SPARK Weekly Academic Bulletin
Grade: 5th
For the week of: February 13th – February 24th , 2012
Important Dates/Reminders:
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Reading
ELA
Please check & sign your child’s agenda daily upon the completion of his/her
assignments.
Please allow your teacher 48 hours to respond to you. If you have e-mailed your
child’s teacher, and he/she has not responded within 48 hours, chances are that it
was not delivered. Please print a copy and send it in to your child’s teacher.
Please email Ms. Redel at [email protected], Ms. Slack at
[email protected], or Mr. Bookspun at [email protected] for any
questions, comments, or concerns. Thanks! ☺
This week in Reading, the students were introduced to or reviewed the following
skills:
Story Elements (Conflict in Plot, Characterization, Setting, & Theme)
Make Judgments & Inferences about Story Elements
Makes Perceptive and Well-Developed Connections
Locates Facts to Answer Questions
Reads Aloud a Variety of Genres
Identifies and Analyzes Main Idea, Supporting Ideas, & Supporting Details
Use a Letter/Number Grid System
Next week, we will discuss the following skills:
Story Elements (Conflict in Plot, Characterization, Setting, & Theme)
Make Judgments & Inferences about Story Elements
Makes Perceptive and Well-Developed Connections
Locates Facts to Answer Questions
Reads Aloud a Variety of Genres
Identifies and Analyzes Main Idea, Supporting Ideas, & Supporting Details
Use a Letter/Number Grid System
This week in LA, the students will review the following skills:
Elements of Effective Writing
Organizational Structure for Informational Writing
Using the Writing Process to Produce an Informational Essay
Editing & Revising an Informational Essay for Publication
Next week, we will discuss the following skills:
Elements of Effective Writing
Organizational Structure for Persuasive Writing
Using the Writing Process to Produce a Persuasive Essay
Editing & Revising a Persuasive Essay for Publication
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Atlanta, GA 30306
404.802.6050
“Building a Legacy of Excellence”
Writing
Math
Science
Social Studies
Students will review how to produce an effective informational essay that meets
or exceeds the standards for ideas, organization, style, and conventions.
Students will focus on what elements make a lead engaging, how to elaborate on
the events within the narrative, and how to write a powerhouse ending.
Tremendous emphasis will be placed on editing and revising to ensure that the
informational essays are publishable. Writing will be integrated into all content
areas to continue to learn the writing process and build writing fluency among the
students.
This week in Math, the students were introduced to the following skills:
Derive the Formula for Area of Circle
Find the Area of a Circle using Pi
Derive the Formula for Circumference of a Circle
Find the Circumference of a Circle using Pi
Next week, we will discuss the following skills:
Derive the Formula for Area of Circle
Find the Area of a Circle using Pi
Derive the Formula for Circumference of a Circle
Find the Circumference of a Circle using Pi
We are currently in our Social Studies rotation.
This week in Social Studies, the students were introduced to the following skills:
Identify the Causes and Effects for Westward Expansion
Role of Cattle Trails in 19th Century
Describe impact on American Life (Wright Brothers, George Washington
Carver, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Others)
Impact of Westward Expansion on Native Americans
Next week, we will discuss the following skills:
Identify the Causes and Effects for Westward Expansion
Role of Cattle Trails in 19th Century
Describe impact on American Life (Wright Brothers, George Washington
Carver, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Others)
Impact of Westward Expansion on Native Americans
Explain why Immigrants Emigrated to the United States
Effects of the Progressive Movement
Springdale Park Elementary l 1246 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30306
404.802.6050
“Building a Legacy of Excellence”
Springdale Park Elementary l 1246 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30306
404.802.6050
“Building a Legacy of Excellence”