Week of October 1st-5th

Let's hope some Fall temperatures are on the way!  Welcome to October!

Resources:
Ray-
Monday- PE
Wednesday- Music
Thursday- Art

Tiberio-
Wednesday- Art & P.E.

Academics:

ELA:
This week we will take a break from Morphs to practice some 5th grade spelling words to assist with our Writing Tasks.

The list for this week's test on Friday is:
action    actor     actually    addition   agreed
allowed aloud  amendment amount  amusement
annual  appointed  arrange   attention    awhile

We WILL NOT have an RRJ this week.  We WILL have a new Social Studies ticket on the Great Depression to go along with our novel study which takes place during this time period.  This will be due on October 12.

We will continue reading Esperanza and work on Character Hearts!

The Bin of Happiness winner for the week is:  Noah!  Way to go!

New secret phrase is:


Congratulations to Kate! She was the first person to become a member of our Poet's Society by memorizing the Robert Frost poem "The Road Less Traveled".
Keep on exercising those brains and join her! :)
Math:  We are continuing to work through module 2.  We will have a mid module assessment on Friday.  Students can always work on i-Ready at home for additional practice!

Science:  We will finish up physical and chemical change this week and begin to discuss different forms of energy.  We will discuss light and sound energy this week.

Videos for Math:

Module 2 Lesson 11

Module 2 Lesson 12:

Module 2 Lesson 13:

Module 2 Lesson 14:

Week of September 24th-28th

The Book Fair will take place next week!  Family night is on Wednesday.  The deadline to order books for our class Scholastic account is Monday 9/24.  Mrs. Ray will be placing our order on that date!

Early Release one Wednesday.

Academics:

ELA: 
We have started our novel study of Esperanza Rising! This novel study will go on for the rest of the 9 weeks!  We will have text dependent questions throughout the study as well as other fun projects to support our standards.  We will also continue to have work jobs each week. RRJ's and SS tickets are due this Friday! 9/28. As always, RAHs are due on Thursdays.  Don't forget to have them signed and completely filled out!
This week we will have the Morph List #3 test on Friday! Remember to have all tests that are scored below 70% signed and returned to Mrs. Ray.

This week's winner of a trip to the "Bin of Happiness" was Jayla! The new secret phrase is:


Math:  We will work on multiplying this week as well as looking at word problems!!
Monday- Module 2 Lesson 6
Tuesday- Lesson 7
Wednesday- Lesson 9
Thursday- Lesson 10
Friday- Lesson 11
Be sure to see videos at the bottom for homework help!

Science: Students will complete another lab this week on dissolving mixtures using heat!  Students will take a test on Wednesday covering: states of matter, mixtures, solutions, and the scientific process.  We will then move into changes in matter: Chemical & Physical Changes.
 

Resources:
Ray:
Wednesday- Art

Tiberio:
Tuesday- Art
Friday- Music/Media

Week of September 17th-21st

Progress reports will go home on Monday.  Please sign and return.



Our monthly SAC meeting will take place on Tuesday in the Media Center at 6PM.  I hope to see some of our parents there (Ms. Tiberio) 😊

Fall Pictures on Wednesday!!  Bring your best smile!



Academics:

ELA:  This week we will move on to list #2 for our Morphs.  We will have this test on
Friday, 2/21.

We will have the following new work jobs which will be due on September 28.

A new RRJ with a chat.

Social Studies Ticket

RAH's are due every Thursday!  

On Thursday/Friday  we will begin our novel study of Esperanze Rising!  If you purchased the novel please be sure to bring it next week! 

The bin of happiness winner for last week was Cole!  Congratulations!

The new secret phrase is:

Write it on a sticky note and give it to Mrs. Ray for your chance to go to the Bin of Happiness!

Math:  We will begin Module 2 this week.  We will look at multiplying whole numbers.  We will also look at PEMDAS and the order of operations.


Science: We will complete 2 labs this week that will teach us how to separate mixtures.  We will also review the scientific method.

Resources:
Ray:
Tuesday- Art/Music

Friday- P.E./Music

Tiberio:
Monday- Art
Tuesday- P.E.
Thursday- Music
Friday- P.E.

