Hello Parents and Students,
Welcome back! I hope you were all able to enjoy time with family and friends over Thanksgiving break.
Here are the reminders for the upcoming week:
1. If you have not returned your field trip permission form for the Hill Middle School concert, please do so at your earliest convenience.
2. Gates testing will occur this week for all 5th graders. (5H & 5C Tuesday, 5V & 5B Thursday)
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study: This week we will spend some time reviewing commonly misspelled homophones. They have been posted to the blog. The students should be able to use each of these words correctly in sentences. They will not need to diagram the words for the test on Friday.
Math Acceleration: We are moving along in Unit 3. This week our focus will be on the coordinate plane, the x and y axes, the four quadrants, units/distances on the coordinate plane and geometric transformations, specifically reflections. Expect a quiz and/or exit slip this week.
ELA: We will continue the study of our anchor text, The Liberation of Gabriel King. We will discuss vocabulary and participate in a close read. We have begun our research for our 2nd Quarter performance task which includes identifying courageous Americans in American history. Last week, we brainstormed a lofty list of people. This week, we will begin narrowing down our choices of who we want to research. The performance task includes researching the individual, writing an opinion piece of how he/she showed courage and then comparing/contrasting their individual with another person. The final presentation will be a debate with a peer in class. We will also be reading a story from our anthology entitled, Island of the Blue Dolphins and partaking in various activities with this story.
Science: We have studied atoms, the periodic table, molecules, magnetism and the magnetic field thus far. We have completed several science experiments and research that align with these topics as well. This week, we will begin by studying and encompassing ourselves in an experiment involving static electricity. We will then move onto electricity and electrical circuits.
That's it for now. Please email me with questions. Have a great week!
Mrs. Bennick :-)
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Sunday, November 30, 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
5B Activities for the Week of November 24th, 2014
Hello Parents and Students!
Here are the reminders for this week:
1. Due to Thanksgiving Break, there is no school on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday this week. Enjoy this time with your family.
2. I have added the PARCC practice test link on my blog. It is on the right side. Please take some time to work through both the ELA and MATH practice PARCC assessments at home. We will continue to practice at school, but the students will become more comfortable with the assessments with additional practice.
3. The GATES testing informational letter went home via backpack mail this past Friday. It is just for your information. We will be testing the first week in December.
4. The field trip form for attending Hill Middle School's Honors Concert went home last week. Please sign it and return to school at your earliest convenience.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this short week:
Word Study: Due to the short week, we will not be having word study this week. However, I will be fitting in some grammar practice instead.
Math Accel: Currently, we are working on positive and negative integers in math class. We will continue this practice on Monday and Tuesday this week. We have been practicing placing integers on number lines. We will be working on some real-World practice with integers and we will be having an exit slip on Monday or Tuesday on this skill.
ELA: Last week, the students were introduced to the book, Confessions of a Former Bully. We have been studying this book and have discussed times when we, or someone we know, has been bullied. We have discussed strengths we have for standing up to a bully and tools that we can use when faced with a bully. We have analyzed quotes from this book and have begun relating characters from other books we've read in class this year to identify with these quotes. We will continue this activity this week. We are also moving along in our anchor text, The Liberation of Gabriel King. We have built a lot of background knowledge about this book/time in history and have examined a lot of vocabulary.
We will continue with our journalling activities and reading responses pertaining to this book again this week. We will also be fitting in some current events time this week.
Science: We have been very busy in science these days. We completed a couple of magnetism experiments last week and will finish up our study of magnetism this week. We will be moving forward to electricity and our first topic will be static electricity. We also completed our Science Elements Journals this week and created a model of an atom.
That's it for now. Please email me with any questions.
Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick :-)
Here are the reminders for this week:
1. Due to Thanksgiving Break, there is no school on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday this week. Enjoy this time with your family.
2. I have added the PARCC practice test link on my blog. It is on the right side. Please take some time to work through both the ELA and MATH practice PARCC assessments at home. We will continue to practice at school, but the students will become more comfortable with the assessments with additional practice.
3. The GATES testing informational letter went home via backpack mail this past Friday. It is just for your information. We will be testing the first week in December.
4. The field trip form for attending Hill Middle School's Honors Concert went home last week. Please sign it and return to school at your earliest convenience.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this short week:
Word Study: Due to the short week, we will not be having word study this week. However, I will be fitting in some grammar practice instead.
