A special thank you to Andrea Georgsson for the fantastically quiet pencil sharpener and several pencil packets! Although I thought our pencil sharpener was fine, I didn't know how grat they could be. Like the students, I have great appreciation for a sharp tip.
A thank you also goes out to Kristina Brosig. She has been working hard at getting us to complete our Auction project. We hope you can join the Roberts community this Saturday night.
Reading and Math TAKS Benchmarks are taking place this week. Students took the Math today and will take the Reading tomorrow. We will use the student performance to determine who may need after school tutorials as well as Math class assignment possible changes.
Science
We are finishing up types of energy and starting Light and Sound energy. The Key concepts have and will include the types of energy (mechanical, radiant, chemical, thermal, electrical and Atomic). Light energy includes refraction and reflection, convex and concave lenses and how these effect light. The basics of sound energy will be covered.
Social Studies
The Revolution continues. We have begun watching Liberty Kids as an educational supplement to increase understanding of background, cause and effect and sequence of events during The American Revolution.
Math
Ns. Schillmoeler and Ms. Newton's classes are focusing on fractions. Mr. Shahriari's class is covering advanced Geometry. Measurement is the currect focus in my class (Rivers). The 5th grade teachers have been meeting weekly in regard to student data, subjects to be covered and pacing for the individual classes.
Reading
Historical fiction, character traits and conflict are the currect areas of focus and these are integrated into our American Revolution unit and planner as well as reading groups and whole class read aloud.
Wordly Wise Update
We are finished with the 5th grade Wordly Wise book and will be starting a culminating project next week as a way of reviewing the vocabulary that has been studied.
Language Arts
The Grammar books are out and we are exploring prepositions, prepositional phrases, the destiction between a preposition and an adverb and much more. The spelling focus for the remainder of the school year will be on suffixes and prefixes.
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