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Nadolny, Peckham, Vanderweil	Ms Peckham, Ms Nadolny, Ms Vanderweil
Vinal School	Grade 5
http://www.norwellschools.org
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IMPORTANT DATES:

~ School Vacation: December 24th - January 3rd (school resumes Monday 1/4)
~ Term 2 Ends: Friday 1/29
~ Term 2 Report Cards -- Friday 2/5

The school has provided each fifth grade student with a 7-pocket organizer. We are expecting students to use these folders to transport materials (Agendas, homework assignments, notices for parents, etc) from classroom to classroom and from school to home and back. The organizers have been labeled and set up for the students.

Please use the Homework section of this website only as a back-up to the Agendas. Our students' Agendas are updated whenever any new assignments are added.

Homework, week ending 12/23:

Language Arts:

• 5-N

~ Reading Logs -- Due 1/04
~ December Book Talks -- due in week beginning 12/21 (All students have a
    presentation schedule in their Home-School Folders. Students also have a
    blue Informational packet with these details at home. The information is also
    posted in each Homeroom.)

• 5-P

~ Reading Logs -- Due on 1/04
~ December Book Talks -- due in week beginning 12/21 (All students have a
    presentation schedule in their Home-School Folders. Students also have a
    blue Informational packet with these details at home. The information is also
    posted in each Homeroom.)

• 5-V

~ Reading Logs -- Due on 1/04
~ December Book Talks -- due in week beginning 12/21 (All students have a
    presentation schedule in their Home-School Folders. Students also have a
    blue Informational packet with these details at home. The information is also
    posted in each Homeroom.)

Science:

• 5-N

~ Science Assessment -- Monday 12/21

• 5-P

~ Science Assessment -- Monday 12/21

• 5-V

~ Science Assessment -- Monday 12/21

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Math:

• 5-N

~ Math packet- Due Wednesday
~ Timed Math facts- Due Wednesday
~ Practice Math Facts 1-12 nightly

• 5-P

~ Math packet- Due Wednesday
~ Timed Math facts- Due Wednesday
~ Practice Math Facts 1-12 nightly

• 5-V

~ Math packet- Due Wednesday
~ Timed Math facts- Due Wednesday
~ Practice Math Facts 1-12 nightly

Social Studies:

• 5-N
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• 5-P
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• 5-V
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Other:

• All Classes:

     ~ Agenda Money -- due asap



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ELA BOOK TALK LETTER........... (students have a copy of this to take home for parents)

Dear Parents

At our Curriculum Night, the fifth grade teachers briefly discussed the fifth grade procedure for an alternative to standard book reports. A detailed letter was sent home to all families with all the necessary information. Below is an overview and highlights of the activities.

The first component of the model involves an oral presentation. The fifth grade English/Language Arts classes will soon be launching into the exciting world of "Book Talks". During the last week of every month, seven or eight students in each class will be presenting a Book Talk to their peers. Each student will present THREE Book Talks per year. The Book Talks should be approximately five minutes in length. Rather than a simple regurgitation of plot, characters, and minor details, the purpose of a Book Talk is to share a bit of information about a good book and to try to entice others to read it. Since literate adults often discuss books they have read and recommend them to others, by asking students to present in this fashion, we are modeling what adult readers do.    We will be filing all the Book Talk pages by genre in a binder and storing it in the classroom so all readers will have access to it, and will perhaps use it when they are looking for a new book to read.

Attached you will find a Book Talk presentation schedule, a sample Book Talk page for non-fiction and fiction presentations and a rubric. Stedents should not use any pages from the packet to complete a Book talk presentation. These pages are samples only, and designed to give parents and students an idea of some of the questions Book Talks need to address. The forms that students need to complete their Book Talks are found in their ELA classroom and can be taken at any time needed. Of course, students may complete additional Book Talk pages whenever they wish, and those pages will be filed as well.

The second component of the model involves independent "center"-type activities on which students will have the opportunity to work during Independent Reading time as they finish their books, and on other occasions when there is Academic Choice time during class. There are a variety of activities from which to choose, and the number of required activities will be set at a pace deemed appropriate for each individual learner. Assessment sheets will be sent home as each activity is completed.

Finally, Book Logs will be coming home with students starting Friday, October 9th. Full instructions for completing and submitting the Book Logs can be found on the actual document.

It is our hope that this new model will eliminate the stress for students (and for parents) that standard book reports can induce. By having the students present in a way that models what adult readers do, the students will be engaged in a more real-world experience when sharing what they are reading for pleasure.

As always, if you have any questions, let us know. Thank you!



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