SCIENCE Feb. 27 - Mar. 2

AOT 5th grade SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS:
1. Alexis C-T
2. Matthew Z.
3. Kathryn B.
The top three winners from each grade level will be allowed to submit their projects at the SARCEF Science Fair held at TCC March 12-16.

This week in Science we begin our "Motion" chapter, pages 143-151 Students will complete investigations and take notes in their Science Journals.

LANGUAGE ARTS Feb. 27 - Mar. 2

Monday: Resturant Review worksheet DUE today. Students will begin writing a paper that will be the basis for their "Resturant Review Speak-up". Speak-up on Wed.
Tuesday: Reading "Hoot" in class.
Wednesday: "Resturant Review Speak-up" TODAY. Paper due as well.
Thursday: AIMS Review
Friday: AIMS Review

READING Feb. 27 - Mar. 2

The class will complete reading the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. Students will begin making 'character maps'. This will be due Friday, March 2. I plan to show the movie "Hoot" to the class next week (March 5-9). Look for the parent permission form in the Feb. 22 Friday Folder.

SPELLING Feb. 27 - Mar. 2

Lessons 91-94 will be completed in class. Students should take home their Spelling workbooks to study the word list in the back. TEST on Friday, March 2.

MATH and SOCIAL STUDIES Feb. 27 - Mar. 2

MATH Click on Mrs. Robinson's link at the upper right hand corner of my Blog Page.

SOCIAL STUDIES Click on Ms. Perrotta's link at the upper right hand corner of my Blog Page.

SCIENCE Feb. 20-22

Congratulations to these 5th graders that are representing our classes in the AOT Middle School Science Fair: Katelyn G., Matthew Z., Allison D., Alexis C-T., Devin G., Isabella B., Joe M. Their projects will be on display Friday, Feb. 17 and Monday, Feb. 20 in Coach Koehn's room.
Hats off to ALL 5th graders for their great efforts in the Science Fair Projects! All projects are on display in the school office until end-of-day Friday, Feb. 17.

Monday and Tuesday: Students will be reading Scholastic's Current Science magazine. Worksheet packet will be due the end-of-class Tuesday.

Wednesday: Math Enrichment

Thursday and Friday: No School. Tucson Rodeo Days! Enjoy.

LANGUAGE ARTS Feb. 20-22

"Comparison and Contrast" chart, rough draft, final copy DUE Monday, Feb. 20.

Students will be writing a 'Business Letter' that will be mailed to a local store.
This is an extension lesson from Hoot.
Monday, the student writes the rough draft and the final copy is due Wednesday.

READING Feb. 20-22

The class will continue reading the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. This week we focus on Chapters 14-16.

SPELLING Feb. 20-22

No Spelling this week.

MATH and SOCIAL STUDIES Feb. 20-22

MATH Click on Mrs. Robinson's link at the upper right hand corner of my Blog Page.

SOCIAL STUDIES Click on Ms. Perrotta's link at the upper right hand corner of my Blog Page.

SCIENCE Feb. 13-17

Science Fair Projects are DUE on Monday.
Mon-Wed: The student will give an oral presentation of his/her project to receive a final grade. The top five (or six) 5th grade projects will be submitted for judging for the school's 5th-8th grade Science Fair.

Thur MATH ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY

Friday FUN FEST FIELD TRIP.  We plan to leave campus right after pledge and attendance. STUDENTS NEED TO PACK THEIR LUNCH SINCE WE WILL BE EATING WITH THE 4th GRADERS AT THEIR CAMPUS. We plan to return to school around 1:00.

LANGUAGE ARTS Feb. 13-17

<3 TUESDAY WILL BE OUR CLASS VALENTINE PARTY. STUDENTS MAY BRING IN FINGER FOODS. <3

The students will use their "Comparison and Contrast" chart and write a paper. This paper will be started on Wednesday and is due on Monday, Feb.20.

READING Feb. 13-17

Reading Contract - Science Fiction
DUE DATES:
Feb. 14 Future Shock Activity (Extra Credit) 


The class will continue reading the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. We will study vocabulary from chapters 1-9. The students will read chapters 10-12 in class this week. There will be a reading comprehension QUIZ on Thursday.

SPELLING Feb. 13-17

No Spelling this week.

MATH and SOCIAL STUDIES Feb. 13-17

MATH Click on Mrs. Robinson's link at the upper right hand corner of my Blog Page.

SOCIAL STUDIES Click on Ms. Perrotta's link at the upper right hand corner of my Blog Page.

SCIENCE Feb. 6-10

SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT Students should be writing their 'Abstract' which is due Feb. 10th. Be sure to explain "why" you are getting your experiment's results (Abstract is around 200-230 words). Contact Mrs. Rhoades if you have questions. Plan to bring in the Science Fair Project DISPLAY BOARD on Monday, Feb. 13th.


We will be reviewing Chapter 3 (pages 108-137) "Forces". There will be an open-book TEST on Wednesday. Later in the week, we will have Math Enrichment - graphing activity. Time will be given, each day, for students to ask any final questions they may have about the Science Fair Project.

LANGUAGE ARTS Feb. 6-10

This week, the students will be making a "Comparison and Contrast" chart. We will work on this chart in class. It will be completed by Friday.

READING Feb. 6-10

Reading Contract - Science Fiction
DUE DATES:
Feb. 7 Art Project
Feb. 14 Future Shock Activity (Extra Credit)


The students will continue reading the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. 
We will have a Vocabulary QUIZ (Chapters 1-5) on Monday. 
New vocabulary words will be given out on Tuesday.
Students will complete a Hoot comprehension worksheet.
We plan to read chapters 6-10 this week.

SPELLING Feb. 6-10

Lessons 86-89 will be completed in class. Students should take home their Spelling workbooks to study the word list in the back. TEST on Friday, Feb. 10.

MATH and SOCIAL STUDIES Feb. 6-10

MATH Click on Mrs. Robinson's link at the upper right hand corner of my Blog Page.

SOCIAL STUDIES Click on Ms. Perrotta's link at the upper right hand corner of my Blog Page.