Grade 5: Week of January 24 to 28th

Due to the difficult nature of the Nine Weeks test on Newton's Laws, we will go over the Nine Weeks test on Monday and any student receiving less than a B will have the opportunity to rewrite it. Newton's Laws and vocabulary are sometimes difficult to grasp, even though we have have gone over many concrete and practical examples of each one. However, there are also other possible reasons for lower test grades: some children did not study as much as they could have, only read the questions instead of tested themselves with a partner, did not complete the Bingo Science vocabulary for homework before the test for practice, were absent during the review, or still have weaker reading comprehension skills.

Your child will bring home the test for you to see on Monday and will have corrections for homework if s/he received less than 80%. I will instruct students on the best way to write corrections (using key words and synonyms for difficult words), and explain the most missed questions. Then students will write corrections three times each for repetition and have the opportunity to receive help from me. I will not allow students who received 80% and below to rewrite the test without having done the corrections since studying is one of the keys to mastery of concepts.

We will then learn about landforms: types of landforms, where they are located in the United States, and what forms each one. We will make a 3-D model of ocean, desert, plains, or mountain landforms. Since the 3-D models require a lot of clay, Your child will receive a letter requesting a dollar or donation of a clay package.

Thank you for your support!