Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
September 26 - 30
Dear Parents,
This Wednesday, students will have a Social Studies test on Native Americans. They received a study guide on Friday to work on. It is due tomorrow morning for a completion grade. We will review it together and make any necessary corrections.
Students will be getting their Unit 1 Spelling tests back on Monday. Any words they missed will be recorded on a "Words to Learn" list. One will be kept at school and one in their take home folders. Students will be held accountable for practicing and learning these words over the course of the year. Be on the lookout for suggested activities to help practice at home.
First quarter ends on Wednesday, October 12th. Students will need to have their 5 books read and tested on by that date. Accelerated Reader progress reports will be sent home this Friday. They do not need to be signed and returned.
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Guided Read Aloud: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
- Spelling - Unit 2: prefixes & suffixes, short & long vowels
- Daily Language: week 6 (comparative/superlative adjectives, homophones, plural nouns, conjunctions, verb tenses)
- Writing - Personal Narratives
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Chapter 2: Native Americans: We will review our study guide, play a review game, and test on Wednesday.
- We will begin chapter 3 on Explorers at the end of the week.
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
- Decimals - Introduce decimals, develop an understnading of place value, compare decimals to thousandths splace, and begin adding & subtracting decimals.
- Mountain Math
SCIENCE:
- Ecosystems - We will be determining biotic and abiotic parts of ecosystems, identify the characteristic of life, and trace the flow of energy in an ecosystem.
HOMEWORK:
- Weekly Reading Log: 20 minutes of reading, 5 nights per week, passed out every Monday and due the following Monday. Pleas initial your child's log on the days he/she reads.
- Weekly MobyMax Log: 1 round of Fact Fluency and at least 10 minutes of Math, 5 nights per week, DUE MONDAYS (this is averaged into your child's math grade).
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off. Assignments will be posted on Facebook and Remind.
UPCOMING TESTS:
WEDNESDAY 9/28: Chapter 2 Social Studies Test
FRIDAY 9/30: Daily Language Quiz (preparation for this will be done during class when we review our daily warmup questions)
FRIDAY 9/30: Mountain Math Quiz (unless student goes to small group) - work will be completed in class, reviewed/corrected on Thursday, and quiz on Friday.
THURSDAY 10/4: Unit 2 Spelling Test
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Davis/Martin 5th Grade or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/davismartin/. 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
Mon. Sept. 26th: Pee Wee Cheer Clinic
Fri. Sept. 30th: Traveling Pep Rally - Blytheville Blackout
Thurs. Oct. 6th: School Pictures
Fri. Oct. 7th: Homecoming Hero (dress like a hero)
Wed. Oct. 12th: End of First Quarter
Wed. Oct. 19th: WonderWalk (March of Dimes)
Thurs. Oct. 20th: Movie Madness & Parent-Teacher Conferences (early dismissal)
Mon. Oct. 24th: Red Ribbon Week
Fri. Oct. 28th: Grossology Ticketed Event