September 19, 2011

Happy  Monday! This week our class is focusing on nonfiction text features, PEAK, and landforms.  The class reviewed how to use important text features to better understand what they are about to read. We looked at how pictures, titles, labels, captions, headings, and bold/highlighted text can help reading comprehension of nonfiction text. The students will be doing various activities throughout the week to practice using these features. This week will focus on erosion, deposition, and weathering in science.  The students are making flip books and playing learning games to enhance their understanding in science. Next week we will be heading outside to find evidence of the things we are learning about this week.  The students are loving PEAK! They are making connections and learning about how different their lives are from others in the world.  In math, the fifth grade continues to focus on number sense.  This week we will focus on adding and subtracting decimals.

Homework 9/19/11
L.A: 1. Complete 5 more Vocabulary Word Maps (words posted below =)
        2.  Read for 30 minutes

Math: Place Value to Thousandths Review WS (on back of decimal-fraction-percent chart)
Peak Vocabulary List #2

1.     stupor- (n.) a condition of feeling dazed or confused that disconnects a person from a situation

2.     remorseful- (adj.) feeling bad or guilty for an action or behavior

3.     unwavering- (adj.) constant, sure, and not shakable

4.     duress- (n.) the use of force or threats to make someone do something

5.     concurred- (v.) agreed in an opinion or decision

6.     grimy- (adj.) very dirty

7.      underestimate- (v.) to not give enough value or credit to someone or something

8.      battered- (adj.) beaten up, worn out, or damaged by long use

9.     undisclosed-  (adj.) secret or hidden; unannounced or unknown

10.     flourish- (v.) to grow or do well; to thrive

11.  disheveled- (adj.) not in good order; messy or untidy

12.  surly- (adj.) having or showing a bad temper; rude or unfriendly

13.   pristine- (adj.) clean or remaining in a pure state

14.   rustic- (adj.) rural; charming and simple or unsophisticated  OR having to do with the countryside

15.   monastery- (n.) a place where a group of monks live,

               usually away from others