From: Ms. Huber
Important Dates:
Friday, January 31 – 1st Jekyll Payment Due
Tuesday, February 4 – Dramas & Folklore Reading Test
Thursday, February 6 – Jekyll Permission Slip/Insurance Form Due
Friday, February 13 – Homeroom Valentine Exchange
Friday, February 14 – Student Holiday
Monday, February 17 – Student/Teacher Holiday
Wednesday, February 19 – International Day
Valentine Exchange: Each homeroom class will be having a Valentine Exchange on Thursday, February 13. Your child does not have to participate, but if they do choose to participate, they need to bring a Valentine for each student in the class (Huber’s homeroom=28 students). Please be mindful that we are a peanut/tree nut (any nut) free classroom when attaching treats. I hope you have a LOVEly day that day, too! Thanks!
International Day Coming Soon!
If you are interested in helping with International Day, please see information attached.
Grammar: Last week we started our biggest 5th grade grammar unit on Verb Tense. Last week, we reviewed action verbs (direct objects and singular/plural spellings) and linking verbs. This week we are learning about helping verbs, verb phrases, and subject-verb agreement. Next week, we’ll study participles, verb tense, and learn about perfect tense (past-perfect, present-perfect, and future-perfect). The 6th graders will also be learning about transitive/intransitive phrases, predicate nominatives, infinitives, and gerunds. There will be a unit test toward the end of February.
Vocabulary/Spelling-List 8 will be added to your child’s binder this week. We will have the quiz toward the end of next week. Remember, their quizzes have changed slightly to focus even more on the prefix/root/suffix meanings. If you feel your child needs more practice, all of their lists have been uploaded into the website spellingcity.com under Huber.
Writing: This week we are continuing our opinion writing unit and will start the writing process for our final practice writing. For their final writing, students will be introduced to the career of public relations and become a PR firm for a vacation destination of their choice and will write to convince others to choose their spot for vacation. As they are writing this final writing, I’ll be meeting one-on-one or in small groups for writing conferences to discuss areas to improve upon. This final writing will conclude with a class contest (and a writing test).
Reading: This week we’ll finish our unit in reading that includes Dramatic Literature & Folklore. Since Winter Break, we’ve learned the structural elements and how to identify the story elements in dramatic literature (a play), learned about tone/mood, and started exploring all the types, characteristics, and story elements found in folklore (including folktales and myths). This week we’ll continue analyzing myths and review comparing and contrasting two characters within (6th graders are continuing to review the plot diagram while comparing/contrasting two different versions of the same story/myth). Our unit test on Folk Lore will be tomorrow, Tuesday, February 4. Later this week, we’ll start a unit on poetry and begin our next class Book Club book. For their February Book Logs, all students will need to read one chapter book of their choice besides the class novel. These will be due at the end of February.
Important Dates:
Friday, January 31 – 1st Jekyll Payment Due
Tuesday, February 4 – Dramas & Folklore Reading Test
Thursday, February 6 – Jekyll Permission Slip/Insurance Form Due
Friday, February 13 – Homeroom Valentine Exchange
Friday, February 14 – Student Holiday
Monday, February 17 – Student/Teacher Holiday
Wednesday, February 19 – International Day
Valentine Exchange: Each homeroom class will be having a Valentine Exchange on Thursday, February 13. Your child does not have to participate, but if they do choose to participate, they need to bring a Valentine for each student in the class (Huber’s homeroom=28 students). Please be mindful that we are a peanut/tree nut (any nut) free classroom when attaching treats. I hope you have a LOVEly day that day, too! Thanks!
International Day Coming Soon!
If you are interested in helping with International Day, please see information attached.
Grammar: Last week we started our biggest 5th grade grammar unit on Verb Tense. Last week, we reviewed action verbs (direct objects and singular/plural spellings) and linking verbs. This week we are learning about helping verbs, verb phrases, and subject-verb agreement. Next week, we’ll study participles, verb tense, and learn about perfect tense (past-perfect, present-perfect, and future-perfect). The 6th graders will also be learning about transitive/intransitive phrases, predicate nominatives, infinitives, and gerunds. There will be a unit test toward the end of February.
Vocabulary/Spelling-List 8 will be added to your child’s binder this week. We will have the quiz toward the end of next week. Remember, their quizzes have changed slightly to focus even more on the prefix/root/suffix meanings. If you feel your child needs more practice, all of their lists have been uploaded into the website spellingcity.com under Huber.
Writing: This week we are continuing our opinion writing unit and will start the writing process for our final practice writing. For their final writing, students will be introduced to the career of public relations and become a PR firm for a vacation destination of their choice and will write to convince others to choose their spot for vacation. As they are writing this final writing, I’ll be meeting one-on-one or in small groups for writing conferences to discuss areas to improve upon. This final writing will conclude with a class contest (and a writing test).
Reading: This week we’ll finish our unit in reading that includes Dramatic Literature & Folklore. Since Winter Break, we’ve learned the structural elements and how to identify the story elements in dramatic literature (a play), learned about tone/mood, and started exploring all the types, characteristics, and story elements found in folklore (including folktales and myths). This week we’ll continue analyzing myths and review comparing and contrasting two characters within (6th graders are continuing to review the plot diagram while comparing/contrasting two different versions of the same story/myth). Our unit test on Folk Lore will be tomorrow, Tuesday, February 4. Later this week, we’ll start a unit on poetry and begin our next class Book Club book. For their February Book Logs, all students will need to read one chapter book of their choice besides the class novel. These will be due at the end of February.