Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
We have had a very busy week in 5A! The students are doing a wonderful job learning the routines and procedures of the school. They are also doing well at switching classes. Today in Lib/Tech 5A students began the MAPS Standardized Test. The testing window extends through October 7. We will also be doing testing when I have my homeroom class. It usually takes two class periods for students to finish one test.
Magazine Sale: Remember to sell magazines!!!
Reminders:
- September 16th – Movie Night
- September 23rd – Noon Dismissal
- September 23rd-24th – WestFest
- September 27th – School Pictures
- October 14th – No School (Teacher In-Service)
The following is a brief curriculum update for the week of September 19 – 23, 2022”
Religion
Next week we will continue working on Chapter 1, God’s Plan for All Creation. In this chapter, students will be writing an Acrostic Poem about God using the word “Praise”. Students will decorate it creatively using color. We will also be completing the Chapter 1 Study Guide on the Religion Google Classroom. Students will also learn about what it means to be a Steward of God’s Creation. They will write ways they can care for the environment.
Second Step Curriculum
Lesson 2: Listening with Attention
In this lesson students will be learning about listening with attention. They will be learning some skills to help them demonstrate listening with attention. They will also learn and understand that listening with attention helps you learn, work with others and make friends.
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Here is an overview of ALEKS:
Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is a web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn’t know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn. As a student works through a course, ALEKS periodically reassesses the student to ensure that topics learned are also retained. ALEKS courses are very complete in their topic coverage and ALEKS avoids multiple-choice questions. A student who shows a high level of mastery of an ALEKS course will be successful in the actual course he or she is taking.
9/19 Monday – Ch. 1 Lessons 1-4 Check My Progress Review
9/20 Tuesday – Ch. 1 Lessons 1-4 Quiz
9/21 Wednesday – Ch.1 Lesson 6 Place Value Through Thousandths
9/22 Thursday – Ch. 1 Lesson 7, Compare Decimals
9/23 Friday – ALEKS & Individual Review/Reteaching of New Concepts
Math – Mr. Schreck
We will occasionally skip a lesson to help us get through all the topics over the course of the school year.
Here is an overview of ALEKS:
Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn’t know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn. As a student works through a course, ALEKS periodically reassesses the student to ensure that topics learned are also retained. ALEKS courses are very complete in their topic coverage and ALEKS avoids multiple-choice questions. A student who shows a high level of mastery of an ALEKS course will be successful in the actual course he or she is taking.
Chapter 1, Place Value
Monday: Lesson 6, Place Value Through Thousandths
Tuesday: Lesson 7, Compare Decimals
Wednesday: Lesson 8, Order Whole Numbers & Decimals
Thursday: Review Lesson 6-8
Friday: Chapter 1 Test/ALEKS
Math – Mrs. Heuer
Monday: *1.5 Adding Decimals
Tuesday: *1.6 Subtracting Decimals
Wednesday: *Story Problem Practice
Thursday: *Review (Day 1)
Friday: *We will have a second day of review or the first unit test. I will let you know by Wednesday.
Science
Students will take a quiz next Friday (9/23). It will be based on their experiences with pendulums (also called swingers) and vocabulary notes they copied in their 5-subject notebooks.
Social Studies
Students will continue to work on the Ch. 1 Geography Challenge. Students will work with a partner to complete the Geo – Challenge Maps A – D packet. Looking ahead, the test for this Chapter is on Monday (10/3). A study guide will be posted on Google Classroom one week before the test date.
ELA
Hello, and happy weekend! On Monday, students will receive their first set of spelling words. I will also put these on the Matrix so you can take a look as well. I will also be sending home a permission slip to view clips of the movie The Lion King, which we use to learn about story elements and plot. We will also continue our study of motifs and themes with the story The Fun They Had. Students will learn how to write a RACE response, which introduces the idea of citing evidence and explaining evidence. RACE is an acronym for: restating the question, answering the question, citing evidence and explaining their evidence. Students will take the spelling test on Friday. Have a great weekend!