I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving Break! I want to tell you how thankful I am for such a generous group of parents and students. I have gotten an overwhelming response for the Husky Helping House this year. If you still wish to donate, we no longer need anyone to buy items, but any money you send will be shared other classes so that their children can also have such a nice Christmas. Thank you so much for your care and generosity!
Upcoming Tests:
Social Studies, Chapter 9 (Slavery)-Friday
Facts Test-Friday
Here's what we are learning this week!
Social Studies: We are currently into one of our most intense social studies units of the year, slavery. After just two lessons the kids are already intrigued and full of questions. Throughout this unit they will be creating a slave journal in their reflection notebooks where they will write as though they are experiencing the hardships that the West African slaves experienced.
Math: With the completion of division, we are now moving on to fractions. This is a major unit of study in 5th grade. We will be learning about fractions from now through the better part of January.
Science: We will do a mini-unit on body systems this week.
Word Study: Word study will be interrupted a lot this week, so we will be reviewing skills already learned.
Reading: Literature circles are going strong! Each group has a meeting this week, so you may see some extra work coming home if the kids don't get finished in class.
Writing: We will be celebrating the completion of our first open genre pieces on Friday! Allowing the kids to select their own writing piece has been a huge success because they were so excited about their writing! I will send home a copy of the completed piece with your child for you to view.
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