Upcoming dates:

Sun, Nov 18^th ……………..……….Barnes & Noble

Mon, Nov 19^th……………………….…Nov. auction

Tues, Nov. 20……………………..NOON dismissal

Happy THANKSGIVING!

I had a wonderful report from Mrs. Wood about the students and their behavior. She loves coming to this class because the kids are so engaged, excited to learn, and helpful. Kudos to you, parents, for raising respectful kids!

Reading

5^th graders:

Skills: Main idea, summaries, tone & mood, predictions. We’ll be doing these for about 2 weeks.

6^th graders: Students are finished with The Year of the Hangman and Bound.  They will be working on a final presentation.

Language

Skills: Idioms and metaphors

Writing—

Spelling—No spelling this week

Math

5^th graders: Fractions

6^th graders: Proportions and Ratios

5^th grade Social Studies

Continue Ch 5

Science—Robots & Rube Goldberg

Robot Club: Back on the WED schedule for the next 4 weeks.

LWR  None

Focus:  

Prefix:             

Root:

Suffix:

5^th grade spelling words None

Unit

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

CHALLENGE WORDS

6^th grade spelling words None   

Unit

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

CHALLENGE WORDS

Real World Challenge

 Comic from http://www.offthemark.com/cartoons/thanksgiving/