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Students are ONLY allowed to have CLEAR water in class.

During snack time, students have a chance to refuel and recharge. We give them a quick 5-minute break to enjoy a healthy snack. Please send your student a tasty, nutritious snack to keep their energy up and their minds ready to learn.

Please get headphones for your student as soon as possible. We only have 6 that are given to us by the school and many students don't have them. We use our Chromebooks every day and students need headphones.

Please ensure your child dresses appropriately for recess.

Heat Guidelines:

94 degrees or heat index above 99: 25 minutes max outside.

Above 100 degrees or heat index above 105: No outdoor activities.

Cold Guidelines:

Below 32 degrees or wind chill below 30: 25 minutes max outside.

Temps below 20 degrees: No outdoor activities.

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We will learn about Fossil Fuels. We will re-create how fossil fuels are formed and discuss the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources.

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We can use objects and pictures to represent numbers up tp 120.

We can use expanded and standard forms to represent numbers up to 120.

We can recognize instantly the quantity of structured arrangements.

We can use concrete and pictorial models to compose and decompose numbers up to 120 in more than one way.

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Other (10%):
Exit Ticket - citizenship sentence

Major (40%):
Group Project

Minor (50%):
Community Member Nonfiction Writing

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Module 4 - Wild West

In this module, students will listen to, read, and view a variety of texts and media that present them with information about the people who settled the West.

A genre focus on informational texts provides students with opportunities to identify central ideas, text structure, and author's craft techniques in order to better understand unfamiliar texts. Students will also encounter personal historical fiction to build knowledge across genres.

As students build their vocabulary and synthesize topic knowledge, they will learn about the settlers' varied experiences.

MODULE 4 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What character traits were needed in people who settled the West?

LEARNING MINDSET: Grit - Hard work leads to success.

SOCIAL STUDIES CONNECTION: Westward Expansion

WEEK 1 ESSENTIAL SKILLS

VOCABULARY:

Critical Vocabulary: typical, hardships, posts, slogans, knowledge, consisted, patriotic, handy

Vocabulary Strategy: Homophones/Homographs

Generative Vocabulary: Prefix mid-, Suffixes -al, -ic

READING WORKSHOP:

Text Structure (Sequence)

Synthesize

Central Idea

Text Structure (Problem/Solution)

Author's Craft

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS:

Decoding: VCV Syllable Division Pattern

Spelling: Words with VCV Syllable Division Pattern

Fluency: Intonation

COMMUNICATION:

Listening Comprehension

Speaking and Listening: Oral Instructions

Make Connections

WRITING WORKSHOP:

Informational Writing: Letter

Grammar Minilessons: Direct Quotations and Interjections

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Watch the video over Abraham Lincoln. Take the quiz to check for understanding.

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Other (10%):

Week 1 Station Work

Major (40%):

Minor (50%):

Wild West Week 1 Assessment

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Watch the video over George Washington. Take the quiz to check for understanding.

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This PDF shows ways that you can support your students' learning at home:

Discuss with your student the module topic and the module's Big Idea Words.

I highly encourage your student to read at home and talk about books together

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This week we are starting a new unit in Algebraic Relationships!

We can represent and represent multi-step word problems involving all four operations with whole numbers using equations where a letter stands for an unknown quantity.

We can simplify expressions with up to two levels of grouping using order of operations.

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Watch the Brain Pop Jr video of the Statue of Liberty. Take the quiz to check for understanding.

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BrainPOP Jr. - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology

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Other (10%):

Fossil Fuel lab

Major (40%):

DLA - a district assessment that is NOT graded to determine if students are where they should be.

Minor (50%):

Progress monitoring

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Other (10%):

Major (40%):

Minor (50%):

Quick Check for Multi-step problems and simplifying expressions.

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Engage and assess your students in every lesson!

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November 9th-16th: Fall Book Fair

November 10th: Progress Report Grades Submitted

November 13th: PTA Sponsored Patrol Stories during Specials (More details coming soon!)

November 14th: Dinosaur George (More details coming soon!)

November 17th: Thankful Parties (More details coming soon!)

November 20th-24th: Thanksgiving Holiday

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Draw a picture to represent Migration.

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Check here for the latest happenings @WestMo!

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Draw a picture to represent Hibernation.

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Get data-driven students insights with teacher reports (open in a new tab) Learn more about driving learning outcomes you see, hear and track.

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5-minute video

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5th Grade STAAR Practice Simplifying Expressions and Order of Operations (5.4F - #5)