IS 119Q 5 Grade November Newsletter 2016
PS/IS 119Q “Realize the power of your dreams”
Principal
74-01 78th Avenue
Jeanne Fagan
Glendale, NY 11385 Telephone (718) 326-8261
Fax (718) 456-9523
5th Grade November Newsletter 2016 ELA: This unit of study will be based around the non-fiction standards. Our reading materials will align with social
studies and center around the topic of exploration and immigration.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Also, your child should be reading non-fiction based books at home every night for 30 minutes and logging it
onto their reading logs, which will be collected on Fridays. Lastly, be sure that your child completes the IReady baseline assessment. IReady is a great computer support that is used in school and may also be used at home.
Math: Our next focus for math this year is DECIMALS! We will begin with adding and subtracting them before moving into multiplication and division. A perfect way to practice this at home will be to deal with money and change. 5.NBT.3. Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths. a. Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form b. Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons. 5.NBT.4. Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place. 5.NBT.7. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Social Studies: We are working through our Geography Unit and will be focusing on the Natural Wonders of the World; discussing Human-Made vs. Natural Geographic Features; exploring the regions of Canada and exploring life as early people in the Western Hemisphere. Current Events homework will be coming home this month help your child find newspaper or magazine articles and read and write about what they have learned. Keeping them informed about their world helps them with deeper discussions in the classroom! Science: We are currently working on learning the scientific method through experiments with Pendulums. The best way to help your child is to work on their writing and math skills, because in science both ELA and MATH are equally important. Check E-chalk for the weekly Homework Assignment, and help them to do their best. The homework is designed to help them work through the different parts of the Scientific Method. For example, we have done homework on: making a hypothesis, writing a procedure, making a data table. Go over their homework... make sure you correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization and penmanship. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Remember:
Food drive is going on…please bring in non-perishable food to be donated.
Pajama drive is also going on; please bring in a new pair of pajamas that will be donated to our local homeless shelter for children.
November 4th is the Harvest Moon Dance.
November 9th is our field trip to Queens College.
November 11th- No School
November 24-25- No School
Principal
74-01 78th Avenue
Jeanne Fagan
Glendale, NY 11385 Telephone (718) 326-8261
Fax (718) 456-9523
5th Grade November Newsletter 2016 ELA: This unit of study will be based around the non-fiction standards. Our reading materials will align with social
studies and center around the topic of exploration and immigration.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Also, your child should be reading non-fiction based books at home every night for 30 minutes and logging it
onto their reading logs, which will be collected on Fridays. Lastly, be sure that your child completes the IReady baseline assessment. IReady is a great computer support that is used in school and may also be used at home.
Math: Our next focus for math this year is DECIMALS! We will begin with adding and subtracting them before moving into multiplication and division. A perfect way to practice this at home will be to deal with money and change. 5.NBT.3. Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths. a. Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form b. Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons. 5.NBT.4. Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place. 5.NBT.7. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Social Studies: We are working through our Geography Unit and will be focusing on the Natural Wonders of the World; discussing Human-Made vs. Natural Geographic Features; exploring the regions of Canada and exploring life as early people in the Western Hemisphere. Current Events homework will be coming home this month help your child find newspaper or magazine articles and read and write about what they have learned. Keeping them informed about their world helps them with deeper discussions in the classroom! Science: We are currently working on learning the scientific method through experiments with Pendulums. The best way to help your child is to work on their writing and math skills, because in science both ELA and MATH are equally important. Check E-chalk for the weekly Homework Assignment, and help them to do their best. The homework is designed to help them work through the different parts of the Scientific Method. For example, we have done homework on: making a hypothesis, writing a procedure, making a data table. Go over their homework... make sure you correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization and penmanship. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Remember:
Food drive is going on…please bring in non-perishable food to be donated.
Pajama drive is also going on; please bring in a new pair of pajamas that will be donated to our local homeless shelter for children.
November 4th is the Harvest Moon Dance.
November 9th is our field trip to Queens College.
November 11th- No School
November 24-25- No School
