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5th Grade Overview
December 6 - 12
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Spelling Bee: If your child is interested in participating in the BBS Spelling Bee have them stop by Miss Robinson’s room to pick up a list. The BBS Spelling Bee will be on January 14 immediately following chapel.
BBS Christmas Program - Thursday, December 11 at 6:30 PM: Join us for a celebration of the birth of our Savior! Students should arrive at their homerooms at 6 PM. Please do not arrive early and do not leave your child unattended in the hallway. Please wait for their homeroom teacher to arrive at 6 PM. Details about student attire will be provided soon!
Chorus Field Trips- Friday, December 12 and Monday, December 15.
F&F: We will begin a mini-unit on Compare and Contrast. There will be no reading homework. The only test for this unit will be vocabulary on Thursday, December 18. Study notes are in binders.
English: In ELA, we continue to focus on nouns, finishing plural nouns and starting irregular plural nouns. Time permitting, we will look at direct objects. In Writing, we are putting the finishing touches on our Grinch stories.
Math: We will continue in Unit 3, focusing on place value, with an emphasis on decimals. We will be properly reading, writing, rounding, and comparing decimals. Homework will go home Monday and be due Friday.
Science/Social Studies: For the next two weeks we will be working on a group project studying the different ecosystems of the world. Students may want to print off some pictures at home for their project, but the rest of this project will be completed in class.
Spelling: Spelling List 8 and its Activity Sheet are in binders. The Activity Sheet is due on Wednesday, December 10. Test 8 is on Friday, December 12.
Bible: We are now working through the life of Moses all the way up to the Israelites coming to the Promised Land. This will take several class sessions.