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Welcome to Miss Litz's 5th Grade Home Page  

"Reading is to the mind as exercise is to the body."

- Joseph Addison

 Welcome to 5th grade. I am so happy your child was chosen to be in my class! We will be doing many exciting and challenging activities throughout the year. Each day at school is filled with differerent situations. Remember to encourage your child to make appropriate choices while in school. It is going to be a great year! I am very exciting to be working with all my students throughout the school year.

I am available to your child throughout the school day. If your child has a question or concern please encourage them to talk to me. If you as a parent have a question please e-mail me through the link at the bottom of this page or you can contact the school, leave a message and I will return your call at my earliest convenience. I look forward to working with all the parents in my 5th grade class throughout the 2007-2008 school year.

  

   June 11, 2008

    Social Studies 

        Math -   

         Language Arts -   

    Spelling   page 156+157

        DARE-  Click HERE to see our new D.A.R.E. webpage!! 

 Check Out These Cool Sites 

Clicking on any of the sites may take you out of the Watertown District Web page. 

Social Studies:    

    Weekly Reader and Time Magazine

  http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/index.asp  

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

Artifacts

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/special_exhibits/bones/kids_mazeGame.htm

http://www.kidsdigreed.com/artifacts.asp

http://www.history.com/

http://www.usmemorialday.org/activities/

Native Americans

http://www.kathimitchell.com/Natam.htm

http://www.nativetech.org/games/index.php

http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/Kids/index.cfm

http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm

Maps

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmss05/applications/imaps/maps/g3_u6/index.html

http://earth.google.com/

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=PuzzleMaps

Explorers

http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/index.html 

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ 

Longitude and Latitude

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/find.html

Colonial America

     http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/   

http://www.history.org/kids/   

http://www.osv.org/kids_zone/yuks.html

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/John-smith/

 Current Events:

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/

http://www.mesalibrary.org/kids/links/magazinesnews.asp

Math:

Homework Help,Games and Math Facts 

http://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html

  http://www.aplusmath.com/

http://www.dositey.com/math/time.htm

http://funschool.kaboose.com/?g=bt2_ds1&t=j&w=620&h=360

http://www.funbrain.com/math/

http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/ekowalcz/math/elementary_web_sites.htm

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions/index.html

http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/challenge_index.htm

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/maggie_math.htm

Language Arts:

http://www.wordcentral.com/

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/synonyms/synonyms.htm

http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/ 

http://kids.yahoo.com/games/game/monsterdodger

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/museumkids.htm

Other Sites to Check out

http://www.funbrain.com/

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

http://www.askforkids.com/

http://www.realarcade.com/

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/games.htm

Specials Schedule 

 Library - Monday 9:10-9:50

Music - Wednesday 2:25-3:05

 Art -  Tuesday 1:20-2:20

 Gym - Thursday 2:25- 3:05

 Computers - Friday 9:40-10:10

Keyboarding - Friday 9:10- 9:40

 Announcements:

Remember ALL birthday treats need an ingredient list and must be checked by the school nurse before entering the classroom

If anyone would like to donate a box of tissues we would greatly appreciate them. 

 What's going on in 5th Grade??????? 

LANGUAGE ARTS

Our language arts program will incorporate reading, spelling, writing and grammar in a block schedule (1 hour and 30 minutes). Our 5^th grade reading program will focus on Literature Circles, author studies, and studying selections from Collections for Young Scholars. Mrs. Stepka will be visiting us once a week to work in small groups.

Writer's Workshop will be emphasized in fifth grade. Students will practice writing expository, persuasive, compare and contrast and narrative essays. Elaboration, grammar, sentence construction, word choice, and paragraphing skills will be taught in the context of writing. Mrs. Payne will be in twice a month to help us perfect our writing skills.

Math

This year in math we will be studying a variety of topics including:

• multiplication and division
• decimals and fractions
• measurement
• geometry
• probability
• graphing
• interpreting graphs
• algebraic expressions

The fifth grade curriculum emphasizes problem solving. Students will learn how to explain in writing the means by which they solve problems. Students will also learn that there is often more than one way to solve a problem.

Science/D.A.R.E

For science information please see Mr. Esposito's page.

Social Studies

In Social Studies we will be covering a variety of fun and interesting topics including:

• Native Americans
• Explorers
• The 13 colonies
• Map skills
• Graphs and timelines
• Current events

Please remember this site should be used as a reference tool. Homework may change daily. I do check and stamp each student's agenda to make sure they have copied down the daily homework assignments.  

Clipart taken from http://school.discovery.com/clipart/