The Weekly Roar
February 18, 2019
THE SYMPHONY!
Our week coming up at a glance:
Writing:
- Spelling Words For The Week: (VCCV Words from other languages): ballet, echo, bouquet, cassette, coupon, safari, portrait, barrette, depot, courtesy, petite, denim, brunette, buffet, garage, khaki, crochet, chorus, essay, alphabet Challenge: encore, collage, matinee, premiere, embarrass
- Spelling Quiz: Thursday, February 21, 2019
- We will continue working on identifying and changing singulars to plurals.
Reading:
- Reading Assessment: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
- We will continue working on our fREADom reading.
- We will continue to work on summarizing using GIST and checking our comprehension by using Author’s Portrait.
- We will continue to practice our choral reading. This is a great way to help with fluency. We read a paragraph together out loud as a class at a pace that I set. The more we practice this, the faster we will get and the more fluent we will become. The kids really have fun doing this!
- Reading Vocabulary Words/Phrases: literary language, quotation, contradictory, exaggerated, misleading, key ideas, audience, compound sentence, concluding paragraph, transitions (We are in review. These should look familiar.)
- Reading Vocabulary Quiz: Thursday, February 21, 2019
- Your child should continue reading nightly for 20 minutes and then getting their reading log initialed.
Social Studies:
- We will continue talking about the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and the three branches of government. We will also be moving into the Bill of Rights, why we needed them and how they protect the liberties of American citizens. We will also be starting our first class blog! We practiced last week, and it went pretty well. Wish us luck!
The Broadcast Daily: Volume 1, Issue 6
ORMS Parent Meeting!
Date: Thursday, February 21st
Times: 9:30am, 1:30pm, 5:30pm
Location: ORMS Library
Meeting Duration: 20-25 minutes
They are going to review the course selection process, TxMyzone and Course Cards for incoming 6th graders of 2019-2020 class.
If you plan to attend the 9:30am or 1:30pm meeting, please consider stopping by ORMS to have your driver's license scanned by the ORMS front office staff. Let them know that you are a 5th grade parent and which meeting you plan to attend. They will have your badge ready for you on the day of the meeting. This will really help speed up the check-in process.
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, February 19th: 5th Grade - Symphony
Thursday, February 21st: ORMS Counselors Visit 5th Grade
Thursday, February 21st: ORMS Parent Meeting: 9:00am, 1:30pm and 5:30pm
Monday, February 25th: College day! Go Bobcats!
Thursday, February 28th: Spring Class Pictures
Friday, March 1st: Career Day
Friday, March 8th: Club Day
Monday, March 11th-Friday, March 15th: SPRING BREAK!
How Can You Help Your Student Practice At Home?
If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me any time at, yblackman@nbisd.org, or 830-627-6779.
Always With A Roar,
Mrs. Blackman