Fifth Grade Rm. 100

Mr. Kelley

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kylekelley@olgschool.net

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Dr. Steve Kahn Web Page    -     OLG Staff Member

Family Thinking Points

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*  5th Grade Announcement from Mrs. Skinner - Choir Practice will be on Thursdays from 12:00-12:25!

OLG Home Page

School Dates                      Newsletter

    Classroom Schedule

Virtus Parent Letter

_________D.A.R.E.__________

Dare Newsletter from Officer Eidem

In D.A.R.E. class students have already discussed at length the concept of pressure in many different forms and the power of individual choice despite pressure.  Here are some short clips that may be good conversation starters.

Matt Damon hosts True Stories

Curt Schilling: True Stories of Steroids  

Here are short clips produced by Dove.  The first stresses how much the face of a woman is digitally enhanced on T.V. to look good and in turn apply pressure to young people to look that good.  The second is more of an inspirational ad.

Dove Campaign Ad

Dove Campaign Ad 2

  ____Project Requirements___

LA Book Reports

      Starting in October, students will be asked to report on a novel of their choice for each of the remaining months.  Students will sign up for their date of presentation each month.  Several presentation options are available, however, all presentations should include the following:

Main Characters

Setting

Problem

Solution

Theme (Lesson Learned)

Here are the choices for presentation style:

Option 1 - Poster Presentation(Samples in the Room)

Option 2 - Novel Box or Bag

Option 3 - Letter to the Author

Option 4 - Book Jacket Presentation (Samples in the Room)

LA Writing Excursions

       Students will be asked to complete writing excursions.  These are shorter writings and essays covering a variety of purposes in writing.  Students will be coming home with a packet explaining the editing process.  Each student is asked to have an adult of their choice look at their writing with them.  Students will then have a chance to polish their draft and work on a final piece.  We are really promoting good drafting skills this year and trying to make each draft better than the last.  I will be posting the scoring sheets, helpful tips for adult-student editing, and the universal editing marks.

     Our first writing excursion will be a descriptive paragraph written about the student's favorite possession.  More info. to follow.

Writing Guidelines For 5th Grade

Student-Adult Writing Form

Oops! Editing Marks

Styling a Paper

Writing Tips

Purposes for Writing

Please print these forms as you need them.

Extra Writing Challenges

Each month poses a different extra writing challenge.

These can be turned into the IN box like all writing projects.

__________Social St.___________

Biography Report Project Requirments

Biography Grading Sheet

Biography Presentation Schedule

______Internet Safety Tips______

Cyber Bullying

Keeping internet use positive

This website offers professional resources, articles, books, forums and blogs that offer advice in helping navigate students through proper internet use.  

McGruff Safety Tips for the Internet

Internet problem solver

This website encourages parent interaction on the internet with their student which builds towards increased trust and independence.  There is a parent/student pledge or contract available online as well. This encourages reasonable agreements about internet use.

____Fifth Grade in Action____

__________Hotlinks__________

Typing Practice

Keyboarding Games

Use this site to increase your accuracy and speed as a typist.  This is a very valuable skill for middle school and will save you time on homework in the future.

Minnesota History

Minnesota Facts

How much do you know your state.  Check out some of the basic info. about our beloved "Land of 10,000 Lakes".

Math Support

Everyday Math

This is a support website for our math curriculum and offers support practice and games to supplment student learning for each unit of study.

Writing Support

The 6 Traits of Writing

The OLG staff supports writing with purpose and these six guidelines help ensure that your writing is well-rounded.

Vocab Boost

Vocab Helper

Sadlier-Oxford Weekly Vocab Practice Games

These two sites can increase your word power.  Word power gives you optoins and confidence when writing and speaking.

Newberry Award Winning List

This is always a great place to start if you are planning some summer reading.  If time allows you may want to try a small book group with similar aged kids from the school or neighborhood.  Set some dates to meet and talk about a book.  Parents this could be a great modeling opportunity for discussion.  I've heard several parents mention that they are doing something similar this summer.

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Social Studies

We are currently studying the growth of the colonies throughout the late 1600's and 1700's.  The colonies gradually grow more self reliant and steps are made in incraments towards eventual separation from Briatain.  Below are two videos to support our upcoming lessons.

Colonial Williamsburg (Past and Present) Video

Steps to Revolution