Week of September 30th

Important Dates

- 9/23-9/27 Fall Break
-Thursday 10/10 Fall Festival at DES

                           -10/11 End of the 1st 9 Weeks

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

We are starting Unit 2: decimals. We will start with place value, forms of numbers, comparing and ordering. Standards and videos will be added with in the week. You can always check out more info at: https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/Math-K-5.aspx 

Videos from our previous unit to help review:

Partial Quotient Strategy for division Video

Area Model Multiplication Video

Standard Algorithm Multiplication Video

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

HERE is a video explaining the Order of Operations

Looking for a math review? Your student has a license for IXL.com. Their login info is in their agenda. They can work on: A1, A2, A4, C10, C12, C13, C14, E1, E2, and G4.

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

In writing this week we will continue to work on our fictional narratives. The focus for this writing is on showing sentences (with details), pacing, planning, important details. One way you could help your student in writing is to have them journal about their day every night. Each night your student will have Daily Oral Language for homework. We will check them each day in class and each Friday they will be assessed. 

This week in Mrs. Allen's Science.

In science we have begun our unit on Microorganisms. Your student will have to be able to identify how microorganisms are benefits and how they are harmful to larger organisms. Our test on cells will be September 30, and our test on microorganisms will be October 7th. 

S5L4. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how microorganisms benefit or harm larger organisms. (Clarification statement: Possible microorganisms could include Tardigrades, Lactobacillus, Probiotics, Rotifers, Salmonella, Clostridium botulinum (Botox), E-coli, Algae, etc. Students are not expected to know these specific microorganisms. The list is provided to give teachers examples.) a. Construct an argument using scientific evidence to support a claim that some microorganisms are beneficial. b. Construct an argument using scientific evidence to support a claim that some microorganisms are harmful.

Vocabulary:

Cell- The basic unit of structure and function of all living things., tissue- A group of cells that work together to perform a certain function. 

organ- A group of tissues that work together to perform a certain function.

organ system- A group of organs that work together to do a job for the body.

microorganism- An organism that is too small to be seen with the unaided eye. 

bacteria- A certain type of microorganism 

mold- a kind of fungus 

protist- A one-celled organism that shares traits with plants or animals. 

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

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

***Students will continue to have weekly reading homework that they can work on every night at home. It's just a short reading passage with a few questions each day to keep their reading and vocabulary skills sharp. These homework sheets are due every Friday morning, however they can turn it in early if they would like. If your child doesn't turn in this homework then they will receive a negative dojo and forfeit their recess for the day.***

We will finish reading our first nonfiction Shared Reading book of the year, Animal Cells and Life Processes by Barbara A. Somervill. We will be keeping track of all our text structure 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 complete some vocabulary word work. Students will also be answering a written response to the text in their reading notebooks. There will not be a spelling and/or vocabulary test over words from this book. We will use these words daily in our written response answers. We will also be preparing for our 1st 9 weeks reading assessments.

We will also continue our NBI (Needs Based Instruction) reading rotations. 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.