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.
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.