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Miss Jennings' 5th Grade!
Alexis Jennings
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On this website you will find some helpful reminders of classroom procedures and hints to help your child be successful in school. 


Ms. Jennings'



 Classroom Expectations:
  1.  Respect Ourselves
  2. Respect Others
  3. Respect Learning
  4. Respect Property
"Stick To The Rules" 
Classroom Consequences 
  1.  Green Stick = Warning
  2. Yellow Stick = Silent Lunch
  3. Blue Stick = Note Home 
  4. Red Stick = Principal's Office/Phone Call Home 



 Language Arts

This week story: "Passing Poetry/ Nikki Giovanni"

This week's focuses: Predict/Infer & Understanding Poetry   

Larry Bell's UNRAAVEL Reading Strategy!
    U nderline the title.
    N ow predict the passage.
    R un through the passage and number the paragraphs.
    A re you reading the questions?
    A re the important words circled in the questions?
    E liminate the wrong answers by marking them out.
    L et the questions be answered. Write the paragraph and line number where you found your answer.  

Ask your child what are the 12 powerful words?




Reading Groups

Cowboys

Spelling words:

Detention

Wandered

Equation

Calculation

Limerick

Haiku

Image

Poem

Rhyme

Rhythm



Jets

Spelling words:

Segregation

Integrated

Turbulent

Avid

Tackled

Vivid

Image

Imagination

Poem

Rhythm


High Frequency Words


Pair

Power

Course




Social Studies



This week lesson: Unit 2 Lesson 4 The First Colonies



Homework

English:
  •  Read 30 minutes each night!  
  • Monday: Spelling Word Ladder
  • Tuesday: Acrostic Poem
  • Wednesday: Practice Boom pg. 179
  • Thursday: Magazine Words 

Social Studies:
    •  Thursday pg. 72 Lesson Review
    Writing
    •  Daily: Complete any unfinished class writing assignments.  


    Reminder: Book Report Due Nov. 23
    Social Studies test Nov. 24


    Select a fiction book you have read and about which you have strong feelings.

    Explore those feelings and why you reacted the way you did during or after 

    reading the author’s work.  Express yourself! A letter is less formal than a essay or research paper.

    Write in your own voice, as if you were having a conversation with the author.  Those are

    the best letters to read and the most fun to write! Do not summarize the book’s plot! 

    The author wrote the book and knows what happened.


    Answer these questions when writing your letter:


    • Did the characters, conflict or setting mirror your life in some way? If so, how? If not, why not? 

    • What strengths or flaws do you share with a character or characters in the book?


    • What did the book show you about your world that you never noticed before?


    • What surprised you about yourself while you were reading this book? Why was this work meaningful to you   

    Book Report Rubric


    Book report written in friendly letter format _____/__10__


    Answer each question completely, with details from the book as your evidence...


    *Characters mirror your life _____/__15__


    *Strengths/flaws shared _____/__15__


    *Noticing world _____/__15__


    *Surprised/meaningful to you _____/__15__


    Each question above should be answered with at least a paragraph of good 

    information and quality.


    *A paragraph consists of at least 7 sentences ___/10


    *Revised and checked for spelling and punctuation ___/10


    *Creativity, quality, and presentation ___/10








    Reading is a BLAST!

    **READ EVERY NIGHT FOR 30 MINUTES **


    Catch us if you can!
    *Weekly Schedule*

    Monday
    8:30-9:30 Language Arts
    9:30-10:30 Math/Science
    10:30-10:53 Writing
    10:53-11:23 Lunch
    11:30-12:00 Writing
    12:00-12:45 PE
    12:45-1:30 Media/Guidance
    1:30-2:15 Intervention/Acceleration
    2:15-3:00 Art

    Tuesday

    8:30-9:45 Language Arts
    9:45-10:45 D.A.R.E
    10:45-10:53 Read Aloud
    10:53-11:23 Lunch
    11:30-12:00 Recess
    12:00-12:35 Writing
    12:35-1:45 Math/Science
    1:45-2:30 Writing (continued)
    2:30-3:00 Intervention/Acceleration

    Wednesday

    8:30-9:45 Language Arts
    9:45-10:15 Social Studies
    10:15-10:45 Recess
    10:45-10:53 Read Aloud
    10:53-11:23 Lunch
    11:30-12:00 Writing
    12:00-12:45 Music
    12:45-1:30 Writing (continued)
    1:30-3:00 Math/Science

    Thursday/Friday

    8:30-9:45 Language Arts (Friday 8:30-10:15)
    9:45-10:15 Social Studies
    10:15-10:45 Recess
    10:45-10:53 Read Aloud
    10:53-11:23 Lunch
    11:30-1:15 Math/Science
    1:15-2:30 Writing
    2:30-3:00 Intervention/Acceleration 



    Donations are always appreciated. Our class can always use index cards (any size, any color), pencils, erasers, tissues or anything else that you would like to give.








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