Mrs.

Perkins
5th Grade Weekly Newsletter
November 17-21, 2014

Happenings this week

Each student should be reading a book a

week or reading a longer book with more
words. The Reading Counts books are 8
books this quarter or 200,000 words.
Please encourage your child to read each
day.
Please set aside November 24th 11:00 to
have lunch with us. We will be having a
potluck and parents are invited. Each
student is asked to bring a dish from their
culture or family traditions.
Popcorn Friday sponsored by the PTO.
Students may bring in fifty cents to
purchase popcorn.
Please continue to send in cents for
Sigonella to support special events at
school.

Math

We took the Division Topic 1 test,

but many students struggled with it. I will be
offering a retake test on the on Tuesday,
November 18th. Many students struggled
with their multiplication facts. Please check
Grade Speed. We are moving on to Topic 6,
which involves the basics of Algebra. It is
essential that you have your child practice
their multiplication facts, which will assist
them with the math. Please see Student
Resources in the Weebly for math sites to
practice multiplication. We are working with
our time tests and I have told the students
that once they pass their multiplication facts,
they get to have a special lunch with me!!!

Social Studies-

We will be
covering Life in New Spain. Then we are
on to the Roanoke Colonies and European
settlers in the Americas. Towards the end
of the week, I will send home a study guide
for test on Chapter 4.

Reading / LA:

Each child should be

reading nightly as part of homework.
Students need to take 8 Reading Counts
Quizzes for part of their reading grade or read
200,000 words.
Story: Wings for the King - Play
Story Skills-Authors purpose
Strategy- Story Structure

Vocabulary words for the week: permit,

subject,
worthless,
scoundrel,
and
admiringly.
This week I will meet with the The Long
Walk Groups and The Girl who Chased
Away Sorrow Group on Tuesday and the
Racing the Sun Group on Thursday. They
should come with their literature group
assignments assignments completed.

Science-We will be taking the test on

Ecosystems on Monday, November 17th.