Cherry Hill is holding a "Soup-er" Bowl for the second year! Please send in at least one can of soup or other canned good this week.
5-Moran is doing an excellent job of collecting dimes for the people of Sudan. We already filled one water bottle!! GREAT JOB!!
5-Moran is also doing an excellent job with collecting Box Tops this year. Our class is currently in the LEAD, so please keep looking for and saving any Box Tops you have!!
This week, students should continue practicing their typing skills on the website TypingClub. Students have been practicing in class. Please practice your typing skills at least twice a week. Remember to type by sitting with proper posture and with both hands on the home-row keys. I will be checking your progress weekly.
All students must go on Spelling City at least twice a week to practice the Spelling and Vocabulary words.
Parents: Please sign and return all quizzes/assessments that are sent home.
Reading
The following topics will be covered in Reading this week:
-Finishing our read aloud, Number The Stars by Lois Lowry. I am so HAPPY to see all of my students really enjoying this story!! We are having excellent discussions about the book in class!
-Reading informational text and exploring the nonfiction text features that help us while reading.
-Nonfiction Text Structures: Sequence, Description, Cause/Effect, Problem/Solution, Compare/Contrast
-Focusing on Nonfiction Articles and the text structures used in them.
-Comparing and contrasting Nonfiction text structures.
-Reading and discussing a Scholastic News Debate.
-Writing our opinion about the Scholastic News Debate.
*Remember to read at home, at least 4 nights a week, and record your reading on your Reading Log. *Remember that for this period's Reading Log, you must complete your 2 responses using an informational text.
Writing
The following topics will be covered in Writing this week:
-Working on our Digital Figurative Language project with the help of Mrs. Cardia.
-Looking at sample Literary Essays - What do we notice? What is the structure of the essay?
-Planning our Number the Stars Literary Essay.
Word Study
The following topics will be covered in Word Study this week:
-Spelling List 15 (Verb Endings)
-Conjunctions (Coordinating, Subordinating, Correlative)
-To help you remember Coordinating Conjunctions, Think FANBOYS:
The following topics will be covered in Science this week:
-Working on our Biome Research Projects.
-Biosphere Unit Review
-Biosphere Unit Assessment is on Wednesday, 2/3/16.
-Science Extra Credit Opportunities - See tab on the Left.