Jan. 30-Feb 3

Thanks for the Nice Birthday Wishes, CLASS!!!

Congrats to our 5th Grade Spelling Bee Winners!

You all did an AWESoME JoB!!!

• Thurs Feb 2nd - Early Dismissal 11:35am
• Fri Feb 3rd - PTO Bingo Night 6:30-8:00pm - more info to come
• Mon Feb 13th & Wed Feb 15th - Parent/Teacher Conferences 3-6pm
• Friday, Feb 17th - P/T Conferences - NO SCHOOL
• Mon, Feb 20th - Presidents Day - NO SCHOOL
• Fri, Feb 24th - PV Movie Night - more info to come

Reading: Theme: Challenges
We will be reading and discussing how challenges relate to the songs.  We will then look at a chapter from a book called, Spirit Bear.  We will discuss challenges that the main character, Cole, is facing.  We will end our Unit 1-Challenges with a Glogster Poster about a famous person who had challenges and overcame them to become successful.


Language skills:  Theme, Conjunctions, Titles and Interjections.

Social Studies: Chapter 6-"Life in the Colonies "

Lesson 1-1700s-West Africa-The slave trade continues to grow.
Lesson 2-1723-Philadelphia-Benjamin Franklin moves to Philadelphia and works as a printer.
Lesson 3-1735-New York-The trial of John Peter Zenger wins the first victory for freedom of the press.
Lesson 4-1739-South Carolina-Enslaved people clash with slave owners in the Stono Rebellion.

Science: Chapter 15-Energy-"Energy exists in many forms and can be changed from one form to another."
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:  Unit 3:

Module 1-Whole Numbers and Decimal Place Value  
(multiply and divide by 10, base 10)

Module 2-Adding and Subtracting Decimals  
(draw and compare decimals, round and add 10ths, charting decimals and fraction equivalencies, fraction and decimal equivalencies, decimals on a number line)

Module 3-Conversions
(metric conversions, place value patterns)

Module 4-Division and the Area Model
(writing division story problems, solving student-posed story problems, division)

January 16-20, 2017

Congrats, Audrey on being our PRIDE Award 

Winner for December!!!

• Mon Jan 16th - Martin Luther King Jr Day - NO SCHOOL
• Tues Jan 17th - District Eat Out at Panera Bread 4:00-8:00pm
• Thurs Jan 19th - Vision/Hearing Screening
• Fri Jan 20th - Midterm of second trimester
• Thurs Feb 2nd - Early Dismissal 11:35am
• Fri Feb 3rd - PTO Bingo Night 6:30-8:00pm - more info to come

Reading: Theme: Challenges
We will be reading and discussing how challenges relate to the songs.  We will then look at a chapter from a book called, Spirit Bear.  We will discuss challenges that the main character, Cole, is facing.  We will end our Unit 1-Challenges with a Glogster Poster about a famous person who had challenges and overcame them to become successful.

Language skills:  Theme, Conjunctions and Interjections.

Social Studies: Chapter 6-"Life in the Colonies "

Lesson 1-1700s-West Africa-The slave trade continues to grow.
Lesson 2-1723-Philadelphia-Benjamin Franklin moves to Philadelphia and works as a printer.
Lesson 3-1735-New York-The trial of John Peter Zenger wins the first victory for freedom of the press.
Lesson 4-1739-South Carolina-Enslaved people clash with slave owners in the Stono Rebellion.

Science: Chapter 15-Energy-"Energy exists in many forms and can be changed from one form to another."
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:  Unit 3:

Module 1-Whole Numbers and Decimal Place Value  
(multiply and divide by 10, base 10)

Module 2-Adding and Subtracting Decimals  
(draw and compare decimals, round and add 10ths, charting decimals and fraction equivalencies, fraction and decimal equivalencies, decimals on a number line)

Module 3-Conversions
(metric conversions, place value patterns)

Module 4-Division and the Area Model
(writing division story problems, solving student-posed story problems, division)

January 2017-Happy New Year!

Congrats, AJ on being our PRIDE Award 

Winner for November!!!

 Congratulations to our Straight A Winners for the 1st Trimester!!!!

 

 The PV and LV Choir performing at Yorktown Mall!!!

 Off to Drury Lane Theater to see A Christmas Carol!!!

Holiday Concert at PV!!!  Nice performance!!!

Bowling FUN!!!!

Reading: Theme: Challenges
We will be reading and discussing how challenges relate to the songs.  We will then look at a chapter from a book called, Spirit Bear.  We will discuss challenges that the main character, Cole, is facing.  We will end our Unit 1-Challenges with a Glogster Poster about a famous person who had challenges and overcame them to become successful.

Language skills:  Theme, Conjunctions and Interjections.

Social Studies: Chapter 6-"Life in the Colonies "

Lesson 1-1700s-West Africa-The slave trade continues to grow.
Lesson 2-1723-Philadelphia-Benjamin Franklin moves to Philadelphia and works as a printer.
Lesson 3-1735-New York-The trial of John Peter Zenger wins the first victory for freedom of the press.
Lesson 4-1739-South Carolina-Enslaved people clash with slave owners in the Stono Rebellion.

Science: Chapter 15-Energy-"Energy exists in many forms and can be changed from one form to another."
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:  Unit 2:  Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Session 1- Using a Money Model
Session 2-Unit 2 Pretest---Money and Fractions, Fractions and Mixed Numbers, Fractions on a Clock Face, Clock Face Fractions, Adding Fractions, Equivalent Fractions on a Clock, Comparing Fractions, Subtracting Fractions
Session 3-Clock Fractions
Session 4-Introducing the Clock Fraction Game
Session 5-Which Model Works Best?

Unit 2 Math test is Friday, January 13th!