5th
Week Of September 8, 2015
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5th
Buzz Aldrin
Elementary School
Schaumburg, IL
September 11, 2015
Reading:
We finished reading Davey Crocket in our
Treasures book. WE are working on Plot Diagram
and how the events fit with the characters
feelings and actions.
We have weekly guided reading work. We are
working on reader’s response on a character
they are reading about. The Heads Together
activity is based on a reading in the Faces
magazine. The purpose of this activity is to work
on questions to prepare for a group discussion
then get together in their reading group and
share what they learned. The students will fill out
a worksheet to explain their thinking. Teachers
will check in with student groups throughout the
week.
At home, ask your students questions about the
plot diagram based on a fiction story.
Enjoy a good book-read daily at least 20
minutes.
Writing:
In writing this week, students continue to
work on some introduction activities to
school. We worked on Heads Together
activity with the writing ACE strategy.
Students also worked on forming
complete sentences. Students were
introduced to their writing journals and
put a tab on resources which will help
them in daily writing. The writing process
and the traits were introduced as well.
Science:
Kuczynski:
We read and discussed how to classify organisms
and why we classify. We learned that living things
are different but share similar structures. We
learned that there are six kingdoms and within
each kingdom the groups get a classification
system. We also studied that plants have qualities
and are put into four common plant phyla. We
learned the differences between plants, animals,
and other organisms.
Leja:
We began our New Frontier video and lesson this
week. We have learned strategies for reducing
our carbon footprint. We also have started
looking at ways to save money at home by using
less energy or more energy efficient items and
brands.
Levin:
This week we completed our layers of water
experiment and saw how the amount of salinity in
water affects where it lays in comparison to water
with no salinity. We then began to focus on the
different properties of our oceans, as well as the
different types of freshwater found throughout our
world.
Pike: Physical Science – Properties of Matter
We found the connections between volume,
density, and buoyancy. Ask about the two labs
we completed. Quiz us on chapter 11
vocabulary. We are experts. We will be writing
next week about our discoveries.
Social Studies:
The students worked on the key elements of a world map and key geographic terms.
The students used page 1 in their interactive notebooks. Students read pages 3-5 in their
text books. Some classes began the Geography Challenge.
5th
Math:
This week in math the students covered lessons 6,7,8,9 in their chapter one notebooks. They
worked on place-value positions and reading and writing whole numbers through hundred
million. The students were also engaged in working with exponents and multiplying mentally
by multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000.
Advanced Math:
We estimated decimal sums and differences this week. We also solved problems and
compared our answers to our estimates. We found patterns when working with
decimals. Money is the best example of how important a decimal point can be. Would you
rather have $0.06 or $600.00? We will review chapter 5.3 on Monday and test on Tuesday.
Announcements:
September 16- ½ day dismissal 11:40
School pictures are September 21. 
Don’t forget to turn in:
Pizza form, party money, page 2 in assignment
notebook, hot lunch, fun food, and picture
money
Upcoming Dates:
September
September
September
September
September
7 – Labor Day – No School
8 MAP Math 12:30
9 – PTA Meeting @ 12:45 p.m. @ Aldrin
16- ½ day students dismissed at 11:40.
21- school pictures