MS. BENOIT’S
5TH GRADE
RUNNER REVIEW
DECEMBER 3, 2014
Literacy
Strategy – Propaganda is used to
influence how others think.
At home connection - Look for “real
world” examples. Encourage your child
to bring in propaganda examples in
advertising to share. Ads in magazines,
TV commercials, billboards, store
displays and menus can all spark
conversation. Some types of
propaganda are:
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Overgeneralization – general
statements based on few
facts
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Testimonial- statements from
celebrities or experts
supporting a product
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More Need-~to~Know...
Bandwagon- persuades
consumers to do something
to follow everyone else.
Writing/Social Studies: Students have
been collaboratively researching
Transfer: associates a popular
person with a product so that
consumers will transfer their
admiration to the product.
Writing, please finish the questions with
the W.E. timeline.
Faulty cause and effect-says
consumers will be happier if
they use a product
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Westward Expansion. For Wednesday
Science: Students were excited to
meet our engineer volunteers (Mr.
Sharp and Mr. Irwin from IDOT) on
Tuesday afternoon. Marsh 5th
graders will be working closely with
these volunteers until the end of
February on the Rube Goldberg
project. Basically this project
encourages students to think like
scientists/engineers to design and
construct a contraption based on
their knowledge of simple machines.
The final goal is to get your
contraption to fold a piece of paper.
If you look up Rube Goldberg on You
Tube, there are many inspiring
videos. The competition for Rube
Goldberg will be Saturday, Feb 28 at
at Lincoln Land Community College.
More information will follow.
Spelling Pattern: Vowels in
unstressed syllables are not always
spelled the way they sound. Ex:
duzen is actually spelled dozen
Reminders:
Practice by spelling the word as
it sounds one time and then as it
is actually spelled 3 times.
Dec 4th: PTO Meeting at 6:30
Students are not supposed to
bring cough drops (per district
policy). Water bottles are okay.
FRONT RUNNER OF THE WEEK:
CJ
CJ is a wonderful partner and collaborates
well with his peers on projects. I am
especially proud of CJ’s progress in
writing!
Math
As we move into mid-year
testing time, computers are
not always available to us.
You can still access
enrichment daily at home
from any computer at
www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
Students each have a
username and password that
Now on instagram!!
should be recorded in their
ms.benoits5thgrade
blue math folder. Though our
•••
classroom typically has 4
computers, there is not
Students recently completed always enough time for all
capable students to Quiz for
Topic 7: Dividing Decimals.
Those tests will be sent home the enrichment. However all
students are welcome to try
on Thursday after
for the enrichment at home.
conferences.
Our eighth topic will
cover numerical and algebraic
expressions. The Order of
Operations should be
memorized if possible. The
phrase “Please Excuse My
Dear Aunt Sally” may sound
familiar as it is used to
remember Parentheses,
Exponents, Multiplication and
Division, & Addition and
Subtraction.
A practice math fact
assessment will be sent home
each Tuesday so that students
can practice their math fluency
AND reading fluency.