Week of September 4th

Grammar/Writing

We will continue our Narrative Writing Unit this week.  We discussed important people last week and will continue brainstorming and writing about important events and places this week. We will be focusing on the progression of their personal narrative. We will discuss details such as, details and adding transitions to help their story flow. We will also discuss different ways to conclude their paragraphs. Encourage your child to journal every night.

Math
Your child will be working on decimal numbers.  Along with continuing with reading and writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form, he or she will be rounding, ordering and comparing decimal numbers as well.

Reading
Your child will continue to build their close reading skills as we begin learning about theme. Students will continue to practice RACE strategies to answer comprehension questions.  

Science
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies.  Close Reading helps with Comprehension and is essential in the reading process.  We are developing our grasp of the RACE strategy, which is a process used to answer Constructed Responses. 

Social Studies
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies to gain deeper understanding of social studies topics. We will be discussing the rights and responsibilities that are protected by the constitution. We also will discuss the amendment process.  

Week of August 27th

Grammar/Writing

We will continue our Narrative Writing Unit this week.  We discussed important people last week and will continue brainstorming and writing about important events and places this week.  We are working on being able to build our writing stamina and generating ideas to write a narrative piece.  We will continue to embed sentence structure and punctuation in our writing.  Please encourage your child to journal at home.

Math
Your child will be working on decimal numbers.  Along with continuing with reading and writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form, he or she will be rounding, ordering and comparing decimal numbers as well.

Reading
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies.  Close Reading helps with Comprehension and is essential in the reading process.  We are developing our grasp of the RACE strategy, which is a process used to answer Constructed Responses.  

Science
We will continue focusing on landforms and constructive and destructive forces.  The Earth is moving and changing daily, so we are exploring how that happens!

Social Studies
Citizenship is being reviewed along with rights and responsibilities and the Amendment Process. 

Week of Aug 20th

Grammar/Writing

We will begin our Narrative Writing Unit with brainstorming and developing topic ideas.  We will embed sentence structure and punctuation in our writing.  Please encourage your child to journal at home.

Math
Your child will explore powers of ten.  
He or she will be reading and writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form. 

Reading
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies.  Close Reading helps with Comprehension and is essential in the reading process.

Science
We are focusing on landforms and constructive and destructive forces.  The Earth is moving and changing daily, so we are exploring how that happens!

Social Studies
Citizenship is being reviewed along with rights and responsibilities along with the Amendment Process. 

Week of August 13th

Welcome to your child's final year of elementary school!  We are beyond excited to welcome you to our fifth grade community and can not wait to begin working with you and your child this year.  Please subscribe to receive weekly updates about 5th grade happenings as well as a snapshot of learning goals for each class.

Our first week was dedicated to introductions, reviewing classroom and school wide procedures and administering diagnostic tests.

If you are in need of school supplies please contact your child's homeroom teacher.  "Before anything, else, preparation is the key to success" - Alexander Graham Bell

Teacher emails and subjects taught:
Ms. Bell, Grammar/Writing, Math & Science - jennifer.lee@dcssga.org
Mrs. Griggs, Math & Reading - andrea.griggs@dcssga.org

Ms. Hodo, Math & Social Studies- julie.hodo@dcssga.org
Ms. Lee,  Grammar/Writing, Math & Science michelle.lee@dcssga.org

Ms. Palmer, Math & Writing- skylar.palmer@dcssga.org

Ms. Summers,Grammar/Writing, Math&Science - andreah.summers@dcssga.org

March 19, 2018

Ms. Summers' Classes

Math: 

Students will be be reviewing volume, converting units of capacity, metric conversions, line plots, classifying shapes, and coordinate grids.   Homework is due Friday.

**Math homework will be given Monday to be turned in on Friday.  This is taken as a grade if completed, so please use the homework to review concepts with your child.  Xtramath can also be used to increase math fluency.

