Author: emachuga

5th Grade News

September 13, 2013

Upcoming Events
September 27th: Book Orders Due to Mrs. Wright
September 24th: Book Fair begins
September 26th: Elementary Open House 6:00-8:00pm
October 2nd: 1/2 day for students
October 3rd: School Picture Day
October 4: School Picture Day

ELA: Mrs. Wright lwright1@cscsd.org
In ELA this week, students began to work in the new Common CORE module. They read several articles form the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Within this article they learned about several human rights.
Within this unit they also learned how to be a CLOSE reader and the five steps needed to understand a text that is difficult.
Please continue to check and sign planners daily. 20 minutes of independent reading with a summary is due each day.
Please check my website at toolboxpro.org for any materials, resources and or news.
We will continue working in the module next week. They will have a short vocabulary quiz that involves human rights vocabulary words. Students brought home all vocabulary flashcards to help them study.

Math/FOSS: Mr. McKenna
This week in math we spent a lot of time solving problems with the appropriate steps including pictorial, word, and abstract explanations. We also focused on writing to the millions place in standard, expanded, and word form.
Next week the students will be multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100, and 1000. The students will be using place value mats to show their work. The student will also take part in daily "sprints" to improve math fact fluency.
In science, the students will be starting a FOSS unit called "Mixtures and Solutions". The students will be taking part in several experiments and writing their thoughts and conclusions in notebooks.

Special Education-Mrs. Taft dtaft@cscsd.org
My name is Mrs. Taft. I am the fifth grade Special Education teacher this year. I am really excited to work with your children in ELA, math, and Resource Room this year. We will be working towards your students individual education goals and the new fifth grade curriculum. If you have questions or concerns, please contact me at dtaft@cscsd.org.