Welcome Class of 2023

Karen

Lizbeth

Rosa

Miguel

Brandon 

Isaac

Carlos

Carlos

Alma

America

Miguel

Justin

Susana

Valeria

Emily

Rogelio

Christopher

Deffny

Zylisa

Noberto

Jessica

Jose

SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST 2015-2016

You'll need the following school supplies for 5th grade this year.

2 boxes of 12 pencils
5 composition books
3 folders without prongs
     (one of each color: red, yellow, green)
2 packs of wide ruled notebook paper
1 box of facial tissue
1 pack of glue sticks



NO BINDERS this year! We are doing interactive notebooks instead.

Art supplies (markers, crayons, etc.) are not required. I have markers and crayons in the room. However, if your child wants new art supplies to keep in his or her cubby, that is up to you.

OPEN HOUSE

I hope that I get the opportunity to meet you at OPEN HOUSE 

Monday, August 3rd, 3:00-6:00 PM

Please bring your school supplies with you if you can.

(If I miss you at Open House, the first day of school is Wednesday, August 5th. My classroom will be open at 7 am.)

Week of 3/23

Dear Families~

Coming Up This Week:
Mon. 3/23: Book Fair begins
Tues. 3/24: Report Cards go home
Wed. 3/25: Return Report Cards; our class visits the Book Fair at 1:00
Thurs. 3/26: Music/step performance 8:20 and at 9:20


Coming Soon:
Mon. 3/30: Spring Pictures

Thank you to everyone that turned in the field trip permission slips and $15 deposit by Friday. We were able to turn our final numbers in to the charter bus company and I know it is going to be a GREAT trip. Please expect the remainder money $15 to be due very soon. A letter will be coming home soon about it. 

Science
This week we will continue science class with Ms. Creel. They will be working on a variety of science topics.

Math
This week we will continue our study of  the metric system. Students will be working on a variety of activities in the classroom. Please make sure your child spends time at home on IXL. Students will be working on W.1-W.12. We will also revisit the customary system (American). We will test on Friday. Students will have a review sheet for homework each night to complete. Also for homework, I expect students to spend as much time as possible on IXL. We really want to win that pizza party that I told you about last week. Here is the information in case you missed it. 

Spring Learning Showdown IXL Competition
I have entered our class into this IXL competition. How many new problems can we as a class work on beginning on March 23-April 24? If our class wins. . . .we will win a PIZZA PARTY! If you do not currently encourage your child to spend time on IXL at home. . .please do so! It will help build their confidence in math and if we win---it will fill our bellies! Students can practice any skill that they notice they should be more confident in. The purpose of IXL is to build math confidence. We want students to be confident when we get ready to take the GA Milestones Test in just a few short weeks from now. 

Reading

This week in reading we will begin something new. What was Harriett Tubman's Greatest Achievement? We will be reading several different articles as well as looking at several maps and photographs to help us answer that very question. 

Week of 3/16

Dear Families~
I really think that spring has finally sprung here in North Georgia. I want to encourage EVERYONE to get outside as much as possible and play! I know that may sound silly, but research shows that children who get outside and play do better in school compared to the children who stay inside and play video game day after day. Please take some time to enjoy the beautiful weather yourself.

A special THANK YOU goes to everyone that came out last Friday and supported our Bruster's Scooper Night. We were able to raise over $400 to go towards our 5th grade field trip to Atlanta. As soon as I have more specific information for you about the field trip, I'll pass it along as soon as possible. Thank you!

Book Fair HELP NEEDED
If you are able to help, please sign up. Thank you so very much.
We're using VolunteerSpot (the leading online Sign-up and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming Sign-ups.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:
1) Click this link to see our Sign-Up on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/xUEWiC
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot.

Our class is scheduled to attend the Book Fair on Wednesday, March 25th at 1:00. 

