Throughout the week we will also continue to work on math lessons, our service project for migrant workers, and our Microworlds unit, though all lessons may not be specifically noted.
Also, students will be pulled out periodically to work on the 5th Grade Play. I would like to encourage you to go to the JSIS 5th Grade page (click on link to go to songs) to listen to and practice the songs.
Homework Due Dates:
Monday: 4th reading assignment (see reading schedule in reflection journal), yellow Book Aid
Tuesday:
Wednesday: 5th reading assignment (see reading schedule in reflection journal), yellow Book Aid; Math: 10.2
Thursday: Math: 10.3
Friday: Reflection Journals Today (3 entries); Math: 10.4 *Reflection Journals and Math will be collected before we leave on the field trip*
Monday:
- We will continue distributing the boxes for our sock drive to the other classrooms, and teaching the other kids about the lives of migrant workers and why this sock drive is important.
- Today we will meet with our Book Clubs for the 4th time. Focus Question: What Text-to-Self, Text-to-World, or Text-to-Text connections can you make in your book? For those who are still struggling with those concepts, What connections can you make between yourself and the character or characters in the story?
- Hopefully there will be time for students to read the narrative stories written by all their peers.
- In science we will get a chance to learn about the parts of a microscope and how it works.
- After math and talking about the pan-balance model for solving equations, we will have a special Tuesday Roots of Empathy!!
- In the afternoon we will be reflecting on our service-learning project with the migrant workers. We will learn about the term "social justice," what that means, and how it affects us and our community. We will begin thinking about the social justice issues involved with migrant worker rights and the quality of their work and home conditions. Students will begin writing a 1-2 page reflection about the project and everything they've been learning so far about migrant workers and the social justice issues...some really important life skills! Students will later read their reflections for a voice recorder and segments will be selected for the project video Ms. Melissa will create.
- There will be rehearsal for the musical parts of the 5th Grade Play - we will let you know Monday if you need your instruments or not.
- Math, we will start moving into the beginning stages of algebraic expressions!!
- Now that we've learned a bit about early immigration and Ellis Island, we will start looking at the more general history of immigration up through modern day. When were the big waves, and what were some of the push and pull factors that brought people to the US throughout history?
- Book Clubs will meet again today. Focus Questions: Are there any social justice issues your story? What are they, and how are they affecting the characters in your story? Do you see any of these similar issues in your community, and how do they affect you?
- We'll work some more on our service-learning reflections and begin recording for students who finish.
- In science we will learn how to prepare slides for observation under a microscope.
- In math we'll be learning about line graphs, which will later help us in our understanding of algebraic expressions, rates and ratios.
- We'll talk more about the history of immigration and analyze some line graphs that help us clearly see the waves of immigration. We'll be recreating a timeline in the shape of waves to represent the history from the late 1800s to modern day.
- In science we'll be learning about how physical properties when magnified can help in object identification.
- I'll collect the Reflection Journals and math homework 10.4 before we head out.
- Students need to bring a sack lunch to eat, but they may bring up to $5 cash to spend on a treat or a souvenir. Please do not send more than $5.
- This is going to be a fantastic day. We'll be seeing some great shows this year!
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