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Prairie View's 5th Grade News
Here is a preview of last week's learning...
Writing Narrative Leads by Gabriel
Curiosity Cannot be Contained to a Classroom
Million Word Challenge Kickoff
Week 5 Learning Targets
Reading- Effective readers activate their background knowledge before they begin reading, stop and review for comprehension as they are reading, and ask questions throughout. This week we will be focusing on these strategies and explicitly teaching how to do them. We will also be looking at the sequence of events in narratives, or the story structure.
Writing- We are going to wow everybody who walks by our Standards Based Board with our published copy of our 1st 5th Grade Narrative. This week will entail polishing our drafts with revising, editing, and lots of peer feedback.
Math- Wow! What a difference a few days can make! Over the past week we have analyzed the value of 6 digit numbers, worked with exponents, reviewed expanded notation, compared number order and broken millions into fractional parts. Next week is the first unit assessment in our new curriculum and we're expecting great results. The remainder of the week we will be looking at equivalent fractions. There's a whole lot of thinking going on! The very best way you can assist your fifth grader in this learning is helping every night with the memorization of the multiplication facts to 12x12. Everything we will be doing in some way comes back to them. If a large portion of their thinking is 'counting up' the basic facts, then their brain is already tiring before they even wrap their minds around the problems they are asked to solve. Thank you for encouraging your precious one to own those combinations. It takes all of us working together to accomplish greatness! :)
Science-
Properties of matter will be our investigation this week. A few areas we will be examining are melting and freezing points, buoyancy, density, and solubility.
Daily Homework and Responsibilities
Every night your child should be reading 30 minutes from a book, newspaper, blog, etc. of their choice. On the back of their planner, they have one question to answer about their reading. This should be in complete sentences and make sense. We discussed setting a routine, whether it be immediately when they get home or right before bed. Talk with your child about what routine works for your family. A great idea would be to set an alarm everyday to help remind them. 5th grade is a great year to release some responsibility to your child to complete their homework. This reading log will track their progress towards our million words goal.
** Please remember to sign your child's planner daily. This will remain in their green "Go Folder." It should GO with them wherever they go! It is an important means of communication between parents and teacher.** It also verifies their reading minutes.
Friday folders will come home on Fridays. Those will include graded work, notes from the school, and other handouts. This folder is purple. Please sign and return on Monday.
Million Words Challenge
We challenge you! This year we will be counting minutes towards our Million Word Challenge. Our goal is for each fifth grader to read for at least 30 minutes a night or 150 minutes a week. At the end of the six weeks your child should have read a total of 900 minutes to meet the goal. All you have to do is make sure your child is logging the minutes they read every night on the back of their planner, where their homework is located, and log their total minutes for the week. Teachers will take the reading log up at the first of each week. October 3 is our first goal check. We can all get 900 minutes by then! Please make sure you are signing their planner to verify they read the minutes logged.
B.L.I.N.G. Club
Books Leading Inspiration “N” Girls
Girls, it’s time to get your B.L.I.N.G. on!!! Come join your friends at the PVE GIRLS ONLY reading club! If you are enthusiastic about reading, love to talk about books, and are responsible with technology then this is the club for you. Come and get an application from room #303.
Applications are due no later than Friday, September 19th to Mrs. Green.
Spelling/Vocabulary Test Monday, September 29
Spelling Words-
America
balloons
beautiful
build
buy
caught
charge
country
dance
decide
Vocabulary- (Must know definitions)
Complete subject- all the words that tell who or what a sentence is about
Complete Predicate- all the words that tell what the subject is or does
Compound Sentence- two sentences combined into one , usually joined by a comma and Conjunction (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) FANBOYS is a great way to remember the conjunctions
Please Bring Headphones/Earbuds/ Pencil Holder
Family Game Night
Tuesday, Sep 23, 2014, 06:00 PM
Prairie View Elementary School, Farm to Market Road 3433, Rhome, TX, United States
1st 6 Weeks HAWK HUDDLE
Friday, Oct 3, 2014, 08:00 AM
Prairie View Gym
Contact Information
Mrs. Branstetter
Email: sbranstetter@nisdtx.org
Website: http://www.nisdtx.org/Page/44875
Phone: 8172150580
Mrs. Davidson
Email: bdavidson01@nisdtx.org
Website: http://www.nisdtx.org/Domain/1984
Phone: 8172150588
Ms. Fortner
Email: rfortner@nisdtx.org
Website: http://www.nisdtx.org/Domain/5946
Phone: 8172150583
Mrs. Ward
Email: pward@nisdtx.org
Website: http://www.nisdtx.org/Domain/1877
Phone: 8172150593