Coming up this week
Mon. 3/16: No School for students. Teachers are in training
Tues. 3/17: St. Patrick's Day; Tuesday folders go home
Wed. 3/18: Return Tuesday folders; class visit the library
Thurs. 3/19:
Fri. 3/20: First day of SPRING

Coming Soon
Mon. 3/23: Book Fair begins
Tues. 3/24: Report Cards go home
Wed. 3/25: Return Report Cards; our class visits the Book Fair at 1:00
Thurs. 3/26: Music/step performance 8:20 and at 9:20
Mon. 3/30: Spring Pictures

Science
For the next 2 weeks our homeroom will be with Ms. Creel for science class. They will be working on a variety of science topics. They will also have the chance to watch a civil rights movie that goes along with our social studies unit we just finished.

Math
For the next 2 weeks, we will be learning customary units of measurement as well as the metric system. Students will be working on a variety of activities in the classroom. Please make sure your child spends time at home on IXL. Students will be working on W.1-W.10.

Spring Learning Showdown IXL Competition
I have entered our class into this IXL competition. How many new problems can we as a class work on beginning on March 23-April 24? If our class wins. . . .we will win a PIZZA PARTY! If you do not currently encourage your child to spend time on IXL at home. . .please do so! It will help build their confidence in math and if we win---it will fill our bellies!

Reading
This week we will continue our literature circle books as well as working on comparing and contrasting two text.

Please make sure to keep your child at home if they are sick. Thank you for your help and support with this.

If you have read this blog post and discussed it with your child, please have your child write the following in their agenda . . . . . .SPRING is HERE! It will be your child's responsibility to show their agenda to me for a special prize.

Week of 3/9

Dear Families~

It was brought to my attention last week by students that you have been missing my weekly blog posts. Since I had not had anyone mention this to me until now, I honestly thought no one had found the information useful, so I quit posting. I will continue to update the blog as long as it is useful to you. 

Coming up this week
Mon. 3/9:
Tues. 3/10: Tuesday Folders go home
Wed. 3/11: Class visits the library 1:15
Thurs. 3/12: Skate Country
Fri. 3/13: Bruster's Scooper Night 3:30-6:30-Come and support our 5th grade field trip. Have a 5th grade teacher scoop your ice cream!

Coming up Soon
Mon. 3/16: No school for students
Wed. 3/25: Scholastic Book Fair visit 1:00-1:30--come and join us

Social Studies
SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975. 

1. Discuss the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. 
2. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown
   v. Board of Education (1954), the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr. 
3. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. 
4. Discuss the significance of the technologies of television and space exploration. 

SS5H9 The student will trace important developments in America since 1975. 

1. Describe U. S. involvement in world events; include efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terrorism in response to September 11, 2001. 
2. Explain the impact the development of the personal computer and the Internet has had on American life. 

This week we will have a short quiz over the information on the Civil Rights movement--most likely on Wednesday. We will also have a quiz covering the Modern American portion of our unit on Friday. 

Math

We are studying 3D figures and how to measure their volume this week! (We will test this Friday.) We started off by understanding what volume means and measuring it by counting units that fill up a shape last week. We will finish off the week learning the formula to find volume. Students will also be reviewing geometry skills we learned several weeks ago. 

Reading 

Last week we finished reading Number the Stars. Students really enjoyed this book. We read it as a read aloud. For our next book, students will be required to do some reading outside of the classroom. I'm hoping that this will help to prepare them for reading at the middle school level. Please help me make sure your child is reading the required material. Each student will be reading something different, based on interest and or reading level. We will spend the majority of our class time diving into the text rather than simply reading the text. A way that you can help me is to make sure your child sits down and has a quiet place to read. They should also be taking notes on sticky notes as they are reading. This will help guide their discussions with their classmates. Thank you for your help with this matter. 

This week we will also finish up writing about our paired text  "The Mermaid of Kona, Hawaii" and "From City to Farm." Students will be analyzing each story based on all 19 literature and informational text standards. This will be a great practice for the Milestones coming up in April. We will begin 2 new texts this week as well. 

If you have read this blog post with your child, please have them show me the SUPER SECRET CODE: SPRING---that you have written in their agenda. I will accept this code until Tuesday, 3/10.  

