Thursday, March 8th

Reminders and Announcements 

• Friday, March 9th  MISA Testing wraps up
• Friday, March 9th  International Night at SRES

Recorders will be needed for music instruction over the next few weeks.  Please note that being prepared is part of the music grade.

Math homework comes home on Monday and is due on Friday.  Completed work is worth 10 points.  Please remind your student to complete their homework weekly.  There was no work this week due to testing; however, a couple of students have missing assignments still out.  

Progress Reports came home today.  If your student is receiving less than a C, I will be following up with an Interim next week to detail what needs to be done to bring the grade up.  Students met with me today to review their progress and have an understanding of how to continue making good progress or how to bring up any grades they are not satisfied with.  Of course, if you have any questions about your student's performance, you may contact me, and we can schedule to meet.  Email or a note would be the best way to contact me.  (melissa.anzick@fcps.org)  Also, please know that students are always welcome to redo any assignment for a better grade.  If they are willing to put effort forth to fix their mistakes, they will get full credit, and I will update the grade book to reflect the new score.

Math 

Focus Standard:  

5.NF.7.c - Solve real world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, how much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share 1/2 lb of chocolate equally? How many 1/3-cup servings are in 2 cups of raisins?

Video Help

Writing 

Focus Standard:

W.5.1.a - Text Types and Purposes: Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.

We have finished up our Columbus Opinion Essays.  I will be grading them this weekend and students will be able to go into Google Classroom to view their feedback.  Next week we will focus on short opinion responses to both literary and informational texts.

Reading 

Focus Standards:

• RL.5.9 - Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
• RI.5.6 - Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

We will be comparing both informational and narrative texts about the same topic or theme and discussing choices the author made to share their message or theme with the reader.  To see what that looks like, check out this video.

Science/Social Studies

Focus Standards:

• 5-PS1-2 Matter and Its Interactions - Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

• 5-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions - Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Next week, we will experiment with mystery substances to understand the properties of matter and how they can be used to identify different types of matter.  We will also be preparing to wrap up the unit by making our own play dough!  Lots of fun learning going on in Science next week!!