November, 2014

It was nice to have the opportunity to discuss your childs progress

during the fall conferences. If you have any concerns or questions,
please feel free to address them at anytime.
anytime.
Ms.
Ms. Baugh
Writing

Reading

Opinion/Argument Writing

Spelling

Cycle 1: Finding Courage in Everyday Life

Facing the World, Facing Yourself In this
cycle, students will explore courage through
different individuals. We will look at different
texts that highlight courage through people in a
variety of situations. We will also write about
courage and focus on opinion writing. We will
start the read aloud, The Liberation of Gabriel
King.

Lesson 9: Open, closed, VC-e, and C-le syllables

Social Studies Unit 2 (chapter 4)

Lesson 10: prefixes

Christopher Columbus

Lesson 11: prefixes

Amerigo Vespucci

Narrative Writing
Reading Responses
Figurative language
Grammar: past, present and future verb tenses

Math (Common Core Standards: 5.G.3, 5.G.4, 5.MD.3, Spanish Conquistadors

5.MD.4,)
The New Spain
Unit 4: Geometry Explorations
Science
Explore angle measures
Magnetism and Electricity
Properties of polygons
Regular Tessellations

Reminders

Angles of polygons
Area of rectangles
Geometric solids
Volume of rectangular prisms

Book Fair

Nov. 1-7

Conferences

Nov. 4,6, 10

No School

Nov. 4 and 11

Family Reading Night

Nov. 24 (6:30-7:30)

Thanksgiving Break

Nov. 26-28