Feb. 11-15

Feb. 11-15

Updates:

• ·          Roberts Auction - Saturday, Feb. 9
• ·         Valentine’s Day: We will not be having a party, but we will use last 20 minutes of the to pass out candy if your child wishes to do so. (27 students in the class)
• ·         Early Dismissal - Friday, Feb. 15
• ·         5th grade dance show, “So Totally 80’s.” The show will take place on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.
• ·         Spring Break March 11-15

What's Coming Up Next Week?

Math:

Analyzing dot plots, stem and leaf plots, and scatter plots.

Scatter Plot video
Stem and Leaf Plot video

Mean, Median, and Mode

Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

English/Language Arts/Reading:

Book club-  time for a project! We will be creating “Instagram” pages for one character to show how the character has changed from the beginning, middle, and to the end... Rubrics and rules will be given on Monday. Project will be due on Thursday 2/21/19.  

-Spelling Test on Friday

Quizlet Week 22

Science: Earth’s cycles and comparing Earth, the Sun, and the moon 

On the Study Jams website:  Go to the Solar System tab and watch the videos on "A Day on Earth" and "Gravity and Inertia". Study Jams

Crash course kids on youtube: A great list of videos for this unit!

Social Studies: 

Industrial Revolution invention advertisement project presentations

Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War

Exhibition: 

Continue writing research papers on our topics. The research papers will be due on March 1^st.

Feb. 4-8

Feb. 4-8

Updates:

·                     Parent University - Thursday, Jan. 24

·                     Roberts Auction - Saturday, Feb. 9

·                     Early Dismissal - Friday, Feb. 15

·                     5th grade dance show, “So Totally 80’s.” The show will take place on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

What's Coming Up Next Week?

Math:

Analyzing coordinate planes, frequency tables, bar graphs, and dot plots.

Multiplication Division One Step Equations
Create a Rule from a Table
Create a Graph from a Rule

Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

English/Language Arts/Reading:

Book club- analysis of the characters in our book and focusing on how their character traits change. We will also be identifying verbal/action/other evidence of these changes and determining whether the characters are static or dynamic within their roles. 

-Spelling Test on Friday

Quizlet Week 21

Science: 

Earth Processes and Sources of Energy Test on Wednesday, Feb. 6^th

Summative project due on Monday, February 4^th: (45 minutes will be given in class)You will research your assigned country, and analyze whether the various types of alternative energy that we have learned about would be a good investment in that region of the world. You will rank the five types of energy (solar, wind, hydrothermal, geothermal, and biofuels) from most feasible to least feasible, and describe the advantages and disadvantages to each kind in your area.

Social Studies: 

Industrial Revolution invention advertisement projects

Exhibition: 

Continue writing research papers on our topics.

Jan. 22-25

Jan. 22-25

Updates:

- Good Luck to any parents running the half or full marathon!

-NO school January 21^st – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

-5th grade dance show, “So Totally 80’s.” The show will take place on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

Bahr:

• 80’s hair band. This can be t-shirts layered with jackets. Head wraps/bands, and scrunchies for hair. Layered bottoms as well, like tights with shorts, or skirts over. This is a fun theme because so many prints and colors can be mixed with each other.
• Jump

What's Coming Up Next Week?

Math:

Application of perimeter, area, and volume formulas

Perimeter video
Area video
Volume video

Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

Equations, area, perimeter, and volume test on Wednesday, 1/30

English/Language Arts/Reading:

Text features and starting a book club! We will be completing analyzing the characters in our book and focusing on how their character traits change.

Text Structure Quiz on Friday

-Spelling Test on Friday

Quizlet Week 19

Science: 

Earth Science – Nonrenewable vs Renewable Resources

Alternative energy focus: hydroelectric, biofuels, and geothermal energy

Social Studies: 

War of 1812

Exhibition: 

Continue writing research papers on our topics. 

Jan. 14-18

Jan. 14-18

Updates:

-Early dismissal January 17^th

-NO school January 21^st – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

– Dance announcement:

Dear 5th Grade Parents:

We are getting close to our 5th grade dance show, “So Totally 80’s.” The show will take place on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. It will feature amazing music from the awesome decade.

We have been discussing costumes, and I have attached some ideas below. The attached link are just ideas to go off of. These are not a required costume to purchase. All students must wear pants that are comfortable to move in. They can be jeggings, jeans, jazz pants, black sweats, or athletic bottoms that go past the knee. Most pieces can be pulled from your child’s wardrobe they currently have.