Week of 1/12

Dear Families~

We had a great week last week. Once again, we will be very busy this week. Let's take a look at what we have going on:

Mon, 1/12: Reading Easy CBM test--data used to check your child's progress
Tues, 1/13: Tuesday Red Folders go home, Report cards go home,
Wed, 1/14: Math Easy CBM test--data used to check your child's progress
Thurs, 1/15: School Wide Spelling Bee--Congratulations Tanija and Jerry for representing our class
Fri, 1/16: Autobiography due in book form; Science test; Reading test
Mon, 1/19: NO SCHOOL

Homework
Please help your child stay on task this new year by setting aside time for them to do their homework. When students have a quite area and a specific time to complete the assigned task they are able to get the job completed much quicker than if they have tons of distractions. Your child HAS homework EACH night. They should be completing 40 minutes of independent reading as well as working on math. The math homework worksheet (spiral review) consists of 5 problems per night. Once they finish that, they should log onto IXL math and practice there as well. This will help build math confidence as well as help them with the daily rigor of math class. Thank you for your help.

Absences
Keep in mind that it is very important to be at school each day. However, if your child is sick, please do not send them to school. Students should be fever and stomach ache free for 24 hours before coming to school. If your child is absent, it is their responsibility to get the missed work to make up. When your child is absent, please be sure to send a note stating why. Thank you.

Report Cards
If you would like to meet with me to discuss your child's progress at school, please call the school office to schedule a conference (770) 287-2044. Be sure that you sign the report card and return it to school as soon as possible. 

Science
Students will continue working with Ms. Creel this week to study electricity and magnets! They will test this week. 

Math
We began one of our biggest units of the year - multiplying and dividing fractions. We started with what a fraction really means - it's a division problem. Therefore, 12/4 means 12 divided by 4. We created story problems for fractions to help us understand the meaning of that fraction. We do need to spend some time reviewing this week based upon our mini assessment done on Friday of last week. One thing that I noticed is students are having trouble with the dividend and the divisor.

This week after our review of what we learned last week, we will begin to work with multiplying whole numbers by fractions.

We will discuss that if you multiply a whole number times a fraction that is less than one, the product will “decrease” (less than the whole number). But if you multiply a whole number times a fraction that is greater than one, the product will “increase” (greater than the whole number). 

Please make sure that your child spends some time on IXL math at home if possible. Please go to section "N" Multiplying Fractions and begin with N.1. Continue to work and earn ribbons! We do not have any working technology in our classroom, so the only time that your child will be able to be on IXL will be at home. Thank you for allowing them to have this time.

Reading & ELA
Students will begin working with point-of-view (RL.6). There are two parts of this standard:

Point of View: 1st person (told from a character's point of view; I did this, we did that, this happened to me) and 3rd person (told from a narrator's point of view who is NOT a character in the story)

Viewpoint: how a character or narrator feels about something that has happened in the story or how they feel about another character

We will text this Friday.

This past week we began writing our own autobiographies. Students have has about 20-30 minutes each day to work on this in class. They should have brought home a paper to use as a guide. They may have even asked you some questions about themselves when they were younger. Students have been given several different examples of ways to make their autobiography into a book. The autobiography should be in chapter form and include either drawings or actual pictures of themselves/family. All autobiographies are due on Friday. We will have a very short amount of time each day in class to discuss and fix any errors. Please be sure to ask your child about this. Thank you for your help.

Week of 1/5

Dear Families~
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone enjoyed the wonderful break. Over the past 2 weeks I've relaxed and spent time with family and friends. I sure hope you were able to relax also.

Please keep in mind that as the weather continues to get colder, your child will need to come dressed for this cold weather. Please make sure that he/she is wearing layers to school. This might include a long sleeve shirt, sweater, coat, hat, gloves, and scarf etc. We will be going outside for recess as long as the temperature including the windchill is above 32 degrees.You may want to help remind your child to check the lost and found if they happen to misplace anything of theirs.

Since this is still the cold and flu season, please make sure that your child stays at home if they are SICK. When they come to school sick, germs spread. Please do not send them to school unless they have been well for at least 24 hours after being sick.

What's Going On this Week
Mon, 1/5: Teacher work day. No school for students
Tues, 1/6: Back to school; December Reading Log due; Tuesday Red Folders come home
Wed, 1/7: Return Tuesday Red Folders


Since we are in a new year, let's start it off right and focus on school work. We really do have a lot going on over the next few weeks. I know that I say that every week! (5th grade doesn't get easier as the year goes on).

