December 19- January 3 2017!

* Thank you all so much for the thoughtful gifts! It is certainly appreciated. I do feel very spoiled.

I hope that everyone has a safe, restful, and rejuvenating holiday break.

See everyone in the new year.

Math: N/A

Reading: Reading log. Each student will get a reading log over the break. They are to just read a total of eight days. Of course, they may do Think Through Math, IStation, or MyOn instead of reading a book.

Science:   

Social Studies: 

* Food Bank on Wednesday. Please have your child wear their red Roberts t-shirt, closed toe shoes, and jeans. They will also have to bring their canned donation as well. 

*Holiday Party: This Thursday from 1:30-2:30.  We will watch the movie Elf and have some snacks!  I can only have 3 parents attend, so please let me know if you plan on attending (first come first serve), but since it is only a movie and snacks I do not need that much assistance, so please do not feel pressure to help out!  You have already been so gracious donating the snacks for the party.

*Redos and extra credit due Friday!!!!

Math: Area, Perimeter, and Volume.  Here are a couple of videos on how to calculate volume: Volume as Base Area times Height 

Understanding Volume as Cubic Units

Go Math 9.1-9.4 and 12.2

Reading: Inferences 

Spelling Test on Friday

Science: Review   

Social Studies: 1500-1800 Review

* Food Bank on Wednesday. Please have your child wear their red Roberts t-shirt, closed toe shoes, and jeans. They will also have to bring their canned donation as well. 

*Holiday Party: This Thursday from 1:30-2:30.  We will watch the movie Elf and have some snacks!  I can only have 3 parents attend, so please let me know if you plan on attending (first come first serve), but since it is only a movie and snacks I do not need that much assistance, so please do not feel pressure to help out!  You have already been so gracious donating the snacks for the party.

*Redos and extra credit due Friday!!!!

Math: Area, Perimeter, and Volume.  Here are a couple of videos on how to calculate volume: Volume as Base Area times Height 

Understanding Volume as Cubic Units

Go Math 9.1-9.4 and 12.2

Reading: Inferences 

Spelling Test on Friday

Science: Review   

Social Studies: 1500-1800 Review

 I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving and time to relax and reenergize for the rest of the semester! On Friday, our students will be taking a field trip to visit Pershing Middle School. Please have them wear their red Roberts t-shirt. 

Math: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions and Whole numbers 

Review for Test: Wednesday, November 30

Thursday: We begin converting customary measurements (Go Math 13.2) SO exciting! Ask your child about the conversion dance!
Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

Reading

Our main focus this week will be writing our outline and our Exhibition 5 paragraph essays. We will discuss transitions and have a small quiz on types of transition on Friday.

Quizlet and Spelling Test this week.

https://quizlet.com/_2spuc2

Science: Forms of energy

Thermal Energy will be our focus this week.  The rest of the week we will be reviewing for the Forms of Energy Unit Test. The Test will be Thursday, December 1. The students have plenty of materials to prepare for this test. (Science journal, study guide, Science Fusion book)

Studyjams.com has awesome videos that your child can watch to help review, and always the science journal has everything they need!  Go to the Energy and Light section, watch the videos titled Heat, Light, Light Absorption/ Reflection/ Refraction. Science Study Jams

Social Studies:  We are finishing up the Branches of Government and then we will be learning about the Bill of Rights. They will have a newspaper and a group project. The project consists of each group taking a court case that violated a specific amendment.

November 14-November 22

November 14-November 22

Students will be taking the CoGAT on the Tuesday, the 15^th. Please make sure your child goes to bed on time, and has a good breakfast. Do NOT be late! 

Wednesday will be a half-day! 12:30 Dismissal! 

Math: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions and Whole numbers 

Go Math 6.1-6.4

Monday and Tuesday 21/22 Go Math 6.6/6.7

Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

Reading:  Poetry Unit! The students will have daily poetry homework and a poetry project.

Poetry project consists of students picking a poem to dissect (essay format) and memorize to present to the class. Projects are due November 21 (Monday) Please help your child practice memorizing their poem.

They will also be learning about the different elements of poetry and figurative language (Quiz on November 22/Tuesday before Thanksgiving Break).

