5th Grade Newsletter
September 7 - 11, 2015
Upcoming Events
September 14: PTA Meeting @ 6:30
September 18: Martin Volunteer Breakfast; STAR Zone during lunchSeptember 22: Flu Clinic
ELA and Social Studies
Social Studies:
- starting a new chapter- How and Why Europeans came to the New World
ELA
- theme, Point of View, Character Traits(Fiction)
- begin working on narrative story
- Spelling Test over List 1 Thursday, Sept. 10 (Snyder)
- Spelling Test over List 2 Tuesday, Sept. 15 (Dickehut)/ Thursday, Sept. 17 (Snyder)
Spelling
List 2
Using the Right Word
- waste
- waist
- where
- wear
- whether
- weather
- who
- that
- which
- whom
- you’re
- your
- whose
- who’s
- raise
- rays
- right
- write
- rowed
- rode
- road
- seem
- seam
- sit
Extra Credit Words:
- set
- sew
- sow
- so
- scene
- seen
Spelling List #1
Spelling
List 1
Using the Right Word
an
a
accept
except
aloud
allowed
a lot
already
all ready
hole
whole
hour
our
it’s
its
knew
new
knot
not
lay
lie
lead
lead
led
Bonus: science
Math and Science
Math:
- continue using prime factors to find ALL the factors of a number
- identifying prime and composite numbers
- multiplying whole numbers using different strategies
- HW: TEKS Review 2-6 and 2.7 assigned Wednesday, Sept. ; Due Tuesday, Sept. 15
Science:
- Explore properties of matter: density, temperature, solubility
- HW: Observable Physical Properties- read page 2 and complete page 3 due Thursday, Sept. 10