WELCOME TO 5B WEBPAGE!
2012 Children's Water Education Festival Pictures
A Funtime with a Language Arts Review
The 5B students had a funtime with this language review lesson. The lesson was a review of nouns, subjects, linking verbs, adjectives, prepositional phrase, the object of the prepositional phrase, alliteration, and similes In class the students wrote different parts of the simile without other students knowing who wrote which part. The students put their parts in differnt bags and each student took turns pulling out one of the parts. This was done until everyone had 3 different parts from 3 different students. The 3 parts were put together to create one new and funny simile. The students used Glogster to illustrate the simile. Take a look.
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Science
In unit B, we have discussed the weather. Now we are discussing the sun, the Earth, and the moon and how they move through space. Unit C will be about chemicals and their properties. P.E.
Our P.E. days are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Tuesdays will be taught by Mrs. Saucedo and she will focus on physcal fitness. Mrs. Freeman is substituting for Mrs. Frazee, the 8th grade teacher. Thursdays and Fridays will be taught by Mrs. Steen and myself. Reading Buddies
We will have reading buddies with KB. Each 5B student will be assigned a reading buddy whom they will read books to usually on Friday afternoons. Some of our reading buddies are reading to their big buddies. |
Math
We have finished 16 chapters. We will begin the 3rd trimester with testing chapter 17. We are working with fractions, decimals and ratios. Later this year we will work with integers, graphing ordered pairs, and geometry. Social Studies
As you know we made it to the American Revolutionary War and we declared our independence from Great Britain. We now read and discuss the challenges a new nation has forming a new government. Art
We are fortune to continue with the ArtMaster Program with presentation lead by Mrs. Risco and teacher instructed art projects done in the classroom. SmartMath
There has been a change in how we grade SmartMath. The total score of the post tests at the end of the third trimester will count as 5% of the math grade. Students are to practice math skills a minimum of 40 minutes a week. Make sure to login to SmartMath at http://www.smartmath.eb.com/ |
Language Arts
Our book is HSP California Excursion from Harcourt School Publishers. We have read and discussed 23 stories. Some of the focus skills include main idea, details, compare and contrast, author's purpose and point of view. We have discussed and practice many grammar skills and concepts which include nouns, pronouns, direct objects, verbs, active verbs, linking verbs, subject, predicate, and the four types of sentences. Take a look at the grammar practice book to see all of the skills that we have learned and look at the skills that we will learn in the future. 
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Religion
We have finished 19 chapters. We will begin reading and discussing our family life book which I will send home for parents and students to preview before we begin the Family Life Unit. In April, I will send home letter with more information about this unit. Christ Our Life: http://www.loyolapress.com/christ-our-life-religion-program.htm - Other Links
Gradelink http://www.gradelink.com/ Discovery Education http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ Atomic Learning Did you know students and parents can go to the Atomic Learning site and learn about all kinds of technology tools and skills. Visit http://www.atomiclearning.com/ iSAFE ISAFE is a new site that parents and students can visit. It is a site that our school is using to teach the students about cyber safety. Visit www.iSAFE.org Think Central This website will help with language arts and math. https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com |
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