Important Dates
Wednesday, Feb. 27 – Yellow AMMS forms due to homeroom teacher Wednesday, Feb. 27 –Spring Picture Day (No money is due at this time. Each student will be photographed, and a proof will be send home to preview before purchase. The form that went home has choices of background, if you wish to choose a specific one.) Thursday, February 28 – Read Across America Day – Dr. Seuss’ Birthday! Students may dress as their favorite Dr. Seuss character Friday, March 1 – Boosterthon Fun Run and Spirit Day (Funrun times will be announced depending on the weather.) Friday, March 1 – AMMS Field Trip forms due Wednesday, March 6 – AMMS Field Trip Wednesday-Friday, March 13-15 – Jekyll Island Field Trip Grammar: Today we started our next unit called Word Play which will include all context clues, prefixes, suffixes, root words, and multiple meaning words (like a vocabulary unit). We will have a test in a few weeks. Writing: We have finished learning about the three genres needed for 5th grade (narrative, informational, and opinion). So, we are now starting to review each genre by spending approximately two to three weeks on each genre, starting with narrative. This week we’ll continue practicing writing endings to a narrative and rewriting weak narratives by adding dialogue. We will begin reviewing Inform towards the end of the this week, and the beginning of next. Reading: Today we started a new unit on poetry. Students will learn the structural elements (stanzas, lines, rhyme scheme, and figurative language) and how to identify the story elements (POV, theme, and tone) in a poem. We’ll also be comparing and contrasting two poems and their topics/themes. There will be a class novel for this unit (Out of the Dust). The novel is written in free verse poetry, and it takes place during the dust bowl/Great Depression. We will review story elements and figurative language with this novel, as well as tie it into our Poetry unit. For their March Book Logs, this class book can count for one of their two books. These will be due at the end of March. The February book review has been passed out. Students will have this in their binder. Students will need to read TWO 150-page books on their level and this will be due on Thursday, February 28th with parent signature. Spelling: List 8 was passed out last week. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. On this quiz, we will begin including 5 review words from past lists. Students will have 15 words from the current pattern, and 5 review words from a previous pattern. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website: https://www.spellingcity.com/pratta. The spelling quiz will be next week. Happy Monday!!
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to my “Half-Birthday” treat today! I was so surprised! What a great way to start a Monday! Thank you for making me feel special!!! Important Dates: Wednesday, February 13 – Spelling Quiz 7 Thursday, February 14 – Verb Tense Test Thursday, February 14 – Valentine Exchange Thursday, February 14 -- Show the LOVE -- wear Red/Pink or your favorite Valentine's Gear and donate a $1 to Relay for Life! Friday, February 15 – Tuesday, February 19 – No School Wednesday, February 20 – Boosterthon Pep Rally Friday, February 22 – Folklore Test Wednesday, February 27 – Spring Pictures Thursday, February 28 – Read Across America Day—Dress as favorite Dr. Seuss Character Friday, March 1 – Boosterthon Fun Run On Valentine's Day we will be exchanging Valentine cards. This activity is optional, and it is not a party. If you choose to participate, please be sure to include enough valentines for each student in our homeroom class. There are 29 kids in the HOMEROOM class. I will send a list home this week with names. Additionally, if you want to bring in a decorated bag or box to collect them in that is fine! You can also just send in a plastic bag for all of them, whatever is easiest. Grammar: This week we will conclude our unit on verbs and verb tense. Before the test we will review action verbs (direct objects and singular/plural spellings), linking verbs, helping verbs, verb phrases, and subject-verb agreement, Participles/Principal Parts of verbs, and the 6 verb tenses (present, past, future, past-perfect, present-perfect, and future-perfect). These perfect tenses can be confusing, so please encourage your students to study a bit each night. The test will be Thursday, February 14th. Spelling-List 7 quiz will be on Wednesday. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. On this quiz, we will begin including 5 review words from past lists. Students will have 15 words from the current pattern, and 5 review words from a previous pattern. