Mathieson News Letter
Volume 6, Issue 1
November 2015
Social Studies
Students will be learning about the US in the 1800’s,
specifically forming the government (Chp. 10).
Students will read about the Constitution being ratified
and important people who helped shape our nation’s
history.
Math
Our focus in math is Module 4, Adding Fractions and
Order of Operations. Students will work on: adding
fractions with similar and different denominators, and
using the order of operations to calculate the answer to
a given equation. Students are given the opportunity to
generate discussion, use manipulatives and rally coach
to further their understanding.
Literacy
These two weeks we will focus our learning on the
author’s purpose within nonfiction stories.
Writing/ Spelling
We are working on expository writing (writing that
informs). These next few weeks will be the introduction
and beginning stages of our expository writing.
We will continue our work using the writing process
steps including: Pre-writing, drafting, editing/peer
editing, final drafts and publishing. Writing is an ongoing process: always room to improve.
*Students will begin to work on an expository writing
piece of their choosing. It will be research based and
will involve a presentation. (More info to come)
Spelling: Students are working on word sort packets
and activities. These activities will be done in class
during our writing block.
We as a class will continue our grammar instructionthis will make their writing stronger and clearer.
Nonfiction during reading will correspond well with
writing, as expository writing informs, and nonfiction
books give information. I encourage students to begin
reading nonfiction during class and at home.
Science
**A great resource for N.F. books: Go to
Students will be able to recognize that all living things
need energy to survive.
myon.com and sign in using your student’s password
card.
Our science instruction will focus on Chapter 3, the big
idea: “How does Energy Move in an Ecosystem?”
Reminder:
Remember to work toward the 40 Book Challenge!
an article, and you can have multiple articles in a
Rocument.
EMINDERS:
The links do not have to occur in a forward
direction.
11/19
11/23
Parent Teacher Conferences
Early Release
11/23
112511/27
Parent Teacher Conferences
Thanksgiving Break
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*Please have your child double check
their band/orchestra schedule.
**We have conferences on the 19th and
the 23rd of November!
Social Studies and Writing Mixed! **Students will
also be working on a parody to a school appropriate
song of their choosing. They will exchange the song
lyrics with the 10 Amendments from The Bill of Rights.
Students also have the opportunity to perform their
parody to the class for extra credit.
You can change the look
th of linked text boxes by using
color, shading, borders, and other formatting. Select
the text box you want to format and then double click
its border to open the Format Text Box dialog box. If
you want to change the color or borders on a text box,
choose the Colors and Lines tab. To change the size,
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scale, or rotation, click the Size tab. To change the
position of the text box on the page, click the Position
Thank you, 5 grade families!
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