November 26, 2017



I hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving with friends and family! I am excited to get back to learning and fun in Room 502.




Safe surf: Responsible Digital Citizenship: Tomorrow students will learn about Responsible Digital Citizenship from the presenters at Safe surf!
Students will learn…
  • To become good cyber citizens and help ensure a bright future  
  • To recognize cyberbullying and help put a stop to it  
  • To identify tricks and secrets that predators may use  
  • To understand the ramifications of inappropriate online behavior  
  • To utilize social networking in an age-appropriate and respectful manner  
Hearing Screening: Monday, November 27th @ 3:10
Reading: This week in reading, we will begin Unit 3, Social Issues. Students will learn about some of the issues that exist in the world that authors have woven into their texts. Students will delve into books looking for the problems and injustices that affect not just the character and the reader but entire groups of people in their communities and beyond.
Writing:  This week in writing, we will begin Unit 3, From Essay and Narrative to Memoir. Students will learn to use their notebooks to research their lives, collecting both entries and idea-based writing. That is, they will learn that writers write both “big” and “small,” writing about large ideas or theories and then zooming in to write about one time when that idea was true. After a bit of collecting and pondering, children will be ready to select one of these entries as a “seed idea.”
Math: This week in math, we will continue to use models and strategies to divide whole numbers and decimals. Students will learn how to use estimation to decide if a quotient is reasonable when dividing by two digit divisors.  When it comes to dividing with decimals, the students will determine patterns and ask themselves if their answers seem reasonable.
Social Studies:This week in Social Studies, we will continue our Native Americans unit. Students will learn about a variety of Native American cultures. We will use a map to locate the seven Native American cultural regions and to connect the environments of each region with cultures that developed there. Students will also learn about Native Americans in each area used the available natural resources to make their houses, clothing, tools, and art.
Important Vocabulary: cultures, nomadic, cultural regions, artifacts, mesas, and gorges
Science: Remember: Students will rotate every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday for science. Our class is currently studying Levers and Pulleys with Mrs. Childes. This unit introduces fifth graders to simple machines.  Students will identify simple machines in common tools and household items.  Students conduct investigations using two kinds of simple machines, levers and pulleys.  They set up systems and measure outcomes in Newtons using a spring scale.  They relate the force needed to lift a load to the advantage resulting from the simple machines.  They graph to organize and interpret results of investigations.  Students will explore how friction affects the amount of force needed to do work.
November      
15: Parkway Board of Education Meeting, 7:00 pm, Central Middle
16: PSO Meeting, 7:00 pm
22-26: No School, Thanksgiving
27: Hearing Screenings and Safe Surf Presentations - Grades 4 and 5
December
6: Late Start, School begins at 11:05 am, Cardinals Day - wear Cardinal Red, and Parkway Board of Education Meeting, 7:00 pm, Central Middle
14: All Read, 3:25 pm and PSO Meeting, 7:00 pm
15: Country Western Day
21: Winter Parties, 9:45 am
22 - 31: Winter Break
January
1-3: No School, Winter Break
4: School Resumes
10: Late Start, School begins at 11:05 am, Spirit Day - PJ Day
11: All Read, 3:25 pm

15: No School, Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday

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