All footwear must also be comfortable to move in, nothing heavy or bulky. Students can wear tennis shoes. For students who are in dance outside of school, they can wear their jazz shoes.

Bahr:

• 80’s hair band. This can be t-shirts layered with jackets. Head wraps/bands, and scrunchies for hair. Layered bottoms as well, like tights with shorts, or skirts over. This is a fun theme because so many prints and colors can be mixed with each other.
• Jump

What's Coming Up Next Week?

Math:

Adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplying equations with one variable 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3XzepN03KQ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyd_v3DGzTM&pbjreload=10 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDIiYKYvvdA 

Application of perimeter and area formulas

Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

English/Language Arts/Reading:

Text Structure and introduction of text features 

Text Structure Quiz on Friday

-Spelling Test on Friday

Quizlet Week 18

Science: 

Earth Science – Nonrenewable vs Renewable Resources

Alternative energy focus: solar energy

Fossil Fuels Video:Fossil Fuels Video

Social Studies: 

Westward Expansion – the different ways and reasons the United States began moving west

-Trail of Tears, Louisiana Purchase, Manifest Destiny, Gold Rush

Exhibition: 

Continue writing research papers on our topics. 

Thank you! :)

Thank you! :)

Dear students and parents,

Thank you for the wonderful and thoughtful gifts. Hope you have a restful break; 

HOW TO FIND EXTRA MATH HELP by Logging on to the Hub

To log on to the HUB, you need your student’s HISD Identification number. It is listed on every report card and standardized test result sent home. Additionally, they should have it memorized.

1.    Open Google Chrome.  (***The HUB will NOT work on Internet Explorer.) Search for “HISD Hub.”  (It may come up as “Power Up HUB.)

2.    Click “HUB Sign In.”

3.    Username is the student’s ID number with the letter “s” directly in front of it. Password is the student’s birthdate in an 8 digit format.

For example:

Username – s1234567 (s+ID #)

Password – 01012010 (for birthdate of Jan. 1, 2010.)

          If asked for a domain, the domain is “student” then a backslash

          (located above the Enter key.)   For example: student/s1234567

4.    Roberts Elementary School’s page will come up.  Click on “Digital Resources” in the top menu bar (it may be under a drop down tab labeled “More.”)

5.    Click on “Log In With Active Directory.”

Your student is now logged on to the HUB!  Click on math on the left side bar and then click on Imagine Math.

+ HISD has many computer programs and other resources available to students through the HISD “Power Up HUB.”

Math: Review conversions; Conversions assessment Wednesday; Expression

Science: Fossil Fuels

SS: Westward Expansion

Reading/ELA: Text Structure and Text Features

QuizletWeek 17

- Winter break begins December 21^st

What's Coming Up Next Week?

Math:

Customary and Metric Conversions

Ask your child about the conversion dance!

Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

English/Language Arts/Reading:

Fantasy Unit (Fairytales, Fables, Myths, Tall tales) 

We will be learning about fairytales from around the world and how different cultures portray the same fairytales we have grown up with differently. Additionally, we will create a passport book summarizing the different fairytales they read.

-Spelling Test on Friday

Quizlet Week 15

Science:  Earth Science – soil  

Study Jams Go to Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: watch Weathering & Erosion video and Landforms video.

Constructive vs Destructive Landforms

Extra: Grand Canyon Video! Super Awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBYvCJLb7tE&feature=youtu.be

Social Studies:  Bill of Rights project

Exhibition: We are beginning to pull all our information and forming an outline. Ask you children what they have learn so far from the project? Ask probing questions: how are things connected? What is the importance of the information you learned? How do you see things changing?

December 3-7

December 3-7

- Magnet Application window opens September 28^th and closes December 7^th

- Campout rescheduled to December 7^th

- Winter break begins December 21^st

What's Coming Up Next Week?

Math:

Order of operations: PEMDAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAgfnK528RA

English/Language Arts/Reading:

Figurative language, literary devices, elements and purpose of different forms of poetry.

  

-Spelling Test on Friday

Quizlet Week 14

Science:  Earth Science – rock cycle  

Study Jams Go to Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: watch Weathering & Erosion video and Landforms video.

Constructive vs Destructive Landforms

Extra: Grand Canyon Video! Super Awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBYvCJLb7tE&feature=youtu.be

Social Studies: This week we will focus on the formation of the Bill of Rights. On Friday we will begin a Bill of Rights project.  

Exhibition: Finding good pieces of research and analyzing the pieces. You and your child can access what they have done so far at home through their google docs. Also, discuss with your child some great action plans for their exhibition topics.