5TH GRADE NEWS
December 9 - 13
IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday, 12/10 -- Class Spelling Bee
Thursday, 12/12 -- Chorus Winter Concert @ 1:00
Wednesday, 12/18 -- School Spelling Bee @ 8:30 in the Gym
Friday, 12/20 -- Class Holiday Party @ 11:30
Monday, 12/23 - Friday, 1/3 -- Winter Break
Monday, 1/6 -- Students Return to School
Monday, 1/20 -- MLK Jr. Day - No School
Wednesday, 1/29 - Friday, 1/31 -- Jekyll Island Field Trip
ASSESSMENTS
Thursday, 12/12 -- ELA: Commas & Titles Quiz
Friday, 12/13 -- Reading Test (Summarizing, Theme, Comparing & Contrasting Multiple Texts, Figurative Language) *Students should refer to their notes in their Reading Notebooks when preparing for this test.*
Monday, 12/16 -- STAR Reading Assessment
Thursday, 12/19 -- SS: Great Depression & 1930's Test
Write Score Post Assessment (Informational Writing) - *Rescheduled for January*
THIS WEEK'S CONTENT & SKILLS
ELAGSE5RL3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
GRAMMAR
ELAGSE5L2d: Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
WRITING
ELAGSE5W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
SOCIAL STUDIES
SS5H3 Explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans.
c. Discuss important cultural elements of the 1930s; include Duke Ellington, Margaret Mitchell, and Jesse Owens.
GREAT DEPRESSION STUDY GUIDE
COMMAS & TITLES STUDY GUIDES
STAR READING ASSESSMENT
We took the STAR Reading Assessment back in August and will be taking it again in the next couple of weeks. Once students have completed the test, I will send home a printed report so that you can see your child's progress so far this school year.