Math Accel: Currently, we are working on positive and negative integers in math class. We will continue this practice on Monday and Tuesday this week. We have been practicing placing integers on number lines. We will be working on some real-World practice with integers and we will be having an exit slip on Monday or Tuesday on this skill.
ELA: Last week, the students were introduced to the book, Confessions of a Former Bully. We have been studying this book and have discussed times when we, or someone we know, has been bullied. We have discussed strengths we have for standing up to a bully and tools that we can use when faced with a bully. We have analyzed quotes from this book and have begun relating characters from other books we've read in class this year to identify with these quotes. We will continue this activity this week. We are also moving along in our anchor text, The Liberation of Gabriel King. We have built a lot of background knowledge about this book/time in history and have examined a lot of vocabulary.
We will continue with our journalling activities and reading responses pertaining to this book again this week. We will also be fitting in some current events time this week.
Science: We have been very busy in science these days. We completed a couple of magnetism experiments last week and will finish up our study of magnetism this week. We will be moving forward to electricity and our first topic will be static electricity. We also completed our Science Elements Journals this week and created a model of an atom.
That's it for now. Please email me with any questions.
Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick :-)
Sunday, November 16, 2014
5B Activities for the Week of November 17, 2014
Hello Parents and Students!
There are no reminders this week!
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study: This week we will be focusing on prefixes and their definitions. The prefixes have been posted to the blog. The test will be on Friday.
Math Acceleration: We will begin Unit 3 this week. Unit 3 focuses on Rational Numbers. The learning standards will be sent home with your child this week. Our first lesson will be on defining what a rational number is and integers.
ELA: We continue to move along in our current read-aloud book, The Liberation of Gabriel King. We had some great discussions last week about 1976, Jimmy Carter, the Bicentennial, small town Georgia and other pertinent events that are related to the book. We also completed some awesome posters with words and pictures to describe the previously mentioned events. This week, we will be reading and discussing another book related to our theme of Courage entitled, Confessions of a Former Bully. Our citizenship lessons will continue this week as well which are focusing on bullying.
Science: Last week we began working on our periodic table element journals. We will continue that this week. We will also be discussing magnetism and will complete an experiment or two during class about what magnets attract and repel.
That is it for now.
Please email me with any questions
Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick
There are no reminders this week!
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study: This week we will be focusing on prefixes and their definitions. The prefixes have been posted to the blog. The test will be on Friday.
Math Acceleration: We will begin Unit 3 this week. Unit 3 focuses on Rational Numbers. The learning standards will be sent home with your child this week. Our first lesson will be on defining what a rational number is and integers.
ELA: We continue to move along in our current read-aloud book, The Liberation of Gabriel King. We had some great discussions last week about 1976, Jimmy Carter, the Bicentennial, small town Georgia and other pertinent events that are related to the book. We also completed some awesome posters with words and pictures to describe the previously mentioned events. This week, we will be reading and discussing another book related to our theme of Courage entitled, Confessions of a Former Bully. Our citizenship lessons will continue this week as well which are focusing on bullying.
Science: Last week we began working on our periodic table element journals. We will continue that this week. We will also be discussing magnetism and will complete an experiment or two during class about what magnets attract and repel.
That is it for now.
Please email me with any questions
Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick
Saturday, November 8, 2014
5B Activities for the Week of November 10, 2014
Hello Parents and Students!
Here's what's going on this week in 5B…
A huge thanks to Mrs. Karat and Mrs. Tegethoff for helping us carve soap this past Friday afternoon! We hope you enjoyed it! :-)
Reminders:
1. The last round of Parent-Teacher Conferences occur this Monday evening from 4:30-8:00pm. This is a regular day of school for students.
2. Veteran's Day is Tuesday, November 11th. There is no school. Enjoy the day off!
3. Our marble jar is full again! We will be celebrating next Friday. Information to come via email.
4. Congrats to all 5B students! For the month of October, 5B logged the most reading minutes in the school and became the recipient of the BIG ALIEN! Great job!
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study: This week will be used for review of the Closed, Open, C-le, VC-e and Exception syllable types. The words have been posted to the blog and the test will be on Friday.
Math Acceleration: On Monday, we will be working on some problem solving and our transfer task. On Wednesday, we will continue the transfer task and review for the test. The unit 2 math test will be on Thursday. If you did not bring in a food label yet, please do so as we will be getting to this lesson on Friday if the students have completed their math test.
