Update for 10/16

       Dear Parents,


      We are in our second week of our Decimals unit in 5.1 and Ratios in 6.1 math.  Please look at my previous blog post and the Remind texts for informational videos and anchor charts that will assist your student in understanding this unit.  There will be a Decimals quiz on Friday for 5.1's.


     We are beginning our second bend of writing this week and will be focused on informational writing over the next several weeks.  We have discussed the elements of informational writing and examined a piece on Walt Disney, then .  Our first writing flash draft will focus on Westward Expansion - the students will be conducting research this week in preparation for next Monday's flash draft piece.


     In social studies, we are focused on the Turn of the Century and will be exploring the changes brought by American industrialization, the completion of the transcontinental railroad, economic supply and demand (cattle drives), the growth of cities, and the influx of immigrants seeking a better future.  This unit will culminate in an immigration simulation where students will move through the stations at Ellis Island to determine if they will stay in America or be sent back to the country they left in search of a new life. 


       Your students will also be starting new ROAR groups this week.  They will still be grouped based on their lexile reading levels, but may rotate to a new teacher for this nine week period.  Please let me know if you have any questions!


     Jenny M-G


5.1 Math Standards:

MCC5.NBT.3a. Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form, e.g., 347.392 = 3 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 7 × 1 + 3 × (1/10) + 9 × (1/100) + 2 × (1/1000). MCC5.NBT.3b. Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons. 6.1 Math Standards: MGSE6.RP.1 Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, “The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak.” “For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.” MGSE6.RP.2 Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0 (b not equal to zero), and use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship. For example, "This recipe has a ratio of 3 cups of flour to 4 cups of sugar, so there is 3/4 cup of flour for each cup of sugar." "We paid $75 for 15 hamburgers, which is a rate of $5 per hamburger."   ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • What is a ratio? • What are some ways I can think about ratios? • How are fractions and ratios related? Standard     SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century. Element   SS5H3d. Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.