Calendar Dates:

• 2/18- CCYA-PJ Pant Day
• 2/21-2/25- February Break- No School
• 3/7- Early Release Day- Dismissal at 12:30
• 3/9- Kona Ice Day
• 3/23- Report Cards Uploaded into Parent Vue
• 3/28-4/1- Book Fair
• 3/30- GA Aquarium field trip permission slip, money, & behavior contract due (5^th grade trip)
• 3/31- Last Day of RSP

 

***Click link for more detailed info on events listed: The Eagle Express (smore.com)

 

 

GA Aquarium 5^th Grade Field Trip:

Please, check your child’s Daily folder for information on this field trip. In order to attend, your child will need to bring in the completed permission slip, signed behavior contract, and full payment by March 30^th. Notice that we will return after the school day ends, so your child will need to either stay in ASP (they need to be registered & regular fees apply) or be picked up by car.

 

February Choice Board (Learning Commons):

Check out this link for online activities from Mrs. Borg. This month’s reading challenge went home on a blue piece of paper last week. Click: Choice Board Link

 

Topics of Learning for Next Week:

–ELA: Students will finish drafting their opinion/persuasive essay on the most important factor for Jackie Robinson’s success in breaking the color barrier during Jim Crow era. Please, make sure your child is not taking home their organizer nor writing journal. I need to know what your child can do in class during class time without parent one-on-one support. You are welcome to talk through ideas with your child that would be wonderful; however,  please, do not work on the actual assignment itself together. That is a specialized accommodation.

* Here are some helpful practice sites:

– ixl: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/trace-an-argument

-ixl: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-6/choose-evidence-to-support-a-claim

-Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-3rd-reading-vocab/xaf0c1b5d7010608e:cc-3rd-pets/xaf0c1b5d7010608e:close-reading-opinions/v/evaluating-a-sources-reasoning-and-evidence

-Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-5th-reading-vocab/x798e47233e450b09:cc-5th-inventing-progress/x798e47233e450b09:close-reading-argumentative-text/v/what-is-an-argument-reading

 

 

–Grammar: Students will learn how to determine the meaning of similes, metaphors, & personification in context of reading.

*IXL identifying: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/identify-similes-and-metaphors#:~:text=Similes%20and%20metaphors%20are%20figures,sister%20runs%20like%20a%20cheetah.

*IXL meaning: https://ca.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/determine-the-meanings-of-similes-and-metaphors

*Khan Academy simile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6meFSzu2Ugk

*Khan Academy metaphor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8zRP-kkNGk

 

–Social Studies:

For the final day of this unit, students will learn about the United Nations and have their World War II test on March 4^th.  As study guide will be sent home this Friday (2/18). If they want extra information on World Ward II, they can login to their Clever account and find information in Studies Weekly or BrainPop.

 

–Math:

We finished our unit on fractions, but we should continue to practice using the skills and strategies we acquired from the unit, including previous units. I spoke with the kiddos about learning to remember versus learning to pass a test. Please assist them with studying and improving their note taking. I am so proud to be their teacher, but I know we can do even better this second half of the year.

In this unit students will:

• Identify similarities and differences among two-dimensional figures.
• Reason about attributes (properties) of two-dimensional figures.
• Have experiences discussing the property of two-dimensional figures.
• Build upon their fourth-grade knowledge and create a hierarchy diagram
• Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category

Standard:

Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties

MGSE5.G.3 Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category.  For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles.

Assignments: Work in Folder

Assessment: TBA after the break

**Extra Practice: Practice math pages are sent home weekly (check their Daily), extra practice resources are posted visibly in the math classroom, and Dreambox online (access on Clever.com).

 

-Science: 

In this unit, students will:

• Begin to identify chemical and physical changes. It is not always easy to tell one from the other.
• Be aware that scientists sometimes disagree on whether a change is physical or chemical or both. At the 5th grade level we should keep it simple.
• Understand that a physical change is a change that can be reversed. The shape or size of the matter has been moved around, but not permanently altered.
• Identify the basic physical changes of water (gas, liquid, and solid).

Standard:

S5P1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the differences between a physical change & a chemical change.

1. Plan & carry out investigations of physical changes by manipulating, separating, & mixing dry and liquid materials.
2. Construct an argument based on observations to support a claim that the physical changes in the state of water are due to temperature differences, which cause small particles that cannot be seen to move differently.
3. Plan & carry out an investigation to determine if a chemical change occurred based on observable evidence (color, gas, temperature change, odor, new substance produced).