English Language Arts (ELA): We finished our digital presentations of the Where I'm From poems. All of the poems were excellent. The poems will be coming home on Monday with a rubric attached to them. These poems will not be graded as this is the first year we have completed this performance task. We completed some pre-reading activities last week for our new anchor text, The Liberation of Gabriel King. We will begin reading/studying the book this week. Vocabulary and text-dependent questions will be discussed and journaled. Students will be introduced to our essential questions for our 2nd Quarter theme, Courage. Our Citizenship focus will continue to be on Bullying and our topic will be, Being an Upstander. Most narrative writing pieces have been turned it, but a few will need to be completed on Monday & Tuesday. Students will also be working on Writer's Workshop projects.
Social Studies: We tested our unit on Exploration and the book Encounter. We have switched back over to science for the time being. However, some students will continue to present their SS mini projects.
Science: Students were introduced to the Atomic Structure vocabulary last week. There will be a quiz on these words on Wednesday. We will begin our research on elements this week. One of the websites that we will be using is www.chemicool.com. Check it out!
That's it for now. Please email me with questions.
Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick
Here's what's going on this week in 5B…
A huge thanks to Mrs. Karat and Mrs. Tegethoff for helping us carve soap this past Friday afternoon! We hope you enjoyed it! :-)
Reminders:
1. The last round of Parent-Teacher Conferences occur this Monday evening from 4:30-8:00pm. This is a regular day of school for students.
2. Veteran's Day is Tuesday, November 11th. There is no school. Enjoy the day off!
3. Our marble jar is full again! We will be celebrating next Friday. Information to come via email.
4. Congrats to all 5B students! For the month of October, 5B logged the most reading minutes in the school and became the recipient of the BIG ALIEN! Great job!
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study: This week will be used for review of the Closed, Open, C-le, VC-e and Exception syllable types. The words have been posted to the blog and the test will be on Friday.
Math Acceleration: On Monday, we will be working on some problem solving and our transfer task. On Wednesday, we will continue the transfer task and review for the test. The unit 2 math test will be on Thursday. If you did not bring in a food label yet, please do so as we will be getting to this lesson on Friday if the students have completed their math test.
English Language Arts (ELA): We finished our digital presentations of the Where I'm From poems. All of the poems were excellent. The poems will be coming home on Monday with a rubric attached to them. These poems will not be graded as this is the first year we have completed this performance task. We completed some pre-reading activities last week for our new anchor text, The Liberation of Gabriel King. We will begin reading/studying the book this week. Vocabulary and text-dependent questions will be discussed and journaled. Students will be introduced to our essential questions for our 2nd Quarter theme, Courage. Our Citizenship focus will continue to be on Bullying and our topic will be, Being an Upstander. Most narrative writing pieces have been turned it, but a few will need to be completed on Monday & Tuesday. Students will also be working on Writer's Workshop projects.
Social Studies: We tested our unit on Exploration and the book Encounter. We have switched back over to science for the time being. However, some students will continue to present their SS mini projects.
Science: Students were introduced to the Atomic Structure vocabulary last week. There will be a quiz on these words on Wednesday. We will begin our research on elements this week. One of the websites that we will be using is www.chemicool.com. Check it out!
That's it for now. Please email me with questions.
Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick
Saturday, November 1, 2014
5B Activities for the Week of November 3rd, 2014
Hello Parents and Students!
Here are the reminders for the upcoming week:
Thank you to Mrs. Vogt and Mrs. Swanson for hosting a fabulous Halloween party for the students in 5B! I sincerely appreciate the time and effort you put into this.
1. The first round of Parent-Teacher Conferences will begin this week on Tuesday. Tuesday conference times run from 8:00-3:00. There is NO STUDENT ATTENDANCE this day.
It is also election day.
2. Thursday evening conferences will begin at 4:30 and end at 8:00. There is a normal day of school for students on this day.
3. 5B will be previewing the May Watt's Book Fair on Monday. The Book Fair begins on November 4th.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study: This week we will be focusing solely on homophones. The words have been posted to the blog. We will be learning the meanings of these words, how to spell them based on their meanings and how to diagram them. The test will be on Friday.
