Welcome Back Parents and Students!! It has been such a great experience starting off this new school year. The brand new school is so awesome! I am very lucky to be able to begin this new adventure with PCA! For those who do not know me, this is my 5th year teaching 5th grade at PCA. I teach a math and reading class, as well as writing for all of the 5th grade students! Here's a little of what is going on in my classroom...
Math: We will begin our multiplication fluency this upcoming week. ***Parents, if your child has homework every night in math... This homework is to study multiplication facts. We complete timed tests 3 times a week.
We will also begin Chapter 1. We will be working on place value.
Reading: We already started our "Back to School" unit on reading strategies. These strategies help readers become stronger. We will be completing Reading Level Assessments this upcoming week, and the students will be learning about Tall Tales.
Writing: This past week, students were already given their list of spelling words. This weeks words come from the story "Earthquake Terror" (which will be read later in your child's reading class). In class we discussed how each of the words have short vowel sounds. Spelling tests are every Wednesday!!! On Wednesdays, students will test on the words, and then recieve a new list of words! Students also will complete 3 practice book pages, as well as 5 times each to help strengthen their spelling skills. This week we will be learning how to use a thesaurus, subjects and predicates, and the types of sentences. We will also be taking short quizzes on classwork too.
It has been a very busy week! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at: jcobble@pca.k12.de.us . Thank you to all who came out to the open house last week! It was great to meet you all.
Look for the 5th grade news letter later this month!
Take care~
Mrs. Cobble
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