Habit of Mind - Applying Past Knowledge Use what

Week of February 12th - 16th

Habit of Mind - Applying Past Knowledge Use what you learn! Accessing prior knowledge; transferring knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned. Below are topics that are being taught by the 5th grade teachers. Ask your student what they have been learning about this week! Writing

(1 week each)

* Revising and Editing (Miss Massey) -Revise and edit papers using proper editing marks. *Capitalization (Mr. Bahrenfuss) -Rules of capitalization *Paragraph Structure (Mrs. Hanson) -Requirements of a paragraph, how to write a 5 sentence paragraph. *Conventions(Mr. Flint) -Punctuation involving dialogue, introductory elements, conjunctions & prepositions.

Math

(individual math goals) Ms. Massey- Fractions & Operational Thinking Mr. Bahrenfuss- Geometry & Algebraic Thinking Mrs. Hanson- Operational Thinking Mr. Flint- Measurement & Data, Probability & Statistics

Other Announcements

-Continue to encourage students to work on assignments at home. If they have access to the internet, students know how to log into google classroom & google drive. They can access a majority of their assignments from these two places. We appreciate your help with this!

English Language Arts (2 week each)

* Main Idea & Informational Text (Miss Massey) *Sequence of Events & Realistic Fiction (Mr. Bahrenfuss) *Making Inferences & Historical Fiction (Mrs. Hanson) * Summarizing & Plays (Mr. Flint)

Science & Social Studies

(2 weeks each) Science Ecosystems (Mr. Bahrenfuss) Food chains and how energy moves through the food chain. Mystery assessments. Front Row Articles. Matter (Mr. Flint) Properties of matter and chemical reactions. Mystery assessments Social Studies Civil War (Miss Massey) Events that led to the Civil War and major battles. Economy (Mrs. Hanson) Economy project due Friday, February 23rd

Upcoming Dates

February 16th & 19th - NO SCHOOL March 5th & 12th - Parent Teacher Conferences