5th Grade Reading with Mrs. Karl
I hope you had a fabulous week! I am so excited you are here at TOPS! Before we all take off for the (long) 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 work on the following OLS lessons
Vocabulary Unit 2 Lessons 1-2
Please work on the following lessons in USA Test Prep
Reading and Math Readiness Assessments in USA Test Prep
Reading Q1 TGA1 in USA Test Prep
Writing TGA in USA Test Prep
Teacher Graded Assignment:
Literature Q1 TGA1 (quarter 1 teacher graded assignment number 1) can be found in USA Test Prep. Please do not worry that your grade does not update automatically as I manually enter your grade from TGAs. This is something you will want to complete next week. Please just do your very best.
Composition TGA: Composition Unit 1 Writing a Memoir is assigned in USA Test Prep. This is something you will want to complete next week. Please just answer the question the best you can. This does not need to be long, just a few sentences.
Literature assignments on the Daily Plan
Literature assignments on your daily plan will work differently than other subjects. The Literature assignments will have 1 unit open at a time., You need to work on the unit during the time in which it is open (Dates will always be listed on the Newsletter below).
Once you complete the open unit, it will list your Literature assignment You Need To Make A Choice unit. please DO NOT do this unit. We will do our Novel Units later in the year. For literature, we will continue to work through. If you complete the open unit you need to do the TGAs and attend class, but will not have any other Literature OLS assignments.
Literature Unit 2 Lessons 1-11 September 10th- October 5th
Resources:
Please make sure that you have your books organized as we will go through some of them in class next week.
Below is a helpful video about Memoirs:
https://safeshare.tv/x/ss5b7b327230297
Weekly Riddle:
Each Friday I will send out a Riddle. Please come to class the following week with your answer
In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower– everything was pink! What color were the stairs?
I will share the answer next week in class! Have an amazing weekend!
5th Grade Math with Mrs. Vandever
I'm looking forward to seeing you in our math orientation class connect on Tuesday. We will talk about class expectations and then have some fun using the tools in Blackboard and getting to know each other. You will need to have a notebook and pencil for your math class connects, but we will talk about that during class as well. You will begin working in the OLS (On-Line School). I have listed the lessons you need to complete below. See you in class!
OLS Lessons: Unit 1 Lessons 4, 7, 8, and 12
5th Grade Science with Mr. McIntosh
A great big WELCOME to our new TOPS students! I am so happy to have you 5th graders in Science, and I just want to give you some idea of what next week will look like for us. We started the year by looking at the scientific method and what that means as we are doing science all year long. This week you won’t need anything except your working headset, a science journal/notebook, pencil, and your imagination. Please be aware that your daily and weekly plan may not be accurate right now. Use the schedule listed below instead.
You will have some OLS assessments that go with next week’s lessons, and we will discuss what those assessments will look like as well as how we will use USATestPrep. You will also have a Course Prep Plan that will help you understand what was covered during the first two weeks of school. DON’T WORRY, we’re going to make sure that you can understand what we have been studying and where we are going from here. Remember that you can always reach out to me with any questions that you may have about science or anything else. See you in class!
Assignments for the week of Sept. 4-7: Unit 2, Lesson 1: Ecosystems and the Environment, & Lesson 2: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
5th Grade Social Studies with Mrs. Lipscomb
Welcome to 5th grade social studies! this week in social studies you will be completing unit 2, lesson 8 - From England to America. We will identify the major historical English figures that helped settle America. We will be learning about “Sea Dogs”. Please bring a pencil, a notebook (can be a composition book or a spiral), and a working headset with a microphone. I am so excited to meet you!
5th Grade Music with Mrs. Bass
Welcome to TOPS! :) I look forward to meeting each of you.
Every week you will check the grade level newsletter to see which Music Studio lessons to complete. Just open U1 L1 in the OLS and click the link to take you to Music Studio! (This is why everything in the OLS for Music EXCEPT for U1 L1 has been marked skipped.) :)
Music Studio lessons for the week of 09/03:
- Section 1, Unit 1, Lesson 1 - Sing Together in Rhythm
- Section 1, Unit 1, Lesson 2 - Pitch Power
- Extra Credit Music Studio Assessment
- We will have Music Orientation on 09/06 at 8:30am. I look forward to seeing you all then!
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:
I will send you all in email a PDF file I have put together about Music Studio (it is also available in the file share in the OLS). There are also directions in the Music Reference Guide book you received in the mail with your materials.
5th Grade Health/PE/Art with Ms. Buchanan
Welcome to 5th grade!!! I am very excited to begin our classes. We have a fun year ahead of us full of activities, projects and much, much more. This week you will continue with orientation sessions. We will practice using the BBC tools and navigate through the OLS.
Lessons for this week:
Art: none
Health: none
PE: none
Blanda Watt, Elementary School Principal
Email: bwatt@texasonlineprep.org
Phone: 682.593.1514
Twitter: @TOPSMrsWatt
