Fifth Graders, parents and guardians!


Welcome to the Language Arts and Social Studies webpage for Beaver Creek Fifth Grade!

Please take a look at the blog and check on different posts and links for access to fun online games.

Have I mentioned you should be reading 30 minutes a day at least. Yes, and I have to keep on mentioning it again and again. Pick out a favorite kind of book whether it is a fantasy genre, mystery or a sports non-fiction book. Reading about what you like always helps.

Make sure it is in your reading level so you are comfortable with the word. And, simply sit down and read for thirty minutes. Sponge Bob can wait an episode. Reading 5 minutes here, then ten minutes there is just not the same.

Enjoy!

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Vocabulary Word Cluster HOW TO

Boy, do the students love these!

Our class alternates between the Spelling Book one week and six Academic Vocabulary Words the next week which are selected from our Reading, Writing and Social Studies lessons. For example, past words have been expedition, plot and headline. You will be able to find each week's vocabulary words in the Homework session each week.

The students need to fill out each category on the Vocabulary Cluster sheet: part of speech, synonym, definition and illustration in the same box, and the sentence using the vocabulary word.

Three sentences must be compound sentences using the vocabulary word. Compound sentences are two complete sentences combined with a conjunction and a comma.

Here is a how to...

The explorer's expedition was set to leave in April, but they were delayed until June.
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