Vocabulary Collage

1. Create a vocabulary collage of your vocabulary words. Remember, in a collage, your pictures need to be touching each other. (see example in the classroom)
2. Include at least one picture per word. Also include the definition and part of speech of each word. You may type your words and definitions if you like.
3. Look through magazines and newspapers for your pictures.
4. Use the poster paper provided for you.

Due Date: Friday, January 15, 2010

Spelling Bee

After two rounds of quite difficult words, congratulations to Oceana, Tammi, Nathan, and Daniel. They will represent us in the school spelling bee!

The Ten Cents Fifth Grade Challenge

Let's help those in need. For this month of January, let's challenge ourselves to donate ten cents a day to the Missions. That would mean, sacrificing 50 cents a week to help those in need. Can we do it?

Poetry Unit

Fifth Grade Weekly Newsletter #17

Fifth Grade Weekly Newsletter #17

January 4, 2010 to January 8, 2010

Hello Fifth Grade Families!

I hope you and your family had a great Christmas and an awesome start to 2010! It’s nice to see everyone again after the break!

Just a reminder to please check with your child regarding school supplies; some of the supplies may need replenishing at this point, such as notebooks, pencils, and coloring materials.

Please note the following:

1. Book report project for Hatchet due Wednesday, January 20, 2009. Please see handout for choices.

2. Poetry Unit for the next 2 weeks. It would be a good idea to go to the library and check out some poetry books and/or go the internet to do some research about different kinds of poetry. Here are some sites:

http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html

http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/forms.do

3. Since it’s the beginning of the month, we will be switching seats again. It is also a good idea to clean out folders and backpacks at home.

A week in review:

Reading: Book Report for Hatchet, Poetry Unit

Religion: Baptism and Confirmation; role play and group projects in class

Math: Chapter 5: Measurement and Integers, learn Customary Unit of Measures and Metric Units of Measure, both abbreviations and equalities by Friday for a quiz; Perimeter and Area, Weight and Capacity, Solving Multi-step world problems, Metric Units of Lengths

Language Arts: Adjective, Essay on Christmas Around the World finish it this week; Vocabulary Unit 8 – test date Friday, January 15 but please start reviewing the words each night

Social Studies: Unit 2 – Explorations and Encounters – end of the section questions and end of the chapter questions – review and finishing up the chapter

Ms. Ronquillo’s Contact Information:

e-mail: kronquillo@sfsta.org blog: stafifthgrade.blogspot.com

Measurements and Integers

Learn these!

Customary Unit of Measure

Length

1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in)

1 yard (yd) = 3 feet (ft)

1 mile (mi) = 5,280 feet (ft)

Capacity

1 pint (pt) = 2 cups (c)

1 quart (qt) = 2 pints (pt)

1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts (qt)

Weight

1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz)

1 ton (T) = 2,000 pounds (lbs)

Metric Units of Measure

Length

1 meter (m) = 100 centimeters (cm)

1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters (m)

Capacity

1 liter (L) = 1,000 milliliters (mL)

Mass

1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams

Happy New Year

Happy 2010!

I hope you and your family had a great break.