Week 33: May 5-9
Hi everyone! The end of the year is approaching rapidly. Belowi s a list of dates to keep you organized.
LakeViews Night Presenters May 16th 6:30-7:30pm check out the
http://lakeviews.weebly.com/
Saturday May 17th-Orchestra Concert
Monday, May 19– 5th grade band concert
Wednesday, May 21 – Peer mediator pool party
Thursday, May 22 – Field Day
Monday, May 26– Memorial Day (No School)
Wednesday, May 28 – 5th grade bowling (Permission slips & money due 5/19)
Thursday, May 29 – Field day rain date
Friday, May 30– Ice Cream Social
Monday, June 2– 5th graders go to JMS
Friday, June 2– Safety Pool party
Tuesday, June 10 – 5th grade Promotion
Wednesday, June 11 – 5th grade Activity Day
Thursday, June 12 – last day of school
***Tuesday May 6th Field Trip to All American Screening & Dodge Park. Make sure you wear comfortable clothes and pack a lunch. Chaperones please be here promptly at 10:30am.
ELA
In ELA we are going to be participating in a variety of lessons through the use of Scholastic Scope Magazine. The 6th grade ELA teachers use this magazine to teach informational text along with other skills
that include conventions, inference, argument writing, text evidence, mood, word choice, summarizing, and reading comprehension. The magazine includes narrative non-fiction and informational text, which is paired with a play. We will be performing the play that is based on a best-selling novel the Book Thief. Also,
we will be examining two texts (one narrative and the other informational text) to look at the topic of using robots in school because some students can’t attend their school due to severe peanut allergies. Lastly, students will be participating in writing activities that include a debate essay, editing others
work, and creative writing.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In this week’s lessons, students will examine the growing tension between the colonies and Britain by exploring Writs of Assistance, the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act. They will examine different perspectives relating to these laws the issues of liberty, taxation, representative government, and trade. In addition, students gather information regarding different colonial reactions to the laws as well as significant people of the time period in exploring why the colonists wanted to limit the power of government. Later in the week students continue to examine the growing tension between the colonies and Britain by exploring the Stamp Act Congress and the Townshend Acts. Students analyze primary sources as well as trade data as they explore various forms of colonial protest and the political ideas behind the protests. In addition, students complete a jigsaw small group activity based on the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
MATH
This week in Math we will be starting Unit 2, Multiplying and Dividing Fractions. Sections 2.1 -2.4 focus on multiplying fractions, multiplying fractions and whole numbers, and multiplying mixed numbers. All students are required to complete homework and be prepared to take quizzes and tests. Homework is listed on the Weebly site and is updated daily. After completing the 2.4 lesson students will take a quiz on those sections. Make sure to keep all homework because they will be used as a study tool.
***Chapter 1 Tests will be sent home on Monday 5/5. Check PowerSchool for scores.
SCIENCE
During Science we are expanding our Ecosystems knowledge by looking at challenges ecosystems face. An ecosystem is a delicately balanced system that can be thrown off kilter through both man-made and natural causes. Students will listen to a video that discusses ancient climates in the Antarctic ice. Students will also complete a similar assignment that examines a desert ecosystem. Later in the week students will carefully look at trophic levels within an ecosystem. A trophic level is a fancy way of saying where an animal or plant is part of a food chain. Students will be viewing different organisms in order to identify their trophic level and what their purpose is in their particular food web.
Hi everyone! The end of the year is approaching rapidly. Belowi s a list of dates to keep you organized.
LakeViews Night Presenters May 16th 6:30-7:30pm check out the
http://lakeviews.weebly.com/
Saturday May 17th-Orchestra Concert
Monday, May 19– 5th grade band concert
Wednesday, May 21 – Peer mediator pool party
Thursday, May 22 – Field Day
Monday, May 26– Memorial Day (No School)
Wednesday, May 28 – 5th grade bowling (Permission slips & money due 5/19)
Thursday, May 29 – Field day rain date
Friday, May 30– Ice Cream Social
Monday, June 2– 5th graders go to JMS
Friday, June 2– Safety Pool party
Tuesday, June 10 – 5th grade Promotion
Wednesday, June 11 – 5th grade Activity Day
Thursday, June 12 – last day of school
***Tuesday May 6th Field Trip to All American Screening & Dodge Park. Make sure you wear comfortable clothes and pack a lunch. Chaperones please be here promptly at 10:30am.
ELA
In ELA we are going to be participating in a variety of lessons through the use of Scholastic Scope Magazine. The 6th grade ELA teachers use this magazine to teach informational text along with other skills
that include conventions, inference, argument writing, text evidence, mood, word choice, summarizing, and reading comprehension. The magazine includes narrative non-fiction and informational text, which is paired with a play. We will be performing the play that is based on a best-selling novel the Book Thief. Also,
we will be examining two texts (one narrative and the other informational text) to look at the topic of using robots in school because some students can’t attend their school due to severe peanut allergies. Lastly, students will be participating in writing activities that include a debate essay, editing others
work, and creative writing.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In this week’s lessons, students will examine the growing tension between the colonies and Britain by exploring Writs of Assistance, the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act. They will examine different perspectives relating to these laws the issues of liberty, taxation, representative government, and trade. In addition, students gather information regarding different colonial reactions to the laws as well as significant people of the time period in exploring why the colonists wanted to limit the power of government. Later in the week students continue to examine the growing tension between the colonies and Britain by exploring the Stamp Act Congress and the Townshend Acts. Students analyze primary sources as well as trade data as they explore various forms of colonial protest and the political ideas behind the protests. In addition, students complete a jigsaw small group activity based on the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
MATH
This week in Math we will be starting Unit 2, Multiplying and Dividing Fractions. Sections 2.1 -2.4 focus on multiplying fractions, multiplying fractions and whole numbers, and multiplying mixed numbers. All students are required to complete homework and be prepared to take quizzes and tests. Homework is listed on the Weebly site and is updated daily. After completing the 2.4 lesson students will take a quiz on those sections. Make sure to keep all homework because they will be used as a study tool.
***Chapter 1 Tests will be sent home on Monday 5/5. Check PowerSchool for scores.
SCIENCE
During Science we are expanding our Ecosystems knowledge by looking at challenges ecosystems face. An ecosystem is a delicately balanced system that can be thrown off kilter through both man-made and natural causes. Students will listen to a video that discusses ancient climates in the Antarctic ice. Students will also complete a similar assignment that examines a desert ecosystem. Later in the week students will carefully look at trophic levels within an ecosystem. A trophic level is a fancy way of saying where an animal or plant is part of a food chain. Students will be viewing different organisms in order to identify their trophic level and what their purpose is in their particular food web.