October 1-5

HI

It is that time!!!  Conference time!

Please follow the link below to sign up for conferences, if you haven't already!

Make sure you put your child's name in the "comments" section!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044DABA92FAA8-fall

Thanks!


Goody Basket---
Thanks for your donation this week: 
                   *Tino

Coming up this week:

Dates:
Thursday, 9/27th-Picture Day
Friday, 9/28-Book Projects should be read
Friday, 10/5-Book Project summaries are due-typed

Spelling: Lesson 5:

Monday-Pretest

Homework due Thursday

Test Friday

English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"
We will start chapter 1 this week.
*What is a Sentence?
*Four Kinds of Sentences
*Subjects and Predicates
*Subjects in Imperatives
*Conjunctions
*Run-on Sentences

TEST on UNIT 1-"The Sentence" is on Wednesday, October 3rd!

Reading: Informational Text
We have started to learn about how informational texts are set up.  We read about hurricanes this week!  Next week we will read volcanoes.  We will practice summarizing and using the context to identify the main idea of our text.

Social Studies: Chapter 4-"Spain Builds an Empire"

Lesson 1-The Voyages of Columbus and what it led to

Lesson 2-Different Worlds Collide-Spanish conquistadors establish new colonies in North America and South America

Lesson 3-Life in New Spain-Spain gaining wealth from the settlement in North America

Our Aztec masks look GREAT!!

The Chapter 4 S.S. TEST will be Fri. October 5th, so start reviewing notes and rereading textbook!

Science: Chapter 5-Energy and Ecosystems
Lesson 1:  How Do Plants Produce Food?
Lesson 2:  How is Energy Passed Through an Ecosystem?

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 3-Divide by 1 and 2 Digit Divisors
Lesson 1-Estimate with 1 Digit Divisors
Lesson 2-Divide by 1 Digit Divisors
Lesson 3-Interpreting the Remainder
Lesson 4-Zeros in Division
Lesson 5-Patterns in Division
Lesson 6-Estimate with 2 Digit Divisors
Lesson 7-Divide by 2 Digit Divisors
Lesson 8-Correcting Quotients
Lesson 9-Practice Division

Do you know your basic division facts?  Study, Study!!!

Kodi came to visit the students today...SURPRISE!!!

P.E. Class outside today!

September 24-28

The newest addition to the Spakausky Family!

8 week old "Kodi".

He is a Goldendoodle!

Maggie (top) and Roxy, (Bichon Frise dogs) not too sure about him yet!!!

If you or anyone you know, has a Goldendoodle, share some tips or pictures with me :))

Coming up this week:

Dates:
Thursday, 9/27th-Picture Day

Spelling: Lesson 4:

Monday-Pretest

Homework due Thursday

Test Friday

English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"
We will start chapter 1 this week.
*What is a Sentence?
*Four Kinds of Sentences
*Subjects and Predicates
*Subjects in Imperatives
*Conjunctions
*Run-on Sentences

Reading: Informational Text
We will finish our tall tale stories. The students are being extremely creative!!!

We will begin to read some informational text in our anthology book.  We will read several stories.  One will be about lightning and another about volcanoes.  We will practice summarizing and using the context to identify the main idea of each section of our text.

Social Studies: Chapter 4-"Spain Builds an Empire"

Lesson 1-The Voyages of Columbus and what it led to

Lesson 2-Different Worlds Collide-Spanish conquistadors establish new colonies in North America and South America

Lesson 3-Life in New Spain-Spain gaining wealth from the settlement in North America

Our Aztec masks look GREAT!!

The chapter 4 S.S. TEST will be the week of October 1st, so it's not too early to start reviewing!

Science: Science Inquiry
In science we will start with the first section about "Getting Ready for Science."
Lesson 1-What Tools Do Scientists Use?
Lesson 2-What Inquiry Skills Do Scientists Use
Lesson 3-What is the Scientific Method?

What kinds of experiments will we do this week?  Be sure to ask your child what experiment we did in class.  How did we use the scientific method with the experiment?

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 2-Multiply Whole Numbers

Lesson 1- Mental Math: Patterns in Multiples

Lesson 2- Estimate Products

Lesson 3-Multiply by 1-Digit Numbers

Lesson 4-Multiply by Multi-Digit Numbers

Lesson 5-Problem Solving: Finding a Pattern

Chapter 2 test on Wednesday, September 26th!

