Math – We will continue to work on lessons in chapter 1 over place value. Hopefully we will finish lessons 1.2-1.5 and be ready to work on decimal place value next week. Students will take their first place value test when we finish chapter 2.
Word Study – students will receive a list of the [...]
Great First day of School! Thank you for all of the support at Meet the Teacher Night! Wednesday we should be on our regular schedule and begin working on lessons in Math and Word Study.
MATH
We will begin the year with the first chapter in our books that covers place value. This is a review [...]
“Around the Word in 180 Days” is our theme for the 2009-2010 school year at Willard Intermediate School. Coming to WIS is an adventure that I hope you enjoy. Being a part of the Green Team on “Safari in Zambia” will give you an opporuntity to explore Math and Word Study with Mrs. SAndrews, Science [...]
Can you believe this is the last week of school?!?! The year has flown by with many great opportunities for learning. I appreciate the opportunity to work with your child and am grateful for the wonderful job you do as parents. This year has been especially enjoyable with the great group of students on the [...]
I hope you survivied the storms with minimal damage. It made for an exciting Friday!
Math-Continue working with fractions and participate in class investigations dealing with pentominoes, fractals, and tessalations.
Word Study-Continue to work on several Latin- and Greek roots such as “phil-” meaning love, “syn-” or “sym-” meaning same, “dict-” meaning “speak.”
In Math, we have been working on fractions. We are learning to add and subtract fractions, write equivalent fractions, and reduce or rename fractions in lowest terms.
In Word Study we had our Vocabulary test and continue to practice Core Words.
Math–Students are participating in a Volume Investigation. They will predict the volume of several containers and then use the formula Length x Width x Height to find the actual volume. Students will also be involved in a Geometry lesson using pentominoes that encourages them to use the Inquiry method of learning to make observations about [...]
Monday–Jeopardy game to review for MAP
Tuesday–Testing Communication Arts
Wednesday–Testing Math
Thursday–Testing Science
Friday–(Make-up testing)
MATH Continue measurement unit. Monday we will work on customary and metric units of capacity (liquid volume). On Tuesday and Wednesday we will practice using units of weight and problem solving involving elapsed time. On Thursday we will finish our measurement unit and spend some time reviewing.
WORD STUDY Students will be receiving a list of [...]
MATH
We are working on a unit on measurement. For MAP, 5th graders will need to not only know and use different systems of measurement–both customary and metric, but will also need to be able to convert from one unit to another unit within the same system of measurement. Some examples might inclue questions such as:
Customary System: [...]
