Ack News 2/19

ACK NEWS
 Week of February 19

HOMEWORK

Monday-Thursday  -Math sheet -Reading Response -Read 20 minutes -Words Their Way Monday--word sort.  Have your child sort their words and teach someone at home their pattern Tuesday--speed sort.  Time your child and see how fast they can correctly sort their words. See if they can beat their time. Wednesday--blind sort. Give your child their headings and read the words aloud individually so your child cannot see the word. They must tell you the appropriate heading it goes under. Thursday-- choice!  I have sent home a packet of all the homework guidelines. On the last page, there is a list of different choice options for a Thursday activity. FRIDAY THIS HOMEWORK IS DUE.  Someone at home must sign off on the homework sheet that your child completed an activity each night.

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING

MATH

It's all about Fractions Now! Students began the unit last week understanding the power of 1. A fraction multiplied by 1 is the same amount but will look different.  We tend to call this Wonderful One.  3/4 x 2/2 is 6/8.  2/2 being the Wonderful One.  Students compared models to create a concrete understanding of this concept and will start to have a more abstract understanding this week.   Students took an 8 week assessment this past week. I twas on division, multiplication and algebra.  I will be working with students in small intervention groups to support them on skills they are struggling with during the next few weeks.

READING, WRITING, and WORDS THEIR WAY

READING: In reading this week we will continue to work on identifying the theme of a fictional text.  Students have also now all been reassessed with their guided reading level.  A reminder that the range for fifth grade is T, U, V.  Be sure to ask your child about current level!  They should be choosing "just right" books according to this level, as this is where they can read independently.  I will also be starting new guided reading groups/book clubs, this week! WRITING: Last week, we began constructing the body paragraphs to their opinion writing piece.  This week, we will be working to construct their final body paragraph. WORDS THEIR WAY: Students will receive their new sort/pattern for the week.  As always, their homework will be due Friday.  Students should be completing at least one activity per night to reinforce their pattern.

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week, we will be focusing on the establishment of the 13 original colonies and working on some mapping activities to learn about them.

SCIENCE

We continue to work on separating material using different material.

REMINDERS

-No ELL Homework Club or 21st Century This week. -Vacation Next Week