Enjoy the rest of our week!

September 17-21

A few pictures of the students during reading learning about similes, metaphors and hyperbole.  Ask them what each word means?

Coming up this week:

Dates:
Thursday, 9/27th-Picture Day

Spelling: Lesson 3:

Monday-Pretest

Homework due Thursday

Test Friday

English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"
We will start chapter 1 this week.
*What is a Sentence?
*Four Kinds of Sentences
*Subjects and Predicates
*Subjects in Imperatives
*Conjunctions
*Run-on Sentences

Reading: Tall Tales
We will continue to use tall tale stories to identify story structure, distinguish between exaggerated and realistic story elements, and visualize story elements We will also use context clues to define unknown words.

We will begin to write our own tall tales!  What FUN!!!  The students will complete a sloppy copy and then we will be typing the final copy on Thursday!

Social Studies: Chapter 4-"Spain Builds an Empire"
Lesson 1-The Voyages of Columbus and what it led to
Lesson 2-Different Worlds Collide-Spanish conquistadors establish new colonies in North America and South America
Lesson 3-Life in New Spain-Spain gaining wealth from the settlement in North America

We will be making Aztec masks on Monday. How Cool!

 

Science: Science Inquiry
In science we will start with the first section about "Getting Ready for Science."
Lesson 1-What Tools Do Scientists Use?
Lesson 2-What Inquiry Skills Do Scientists Use
Lesson 3-What is the Scientific Method?

What kinds of experiments will we do this week?  Be sure to ask your child what experiment we did in class.  How did we use the scientific method with the experiment?

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 2-Multiply Whole Numbers

Lesson 1- Mental Math: Patterns in Multiples

Lesson 2- Estimate Products

Lesson 3-Multiply by 1-Digit Numbers

Lesson 4-Multiply by Multi-Digit Numbers

Lesson 5-Problem Solving: Finding a Pattern

Have a Fun Fall Weekend!!!

September 10-14

Coming up this week:

Dates:

Sat., Sept. 15th-Energy Showcase at Argonne National Lab 9:00-4:00pm
                               This is a free event at Argonne with interactive demos, exhibits
                               and tours.  You must register in advance.  www.anl.gov

Tues., Sept. 11th-Red, White and Blue Day

Spelling: Lesson 2:

Monday-Pretest

Homework due Thursday

Test Friday

English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"
We will start chapter 1 this week.
*What is a Sentence?
*Four Kinds of Sentences
*Subjects and Predicates
*Subjects in Imperatives
*Conjunctions
*Run-on Sentences

Reading: Tall Tales
We will continue to use tall tale stories to identify story structure, distinguish between exaggerated and realistic story elements, and visualize story elements We will also use context clues to define unknown words.

Social Studies: Chapter 4-"Spain Builds an Empire"
We will begin with chapter 4 this year.
Lesson 1-The Voyages of Columbus and what it led to
Lesson 2-Different Worlds Collide-Spanish conquistadors establish new colonies in North America and South America
Lesson 3-Life in New Spain-Spain gaining wealth from the settlement in North America

Science: Science Inquiry
In science we will start with the first section about "Getting Ready for Science."
Lesson 1-What Tools Do Scientists Use?
Lesson 2-What Inquiry Skills Do Scientists Use
Lesson 3-What is the Scientific Method?

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 1-Place Value, Addition and Subtraction

Lesson 1-Place Value Through Millions

Lesson 2-Understanding Billions

Lesson 3-Compare and Order Whole Numbers

Lesson 4-Round Whole Numbers

Lesson 5-Estimate Sums and Differences

Lesson 6-Add and Subtract Whole Numbers

We will have a chapter 1 test on Friday, September 14th!

September 3-7

First Day pictures of the class and of the class in music class with Miss Wyse!  FUN!

