February 25th through March 2nd
Keenoy’s Pups
News 3-2-18
Dear
Families,
I’ve really enjoyed the nice weather this
week and playing outside with the kids during extra recess. Although Caleb’s soccer tournament in
Booneville was a lot of fun last weekend, I’m looking forward to a more
relaxing weekend at home with the family.
I’m also excited that I get to go to the Mizzou vs. Arkansas game on
Saturday. Hopefully Michael Porter Jr.
will play and help us prepare for the NCAA Tournament later this month. Go Tigers and Blues!
Fundraiser
The
entire school is focusing on a fundraiser prior to Spring Break. An informational letter explaining the
process will be sent home today.
T-Shirt Design
Students
will be able to create and vote for a 5th Grade T-Shirt design. Once the design is selected, Diggit will be
able to recreate this print for students to buy a t-shirt. An informational page will be found in your
child’s Friday folder. We plan on selecting
the design prior to Spring Break.
Keenoy Pup of the
Week-Parker K.
The
next Pup of the Week is Bradley H. Please bring any pictures or items that you
would like to put on our bulletin board that is located outside of our
classroom.
Writing
This
week we had terrific discussions about the similarities and differences between
persuasive and argumentative writing.
Argumentative writing is more research based and is more respectful of
the other point of view. I also guided
students through the process of writing an argumentative essay. We will practice growing through this process
with several argumentative ideas (as a class).
Thank you for taking time to discuss possible topics that be used during
this writing cycle. I enjoy when my own
children involve me in their learning at school.
Inventions (Writing/Soc.
Studies)
One
of the argumentative ideas that I am going to have students focus on is an
invention (between 1700-current) that had the most impact on the world. The process will take a couple of weeks and
will look like this:
*Students
brainstorm a list of invention ideas after looking up information.
*Narrow
down their long list to 3 inventions.
*Research
information about the 3 inventions.
*Select
1 invention and create a brief argument about how the invention impacted the
world.
*Each
student presents this information to the class.
*The
class votes on the top 2.
*Our
class creates an iMovie for the 2 inventions.
*After
spring break, 5th graders will watch the top videos and then will vote for
Reading
Students
really seem to be enjoying the book, A Long Way from Chicago by Richard
Peck. The grandma from this story is
mischievous but also caring and witty.
There have been several moments of laughter during this read aloud so
far. I will continue to model my thinking
as I read each day and have students practice comprehension skills.
I
gave the students a break from their written “Thinking Spots” this week. I will ask students to pick back up with
these written spots next week.
Word Study
Students
were tested over their words on Thursday.
These were graded and returned to students today. We will be focusing on words that have the
ending sounds: er, ar, ure next
week. Please look for these words in
your child’s planner next week. Quizzing
your child from their word list is also very helpful.
Science
We
will continue focusing on Measuring and graphing quantities to provide evidence
that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or
mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Social Studies
Students
will continue to learn about how the country grows in chapter 11. These lessons focus on a) Industrial
Revolution b) Immigration c) Texas and the Mexican War d) Movement West-Gold
Rush
Math
We
will complete Operations with Fractions in Unit 5 next week. I’ve listed the main idea for each of the
last lessons below. After the completion
of this unit, we will spend a couple of days reviewing and then take the
assessment.
Reminders
*March
15...Spring Pics
*March
26-30...No School - Spring Break
Sincerely,
Dan
Keenoy
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