Friday, February 24, 2012

February 27-March 2

Reading Program-Not Optional-All Sheets due Feb. 27th
Book 1 - Newberry Award Winner and summary sheet
Book 2-Mystery -at least 100 pages and mystery poster colored and filled out
Book 3-Biography-at least 100 pages-character wheel sheet filled out



Kane County Cougars-Ozzie's Reading Club-Optional
Third base to this optional reading program is Feb 25th!
Fourth base is due March 10th!
Don't forget a parent signature!



Important Dates:


Monday, February 27th-Reading Program sheets for 2nd trimester are due!!!
Tuesday, February 28th-Early Release 11:00AM
Wednesday, February 29th-Social Studies American Revolution Project due!!!
Friday, March 2nd-End of 3rd Trimester
Monday, March 5th-No School
Week of March 5th -ISAT's BEGIN :)


Next week in fifth grade we will: 


Math:  Number Theory-Chapter 11

*WE WILL:
-Multiples and LCM
-Divisibility
-Factors and GCF
-Prime and Composite Numbers
-Exponents
-Prime Factorization

Spelling:
L 23-Pretest will be Monday!
Work due on Thursday!
Test on Friday! 


English-Adjectives-Unit 4
Ask your child what an adjective is? 
What is an article and how is it used in a sentence?

Science:
Chapter 11-Weather
In this chapter we will learn about:
*Lesson 1-What Causes Weather?
*Lesson 2-What Conditions Affect the Water Cycle?
*Lesson 3-How Can Patterns in Weather Be Observed?



 
Social Studies-Chapter 9
*Winning the Revolution
1776-The Declaration of Independence
1778-Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey
1781-Yorktown, VA-The British Surrender to the Americas
Social Studies project is due Wednesday, Feb. 29th!!!



Reading:  
We will be doing literature circles for the next few weeks. There will be four different groups and they will be having lively discussions about their books.  Each night they will have a written task to do with the chapters that they read.


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