5th Grade Newsletter
Volume 13 Issue 7 October 16, 2020 Dear Parents, We have lots of sniffles and coughs in our room. Please encourage your children to stay home if necessary, and if coming to school not feeling 100%, remind them to use hand sanitizer, cover their mouths, or even considering wearing a mask. Our classroom is used for the homework room after school Monday-Thursday. If a student needs additional help or time to work on homework, or just wants to have a quiet place to read, they are welcome to stay with me until 4:00pm. If you need to contact me, you may email at [email protected]. If your message needs to be seen in a timely matter, it is best to leave a message with the office (605) 886-3883, or send me a text (605) 520-4189. Finally, all of this information can be found through my website. The address is http://teresamharless.weebly.com/ This week in the classroom: Handwriting: Students will be reviewing their cursive hand writing. We will be working on individual letter formation and writing sentences. Math: We will then begin Unit 2: Prisms and Pyramids. Students will be working with finding volume and area and determining the difference. Please continue to work on multiplication and division facts. Reading: We will be reading a short story. We will talk about the genre of historical fiction, biographies, and autobiographies. We will continue our class read aloud book, Boys Against Girls, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. English/Grammar: Students will be working with complex sentences. They will be identifying dependent and independent clauses. Social Studies: We will be using the Scholastic News website for our magazine subscription. Science: We will be using Generation Genius to view a film on dinosaurs and their extinction. We will be playing a Kahoot! quiz to demonstrate their knowledge on the video. Religion: We will begin Chapter 4: The Mystery of God. We will discuss virtues and how to live our faith. Any student wanting to be trained for altar serving will be trained on Friday after church. Spelling: Students will complete pages 27-30 in their spelling packets. We will have the spelling test on Friday, October 23. Thank you and have a great week!, Mrs. Harless |