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We have so much going on this week and for the rest of the month.
What's Happening This Week:
- Mon, 9/8: Back to homeroom for social studies - starting Civil War; Civil War trunk day
- Tues, 9/9: Adrian Peterson (NFL) will visit; Red folders come home (Progress Reports will be in folders)
- Wed, 9/10: PJs for CURE ($1 donation)
- Thurs, 9/11: Soldier Care Package 9/11 Project (please send in supplies)
- Fri, 9/12: Mrs. Weiser will be attending a math conference; Mrs. Girardeau will be the substitute.
- Mon, 9/15: FALCAN Food Drive Starts
- Wed, 9/17: Silly Socks for CURE ($1)
- Thurs, 9/18: Curriculum Night (K-2nd 5:30-6; 3rd-5th 6-6:30)
- Fri, 9/19: Talk Like a Pirate Day; Math Test; Chick-Fil-A ($2.50)
- Wed, 9/24: Stuffed Animals/Caps for CURE ($1)
- Thurs, 9/25: Boy Scouts Sign Up
- Tues, 9/30: The Sandwich Project--see below for more information
Scholastic Book Order
Please know that there are 2 ways you are able to order from Scholastic. You may send in a personal check made out to Scholastic Book Clubs for the amount of your order, or you may order on line. When our class orders books from Scholastic, our class receives FREE BOOKS for our CLASSROOM LIBRARY! Over the years books get loved quite a bit. I'd like to be able to replace some deeply loved books with some new ones, as well as get some new TITLES that the students are interested in. If you plan on ordering on-line, please use our class code: F974D. All Scholastic Book Club orders are due to me by Wednesday, Sept. 10th. I will place the order that night. Thank you in advance for ordering and helping our class find the LOVE of READING.
9/11 Day Project
We'll be participating in our annual 9/11 Day Project. Each homeroom will pack a care package for someone serving in the military overseas. We have names of soldiers recently deployed to Afghanistan from North Georgia.
Please consider sending in some of the following items. for our care packages:
- turkey jerky
- packaged cookies
- sunflower seeds
- trial sized shampoos, body wash, hand sanitizer, toothpaste, bars of soap, etc.
- sunscreen
- packs of playing cards
- magazines
- baby wipes
9/19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day
A special THANK YOU goes to Mrs. Thompson for helping me LOVE this day! I LOVE, love, love TLAP (Talk Like a Pirate) Day! Each year, I read pirate stories to the students, we eat piratey snacks, and talk in a pirate voice using pirate words! This year it falls on a Friday (perfect), so we are gearing up to learn more about pirates by watching videos, reading articles, and writing about life as a pirate. I encourage students to wear stripes and any pirate gear they might have. If you'd like to send in some pirate "booty" for us, here's what we like to have:
- Pirate Booty, a white cheddar cheese puff (these often will come in individual bags at Target in those first few aisles, getting ready for Halloween)
- M&Ms (represents jewels found in treasure chests)
9/30 The Sandwich Project
Please be thinking ahead about this activity. Each month a 5th grade class will head up the service learning project for the month. September is our month. We will be making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for those in need in our area. To learn more about this project, please visit the tab called Service Learning. The following items will be needed:
5 loaves of bread
3 large jars of peanut butter
3 large jars of jelly
apples
oranges
zip-lock bags (X-large sandwich sized)
brown paper bags
sweet treat individually wrapped
Here is what we will be working on this week:
Social Studies
Standards
SS5H1 The student will explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the
Civil War.
- Identify Uncle Tom’s Cabin and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, and explain how each of these events was related to the Civil War.
- Discuss how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased tensions between the North and South.
- Identify major battles and campaigns: Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Appomattox Court House.
- Describe the roles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
- Describe the effects of war on the North and South.
What events led to the start of the Civil War?
How did the issue of states' rights affect Northerners and Southerners?
Activities
- One of my favorite events of the year is happening this week! The Civil War trunk from the North Georgia History Museum will be at school, and on Tuesday, my students will be able to try on REAL Confederate and Union uniforms, touch Civil War artifacts, and learn facts hands-on from this trunk.
- Students will watch History.com videos and BrainPop videos to learn about important people and facts from this time period.
- On Friday, students will watch the documentary from History Channel, America: Story of Us.
- We will also take lots of notes!
- Excerpts from Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Excerpts from Ellen Craft: Ride to Freedom
Mathematics
Standards
- NBT.1 Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.
- NBT.2 Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole number exponents to denote powers of 10.
- How can I determine the value of a digit in a large number?
- How can recognizing patterns help me multiply or divide by powers of 10?
- Watch videos from Khan Academy (click HERE to watch the series of videos we will watch in class.
- Interactive Notebook activities for NBT.1 and NBT.2
- Roll dice to create powers and work with place value and exponents
- Complete task cards
- IXL: F.3 (students can work on this at home as well)
- I Feel Like A Big Fat Zero tasks
- Math Journal Tasks
- Patterns-R-Us
- Next Friday, 9/19
Standards
- RL.5.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
- RI.5.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
- RL.5.5. Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
- How can we closely read a text to better understand it?
- How can annotating a text help us understand it better?
- How is plot organized in a typical literary text?
- Practice close-reading an informational article and a literary story
- Chart the plot of a literary text
- Create comic strips about books we've read
- Typing Pal
- EasyCBM start-of-year reading assessment
- IXL--Language Arts (nouns-E.1, E.2) (adjectives-T.1, T.2) STUDENTS may Work on this at home as well!
- Shurley English-Classroom Practice sheets
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
- "A Good Night"
- "Welcome Home"
- Wonder by R. J. Palacio
- Create a brochure with tips for people who have difficulty sleeping
- Explaining how a family is affected when a loved one goes off to fight in a war
- Letters to soldiers for our 9/11 care packages
- Class Journal activity (topics will vary)
