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• December 11th: ReadNQuiz Due and Early Release Day
• December 12th: SMS Christmas Program at 7:00
• December 13th and 20th: 5th Grade Get Real about Tobacco Program
• December 20th: Quarter 2 Ends
• December 23rd-January 3rd: Merry Christmas!!! No School! :)
• January 6th: School Resumes
• Please remember to keep in mind our peanut allergy when sending your kiddos to school with a snack.  

This week we will be reading an expository text and talking about how to write a summary.  Students will have a spelling test on Friday as well as a reading and vocobulary test. 
Reminder: Quarter 2 ReadnQuiz is due on December 11th.  

Here is our weekly language arts schedule.  It does differ if we are reading a chapter book or have a short week, etc.  

• Monday:
  • Introduce spelling words-Each week the words focus on a specific word strategy/concept.  We learn this on Mondays.  
  • Introduce vocabulary words-We go over what the words are and start learning them with a game and start to use them in sentences 
  • Introduce English concept for the week
• Tuesday: 
  • We learn our comprehension strategy and the genre we are focusing on for the week.  We talk about this and practice both.  Students always have a workbook assignment on Tuesdays to practice the conepts we are learning about.  
  • Practice English concept
• Wednesday: 
  • We read our weekly story together and revist the week's genre and comrephension strategy
  • Students have questions to answer after reading the story 
  • Practice English concept
• Thursday: 
  • Review spelling and vocab words
  • Students are given the chance to read this week's story alone or in a pair
  • Practice English concept
• Friday: 
  • Students are quizzed on spelling, reading comprehension/vocabulary, and English concept

We will continue in chapter 6 which teaches the students how to multiply and divide decimals. 

You will be seeing multiplication pages coming home periodically in Friday folders.  Students are given 5 minutes per side.  When they have mastered a set of numbers, they move up to the next numbers the following Friday.   Multiplication facts will never go away.  This is something they will always need!!!!!!  Please practice these with your children as needed!!! 

Here is what a typical math day will look like: 

• 5 minutes of Minute Math or multiplication facts practice to constantly review what we are learning 
• 10-20 minutes of teaching time/notes
• 10-20 minutes of practice time alone, in small groups, or together as a whole class
• Around 15 minutes of independent work time on daily assessment

Students will be taking their chapter 8 religion test on Thursday. 

Students will take their quiz over our physical science unit on Wednesday.  It will be open-book/open-notes.