A message from Mrs. Blackmon about communication...
Remind app join code for the class of 2027: b23e7c
Hello 5th graders! I will be posting a variety of reading and math enrichment activities for you to check out and try! If you're looking for a fun challenge, you have come to the right place! I will also be hosting a fifth grade TD video conference every Wednesday at 10:30 am. See below under TD MEET for more directions on how to join me in Cyberspace by using ZOOM!
TD MEET on ZOOM!
To join the regular Wednesday TD 5th grade video meeting, click this link:
Weekly on Wednesday at 10:30 am (not counting SPRING BREAK April 15th)
https://zoom.us/j/224007753
Weekly on Wednesday at 10:30 am (not counting SPRING BREAK April 15th)
https://zoom.us/j/224007753
Enrichment Choice Boards
May 27th-June 9th
For the remainder of the school year (the next two weeks), you are encouraged to choose activities from the TD choice boards below. Each board is themed and offers up to 8 activities. Please select 2 to 3 activities per week to complete from ANY combination of the boards below. For example, you can choose 3 activities from a single board OR you can choose 1 activity from one board and 2 from another OR 1 activity from 3 different boards. Have a great time!!
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Literacy Enrichment
May 13th-May 27th Hamilton: An Analysis (2-week study)
As many of you know, the Hamilton Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda has become an international phenomenon. In celebration of the upcoming Hamilton movie release on Disney+, we will take part in an analysis over the next two weeks!
CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING PROJECT:
Fifth Grade Promotion
Each week through March and April I will post a 5th grade Root-of-the-Week for you to learn. Much of the English language is based on greek and latin. Understanding these roots (word parts) can grow your vocabulary and comprehension. It can also sharpen your "word attack" skills when you must clarify an unfamiliar word! Our first root is below:
April 22-29th: I love WUZZLE PUZZLES! For this week, we will take a "root" break and try out some word puzzles or "wuzzles" for fun! Here is a website to show you how they work. Underneath, I will post some that do not have the answer key shown and YOU will have to figure them out! Feel free to ask friends and family to help you. They are a lot of fun!!
Sample WUZZLES with answers HERE for practice!
Then try these 18 on your own and see how you do! Good luck!
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April 7-April 22nd: graph and gram both mean "write." Complete the pages below to learn how each word is related to the concept of writing.
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April 1st-April 7th: The root "min" means small. Check out the activities below to see many English words that contain this root and how each word is connected to the meaning of small! We will go over the answers together on April 7th!
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March 25th-April 1st: The human race has been carrying things from one place to another since the beginning. Click on the link below to learn about the root word "port" which makes up SO many words today that include the idea of carrying in their meaning. Complete the attachment below and be creative :)
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Port- ANSWER KEY
Reading: Chains Novel Study
If you loved Chains and are hungry to read more—it is the first in a series of books! Check out Forge next. Ashes follow that. Go for it!!
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Novel Study: Chains
Treadwell and Hayes' students have already received the novel and have begun reading. Going forward, please consult your Google Classroom for more instructions about your novel expectations and assignments. Fifth grade students in DeSeve/Brock/Gregory/Bendis. You have not yet received the book Chains, but are encouraged to get a copy and read along with us using the schedule to the left. We will be meeting for an online discussion three times a week on ZOOM (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 2 pm) beginning on March 23rd. You can order a copy of the book online at any major book retailer including Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can also check out an online copy using the Sora app through CMS or the Char-Meck Public Library (if copies are available). Mrs. Blackmon also has paper copies available for pick-up at Bain this Friday, March 20th between 8am-12pm. Email [email protected] let me know if you'll be coming by Bain for a copy. |
Next Online "Chains" Chat for DeSeve/Bendis/McElrath/Brock/Gregory:
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This is a FANTASTIC video featuring Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Chains, Forge, Fever, and many others. Please take ten minutes to listen and watch! She discusses her storytelling roots, love of language, and writing. I absolutely loved it.
OPTIONAL BOOK CLUB
Scroll down to see our voting options. Each picture is linked to Amazon if you are interested in purchasing a copy for your child and having them join us in our reading group!