ScienceStudents will be working with Ms. Creel this week to study electricity and magnets! They will test next week. 

MathWe are beginning one of our biggest units of the year - multiplying and dividing fractions. We are starting with what a fraction really means - it's a division problem. Therefore, 12/4 means 12 divided by 4. We will look at creating story problems for fractions to help us understand the meaning of that fraction. That will be our focus for this week. (standard NF.3)

Please make sure that your child spends some time on IXL at home if possible. Please go to section "N" Multiplying Fractions and begin with N.1. Continue to work and earn ribbons!

Reading
Students will begin working with point-of-view (RL.6). There are two parts of this standard:

• Point of View: 1st person (told from a character's point of view; I did this, we did that, this happened to me) and 3rd person (told from a narrator's point of view who is NOT a character in the story)
• Viewpoint: how a character or narrator feels about something that has happened in the story or how they feel about another character

We will be working with both of these topics for the next two weeks. Test will be next Friday.

Week of 12/15

Last week we had a great time learning about the assembly line and eating what we created.

We enjoyed visiting GMS and listening to the GMS band.

Dear Families~

Welcome to the last week of school for this year! We have so much to do and several tests this week, so we must keep on going so we can finish things up.

PartyTime!
A special THANK YOU goes to Mrs. Gilmer for organizing our class party for this Friday. Thank you to everyone who has offered to help her with the cost of the party as well. Our party will begin at 1:30 on Friday afternoon.

Coming Up this week
Mon, 12/15: Final copy of information writing due
Tues, 12/16: Service Learning Project-making holiday cards; Tuesday Red Folders go home
Wed, 12/17: Return Tuesday Red Folders; class Spelling Bee
Thurs, 12/18: Social Studies test; Reading test
Fri, 12/19: Math test; Holiday party at 1:30

Students return to school on Tuesday, January 6th! Teachers have a workday on Monday, January 5th.

Social Studies
We are wrapping up our study of the 1920s and 1930s. On Tuesday, we'll watch a History Channel special about the Dust Bowl. On Wednesday, we'll play a review game (on Kahoot!) to get ready for our test. Test on Thursday afternoon. On Friday, students will watch the movie Kit Kittredge - it's a great story about the Great Depression! Students have a study guide they will complete based on the movie that goes along with our study of the 1930s.


Math
This is our last week to work with adding and subtracting fractions. Most of the students are able to find a common denominator for their fractions in order to add or subtract them. The biggest areas of difficulty are converting mixed numbers to improper fractions (and improper fractions to mixed numbers) and more complex subtracting problems. Students took a quiz on Friday to determine their greatest areas of need before the test. Test on Friday morning.

Reading
We are still working with organizational structures this week. Students have done a great job being able to identify a text's organizational structure. Now we are going to compare and contrast two different texts and their structures. Students will have to provide evidence from the texts to support their ideas. Test on Thursday morning.

Week of 12/8

Dear Families~

We had a great week last week. Our class really behaved very well at the ballet on Friday. We have another field trip this Friday. We will be heading over to GMS for a holiday concert. This is ALWAYS a favorite!

We have 2 more weeks filled with learning ahead of us before our WINTER BREAK. Let's keep the learning going.

Here is a look at what will be happening: 
Mon, 12/8 Math homework handed out; new skills rotation starts (for 4 weeks) 
Tues, 12/9 Red folders come home (see permission slip) 
Wed, 12/10  Return Red folders
Thurs, 12/11 Step & Musicals performances (8:25 and 9:20); permission slips due
Fri, 12/12 Math homework due; field trip to GMS for winter concert

What a GREAT opportunity from Amerigroup and Safe Kids

Amerigroup and Safe Kids to host the 2nd Annual Winter Wonderful on Friday, December 12 from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Lakeshore Mall (at the fountain). Safe Kids will be giving away 200 free bike helmets for kids ages 5-10 while supplies last on a first come-first serve basis. The child must be present to receive a helmet.

