Barry 5th Grade - Team Orange
April 12, 2019
Important Dates
April 15-19
Book Fair in Barry Library
April 15
PTSA Meeting - 5 pm
April 17
PTSA Digital Parents Awareness Night @ Barry - 6-8 pm
April 19
Human Impact on Earth's Systems Test*
April 22
Dividing Fractions Post-test*
April 25
Take Your Child to Work Day
*date subject to change
Reminders:
- Please make sure your child has completed their math assignment each day. Students usually get time in class to work on their assignment, if not it becomes homework.
- Check out your child's planner to see what they are learning each day!
- Want to know how your child is doing at school? Look at the Pirate Privilege chart located at the front of their planner. This is where letters are taken for behavior, incomplete/late work, and tardiness.
Pirates ROCK Character Trait Winners for April - Perseverance
Quality Student - April
Color Battle
What's Happening?
Math
- a whole number by a fraction
- a fraction by a while number
- a fraction by a fraction
Students started using Moby Max a couple weeks ago in math. It is another great tool that students can use to help with areas they are struggling with and they can even get on it at home! Simply have them to go to www.mobymax.com. Students have the log-in and password in their planners!
If you feel your student is struggling on math concepts, or you wish for them to have extra practice, have them get on Prodigy. Log-in username and passwords were sent out last week to each student. If you are not familiar with Prodigy, it is an interactive game that most students enjoy to play that helps students practice math concepts! Click here to go to the website.
DO NOT FORGET - Students should be getting on Reflex Math at least 3 times a week until they achieve 100 percent fluency. Once they reach 100 percent fluency, they only have to get on once a week. Click here to go to the website.
ELA
In reading we are currently wrapping up Text Structure. We will be testing over Test Structure on Wednesday, April 17. The elements of text structure that we have been studying in class are as follows:
- Cause and Effect
- Problem and Solution
- Sequencing
- Description
- Compare and Contrast
After we wrap up our work with Text Structure, we will move into focus more on comparing and contrasting. This should be a short unit as we have already been working with comparing and contrasting within our current topic of study.
Students will have until MAY 24 to meet their AR goal. With library books being due for the end of the year, we want to make sure we get all AR quizzes completed before books must be turned in. This quarter is extra long due to all the makeup snow days, so I do not worry about students not having enough time to complete their goals.
In writing we have been talking about how the organizational structure of our writing impacts and strengthens informational writing. We are beginning to research for our next informational writing piece which students are completing on google slides. They will be expected to use text features to impact their writing and their article.
Science
- describe Earth's natural resources
- identify where energy on Earth comes from
- explain how human activity affects human resources & environments
- describe ways to protect Earth's resources and environments
Social Studies
Contact:
Mrs. Garcia
ELA and Social Studies
816-436-9623 x3153
Mrs. Seevers
Math and Science
816-436-9623 x3142
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