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Mrs. Safrit's Fifth Grade

 

Our Schedule

7:45-8 Larry Bell Strategies

8:00- 9:45 Block One

9:45- 11:25  Block Two

11:30-12:00 Lunch

12:00-12:30 Recess

12:30-1:30 Writing

1:30-2:15 Enhancements

Monday-P.E.

Tuesday-Art

Wednesday-Music

Thursday-Reteach

Friday-Technology

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How are we are preparing for our EOG tests?

We have been learning the 12 Powerful words.  .

12 Powerful Words

Trace
Analyze
Infer
Evaluate
Formulate
Describe
Support
Explain
Summarize
Compare
Contrast
Predict

 

* We are learning how to read and understand reading selections, and answer multiple choice questions using Reading UNRAAVEL.

Reading UNRAAVEL
 
Underline title
Now predict the passage
Run through and number paragraphs
Are you reading the questions?
Are the important words circled?
Venture (read) through the passage
Eliminate the obviously wrong answers
Let the question be answered and write the    
   paragraph # where you found the answers next      
   to the question.
 
 
* We are also learning how to read and understand math word problems, and find the correct answer to a multiple choice question using Math UNRAAVEL.
 
Math UNRAAVEL
 
Underline the question
Now predict what you think you need to do to solve
   the problem
Read the word problem
Are the important words circled? (Especially the clue
   words?)
Apply the steps you chose to solve the proble,
Verify your answer (Is is reasonable? Does it make 
   sense?)
Eliminate wrong answers
Let the answer stay or rework the problem
 

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 EnVision MATH

 


 Reading is essential to vocabulary growth. READ every night for 30 minutes. PI is assigned nightly for 20 minutes.

WRITING

Good writers use strategies that help them be great writers. We are exploring how to be a great writer.

SOCIAL STUDIES

 We are researching explorers that explored the New World and how those explorers affected us today. We are learning how to find facts and put them in our own words. 

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Language Arts Weekly homework

Monday- Read for 30 minutes

Tuesday- Read for 30 minutes

Wednesday-Read for 30 minutes

Thursday-Read for 30 minutes











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