2014- Week 2

This week we continued "Holes" and also worked on context clues, character traits, and predictions. This week we will be finishing "Holes" and do a book character foldable. The students have already chosen their characters for this. This week the students will also receive a study guide for the vocabulary words. 

In math, we will have our measurement test this week. We will begin a short study on "order of operations". 

In grammar, we are beginning commas this week. This will last about 2 weeks. 

During Science we will work on our abstract Tuesday, then science fair projects are due Wednesday afternoon or Thursday afternoon. We will also continue working on severe weather posters, Arbor Day posters, and our celebrate science project. 

We will begin again in History this week. We are still studying The American Revolution. The students have made a "briefcase" that contains foldables pertaining to this piece of history. They are working in groups to complete this and will receive a grade on their "briefcase", and an assessment on chapter 6. 

February 3-4 I will be attending a conference in Birmingham on Common Core: Reading and Writing. My family and I will also be moving over the next few weeks so please keep us in your prayers!

Love you all, 

Mrs. Jones

Lutheran Schools Week and Math Site

I found a website that would be beneficial in 5th grade math. Just click on a standard and it gives you equations to solve. Currently we are working on measurement and converting measurements. We will be beginning fractions soon, so this would be a great time to practice that section to get a head start! http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5

Lutheran Schools week kicks off Sunday, January 26th with a church service at St. Paul's. The students will be singing at the 10:30 service. Please plan on being there between 10:00-10:15. We will be collecting money to help out with 2 different missions; one will be for the Lutheran Malaria Initiative and the other will be for a Lutheran school in Detroit to help them with repairs they need for their school. We will also be collecting new or gently used shoes for the "TWO Shoes" program. These are the scheduled events for the week:
(You will receive a hard copy of this list soon)

Monday: Bring an electronic device to play when teacher allows for $1.00. School wide PJ Day to kick of NLSW fun. Bring in your pennies to help repair Detroit Lutheran School.

Tuesday: Pay $1.00 to wear athletic wear. Bring shoes in for needy to Morning Assembly. Bring in nickels to help repair Detroit Lutheran School.

Wednesday: Bring in $1.00 to have extra recess time. Dress-up from a different country (make sure it goes along with school dress code, hats will be allowed). Bring in dimes to help repair Detroit Lutheran School.

Thursday: Bring in $1.00 to wear a hat all day at school. Bring in quarters to help repair Detroit Lutheran School. Bring in quarters to help repair Detroit Lutheran School. Bring in shoes to morning assembly.

Friday: Bring an electronic device to play when teacher allows for $1.00. Wear St. Paul's shirts and athletic pants (only if you wear St. Paul's shirt please). Bring in any money to help with repairs to Detroit Lutheran School.

The class that brings in the most money for our missions will receive a special surprise! Hope you are all having a great week!

January 13-17 Spelling and Memory Verse

Spelling Words

1. verse
2. swerve
3. curve
4. whirl
5. worship
6. hurdle
7. curb
8. purchase
9. thirsty
10. flirt
11. preserve
12. herb
13. nerve
14. swirl
15. worm
16. turkey
17. blur
18. refer

Bible Memory Verse

"To the Jews who had believed in him, Jesus said, If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32

2014

2014 is here and we are busy in 5th grade! Given that we are in the 2nd semester I want to clarify that I am requiring more responsibility from the students. I don't always grade homework, but if it isn't done they will be doing it in their free time.

We are beginning our 3rd unit in Religion this month. We are talking about creation, angels, and satan.

We are reading "Holes" during the month of January. We have book club meeting days where students will take the skills and strategies we have been working on and apply them to the book. They will be required to have 15 AR points for the 3rd 9 week grading period aside from "Holes". 

In grammar we are applying our parts of speech we learned last semester and working on writing. We are beginning with writing short stories/narratives. The students had an assigned topic this week, but will have free choice next week on a topic.

We began measurement in math this week. We will begin fractions in a couple of weeks. I am trying to teach the students that math does require studying! They have been writing their formulas in their math journals and have been bringing them home to do homework with this week. 

We will move into the American Revolution in History this week! 

Science is our busy subject because we are working on our celebrate science project, sever weather posters, and science fair. We will be doing constellations for our project and the students have been busy bees researching for this! Students will have time during technology to research for their science fair project. This is due January 22nd. 

**Please note that students should be bringing an AR book with them to read daily. 

Congratulations to our spelling bee participants from our room, and the winner of the spelling bee Ethan Jankens!

I would also like to congratulate our "A" honor roll students, and perfect attendance. 

Honor roll- Ethan, Max, Sam, Lawson, Chloe 

Perfect Attendance- Ethan

Congratulations everyone! 

 Stay tuned for a post with spelling words and memory verse for next week.

 

Love you all,

Mrs. Jones