Welcome!
Please remember to sign the Student Planner each week and complete weekly Reading Logs!
Announcements:
March 16: Oak Hollow Picture Day
Help the Class:
Sign Up Genius for Classroom Donations
Math:
This week we are working on Topic 11: Measurement. Remember to check for missing/late assignments at www.pearsonrealize.com, and sign in to www.clever.com/in/canyons to practice Dreambox math lessons and Reflex math facts each night! Students are expected to complete 10 Dreambox lessons each week.
Reading:
Our story this week is Titanic.
Students can access books to read online at www.clever.com/in/canyons and click on the My On tab. We also have class assignments on Readworks each week, so log in to www.readworks.org and use class code APYNQS to check for missing/late assignments each week.
You can place a Scholastic book order any time at https://orders.scholastic.com/PGTCP which earns free books for our classroom as well! Remeber, students should complete the reading log each night Monday-Thursday and turn it in on Friday!
Spelling Words (2 week rotations)
music | musician | select | selection |
sign | signal | part | partial |
haste | hasten | protect | protection |
magic | magician | resign | resignation |
electric | electrician | condemn | condemnation |
Writing:
Students are expected to write five-paragraph essays in fifth grade. Here is the format that we follow for writing:
Introduction Paragraph: Hook, Background, Thesis
First Body Paragraph: Topic, Supporting Detail, Supporting Detail, Supporting Detail with Citation, Explanation, Conclusion
Second Body Paragraph: Topic, Supporting Detail, Supporting Detail, Supporting Detail with Citation, Explanation, Conclusion
Third Body Paragraph: Topic, Supporting Detail, Supporting Detail, Supporting Detail with Citation, Explanation, Conclusion
Conclusion Paragraph: Hook, Review, Wrap-Up
Science:
Standard 4
Students will understand features of static and current electricity.
Objective 1
Describe the behavior of static electricity as observed in nature and everyday occurrences.
- List several occurrences of static electricity that happen in everyday life.
- Describe the relationship between static electricity and lightning.
- Describe the behavior of objects charged with static electricity in attracting or repelling without touching.
- Compare the amount of static charge produced by rubbing various materials together (e.g., rubbing fur on a glass rod produces a greater charge then rubbing the fur with a metal rod, the static charge produced when a balloon is rubbed on hair is greater than when a plastic bag is rubbed on hair).
- Investigate how various materials react differently to statically charged objects.
Objective 2
Analyze the behavior of current electricity.
- Draw and label the components of a complete electrical circuit that includes switches and loads (e.g., light bulb, bell, speaker, motor).
- Predict the effect of changing one or more of the components (e.g., battery, load, wires) in an electric circuit.
- Generalize the properties of materials that carry the flow of electricity using data by testing different materials.
- Investigate materials that prevent the flow of electricity.
- Make a working model of a complete circuit using a power source, switch, bell or light, and a conductor for a pathway.
Language science students should use: battery, complete circuit, incomplete circuit, current, conductor, insulator, pathway, power source, attract, compass, electromagnetism, magnetic force, magnetic field, natural magnet, permanent magnet, properties, repel, static electricity, temporary magnet, switch, load