5th Grade CRCT Parent Night!

CRCT Parent Night will be on Thursday, April 2nd from 6:00 to 7:00.

Please plan now to attend!

In Mrs. Roberts room.

IF your child is not in 5th grade - please know you are welcome!

New Unit: Vocabulary

Our new unit is going to focus on Vocabulary - this has been ongoing in the classes however Vocabulary encompasses more than just learning the meanings of words.

The following will be addressed and should serve as a review in all grade levels. In addition to working on this, we will be reviewing for the CRCT and reading out of our class novels.

GPS standards:

5R3

6R3 a-c

7 R1

Vocabulary Unit:

Determining the Meanings of Unknown Words
Context Clues - the words or phrases or sentences around or near an unfamiliar word that helps you understand the meaning.

Using a Dictionary or Thesaurus

Common Roots - the main part of the word that gives you the meaning.

Common Prefixes - a group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the word's meaning.

Common Suffixes- a group of letters added to the end of a word that changes the word's meaning.

Words with Multiple Meanings - words that have more than one meaning - using context clues to figure out the meanings.

Antonyms - words that have opposite meanings.

Homophones - words that have the same pronunciation but are spelled differently and have different meanings.

Synonyms- words that have the same or almost the same meanings.

Family Reading Night!

Imagine Wesley International Academy's

Family Reading Night

Multi-Purpose Room
March 18, 2009
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Join us for a fun evening celebrating reading!

Please RSVP to Ms. Hall at
Marcia.Hall@imagineschools.com

ITBS Testing Schedule for 5th grade ONLY!

5th grade students will test next week! Please allow your students to get plenty of rest! Please bring two #2 pencils and they may bring a snack. Please have the students bring a book to read in between testing periods.

The following is the schedule:

Monday
Reading 80 minutes

Tuesday
Language Arts 88 minutes

Wednesday
Math 85 minutes

Thursday
Social Studies 70 minutes

Friday NO TEST

Monday
Maps/Reference Materials 65 minutes

5th grade WRITING PEP RALLY!

WHAT TIME IS IT?

WRITING TIME!

Please join us for the 5th grade writing pep rally
to get our students

PUMPED UP
for the WRITING EXAM on March 4th!

WHEN: Tuesday, March 3rd

TIME: 3:45 – 4:30
(students must be picked up promptly at 4:30!)

WHERE: BYRON AND ROBERTS ROOMS

STUDENTS MUST TURN IN PERMISSION SLIP TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL!!

ALL STUDENTS MUST BE PICKED UP BY 4:30!

Week of 2/27!

All MYP students created centipede text feature organizers. These organizers were created by the students to allow them a more visual and constructivist approach in learning textbook features. The MYP students also participated in a textbook feature scavenger hunt.

All MYP students began presenting their Barack Obama Biography Web Projects this week. These projects were based off the biography "Yes We Can" and the students created poster biography webs listing facts about six categories of Barack Obama's life.

MEN DO READ VOLUNTEER DAY!

I would like to say a very special thank you to our

MEN DO READ VOLUNTEERS!

Mr. Ashante Roberts
Mr. Bryan Buckner
Rev. Rayford Nance

The girls thoroughly enjoyed their readings.