Amerigroup will be giving away coats, hats and gloves while supplies last on a first come-first serve basis. Each half hour, we will raffle off amazing prizes. Raffle tickets are free. Also, we will have fun holiday activities and crafts for the kids. 

Items Needed for a Project by Wednesday of this week: 
Graham crackers (2 boxes) 
White icing (3 containers) 
Plastic spoons (1 box) 
Skittles or M&Ms 
Starburst (1 bag, at least 25)

This Week in Social Studies 
We will begin studying the 1920s and 1930s this week! This is always a fun unit for the students. We will discover the highs and lows our country faced following WWI. We will also study what led us into WWII. This week, we'll be focusing on Langston Hughes, Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh, Louis Armstrong, and Henry Ford! On Thursday, we'll be making edible cars in a race to see if students can build the cars faster in an assembly line or in one-on-one production! We will TEST over 1920s and 1930s before WINTER BREAK!
 
This Week in Math
We are still adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. Most of the students can identify a common denominator for two fractions who have different denominators. (For example, they can determine that the common denominator o4 1/4 and 1/6 is 12.) This is a great because they are mastering the first step in the process! Most of them are then able to add or subtract the fractions. We will begin throwing in mixed numerals this week to add and subtract. The work gets a little more difficult this week. We will TEST over adding and subtracting FRACTIONS before WINTER BREAK!

This Week in Reading
We will continue studying organizational structures this week. Students are getting used to identifying the structure of a text and putting it on a graphic organizer. (This is a review from 4th grade.) We will begin comparing the structures of two or more texts in order to write about them. We will TEST over ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES before WINTER BREAK!

As many of you may have already noticed, we will have 3 tests next week before we leave for WINTER BREAK. Please be sure that your child is here at school each day.

Helpful Math videos

Please check out the following videos for some help with adding and subtracting fractions.

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What a GREAT opportunity from Amerigroup and Safe Kids

Amerigroup and Safe Kids to host the 2nd Annual Winter Wonderful on Friday, December 12 from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Lakeshore Mall (at the fountain). Safe Kids will be giving away 200 free bike helmets for kids ages 5-10 while supplies last on a first come-first serve basis. The child must be present to receive a helmet.

Amerigroup will be giving away coats, hats and gloves while supplies last on a first come-first serve basis. Each half hour, we will raffle off amazing prizes. Raffle tickets are free. Also, we will have fun holiday activities and crafts for the kids.

Help Needed

Dear Families~

We have almost made it to the half way point in the year! Time sure is really flying by. We are running out of some materials at school. I've updated our Sign-Up Genius (Volunteer Section on the blog). If you are able to send in any of the following items, please let me know.
We need:
scissors
baby wipes
colored pencils
liquid glue


Next week we will be doing a project in social studies and are in need of some food items to complete the project! I just love lessons that involve FOOD.
We need the following items:

Paper plates

Napkins

Graham crackers (3 boxes)

White icing (3 containers)

Plastic spoons (1 box)

Skittles or M&Ms
Starburst (1 bag, at least 25)

Week of 12/1

Dear Families~

WOW! Time is flying by. . . .I can't believe that it is December already. I hope that everyone had a wonderful and RESTFUL Thanksgiving Break! 

November Service Learning
My homeroom partnered with Mrs. Igleheart's first grade class to write encouraging notes to the homeless in Gainesville. (Mrs. Thompson's 5th graders partnered with Mrs. Hicks's first graders as well.)

CAA's Total Donations for November: 213 pairs of socks, 26 coats, 6 sweaters, 2 blankets, and 30 sack lunches. THANK YOU!!!!

Book Fair is this Wednesday - we will visit at 12:30 (as soon as we finish lunch). You can send in cash or a check, or you may plan to visit with us! There are lots of great books on the fair this year. You may want to check out the "Teacher Wish List" board! I've listed some titles the class seemed excited about and would like to have in our classroom library.

Field Trip! We are going on a field trip THIS FRIDAY, 12/5, to see the Nutcracker at Brenau! We have several 5th graders performing this year, so all classes are going to see this production and support our wonderful Gainesville Ballet. Tickets are normally $6, but we have discounted ticket prices of $2!

