Important Dates
Wednesday, March 6 – AMMS Field Trip
Wednesday, March 6 – SHAMROCKED kicks off! Purchase shamrocks to support Relay for Life! Let’s Sham-rock!
Friday, March 8 – All meds for Jekyll Island Trip turned in
Sunday, March 10 – Captain Marvel Movie Fundraiser. Visit http://captain-marvel-fundraiser.cheddarup.com
Wednesday-Friday, March 13-15 – Jekyll Island Field Trip
Grammar: We will continue our unit on Word Play which will include all context clues, prefixes, suffixes, root words, and multiple meaning words (like a vocabulary unit). We will have the test when we return from Jekyll.
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 through next week.
Reading: We will continue our 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 with a parent signature. Students will have this in their binder. Students will need to read TWO 150-page books on their level.
Spelling: List 8 quiz will be Thursday, March 7th. 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.
Wednesday, March 6 – AMMS Field Trip
Wednesday, March 6 – SHAMROCKED kicks off! Purchase shamrocks to support Relay for Life! Let’s Sham-rock!
Friday, March 8 – All meds for Jekyll Island Trip turned in
Sunday, March 10 – Captain Marvel Movie Fundraiser. Visit http://captain-marvel-fundraiser.cheddarup.com
Wednesday-Friday, March 13-15 – Jekyll Island Field Trip
Grammar: We will continue our unit on Word Play which will include all context clues, prefixes, suffixes, root words, and multiple meaning words (like a vocabulary unit). We will have the test when we return from Jekyll.
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 through next week.
Reading: We will continue our 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 with a parent signature. Students will have this in their binder. Students will need to read TWO 150-page books on their level.
Spelling: List 8 quiz will be Thursday, March 7th. 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.