Coming up this week:

Dates:

Mon., Sept. 3rd-No School
Tues., Sept. 4th-MAPS testing in Math

Wed., Sept. 5th-5th Grade Curriculum Night
Fri., Sept. 7th-MAPS testing in Reading

Sat., Sept. 15th-Energy Showcase at Argonne National Lab 9:00-4:00pm
                               This is a free event at Argonne with interactive demos, exhibits
                               and tours.  You must register in advance.  www.anl.gov

Spelling: Lesson 1:

Tuesday-Pretest

Homework due Thursday. 

Test Friday.

English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"
We will start chapter 1 this week.
*What is a Sentence?
*Four Kinds of Sentences
*Subjects and Predicates
*Subjects in Imperatives
*Conjunctions
*Run-on Sentences

Reading: Tall Tales
We will continue to use tall tale stories to identify story structure, distinguish between exaggerated and realistic story elements, and visualize story elements We will also use context clues to define unknown words.

Social Studies: Chapter 4-"Spain Builds an Empire"
We will begin with chapter 4 this year.
Lesson 1-The Voyages of Columbus and what it led to
Lesson 2-Different Worlds Collide-Spanish conquistadors establish new colonies in North America and South America
Lesson 3-Life in New Spain-Spain gaining wealth from the settlement in North America

Science: Science Inquiry
In science we will start with the first section about "Getting Ready for Science."
Lesson 1-What Tools Do Scientists Use?
Lesson 2-What Inquiry Skills Do Scientists Use
Lesson 3-What is the Scientific Method?

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 1-Place Value, Addition and Subtraction

Lesson 1-Place Value Through Millions

Lesson 2-Understanding Billions

Lesson 3-Compare and Order Whole Numbers

Lesson 4-Round Whole Numbers

Lesson 5-Estimate Sums and Differences

Lesson 6-Add and Subtract Whole Numbers

No math on Tuesday and Friday next week, due to MAPS testing!

Have a great 3 day weekend!



Welcome Back! 2012-2013

I hope you are enjoying your summer!

I am anxious to meet my new class for the 2012-2013 school year!

Enjoy the last few weeks of summer vacation and welcome to 5th grade!


It’s going to be a great year!

Please come to our open house between 1:30pm and 3:00pm on Friday, August 24th to check out your new classroom and your new teacher. Please bring all classroom supplies with you at this time. All of your supplies should be labeled with your name.

Monday, August 27th is our first full day of school!

May 28-June 1

The winner of the staff PBIS bowling assembly, Mr. Ohlsen!

Spakausky's Scoop!!!

Important Dates:

Mon. 5/28-NO SCHOOL-Memorial Day

Wed. 5/30-Reading Celebration Lunch- in Classroom

Wed. 5/30-Talent Show for students in the PM

Thus. 5/31-5th grade picnic/activity celebration in AM

Fri. 6/1-5th grade Bowling 9-11AM

Mon. 6/4-All School Picnic and Bike Show Assembly



 (At the picnic, the students will each be served 1 hot dog, 1 bag of chips, 1 water & 1 ice cream; if they would like more or something different he/she will have to bring it from home.  :)THANKS!)

Next week in fifth grade we will: 

 

Math-Chapter 17-Metric Olympics


Friday and Tuesday our math students will participate in "Metic Olympics" with Miss Trefonas's Class.  Wednesday will be the last day of math!

Spelling:Lesson 34

Lesson 34 will be pretested on Tuesday. 

We may or may not have a test on Friday, depending on behavior during this week :)



Ms. Westra and Ms. Smeltzer at the PBIS bowling assembly!



Writing-Book making-

We will use our blank books and write a creative story.

Science-Chapter 13-"Earth, Moon and Beyond!"

Lesson 1-How does Earth's Orbit Affect the Seasons?

Lesson 2-How do Earth and the Moon Compare?

Lesson 3-What Makes Up Our Solar System?

We will continue to work on our space games next week.

Test will probably be Friday, May 25th!



Social Studies-Chapter 11

"The Young U.S."

Lesson 1-1800-The federal government moves to the new capital.

Lesson 2-1805-Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean in their exploration of the West.

Lesson 3-1814-Francis Scott Key writes The "Star-Spangled Banner" while watching the battle at Fort McHenry.

Test will probably be Wed., May 30th!



Reading:  

We have finished our Fantasy books.  The students will start their Fantasy Book Project tomorrow.  They can make a Fantasy Hat or a comic strip about their book.