Quizlet and Spelling Test this week.

https://quizlet.com/_2rpy33

Science: Forms of energy

Light and Sound will be our focus this week.  There will be a small quiz on light and energy on Tuesday, November 22 /Tuesday before Thanksgiving Break). 

Studyjams.com has awesome videos that your child can watch to help review, and always the science journal has everything they need!  Go to the Energy and Light section, watch the videos titled Heat, Light, Light Absorption/ Reflection/ Refraction. Science Study Jams

Social Studies:  We will be learning about the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution and Branches of Government this week! Students will compare the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. The students will have an open notes 10 question quiz on this Tuesday, November 22/Tuesday before Thanksgiving Break. This quiz will be based off the newspaper they will receive next week.

No school November 23-25! Have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving!!! 

November 7

November 7

Thursday, November 10 is the Fifth Grade Performance. They have worked so hard, and are ready to show off their talents. The students will meet us in our classrooms at 6:15. Please have them dressed in a red, white, or blue tshirt with jeans. Preferably the red Roberts t-shirt. See you there!

Math: Multiplying Fractions and Whole numbers 

Go Math 6.1-6.3 

Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

Reading:  We are starting our Poetry Unit! The students will have daily poetry homework and a poetry project over the next two weeks…

This week, the students will learn about two forms of poetry and create their own poems. The project consists of students picking a poem to dissect and memorize to present to the class. We will be picking poems on Monday. If you and your child have a favorite poem, bring it to class on Monday!

They will also be learning about the different elements of poetry and figurative language (Quiz on November 18).

Quizlet and Spelling Test this week.

https://quizlet.com/_2qgnez

Science: Forms of energy

Mechanical and Electrical Energy will be our focus this week.  There will be a small quiz on electrical energy on Friday (they will need to know the difference between open/closed circuits and series vs parallel circuits).

Social Studies:  Revolutionary War Unit Test on November 10

Students will receive a study guide on Monday to help them study for the test. 

Halloween!!!

Halloween!!!

Fun Run will be Friday November 4^th. Please have your child dress accordingly. 

Math: Addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators (LCM and GCF) TEST ON FRIDAY- Go Math lessons 5.3, 5.6, and 5.7 

Visual Model of Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Adding and Subtracting Fractions Math Antics
Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

Reading:  Historical Fiction Book Clubs end on Monday; We begin our book club project; they will be due on FRIDAY

Book Club Project- every student will create a double historical fiction timeline. The timeline will be comparing both the events in their novel and events that occurred in history. CREATIVITY IS PART OF THE RUBRIC.

Grammar-Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Quizlet and Spelling Test this week.

https://quizlet.com/_2pci7u

Science: Forms of energy

This week we will focus on introducing Energy (energy is never destroyed or created) and mechanical energy (potential vs kinetic) There will be a small quiz on potential vs kinetic energy on Friday.

Social Studies: We will be reviewing all week to lead up to our Revolutionary War Unit Test on November 10

Here are this week's objectives:

Math: Dividing Decimals.

Unit test on Multiplication and Division of Decimals on Wednesday

Starting on Thursday- addition and subtraction of fractions with different denominators. Here are some great videos for review of that objective:
Visual Model of Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Adding and Subtracting Fractions Math Antics
Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

Reading: Historical Fiction Book Clubs end on Friday; We begin our book club project NEXT Monday, they will be due on Thursday

Book Club Project- every student will create a double historical fiction timeline. The timeline will be comparing both the events in their novel and events that occurred in history. CREATIVITY IS PART OF THE RUBRIC.

-Plot structure

-Adjectives

Quizlet and Spelling tests this week!  

https://quizlet.com/_2o67cm

Science: End of sources of Energy Unit - Test on Friday

REMEMBER!!! Energy doesn't go anywhere...it just takes different forms!

We will start Forms of Energy on Monday

What is Energy?

Social Studies: Leaders and Battles of the American Revolution

Quiz on Thursday- Leaders of the American Revolution; All notes and needed information is in their social studies journal 

October 17

October 17

*International Festival: This Friday we have an altered schedule day.  The students will be released at 12:30.  The International Festival starts at 3:00.  I hope to see you all there!