Module 2 Lesson 1:

Module 2 Lesson 2:

Module 2 Lesson 3:

Module 2 Lesson 5:

Week of September 10th-14th

Science Fair: Projects will be due on November 13th.  An acknowledgement form will be sent home on Monday for you to sign and review.  This is a requirement for all 5th grade students.

Early release on Wednesday.

We hope to see everyone on Thursday at Open House.  It will begin at 6:00 pm.

Progress reports will go home on Monday, September 17th.

Fall Pictures will take place on September 19th.



Academics:

ELA:

Do you love to read? What is your favorite book or author? Well, here's your chance to order your favoites! We will be participating in SCHOLASTIC this year!  I will send home the flyers and you will have two weeks to order the books.  I encourage you to order online.
Scholastic.com/newparent
You can look for:
 Cindy Ray or use our class code: TNWR6.
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS ORDER IS    9/24/18!
Our class will receive points toward new books when you order!
Books are FUN!!! Please consider ordering!

The work jobs will remain the same this week with List #1 of our Morph's Test this Friday.  Social Studies will be due Friday as will RRJs with chats.  We will also take a Reading Comprehension Test based on the skills we have been working on so far.  It will consist of passages to read and writing responses to questions.

List #1 test Friday.

Pirate Writing!  We have had several students earn Pirate's Gold by reciting our writing poem!  The first two to do so in each homeroom were these lovely ladies, Kate and Eloisa!

 It's Pirate Writing ArBC!

                                                              Look at those smiles!

     

We will continue to work on Writing this week with Introductions, interesting leads, reasons and thesis statements and opinion statements!

Thank you to all who gave me the secret phrase from last week's blog!
The winner of a trip to the Bin of Happiness is Kaylee!
This week's secret phrase is:

Math:  We will complete Module 1 this week, students will take a test on the computer on Friday covering all of module 1.  A review sheet will go home this week for you to review with your child.  We will also begin Module 2.  Videos below for your review.

Science:  We will continue our discussion on states of matter as well as mixtures and solutions.


Resources:
Ray:
Monday- Art
Tuesday- Media

Tiberio:
Monday- Media
Wednesday- Music

Module 1 Lesson 15:

Module 2 Lesson 1:

Module 2 Lesson 2:

Box Tops Due!

Parents and students all Box tops are now due!  Please turn in any you may have around the house! Please make sure they are not expired.

Week of September 3rd-7th

  We hope everyone enjoyed the extra time off on Monday!

Open House will take place this week for students in Kindergarten, 2nd and 4th grade!  It begins at 6 PM.  We hope to see everyone next week for our Open House!

Students will finish up baseline testing in their resource classes this week.

Academics:

ELA:  This week we will begin a study of MORPHS! Common prefixes, suffixes and root word parts. We will use these words (list #1) for two weeks due to the short week and have our test on
list #1 Friday, September 10th.

New RRJ due 9/10 and new SS ticket about the Constitution due 9/10.

We will continue our study of Human Rights and get ready for our novel study!

We will be reading a wonderful novel this 9 weeks called Esperanza Rising.  I only have a class set to share with both classes. Therefore, it is very helpful for students to have their own copies.  You can purchased a used copy on Amazon for $5.00.  Also available with Barnes and Noble and Scholastic!

Finally, here is this week's secret phrase!  Write it down on a sticky note and give to Mrs.Ray.  I will pull names on Friday for a trip to the Bin of Happiness!!!!
Secret Phrase is:


Math:  We will work through finishing up module 1.  We will look at multiplying and dividing decimals this week.  Videos below to assist with nightly homework.

Science:  We will continue to learn about properties of matter


Resources:
Ray:
Wednesay-PE (wear tennis shoes)
Thursday- Music

Tiberio:
Tuesday- Music baseline
Thursday- P.E. (wear tennis shoes)
Friday- Art baseline

Module 1 Lesson 10

Lesson 11:

Lesson 13:

Lesson 14:

Thank you!!

We have had a fun week of labs this week in science!  We completed a lab about chemical changes and learning the scientific method and learning the importance of repeated trails!

Then we got to the tasty lab of is a double stuffed Oreo really double the stuffing?  Be sure to ask your child for the answer!  Thank you to all the families who donated Oreos! :)