Week of February 6-10

BOB!

The BOB Competitions will begin next week!  We will have classroom competitions on Monday, February 13^th and the 5^th Grade Competition will be Wednesday, February 15^th!  If you want to help your child prepare, please quiz him/her over the author for each book.  I will create a PowerPoint to practice this week.  Here is the list.

2010-2011 Battle of the Books (5th Grade):

Adventure: Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Animal: Saving Lilly by Peg Kehret
Award Winner: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
Historical Fiction: Joshua's Song by Joan Harlow
Humor: Strange Case of the Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
Diversity: Rules by Cynthia Lord
Kentucky: Tadpole by Ruth White
Mystery: Chasing the Falconers by Gordon Korman
Realistic Fiction: Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford
Sci-Fi: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Puberty Night

Puberty Night is this Thursday.  Girls @ 6:15pm.  Boys @ 7:15pm.

PEMDAS

Ask your child what PEMDAS means.  This is an acronym to help kids learn the order of operations for problem solving.  A great way to help your child prepare for our next test is by helping him/her to memorize this acronym.  If your child is struggling with his/her facts, a little extra facts practice would also go a long way.  Here is a fun website for practicing the Order of Operations.  It has several games.  http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/order-of-operations-games.html

Upcoming Tests:

Facts Quiz

Social Studies:  This week we will be exploring the United States Constitution, what it means, and how it came to be.

Math:  After reviewing order of operations, we’ll begin learning how to read line graphs and how to add and subtract positive and negative numbers.

Science:  The skeletal system and the circulatory system will be our focus of the week.

Reading:  We explore how authors use the story elements to create amazing stories.

Writing:  Opinion pieces are in the revision stages, so the plan is to celebrate on Friday!