Bauman's Bugle Week 2/29-3/4

Bauman's Bugle Week 2/22-2/25

Fifth Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 4, Week 5, “The Gymnast”

Below are the skills and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days.  (*Please note: our literacy lessons are based on 5-day plans that may or may not align with a M-F schedule. In an effort to teach the entire grade level core, we will send home the “weekly study skills” on the day that we begin a new 5-day instructional sequence.)  You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
How do people and animals adapt to different situations?	Why do people try to change themselves?
Word Analysis (These are the word parts we are studying in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Idioms	Negative prefixes: illegal, illiterate, illogical, immature, immobile, impatient, imperfect, impolite, impossible, inactive, inappropriate, incorrect, indefinite, independent, inexpensive, informal, invisible, irregular, irresistible, irresponsible
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Lesson/Tested Vocabulary (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
aspire, champion, competitive, condition, develop, enhance, fitness, perfected, rehearse, routine	bluish, cartwheels, gymnastics, hesitation, limelight, skidded, somersault, throbbing, wincing
Handwriting Practice (Students may practice the writing of these letters in manuscript and cursive this week.)
Focus on Letter Size: Cursive Cursive y, x, v, z

Bauman's Bugle 2/16-2/19

Fifth Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 4, Week 4, “The Stormi Giovanni Club”

Below are the skills and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days.  (*Please note: our literacy lessons are based on 5-day plans that may or may not align with a M-F schedule. In an effort to teach the entire grade level core, we will send home the “weekly study skills” on the day that we begin a new 5-day instructional sequence.)  You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
How do people and animals adapt to different situations?	How do people adapt to new places?
Word Analysis (These are the word parts we are studying in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Prefixes:  com, pro, epi,	Suffixes: –ible, -able agreeable, allowable, available, breakable, convertible, divisible, fashionable, favorable, flexible, forgettable, hospitable, laughable, reasonable, responsible, reversible, sensible, sociable, tolerable, valuable, washable
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Lesson/Tested Vocabulary (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
adjust, courageous, engrossed, familiarize, obstacles, opportunities, perseverance, relocate, surroundings, wanderlust	cavities, combination, demonstrates, episode, profile, strict
Handwriting Practice (Students may practice the writing of these letters in manuscript and cursive this week.)
Legibility: letter, word and sentence spacing Cursive c, q, n, m

President's Report Summary

 President Summary Outline

* This is a guide to organize your research. Remember not every question applies to every president.

I. Introduction

            A. Name and number of president.

            B. Catchy sentence that interests reader

            C. Maybe tell what president is best known for

II. Early Years

            A. When and where they were born

            B. Interesting facts about when they were young or how they were raised

C. What characteristics did they show that made them future presidential material

III. Events that led to getting elected

            A. What career or political positions did they hold before being president?

            B. or how/why did they get involved in politics

            C. How did they get elected

IV. Focus on President’s term or terms

            A. Tell what years they served

            B. Mention any notable presidential decisions, bills, wars, etc..

            C. Were they considered good/bad president

            D. Etc…

V. Years following the presidency

            A. Political career after presidency?

            B. Achievements after presidency?

            C. Legacy or lasting effects on our country or policy?

            D. How did they die?

VI. Conclude

            A. Make a catchy remark or express your opinion of this president

            B. Repeat what you found most interesting.