Week of March 26

Hello! I hope everyone had a fabulous break! Report cards go home this week! Remember, I don’t “give” you a grade, you earn one! I hope everyone earned the grade they wanted! We are now entering the final quarter. We will begin to work and focus more on EOG prep, as well as strengthen and review some of what we have already learned!

I will be restructuring how classes run. We will begin incorporating centers and D.E.A.R (drop everything and read) time into our daily schedule. Students must have a book they want to read with them at all times. We will write a daily summary. In all classes, I will review an EOG focused skill (ex. main idea, compare and contrast, etc…) for the prompt daily. We will have vocabulary tests on Fridays that focus on EOG words and Greek and Latin roots.

Students in 5A with Competitive Edge Books should have them every day. They will be used in remediation class, which has been restructured. Mrs. Vassar will be leading a group daily. Students who have been meeting with Mrs. Peele in the afternoon will now be meeting with her at 8:30. This cuts down on disruptions during remediation. All 5th grade classes will go to recess at 3:00. Mrs. Souter will be helping with Science remediation on Thursdays.

Competitive Edge Homework: pages 130-162

Mrs. Dohner and I are instituting a new contest for 5th grade! We will chart all classes “excellence” and reward the 5th grade with the most excellent behavior at the end of the week! Classes that receive 33 points out of a possible 35 points will be rewarded, as “excellence” is earning an “A”. Behaviors to be measured include: being respectful in all classes to all stakeholders, completing work, cleaning up after ourselves and arriving promptly and prepared to work.

Which brings me to a HUGE problem we’ve been having. Students are not coming to class prepared. They do not have pencils or paper, a lot. It is your student’s responsibility to arrive to class ready to work, which means they not only should have supplies, but they should have supplies in working order. Homeroom is the time to make sure you have sharpened pencils, paper, homework, etc… I will no longer supply paper or pencils to unprepared students and they will lose chips if they are not ready to roll at class time.

4th Book Report: We will read the 4th book in class during DEAR time and write the essay using the summaries we have written. Students should have a folder to hold all the summaries they will produce. I am hoping to get tech time to type the essays at school.
Vocabulary lists:
Vocab/Spelling
5A
Week of March 26
graphics
conclusions
strategy
lull
maneuver
volley
originated
persuade
monarch
prohibit
unjust
voluntary
root: ex: out, away, from (know meaning)
exclamation
exasperated

Vocab/ Spelling
Week of March 26
graphics
conclusions
strategies
lull
maneuvering
originated
persuade
monarch
prohibited
root: ex: out, away, from (know meaning)
exasperated
exclusive
exclamation
root: di/s: apart, not, away (know meaning)
disoriented
dissect
digression

5C
Week of March 26
graphics
conclusions
strategies
lull
spawned
persuasive
monarch
prohibited
root: ex: out, away, from (know meaning)
exasperated
expulsion
exclamation
root: di/ s (know meaning)
disoriented
digression
dissect
*Choose one root word using “ex” or “dis”. Must be challenging.