Our optional book club has been such a wonderful success! We finished Laurie Halse Anderson's "Fever 1793" today and the group is eager to choose the next book for our book club! Voting will be open from today until May 8th at noon. I will announce the winning book selection at noon on FRIDAY, MAY 8th. Then everyone will have a few days to order/borrow/obtain the book in the mean time if you are interested in joining us. Our ZOOM book club meetings will meet on Tuesday and Thursdays at 2 pm.
Our first meeting will be Tuesday, May 12th at 2 pm!
WINNER!
Click HERE for Reading and Meeting Schedule
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this Newbery Medal Award–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien.
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby in turn renders them a great service. |
Elizabeth is drawn into a dramatic story from the American Revolution when she discovers a portrait of her ancestor, a girl called Zee, who has a striking resemblance to Elizabeth. The girls' lives intertwine and Elizabeth's present-day story alternates with Zee's. As Elizabeth learns about Zee, and walks where Zee once walked and battles raged, the past becomes as vivid and real as the present.
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In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue - Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is - she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are - and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves.... or it might destroy her. |
Blistering winds. Bitter cold. And the hope of a new future. In this compelling sequel to Chains, a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson shifts perspective from Isabel to Curzon and brings to the page the tale of what it takes for runaway slaves to forge their own paths in a world of obstacles—and in the midst of the American Revolution.
The Patriot Army was shaped and strengthened by the desperate circumstances of the Valley Forge winter. This is where Curzon the boy becomes Curzon the young man. In addition to the hardships of soldiering, he lives with the fear of discovery, for he is an escaped slave passing for free. And then there is Isabel, who is also at Valley Forge—against her will. She and Curzon have to sort out the tangled threads of their friendship while figuring out what stands between the two of them and true freedom. |
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him. So begins a coming-of-age masterwork full of equal parts comedy and tragedy from Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt. As Doug struggles to be more than the “skinny thug” that his teachers and the police think him to be, he finds an unlikely ally in Lil Spicer—a fiery young lady who “smelled like daisies would smell if they were growing in a big field under a clearing sky after a rain.” In Lil, Doug finds the strength to endure an abusive father, the suspicions of a whole town, and the return of his oldest brother, forever scarred, from Vietnam. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon’s birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage. In this stunning novel, Schmidt expertly weaves multiple themes of loss and recovery in a story teeming with distinctive, unusual characters and invaluable lessons about love, creativity, and survival.
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Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie’s house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs...
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Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales.
The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought. |
New York Times bestseller The False Prince thrills with wild twists and turns, danger and deceit, and the revelation of hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.
In a discontented kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword's point -- he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. But Sage's rivals have their own agendas as well. As Sage moves from a rundown orphanage to Conner's sumptuous palace, layer upon layer of treachery and deceit unfold, until finally, a truth is revealed that, in the end, may very well prove more dangerous than all of the lies taken together. |
Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent? Ben Ripley sure hopes so—and his life may depend on it!
Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: C.I.A. or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn’t exactly scream “secret agent.” In fact, Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without a mishap. Because of his innate nerdiness, Ben is not surprised when he is recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science—but he’s entirely shocked to discover that the school is actually a front for a junior C.I.A. academy. Could the C.I.A. really want him? Actually, no. There’s been a case of mistaken identity—but that doesn’t stop Ben from trying to morph into a supercool undercover agent, the kind that always gets the girl. And through a series of hilarious misadventures, Ben realizes he might actually be a halfway decent spy…if he can survive all the attempts being made on his life! |
Math Enrichment
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May 6th-May 13th: Social Distancing Math and the Pythagorean Theorem
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April 22nd-May 6th: For this week and next, you will be creating your own Coordinate Grid Neighborhood project. The directions for the assignment are below along with an example of the finished product!
April 1st-22nd: Watch the video first and then click on the assignment and follow the directions for submitting. BE SURE that when you click the assignment it makes a "copy" of my original. Then rename your copy according to the directions. Otherwise you will accidentally alter the original.
March 25th-April 1st: In this activity, you will use braces, brackets and parentheses to make the expressions true. Then work to solve for the unknown value. Remember to think about the order of operations as you work. Click on the pdf below to complete the assignment. Click on the video below for a tutorial on braces, brackets and parenthesis.
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Numerical Expressions Answer Key