Did you know:  The homework is a great way to see what we are doing in class.  The Khan Academy link on the blog has tutorial videos that can help you, the parent, as well as your child practice the strategies we teach in class.  Edmodo is also a good resource for tutorial videos and practice games.

ELA:

We will not have a mentor text this week. Our grammar focus will be verb tenses.

Our Affixes of the Week is trans.
Our vocabulary words for the week are: NONE

Please utilize Edmodo for games and tutorial videos at home.

Ms. Palmer's Classes

Math: 
We will continue our 2-D shapes unit. We will focus on classifying triangles and quadrilaterals based on their attributes. Students made a red fold-able as a tool to help with homework questions.


Homework will be given on Mondays and will be collected on Friday mornings. Home will be taken for a weekly participation grade. Please have students log on to xtramath.org in their spare time, to help with basic fact fluency. Also, tenmarks.com is an awesome resource for students to practice concepts taught in class. Students have login information in their agendas.

Writing: 
We will continue our opinion writing unit. We will continue to work on building strong introductions, and focus on building our body paragraphs with valid reasons and examples.

No writing homework!

Mrs. Anderson's Classes

Math:
We will working on the following:  Finding the volume of composed figures, polygons, triangles (equilateral, isosceles, scalene),and quadrilaterals (parallelogram, trapezoid, rectangle, rhombus, square).   Students must continue to practice fractions daily.  
CHECK OUT THESE WEBSITES BY CLICKING:  
volume of composed shapes , Composite Figures , Shapes - Khan Academy  We will also analyze and interpret coordinate grids. 

Please have your child to practice math using the websites TenMarks.com and educationgalaxy.com .  TenMarks login information for parents will be sent home Monday.  Please don't forget to ask your child for this very important document. 

Websites:  Khanacademy.org, studyjams.scholastic.com, funbrain.com, IXL.com, prodigy.com and tenmarks 


Science: 
We will concentrate on our new unit, electricity and magnetism.  
Electricity and magnetism vocabulary - electric charge, static electricity, electric field, electric current, electric circuit, series circuit, parallel circuit, resistance, short circuit 
Bill Nye Science Guy - Electricity

It is very important that your child study each night.  Focus on vocabulary and review vocabulary on Quizlet.com.  Type in nebrinaa to get to study cards.  Please have your child to refer to studyjams.scholastic.com and sheppardsoftware.com for reinforcement of science and math standards. 

Ms. Hill's Class

Math- 
Students will work on 2D shapes and continue with review of measurement conversions Please encourage your child to utilize iLearn. This site is an excellent math resource. Homework is due Friday. 
Websites for supportive help :
Khanacademy.org, studyjams.scholastic.com, funbrain.com, IXL.com


Social Studies-
We will discuss conflicts which lead to a Cold War, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Key terms; Communism, Cold War, Iron Curtain, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Warsaw Pact, Blockade, Domino theory, cease-fire.

 Websites:
HistoryChannel.com, BrainPop.com,Americaslibrary.gov,

Mrs. Griggs' Classes

Math- 
This week we will begin working with 2-D figures.  Student should not have a hard time with this concept. We will also continue to review measurement and volume.  Please remember to  always check your child's math interactive notebook to learn how you can assist your child with homework.  Homework is always due on Friday.

Reading- 
In reading this week, we will work on identifying supporting evidence to enhance our constructive responses. For our extended text,  the class will begin reading,  A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

Technology Resources:  studyjams.scholastic.com, Khanacademy.org, funbrain.com, IXL.com

Week of March 12, 2018

Fifth Grade will be selling t-shirts for $13 a piece. Money and t-shirt form can be turned in to any fifth grade teacher by Wednesday, March 14th, 2018. 

See shirt design below:

Ms. Summers' Classes

Math: 

We will move on to Coordinate Grids.  Students will still be reviewing converting units of capacity, metric conversions, line plots, and shapes.  Students will also continue working on understanding volume and determining volume.  New information will always be available in Math Notebooks. Homework is due Friday.

