From: Ms. Huber
Important Dates:
Friday, January 24 – 5th Grade Picture
Monday, January 27 - 100th Day of School Celebration (kids can dress to look 100 years old)
Friday, January 31 – 1st Jekyll Payment Due
Friday, January 31 – Monthly Book Log Due
5th Grade Picture-THIS FRIDAY
For the 5th grade picture on Friday, January 24, students will wear their 5th grade t-shirts (they will be given these right before the picture to keep clean….so they’ll wear another shirt to school) and blue jeans. If your child does not have blue jeans for the picture, please have them wear pants/leggings that are close in color (like navy blue or black), but we need most students in jeans (if they have jeans and are arguing with you…you have my permission to blame me 😊. Tell them, “Ms. Huber said!”).
Young GA Authors’ Contest & GeoBee
Last week we sent home information/attachments on these two upcoming contests. If you missed this information, please see my Weekly Blast posted on my website from last week (huber5.weebly.com).
Grammar: We have started a unit on Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms (homographs and homophones). The students have learned these skills in their past, but this unit will focus on reviewing them but with harder vocabulary so to expand their vocabulary. This week we will continue to practice editing for misused homophones as well as start reviewing for our unit test which will be next Tuesday. January 28.
Vocabular/Spelling-List 7 is in your child’s binder. Starting with our first vocabulary/spelling quiz this semester, which will be this Thursday, Jan. 23, the focus of the quiz will be more on vocabulary. They’ll still need to spell the words correctly (part will still be like the previous spelling quizzes), but then it will focus more on do they know the meanings of the prefixes/roots/suffixes for that list, and can they define their words using the prefix/root/suffix meanings. If you feel your child needs more practice, all their lists have been uploaded into the website spellingcity.com under Huber. The vocab quiz will be this Thursday.
Writing: We have started our next unit on opinion writing. Last week, we learned the structure of the detail paragraphs and an opinion conclusion as the kids worked on a practice essay trying to convince me to give them more recess (the debate is tomorrow). We also reviewed/practiced the importance of using transitions and strong verbs in an opinion writing. This week we’ll start a second practice on a choice topic, and we’ll start the writing process again. As they write this week, we’ll focus again on having a clear counter argument (using them effectively) in each paragraph, citing evidence, and explaining evidence (most are good at finding evidence and writing it, but they skip explaining the point of using that evidence/quote).
Reading: Last week we started a new unit in reading that includes Dramatic Literature & Folk Lore. So far, we’ve learned how to read/identify the structural elements, the story elements (conflict, resolution, theme, and point of view), and tone in dramatic literature (a play) and folktales. This week we are going to focus on identifying the previously listed skills in myths, and we’ll also start comparing and contrasting two characters, events, and/or themes in a folktale/myth. Sixth graders are currently learning about the plot diagram and how to organize a folktale/myth’s plot upon one. There will not be a class novel for this unit, so for their January Book Logs, all students will need to read two chapter books of their choice and complete two book reviews. These will be due on Friday, January 31. For sixth graders, one of these two books needs to be chosen from a selection of 6th grade texts in my classroom or pre-approved by me (I’ll initial their Book Log once approved).
Important Dates:
Friday, January 24 – 5th Grade Picture
Monday, January 27 - 100th Day of School Celebration (kids can dress to look 100 years old)
Friday, January 31 – 1st Jekyll Payment Due
Friday, January 31 – Monthly Book Log Due
5th Grade Picture-THIS FRIDAY
For the 5th grade picture on Friday, January 24, students will wear their 5th grade t-shirts (they will be given these right before the picture to keep clean….so they’ll wear another shirt to school) and blue jeans. If your child does not have blue jeans for the picture, please have them wear pants/leggings that are close in color (like navy blue or black), but we need most students in jeans (if they have jeans and are arguing with you…you have my permission to blame me 😊. Tell them, “Ms. Huber said!”).
Young GA Authors’ Contest & GeoBee
Last week we sent home information/attachments on these two upcoming contests. If you missed this information, please see my Weekly Blast posted on my website from last week (huber5.weebly.com).
Grammar: We have started a unit on Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms (homographs and homophones). The students have learned these skills in their past, but this unit will focus on reviewing them but with harder vocabulary so to expand their vocabulary. This week we will continue to practice editing for misused homophones as well as start reviewing for our unit test which will be next Tuesday. January 28.
Vocabular/Spelling-List 7 is in your child’s binder. Starting with our first vocabulary/spelling quiz this semester, which will be this Thursday, Jan. 23, the focus of the quiz will be more on vocabulary. They’ll still need to spell the words correctly (part will still be like the previous spelling quizzes), but then it will focus more on do they know the meanings of the prefixes/roots/suffixes for that list, and can they define their words using the prefix/root/suffix meanings. If you feel your child needs more practice, all their lists have been uploaded into the website spellingcity.com under Huber. The vocab quiz will be this Thursday.
Writing: We have started our next unit on opinion writing. Last week, we learned the structure of the detail paragraphs and an opinion conclusion as the kids worked on a practice essay trying to convince me to give them more recess (the debate is tomorrow). We also reviewed/practiced the importance of using transitions and strong verbs in an opinion writing. This week we’ll start a second practice on a choice topic, and we’ll start the writing process again. As they write this week, we’ll focus again on having a clear counter argument (using them effectively) in each paragraph, citing evidence, and explaining evidence (most are good at finding evidence and writing it, but they skip explaining the point of using that evidence/quote).
Reading: Last week we started a new unit in reading that includes Dramatic Literature & Folk Lore. So far, we’ve learned how to read/identify the structural elements, the story elements (conflict, resolution, theme, and point of view), and tone in dramatic literature (a play) and folktales. This week we are going to focus on identifying the previously listed skills in myths, and we’ll also start comparing and contrasting two characters, events, and/or themes in a folktale/myth. Sixth graders are currently learning about the plot diagram and how to organize a folktale/myth’s plot upon one. There will not be a class novel for this unit, so for their January Book Logs, all students will need to read two chapter books of their choice and complete two book reviews. These will be due on Friday, January 31. For sixth graders, one of these two books needs to be chosen from a selection of 6th grade texts in my classroom or pre-approved by me (I’ll initial their Book Log once approved).