Math Acceleration: We should finish up Unit 2 late in the week or early the following week. We just recently completed our lesson on proportions and the students were introduced to conversions between percents, fractions and decimals this past Friday. We will continue with this lesson on Monday. We will then move into studying calorie use/using nutrition information and then graphing this data on a coordinate plane. Please send in two nutrition labels off of products you have in your home to use with this lesson. Thank you. We will begin this lesson on Wednesday.
English Language Arts (ELA): We finished our 1st quarter anchor text, Becoming Naomi Leon, this past Friday. What a great book that is! In the book, one of Naomi's favorite past times and strengths is carving beautiful objects out of soap. As a fun connection to the book, 5B will be carving their own structures from soap. We will be doing this mid to late in the week. I may need a couple of parent volunteers to assist with this project. On Monday, students will be introduced to our 2nd quarter theme, Courage. The 2nd quarter anchor text will be, The Liberation of Gabriel King. We will be doing some pre-reading activities prior to reading the story. We will be discussing ordinary and extraordinary types of courage and will be completing a graphic organizer on this topic. We will be watching a video about a man who has shown extraordinary courage throughout his life and discussing his situation in detail.
The Where I'm From poems have been incredible! About half the class has presented theirs through digital media and the other half will finish early in the week.
Social Studies: We will be moving out of social studies by late in the week. Students will have a test on the material that was covered in the book, Encounter, mini social studies projects and our textbook. The test will be on Friday. The students will write their study guides on Monday during class to give them the rest of the week to prepare.
Science: By week's end, we will be moving back into science. Our topic this quarter will be Electricity and Magnetism. We will begin the unit researching atoms….including atomic structure vocabulary, maintaining an atomic structure elements research journal and the periodic table of elements. We will be using a couple of great websites to complete our research of this topic.
That's it for now.
Please email me with any questions.
Looking forward to meeting with many of you this week at conferences.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Bennick
Here are the reminders for the upcoming week:
Thank you to Mrs. Vogt and Mrs. Swanson for hosting a fabulous Halloween party for the students in 5B! I sincerely appreciate the time and effort you put into this.
1. The first round of Parent-Teacher Conferences will begin this week on Tuesday. Tuesday conference times run from 8:00-3:00. There is NO STUDENT ATTENDANCE this day.
It is also election day.
2. Thursday evening conferences will begin at 4:30 and end at 8:00. There is a normal day of school for students on this day.
3. 5B will be previewing the May Watt's Book Fair on Monday. The Book Fair begins on November 4th.
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study: This week we will be focusing solely on homophones. The words have been posted to the blog. We will be learning the meanings of these words, how to spell them based on their meanings and how to diagram them. The test will be on Friday.
Math Acceleration: We should finish up Unit 2 late in the week or early the following week. We just recently completed our lesson on proportions and the students were introduced to conversions between percents, fractions and decimals this past Friday. We will continue with this lesson on Monday. We will then move into studying calorie use/using nutrition information and then graphing this data on a coordinate plane. Please send in two nutrition labels off of products you have in your home to use with this lesson. Thank you. We will begin this lesson on Wednesday.
English Language Arts (ELA): We finished our 1st quarter anchor text, Becoming Naomi Leon, this past Friday. What a great book that is! In the book, one of Naomi's favorite past times and strengths is carving beautiful objects out of soap. As a fun connection to the book, 5B will be carving their own structures from soap. We will be doing this mid to late in the week. I may need a couple of parent volunteers to assist with this project. On Monday, students will be introduced to our 2nd quarter theme, Courage. The 2nd quarter anchor text will be, The Liberation of Gabriel King. We will be doing some pre-reading activities prior to reading the story. We will be discussing ordinary and extraordinary types of courage and will be completing a graphic organizer on this topic. We will be watching a video about a man who has shown extraordinary courage throughout his life and discussing his situation in detail.
The Where I'm From poems have been incredible! About half the class has presented theirs through digital media and the other half will finish early in the week.
Social Studies: We will be moving out of social studies by late in the week. Students will have a test on the material that was covered in the book, Encounter, mini social studies projects and our textbook. The test will be on Friday. The students will write their study guides on Monday during class to give them the rest of the week to prepare.
Science: By week's end, we will be moving back into science. Our topic this quarter will be Electricity and Magnetism. We will begin the unit researching atoms….including atomic structure vocabulary, maintaining an atomic structure elements research journal and the periodic table of elements. We will be using a couple of great websites to complete our research of this topic.
That's it for now.
Please email me with any questions.
Looking forward to meeting with many of you this week at conferences.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Bennick
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