5th Grade News
January 2017
Dates for January
January 13 MLK Day of Service
January 16 - No School MLK Jr. Day
January 19 - End-of-Unit Test in Reading
January 20 - Students will make corrections to the reading test
January 20 - Practice Science EOG assessment
January 20 - Quarter Ends
January 23 - Now an early dismissal day (to make up for the 1/9 snow day)
January 30 - Report Cards go Home
February 9 & 10 - Practice Reading EOG assessment
February 21 - Muddy Sneakers
Please check out Claxton's Racial Equity Workshop offerings
January Curriculum
Math - Students have working on building an understanding of the patterns within the number system. We have used that knowledge to multiply and divide any number by 10, 100, and 1000. This week we will focus on order of operations and discuss various multiplication strategies.
Homework - students are able to log onto iReady for individualized, independent math practice. Go to:
- Claxton Homepage
- Student Links
- iReady/Clever
Social Studies/Writing - Colony Project Scripts are due this week. Prior to the holiday break students were researching a colony and were writing a script from the first person perspective. Students will create a google slides narration or green screen presentation of their scripts sometime toward the end of this week or next week. We are also studying the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. There will eventually be a test on the Revolutionary War, but you will see a study guide and will hear about it in the Smore a week before the test. Essential Standard 5.H.1.3 Analyze the impact of major conflicts, battles and wars on the development of our nation through Reconstruction.
Science - Weather Unit 5.E.1.1 Compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns. 5.E.1.2 Predict upcoming weather events from weather data collected through observation and measurements. 5.E.1.3 Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
Reading - Our focus of learning and instruction over the next couple of weeks will be:
- I I can determine the meaning of academic words or phrases in an informational text (RI.5.4.a)
- I can explain important relationships between ideas in a scientific text using specific details from the text. (RI.5.3)
- I can compare and contrast the organizational words or phrases in an information test (RI.5.5)
- I can determine the meaning of content words or phrases in an informational text (RI.5.4)
- I can determine the main idea(s) of an informational text based on key details. (RI.5.2)
- I can read fifth-grade texts with fluency (RI.5.4)
*We will be having an End-of Unit Assessment on 1/19/17 and students will be given the opportunity to correct tests on 1/20/17
Homework - students are able to log onto iReady for individualized, independent reading practice. Go to:
- Claxton Homepage
- Student Links
- iReady/Clever
The Leader in Me
Claxton has been progressing towards becoming a Leader in Me (Lighthouse) School for a few years now. In January, we will begin in earnest. In homeroom we will be teaching the principals of being a leader during our daily morning meeting . You may see some things come home as well and I encourage you to learn about this amazing program by clicking on the link listed here: http://www.theleaderinme.org/