Math: Division of decimals by whole numbers (create area models and pictorial models to show the quotients of decimals and whole numbers)  

Shading Model Divide Decimals by Whole Numbers

Drawing a model for Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers
Problem Solving Quiz on Friday

*There will be a Unit test on Multiplication and Division of Decimals on Wednesday October 26th.

Reading: Historical fiction novels

-Verbs

-Types of Conflict

-Quizlet and Spelling Test this week

https://quizlet.com/_2n0ett

Science:  Alternative Energy: Geothermal, Solar, Wind, Biomass/Biofuels, Hydroelectric.  

Check out: Science Study Jams Go to Energy Light and Sound: watchRenewable Fuels.

Social Studies: Revolutionary War Heroes

Exhibition:  If you have time, visiting your local library and having your child check out books based on their topics would be extremely helpful.

REDOES!!! They will be due next Thursday. Please try to turn them in as early as possible. 

October 10

PARENTS: REMEMBER TUESDAY IS A HALF DAY AND THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY

Math: We are continuing multiplication of decimals and whole numbersMultiplication/division skills with problem solving

Go Math 3.3-3.6

Reading: Continuing Revolutionary War nonfiction book club

Grammar: Singular and Possessive Nouns

Spelling test this Friday

Quizlet test on Friday
Author’s Purpose quiz on Friday

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_2lwm6m

Science:  Alternative Energy

-Wind energy

-Solar Energy

Social Studies:  Causes of the Revolutionary War

Exhibition: This week our wonderful University of Houston Mentors started working with us! The kids will continue to conduct research on their topics. If you have time, visiting your local library and having your child check out books based on their topics would be extremely helpful.

October 3

October 3

Exhibition: This week the students will be given their topic (look for the permission slip to coming home today).  We will be developing our Central Idea under How We Express Ourselves, develop our lines of inquiry, and review researching skills in order to get started!  

Math: We will have a quiz on Wednesday on multiplying and dividing of whole numbers

Beginning on Thursday: Multiplication of decimals and whole numbers(We will be going back to the orange Go Math books lessons 3.1 and 3.2)

Multiplication/division skills with problem solving

à If your child does not have their multiplication facts memorized please help them memorize them. All the concepts we learn become a lot more difficult if they do not have them memorized and can recall them quickly.
Problem solving quiz Friday

Reading: Plagiarism, text features, and Revolutionary War nonfiction book club starts on Monday

Grammar: Singular and Possessive Nouns

Spelling test this Friday

Quizlet test on Friday
Text Features quiz on Friday (We will begin learning the different types of text features on Monday)

https://quizlet.com/_2kpsu1

Science:  Natural Resources

• -       renewable vs. nonrenewable resources
• -       how those resources are used by people today
• -       creation and use of fossil fuels

Science Study Jams  *Scroll to the Energy, Light, and Sound section.  Watch these 3: Fossil Fuels, Natural Resources, Renewable Fuels.

Social Studies: French and Indian War and Causes of the Revolutionary War

**At end of the week ask your child what their perspective is on the French and Indian War! 

Sep. 26

Sep. 26

Reading: Book club book Projects start Monday and will be due Thursday.

We will be discussing different types of perspective.

Nouns

There a spelling test and quizlet this Friday.

https://quizlet.com/_2jo8tw

Math: This week we are covering multiplication.  We will review with the students how to multiply by two digit numbers this week.  Your child has notes in their math journals to review as well as any of the videos I have posted on my blog.  Here are two videos on multiplication: Multiplication by 1-digit numbers  Multiplication by 2-digit numbers

WE WILL NOT BE USING GO MATH WORKBOOKS THIS WEEK, INSTEAD WE WILL BE SWITCHING OVER TO SINGAPORE MATH; THESE ARE THE BLUE WORKBOOKS.

Problem Solving Quiz on Friday!

Science:  Solubility, Mixtures, and Solutions 

Study Jams: Mixtures

TED-ed Mixtures: 

How to Separate Mixtures and Solutions based on Properties

Matter Unit Test (review videos from past blogs); we will also be reviewing all week.

The best resource your child has to study for the test is their science journal!

Social Studies:  13 Colonies Project Due on Monday

We will be learning about the important leaders of the colonial period. There will be a very small quiz on the 13 colonies on Friday. This quiz will come straight from your child’s newspaper. Please review the newspaper with them before the quiz.