Assignments: Study notes from previous week. The notes are on CTLS for those who feel they didn’t write something down clearly.

Assessment: TBA after the break

 

 

 

Calendar Dates:

• 2/11- Progress Report Time (View on ParentVue: http://parentvue.cobbk12.org/)

-Sweetheart Friendship Dance

• 2/14-2/18- Kindness Week (flyer in today’s Daily folder)
• 2/17- Winter Picture Day (Individual pictures-if pre-purchased, all students new to BSI, or anyone who missed fall picture day) More info coming soon!
• 2/18- CCYA-PJ Pant Day
• 2/21-2/25- February Break- No School

***Click link for more detailed info on events listed: The Eagle Express (smore.com)

 

Picture Day:

Order forms went home last week.

Listed below are links as well:

https://www.gciportraits.com/pre-pay-for-pictures    School Code- B114

https://www.gciportraits.com/order-form1

 

February Choice Board (Learning Commons):

Check out this link for online activities from Mrs. Borg. This month’s reading challenge went home on a blue piece of paper last week. Click: Choice Board Link

 

Topics of Learning for Next Week:

–ELA: Students are beginning to learn about claim (their opinion), reason (why they think that), and evidence (support for reasons from text). They started their graphic organizer to record their thoughts on the most important factor for Jackie Robinson’s success in breaking the color barrier. For this upcoming week, students will draft their introduction and reason body paragraphs for their essay on this topic.

* Here are some helpful practice sites:

– ixl: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/trace-an-argument

-ixl: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-6/choose-evidence-to-support-a-claim

-Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-3rd-reading-vocab/xaf0c1b5d7010608e:cc-3rd-pets/xaf0c1b5d7010608e:close-reading-opinions/v/evaluating-a-sources-reasoning-and-evidence

-Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-5th-reading-vocab/x798e47233e450b09:cc-5th-inventing-progress/x798e47233e450b09:close-reading-argumentative-text/v/what-is-an-argument-reading

 

 

–Grammar: We will be learning how to correctly punctuate various titles. Quiz on February 17^th.

*IXL: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/formatting-titles

*another IXL: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/capitalizing-titles

*Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-colon-semicolon-and-more/formatting-styles/v/italics-and-underlining

 

–Social Studies:

The goal for 5^th grade regarding World War II is focusing on USA’s involvement in the war. For day 4 of this unit, the students will learn about the major events that occurred within WWII (Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE Day, VJ Day).  If they want extra information on these people, they can login to their Clever account and find information in Studies Weekly or BrainPop.

 

–Math:

We finished our unit on fractions, but we should continue to practice using the skills and strategies we acquired from the unit, including previous units. I spoke with the kiddos about learning to remember versus learning to pass a test. Please assist them with studying and improving their note taking. I am so proud to be their teacher, but I know we can do even better this second half of the year.

In this unit students will:

• Identify similarities and differences among two-dimensional figures.
• Reason about attributes (properties) of two-dimensional figures.
• Have experiences discussing the property of two-dimensional figures.
• Build upon their fourth-grade knowledge and create a hierarchy diagram
• Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category

Standard:

Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties

MGSE5.G.3 Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category.  For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles.

Assignments: Work in Folder

Assessment: TBA after the break

**Extra Practice: Practice math pages are sent home weekly (check their Daily), extra practice resources are posted visibly in the math classroom, and Dreambox online (access on Clever.com).

 

-Science: 

In this unit, students will:

• Begin to identify chemical and physical changes. It is not always easy to tell one from the other.
• Be aware that scientists sometimes disagree on whether a change is physical or chemical or both. At the 5th grade level we should keep it simple.
• Understand that a physical change is a change that can be reversed. The shape or size of the matter has been moved around, but not permanently altered.
• Identify the basic physical changes of water (gas, liquid, and solid).

Standard:

S5P1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the differences between a physical change & a chemical change.

1. Plan & carry out investigations of physical changes by manipulating, separating, & mixing dry and liquid materials.
2. Construct an argument based on observations to support a claim that the physical changes in the state of water are due to temperature differences, which cause small particles that cannot be seen to move differently.
3. Plan & carry out an investigation to determine if a chemical change occurred based on observable evidence (color, gas, temperature change, odor, new substance produced).

Assignments: Study notes from previous week. The notes are on CTLS for those who feel they didn’t write something down clearly.

