5th Grade News
February 29 - March 11, 2016
Welcome!
Learning Targets
We are continuing our study on European exploration and colonization. As we read articles and non-fiction stories about European explorers, we are comparing and contrasting their attributes. We are also working with a lot of our argumentative/opinion writing in our reading class as it also relates to social studies. Students have been working hard on supporting their arguments with evidence from their research and other provided texts. It is important for students to be able to provide details supporting both sides of an argument, before they express their opinion.
As you can imagine, it would be very difficult to cover so much material separately in class, so I will be using reading material related to our Social Studies content to help students work on the current strategy skills of comparing and contrasting two or more sources.
A.R. Requirement for the 3rd quarter: Students must read 3 books on his/her level with an 80% accuracy on the Accelerated Reader Quiz. ONE of the books must be NON-FICTION and ONE must be FICTION. The last book can be free choice - fiction or non-fiction. Of course, students are encouraged to read more than this; however, this is the minimum requirement. Completed A.R. tests are due Monday, March 7th.
Achieve 3000 - There won't be any homework articles this week. Two articles will be completed in class.
Writing - We are currently working on argumentative writing.
Math - Students are working on reading, writing and comparing decimals to the thousandths place.
MOBYMAX: All students need to be doing 15 minutes of MobyMax nightly. This is part of their homework score and many students are forgetting this requirement. MobyMax login and password information can be found in your child's B.E.E. Binder for their required 15 minutes nightly (or 60 minutes/week). If this is an issue at all, due to network resources, please let us know and we can work something out at school. Please send in a note if this is the case.
Science - We are continuing our physical science investigations. Students are taking a look at the relationship between force and motion.
Upcoming Events
Monday, March 7 - All 3 A.R. tests must be complete.
Wednesday, March 16 - Malley's Delivery
Friday, March 25 - April 1 - SPRING BREAK
Mrs. Riddle
Email: riddle@mentorschools.org
Phone: 440-255-6179
Twitter: @mrskatyriddle
Mrs. Waggoner
Email: waggoner@mentorschools.org
Phone: 440-255-6179
Twitter: @hop5wags