5TH GRADE NEWS
November 6th - 10th
IMPORTANT DATES
Friday, 11/3 - Wednesday, 11/15 -- READ-A-THON
Tuesday, 11/7 -- Election Day (No School)
Thursday, 11/9 -- Ellis Island Simulation @ 11:15-12:45 (Parents Needed)
Friday, 11/10 -- Queen Erosion Lab (Parents Welcome)
Monday, 11/20 - Friday, 11/24 -- Thanksgiving Break (No School)
ASSESSMENTS
Wednesday, 11/8 -- READING: "Who was Theodore Roosevelt" Quiz (Green Group ONLY)
Wednesday, 11/8 -- READING: "What is the Panama Canal" Quiz (Yellow Group ONLY)
Friday, 11/10 -- ELA: Latin Roots Quiz (migr, port)
Wednesday, 11/15 -- READING: Comprehension Test
Thursday, 11/16 -- SOCIAL STUDIES: Unit 2 Test (Cattle Drives, Inventors, Spanish American War, Panama Canal, & Immigration)
THIS WEEK'S SKILLS & CONTENT
ELA - GRAMMAR: Complex Sentences & Latin Roots (Migr/Port)
ELA - WRITING: Informational Writing
SOCIAL STUDIES: Immigration
MATH: Division of Decimals
SCIENCE: Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition
COMMUNICATION FOLDERS
TUTORING
This week Mrs. Akin will offer writing tutoring on Thursday after school from 2:45 - 3:45. This tutoring session is invitation-only. Mrs. Akin will use Write Score data as well as classwork performance to determine which students will be invited. Pick up will be in the front of the school at 3:45.
READING TUTORING
There will be no reading tutoring this week due to scheduling conflicts.
MATH TUTORING
Mrs. Schirmer will offer math tutoring this Wednesday during lunch.