Mrs. Porisch's 5th & 6th Grade Class

Hopefully, this is not what your child's science fair project will result in.

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6^th grade parents

Another special event!!

The 6^th graders at Poly Drive are featured in the Poly Drive Talent Show every year. They will be dancing to Footloose on the Lewis & Clark auditorium on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23^RD. They are practicing with a choreographer (for a short time) during 6^th grade PE times and again at recesses. You may have heard about this??? J

And a reminder: For the 6^th grade yearbook, send photos to Sherry.Ross@bresnan.net.

READING

Students are working on in-class projects for the final aspect of the reading. They are due on Monday. They may need to work on it this weekend.

MATH

More fractions & fraction story problems.

LANG

A reminder: Students have Latin Word Root ws and spelling books. If I make a mistake or do not get something posted, they are still responsible for the correct assignment/work. :-)

Writing will be focus these next few months. Diagramming sentences will pick back up.

SOCIAL STUDIES

5th grade: On to the colonies and slavery.

SCIENCE

We are done with Acid, Acid. We will be moving into a more activity based unit on Newton's Laws and analyzing data. Lots of whacking, tracking, and speeding balls!

Science Fair notes were in the Wednesday Watch. Please sign and return them.

SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT

Students will also be required to complete a science fair project for me. They may work in pairs or alone. Entering the Billings Clinic Science Fair Expo is optional (March 23^rd & 24^th). For elementary and middle school students, the deadline for submitting the paperwork for the Billings Clinic Science Expo is Friday, February 24^th (pgs 17 & 18 of the pdf document). The science fair project does not need to be completed by that time. More information is available @ http://www.billingsclinic.com/scienceexpo .

My timeline for completing the science fair project is as follows. Please note that I will be at the school 2 days on the weekends for students to come and get help or use materials.

	January 30^th	February 6^th	February 13^th	February 20^th

Assignment due dates—>	Question, Background knowledge, Hypothesis	Materials	Bring in science fair notebook with your parents’ signature. Make sure there is a DATE next to each entry.	Procedure Rough data table


Dates I will be @ school to help with materials or assemblyà	Saturday, February 4th from 10 AM -2 PM		Sunday, February 19th from 1-4 PM

Science Fair project is due the week of February 27^th .

Science Fair display boards can be purchased at Michaels or Home Science Tools located at 665 Carbon Street. You can also purchase foam board @ WalMart and tape it together.

I have read the information about accessing the math book online as well as the information regarding the science fair project that is required.

Student’s name Parent’s signature

LWR nom, naut

Prefix

Root

nom /o law, order

astro star, heavens

auto self

graph write, written

hydr/o water

naut sailor, ship

Suffix

-al like, related to

-ology study of, science

-y state, quality, act

-er one who

-ic like, related to

-ics science related to

-ous having the quality of

SPELLING

5th grade

U 20 Suffixes: More -ed & -ing words

Dictation Sentences

1. Isn't Mt. Rushmore an amazing sight?

2. I can't believe you two are related!

3. The band is practicing for an audition.

Basic: tiring, freezing, losing, decided, damaged, united, amusing, borrowed, delivered, whispered, performing resulting, attending, remarked, supported, expected, repeated

Challenge: assigned, entertaining, operated, rehearsing, donated

Real World Vocabulary: Basic Chemistry

matter, particles, gaseous, evaporation, cooling, condenses, substance, density

6th grade

U 20 Suffixes: -able, -ilbe, -ate

Dictation Sentences

1. Let's celebrate the win with a party.

2. That tall tale was incredible!

3. Who is responsible for cleaning up?

Basic: enjoyable, valuable, washable, capable, miserable, noticeable, visible, horrible, audible, sensible, celebrate, desperate, cooperate, appreciate, considerate, delicate, graduate, fortunate

Challenge: evacuate, irritable, exaggerate, improbable, elaborate

Real World Vocabulary: Noise & Hearing

exposure, acoustics, vibration, sound waves, amplify, decibels, tinnitus, auditory

From an email regarding the science fair:

The Billings Clinic Research Center Science Expo is scheduled for

Friday, March 23 (judging day)

Saturday, March 24 (awards presentation day)

Application booklets are available in two forms:

On-line: www.billingsclinic.com/scienceexpo

Printed copy : send request to:

Marietta Reviczky-Dolan

Science Expo Coordinator