Assessment: TBA after the break

Calendar Dates:

• 2/4- Donations Due for Bus Driver Appreciation Day
• 2/7- Writing Fair Entries Due (see information below)
• 2/9- Kona Ice
• 1/28-2/10 Valentine Grams due if interested (form in Daily folder)
• 2/11- Sweetheart Friendship Dance
• 2/17- Winter Picture Day (Individual pictures-if pre-purchased, all students new to BSI, or anyone who missed fall picture day) More info coming soon!
• 2/18- CCYA-PJ Pant Day
• 2/21-2/25- February Break- No School

***Click link for more detailed info on events listed: The Eagle Express (smore.com)

 

Writing Fair:

• Any genre of writing is accepted, but only text can be submitted (no illustrations, comic books, etc.).
• Writing has to be original (not copied from anyone else’s work, including a teacher’s model writing).
• Writing can be from any time this school year.
• Writing can be something the student wrote on his/her own (at home or at school) or as a school assignment.
• Writing can be handwritten or typed.
• There is a 1900 word count limit, so don’t submit anyone’s 65-chapter novel, but there is also no need to count every word. 1900 words works out to be just under 4 single-spaced typed pages typically.

 

Picture Day:

Check your child’s Daily folder today (Thursday) for the order forms.

Listed below are links as well:

https://www.gciportraits.com/pre-pay-for-pictures    School Code- B114

https://www.gciportraits.com/order-form1

 

February Choice Board (Learning Commons):

Check out this link for online activities from Mrs. Borg. This month’s reading challenge went home on a blue piece of paper in your child’s Daily folder today.

 

Topics of Learning for Next Week:

–ELA: We are continuing to dig into  Unit 2 with the Promises to Keep book. Students will now be focused on learning author perspective and how to compare multiple perspectives.

* Here are some helpful practice sites:

– https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/compare-and-contrast-in-informational-texts

– https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-5th-reading-vocab/x798e47233e450b09:cc-5th-imaginative-worlds/x798e47233e450b09:close-reading/v/how-pov-affects-readers-reading

– https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-5th-reading-vocab/x798e47233e450b09:cc-5th-inventing-progress/x798e47233e450b09:close-reading-argumentative-text/v/analyzing-an-author-s-purpose-reading

–https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-5th-reading-vocab/x798e47233e450b09:cc-5th-imaginative-worlds/x798e47233e450b09:close-reading-informational-text/v/reading-multiple-accounts-of-the-same-topic

 

 

–Grammar: We will be learning how to correctly punctuate various titles. Quiz on February 17^th.

*IXL: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/formatting-titles

*another IXL: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/capitalizing-titles

*Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-colon-semicolon-and-more/formatting-styles/v/italics-and-underlining

 

–Social Studies:

The goal for 5^th grade regarding World War II is focusing on USA’s involvement in the war. For day 3 of this unit, the students will learn about the role Americans on the home front helping the war efforts (Rosie the Riveter, Tuskegee Airmen, Rationing & Victory Garden). Students will also learn a very basic age appropriate introduction to the Holocaust that was happening during this time. If they want extra information on these people, they can login to their Clever account and find information in Studies Weekly or BrainPop.

 

–Math:

In this unit students will:

• Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
• Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
• Represent and interpret data.

Standards:

MGSE5.NF.3   Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Example:  3/5 can be interpreted as “3 divided by 5 and as 3 shared by 5”.

MGSE5.NF.4  Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction.

1. Apply and use understanding of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction.
   Examples:  a/b x q  as  a/b x q/1  and    a/b x c/d = ac/b
2. Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the appropriate unit fraction side lengths, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.

Assignments:

-Lessons: Engage NY 25,26, 27

-Test on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions (2/10/2022)

-Please ask your student to review all content in math. We are having our end of unit test next week.

 

-Science:

In this unit, students will:

• Begin to identify chemical and physical changes. It is not always easy to tell one from the other.
• Be aware that scientists sometimes disagree on whether a change is physical or chemical or both. At the 5th grade level we should keep it simple.
• Understand that a physical change is a change that can be reversed. The shape or size of the matter has been moved around, but not permanently altered.
• Identify the basic physical changes of water (gas, liquid, and solid).

Standard:

S5P1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the differences between a physical change a chemical change.

1. Plan & carry out investigations of physical changes by manipulating, separating, & mixing dry and liquid materials.
2. Construct an argument based on observations to support a claim that the physical changes in the state of water are due to temperature differences, which cause small particles that cannot be seen to move differently.
3. Plan & carry out an investigation to determine if a chemical change occurred based on observable evidence (color, gas, temperature change, odor, new substance produced).

Assignments:

-Assessment on Microorganisms 2/11/2022