Welcome to Miss Roberts' 5th Grade Class

Upcoming Events and Areas of Study:

Math:  

We'll learn aout geometry and it's relationship to Algebra. We'll begin reviewing:  long division, multi-digit multiplication, mean-median-mode and range, adding and subtracting fractions, multiplying fractions, and learn about probability.

Spelling:

Mar. 1-5 -- Week 21

Mar. 8-12 -- Week 22

Mar. 15-19 -- Week 23

Mar. 22-29 -- Week 24

Writing:

We'll turn more attention to personal narratives, poetry, and sentence/paragraph conventins.

Literacy:

Mar. 1-5 -- Unit 5,1 Spirit of Endurance:  Problem -->Attempt to solve -->Outcome -->

                                                                  new attempt --> (eventual) Soluiton; 

                                                                  Adjectives and Demonstrative adjectives; Affixes;

                                                                  Text Features;

Mar. 8-12 -- Unit 5,2 Fantastic Foods:  Make inferences and Analyze --> Theme; Homophones

                                                           Articles ( a, an, the); Uses of a colon; Word origins;

Mar. 15-19 -- Unit 5,3 Learning from Nature:  Make Inferences and Analyze-->Cause and Effect;

                                                                      Adjectives that Compare; Thesaurus/Dictionary:

                                                                      Antonyms;

Mar. 22-26 -- Unit 5,4 Talking in Codes:   Generate Questions; Evaluate Author's Perspective;

                                                               Context Clues; Comparing with "more" and "most"';

Science:

My students are with Mr. Wilcox learning abou Heredity and Animal adptations.

Social Studies:

We will complete our study of the American Revolution.  We'll next go into the Civil War and we'll do Book Clubs in connection with the Civil War.