Important Dates
Tuesday, March 27 – Autrey Mill Middle School Field Trip, please wear the 5th grade t-shirt Wednesday, March 28 – Class Pictures Thursday, March 29 – Sign and Return Papers Thursday, March 29 – Lunch in the Classrooms Saturday, March 31 – First day of Spring Break! Grammar: This week we’ll start our unit on synonyms, antonyms, & homographs. We’re also continuing to work on our “Research” unit which will conclude after Milestones with the 5th grade Living Museum. We’ll start this unit by reviewing and using all the different types of reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, almanac, encyclopedia, and online resources). Writing: We have finished learning about the three genres needed for 5th grade (narrative, informational, and opinion). So, we are now starting to review for Milestones by spending approximately two weeks on each genre. We started with narrative, and we assessed it with a classwork grade. We finished reviewing the opinion genre. This week we’ll continue practicing the informational structure. Reading: We will finish working on our poetry unit this week, testing on Friday. Students will have learned the structural elements (stanzas, lines, rhyme scheme, and figurative language) and how to identify the story elements (POV, theme, and tone) in a poem. We’ll also be comparing and contrasting two poems and their topics/themes. The unit test will be on Friday, before spring break. There is a class novel for this unit (Out of the Dust or Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry). March book logs are due March 30th. Students need to have read two, 150 page books, or one, 300+ page book (preapproved by me). Please remind your student to stay caught up on their reading. Book logs must be signed by parents. Spelling: Spelling List 9 coincides with their poetry standards. If you feel your child needs more practice, they can visit https://www.spellingcity.com/users/bfhogan5. The quiz is tomorrow.
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