Ms. Lawson's Fifth Grade

What should be written in my agenda?

JANUARY

Our updated agenda is available on Edmodo.  Parents can create their own Edmodo account using the code at the bottom left corner of their student's Edmodo page.

DECEMBER

Please log on to Edmodo to see our updated agenda for Thursday, Dec. 18.

Please log on to Edmodo to see our updated agenda for Wednesday, Dec. 17.

Parents can create their own Edmodo account using the code at the bottom left corner of their student's Edmodo page.

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Please log on to Edmodo to see our updated agenda for Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Please log on to Edmodo to see our updated agenda for Monday, Dec. 8.

Parents can create their own Edmodo account using the code at the bottom left corner of their student's Edmodo page.

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Please log on to Edmodo to see our updated agenda for Wednesday, Dec. 4.

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Parents can create their own Edmodo account using the code at the bottom left corner of their student's Edmodo page.

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Please log on to Edmodo to see our agenda for Monday, Dec. 1.

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NOVEMBER

Please log on at www.edmodo.com to see our updated agenda for Monday, Nov. 17.

Please log on at www.edmodo.com to see our updated agenda for Thursday, Nov. 13.

Parents and guardians, you can make your own Edmodo account and view your child's Edmodo activity.  Use the parent code found on your child's Edmodo home screen.

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Download Endcivilwartextbook Power Point presentation shows the textbook pages and work sheet that are assigned for social studies homework

OCTOBER

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View this photo  10 - 28  Ms. Lawson's homeroom students did have time to read the social studies homework at school.  It is possible that students who were making their personal best effort did finish reading pp. 176 - 181.

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View this photo 10-23 - There is a science homework assignment to finish a Time for Kids worksheet.  I did collect some of those worksheets from my homeroom students today.  Mrs. Johnston's homeroom students should all turn in their work tomorrow.

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View this photo 10-9 In the math category on the right is a link that will show the anchor chart created in class today.  On the chart you will see a division problem, the model that goes with it, and the vocabulary words that students should include in their homework draft.

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SEPTEMBER

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Click the link below to see the spelling words that will be on Friday's quiz

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AUGUST

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2015 SCIENCE FAIR

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Rock Eagle Video

ROCK EAGLE VIDEO

LEXILES AND ACCELERATED READER AT RUSSELL

 

Please see Mrs. Arrington's explanation of AR and Lexiles at the link below.

Download ARLexile

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Multiplication Videos!

Check out Mr. Manson's new multiplication videos on the Parent University link on the right side of your screen.

YEARBOOKS!

 YEARBOOK CONTEST!!!!

-EXTENDED DEADLINE:  Now Due Friday, November 7th

-Theme:  Out of this World

-Overall all winner will be featured as the cover of the 2014-15 School Yearbook

-Winner will be announced upon Yearbook arrival in May!

-The runner up in each grade will be featured on the back cover of the yearbook

RULES

-All entries must be submitted on white card stock.  We have extra at the school if you need it.  Just send [email protected] if you need more.

-Student's name and class must be written in pencil on the back of the paper. 

-No student names written on the front of the page.

-Encourage your child to color the entire page around their design.

 

To order your 2014-15 school yearbook at a discounted price, go to ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter yearbook ID code 10029415.  Prices will increase December 19, 2014.  There are also order forms available for you in the front office as well as on the Yearbook sign in the hall by the Parent Resource Center.

 You are now able to preorder yearbooks from now until December 19th at a discounted price! 

 

Softcovers are $20

 

Hard Covers are $25

 

We still have the add ons and the packages available which you are able to view on the website. 

To order online, go to ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter yearbook ID code 10029415

 

 Yearbooks will be in at the end of the year, but purchase them now so you get the discounted price! 

 

What are we learning in social studies?

Social Studies quiz tomorrow, Nov. 18

Log on to Edmodo to see the answer key for the study guide and the vocabulary cards that were distributed during class.  Parents and guardians can create an Edmodo account by using the code found on your student's Edmodo page.

Edmodo

USA Studies Weekly, Week 2, "Reconstruction" Assignments

1. Use your personal best effort to complete "A Sharecropper's Contract" Activity on the last page of your Week 2 USA Studies Weekly newspaper. You will receive the newspaper during class Monday, Nov. 10. "A Sharecropper's Contract" is due Monday, Nov. 17.

2. Use your personal best effort to complete the Week 2 Test at www.studiesweekly.com. You should complete the test by the end of the day Friday, Nov. 21.

Studies Weekly

Friday, Nov. 7, 2014

Monday students will take a quiz on the events of the Civil War.  They should study the information on  the Chapter 6 lessons 1, 2, and 3 worksheets on the packet that is item 9 in their social studies binder.