**Math homework will be given Monday to be turned in on Friday.  This is taken as a grade if completed, so please use the homework to review concepts with your child.  Xtramath can also be used to increase math fluency.

Did you know:  The homework is a great way to see what we are doing in class.  The Khan Academy link on the blog has tutorial videos that can help you, the parent, as well as your child practice the strategies we teach in class.  Edmodo is also a good resource for tutorial videos and practice games.

ELA:

We will not have a mentor text this week. Our grammar focus will be verb tenses.

Our Affixes of the Week is trans.
Our vocabulary words for the week are: NONE

Please utilize Edmodo for games and tutorial videos at home.

Ms. Palmer's Classes

Math: 
We will continue our 2-D shapes unit. We will focus on classifying triangles and quadrilaterals based on their attributes. Students made a red fold-able as a tool to help with homework questions.


Homework will be given on Mondays and will be collected on Friday mornings. Home will be taken for a weekly participation grade. Please have students log on to xtramath.org in their spare time, to help with basic fact fluency. Also, tenmarks.com is an awesome resource for students to practice concepts taught in class. Students have login information in their agendas.

Writing: 
We will continue our opinion writing unit. We will continue to work on building strong introductions, and focus on building our body paragraphs with valid reasons and examples.

No writing homework!

Mrs. Anderson's Classes

Math:
We will working on the following:  Finding the volume of composed figures, polygons, triangles (equilateral, isosceles, scalene),and quadrilaterals (parallelogram, trapezoid, rectangle, rhombus, square).   Students must continue to practice fractions daily.  
CHECK OUT THESE WEBSITES BY CLICKING:  
volume of composed shapes , Composite Figures , Shapes - Khan Academy

Please have your child to practice math using the websites TenMarks.com and educationgalaxy.com .  TenMarks login information for parents will be sent home Monday.  Please don't forget to ask your child for this very important document. 

Websites:  Khanacademy.org, studyjams.scholastic.com, funbrain.com, IXL.com, prodigy.com and tenmarks 


Science: 
We will begin our new unit of electricity and magnetism.  We will have the end of unit test for chemical and physical changes and heredity WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14TH.  I've been prepping students for two weeks.  They have received a study guide and study cards are on Quizlet.com.  
Electricity and magnetism vocabulary - electric charge, static electricity, electric field, electric current, electric circuit, series circuit, parallel circuit, resistance, short circuit 
Bill Nye Science Guy - Electricity

It is very important that your child study each night.  Focus on vocabulary and review vocabulary on Quizlet.com.  Type in nebrinaa to get to study cards.  Please have your child to refer to studyjams.scholastic.com and sheppardsoftware.com for reinforcement of science and math standards. 

Ms. Hill's Class

Math- 
Students will work on 2D shapes and continue with review of measurement conversions Please encourage your child to utilize iLearn. This site is an excellent math resource. Homework is due Friday. 
Websites for supportive help :
Khanacademy.org, studyjams.scholastic.com, funbrain.com, IXL.com


Social Studies-
We will discuss conflicts which lead to a Cold War, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Key terms; Communism, Cold War, Iron Curtain, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Warsaw Pact, Blockade, Domino theory, cease-fire.

 Websites:
HistoryChannel.com, BrainPop.com,Americaslibrary.gov,

Mrs. Griggs' Classes

Math- 
This week we will begin working with 2-D figures.  Student should not have a hard time with this concept. We will also continue to review measurement and volume.  Please remember to  always check your child's math interactive notebook to learn how you can assist your child with homework.  Homework is always due on Friday.

Reading- 
In reading this week, we will work on identifying supporting evidence to enhance our constructive responses. For our extended text,  the class will begin reading,  A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

Technology Resources:  studyjams.scholastic.com, Khanacademy.org, funbrain.com, IXL.com

Week of March 5th

Fifth Grade will be selling t-shirts for $13 a piece. Money and t-shirt form can be turned in to any fifth grade teacher by Wednesday, March 14th, 2018. 

