Welcome to Room 220
Mrs. DeGennaro's class
Phone Number: 881 - 0510 ext. 41220
Email address: degemaur@shenet.org
June 3-June 7, 2013
Announcements
There will be a half day on Friday, June 7th
Daily Materials Needed
All students will need a "Good Fit Book" and a healthy snack and water bottle everyday. As a reminder from our school nurse, we have children with severe nut allergies so be sure not to bring in any foods that contain nuts of any kind (peanuts or tree nuts).Thank you.
Language Arts-Daily 5
Spelling
Pretest on Monday and Test on Friday.
Contractions
If you need to find the list look under the Language Arts section of the 5th Grade Home page.
DOL week 28-
Students have been scoring their daily work and should bring them home to share with you. Please encourage them to explain why they made the editing changes for each day.
Assessment #14 Monday June 10th
Reading
During our Daily 5 we are learning strategies to help us become strong readers. We are also building our stamina. Our Good Fit Book logs are to be filled out every day. Your child should be reading 20 minutes Monday through Thursday and once on the weekend. Your support is greatly appreciated and will lead to a successful reading experience for your child.
Math
We will continue with our study of Line Plots and graphing
Please ask to see your child's most recent fractions packet.
If you know your child is still struggling with their math facts please work with them at home. This chapter relies on a student's automatic recall of his math facts. You can use some of the great websites that can be found on the Arongen computer page for 5th grade.
We are stressing speed and accuracy. They should be able to tell you the answer automatically. "Know your facts like you know your own name."
Please use the link below to review concepts from the textbook as needed.
Students may earn 5 bonus points by completing the online practice test. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and complete the assessment.
Click here for online math test practice
Social Studies-
We are working in our "Discovery Boxes" to learn about Canada.
Please ask your child to share what they have "discovered" about Canada. Each child will work through the SS strands of Geography, Economy, History and Government.
Mrs. Bruno gave us passwords to access the Grolier site.

Science-
We will continue our study of Heat and Change.
There will be a quiz on States of Matter on Monday June 10th
I came across a great website for parents. If you are interested please click below and explore. Let me know if you find any helpful information.
Below you will see an example of former students' blogs. You may have already read one of the books that other students enjoyed or it may help you select a book you will like to read next.
Specials Schedule:
Monday: PE 8:15-8:45
Tuesday: Art 8:15-9:05
Wednesday: Music 11:15-11:45
Thursday: PE 8:15-8:45
Friday: Music 8:15-8:45 ELA: 8:50-9:20
Lunch: 12:10-12:55
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