The First Thanksgiving - Scholastic

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Converting Fraction to Percent --Please WATCH for WIN OR HW! :)

Please study! :)

Math News Week of 1/29-2/3:

Monday: Butterfly Method and Fraction Poster Draft  (My HW: p. 587-588) 

Tuesday: Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt; Fraction Poster Draft (HW: Study Guide for Ch. 8 Test) 

Wednesday: REVIEW Simplifying/Fraction Poster Draft convert to decimals (HW: IXL SKILLS) 

Thursday: REVIEW Finding the LCD/Fraction Poster Draft (HW: IXL SKILLS) 

Friday: Chapter 8 Test 

Final Draft of Fraction Poster Due Friday, February 16th  *(all done in class)*

Comparing Fractions- Butterfly Method

SS argumentative writing

Fraction Poster Final Draft TBA (*ALL work done in class)

Fraction Poster Exemplar

Fraction Poster Directions

FULL BAND STARTS MONDAY, 1/29--- Day 2 and 5

NEW IXL DUE NEXT FRI, 2/2

*** Level G is mandatory; ALL other levels are optional. :)

SS QUIZ on Roanoke and Jamestown Colonies Wed, 1/24

Study Guides went home yesterday. :)

Jamestown Online Adventure

Click here: http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

Jamestown Video History.com

Roanoke Island Colony VS. Jamestown Colony

Jamestown

Duckster- Jamestown

Jamestown Videos among others

IXL IS DUE NEXT FRIDAY 1/19! :)

Great morning at the Portland Science Center! Enjoy a few pictures I was able to take without a flash.

Winter NWEAs

5th Grade: 

Reading, Tuesday January 22nd--- periods 3 & 4 

Math, Wednesday, January 23rd---periods 3 & 4 

This week Math IXL:

Week of 1/8-1/12

Math:  

L1 Relating Fraction to Division /Divisibility Rules Study! :)

IXL: Level F E.16 and Level G. F.4

L2 Finding the GCF using T-Bars

IXL:

• Greatest common factor F.6Level G
• Greatest common factor E.7Level H
• GCF and LCM: word problems E.9Level H
• Greatest common factor A.5Level I
• GCF and LCM: word problems A.7Level I

L3 Simplest Form of Fractions

IXL: Level G. K.5

Looking ahead for Social Studies:

Week of January 8th-12th:

Reading Roanoke The Lost Colony The Unsolved Mystery from History
Chapter 5 lesson 1 New Spain
Lesson 2 Roanoke and Jamestown Colonies
Lesson 3 New England settlements

Chapter 5 Quizlet

*What is colonization?

*Why are Europeans looking to colonize in the New World?

*How are the 13 colonies different? (Environment, available resources, cultures, etc)

Simplest Terms Fractions

Prime Factorization Review and Find the GCF

Fractions are Division

Math Antics- Fractions are Division

Test Choice

Due to yesterday's storm day, all students in our team were given the choice to take the SS and Math tests either today or Monday. :)

Divide Decimals

Click here for help on Lesson 13 Homework.

Portland Science Center Field Trip POSTPONED to Thursday, Jan. 11th :)

*PLEASE bring a bag lunch.*

Chapter 4 SS TEST this Friday! :)

Chapter 6 Math TEST on Multiplying and Dividing Decimals is on Friday, Jan. 5th. 

*Students have SS study guides, notebook and text book for study help.


**If weather impacts school on Friday, tests will be on Monday, Jan. 8th.**