5th Grade Newsletter
September 28 - October 2, 2015
Upcoming Dates...
October 2: Reading Rainbow
October 9: Early Release @ 11:45; Parent Conferences
October 12: Student Holiday
October 19 - 23: Scholastic Book Fair
October 21: Fall Pictures
October 27: Martin Musical Parent Meeting 6:30 - 7:00
ELA/Social Studies
ELA:
- Introducing Poetry (Figurative Language, rhyme scheme, different types of poems like Limericks, Haiku, free verse, and Diamantes.)
Social Studies:
- Early English Settlements
Spelling List #5
Spelling
List 5
Using the Right Word
- learn
- teach
- lose
- loose
- metal
- medal
- minor
- minor
- miner
- oar
- or
- ore
- accept
- except
- principal
- principle
- pare
- pear
- you’re
- your
- it’s
- its
Spelling List #4
Using the Right Word
- soar
- sore
- stationary
- stationery
- steel
- steal
- then
- than
- threw
- through
- their
- they’re
- there
- capital
- capitol
- close
- clothes
- dye
- die
- desert
- dessert
- course
- coarse
Extra Credit:
1. do
2. due
3. dew
4. scent
5. sent
6. cent
Math/Science
Math:
- use multiples to find quotients
- calculate volume
- study multiplication facts
Science:
- mixtures and solutions