Week of August 19th

Important Dates

-August 18th from 1 pm to 4 pm at Big Air Park in Hiram, the Paulding Council PTA will be hosting a Family Fun Day!
-8/20 Picture Day
-8/22 5-6pm Watch D.O.G.S. Launch Meeting (Free Pizza, Drinks, and Fun) Please encourage your child's father and/or father figures to come show their support and bring the kids with them!

-9/10 PTA Jump-It's Night

-9/23-9/27 Fall Break

This week in Mrs. Plante's Math....

We are continuing with Unit 1: Order of Operation and Whole Numbers. 

HERE is a link to the Parent Letter created by the State to explain what standards are being taught in this unit. 

Our focus this week is reviewing Powers of 10 and introducing the Order of Operations. 

HERE is a video explaining multiplication and division with Powers of 10.  

HERE is a video explaining the Order of Operations

This week in Mrs. Allen's Writing...

Introduction to Informational Writing.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. 
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL5.1d Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussion.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

This week in Mrs. Allen's Social Studies...
We are starting our WWI and Roaring 20's unit. 
Standard: SS5H2 Describe U.S. involvement in World War I and post-World War I America. 
a. Explain how German attacks on U.S. shipping during the war in Europe (1914-1917) ultimately led the U.S. to join the fight against Germany; include the sinking of the Lusitania and concerns over safety of U.S. ships, U.S. 
contributions to the war, and the impact of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

b. Describe the cultural developments and individual contributions in the 1920s of the Jazz Age (Louis Armstrong), the Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes), baseball (Babe Ruth), the automobile (Henry Ford), and transatlantic flight (Charles Lindbergh). 

HERE is a great site to check out more information on our current unit. 

This week in Mr. Brumbelow's Reading Class...

We will continue reading our first Shared Reading book of the year, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. We will be keeping track of all our story elements as we progress through the book. We will begin with vocabulary work, read chorally as a class, and then partner reread to ensure comprehension. Students will use their reading notebooks to write their own super sentences using our new vocabulary words. Students will also be answering a written response to the text in their reading notebooks. 

We will also begin our NBI (Needs Based Instruction) reading rotations this Monday, 8/19. Some students will be working in the computer labs on Read 180 or System 44. Other students will stay in the classroom and meet with me in small groups to work on reading fluency and comprehension. This program helps students that are reading below grade level become more proficient readers. It will also have students that are on grade level continue to grow their reading skills and vocabulary up to and beyond the fifth grade reading band. Each of these segments will last 45 minutes. 

Students have been given a list of vocabulary words for this week. I will also post a snip it of the words with definitions below. The test over the spelling and definitions of the (Week 2) words will be on Monday 8/19.