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5th Grade Overview

November 4-7

ANNOUNCEMENTS

November 3: NO School due to TAIS Conference for teachers.

November 5: Bring a frozen turkey at drop-off for StuCo’s Turkey Train.

F&F: We will begin a new F&F unit, Character with Setting, this week. Students will NOT have reading homework in this unit, but will be reading in class each day. Study material will be placed in binders this week. Please help your child study using these materials to guide them: vocabulary, visual tool labeling, process questions.

English: In Writing, we are finishing up the publishing category for each student’s personal choice narrative. We will introduce opinion writing by the end of the week. In ELA, we have completed our sentence structure unit and will jump headfirst into our study of nouns.

Math: We will be beginning 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 Tuesday and be due Friday. 

Science/Social Studies: We have started our unit on the growth of our nation after the Civil War - growth in both size and industry.

Spelling: Spelling List 6 and its Activity Sheet are in binders. The Activity Sheet is due on Wednesday, November 5. Test 6 will be on Friday, November 7.

Bible: We are working through the story of Joseph and telling the story of how God’s people ended up in Egypt.