Just some fun at RECESS!

This past Tuesday, our newest Scholastic Book Club order forms went home in Tuesday Red Folders. Please know that the due date for all orders is November 12th. Feel free to take advantage of on-line ordering. Our class code is: F974D.
Every child that orders will receive a free gift. Also, books make great gifts for readers just like your child. Please feel free to check out our classroom Wish List. . . .our class loves to read and would like some additional books in our classroom library.
We really enjoyed collecting data on our pumpkins!
A special thank you goes to all of the families that supplied us with pumpkins for this wonderful activity. We had a great time!
Another big THANKS to everyone who sent in coats for our coat drive in
October. Our class, along with Mrs. Thompson's class, delivered 38 coats (and 30
lunches made by Mrs. Hawkins's students) to New Walk Ministry last week.
They operate the Facebook page "Homeless in Gainesville, Ga." Here's a
picture they posted of a man who received one of our coats. My students
(along with Mrs. Thompson's students) wrote notes to go on the coats -
notes with encouraging words. I loved receiving this picture; look at
him reading the note of encouragement while wearing a coat he'd been
given - it really filled my bucket!
Service Learning Project
We are going to do a sock drive for NEW "adult" socks in the
month of November. Any kind of thick, wooly, or fuzzy pair of socks
would be greatly appreciated! We will deliver those on November 18th. If you still have any blankets or coats, please feel free to continue to send those as well. Many of the 5th grade classes are pairing up with a 1st grade class for this month to collect NEW socks. We will work on writing special notes of encouragement with our new 1st grade friends and will place them inside the socks. This is such a special project. It could not happen without your help. Thank you in advance for sending in new socks.
Social Studies
My homeroom is back with me for the next two weeks! We'll begin studying World War 1. Don't forget to check out our 5th grade SS website CLICK HERE for more information and access to our class notes.
Standards
SS5H4 The student will describe U.S. involvement in World War I and post-World War I America.
SS5H4 The student will describe U.S. involvement in World War I and post-World War I America.
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.
Activities
- Watch BrainPop video on WWI; discuss the background to the war
- Read and write about military alliances; color a WWI alliances map
- Watch videos about the sinking of the Lusitania and read about how it prompted the US to enter WWI
- Read about and discuss home life during WWI
Test: Thursday of next week!
Math
Standards
NBT.7 Add,
subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete
models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of
operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction;
relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
We
are going to continue reviewing and practicing multiplying with
decimals, but this week, we are introducing dividing with decimals.
Activities:
Divide Decimals Page Front and back. Show your work on paper and staple it to your paper when you’ve finished. Check your work by multiplying!
Solve the Riddle! Solve the division problems to find what number goes with each word. Then enter each word in the spaces below to find out the riddle.
Solve the Riddle! Solve the division problems to find what number goes with each word. Then enter each word in the spaces below to find out the riddle.
NBT.6 Task Cards
Complete at least 3 problems for each operation: addition, subtraction,
multiplying, and dividing. Show your work on paper. Keep that to turn
in with this menu board.
IXL – Dividing Decimals Please master all of these: H.13, I.3, I.5
Homework
Please be sure to ask your child if they have completed their math homework. We are still having an issue with students not turning in their work. Homework is due on Friday.
Please be sure to ask your child if they have completed their math homework. We are still having an issue with students not turning in their work. Homework is due on Friday.
Math videos to look at:
Reading
Standards
RL5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Activities:
Party in Room 302: Tasks A and B Read
the story "Party in Room 302." For task A, identify all the instances
of figurative language. For task B, explain what some of the examples
mean.
StoryWorks “Like Magic” (October 2014) Read the entire story. After reading it, find the 3 similes on page 22. On a sheet of notebook paper, write down the sentence that has the simile, underline the simile, and tell what it means. Do this for all 3 similes.
StoryWorks “Like Magic” (October 2014) Read the entire story. After reading it, find the 3 similes on page 22. On a sheet of notebook paper, write down the sentence that has the simile, underline the simile, and tell what it means. Do this for all 3 similes.
RL.4 Choice Board Complete one activity for each letter: READ. Color in the square for the activity you’ve chosen.
Figurative Language Task Cards Choose some of the activities on these cards to complete. Some of them are tough! Be sure your thinking cap is on.
Study Island Take the figurative language test on Study Island. Take your time and think carefully! This will show me what you know.
What We're Reading
- "Princess Penelope"
- "Party in Room 302"
- "Like Magic"
- One for the Murphy's
- Stories with figurative language (primarily similes and metaphors)
- Starting Shurley English Chapter 4
- Grammar: compound subjects, compound verbs, and compound objects of prepositions
- Skills: Types of sentences - simple, fragment, simple with a compound subject, simple with a compound verb
- Test next week