Tomorrow we start ITBS testing. It will last until Wednesday, September 21st. Our lunch will be 12:06-12:36 during testing so we will have our snack earlier in the day. Make sure your child is going to bed early and eating a healthy breakfast those mornings! In the afternoons we will be doing math every day and alternating the other subjects. Next week will be a lot of review of what we have done this year as we get ready for a week off.
Reading: We have finished The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. We will be watching the movie during our lunch and after testing some days to compare and contrast the plots, setting and characters. We will also do a few summative activities focusing on character traits and change in character.
Writing: Our opinion unit is going well! The students have done a great job on their advertisements and book reviews. Next week we will be writing letters to share our opinions with our audience in mind! After the break we are going to look at some opinion pieces and work on creating pro/con lists to prepare for their own opinion essays. Some issues we will look at are: Is it safe to play Pokemon Go? Should children be allowed to play football? Should school cafeterias serve flavored milk? Are zoos helpful or harmful for animals?
I will post some of the articles we read to the blog. You can also stay up to date on Twitter by following @yellowbrick5th !
Math: We have worked on many different multiplication strategies this week (lattice, area model, partial products, and standard algorithm). We will be moving on to division strategies next week.
Social Studies: Students have done a great job researching different battles and events during the Civil War. The fifth grade standard says students should know Fort Sumter, Battle of Gettysburg, The Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, and Appomattox Courthouse. Groups will be presenting on each of these events next week. We are also going to study some famous people during The Civil War. We will move on to Reconstruction after the break.
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