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5TH Grade Newsletter for Week of: Feb. 23-27, 2015
“The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.”
Ben Stein
– Norman Vincent Peale
Upcoming Events
February 24 – After School Clubs
ELA WORD STUDY
Week 25
Sight words, prefix dis-, and academic vocabulary
February 25 – World’s Finest Chocolate Candy
Sale Ends
February 25 - Spring Picture Day
1. company
2. radio
3. China
ELA Focus:
Definition
Example
The author defines the
The author gives an
word in the sentence.
example of the word
Stealing is an infraction,
somewhere in the
or the act of breaking the
paragraph.
law.
She made a school
infraction by throwing
snowballs at recess.
Synonym
Antonym
The author includes a
The author includes an
synonym of the word to
antonym of the word to
help the reader.
help the reader.
Littering is an infraction Littering is an infraction.
and violation of the law.
We need to respect our
school.
4. genuine- real, authentic, honest
5. capital- money, wealth
6. factories
7. patriot
8. appreciate- to increase in number or value
9. channel
10. southern
11. disadvantage- an unfavorable, inferior, or prejudicial
condition
12. dissatisfied
13. dislike
14. disappoint- to fail to meet the expectation or hope of
Prefixes:
Inter- : between
Tri- : three
Post-: after
Trans- : across
Hydro: water
Suffixes:
-ing : material made for, activity, result of an activity
-es, : plural of most nouns ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -o and
-z and some in -f and -y
-ed, : past tense
-er, : comparative
-est: superlative
-ful: an amount or quantity that fills
15. disapprove- to pass unfavorable judgment on
16. condensation- the change from the vapor state to a
liquid or solid state
7. evaporation- to change from a liquid into a gas
18. precipitation- water that falls to the ground as rain,
snow, etc.
19. vapor- a substance in the gaseous state as
distinguished from the liquid or solid state
20. seep
21. glacier- a large body of ice moving slowly down a
Additional Practice: Choose two affixes from the list
above. Use a dictionary to list and define five words
containing the affixes you selected.
slope or valley or spreading outward on a land
surface
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Math Focus: Customary Measurement
Science Focus: Forces of Motion
Units of Length
1 foot = 1 yard
1 yard = 1 mile
1 mile = 5, 280 feet
1 mile = 1,750 yards
Indicator 5-5.2: Summarize the motion of an object
in terms of position, direction, and speed.
Units of Capacity
1 cup = 8 fluid ounces
1 pint = 2 cups
1 quart = 2 pints
1 gallon = 4 quarts
Units of Weight
1 pound = 16 ounces
1 ton = 2,000 pounds
Social Studies: The Cold War
It is essential for students to know that motion is
described in terms of position, direction, and speed as
follows:
Motion
Motion is the change in position of an object over
time when compared with a reference point.
Speed
*The Cold War began when a rivalry developed between
the Soviet Union and the United States following World
War II.
*The Soviet Union’s goal was to spread communism, their
political and economic system in which the government owns
and controls businesses and properties.
*Communism and those who support its details were
increasingly feared by many Americans. This Red Scare
came to be called McCarthyism.
*In 1950, the Korean Conflict started when North Korea’s
communist government invaded South Korea with the
intention of reuniting the peninsula under one communist
government.
*The Berlin Wall was built by the Soviets to separate the
communist and democratic portions of Berlin, which had
been divided between the allies at the end of World War II.
*During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War rivalry
came close to nuclear war as the Soviet Union began
shipping nuclear missiles to Cuba a communist country 90
miles south of Florida.
*As a result of World War II, many nations wanted to avoid
war in the future so representatives from 50 nations met to
establish a new organization called the United Nations.
*The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a
military alliance that was originally established in response to
the growing threat of the Soviet Union following World War
II.
*The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Counties
(OPEC) was organized by the nations of the world who
produce petroleum. Their major role is to determine the rate
of petroleum production as well as the price.
Speed is a measure of how fast an object is moving.
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Students should be able to measure the distance
specific objects move in a given time.
They can then determine if an object is speeding
up or slowing down, and they can also compare
the relative speeds of different moving objects.
Direction
Direction of motion can be determined by reading a
compass.
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Students should give directions using the terms
“north”, “south”, “east”, or “west.” shown by
the needle of a compass lined up with the
direction of the moving object.
They should also describe the direction of
motion by using the terms “right”, or “left”
relative to another object, or “up”, or “down”
relative to Earth.
Position
The position of an object is its location relative to
another object (the reference point) for example
“above,” “below,” “beside,” “behind,” “ahead of” plus
the distance from the other object.
The distance (length) from the reference point changes
when the object moves.