What's Going on This Week:
Mon, 12/1 Back to school!
Tues, 12/2 Red Folders come home
Wed, 12/3 Return Red Folders; Book fair visit at 12:30 
Thurs, 12/4 Permission slips due; Skate Country 6-8pm
Fri, 12/5 Science test; math homework due; field trip to see the Nutcracker

Upcoming Events:
Sun, 12/7 Family day at the Northeast GA History Center! Victorian Christmas

Math
We start working with fractions this week! This is another three-week unit. We will start by identifying the least common denominator of two fractions (also known as least common multiple), then we'll start adding and subtracting them for these three weeks. In 4th grade, your child added and subtracted fractions with LIKE denominators (the number on the bottom is the same). However, in 5th grade, we are adding and subtracting fractions with UNLIKE denominators (the number on the bottom is different; for example, 1/3 + 2/5). We will also be adding and subtracting whole numbers and fractions, mixed numbers, and improper fractions. Whew! We will also test for this unit the week before we get out for winter break.

Reading
This week, we start a three-week unit on organizational structures. Students will read a text and try to decide how it's organized: description, cause-effect, compare-contrast, problem-solution, or chronological-sequence. We will start off by identifying a text's organizational structure, and next week, we'll begin to compare the organizational structures of one text with a different text. We will test the week before we get out for winter break.

November Book It Reading Logs
A special congratulations goes to--Nigel, Iqui, Eddie, Da'Niya, Xochilth, and Adriana. They have completed their required November reading. They have received a FREE Pizza from Pizza Hut! 
We have increased our goal for December. . .our goal is to read 375 minutes this month! That is just over 12 minutes each day! I know you can do it. 
 
Language Arts
We are beginning to work on conjunctions and informational writing. Students will be working on the differences between coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions. We will also begin how-to writing. 

Science
Students are finishing a science unit with Ms. Creel. They are studying physical and chemical changes. The science test will be this Friday. 

Week of 11/17

Dear Families~

We have a very busy week this week.

This week
Mon, 11/17: Math Homework given
Tues, 11/18:chapter 4 Shurley English test; Service Learning Project Day---FUZZY SOCK DRIVE;   Tuesday Folders go home
Wed, 11/19: Return Tuesday Red Folders
Thurs, 11/20: PTA meeting-NO performances
Fri, 11/21: Math homework due; Math test; Reading Test; Chick-Fil-A $2.50



Upcoming Events
Mon, 11/24-Fri, 11/28 Thanksgiving Holidays
Mon, 12/1-Fri, 12/5 School Book Fair

Science
For the next two weeks our class will be in science with Ms. Creel.

Math

Standards: 

MCC5.OA.1 Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.  

MCC5.OA.2 Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them. For example, express the calculation “add 8 and 7, then multiply by 2” as 2 × (8 + 7). Recognize that 3 × (18932 + 921) is three times as large as 18932 + 921, without having to calculate the indicated sum or product.

Activities:

Math with Riddles - Order of Operations 3- Solve the math problems to solve the riddle.

Trick Answers- Read over a student’s homework. She didn’t show her work, but she did list her answers to each problem. Check her work for her and explain to her how you know her answers are correct or incorrect.

Word Problems - Order of Operations -Read the problems and solve them.

Order of Operations Puzzle-Rearrange the puzzle pieces so that the numerical expression matches the written expression.

Order of Operations Use the order of operations. Evaluate each expression. 

Write and Interpret Expressions

Order of Operations Dice Center Activity
Test: Friday

*Students will be working in small groups this week on skills that have NOT been mastered.

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

• Figurative Language Warm-Up Page 1 Read the paragraphs and answer the questions.
• Simile & Metaphor Packet Read each sentence. Identify the figurative phrase and its meaning.
• “Grandma’s Garden” Figurative Language Puzzle Read Grandma’s Garden. Using the puzzle sheet that goes with it, go back and find each example of figurative language in the story. In the top puzzle piece, write the type of figurative language. In the puzzle piece on the right, explain the actual (literal) meaning of the figurative phrase.  

What We're Reading

• "Grandma's Garden"
• One for the Murphy's

What We're Writing

• Stories with figurative language (primarily similes and metaphors)

English

• 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: Tuesday