Character Costume Date change!!!!

IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!

Character Costume is

now on WEDNESDAY

Nov. 5^th!!!

news Oct. 28

This week in 5S:

ELA:  This is our third week of suffixes. We are focusing on three lists of suffixes and their meanings. They will be having a quiz on the three sets of suffixes Friday. They will be separated and provided examples. They should be practicing their weeks 5-7 suffix flashcards. They will also we reading and writing during this time. They are focusing on reading for comprehension using the café model. The focus strategy for this week is determining “character traits” using FAST acronym. Students should be reading an independent reading book at least 15 minutes at home daily. They are asked to finish a RRJ (Reading Response Journal entry) every FRIDAY on a separate piece of paper. The requirements for the RRJ are posted on the salmon colored paper in their gold folder. They are receiving written feedback on their RRJs from past weeks and should be looking at those to help improve their writing. THEY MUST USE THE UMBRELLA GRAPHIC ORGANIZER THIS WEEK!

Social Studies:  Students are completing their first unit in Social Studies: Geography. They are working on taking notes in class and finding the important information.

Math:  Students will begin Chapter 2 this week, which covers division using whole numbers. I am finding the students are struggling with their math work due to their struggle with multiplication facts. They should be practicing their multiplication facts at home daily. I have been noticing that they really struggle as a whole with their facts. They should also be bringing their math notebook home to refer to it to do homework.

Important Dates:

·       Crazy hair day & class fall party- 10/31 @ 1PM-2:05 Parents are welcome during this time

·      Character Dress up Monday, November 3rd

Some handy tools that your child may find helpful when doing homework:
Umbrella Graphic Organizer

I know some students rather make their own graphic organizer, but I figured I would provide one for you as parents to see what we use in class. Also, now you will have one on file in case they need support doing their RRJ for Friday. This is the organizer we have used since day one in fifth grade when we write a paragraph. The umbrella is where the topic sentence goes and under that is the details. The details, also known as raindrops, are notes for sentences to say after the topic sentence. There should also be a closing sentence which may be similar to the topic sentence. We write them on the "ground" of the organizer (the bottom of the paper).

homework check list for independence

As your child is entering their third month of 5th grade they should start becoming more independent when completing their homework. This checklist is a very detailed step by step list of what they should be doing at home. This organizer was created so that the students can self monitor their work and complete their homework with independence.

These will BOTH be going home with students today so that they will have them at home. I will also make extra copies in class and make them available to them on a weekly basis if needed. Thank you for supporting your child's learning today and every day! Have a great weekend!

PS. Now that I got all the students' photo release forms I will be posting pictures of past projects soon! Keep an eye out :)

Oct. 20 News

10/20/2014

This week in 5S:

ELA:  This is our second week of suffixes. We are focusing on two lists of suffixes and their meanings. They will be having a quiz on the two sets of suffixes Friday. They will be separated and provided examples. They should be practicing their weeks 5-6 suffix flashcards. They will also we reading and writing during this time. They are focusing on reading for comprehension using the café model. The focus strategy for this week is “Retelling using sequence of events”. This means they retell the story or chapter from beginning to end. They are completing this in reading groups and are reading either: Ten True Animal Rescues, Charlotte’s Web, The Great Gilly Hopkins, or Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry.  Students should be reading an independent reading book at least 15 minutes at home. They are asked to finish a RRJ (Reading Response Journal entry) every FRIDAY on a separate piece of paper. The requirements for the RRJ are posted on the salmon colored paper in their gold folder. They are receiving written feedback on their RRJs from past weeks and should be looking at those to help improve their writing.

Social Studies:  Students are completing their first unit in Social Studies: Geography. They were provided with a power point presentation introducing the types of maps, parts of maps, parts of globes, communities, the world they live in etc. They will be presenting their class project with a partner regarding communities this week and a QUIZ will be on TUESDAY.

Math:  Students will complete Chapter 1 this week, which covers finding inverse operations, using multiplication to solve a division problem, problem solving using multiplication and division, writing numerical expressions, evaluating numerical expressions, and finally grouping symbols. THERE WILL BE A MATH TEST FRIDAY THIS WEEK! They should be reviewing past lessons and homework to prepare. There will be math review days on Wednesday and Thursday. They should also be practicing their multiplication facts at home. I have been noticing that they really struggle as a whole with their facts. They should also be bringing their math notebook home to refer to it to do homework.

Important Dates:

·         Social Studies Quiz Tuesday 10/21

·         MATH TEST FRIDAY 10/24

·         Character Dress up Monday, November 3rd

EDITED!!! News Oct. 14

Mrs. Stryjek’s Golden Newsletter

10/7/2014

This week in 5S:

ELA:  This is FIRST week of suffixes. We are focusing on 5 suffixes and their meanings. They will be having a quiz Friday. They were provided with flash cards that they should make and use to study. They will also we reading and writing during this time. They are focusing on reading for comprehension using the café model. They are starting their reading groups and are reading either: Ten True Animal Rescues, Charlotte’s Web, The Great Gilly Hopkins, or Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry.  We are focusing on summarizing this week. Students should be reading an independent reading book at least 15 minutes at home. They are asked to finish a RRJ (Reading Response Journal entry) every FRIDAY on a separate piece of paper. The requirements for the RRJ are posted on the salmon colored paper in their gold folder. We went over this in great detail on last Friday and they should be very confident in their responses now.