See shirt design below:

Ms. Summers' Classes

Math: 

We will continue our 2-D shape unit.  We discussed triangles and quadrilaterals last week and will include the remainder of the shapes this week. 
Students will still be reviewing converting units of capacity, metric conversions and line plots.  Students will also continue working on understanding volume and determining volume.  New information will always be available in Math Notebooks. Homework is due Friday.

**Math homework will be given Monday to be turned in on Friday.  This is taken as a grade if completed, so please use the homework to review concepts with your child.  Xtramath can also be used to increase math fluency.

Did you know:  The homework is a great way to see what we are doing in class.  The Khan Academy link on the blog has tutorial videos that can help you, the parent, as well as your child practice the strategies we teach in class.  Edmodo is also a good resource for tutorial videos and practice games.

ELA:

We will have a mentor text this week.  We will read Roller Coaster.  Our grammar focus will be prepositional phrases and there, their and they're.

Our Affixes of the Week are "micro-", "-like", "semi-".
Our vocabulary words for the week are: operator, releases, zips, dips, thrill and wobbly.

Please utilize Edmodo for games and tutorial videos at home.

Ms. Palmer's Classes

Math: 
We will continue our 2-D shapes unit. We will focus on classifying triangles and quadrilaterals based on their attributes. Students made a red fold-able as a tool to help with homework questions.


Homework will be given on Mondays and will be collected on Friday mornings. Home will be taken for a weekly participation grade. Please have students log on to xtramath.org in their spare time, to help with basic fact fluency. Also, tenmarks.com is an awesome resource for students to practice concepts taught in class. Students have login information in their agendas.

Writing: 
We will continue our opinion writing unit. We will continue to work on building strong introductions, and focus on building our body paragraphs with valid reasons and examples.

No writing homework!

Mrs. Anderson's Classes

Math:
We will move on to 2D shapes.  Students will still be reviewing converting units of capacity, metric conversions and line plots.  Students will also continue working on understanding volume and determining volume.. Although we are working on the measurement unit, students must continue to practice fractions daily.  

Please have your child to practice math using the websites TenMarks.com and educationgalaxy.com .  TenMarks login information for parents will be sent home Monday.  Please don't forget to ask your child for this very important document. 

Websites:  Khanacademy.org, studyjams.scholastic.com, funbrain.com, IXL.com, prodigy.com and tenmarks 


Science: 
We are still hard at work understanding chemical and physical changes.  Vocabulary for unit includes:  
atom, element, molecule, change of state, physical change, chemical change, mixture, physical property, chemical property, chemical change, chemical reaction, compounds laws of conservation of mass

It is very important that your child study each night.  Focus on vocabulary and review vocabulary on Quizlet.com.  Type in nebrinaa to get to study cards.  Please have your child to refer to studyjams.scholastic.com and sheppardsoftware.com for reinforcement of science and math standards. 

Ms. Hill's Class

Math- 
Students will work on 2D shapes and continue with review of measurement conversions Please encourage your child to utilize iLearn. This site is an excellent math resource. Homework is due Friday. 
Websites for supportive help :
Khanacademy.org, studyjams.scholastic.com, funbrain.com, IXL.com


Social Studies-
We will discuss conflicts which lead to a Cold War, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Key terms; Communism, Cold War, Iron Curtain, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Warsaw Pact, Blockade, Domino theory, cease-fire.

 Websites:
HistoryChannel.com, BrainPop.com,Americaslibrary.gov,

Mrs. Griggs' Classes

Math- 
This week we will begin working with 2-D figures.  Student should not have a hard time with this concept. We will also continue to review measurement and volume.  Please remember to  always check your child's math interactive notebook to learn how you can assist your child with homework.  Homework is always due on Friday.

Reading- 
In reading this week, we will work on identifying supporting evidence to enhance our constructive responses. For our extended text,  the class will begin reading,  A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

Technology Resources:  studyjams.scholastic.com, Khanacademy.org, funbrain.com, IXL.com