We will  be participating in a  Literature Unit with the book A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle that will integrate the language, writing, comprehension, and vocabulary skills.

The following is the schedule for Scott-Foresman-Reading Street:

• Week of Nov. 15-Wings for the King- Author's Purpose; Story Structure

• Week of Nov. 29-Leonardo's Horse -Main Idea; Summarize

• Week of Dec. 6-The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins-Fact and Opinion; Predict

• Week of Dec. 13-Mahalia Jackson- Main Idea; Graphic Organizers

• Week of Jan 3- Special Effects in Film and Television- Graphic Sources; Prior Knowledge

• Week of Jan. 10- Unit 3 Benchmark

The following is schedule of skills that accompanies the Scott-Foresman Reading Street:

• Week of Nov. 15-Wings for the King- Past, Present, and Future Tenses

• Week of Nov. 29-Leonardo's Horse -Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

• Week of Dec. 6-The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins-Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs

• Week of Dec. 13-Mahalia Jackson- Troublesome Verbs

• Week of Jan 3- Special Effects in Film and Television- Prepositions and Prepositional phrases

• Week of Jan. 10- Unit 3 Benchmark

In Social Studies, as we continue our study of American History, we will discuss the colonization of North America and the struggle for Independence (Content Standard 5, 6, 7). Then we will  discuss and examine the beginning of our new country (Content Standards 8 and 9). Social Studies study guides can be found here in addition to the blue ones that each student received in class.

Our science adventure will continue with a study of our Solar System (Content Standard 11). Throughout the year you will notice that many of our standards required by the Alabama for 5th grade are not included in the textbook. Therefore, I have created a wiki: http://ramsayscience5.wikispaces.com/ You will find different types of supplemental sources if information including content that the students will create for each unit. Study Guides and any pages that we will use in the text will also be notated on the wiki. Use the navigation bar on the left side to find each of the units.

For the second quarter, we will be primarily be studying long division (Content Standard 2) and geometry (Content Standards 8, 9, 10). We will also take timed fact drills each week. Please be sure that your students know their basic math facts.