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5TH Grade Newsletter for Week of: Oct.13 – Oct. 17, 2014
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just
one more time.” –Thomas A. Edison
Announcements
October 16 – PTO / SLAM
October 21- After School Clubs
Oct. 24 – Teacher In-service; No school for students
October 27-31 – Red Ribbon Week
Oct. 29 – Report Cards
ELA Focus: Continuing Study of Main Idea and
Supporting Details
Main Idea
The main idea, also called the central idea or main
point, is the primary concept of a passage. It represents
the essential point that the author is trying to convey.
The main idea may be clearly stated as a sentence. The
main idea is usually reinforced by a series of other
points or details which support the premise of the main
idea.
Supporting Detail
Supporting detail help you better understand the main
idea. The term "supporting details" can be defined as
additional information that explains, defines or proves
an idea.
ELA WORD STUDY
Week 9
Sight words, altered sound,
and academic vocabulary
1. June
2. choose
3. single
4. novel
5. information
6. express
7. crimson- a deep rich purplish red color
8. ancestor
9. further
10. elasticity- the ability to return to shape
after being bent, stretched, or squashed
11. authenticity- the legal validity or
correctness of a legal document
12. criticize- to express disapproval of or
dissatisfaction with somebody or something
13. electricity
14. publicity
15. partial
16. transpiration- to happen or come to light
17. xylem- the woody supportive plant tissue
that carries water and dissolved minerals from
the roots through the stem and leaves
18. phloem- nutrient carrying tissue of a plant
19. pigment- coloring substance
20. absorb- to soak up or take in
21. evaporate- change liquid to vapor
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Math Focus: Adding Decimals
To add decimals simply line up the decimal points and
add as you normally would. 
Science Focus: Destructive Forces
Natural processes can be constructive
processes that create landforms (deposition,
landslides, volcanic eruptions, floods) or
destructive processes that destroy
landforms (weathering, erosion, landslides,
volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods).
This week we will focus primarily on the
destructive forces.
Natural processes that can affect Earth’s
oceans and land include:
Social Studies Focus: Effects of Westward
Expansion on Native Americans
*Policies of the federal government
towards the Native American changed in
response to the growing demands for
land by whites.
*Indian policy from colonial times
through the mid-19th century was to drive Native Americans
inland as whites moved westward.
*The removal act (Indian Removal Act of 1830; and the
Seminole Wars pushed Native Americans across the
Mississippi River to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in the
1830’s during the Trail of Tears.
*During the Civil War, the Native Americans were mostly left
alone.
*Federal policy changed in postwar as a result of the
transcontinental railroad, the discovery of rich mineral
deposits on some reservations and continued movement of
white settlers.
*The destruction of the buffalo by sharpshooters hired by the
railroad undermined the culture of the Plains Indians.
*Native Americans were pushed onto smaller and smaller
reservations and some tribes went to war against the settlers
and the soldiers who supported them.
*The Indian Wars were marked by massacres by white
soldiers of Native American women and children such as the
Sand Creek Massacre. (1864)
*Treaties between the United States and Native American
tribes granted the Native Americans reservations in their
tribal lands, these treaties were often not honored by the
government.
Weathering is a general term used to
describe processes that break down rocks at
or near the surface of the earth due to wind,
water, ice, plant growth, etc…
Erosion is sediments or soil is moved by
wind, water, ice, or gravity.
Deposition is the dropping, or depositing,
of sediments by water, wind, or ice.
Landslides are mass movements of land
due to gravity.
Volcanoes are mountains with openings in
Earth’s crust through which magma, gases,
and ash reach Earth’s surface. Volcanic
eruptions also occur under the oceans; these
volcanoes that are built up are called
seamounts.
Earthquakes are vibrations on Earth’s
surface caused by sudden movement in
Earth, often along a
Floods occur when a large amount of water
covers land that is usually dry
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