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Parents- PLEASE make sure you are signing your child’s agenda daily. Homework along with teacher notes are here daily. Thank you for your support! Important Dates: Friday, March 22-Field Day Wednesday, March 27- Class Pictures Coach Digital (Milestones Test Prep) A Coach Digital form with a website and log-in information listed has come home. On this site, parents can access the Milestones Coach Test Prep book that you usually have to purchase for free. You can print out the book (has all subjects) for your child to do extra practice if you desire. Teachers will also be adding online practice and other materials they see are beneficial. Spelling: Spelling list #9 is coming home today. These words pertain to the poetry unit and the quiz will be next Thursday, March 21st. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website. https://www.spellingcity.com/users/bfhogan5 Grammar: This week we will be starting a unit on Research which will conclude May 16 with the 5th Grade Living Museum (we’ll send parent time later as it nears). For this unit, we’ll learn how to use reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, almanac, encyclopedia, and online/internet) and then learn the steps of the research process including how to write a proper bibliography. Then the students will choose topics to research (based on their SS standards) and follow the research steps in creating their Living Museum projects. All of their work for the Living Museum will be mostly done at school except getting their costume together, a little extra research if needed, and practicing their speech. They will have a test at the end of the unit. Writing: We’ve started reviewing all the genres for the Milestones. We’ve reviewed the narrative genre and informational essays. This week we will conclude their informational writing unit and move into reviewing opinion writing. We’ll start be reviewing the ingredients needed and the structure. Reading: This week we will continue our unit/novel on poetry. So far, we’ve read and analyzed poems for rhyme scheme, figurative language, comprehension, tone, and theme. For this unit, 6th graders will also be learning about lyrical poetry (sonnets and odes) and narrative poetry (ballads and epics). They’ll also learn about iambic pentameter. We also are midway through reading a class novel, either Out of the Dust or Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, both of which coincide with their social studies standards on the Great Depression. For this novel, they’ll be practicing their note-taking skills by using the Cornell Notes strategy in their yellow novel folders (they can bring these home to study/finish as needed). This book can count toward one of their books on the MARCH book log. We’ll be concluding this unit with a poetry test tentatively next Tuesday or Wednesday and a novel test next Thursday or Friday. The March Book Logs will be due March 29. If you would like extra practice for your child at home, visit the Launchpad website launchpad.fultonschools.org. There are many useful links available. One is a link for i-Ready. Your child may use this link for i-Ready for additional practice at home.
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