W E E K 10
10/22/2012
Algebra
Phelps County R-3
Edgar Springs, MO
573-435-6293
Miss Aiken’s 5 th Grade Class
[email protected]
Spelling
yourself
control
practice
report
straight
rise
statement
party
seeds
commercial
financial
racial
sacrificial
circumstantial
process
rely
cohesion
gravity
respiratory
interdependent
Vocabulary – Root
(graph: writing)
autobiography
autograph
bibliography
biography
cartography
homograph
paragraph
phonograph
photography
seismograph
*USE 1 OF THESE WORDS IN A SENTENCE CORRECTLY FOR
A TREAT ON MONDAY ONLY. 
Reading
-Inferring: Students will make conclusions after
reading passages and considering the given facts
and clues.
–Writer’s Workshop: Drafting/Revising
-English Unit 3: Verbs
-BRING IN PENNIES (or any spare change )FOR
THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
FUNDRAISER PLEASE!
Social Studies
-USA Studies Weekly: Early English Colonies –
Students will discover early English colonies –
Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth.
-Book Link Suggestions:”Shadows in the
Glasshouse: A Jamestown Story” by Megan
McDonald
“The Double Life of Pocahontas” by Jean Fritz
“The Witch of Blackbird Pond” by Elizabeth
George Speare
“The Lost Colony of Roanoke” by Jean Fritz
Science
-Chp. 3 Interactions in Ecosystems
-Begin Chp. 2 Nature Unleashed: It’s What’s Inside
that Counts
Math
-Daily Mad Minute Math Challenge! – Division
-Daily Geometry Warm Up – Transformations
-Comparing Decimals
Miss Aiken’s Classroom Newsletter
Reminders to Students
Page 2
This Week’s Highlights
*You should be _10__% towards
Monday: Bring Agendas Back to School with
your goal by the end of the
signed Weekly Report; PARENT TEACHER
week.
CONFERENCES
*Remember to read your
CHAPTER BOOK for 20 minutes
each night!
Tuesday: Spelling Pre-Test;
*Are you finished with your
October BOOK IT log? Bring it to Wednesday: Nature Unleashed Quiz; PARENT
Miss Aiken!
TEACHER CONFERENCES
*If you receive a Late Work
Notice, please have a parent sign Thursday: Vocabulary Quiz; Spelling Post-Test;
it and return it to Miss Aiken.
Inference Quiz; Social Studies Quiz
Reminders to Parents
Parent Teacher Conferences will Friday: NO SCHOOL
be October 22nd and 24th. I look
forward to meeting with you!
Starting the 1st full week of 2nd
quarter I am going to send a
Upcoming Events
progress report home on FRIDAYS
with students’ newsletters. It will
October 22nd, 24th
have behavior and/or grades
Parent Teacher Conferences
information. Please view then sign
October 23
and leave in your child’s agenda.
Thanks!
AHA Penny Drive Fundraiser Ends @
Home Basketball Game
If your child is staying for archery
October 26
practices make sure that they
have a ride to and from school.
No School
They are not allowed to stay after
October 31
for practice. 
Halloween Parade @ 2:15PM
Remember:
Keep up the good
behavior 5th grade. I
am proud of you!

Mechanical pencils, pens, and
toys are not allowed. Take
them home, or they will be
confiscated. I will provide
pens and non-mechanical
pencils if needed.