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website: https://www.spellingcity.com/pratta. Writing: We will begin reviewing all 3 previous genres of writing. We will be spending approximately two to three weeks on each genre, starting with narrative. This week we will continue reviewing the structure of narrative and the story elements within each part (beginning, middle and end). Students are practicing using the elements of a narrative to write their own folktales, legends and fables. Students will practice writing a quality beginning to a story, including quality character descriptions, setting description and the introduction to a conflict. Reading: We will continue our Folklore (dramas, fables, folktales, fairytales, myths, and legends). Students will be reviewing what makes a folktale a folktale, attributes of all folklore, as well as the structure of dramatic literature. We will also be reviewing all of the story elements, theme, setting, characterization, conflict resolution, and tone/mood. This week we will continue focusing on folktales, fables, myths, and legends. We will also continue working on constructive responses related to our Folklore unit. Students need to use the TEACH strategy to write complete responses to answer questions related to the text. We will also be working with comparing/contrasting stories and their characters. The February book review has been passed out. Students should keep this in their binder. Students will need to read TWO 150-page books on their level and this will be due on Thursday, February 28th with parent signature. If your student has questions on their book, please remind them to come chat with me! Hello Dolvin Parents,
If you or your child would like to surprise someone (maybe a friend, teacher or administrator) with a special note on Valentine’s Day, a Valentine Gram is the perfect way to do it! The student council is currently selling Valentine Grams through Wednesday, Feb. 13th from 7:10-7:35 in the morning. They may be purchased in the first grade hall outside Ms. Anderson’s room (Room 212), inside Ms. Mentzer’s room (Room 301) and in the fourth/fifth grade hall near the Discovery Lab. The Valentine Gram sale is open to all 1st-5th graders and is a fund-raiser for the 2019 Dolvin Student Council. Students may purchase a Valentine Gram for $1.00 which will consist of a hand-written note and a small toy. (All notes will be read by a teacher – no secret admirers please.) All Valentine Grams will be delivered the afternoon of Thursday, February 14th, Valentine’s Day. Thank you! Hello!!
Important Dates: Thursday, January 31-February 8th – PIE WARS Relay for Life fundraiser Wednesday, February 6 – International Day (Students are encouraged to wear something representing their heritage and/or culture!) Friday, February 8 – Jekyll Permission slips due (Also, please contact Jekyll if your child has a food allergy or other food needs. See the packet for more information.) Thanks! Thursday, February 14 – Valentine Exchange Friday, February 15 – Tuesday, February 19 – No School Wednesday, February 20 – Boosterthon Pep Rally Wednesday, February 27 – Spring Pictures Thursday, February 28 – Read Across America Day—Dress as favorite Dr. Seuss Character Friday, March 1 – Boosterthon Fun Run On Valentine's Day we will be exchanging Valentine cards. This activity is optional, and it is not a party. If you choose to participate, please be sure to include enough valentines for each student in our homeroom class. There are 29 kids in the HOMEROOM class. I will send a list home this week with names. Additionally, if you want to bring in a decorated bag or box to collect them in that is fine! You can also just send in a plastic bag for all of them, whatever is easiest. Grammar: We will continue our unit on verbs and verb tense. We will continue to review action verbs (direct objects and singular/plural spellings), linking verbs, helping verbs, verb phrases, and subject-verb agreement, Participles/Principal Parts of verbs. This week we will continue working on the 3 perfect tenses (past-perfect, present-perfect, and future-perfect). These perfect tenses can be confusing, so please encourage your students to study a bit each night. There will be a unit test in a few weeks. Spelling-List 7 was passed out last week. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. On this quiz, we will begin including 5 review words from past lists. Students will have 15 words from the current pattern, and 5 review words from a previous pattern. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website: https://www.spellingcity.com/pratta. The quiz will be next week. Writing: We will begin reviewing all 3 previous genres of writing. We will be spending approximately two to three weeks on each genre, starting with narrative. This week we are reviewing the structure of narrative and the story elements within each part (beginning, middle and end). Reading: We will continue our Folklore (dramas, fables, folktales, fairytales, myths, and legends). Students will be reviewing what makes a folktale a folktale, attributes of all folklore, as well as the structure of dramatic literature. We will also be reviewing all of the story elements, theme, setting, characterization, conflict resolution, and tone/mood. This week we will continue focusing on folktales, fables and myths. This week we will also be working on constructive responses related to our Folklore unit. Students need to use the TEACH strategy to write complete responses to answer questions related to the text. We will also be working with comparing/contrasting stories and their characters. The February book review will be passed out tomorrow. Students should keep this in their binder. Students will need to read TWO 150-page books on their level and this will be due on Thursday, February 28th with parent signature. If your student has questions on their book, please remind them to come chat with me! |
AuthorI am Ms. Pratt, a 5th grade teacher, in Johns Creek, Georgia. This is my 18th year teaching. I enjoy the beach, sports, photography, and laughing with my students! We are a Prattastic family that will grow, learn and have fun this year! Archives
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