Jan.27-Jan. 31, 2014

Congratulations to Dominik and Sarah...they will be our two representatives in the 5th grade spelling bee!

Science Experiments on Potential and Kinetic Energy

Real Life Math---
Shopping and Estimating with store fliers during math

Book Projects:

The project is due January 28th!!!  
Hope you are making progress!  
This is a typed project!

Looking GOOD!!!

Coming up next:

Dates:

Tues. Jan. 28th-Book PROJECT due
Fri., Jan. 31st-Paul Revere Assembly
Tues. Feb. 4th-Early Dismissal-11:00AM
Mon., Feb. 10th-Diversity Assembly
Fri., Feb. 14th-Valentine's Day Party 1:30PM (bring your Valentine cards)
Mon., Feb. 17th-No School-President's Day
Fri., Feb. 28th-No School-Institute Day

Spelling: Lesson 17 :

Lesson 17 is next!

Pretest on Monday!

Homework due on Thurs.

Test will be Friday!

English: Chapter 5-Capitalization and Punctuation

We will finish up our prediction stories and then we will continue on with Chapter/Unit 5 on capitalization and punctuation.

Lesson 1-Correct Sentences-done

Lesson 2-Proper Nouns-done

Lesson 3-Commas in a Series-done

Lesson 4-More Uses for Commas-done

WE will pick up with interjections!!!

Lesson 5-Interjections

Lesson 6-Quotations

Lesson 7-Abbreviations

Lesson 8-Titles

CH. 5 English TEST-Thurs. Jan. 30th!

Reading: Historical Fiction with our skills in Author's Viewpoint and Author's Purpose

Historical Fiction unit:

We have read two stories in our anthology.  While reading, we focused on the skills of cause and effect, author's purpose and author's viewpoint.  We will continue to discuss these skills when we start our historical fiction novels next week.

Social Studies: Chapter 7-

S.S. TEST on Ch. 6-Monday, Jan. 27th!

Next, we will start chapter 7-"The Fight for a Continent".   

We will learn about:

Lesson 1-New Mexico-Th Pueblo leader Pope' leads a revolt against the Spanish

Lesson 2:  New Orleans-The French establish a port city near the mouth of the Mississippi

Lesson 3 :Fort Necessity-George Washington's troops lose a battle to French soldiers

Science: Ch. 15-ENERGY
Energy exists in many forms and can be changed from one form to another.

We will learn:

Lesson 1: What Are Kinetic and Potential Energy?

Lesson 2:  What Are Some Forms of Energy?

Lesson 3:  How is Heat Transferred?

Lesson 4:  How Do People Use Energy Resources?

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: 

CH. 5-DECIMALS----

Chapter 5-: Add and Subtract Decimals

Common Core State Standards:

5.NBT.4-Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.

5.NBT.7:  Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

Week of Jan. 20th!

Lesson 1-Round Decimals

Lesson 2-Add and Subtract Decimals

Lesson 3-Problem Solving-Estimate or Exact Answers
QUIZ

Starting here the week of Jan. 27th!

Lesson 4-Add Decimals Using Base-Ten Blocks

Lesson 5-Add Decimals Using Models
Lesson 6-Add Decimals
QUIZ

Lesson 7-Addition Properties

Lesson 8-Subtract Decimals Using Base-Ten Blocks

Lesson 9-Subtract Decimals Using Models

Lesson 10-Subtract Decimals

TEST