Open House

Greetings 5V Families!

I am looking forward to seeing you at the Open House on Thursday night between 630pm and 830pm.

Unlike previous Open Houses, I am scaling things down a bit to focus on just a few different things. Here are some of the things that you can check out at our Open House:

1.) Student/Parent survey

2.) Student Alphabet book

3.) Writing samples from writer's workshop

4.) Movie maker project on the lap tops.

5.) Book Reviews on the Book Blog

6.) Try out the different math routines and earn money for your children.

7.) Try and win Caption of the Day

8.) See our "Stay Current" board.

9.) Read all of our "Captions of the Day"

10.) See our "Who's on Fire" board. (Just put up)

Hill's Math Super Bowl Bonanza!

Hill's Math Super Bowl Bonanza!

This is a fun evening over at Hill for you and your children. There will be football trivia, football toss, exponent ball, math art, and prizes!


When: Monday, January 31st from 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Where: Hill Middle School
Who: Hill students and family members
What: Math games, prizes, snacks, and FUN!

Hill's Math Super Bowl Bonanza!

This is a fun evening over at Hill for you and your children. There will be football trivia, football toss, exponent ball, math art, and prizes!

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State of the Union Address-this Tuesday

Reminder:

President Obama's State of the Union Address is scheduled for:

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 @ 8pm CST on most major networks.

Watch and fill out the extra credit form in order to earn 5 extra credit points.

The points will be added to Friday's science quiz.

Important Dates and Reminders 1/24-1/28

Here are some important dates and reminders for this week:

Tuesday, January 25th:

• Author Visit to May Watts 11:05-11:45am

Wednesday, January 26th:

• Late Start Wednesday at 9:05am.
• Fieldtrip Forms due for Robert Crown Fieldtrip (2/3)

Thursday, January 27th:

• Open House at May Watts 6pm-8pm.
• Electricity Quiz (Short quiz )

Friday, January 28th:

• Friday Math Quiz
• Figurative Language Quiz (Students have study sheet)
• Parts of digestion Quiz (Students have study sheets)

Curricular Update 1/24-1/28

Here is what 5V will be up to next week in our studies:

Reading:

• We will read a non-fiction selection called Oceans, analyze it, take a test on it, and write an essay based on the selection.
• We are finishing up our read aloud story called Word Nerd.
• The kids are going to continue to analyze the mood an author evokes in their stories as part of the sports fiction project. They will also practice identifying main idea and writing 7-10 word summaries for the project.
• We'll be in the lab working on our trailers using the movie maker program.

Writing:

• Students in writing will be reviewing figurative langauge and writing for particular audiences.
• In addition, they will work on their own publishing pieces of writing.
• In grammar we are studying capitalization and apostrophe usage.
• I hope to do another debate essay with the class this week as well.

Math:

• Monday is the 5V math test. The test is on data collection and a tiny bit on fractions.
• Our following unit concenrs itself with more number usage like exponents, order of operations, and postive/negative numbers.
• We'll continue to study math boxes and have quizzes.
• We are working hard on studying traditional multiplication and division. You may want to reinforce this at home.

Science:

• In science class we'll start the week with our unit on health and digestion. The kids will study the parts of the body that are used in the digestive process.
• We will also have to take our mini quiz on the electricity unit we just finished.
• The Robert Crown Fieldtrip is on Thursday, February 3rd in the morning.
• The Robert Crown representatives come back to our classrooms to talk to the kids on Thursday, February 16th.

Important Dates and Reminders 1/10-1/13

Important Dates and Reminders!

Monday, January 10th:

• No Math Fact Monday
• CMB Testing for 5th Grade
• Turn in those fieldtrip forms!

Tuesday, January 11th:

• CBM Testing for 5th Grade
• After school class meeting for interested students.
• Turn in those fieldtrip forms!

Wednesday, January 12th:

• Turn in those fieldtrip forms!

Thursday, January 13th:

• Magnetism Mini quiz
• Thursday Math Quiz

Curricular Update (Week of 1/10-1/13

Another busy week in 5V! Check it out:

Reading:

• Students are going to practice answering short answer questions and using evidence. We will finish reading the non-fiction selection The Summer of Fire.
• Students will also read for purpose with their self selected books and their genre log their thoughts about their reading.
• The kids will have project work time to record information for their sports genre projects.
• On Wednesday, we are going to read a variety of articles from our Time for Kids magazines and analyze the non-fiction in our own creative ways.
• Time for essays! The students are going to write another OEQ or extended response essay and try to build upon the already stellar work they have completed in this task.

Writing:

• The students are working on a special reflection project. You will see it one day ;)
• We're going to have a few lessons on expository writing this week.
• As always, the kids will write their own student made stories and writings.
• Reminder for kids: Make sure to meet your publishing due dates! Your families have been emailed about them AND you have the due date reminder sheet.

Math:

• This week in math we will study how to create and interpret something called a stem and leaf plot which is a graphic organizer used to store data.
• We'll also study mystery graphs and try to determine what their data reveals-these are quite fun!
• The kids are going to study sample sizes with an M&M activity. This also involves studying fractions and percentages.
• Essay writing! Yes, we will write another math essay this week if time allows!

Science:

• We will wrap up our magnetism unit this week. The kids have really enjoyed it.
• We will study attraction and repulsion.
• The kids will also review general magnetic properties that we have studied already.
• There will be a mini quiz on Thursday about magnetism and the properties of magnets that we have studied.
• On Wednesday, we will start a mini unit on electricity, exciting!

Citizenship:

• 5V will review the May Watts school policies and behavior expectations.
• As always, lessons on respect, attitude, and effort occur during the week every now and then.