Monday, January 9, 2017

Headlines 1/9/17

Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed a restful break and was able to relax and enjoy our beautiful Arizona winter.  I also want to thank you all for your generous gifts. I know that Mrs. McKernan and I felt incredibly spoiled and blessed by you!

We have lots of new happenings in fifth grade this quarter and are looking forward to a wonderful second semester.  Also, we will be taking a field trip on February 28th to the Renaissance Festival.  This is a fun and interactive field trip and we would love to have your help. If you are interested in attending, please let me know.

ELA

We will begin third quarter by reading The Secret Garden. This is a fun book that the students will enjoy!  Please be sure to have the book to school by tomorrow.

This week in Grammar we will learn how to identify both direct and indirect objects.  We will be using all of the sentencing diagramming skills we have learned this year to diagram these in sentenced

We begin our next set of roots this week as well. Please remember that next Wednesday will be the first quiz covering Roots 51-54.  Study these nightly to make sure you are prepared!


Science
This quarter, we will be studying the Plant Kingdom! We will be introducing the topic this week and studying non-vascular plants.


History

This week, students will learn about Queen Elizabeth I and the Golden Age of England. Students will explore the success of Sir Frances Drake and King James I, and study the Civil War under King Charles I. In Geography, students will study the states in the South. Students will receive a study guide to fill out with the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and South regions. The Study guide will be due on Wednesday, January 18th and the quiz will be the following Wednesday, January 25th. This gives students plenty of time to refresh their memories and review the material.


Math
Today we began Unit 5 and learned how to find the base of a triangle and find the area of irregular shapes. We will continue discussing areas of irregular figures this week. We will have math groups on Wednesday!

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