hard and checking their progress.

If your student has resubmitted work after making corrections, I will be posting those updated grades this week.  I do not allow for corrections on all assignments, so your child should speak to me if they need to resubmit an assignment.
For the most part if I feel they have completed the material correctly, I will allow them to try again.

5th Grade Language Arts:  Literature:We are engrossed by the book Wonder at this point.  We cheered on Friday when Auggie forgave Jack and they became friends again.  We are using this book as a catalyst for discussing our own treatment of people that are different than us or our classmates.  The 5th grade will have a vital role in our school wide Kindness Challenge that is beginning.

We completed Word Puzzles for the characters on Friday.  I will be printing those.  This week we will work on vocabulary words in class, and begin looking at the Precepts that go with the story.  By the end of the week we will take the second quiz for the book(on Google classroom).

English/Writing:  We continue to work on our personal narratives.  We will do some re-writing this week and focus on the theme of the story.  We will then begin to edit our stories looking at the grammatical parts of them.  We will be doing some grammar skills in class and some work will be assigned on Google classroom.

We will be choosing new spelling words on Tuesday.  The class words will be on the blog, the complete list for your child will be on google classroom.

Social Studies:  Hopefully you received the parent note outlining some upcoming events in social studies for 5th grade.  In class, we are finishing up the notes for the unit.  We have created a chart that will be our notes for the final test.  This week, students will be choosing a tribe to study in depth and prepare for the Great Native American Dig.  The necessary information for this project will be posted on Google classroom under social studies.
        I will be collecting and grading the workbooks again this week.  Look for those grades on Educate.

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6th Grade Literature:  We are more than halfway done with The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.  We worked on notes about the setting of the story this week.  Students are sketching the Seahawk as an assignment.  They may use the book or PDF of the book on line for help.  Journals will be graded and posted as well.  We have done more vocabulary in class.  This week we will go back and look at characters again, taking further notes on that literary element. Students will be put into groups and assigned a presentation on one of the characters.  We will be using our notes for the specific information that must be in the presentation.

We will be wrapping this book up within a couple of weeks.  Look for information about the final test and vocabulary.

Looking forward to a busy but wonderful week ahead,
Mrs. Brown