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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! Only 1 more week until Spring Break! We need to stay strong and focused this week! Please help reinforce the school expectations with your students. Please encourage them to do their best all the way to the end! Important Dates Wednesday, March 27—Class Pictures Tuesday, March 26 – Thursday, March 28 – No lunch visitors Wednesday, March 27 – Poetry Test Wednesday, March 27 – Spelling Quiz Thursday, March 28 – Roll of Thunder and Out of the Dust Novel Test March 30 – April 7 – Spring Break!! Friday, April 12— Kids’ Night Out to support Relay for Life Monday, April 15 – Milestones Begins iReady- Students should be completing at least 45 minutes of iReady-per subject each week. This can be a combination of at home and at school. If we assign it for homework, please help by encouraging your student to complete their iReady lessons. Coach Digital- The Coach Digital Platform can be used for Milestones test Prep and review of all the standards. A letter went home with login information a few weeks ago. Coach Book lessons have been assigned to the students. They cannot complete those assignments digitally, (answering questions with a click of a button or typing on the PDF). They can print these assignments, or view them online and answer the questions on paper. I have assigned some practice assignments that they CAN complete online as well. You can also search the bookshelf tab, and many other resources will pop up. Various workbooks are available to pull up review assignments. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding Coach Digital. To access coach digital visit the website: coachdigital.com/org/02042377 and login with: username: lunch number password: 123456 Research: 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. Grammar: We will begin to review all the grammar units from the year. Conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, synonyms/antonyms, homophones/homographs, context clues, multiple meaning words, prefix/suffix, verb tense, commas/quotes. We will split this up into 3 units, with a classwork and quiz along the way. We will have a culminating test after milestones testing is completed. Last week we started reviewing conjunctions, interjections, and prepositions, we will finish this week. During this unit, students will review the 3 types of conjunctions (coordinating, correlative, and subordinating), review the types of sentences (simple, compound, and complex), and apply the different conjunction to the appropriate uses within those sentences. We will also review coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) and correlative conjunctions (Bestie Pairs). We will also review how to identify and use prepositions within prepositional phrases (start with a preposition and end with an object). They will also need to be able to identify what questions prepositional phrases answer, as well as expand sentences by adding prepositional phrases. Students will have notes in their binders and/or their grammar notebooks. Writing: We have finished learning about the three genres needed for 5th grade (narrative, informational, and opinion). So, we are now starting to review each genre by spending approximately two to three weeks on each genre, starting with narrative. We’ll review Opinion Writing this week. Reading: We will wrap up our unit on poetry. Students 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 also learned comparing and contrasting two poems and their topics/themes. There will be a class novel for this unit Out of the Dust and Roll of Thunder (6th grade). We will review story elements and figurative language with this novel, as well as tie it into our Poetry unit. Students should be creating 2 HOTS questions for each section we read in the book. They will use those HOTS questions during book club discussions. For their March Book Logs, this class book can count for one of their two books. These will be due this Friday, March29th with a parent signature. Students will have this in their binder. Students will need to read TWO 150-page books on their level. **If your child will not be here on Friday, they need to turn this in early. Spelling: List 9 was passed out last week. The quiz will be Wednesday, March 27th. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. On this quiz, we will begin including 5 review words from past lists. 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/pratta. MORE:Camp Invention® is returning to Fulton County School District! In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF), Ocee Elementary School is pleased to offer the nationally acclaimed Camp Invention® program to children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. It’s an exciting, weeklong summer adventure with lessons that explore connections between science, technology, engineering and innovation. Children work together to create solutions to real-world problems and build critical 21st-century skills while rotating through several high-energy, hands-on modules. The week begins on June 17, 2019 with Sarah Harkins serving as Director of the ALL-NEW 2019 program, Supercharged! Here are how young innovators will be spending their time: • Exploring the electrifying relationship between frequency, circuitry, motors and gears through reverse-engineering and rebuilding their very own remote-controlled robot. • Unearthing hidden fossils then building ships and innovative equipment to embark on a research expedition to uncover more exciting information about their discovery. • Coding and programming robot, Bot-ANN-E, to take on duties and help turn a polluted wasteland into a fruitful farm and successful business. • Collaborating with the Innovation Force®, a team of NIHF Inventors turned action-packed superheroes, to design superhero gadgets and disguises, explore the fields of engineering and fabrication and take on the sinister villain, the Plagiarizer. Activities give participants the opportunity to explore, discover and achieve while having fun! Local educators facilitate program modules and enthusiastic high-school students serve as Leadership Interns, ensuring that one staff member is in place for every eight children. Register using promo code INNOVATE25L to save $25 (expires 3/22) or PLAY15LISTING to save $15 (expires 5/10) OFF $245. Every registration includes a complimentary Camp Invention tshirt. Availability is limited, so visit www.invent.org/camp or call 800-968-4332 to secure your child’s spot today.
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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. https://msbhogan.weebly.com/
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: Wednesday, March 6- Field trip to Autry Mill Middle (permission slip coming home today) Monday, March 11- Professional Development Day- No school for students 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. Jekyll Reminder Don’t forget that if your child has food allergies or special food needs, you’ll need to contact Jekyll yourself in advance (if you haven’t done this yet, please do this week if possible because we are in our final couple of weeks of preparation). Contact information was in the packet sent home (if you e-mail them, please include my name on e-mail, too). Thanks! Spelling: Spelling list #8 quiz will be Thursday. 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: The unit on Word Play test will be on Friday. This unit focuses on vocabulary skills including prefixes, suffixes, root words, context clues, and multiple meaning words. They have a prefix/suffix/root list in their binder that they will need to have memorized for the quizzes/test. I have some games to help review at home under the links section on my website, then under language arts. The unit test will be in about two weeks. Writing: We are continuing to review all the genres for the Milestones. We’ll review the narrative genre for a couple of weeks, and then we’ll rotate through informational and opinion again. For narrative stories, we’ve started by reviewing the elements needed for an engaging story including character development, setting, dialogue, plot/conflict, resolution, and sometimes a theme. This week are finishing narrative and then will start our review on informational writing. Reading: We are well into our poetry unit. We have been reading and analyzing poems for rhyme scheme, figurative language, comprehension, tone, and theme. We also started reading a new 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 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 their MARCH book log they’ll get next week (we won’t finish it until later March). They will have both a poetry unit test and a separate novel test at the end of the unit. 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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