2/06/13

A.R. goals for third marking period are as follows:
25% day Feb. 11th
50% day - Feb 25th
75% day March 12
100% day March 27th

IN SOCIAL STUDIES The kids are studying and learning the placement of all the states in the United States. Mrs. Buell has broken this down into a series of tests in which students learn one region of the country at a time. For instance, the midwest states, the northeastern states, etc. Students who are in groups A and C had some of these tests last marking period. Their test results are in their conference folders.Those of you who have had conferences you have already received these. Those whose conferences are on Thursday night will get theirs then. All worksheets with the labeled maps went home with your student weeks ago. So if they test low, they need to study and retake the test. Their FINAL of the entire united states is on March 22nd for ALL 5th grade students.Please make sure that even if they are not studying social studies right now (meaning they are in science with me) they NEED to be studying these maps for that big test!

Attached below is a link to a great online game for the kids to learn their states. They have to click on the shape of the state at the top and it tells them the name of the state and whether or not they have placed it in the correct spot.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

Spelling for this week:

This is a review week so everyone has the same list.

1. important
2. perform
3.disappear
4. reward
5. mountain
6. avoid
7. appoint
8. ounce
9. cooperate
10. reappear
11. postscript
12. prehistoric
13. interesting
14. denied
15. supplying
16. sunnier
17. exercise
18. company
19. create
20. grocery