Dear Parents and Students,
January Standards Overview-
Communication folder (blue)-Student will continue to place daily work and assignments in their communication folders. Graded work will continue to go home on Mondays. All students will need to utilize a planner to record weekly assignments. This will allow you the opportunity to check in on the work assigned.
Language Arts: Presentations will be given in class this week on Wed., and Thursday. Students must have their poems memorized! The top three or four students will be awarded advancement to our school oral presentation chapel. Grades will be based on a rubric scores and advancements made by outside judges based on presentations and scoring.Standard: L05S2.3 – Oral responses
Writing-During this third quarter, students will learn how to write creative short stories by using the Excellence in Writing techniques. In February, students will become Young Authors and create their own stories. Standards: L05W1.1 – Multiple-paragraph narrative compositions, L05W1.1.a – Establish and develop a situation or plot, L05W1.1.b – Describe the setting, L05W1.1.c – Present an ending
Reading-
1. Teacher read aloud: Timothy of the Cay
2. Independent Reading: Biography-book cubes are due Jan. 31.
Bible: Study of the Four Gospels
Memory Verse: No memory verse test this week as we will make an art project with the Fruit of the Spirit! Galatians 5:22-23
Math:
Common Core: Week #2-Seeing percents in real life problems
Unit of Study: Geometry and Measurements (5th grade will include multiply/divide of fractions), Khan Academy
Science 3rd Quarter: Students should know each food group and the main nutrients of each group and the digestive system functions. We will have our first test on these concepts this Thursday. They have study materials in their folders.
Social Studies:
5th grade will begin a study on US States and Capitals.
6th grade will be given a World Map and begin a study on countries.
There are many ways for students to study: flash cards, interactive web based programs, puzzles, ect. An assessment will be given at the end of the 3rd quarter. I will incorporate five states or countries each week or learning.
Spelling and Vocabulary:
Spelling Unit 21-Sounds of schwa “r”
- hangar
- error
- grammar
- director
- partner
- consumer
- burglar
- cedar
- monitor
- rumor
- whimper
- vinegar
- computer
- vapor
- author
- prisoner
- traitor
- beggar
- trader
- lumber
Vocabulary: multi-
- multicultural
- multilateral
- multilingual
- multimedia
- multiply
- multitude
- multiuse
- multivitamin
January Calendar:
Martin Luther King Remembrance-Jan.20 No School