2/23-27

Welcome back!  I hope you enjoyed our unexpected winter "break!"  When I know the system's make up plan, I will be sure to share.

Since we are "off" of our usual schedule, here is important info for the coming week.
Mon:
AM
Study for spelling, vocabulary, and story tests WED.
Informational non-fiction genre reports are due by Friday if they haven't already been turned in.
FYI: We are beginning our Civil Rights Movement students in social studies and finishing ch. 6 (multi-cellular organisms) in science.

Tues:
IF WE DO NOT HAVE SCHOOL, PLEASE READ SCI CH 6, LESSON 3 (p. 296-299) AND WORK ON AM!
Finish WOWs.
Study for spelling, vocabulary, and story tests WED.
Study for Unit 5 math test Thurs.

Wed.
*Spelling, vocabulary, and story tests
Study for Unit 5 math test Thurs.
Study for Ch. 6 science test Fri.

Thurs.
*Unit 5 math test
(We may get new spelling/vocabulary today- and we may not!  We will work to get back on our "regular" schedule Mon.-Fri. with these assignments.)
Finish non-fiction genre report!
Study for Ch. 6 science test Fri.

Fri.
*Ch. 6 science test

Next Monday 3/2 is an early release day for students (with dismissal around 11:30) for parent-teacher conferences.  Breakfast & lunch will be served at school.  If I have not yet contacted you about a conference and you would like to request one, please let me know.  Time is very limited, but I will do my best to accommodate you.

Thursday through Tuesday

More Brainpop fun!  Here's the science list one more time.
Science:
Earth System:

• Earth's structure
• Earthquakes 
• Erosion
• Plate tectonics
• Tides
• Volcanos 

Scientific Inquiry: Scientific Method

Cellular Life and Genetics:

• Cells
• Genetics
• Heredity

And now for Social Studies:
U.S History:

• Civil War Causes
• Slavery
• Civil War
• Abraham Lincoln
• Frederick Douglass
• Underground Railroad
• Westward Expansion
• Wounded Knee Massacre
• World War I
• Jazz
• Harlem Renaissance
• Women's Suffrage   
• Great Depression
• Great Depression Causes
• New Deal
• World War II
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Cold War
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• Civil Rights
• Brown vs. BOE
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Jackie Robinson
• John F. Kennedy
• Cesar Chavez
• September 11th

U.S. Government and Law:

• Branches of Government
• Bill of Rights
• Presidential Power
• U.S. Constitution

Economics:

• Assembly Line
• Banking
• Budgets
• Communism
• Stock Market
• Supply and Demand

Geography:

• Map Skills
• Time Zones
• Continents of the World

Tuesday and Wednesday

In computer lab, please go to OAS for one final math practice:
5thMathFractions01_HD5 AND
5thMathDecimals01_HD5

In class during center time, go to Brainpop, log in, and review any or all of the following:
Math:
Numbers and Operations:

• adding and subtracting with fractions
• multiplying and dividing with fractions
• associative property
• commutative property
• distributive property
• exponents
• factoring
• fractions
• metric units
• metric vs. customary
• reducing fractions
• mixed numbers

Geometry and Measurement:

• polygons
• area of polygons
• volume of prisms

Science:
Earth System:

• Earth's structure
• Earthquakes 
• Erosion
• Plate tectonics
• Tides
• Volcanos 

Scientific Inquiry: Scientific Method

Cellular Life and Genetics:

• Cells
• Genetics
• Heredity

Quizlets and Brainpop.com

Vocabulary Quizlets can be found HERE and HERE.

If you have time, also go to Brainpop.com (unionco/panthers) to watch:

*Civil Rights

*Jackie Robinson

*Martin Luther King Jr.

*Cesar Chavez

*Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka

Don't forget about extra credit!

Math:  *Multiplying & Dividing Fractions

            *Reducing Fractions

            *Coordinate Plane

            *Polygons

ELA:   *Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes

Sci:      *Heredity

SS:       *Cold War