Oct. 24th –28th
5th Grade News
Snowy Range Academy * 4037 E Grand Ave * 745-9930
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From the Teachers’
Desks
We enjoyed meeting with you all at parentteacher conferences! We had some great discussions
and learned a lot about all of your kids. Thank you so
much for being so open and honest with us about what
your children need. It is a lot easier to do our jobs with
supportive parents.
We are quickly approaching the end of the first
quarter. Note that the first quarter ends October 28th,
and report cards will go home November 4th.
When your child is absent, it is their responsibility
to grab a make-up homework sheet from the classroom
folder, ask their teachers what they missed, and write it
down on the sheet. This is to help prepare the 5th
graders for middle school; in middle school, students go
from class to class and ask teachers what they missed.
We’re getting to that time of year when the
weather can be pretty unpredictable. Please remind
your child to bring a coat to school, and hat and gloves
if applicable.
If you have questions about anything, please do
not hesitate to e-mail or call us!
Important Dates
Oct. 26
SRA Board meeting
Social Studies test
Oct. 28
End of first quarter
Picture retakes
Nov. 1
October reading log due
Nov. 4
Report cards
Math test
Nov. 8
No school
Nov. 9
Honor roll assembly
In class recitations –
“I Hear America Singing”
Nov. 16
SRA Board meeting
Nov. 23-25
Break
Science
We will continue to learn about the
structures and functions of cell parts.
Students will learn about the similarities
and differences between animal and plant
cells. They will make a poster that shows
the cell parts in both a plant and animal
cell for a species of their choice.
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Language Arts
Our poetry recitation, “I Hear America Singing”
by Walt Whitman will be on November 9th.
Please assist your child in breaking it into pieces
to work on memorization since it is a longer
piece. Also, if you have the opportunity, please
discuss the meaning of this poem with your
student. We had fantastic discussion about this
poem in class,
Students will be brining home a list of this week’s
spelling words. If you are studying these words
at home, please have your student practice
breaking down the individual sounds in the
words, rather than saying the letter names. This
is how we practice them here in class.
This week we will be covering chapters 10 – 15
of The Secret Garden. Book groups will be
meeting on Tuesday and Thursday for discussion
and reading together.
In writing this week, students will be learning
about alliterations and how they can enhance
our writing. Students will also be working on
corrections with sentence fragments and run-ons.
All students have the opportunity to correct their
final copies of their personal narratives as well.
All final personal narratives are due on Friday,
October 28th. We will also begin composing 3rd
person informative summaries.
Math
This week, students will learn about multiplying
fractions, using a common factor to simplify fractions,
and calculating the least common multiple. We will also
discuss reciprocals and calculating the area of
rectangles. The Section Three test is scheduled for
November 4th. As we are learning about simplifying
fractions, please remind your 5th grader to reduce
fractions when possible.
Homework:
Monday: Lesson 29: Practice Set b-e; Written Practice
1, 2, 4-9, 15-19, and 28
Tuesday: Lesson 30: Practice Set b, e-i, and m;
Written Practice 1, 2, 4, 5, 10-12, 15, 21-27, and 30
Wednesday: Lesson 31: Practice Set b, c, e, f, and h;
Written Practice 1, 3-8, 11, 12, 20, 27, 28
Thursday: Saxon baseline--None
Friday: Saxon baseline--None
Social Studies
Students will be given a study guide on Monday to
study for the Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization test. The
test will be on Wednesday. In class on Monday and
Tuesday, we will be wrapping up this unit and studying for
the test. We will begin our next social studies unit on the
Renaissance on Thursday.
Technology
This week we will be working on our
typing skills as well as learning a little about
coding at code.org. Students are highly
encouraged to practice their typing skills at
home using typing games or TTL4. Students
will have two typing sessions due on Friday.
Our current goal is a class lesson average of
22.25 by the end of October (this week!). The
current class average is 21.54.
Study Skills
This week, we are going to discuss how to
effectively use a study guide and study time to be ready
for a test. Also, students will practice reading and using
proofreading marks in writing.
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I Hear America Singing
by Walt Whitman
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe
and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off
work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the
deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing
as he stands,
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the
morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at
work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young
fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.
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