Mr. Booth’s 5th Grade Class
November 9-13, 2015
Look at What We Learned Last Week!
Reading: We practiced identifying two
main ideas of a text with supporting details.
We worked on our nonfiction text feature
project and presented our book reports.
Writing: We worked on our editing and
revising our Animal Discovery Writing.
Science: We learned about the layers of the
atmosphere and the different types of
clouds. We began our storm project.
Math: We reviewed everything in quarter 1
and we practiced multiplying decimals in
word problems.
Look at What We Are Learning This Week!
Reading: We will begin making inferences in
nonfiction. We will also work on quoting from
the text when answering questions using a
nonfiction text.
Writing: We will finish publishing and
illustrating our Animal Discovery writing
projects. We will also practice using commas in
a series correctly.
Science: We will learn about air masses, fronts
and the tools used by meteorologists.
Math: We will divide a whole number by a
decimal and a decimal by a decimal.
Vocabulary
News and Upcoming Events:
November 11th- No School
November 13th- Science Vocab Quiz #1
Dividing Decimals Quiz
November 19th- Catawba Science Center
Field Trip
atmosphere -invisible layers of air primarily made of
Nitrogen, Oxygen and Argon gases
Greenhouse Effect -Radiation from the sun is reflected
by earth and then bounced into the atmosphere
where the water particles in the air trap the heat; the
water particles remain in the troposphere causing the
lowest layer of atmosphere to be warmer
troposphere- Zone where weather occurs; a dense
layer of air in which molecules are fueled by sunlight
and create energy for weather
cumulus clouds- Moist air collects rapidly over a
small area
stratus-Air rising gently over a large area and then
cools slowly; makes sunlight seemed filtered; they
contain ice crystals that can make the sun or moon
appear to have a halo
cirrus- high in the atmosphere and look wispy; they
form when water vapor condenses directly into ice
crystals
air masses -Large areas of air with the same
temperature and moisture levels of the surface
cold air mass- produces cold weather
warm air mass- produces warm weather
cold front- Leading edge of a cold air mass in which
the cold air and warm air move towards each other
and the warm air rises; these fronts bring snow,
thunderstorms, and heavy rains
warm front- Leading edge of a warm air mass where
cold air and warm air move in the same direction but
then the warm air rises; these bring rainy weather
followed by clear weather