TOPS 5th Grade Weekly Newsletter

January 18, 2019

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Monday, January 21st is a staff and student holiday. Enjoy time with your friends and family!

Course Specific Information for Week of January 21

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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 go through the grade book and make up any Ms. If you have any grades that are lower than you would like, please work through the lesson again to improve your grade. Remember you can take your TGAs multiple times (this is a great way to expand your comprehension, practice your skills, and increase your grade). If you have any questions or need help checking the grade book, please let me know.

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 19. 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 Lesson Dates:

Literature (8) Unit7 Early American Lives Lessons 1-9 January 10-25

*After you complete Unit (8) Unit 7 in Literature please do not move on.

Literature (9) Unit 8 Stories of Washington Irving Lesson 1-7 January 28-February 8

Literature (10) Unit 9 Passing Moments Lesson 1-5 February 12-22

Weekly Riddle:

This week's riddle is courtesy of amazing 5th grader Alan Hernandez!!!

I am something that that goes moves around but never goes anywhere. What am I?

Please send me your answers or share in class next week!

If you have a riddle you would like to share in the newsletter, please email it to me.

Have an amazing weekend!

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5th Grade Math with Mrs. Vandever

We are finishing up Unit 10 Algebra this week. I have included some notes with additional tutorials and resources to help. Looking forward to seeing you during class connect. As always, if you have any questions or need help, please be sure to reach out.

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Unit 10 Lesson 7: Expression and Equation Problems A

Unit 10 Lesson 8: Expression and Equation Problems B

Unit 10 Lesson 10: Unit 10 Review (Optional)

Unit 10 Lesson 11: Unit Checkpoint

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STRIDE MATH 1.25.19

Math 5 TGA 7 in USA Test Prep

Assigned 1/14
Due 1/18

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Practice 3 Times a Week

Be sure to complete the practice to the very end until you see the results page. There are 50 facts. Knowing multiplication facts with quick recall is vital. 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

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5th Grade Science with Mr. McIntosh

Looking Back -

What fun it was exploring our solar system and the movements of the Earth and moon as we move around the sun. Let’s keep that curiosity going about space even as we move on to other topics – such as electricity and magnetism! (See Looking Ahead)

Looking Ahead –

We start our unit on electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetism with a foundation of the nature of electric charges and how magnetic poles are observed in the world. We will move on in the coming weeks to investigate more about magnets, electric currents, and all the applications of this information in our daily lives. Shocking! (ha, ha)

Special Note: You will see two more Stride Science lessons on your weekly schedule. Try to devote one hour (or two 30 minute sessions) to these lessons each week.

Science News for the Week: Do zombies really exist? In the world of science, there are creatures (sometimes tiny creatures) that control the behavior of other animals. We know them as parasites, and they are often quite clever in getting their hosts to do their bidding. No, parasites don’t come back from the dead, but read this article to see what kinds of amazing things they can control.

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OLS Lesson for Jan. 21-25

OLS Lessons for Jan. 21-25 – Unit 8, Lesson 1: Electric Charges and Magnetic Poles

Assessment – Three question multiple choice quiz in the OLS (3 pts)

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Formative Assessments for Jan. 11th and Jan. 18th still open

No TGA in USA Test Prep this week. Please catch up on the Formative Assessments from Jan. in USA Test Prep

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Unit 8, Lesson 1: Electric Charges and Magnetic Poles

Key vocabulary – atom, electron, proton, particle, attract, repel

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5th Grade Social Studies with Mrs. Lipscomb

Hello 5th graders,

This is the week we begin our new course - Social Studies 5 TX. Last week we watched this great video: https://safeyoutube.net/w/2Dbh together in class to review and complete our in-depth coverage of the Revolutionary War. We are so ready to move forward and see what happens next. There is never a dull moment in American history!

Tuesday, January 22nd you will begin the new course with unit 5 – A New Nation. I am so excited to discuss the constitution, branches of government and Bill of Rights in this unit.

Please complete these 4 lessons this week:

· Lesson 1: The Confederation Period

· Lesson 2: The Constitutional Convention

· Lesson 3: Three Branches of Government

· Lesson 4: Approval of the Bill of Rights

I’ll see you in class on Wednesday!

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The week of Jan. 22 - 25:

Lesson 1: The Confederation Period

Lesson 2: The Constitutional Convention
Lesson 3: Three Branches of Government
Lesson 4: Approval of the Bill of Rights

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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.)

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Section 1, Unit 4, Lesson 1 - Moving Rhythms

Section 1, Unit 4, Lesson 2 - History in a New Key

Optional - Section 4, Unit 3, Lesson 6 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Need help finding the lessons in Music Studio? https://tinyurl.com/elem-MusicStudio

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Week of 01/22 Music Studio assessment

Quarter 3 Extra Credit - all extra credit points will be entered into the gradebook at the end of Quarter 3.

Need help finding the assessments? https://tinyurl.com/elem-MusicStudioAssessments

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5th Grade Health/PE/Art with Ms. Buchanan

Happy Friday!!!

I hope everyone has enjoyed having Health/PE CC back. Remember this is an optional CC session. The OLS lesson and TGAs are still required.

I have also attached the Health Activity Book that you use with some of your OLS lessons.

Recording directions for TGAs in gradebook:

https://tinyurl.com/Gradebook-TGA-directions

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!!!