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