Wednesday, January 18, 2017

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Week of January 18-20th




Welcome back! I hope everybody enjoyed that extended winter break. A huge thanks goes out to all the parents and students for their thoughtful Holiday gifts! I was blessed to get tickets to go see the Sharks vs. Oilers next week with my wife. Also, thanks to the Ingrams for the Aptos BBQ gift card, the Safari's for the Amazon card, the sweet treats, and family Olive Oil from the Jacobs.  My family enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Cafe Cruz thanks to the Christies. I am truly blessed from all of this.
However, the greatest gift I get is to teach your amazing kids every day!

Here is a quick update in Room 12:

This Friday is the class spelling bee. The top two winners in our class go on to the school finals next week. Here is the link to study the words: http://mrsdavis9.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/1/3/2513182/sampleelementarywordlist.pdf

In class we are reading about Martin Luther King Jr. and discussing his "I Have a Dream" speech that we saw today in class.

In Writer's Workshop we are writing about our own dreams for ourselves and collective humanity.

In Reading, we will be doing a Newsela on MLK tomorrow in class and work on summarizing the main points.

In RTI-We start an amazing book....HOLES! This is the first time the 5th grade has gone through this book, as it is usually taught in 6th grade.

In Math we will be starting Unit 4 with multiplication of tens and hundreds along with a review of 1st semester.

In History-We are starting the Unit on the lead-in to the American Revolution

Heritage Project-The project is due in a month, (February 16th), but students should be close to finished with all of their interviews with family. See link on right if your child lost the assignment.



HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 20 min.
Writing-Do Family Heritage Introduction page (1-2 paragraphs typed) See
example link on the right if you need a visual. (DUE FRIDAY
Study for Spelling Bee: http://mrsdavis9.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/1/3/2513182/sampleelementarywordlist.pdf

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 Min.
Math p. 67+68 In Home Connections
Finish Rough Draft of Intro to Heritage Project
Study for Spelling Bee
Sign and Return Field Trip form with $5

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