Things are beginning to look a lot like fall! This Friday at 6:30 p.m. is our annual Chili Cook Off. Come and celebrate the season with your Buffalo Trail family. It is sure to be a good time! Start collecting those pennies and spare change because it Penny Harvest begins next week. We will have a kick-off assembly next week and have lots of cool incentives for classes that donate to this great cause. Let’s make sure to represent the 5th grade and make our school community proud!
The end of the grading period is this Friday. Report cards will go home next Friday, October 19. Information about Powerschool usernames and passwords will be sent home in the Thursday folder next week. Also be on the lookout for information regarding Parent/Teacher conferences, which will take place the week we get back from fall break. Finally, with cooler temperatures, remember to dress appropriately for the weather. Students will have outdoor recess as long as the weather is above 20 degrees. So don’t forget to pack those gloves, scarves, and hats when necessary. If you have any gently used coats that you no longer use, would you please consider bringing them to school to donate them to the Coats for Colorado campaign? We will be collecting coats for the next two weeks. Thank you!
Below you will find your homework for the week. You should expect to spend 50 minutes each school night on homework. Everything is due on Friday so be sure to budget your time accordingly. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great week! J
Vocabulary: On the back of this page are words that come from the classic story Shiloh, which can be found in our reading text book. Study the definition and the part of speech. The test will be on Friday.
Word Work/Spelling: Each night you will need to study your spelling words for homework. Spelling tests will be on Fridays. This week we will focus on frequently misspelled and high-frequency writing words. Be sure you know how to spell these words correctly in your writing too. Here are your 20 words:
1. mountain 6. piece 11.climate 16. courage
2. desert 7. peace 12. adaptation 17. plain
3. source 8. that’s 13. elephants 18. plane
4. valley 9. cent 14. tigers 19. tomorrow
5. ocean 10. scent 15. monkeys 20. solution
Reading: In order to become a better reader, you must read every day! You should read a book of your choice for at least 20 minutes each night. Short, leveled readers may be sent home for fluency and comprehension practice.
Writing: In order to become a better writer, you must write every day! In class, we will continue writing the fictional narrative about an adventure at the zoo, which focuses on descriptive writing tools and content organization.
Science: In class, we will continue our FOSS units of study in physical, earth, or life sciences. For homework, complete worksheet pages 40-41 on plant adaptations. This is due Friday and is for a grade.
Social Studies: In class, we will continue our unit on geography. Complete worksheet pages 58/80 to practice map grids and latitude/longitude coordinates. This is due on Friday and will be for a grade.
Math: We will continue Unit 3 on division. Students MUST have automatic recall of basic multiplication facts to be successful! Math homework will be sent home each night to reinforce concepts from class.
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