Miss Scherer's Weekly Update
5B Humanities
Our Week (February 10th to 13th)
Students:
- completed their Writing Conferences and their Columbus Writing samples.
- completed a Word Study Test.
- determined if a text was written in the nonfiction text structure of chronological order by looking for signal words. Then, they wrote their own paragraph, of a topic of their choice, using the chronological order text structure.
- determined if a text was written in the nonfiction text structure of compare/contrast by looking for signal words. Then, they wrote their own paragraph, of a topic of their choice, using the compare/contrast text structure.
- learned about the different types of stress and how to cope with them.
- exchanged Valentines and had a homeroom celebration.
Text Structure Practice
Text Structure Practice
Text Structure Practice
Text Structure Practice
Text Structure Practice
Text Structure Practice
Text Structure Practice
This Book Club finished reading their book!
Genius Hour Projects!
Totes Adorbs!
There's a lot of love in 5B!
Happy Valentines Day!
We are all very proud of Patrick for representing 5B on our Student Lighthouse Team! On Thursday, he told our District's Leader in Me Coach, Miss Desiree, all about our Wildy Important Goals and our Reading Accountability Buddies!
Classroom Donations
We could always use and appreciate:
1. Clorox or Lysol Wipes
2. Tissues
3. Candy for Rewards
Looking Ahead...(February 18th to 21st)
Students will...
- will meet, reflect and journal with their Reading Accountability Buddies.
- will determine if a text is written in the nonfiction text structure of Cause/Effect
- will determine the Main Idea of various texts.
- will determine the Author's Purpose of various texts.
- will complete a practice packet entitled, "Thrilling Thunderstorms" for homework. It will be assigned on Tuesday and due on Friday. They will take a Nonfiction quiz, "Hero with a Heart" on Monday.
- will preview some of the difficulties that the Jamestown settlers had when they arrived in the New World.
Cycle Days
Tuesday: Day 4
Wednesday: Day 5
Thursday: Day 6
Friday: Day 1
Important Dates to Remember...
2/24: Spring Picture Day
2/28: Crazy Sock/Crazy Hair Spirit Day
3/05: Early Dismissal/Spring Conferences
3/06: NO SCHOOL/Spring Conferences
3/09: NO SCHOOL: Professional Development
4/03: Bear Creek Bash
4/15 to 4/17: Spring Book Fair
4/20 to 4/24: ELA PSSA
4/27 to 5/8: Math and Science PSSA
5/11: 5th Grade Field Day
5/20: BizTown Field Trip
Websites That We Use
Students may also use these websites at home to practice ELA skills!
RAZ KIDS
https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login
Class Code: aschererj
EPIC! Reading
https://www.getepic.com/sign-in/educator
Class Code: abk6929
Freckle
https://student.freckle.com/#/login
AM Class Code: 5R44CA
PM Class Code: 8RR7H5