Weekly Homework for December 12-16

Dear 5^th Graders and Families,

This is going to be an exciting and busy week here at Pine Ridge Elementary! We have many fun things planned for you to make this a memorable week. Keep in mind these “dress up” days when planning your wardrobe this week:

·         Monday- crazy sock day

·         Tuesday- silly sweater day

·         Wednesday- holiday hat/hair day

·         Thursday-tacky tie day

·         Friday- P.J. day

We would like to extend a HUGE “Thank You” to all of those who contributed to our holiday service learning project. We are going to make many children and families very happy this holiday season.

Our holiday party will be this Friday. We are going to have a breakfast that morning beginning at 9:30 a.m. Your child’s teacher will contact you about what you can contribute for the breakfast. You are invited to attend, so we hope you can make it! We will be watching a movie in the afternoon so if you have an appropriate movie to bring in we will be voting on Thursday. The students have been working really hard, and we hope this will be a rewarding day for them….they deserve it! 

All homework is due on Friday so be sure to budget your time accordingly. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We wish you all a WONDERFUL holiday season and hope you ENJOY your time with family and friends. We will see you NEXT YEAR!!! J

Vocabulary:  We will not have vocabulary words or a test this week.

Word Work/Spelling: This week we will focus on PREFIXES in Unit 9. Please read the Family Letter and complete the Take-Home Task together to familiarize yourself with the concepts. We will also discuss homophones (words that are spelled the same way, but have different meanings, i.e. “our” and “are.”) Be sure to look for these words in your reading and writing this week.

Reading:  Read a novel of your choice each night for 20 minutes to become a better reader. In class we will work on making connections (text-text; text-self; text-world) in our Daybook text. Ms. Reese’s class will have a Unit 1 Reading Daybook test on Thursday.

Social Studies: We will not have weekly geography this week. Ms. Reese’s class will have a geography quiz this Wednesday. Ms. Reese’s class will also have an address quiz this week. Be sure you know how to write, spell, and punctuate your entire mailing address. This is VERY important!

Writing:  Ms. Reese’s class will practice writing a CSAP-like extended response. It is a narrative story prompt describing a time when we have helped others. It is better to give than receive!