5th Grade Newsletter
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Teacher: Armstrong, Boyce, Davis_ Week of: September 23rd __________
Upcoming Events: September 26 – Basketball game at Northwest
September 27th – Eagles Day / Jean day $1 – Student Council
*=Formal Assessment
Formal Assessment is 90% of student grade
Informal Assessment is 10% of student grade
Math
*Unit 1 Assessment
p. 55-56 Square Units & Area
WB p. 27-28 Word problems & factor
puzzles
p. 59-60 Perimeter & Area of
rectangles
p. 61-62 Real-World applications of
area
Homework: WB p. 29-30 will be
distributed on Tuesday. Students
have until Friday to turn in.
L. A. Skills: Verbs and adverbs
Homework: Wednesday: English page 106108 #130
Writing
Transitional Words and Persuasive Essay
Reading
Vocabulary: beaming enthusiastic, perch, snug,
calculate, outfitted, dwarfed, presence,
procedure
Skills: Cause and Effect, Informational Text
Homework:
Tuesday: Define the vocabulary words.
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Thursday: Use each word in a sentence.
Vocabulary: meter, decimeter,
centimeter, millimeter
Social Studies
Read pp.86-95 The Road to Union
Victory
96-101 Reconstruction
Homework-Tuesday- Define
vocabulary words on pp. 86 and 96.
Thursday-Study for the quiz on
Friday.(86-101)
Spelling Words: glory, aware, carton, adore,
aboard, dairy, ordeal, pardon, warn, vary,
barely, torch, barge, soar, beware, absorb,
armor, stairway,perform, former
Spelling Homework:
Tuesday-Write the words in alphabetical order.
Wednesday- Write your Spelling words as a
ladder.
Exampleg
gl
Friday-Test on Lessons 2 and 3 of
Chapter 3 (pp.86-101)
Science
Read pp.68-72 Energy Flow
Vocabulary-food chain,food web
Study vocabulary 5-10 minutes per night.
Friday-Test on pp.68-72
glo
glor
glory
Thursday- Practice spelling your words.