Calendar of Events

- Monday, September 2 – Holiday (NO SCHOOL)

-Tuesday, September 3 –PTO Meeting 5:30 p.m.

-Thursday, September 12 – Back to School Night 6 p.m.

-Thursday, September 19 Interims

-Tuesday, September 24 – Parent/Teacher Conferences 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Resource Schedule

Monday - Guidance

Tuesday - Music

Wednesday - Library

Thursday - Art

Friday - P. E.

***Reminder: Wear appropriate shoes on Friday for P.E.

Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic Book Order forms went home a few weeks ago. If you are interested in ordering books, please return all orders forms and a check made out to Scholastics.

5th Grade

Happenings

September 3, 2019

News from Mrs. Thompson

Word Study -

SOL focus:

5.8j Use correct spelling.

5.4c Use knowledge of roots to determine the meaning of new words.

Students received new words in class today.

Homework:

Tuesday- Sort and write words in the Word Study notebook

Wednesday - Write your words in ABC order (2 times each)

Thursday - Write your words with a color pencils. Write all vowels blue and all consonants red.

Reading -

SOL Focus:

5.5 d Identify theme(s) work on building background and concept of theme

5.5 c Describe character development (character traits) 

5.5 j Make inferences (about character traits)

5.5 m Use reading strategies (make confirm, and revise predictions)

Students will read Blasting Off to Space Academy in the Journey's textbook.

Students will continue reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.

Homework: Read 20 minutes each night. Check agenda each night for additional assignments.

Writing –

The student will

5.7 a Engage in writing as a process

5.7 c Use a variety of pre-writing strategies

The students are working on a personal narrative unit.

Science –

SOL focus:

5.7 The student will investigate and understand how Earth’s surface is constantly changing. Students discuss the theory of continental drift.

HW: Quiz Friday on Continental drift.

Tuesday, Read and answer the questions, “Continental Drift”. Check agenda for additional homework.

US History I –

SOL focus

USI.2b

The student will locate and describe major geographic regions of North America: Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Canadian Shield, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Basin and Range, and Coastal Range; Continents are large land masses surrounded by water. Geographic regions have distinctive characteristics.

 US1.2c

The student will locate major water features and explain their importance to the early history of the United States: Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Ohio River, Columbia River, Colorado River, Rio Grande, St. Lawrence River, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico; and The United States has access to numerous and varied bodies of water.

HW: Quiz Wednesday on the characteristics of the 8 Regions, along with retakes of the 8 regions map. Study notes in your notebook.

News from Mrs. Carter

Math –

Math 5 - 

Continue  5.3 The student will a) identify and describe the characteristics of prime and composite numbers b) identify and describe the characteristics of even and odd numbers.

Quiz - Tuesday, 9/4/19 - rescheduled

Begin  5.7 The student will simplify whole number numerical expressions using the order of operations.

IXL Skills:  Fifth Grade F.1, A.9, O.5 or choose from your Recommendations page

In the Spotlight!

A Note from the Teachers

If you have a question or need to contact a teacher, please do not hesitate to call us at the school: Temperance Elementary at 434-946-2811. 

You may also email us at

Mrs. Thompson dthompson@amherst.k12.va.us

Mrs. Carter mmcarter@amherst.k12.va.us