Fifth Grade Quick Notes - January 12, 2009
� Topics for the Week:
    
Reading � �The Wind at Work,� �What Are Food Chains and
                             Webs?;�
Sign of the Beaver reading, packet,
                             and cooking project
    
Writing/Grammar � subject/predicate, Harris Burdick stories �
                                           editing and revision (final drafts due Fri.)
    
Vocabulary/Spelling � Wordly Wise test 10
    
Math � �friendly numbers� (a mental division strategy), partial
                      quotients division algorithm, map scales, traditional
                      division algorithm
    
Science � solar ovens, energy review
    
Social Studies � latitude & longitude, continue regions projects,
                                   natural resources, chapter quiz

� Important Dates:
     1/14 (W) � Wordly Wise test 10
     1/15 (Th) � Social Studies quiz (Ch. 2)
     1/16 (F) �
Harris Burdick final draft due
                      Science test (energy)
     1/19 (M) � No School: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
     1/20 (T) � Reading test
     1/21 (W) � Reading test (continued)
                       Spelling test 9
     1/23 (F) � Regions projects due
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