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4 1/2 MORE WEEKS OF 5TH GRADE!
21st Cent. Class: Innovation
Specials:
*Monday: Music
*Tuesday - Friday: STEAM
MISC:
*STAR Math on Tuesday
*STAR Reading on Monday
*Book Orders are due this Friday!
Trump Takes Charge:
*Students will be reading an article on what Trumps plans are as President of the United States
- Students will annotate the text finding the main idea, supporting details, unfamiliar words, and going through the process of inquiry
- Students will read about the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump and solve math word problems about Trump and other US presidents to show their problem-solving skills using math concepts taught this year.
Math:
*Math's Mate Term 4 Sheet 5 due Friday!
Chapter 12: Geometry
*Polygons - Monday
*STAR Math - Tuesday
*Classifying Triangles - Wednesday
*Check My Progress - Thursday
*Classifying Quadrilaterals - Friday
Read & React:
Vocabulary - Unit 13 TEST will be May 4th!
*Practice activities are in their Flocabulary site
*Hands-on Vocabulary Games are within the classroom for your child's use if they'd like as well to support them with their study habits
Read Aloud: The Littlest Bigfoot by: Jennifer Weiner
American Revolution Novel Studies
Sophia's War
*Student's will be focusing on using socratic seminars to study the text closely in advance, listen actively, share ideas and questions in response to the ideas and questions of others, and search for evidence in the text to support their ideas.
Betsy Zane, the Rose of Fort Henry
*Student's will be focusing on cultural diversity, courage, family, and gender roles during the late 1700s
The Fighting Ground
*Student's will be focusing on summarizing and making connections
Creative Writing:
*Four Types of Sentences
-Defining Four Types of Sentences
-Identifying Four Types of Sentences
-Punctuating Four Types of Sentences
*All writing will be integrated along with our novel studies and throughout learning of the American Revolution
Exploration:
Exploration Unit
History: Analyze historical sources from multiple points of view to develop an understanding of historical context
History: The historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes in North America from 1491 through the founding of the United States government
Geography: Causes and consequences of movement
American Revolution
*The Stamp Act
*The Struggle for Independence
*Boston Massacre Bias Accounts
