Project Impact:

Our final project will be to walk the Rock Island Trail and pick up litter. We will be going on Tuesday to pick up trash. In edition, we will stop and play at a park and enjoy a picnic lunch. Please check out the note that went home today!

Wildcat: Evan

Project Impact:

Our final project will be to walk the Rock Island Trail and pick up litter.

Wildcat: Yash

Grammar: 

• We will review the skills that we have learned this year! We will play the ball game often! It will be a lot of FUN!

Writing:

• • Check out the video that we created for next year’s class. It is a newscast all about 5A! The students worked hard and it turned out great.
  • We will now focus on the memory books. Each student will get a chance to create his/her own book as a keepsake.
  • Please bring in any pictures students may want to add to make the book a great keepsake.

Math: 

• We will continue to focus on the 5th grade learning standards and make sure that students feel comfortable with them.
• There will be a lot of review games this week!
  • • Don’t forget to encourage them to work on the Freckle.com domains! If they complete all 5, they will earn a pizza party! 
    • The last day to complete all of the Freckle domains will be Friday, May 24! We will have our pizza party the following week. 
    • Melaina, Humza, and Yash have all completed all of the levels!!!  

WINN time: 

We will be using our WINN time to prepare for our Lip Sync. I hope that you can join us on Friday, May 24 at 1 pm!

Science:

• We are working hard on our rockets. Please ask your child about his/her rocket progress.
• Weather permitting, the rocket launch will be on the afternoon of May 23rd.

Social Studies.

• Our next study will be the roaring 20s and the Great Depression.
  • It will be a quick overview.
  • There will be no test.
  • Just in class activities
• Then we will study WWII briefly.

If you ever need anything, please don’t hesitate to contact me at anytime.

Project Impact:

Relay Recess was a great success. We hope that the students enjoyed all of our service projects this year and that it sparks the interest to get involved in the community and at DVMS.

Our final project will be to walk the Rock Island Trail and pick up litter.

Wildcat: Josh

Brag Tags: Melainna, Ella, Adric, Lauren, Grace 

• Our second block of 20 minutes will be spent reading a new novel, Number the Stars. We will discuss this book in class, read at home and in class, and answer comprehension questions.
• This book is about WWII. We will also do a lot of text to text comparisons with our read alouds, Resistance, and this new book, Number the Stars.
• Our third block of 20 minutes will be spent reading an AR book of their choice and taking AR tests on the books they have read.
  • Ask your child about their AR goal. Please help them reach this goal!
  • Most need to focus on reading each night for their reading log so that they can complete books and take AR tests on them.
  • This 20 minutes of reading does NOT count for their reading log, but will help them build reading stamina and give me a chance to conference more with individual students.
  • Students can count their Number the Stars reading toward their reading log! 
  • We will take a test over Number the Stars the middle of this week- Wednesday, May 15. 
  • Students know that all vocabulary that we have studied for this book may be on the test.

Grammar: 

• With our grammar, we will continue to study the parts of speech. We are focusing on indirect objects.
  • Our skill will be using conjunctions to create compound sentences.
  • We will also begin learning how to use subordinate conjunctions to create complex sentences.
  • My goal is to continue to teach the students these new skills so that they can use them in their writing.
  • We will also be working with words. Look for work to come home where we are using prefixes, suffixes, and analogies!

Writing:

• • We are  creating an informative newscast that we will record to share with next year’s 5th grade class.
  • Ask your student about this!
  • We are done with weekly journals, but will be working on a memory book of fifth grade.
  • Please bring in any pictures students may want to add to make the book a great keepsake.

Math: 

• We will continue to focus on the 5th grade learning standards and make sure that students feel comfortable with them.
• There will be a lot of review games this week and review papers.
  • If you notice your student is still struggling with a particular concept, please have them come and ask me about it. I want them to learn and be able to do all of these problems in the future.
• Time will be given to complete homework since we have a shorter week.
  • weekly math review- 30 problems- due Friday
  • math muscle- due Friday
  • some daily assignments- most done in class!
• Don’t forget to encourage them to work on the Freckle.com domains! If they complete all 5, they will earn a pizza party! 
• Humza now joins Yash in the completion of the Freckle 5th grade domains! Congrats!
• Melaina now join Yash and Humza in completing all 5 domains! Congrats!  

WINN time: 

Students will receive what they need now in both math and reading. Students will meet in small groups with either Mrs. Matlock, myself or work individually on work at their level. Many students are working to complete xtra math. It is extremely important to leave 5th grade with multiplication and division facts memorized. It will be helpful as they continue to learn new and more complex math concepts.