I also have a class mascot, Ellie the Elephant, and she will be going home with JAHNNA this weekend. This student will complete a journal entry with all the activities s/he and Ellie did over the weekend INSTEAD of a RRJ. (They can provide pictures if they want as well).

Social Studies:  Students are working on exploring their first unit in Social Studies: Geography. They were provided with a power point presentation introducing the types of maps, parts of maps, parts of globes, communities, the world they live in etc. They will be finishing their class project with a partner regarding communities this week.

Math:  Students will continue to work on Chapter 1 this week, which covers finding inverse operations, using multiplication to solve a division problem, problem solving using multiplication and division, writing numerical expressions, evaluating numerical expressions, and finally grouping symbols. THERE WILL BE A MATH TEST NEXT WEEK! They should be reviewing past lessons and homework to prepare. They should also be practicing their multiplication facts at home. I have been noticing that they really struggle as a whole with their facts. They should also be bringing their math notebook home to refer to it to do homework.

Important Dates:

·         Fall fitness challenge: Friday 10/17/14 & Saturday 10/18/14

·         MATH TEST NEXT WEEK

10/7/2014

Mrs. Stryjek’s Golden Newsletter

                                                                                                                    This week in 5S:

ELA:  This is our review week of prefixes. We are focusing on all the prefixes and their meanings. They will be having a TEST on ALL the prefixes Friday. They will be all mixed in together, so they should try and practice with their weeks 1-4 prefix flashcards mixed together. They will also we reading and writing during this time. They are focusing on reading for comprehension using the café model. They are starting their reading groups and are reading either: Ten True Animal Rescues, Charlotte’s Web, The Great Gilly Hopkins, or Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry.  We are focusing on genre, checking for understanding, and prediction. Students should be reading an independent reading book at least 15 minutes at home. They are asked to finish a RRJ (Reading Response Journal entry) every FRIDAY on a separate piece of paper. The requirements for the RRJ are posted on the salmon colored paper in their gold folder. We went over this in great detail on Friday and they should be very confident in their responses now.

I also have a class mascot, Ellie the Elephant, and she will be going home with CELESTE this weekend. This student will complete a journal entry with all the activities s/he and Ellie did over the weekend INSTEAD of a RRJ. (They can provide pictures if they want as well).

Social Studies:  Students are working on exploring their first unit in Social Studies: Geography. They were provided with a power point presentation introducing the types of maps, parts of maps, parts of globes, communities, the world they live in etc. They will be completing an in class project with a partner regarding communities.

Math:  Students will continue to work on Chapter 1 this week, which covers finding inverse operations, using multiplication to solve a division problem, and problem solving using multiplication and division. There WILL be math homework coming home (evens first then odds the following day). They should also be practicing their multiplication facts at home. I have been noticing that they really struggle as a whole with their facts. They should also be bringing their math notebook home to refer to it to do homework.

Important Date:

·      Interims go home & Emergency Dismissal: 10/10/14 

10/2/2014 news

10/2/2014

I apologize for the tardiness of this letter, but since I was out on Monday I got a little behind. SO this week we will call it the “What Did We Do This Week” letter instead J

This week in 5S:

ELA:  This is our final week of prefixes. We are focusing on new prefixes and their meanings. They will be having a quiz on six prefixes on Friday as well as the past THREE weeks’ prefixes. They have been provided with a list as well as flash cards. They will also we reading and writing during this time. They are focusing on writing a paragraph starting with a topic sentence, followed by three to four sentences with details to support the topic, and finally a concluding sentence. We are also talking about how to use the “SCORE” to help us check our writing is well done. Students should be reading an independent reading book at least 15 minutes at home. They are asked to finish a RRJ (Reading Response Journal entry) every MONDAY on a separate piece of paper. The requirements for the RRJ are posted on the salmon colored paper in their gold folder. We will be going over this in great detail on Friday as some of the students are completing summaries, which is incorrect and/or they are not doing one AT ALL.

I also have a class mascot, Ellie the Elephant, and she will be going home with BROOKE this weekend. This student will complete a journal entry with all the activities s/he and Ellie did over the weekend INSTEAD of a RRJ. (They can provide pictures if they want as well).

Science:  Students finishing their first science unit: How Scientists Work. They were provided with the quizzes as study guides during class Thursday and they were given the answer key to correct themselves. I asked that they bring it home and use it as a study guide. They should also be coming home with their notebook and textbook to use as references to study from. We discussed at great lengths how to study this week.

Math:  Students will continue to work on Chapter 1 this week, which covers multiplying by two digit numbers vertically. There WILL be math homework coming home (evens first then odds the following day). They should also be practicing their multiplication facts at home. I have been noticing that they really struggle as a whole with their facts. They should also be bringing their math notebook home to refer to it to do homework.

Important Date:

·      Interims go home & Emergency Dismissal: 10/10/14

****I will be posting the pictures of the students work as soon as I get three more responses from parents. Thank you for your patience****