March 3-7, 2014

Happy March!!!

Working on cloud mobiles!

Ask your child to tell you about the three different types of clouds and what characteristics make up each type.

Coming up next:

Dates:

Fri., Feb. 28th-No School-Institute Day
ISAT tests:  
Tues., March 4-Math Test 1
Wed., March 5-Reading Test 1 and Math Test 2
Thurs., March 6-Reading Test 2
Fri., March 7-Math Test 3
Mon., March 10-Reading Test 3
Mon., March 10-Conference Week
Thurs., March 13-End of Trimester 2
Mon., March 17-No School-Conferences
Tues., March 18-No School-Teacher Work Day
Fri., March 28-Naperville Settlement Field Trip for 5th grade
Mon., March 31-Fri., April 4-No School-Spring Break

Spelling: Lesson 21 :

Lesson 21 is next!

Pretest on Monday!

Homework due on Thurs. WB pages 29-30-31

Test will be Friday!

English: Unit 3-Verbs

Lesson 1-Action Verbs

Lesson 2-Direct Objects

Lesson 3-Main Verbs and Helping Verbs

Lesson 4-Linking Verbs

Lesson 5-Present Tense

Lesson 6-Past Tense

Lesson 7-Future Tense

Lesson 8-Subject-Verb Agreement

Test 1-Tues., March 4th!!!

Lesson 9-Agreement with be and have

Lesson 10-Contractions with NOT

Lesson 11-Regular and Irregular Verbs

Lesson 12-More Irregular Verbs

Lesson 13-Verb Phrases with HAVE

Lesson 14-when to use teach, learn; let, leave

Lesson 15-when to use sit, set; can, may

Test 2

Reading: Historical Fiction Novels

We will be creating a "Cereal Box" book report in school.  The students will be working with a partner on this final project.  We will be using the googledoc to record our information before we print it for our boxes.  The students will be able to work with their partner from home and edit their work on the computer.

Social Studies: Chapter 7-

Chapter 7-"The Fight for a Continent".   

We will learn about:

Lesson 1-New Mexico-The 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

TEST will most likely will be the week of March 10th, so it is never too early to start studying notes!!!

Science: Ch. 1-Weather and the Water Cycle

Lesson 1-What Causes Weather?
Lesson 2-What Conditions Affect the Water Cycle?
Lesson 3-How Can Patterns in Weather Be Observed?

Learn about weather at home at:

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/

TEST will most likely will be the week of March 10th, so it is never too early to start studying notes!!!

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: 

We will start Ch. 6 on Monday.  This chapter is about multiplying and dividing decimals!

CH. 6-DECIMALS----

Chapter 5-: Multiply and Divide Decimals

Common Core State Standards:

5.NBT.2-Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10.  Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.

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

5.NBT.5: Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

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 Feb. 10th
Lesson 1-Estimate products of whole numbers and decimals
Lesson 2-Hands-on: Use models to multiply
Lesson 3-Multiply decimals by whole numbers

Week of Feb. 17

Lesson 4-Hands-on: use models to multiply decimals
Lesson 5-Multiply decimals
Quiz
Lesson 6-Multiply decimals by powers of 10

Week of March 3rd

Lesson 7-Problem Solving-look for a pattern