Next week we will study reconstruction after the Civil War.  Students will use the Studies Weekly newspaper, which they can also access online at www.studiesweekly.com.  Each student has created an account at Studies Weekly, and by next Friday should complete their first assignment there.  They should take the week 1 test.  Students may do this assignment at home, and we will work on it at school as well.

Studies Weekly

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014

Today in the computer lab students each set up an account at Studies Weekly, a site where they can learn all about our social studies standards.  Students can access our weekly social studies newspaper at this site as well as videos, art work, and primary resources.  Students should log on to their Edmodo account to learn about their first Studies Weekly online assignment, which they can do at home or at school.  The assignment must be completed by next Friday, Nov. 14, for  students to earn full credit.

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Studies Weekly

Students are learning about events of the Civil War.  They each made a flap book about four of those events.  See an example on the Power Point presentation below.

Download Events of the Civil War Flap book

Students are reviewing causes of the Civil War and learning about events that happened during the war.  They received the week 1 issue of the USA Studies Weekly newspaper in class today, Wednesday, Oct. 23. It's binder item #5.  Students are to use the articles in the paper to complete "The Civil War: Causes and Effects" worksheet that is item #6 in their binder.  The worksheet is due Oct. 31.  While students will have some time during class to work on this assignment, much of the work will need to be done outside of class.

The links below show the first page of the newspaper and the worksheet.

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Students will take a quiz tomorrow, Oct. 22, 2014, on the information covered on the Civil War Overview study guide, which they added to their binders on Oct. 8.  Log on to Edmodo to take a practice quiz.

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Download CIVIL WAR OVERVIEW STUDY GUIDEKEY

Students take a quiz tomorrow, Oct. 8, 2014, on citizenship before beginning our unit on the Civil War.  Find the Citizenship study guide answers and a practice quiz on the links below.

Download CITIZENSHIPSTUDYGUIDEKEY

Download CITIZENSHIPPRACTICEQUIZ

Tomorrow students will recieve a study guide that they can use to begin preparing for our civil war quiz, the date for which has not been determined. See the study guide at this link:

Download CIVIL WAR OVERVIEW STUDY GUIDE

Students are studying citizenship to answer the essential question:  What are the rights and responsibilities of citizenship?  They received a study guide on Monday, Sept. 29, to help them prepare for a test next Monday, Oct. 6.  Click the link below to view the study guide.

Download CITIZENSHIPSTUDYGUIDE

Students have been creating flap booklets about the Bill of Rights.  Tomorrow they will take a quiz on those amendments.  They should be prepared to read a situation, identify the amendment that applies to it, and explain why that amendment applies.  Examples are available on the links below.

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What are we learning in science?

Please log on to Edmodo to see our matter flap book and the answers to pp. 36 and 37 of the matter packet.

Parents can create their own Edmodo account using the code at the bottom left corner of their student's Edmodo page.

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Monday, Dec. 1, 2014

We have begun our unit on matter.  Students received a study guide today.  We will do the activities on the link below.

Matter Matters

Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014

Students enjoyed a nature hike and hands on learning about science standards at Cato Park today.  They will have an opportunity tomorrow to show what they learned.  Students can log on to Edmodo to see the questions they will need to answer and see sample student work from today's lessons.

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Friday, Nov. 7, 2014

When we finish our social studies work with Reconstruction after the Civil War, we will do our unit on Matter.  One of our experiments will be to make ice cream!  See some of our work at the Weebly link below.

Matter Unit

STARBASE!!!

Russell's fifth graders are fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in a week's worth of STEM lessons through the STARBASE program at Dobbins Air Force Base.  Mrs. Lawson's students have stapled into their agendas today the Cobb County field trip permission form, if they've not already turned it in signed, and a permission form from STARBASE.  Both forms must be signed by parents or guardians for students to attend STARBASE.  Please send those forms in as soon as possible.

While there is no charge for the STARBASE experience, students must pay for transportation to and from Dobbins each day.  The total cost for that is $50.00.  PLEASE SEND IN YOUR MONEY AS SOON AS YOU CAN!  STARBASE  is a fabulous learning opportunity that we want all students to enjoy!

 How do humans use technology to control forces?

Students are working together to create graphic organizers of the information presented in their science text book on pages 106 - 109.  We will soon be finished with our unit on constructive and destructive forces and plan to take a test at the beginning of the week beginning Sept. 8.

How do faults change the earth's surface?

Today, Aug. 27, students used 3Musketeers bars to model three types of faults.  They used the power point below to help understand the faults and made sketches of their models in their interactive booklets.

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See student work on this Power Point:

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How much soil is there in which we can grow food?

