Week of December 9th

Important Dates

- Sparkles PTA fundraiser 4-8pm in Hiram 12/14
- Dare Graduation December 16th @ 9:00 
- School Spelling Bee December 17^th @ 8:15
- Two hour early release Friday, 12/20
- Holiday Break 12/23 - 1/2

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

We are starting our unit on fractions. HERE is the letter from the state department of education outlining what your student is going to learn in this unit. Our focus for this week will be equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, ordering fractions, adding and subtracting fractions. 
UNIT TEST WEDNESDAY 12/18/19
IXL Skills to help review: K4, K6, K8, K9, K10, K11
Videos for current unit:
Adding and Subtracting Fractions using the "Butterfly Method"
Equivalent Fractions video
Comparing fractions with models

Videos from Unit 3

HERE is a video multiplying decimals using an area model.

HERE is a video multiplying large decimals using the standard algorithm. 
HERE is a video dividing decimals by whole number using a model. 

Videos from Unit 2

Rounding Decimals

Ordering Decimals

Comparing Decimals

Place Value of Decimals

Videos from Unit 1

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

This week in Mrs. Allen's Class....
We are continuing our research on the Civil Rights Movement in class. Students will have an opportunity to do some research in class, however I have encouraged them to try to talk to someone they know that lived during that time to get a first hand account of what they went through. I also encourage the students to do some research at home. 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. Please encourage your students to complete homework each night. 

In Social Studies:

We are being our unit on World War II and the Cold War. 

SS5H4 Explain America’s involvement in World War II.
 a. Describe German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia.
 b. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust.
 c. Discuss President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
d. Identify Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, Hirohito, Truman, Mussolini, and Hitler.
 e. Describe the effects of rationing and the changing role of women and African Americans or Blacks; include “Rosie the Riveter” and the Tuskegee Airmen.
 f. Explain the role of Eleanor Roosevelt and the U.S. in the formation of the United Nations. 
SS5H5 Discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War. 
a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.” 
b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
c. Identify Joseph McCarthy and Nikita Khrushchev. 
d. Discuss the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. 

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

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

We will finish reading our new fiction text, The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. 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 be no vocabulary test. We will be working on a constructed response where we get to reread the text and write an obituary for each character. Students will also be given their 2nd 9 weeks Reading assessment later in the week as our schedule allows. 

***Please make sure your child has a library book at home with them every day. It should be kept in their book bags unless they are reading them and brought to school with them every day. It is extremely important that your child read at least 20-30 minutes every night for them to continue to improve their reading abilities.

We will 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.