The Week of February 14-18th

We are currently working very hard in writing. Moreover, I am reviewing the characteristics of each genre of writing: narrative, informational, and persuasive. These are the genres that will be on the Georgia Writing Assessment Wednesday, March 2nd. The test will be given in homeroom. Students will be given two hours to write on a given prompt. Please stress to your child the importance of performing well on this test.

In language arts, we are continuing to study verbs. This week our focus will be on verb tense and subject-verb agreement. This a very important grammar skill that is essential to good writing.

I am looking forward to another wonderful week!

The Week of January 31-February 4th

We are beginning our study of persuasive writing. We will look at samples of students work on the Georgia Department of Education website. Moreover, we will discuss the characteristics of persuasive writing. In language arts, we will focus on main and helping verbs. The students will need to study their list of the most common helping verbs. All students except 5th period will have a quiz on them on Thursday. I am looking forward to another wonderful week!

****The 5th grade Writing Assessment is March 2nd.

Week of January 5th-7th

Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a wonderful winter break.

We are going to take a break from spelling for awhile so we can focus on writing and grammar. In language arts this week, we are discussing possessive and reflexive case pronouns. In writing, we are continuing to study the informational genre. The students will be composing a report on a given country. This report should be 5 paragraphs. It will be completed in class.

I hope that everyone has a fabulous week!

Week of December 6th-10th

I hope that everyone is enjoying the busy month of December. In Language Arts, we are continuing our study of pronouns. Our focus is on subjective and objective case pronouns.

In writing, the students are continuing to explore the informational genre. We are completing our how-to essay on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday, the students will begin their informational research paper on Holidays Around the World. The students will be placed in a group to research their country's holiday. Each group will compose a five paragraph essay on their topic.

The students will not have any spelling words until after we return from Winter Break. All students will go to the library on Thursday. Please remind your child to bring his or her library books to school.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful week!

Week of November 15th-19th

In language arts this week, we are beginning our study of pronouns and antecedents. The students will have a quiz over the list of pronouns. The students will have to fill in the missing pronouns on the quiz. We do not have spelling words this week. In writing, we will finish our narrative essays on Monday. Any student that does not finish in class Monday will need to finish on their own. Tuesday, we will begin our study of tall tales. The students will create their own tall tales. This assignment will be completed in groups. We have a busy week ahead of us!

Monday--Narrative Essays Due
Thursday--Daily Proofreading Checkpoint #3
Pronouns Quiz
Friday--Tall Tale Due

Week of November 8th-12th

• Monday--Lesson 15 Spelling Pre-test, 5 Paragraph Narrative Essay--finish graphic organizer & begin drafting introduction
• Tuesday--Daily Proofreading, Singular & Plural Nouns and Possessive Nouns Practice, Continue working on narrative essay
• Wednesday--Daily Proofreading, Plural Nouns Activity, Finish composing draft and begin writing the final draft of narrative essay
• Thursday--Daily Proofreading, Lesson 15 Spelling Test, Narrative Essays are due today
• Friday--field trip

I am looking forward to another wonderful week! Next week, we will not have a spelling test. We will study a list of Thanksgiving words in class.

Week of October 25th--29th

I hope that everyone is enjoying Fall. We will be deepening our understanding of narrative writing this week by writing our first big narrative essay. The students will be given two topics to choose from for their essays. All writing will be done in class. In addition, we will focus on Lesson 13 Spelling Words. All students will be given a pretest on Monday. The post test will be on Friday. Lastly, we will be working on prepositions and possessive nouns this week. The students will have a quiz over prepositions on Wednesday. Please remind your child to study. I am looking forward to another wonderful week!