Science:

• We are working hard on our rockets. Please ask your child about his/her rocket progress.
• Weather permitting, the rocket launch will be on the afternoon of May 23rd.

Social Studies.

• We have worked hard and learned a lot about WWI. We aren’t going to end up taking a formal test over this chapter.
• Our next study will be the roaring 20s and the Great Depression.
  • It will be a quick overview.
  • There will be no test.
  • Just in class activities
• Then we will study WWII briefly.
• This will also be the FINAL week for Daily Geography.

If you ever need anything, please don’t hesitate to contact me at anytime. I am here to help your student have a successful second half of fifth grade!

If you read this entire post, way to go! You are wonderful! Respond with the answer to this would you rather question in the responses..

Project Impact:

Thank you to everyone who brought in pop tops. I will be delivering them to the Ronald McDonald House this week!

Relay Recess is Friday, May 10! Students may donate to the American Cancer Society. Our students will be taking the donations each morning. In return for the donations, each child will receive a foot to hang in the hallway and a sticker to show his/her support!

Spirit Week, beginning Monday, May 6th:

Monday: Wear Green — Healthy Eating Focus
Tuesday: Wear Yellow — Sun Safety Focus
Wednesday: Wildcat Wednesday wear your blue WW shirt
Thursday: Wear Red — Heart Health Focus
Friday: Wear Purple — Relay Recess Day, wear a purple shirt

Wildcat: Addison

Brag Tags:

• Our second block of 20 minutes will be spent reading a new novel, Number the Stars. We will discuss this book in class, read at home and in class, and answer comprehension questions.
• This book is about WWII. We will also do a lot of text to text comparisons with our read alouds, Resistance, and this new book, Number the Stars.
• Our third block of 20 minutes will be spent reading an AR book of their choice and taking AR tests on the books they have read.
  • Ask your child about their AR goal. Please help them reach this goal!
  • Most need to focus on reading each night for their reading log so that they can complete books and take AR tests on them.
  • This 20 minutes of reading does NOT count for their reading log, but will help them build reading stamina and give me a chance to conference more with individual students.
  • Students can count their Number the Stars reading toward their reading log! 

Grammar: 

• With our grammar, we will continue to study the parts of speech. We are focusing on indirect objects.
  • Our skill will be using conjunctions to create compound sentences.
  • We will also begin learning how to use subordinate conjunctions to create complex sentences.
  • My goal is to continue to teach the students these new skills so that they can use them in their writing.
  • We will also be working with words. Look for work to come home where we are using prefixes, suffixes, and analogies!

Writing:

• • This is our last week for a journal topic! It will be due the week of May 13.
  • Our poetry unit is now complete. Students learned a lot of poetry and many took part in the challenge.
  • The following students completed EVERYDAY of the poetry challenged and earned a pizza party with me: Josh, Tyler, Humza, Adric, Lucas, Chloe
  • I have loved seeing all the poetry posts! If you get a chance, check it out!
  • We will then begin creating an informative newscast that we will record to share with next year’s 5th grade class.

Math: 

• We will continue to focus on the 5th grade learning standards and make sure that students feel comfortable with them.
• There will be a lot of review games this week and review papers.
  • If you notice your student is still struggling with a particular concept, please have them come and ask me about it. I want them to learn and be able to do all of these problems in the future.
• Time will be given to complete homework since we have a shorter week.
  • weekly math review- 30 problems- due Friday
  • math muscle- due Friday
  • some daily assignments- most done in class!
• Don’t forget to encourage them to work on the Freckle.com domains! If they complete all 5, they will earn a pizza party! 
• Humza now joins Yash in the completion of the Freckle 5th grade domains! Congrats!
• Melaina now join Yash and Humza in completing all 5 domains! Congrats!  

WINN time: 

Students will receive what they need now in both math and reading. Students will meet in small groups with either Mrs. Matlock, myself or work individually on work at their level. Many students are working to complete xtra math. It is extremely important to leave 5th grade with multiplication and division facts memorized. It will be helpful as they continue to learn new and more complex math concepts.

Science:

• Students did a nice job on their stroke posters. We will know the week of May 13 which students were chosen as winners!
• We will begin studying rockets the first week of May.
• Weather permitting, the rocket launch will be on the afternoon of May 23rd.

Social Studies.

• We are ready to begin studying  World War I. We will do most of our assignments in class as well as some that will need  to go home.
• Ask your student about some of the activities that we are doing to study the war.
• Our test will be on Tuesday, May 7!

If you ever need anything, please don’t hesitate to contact me at anytime. I am here to help your student have a successful second half of fifth grade!

If you read this entire post, way to go! You are wonderful! Respond with the answer to this would you rather question in the responses..