Miss Kay’s Fifth Grade News
February 5, 2016
Literacy
Math
This week in literacy we discussed
dynamic/round characters,
static/flat characters, and various
types of conflicts in fiction. These
include person vs. nature, person vs.
society, person vs. person, and
person vs. self. Frequently these
conflicts overlap and many stories
have multiple types of conflicts,
especially as students read more and
more complicated and interesting
plots.
We have finished Module 6. You
may have noticed that the test for
Module 6 was graded a bit
differently than previous tests in
regards to reducing to lowest terms.
The district math committee has
recommended that we not assess
students on reducing to lowest terms
since it is not a fifth grade objective.
Therefore I will continue to teach
reducing to make middle school
math easier, but that skill will not be
part of our tests.
The class is also doing a fun, quick
author letter project. I have
reviewed letter format, paragraph
structure, and revision strategies.
Each student is writing to an author
of his or her choice. We will mail
them, and I expect some of the
students will receive a response; you
never know who will write back!
Science
The class has learned about physical
and chemical changes, we did an
informal assessment for this final
chapter, and we will be moving back
to social studies very soon!
Miss Kay’s Fifth Grade News
February 5, 2016
Coming Up
*More analysis of conflict in fiction
*Subtraction of decimal fractions
*Grid coordinates
*Slavery and the Underground
Railroad