Happy Holidays!!!

Bowling-5th Grade

2015

P.R.I.D.E.!. Winner for December

Happy Holidays!  Have a super break! 
See you in 2016!

Mrs. Cushing is looking for a parent volunteer to help with a "cutting" job.  This can take place at school or at your home (items would need to be picked up.)  There is "a lot" to cut, so more than one volunteer would be great!  If you are interested, please contact her at tcushing@ccsd66.org

Math:  Unit 3-Decimals are next!

ELA/Writing: Challenge

We will be presenting our Glogsters the Tuesday-Friday we return from break.  Please be sure your Glog is perfected by then and that you are ready to present.  Do you have note cards to use as you present?  Did you practice at home?  Did you proofread?  Did you iron out any mistakes in your presentation?  Finally, did you double check your work against the RUBRIC????

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

Lesson 1-Working and Trading in the Colonies

Lesson 2-Cities, Towns, and Farms

Lesson 3-Everyday Life in the Colonies
Lesson 4--Slavery in the Colonies

Date CHANGE:  Test is Rescheduled for after winter break!!!

Science: Chapter -Owls

We will learn about the habitat of the owl and dissect owl pellets.

Have a great 2 weeks off!

See you in 2016!

Dec. 14-18, 2015

In Music, students had a mid-year talent show

What FUN!

Dates:

Tues., Dec. 15-Early Dismissal

Wed., Dec. 16-5th Grade Bowling

Fri., Dec. 18-Holiday Outing-Movie

Math:  Unit 2-Adding and Subtracting Fractions

In unit 2 we will:

Module 1-Add and Subtract Fractions by relating fractions to money and the clock

Module 2-Introducing Common Denominators

Module 3-More with Common Denominators-currently doing this Module:)

Module 4-LCMs and GCFs (least common multiples and greatest common factors), simplifying fractions and problem solving with fractions

Unit 2 TEST on THURSDAY!!!

Word Work:Unit 5

a/an=without/not   (abyss - without bottom; achromatic - without color; anhydrous - without water)

dec=ten  (decade - 10 years; decathlon - athletic contest that includes 10 disciplines in which each participant competes; December - formerly the 10th month of the Roman calendar)

derma=skin  (dermatologist - a doctor for the skin; pachyderm - a class of animals with very thick skin (elephant, rhinoceros); dermatitis - inflammation of the skin)

photo=light  (photogenic - caused by light; photograph - image made on light-sensitive film; photon - the smallest possible unit of light.)

port=to carry (export - to carry goods out of a place to another; portable - able to be carried; porter - a person who carries luggage.)

struct=to build  (construct - to build; destruction - the act of destroying something that was built; structure - something built; infrastructure - underlying framework of a system.)

DATE CHANGE:  Test will be on Tues., Dec. 15th! 

Writing: Challenge

We have all picked a person to report about for our final project.  Ask your child who they will be making a Glogster.  How did their person have challenges in life and how did they deal with them or overcome them? We are in the process of gathering background information on our person.  Have your child show you their slide on their person's background.

ELA---Research of Challenges should be finished this weekend.  They have started to put their information into their Glog.  Ask them to share this with you.  What kind of notes does your child have about their person????

We are currently researching our famous person that dealt with challenges.  Ask your child about this.

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

Lesson 1-Working and Trading in the Colonies

Lesson 2-Cities, Towns, and Farms

Lesson 3-Everyday Life in the Colonies
Lesson 4--Slavery in the Colonies

Date CHANGE:  Test is Rescheduled for after winter break!!!

Science: Chapter 6-Ecosystems and Change

Lesson 1-How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem?
Lesson 2-How Do Ecosystems Change over Time?
Lesson 3-How Do People Affect Ecosystems?

Date CHANGE:  Test Scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 17th!