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5th Grade Overview

November 22 - December 5

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Student Christmas Pictures - Wednesday, December 3.

  • BBS Christmas Program - Thursday, December 11 at 6:30 PM: Join us for this celebration of the birth of our Savior! Students should arrive at their homerooms at 6 PM. Please do not arrive early and 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!


Spelling: 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.


F&F: We will continue in Character with Setting. Students have NO reading homework, but will read in class each day. Study materials are in binders. Please help your child study with these materials to guide them: vocabulary (definition knowledge/use in a sentence providing its meaning), visual tool labeling, process questions memorization.


English: In ELA, we continue to focus on nouns (common, proper, singular, and plural). In Writing, we are learning how to budget our time within the writing process to meet deadlines, focusing on opinion writing and our fictional Grinch narrative story/project.


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: When we come back from Thanksgiving break we will be working on a group project studying the different ecosystems of the world. All of this project will be completed in class.


Spelling: Spelling List 8 and its Activity Sheet will be placed in binders on Monday. 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.