- We are working on the Getting Ready for Grade 6 Unit.
- We will complete lessons 11-13 this week.
- On Tuesday students will be taking the checkpoint quiz over lessons 7-11.
- On Wednesday, students will be taking the Test over Lessons 1-11.
- There will be one page of math homework assigned nightly.
- There are many resources available on ThinkCentral to help students.
- Every Friday, we will be having a multiplication timed test. Students should be practicing their multiplication facts daily.
- Small Group Reading
- Students have been placed into leveled small groups based on the results of their Unit 5 assessments.
- Students will be reading the following books this week: The Bite of the Gold Bug; Jim Ugly; Bound for Oregon; Letters from the Corrugated Castle.
- Students will also be completing learning stations during our small group reading time. All of these activities go along with our Unit 6 theme of what does it take to settle a new land? Students will turn in a packet of their work which will also count toward their social studies grades.
- Reading
- Unit 7 is entitled Talking About trash. Students will be working to answer the question: Why should we care about garbage? This unit will focus on science concepts as well so some of the assignments during this unit will count toward students' science grades.
- This week we will be reading the persuasive article, The World of Waste by Marybeth Lorbiecki.
- Reading Comprehension skills for the week are: author's viewpoint, learn to synthesize, form generalizations, use text features, identify reasons and evidence.
- The Week 1 test will be on Friday, May 19th.
- Unit 7 is entitled Talking About trash. Students will be working to answer the question: Why should we care about garbage? This unit will focus on science concepts as well so some of the assignments during this unit will count toward students' science grades.
- The writing project for this week will be to research plastics. This is the prompt: A town meeting is being held to decide whether some kinds of plastics should be banned. Your class has been asked to design posters to inform voters of the pros and cons of plastics in order to help voters make informed decisions.
- Due Friday, May 19th.
- Students will be graded according to the research rubric which can be found on the top right corner of this page.
Spelling- This week we will be working on spelling words with hard and soft c,g and commonly misspelled words.
- The words are: accumulate, calculate, certify, clogging, comply, container, criticize, disgusting, garbage, germs, grudgingly, indulge, obligation, recycle, regulate, been, bin, overdo, overdue.
- The spelling test will be on Friday, May 19th.
Grammar- Students will be working on using adverbs.
- Students are encouraged to take good grammar notes and to review their notes before each test.
- The grammar test will be on Friday, May 19th.
Read Aloud
- We are reading the book, The Serpent Never Sleeps by Scott O'Dell. We have built a water still! Students will be discovering how it works and apply it to what we have read in the novel. We will then begin an activity to learn the signs of the zodiac. This is to help students develop an understanding of the culture and superstitions of the early colonists.