5th Grade Reading with Mrs. Karl
I hope you had a fabulous week! Before we all take off for the weekend I wanted to send out an overview of what to expect next week, some resources to help you, and a fun riddle!
Preparing for next week:
Please make sure you take time today, while planning for next week, to look over your Class Connect schedule to ensure you attend all required live sessions.
Please make sure you look through the grade book and work on any lessons in which you have a M. This means missing. Once you complete the OLS assignment the grade will automatically update. If it is a TGA in USA Test Prep, please email me and I will update your grade.
By 9/14/18 you should have completed
Literature Unit 1
Reading Q1 TGA1 and 2- USA Test Prep
Composition Unit 1
Composition Unit 1: Writing a Memoir Check in USA Test Prep
GUM Unit 1
Spelling Unit 1-4
Vocabulary Unit 1 & 2
You need to have started:
Literature Unit 2
Composition Unit 2
GUM Unit 2
All grades will be updated in the grade book by 3 PM on Friday 9/14
Literature assignments on the Daily Plan
On your Daily Plan once you complete the open Literature unit, it will list your Literature assignment as the You Need To Make A Choice unit. please DO NOT do this unit. We will do our Novel Units later in the year. If you have any questions please let me know.
Literature Unit 2 Lessons 1-11: September 10th- October 5th
Literature Unit 3 Lessons 1-4: October 15th- October 19th
Teacher Graded Assignment:
Reading Q1 TGA 1 & 2 are both due and grades are updated in the grade book
Composition Unit 1 Check-In- due and grades are updated in the grade book
Reading Q1 TGA 3- Due on 9/28/18
Composition Unit 2 Check-In- Due on 9/28/18
Last Week's Riddle:
A rooster laid an egg on the top of the barn.....which way would it roll down?
Answer: It does not roll down, Roosters do not lay eggs.
Thank you Nathan Keys for the awesome riddle!
Weekly Riddle:
Each Friday I will send out a Riddle. Please come to class the following week with your answer.
This week's riddle is courtesy of Amazing 5th Grader Gage Stasko!!!
I eat, I breathe, I grow, and I die, but I'm not alive. what am I?
I will share the answer next week in class! If you have a riddle you would like to share in the newsletter, please email it to me.
Have an amazing weekend!
5th Grade Math with Mrs. Vandever
We will continue to work on decimals this week. If you have any questions or are struggling, please email me or stay after class connect to ask questions. I’m here to help.
- OLS Lessons: Unit 6 Lessons 5,6,7 (Skip offline work pages 77-91)
- 5th Math TGA 2: Found in USA Test Prep, be sure to complete the entire assignment.
- Math Facts Pro Multiplication Fact Practice: Students are expected to login and practice their facts at least 3 times a week. Knowing multiplication facts with quick recall is vital. It is a necessary skill for students as they continue to forward in math and something we use in our everyday lives. Be sure to login and practice 3 times this week, you will receive a TGA grade every week. Here is the login information.
- https://mathfactspro.com/
- Teacher Username: TOPSMath
- First Name and Last Name with space in-between (as it appears in your OLS)
- Password: Student ID
5th Grade Science with Mr. McIntosh
Looking Back –
Well into Unit 2, we were examining the ways that energy is transferred as it passes from the producers to the consumers and then, by way of decomposers, back to the producers again. This is just one of the cycles of life that we studied as a part of our ecosystems. In the Looking Ahead section, we try to see the connections to environment as part of the equation.
Last week’s lessons: Unit 2, Lesson 3: Food Webs: Energy Flow in an Ecosystem, & Lesson 4: Cycles in Ecosystems
Key Vocabulary: energy pyramid, food chain, food web, vivarium, inorganic, organic
Looking Ahead -
As we finish up this unit, we want to understand how our conditions affect the survival of different species and how our activities are contributing factors that may determine whether or not a species thrives, survives, or dies out. These are very current topics and should be the source of lively discussion.
Assignments for the week of Sept. 17-21: Unit 2, Lesson 5: Changing Environmental Conditions, & Lesson 6: Unit 2 Review and Assessment
TGA #1 is due 9/24! Get it done this week!
Key Vocabulary: limiting factor, environmental conditions, climate, ecology
Creature of the week – This week I am challenging students to investigate the Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda opalescens), a very beautiful sea creature found near the Pacific coastline of North America. Nudibranches are some of the most brightly colored ocean organisms – far different from the snails and slug found on land!
5th Grade Social Studies with Mrs. Lipscomb
Hello 5th graders, this week you will be completing the following lessons in unit 3:
- Lesson 4 – Conflict
- Lesson 5 – Pilgrims and Promises
Each year, during the week that includes September 17, Texas schools honor Celebrate Freedom Week. During class on Wednesday, we will take the time to highlight the values and ideals on which the United States was founded as well as the sacrifices that were made for freedom in the founding of the country. Come and learn about the intent, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights. See you in class!
5th Grade Music with Mrs. Bass
Every week you will check the grade level newsletter to see which Music Studio lessons to complete. Just open Unit 1, Lesson 1 in the OLS and click the link to take you to Music Studio! (This is why everything in the OLS for Music EXCEPT for Unit 1, Lesson 1 has been marked skipped.) :)
Music Studio lessons for the week of 09/17:
- Section 1, Unit 1, Lesson 3 - Latin Rhythms
- Section 1, Unit 1, Lesson 4 - Pentatonic in Two Keys
- Music Studio Assessment
Video showing how to get into Music Studio and find the lessons and Assessments page:
Video showing how to find just the Assessments page in Music Studio:
Reminder - Mrs. Bass updates the gradebook every Friday afternoon. :)
5th Grade Health/PE/Art with Ms. Buchanan
Happy Friday!!! I know yall have been busy working hard in your lessons this week. In art next week we will continue learning about "Native Peoples of the North". In Health we will jump into Unit 9. This is about “Emotional Well-Being”. In October we will talk about anti-bullying. In PE you will practice your Locomotor skills.
Lessons for this week:
Art: Unit 2 Lesson 3
Health: Unit 9 Lesson 1
PE: Unit 1 Lesson 5
TGAs:
PE log
The Hive:
We will continue to have Kahoot in the main room. Thank you LCs that have helped monitor chat and the rooms this week. I know it is wild in there but, it's recess. I hope everyone has had a blast!!!
We've listened to your concerns and have made some adjustments to the schedule to help spread your workload. You will notice a new time for music and art, as well as an additional help session that is focused on math and ELA. These adjustments should allow you more time to complete lessons through the week and to attend The Hive.
Blanda Watt, Elementary School Principal
Email: bwatt@texasonlineprep.org
Phone: 682.593.1514
Twitter: @TOPSMrsWatt
