5th Grade Happenings

Happy Sunday!  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We are off to a fabulous start!

Upcoming events:

1.  Artist Report:  We finalized our choice of artist. We are looking for when they were born, died, nationality, influences, famous masterpieces, . . . We started note taking in class this week. And will begin to write  the paragraphs. On laptops, we started our artist PowerPoint project.

2. Language Arts:  Our first novel is The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.  Please ask your child to tell you about it.  Look for vocabulary and comprehension questions.

3.  Social Studies:  We have been working on our geographical terms.  We will be choosing one National geographical Landmark to research.  Examples are Cape Cod, Glen Canyon, and the Colorado River.  They can be anywhere in the United States. We have finished Chapter 1 and will be have a test on Wednesday.  Your child can review at http://tutorial.teachtci.com/

4. Science:  Our first Unit is the Water Planet, We have been learning all about our Solar System and will have a test on Tuesday. Please ask your child to review with you, his study guide.  Here is the website for our foss kits. http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html

5.  Please remember to sign and return only the test packet sheet that will be in the Friday Folder this week. You are to keep all the tests for review.

                           Thank you for all your support and have a great week!

                                   

                                                               Andrea Jones