Oct. 29- 31st -- Socktober--sock drive
Oct. 29-Nov. 1—No lunch visitors
Oct. 31 – Book log due
Oct. 31 – 1920’s day for 5th Grade (Please check sign up for supplies. Kids can wear 1920’s costumes)
Nov. 2 – Spirit Day
Nov. 2 -- Bingo Night
Nov. 13 – Jekyll parent meeting from 6:00-6:30.
Grammar: We are continuing our unit on Conjunctions and Interjections. During this unit, students will learn 3 types of conjunctions (coordinating, correlative, and subordinating), review the types of sentences (simple, compound, and complex), and apply the different conjunction to the appropriate uses within those sentences. This week we will continue reviewing all 3 types of conjunctions and the types of sentences they can be found in. We will also review interjections. The test will be this Friday, November 2nd. Students will have notes in their binders, their grammar notebooks, and on Google Classroom.
Spelling: List 4 quiz will be Tuesday, Oct. 30th. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. 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: This week we will continue Informational writing. We will discuss the rubric, and the components of a good inform writing as we will continue our practice informational writing together. We will practice how to write a thesis in an introduction, how to cite a source, how to state evidence to support a thesis, how to explain evidence, and how to develop a conclusion. They will keep this example as well as the rubric as a reference.
Reading: We are continuing our nonfiction unit that includes various text features and text structures. Students will take notes on the various types of text structures. We will practice reading passages and determining the text structure used by looking for key words. Students are analyzing a biography on a historical figure. We will use these books, along with graphic novels, newspapers, and nonfiction articles, to study all the different types of text structures. We will also compare/contrast these text structures. Students will choose between Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Henry Ford and Alexander Graham Bell (depending on their reading level). While reading this novel, we will be learning the note taking technique called Cornell Notes. Students will create their Cornell Notes to assist in the understanding of the historical figure, as well as prepare for their Newspaper Project. Students will be comparing/contrasting the two inventors or their inventions along with writing a chronological article, and a cause/effect article. These will be written here at school. Newspapers are due December 6th. Newspaper Day will be on December 7th. More information will be coming soon.
If you would like extra practice for your child at home, visit the Launchpad website launchpad.fultonschools.org. There are many useful links available. One is a link for i-Ready. Your child may use this link for i-Ready for additional practice at home.
Please monitor your child’s monthly Book Log. Students are required to read two, 150 page books in October. If a student has a 300 page book, they must get it approved ahead of time to count for 1 book. The non-fiction biography can count as 1 of their 2 books for the month of October. The Book Log should be signed by a parent, and it, along with the completed book review, are due Wednesday, Oct. 31st. It must have a parent’s signature to be considered complete. If there is not a signature, it will be considered incomplete and late.