We are down to our last 2 weeks of school before Winter Break!  Thank you for keeping up all of your hard work and staying focused during these next 2 weeks.  We have a lot of important learning to do before break!

Here is a look at our week ahead:

Mrs. Jacobsen’s Homeroom

• Morning Meetings (8:00 – 8:15):   We will continue to build our classroom community with activities and questions that will allow us to get to know our classmates better.
• Small Group Reading Block (9:55 – 10:30):   This week we continue with our study of the nonfiction text called “Saving America’s Wolves.”  I will meet with small groups to discuss and analyze the text.  The class will take the “Saving America’s Wolves” Quiz on Monday 12/14.  While students are not working with me in their reading group, they must be working on their Reading Menu in the “lobby.”  As I have discussed with the students, they must click to join our class meeting, but then be in the “lobby” so I can see that they are present in class.   All students in 5th grade will have the same reading menu assignments.  The assignments in this menu will consist of a mix of reading, writing, science, and social studies activities.  Students will have 2 days to complete the “Must-Do’s” in their menu, and they will be due by 8:00 am on the following morning.  This week students have a Reading Menu due on Tuesday at 8:00 am, and then will have another Reading Menu due on Thursday at 8:00 am.
• Wordly Wise:   We will continue with our Lesson 5 words this week.  Student will complete assignments in their Reading Menu to check for understanding this week.  The class will take the Lesson 5 Wordly Wise Quiz on Tuesday 12/15.
• Class Read-Aloud:  From 1:00-1:15 each day, I will be reading aloud from our class novel, Save Me a Seat.  Please encourage your child to enjoy listening to the story and not do anything else during this time.

Math Classes:  

• Math 5 and Math 5/6:

  • We will continue with and complete our study of Decimal Computation (SOL 5.5) this week.  We have learned how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with decimals in this unit.  The class will take the Decimal Computation SOL 5.5 Test on Wednesday 12/9.  
  • Students will have notes and examples to look at in our Schoology folder, and will also be expected to copy them into their Math notebook.  While we spend time in class learning how to solve problems using decimal computation, students will have independent activities to complete during the afternoon.
  • On Thursday, we will begin our new unit on Mean, Median, Mode, & Range (SOL 5.17).  I will post notes and practice problems in your Math Course on Schoology.  For this unit, you MAY use a calculator.  We will work on this unit next week and next week.
  • As a reminder, students must be working in Dreambox throughout the week.  As I have discussed in class, students are now required to complete either 4 lessons per week or 60 minutes per week on Dreambox.   A week on Dreambox begins on Sunday morning and ends on Saturday evening.  I will count all of the minutes and lessons that occur during that time.  Every Sunday morning, the time starts over again.

Please let me know if you have any questions!  Have a wonderful week, everyone!

-Mrs. Jacobsen