May 5, 2017

Purse Pages
Edition 15
Its May!!
Dear Parents, Then they will spend
/ 5th grade is in their day working on
Can you believe it is charge of serving
May already!?! This breakfast to all that The Hovercraft
year has flown by come. We will have Project! We are all
and continues to. 5th them on rotations very excited for this!
graders have a lot that morning, but
going on in the month please plan to have
of May and June as your child at school
the year winds by 8:00 possibly
downs. With that earlier. More
said we are working information is
harder than ever! coming. They will
Next week is Rockys have an opportunity
Rockin Buffet. The to eat afterward.

Whats Happening in the Classroom?

ELA thoughtful comments learned about and
We have continued while reading. written five poems.
our Thematic Unit on This week the We are currently
Loyalty and have had students learned looking at symbolism
some excellent class about how authors in poetry.
discussions involving use Oxymorons and
our essential They have also been
Allusion in their researching a famous
questions and the writing to make it
stories they are inventor of their
more interesting to choice, in preparation
reading. The read. We had fun
students have really to write a research
talking and looking at paper. All students
grappled with the how it is being used
question of what have almost
in this novel. Also, completed their
happens when they looked at point
loyalties conflict and research and many
of view and had the are completing their
this week were opportunity to write
thinking about what outline. The next
a part of the story step is to write the
strengthens or from a different point
weakens loyalty? piece. They have
of view to see how truly enjoyed the
We are close to that might change research process.
completing the novel the story for readers.
One for the This is all leading up
The students are to and preparing
Murphys. The continuing to work on
students are making them for creating
writing and analyzing their own invention.
outstanding poetry. They have
annotations and More information
about that is to
come!
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Continued

Earth System. We
Social Studies and understanding the
looked at the
The students why behind what
subsystems within
completed their happens when
Earth. We specifically
learning about the multiplying and dividing
slave trade. They looked at the
fractions. We have
learned about the biosphere and a Woods
been doing a lot of
middle passage and the Ecosystem. We
problem solving. It
Triangular trade. created food chains
Many of them were continues to be
and are looking closely
disturbed at how exciting to watch them
at the important
slavery came to the refer to their
Americas. We played components of a
Standards for
a game of Kahoot to system
Mathematical Practice
review their learning.
Math more regularly and see
Science how they use them
In math, students have
This week in Science really been working each day in math.
we delved into the hard on model drawing

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

5/12
Rockys Buffet
Hovercraft project
 Questions to Ask Your Child
.
1. What did you do in art, gym, music, and
library this week?
2. How are your Caesars English quizzes going?
3. What did you do at Rosewood Beach on
Phone: Friday?
(224)-765-3674
4. Tell me about One for the Murphys. What
E-Mail: loyalties are conflicting for Carley? Why?
rpurse@nssd112.org
5. What are you supposed to be doing this
weekend regarding the Invention
Convention?
6. Tell me some interesting things you have
learned about your inventor.
7. What is Ms. Purse awarding each week
related to your jobs?
8. At the auction this week you were able to
purchase something. What was it? Did you
win?
9. Tell me about your novel for Daily 3. How
do you think it relates to the theme loyalty.
10. Every morning Ms. Purse has a challenge on
the board for your group. What is it? Do
you remember any of the ones she has put
up?