Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
December 4 - December 8
Dear Parents,
Students did a great job putting forth effort on their ACT Aspire Interim assessments. These are practice tests that help us prepare for our end of the year assessments in the spring.
This week is a busy one! We will have a regular schedule, but there are many activities happening throughout the week.
Tuesday - Honor Choir Singing Trip - 8:30 - 11:30 & Guest Speaker: Miss Louisiana
Wednesday - PBIS Store & GT Field Trip
Thursday - Student Council Bell Ringing & NED Assembly
We are having a holiday food drive this week. Fifth grade is responsible for donating macaroni and cheese!
Please be on the lookout for a letter going home about our Christmas party next week. Also, second quarter will end on Friday, December 15th.
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- We will continue our mini-unit on figurative language - quiz will be on Monday, December 11th
- Students will be working on making inferences, identifying literary elements in fictional stories, as well as writing summaries for them.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Chapters 5 - 7: The 13 Colonies - We will focus on the 3 regions of the colonies - New England, Middle, and Southern. Students will learn the colonies' names, dates when founded, who founded them, why, the geography, economy, and social aspects of the regions. There will be a test the last week before break. Mrs. Martin's weebly page has a lot of information to help students review. - test will be on Tuesday, December 12th
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
- We will continue to study fractions. We are working on adding and subtracting fractions with renaming and simplifying.
SCIENCE:
- Ecosystems: we will investigate limiting factors in ecosystems, look at food webs under stress, and learn about symbiosis.
HOMEWORK:
- Weekly Reading Log: 20 minutes of reading, 5 nights per week, passed out every Monday and due the following Monday. Please initial your child's log on the days he/she reads.
- Weekly Math Log: 1 round of Fact Fluency and at least 10 minutes of Math, 5 nights per week (please initial your child's log on the days he/she works on Moby Max), DUE on MONDAYS (this is averaged into your child's math grade). When your student has mastered his/her basic facts they will no longer be required to work on Fact Fluency.
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off.
UPCOMING TESTS:
FRIDAY 12/8: 5-A-Day Language Quiz Week 13
FRIDAY 12/8: Spelling quiz - sort 8
MONDAY 12/11: Figurative Language Quiz
TUESDAY 12/12: Social Studies Colonies Test
TUESDAY 12/12:Science Test - Ecosystems
WEDNESDAY 12/13: Math Test - Fractions +/- w/ Common Denominators
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Team Davis & Martin or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teamdavismartin/. We will upload photos from the week, as well as important information and reminders.
- If you are not a Facebook person, you can receive homework and test announcements from Remind. Follow this link to sign up for Mrs. Davis' homeroom and choose this link for Mrs. Martin's homeroom.
IMPORTANT DATES
Tues. December 5th: UHI Honor Choir Nursing Homes Field Trip
Tues. December 5th: Guest Speaker: Laryssa Bonacquisti
Wed. December 6th: PBIS Store & GT Trip - TV8 Station
Thurs. December 7th: NED Assembly
Wed. December 13th: Christmas Luncheon
Thurs. December 14th: Christmas Parties & A-State Basketball Game
Fri. December 15th: End of Second Quarter
Mon. December 18th - Mon. January 1st: Christmas Break
Tues. January 2nd - first day back to school!