In class yesterday and today students completed an activity that shows how much soil we have on our planet.  Monday's quiz includes a question that asks students to explain why that information makes it important for us to understand constructive and destructive forces.  The link below shows an example of the project.  Your child should be able to share theirs with you.  It's in their science interactive booklet.

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Essential Question:  How do constructive and destructive forces change our earth?

To answer this EQ, students are participating in hands-on investigations and working with the information in their science textbook in chapter 2.  The link below can help students answer the EQ.

We are planning to do an investigation of faults in the earth's surface during class Tuesday, August 19.  Each student has been asked to bring in two fun-size 3Musketeers chocolate bars for the investigation.

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I am happy to be working with your child.  If you have questions or concerns, please email me at [email protected] or send a note in your child's agenda.

CHANGES IN MATTER

Everything in the universe is made of matter.  Matter can change, both physically and chemically.

You can hear your science text, Chapter 3, lessons 1, 2, and 3, read aloud, at the links below.

Download 03 Track 3 Chapter 3 Lesson1 - What is matter made of?

Download 05 Track 5 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 - What are physical changes in matter?

Download 08 Track 8 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 - What are chemical changes in matter?

Computer Lab Assignment for Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014

Log on to Study Island and work on the Iowa Winter Challenge. At the end of class, you will reply to this assignment on Edmodo and explain, using complete sentences and correct math vocabulary, something that you learned from your work in the computer lab. Lloyd N's latest Edmodo post is an example of work that meets expectations.

What are we learning in math?

Khan Academy is an excellent site for learning! You can view tutorials on just about any topic you can imagine!  Use the link below to create your Khan Academy account and search for videos on partial quotient division and long division.

Khan Academy

Friday, Nov. 7

Today students took a quiz on division, and next week we will begin our unit on volume.  

Students will also have an opportunity to complete a Problem of the Week on Edmodo.  Each student has an Edmodo log in, and parents can create an Edmodo account as well!  Have you student log on at www.edmodo.com.  At the lower left corner of your student's Edmodo home page, there is a code that parents can use to create an account at which they can see their child's Edmodo work.

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Wednesday, Nov. 5

Students received today their grade on a piece of writing in which they used math vocabulary to explain how a division model relates to the traditional division algorithm.  Students who earned a grade that is less than 80 may try to improve their score by writing another draft and turning it in as soon as possible.  See an example of the assignment on the Power Point presentation link below.

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Monday, Nov. 3

Students should finish their division strategies organizer before they return to school Wednesday, Nov. 5.  The picture below shows an example.

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Thursday, Oct. 9

Students have been learning how to divide using a model and the traditional long division algorithm.  They've been assigned a project on which they will solve division problems using the algorithm  and choose one of those for which to show a model.  They will write, using math vocabulary, an answer to the question, "What is the relationship between a division model and the algorithm."  The link below shows a division problem, a model and examples of the math vocabulary students will use in their writing.

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MATH TEST FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

We are finishing our unit on place value to answer these essential questions:

How does the location of a digit within a number affect its value?

What patterns can be found when multiplying by the powers of 10?

Students will show what they know Friday, September 5.  They received a study guide today, Sept. 3, which should be filed in the math section of their ring binder.  See the study guide at the link below.

Download Unit 1 decimal post teststudyguide

QUIZ GRADES

Grades from quiz the math quiz students took Friday, August 29, have been recorded in student agendas on the space for Sept. 2 or Sept. 3.

Use the link below to practice comparing and ordering decimals.

Decimal Gallery Game

QUIZ GRADE

Students took a math quiz Friday, Aug. 22.  Ms. Lawson recorded their grades in student agendas on Monday, Aug. 25.  Quiz papers will be returned to students Tuesday, Aug. 26.

I am happy to work with your student.  If you have questions or concerns, please email me at [email protected].

MATH REFLECTIONS

On a regular basis, students will write a reflection on their math learning.  They will be asked to explain what they understand well and on what skills they need practice.  Their writing should include details to prove what they've learned.  We will save these reflections, along with student-selected work samples, to prepare for our student-led conferences during conference week. Click the link below to see a sample student reflection.

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Essential Question:  How does the position of a digit in a number relate to its value?

To answer this question, students are using place value to read, write and model whole numbers and decimals.  This information is covered in our math textbook in chapter 1, "Place Value."  Each student has been issued a hard copy of the text, which they are allowed to bring home any time they wish.

The textbook is also available on line, and you can access it by clicking the link below.  A student's user name is their student ID number prefaced by ccsd, and the password is cobbmath1.

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I am happy to be working with your child! If you have questions or concerns, please email me at [email protected].