Trade Fair Tidbits
What a creative group of students! I was amazed at the variety of handmade items available for trade at our trade fair. I hope the students shared some of their experiences with you and talked about how "supply and demand" affected their trading.
Conference Reminders
I will be sending an email reminder of your conference date and time soon. If you did not sign up for a conference at Curriculum Night, I will assign you a time that is still open. Please respond promptly so that I can make necessary changes to the schedule and offer time slots that become available. Thanks in advance for your help!
Subject Update:
- English - The students will be working on expository writing. This will allow students to practice and apply their skills in writing different types of sentences using correct grammar, capitalization, and punctuation.
- Science - Now that we have taken a close look at the barn owl, we will read about other organisms and how they compete and survive in an ecosystem.
- Social Studies - We will learn more about early colonial life as we read about cities, towns, and farms. The students will learn how these areas were alike and different.
- Mrs. Strong's Spelling Class - The Lesson 10 pretest will be given on Monday. The students will be assigned homework during the week to practice their words. A final test will be given Friday.
- Mrs. Strong's Reading Class - We will begin writing extended responses this week. The strategy for writing a good response is to remember the letters IEIEIE, which stands for Idea, Evidence, Interpretation, Evidence, Interpretation, and Extension. Fifth graders should be familiar with this technique. Furthermore, we will continue to review the skills of summarizing, drawing conclusions, inferencing, identifying author generalizations, and visualizing while reading the novel The Kid in the Red Jacket.
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - The students will learn how to identify different types of lines (perpendicular, parallel, and skew). There is a homework review activity scheduled for Wednesday, November 10. Then we learn about different types of polygons.
Mark Your Calendar:
Nov. 10 - Junior Achievement (Session 2)
Nov. 11 - No School (Veteran's Day)
Nov. 12 - End of 1st Trimester
