January 2025
Hello everyone!
Thanks very much for visiting the webpage for Mrs. Ligos & Miss Ort's 5th grade class &
Mrs. Ligos's 4th grade English Language Arts & Social Studies classes.
(Remember...Mrs. Jones's students come to Mrs. Ligos in the afternoon for ELA & SS lessons.)
We are so glad you're here!
On this page, you will find just some of the many things we have been working on in our classes throughout the month.
Thanks again for visiting!
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Grade 5 English Language Arts & Social Studies
- Continued reading the powerful novel, City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau with a focus on character traits
- Continued to work with the differences between point of view & perspective and how they influence the way stories are told
- Dissected all kinds of words through word study & word morphology
- Constructed solid responses to open ended questions using the I.R.A.C.E.S. formula
- Continued learning all about Westward Expansion with a focus on the Louisiana Purchase & Manifest Destiny
- Created some beautifully written I Am From...poems
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Grade 4 English Language Arts & Social Studies
- Demonstrated our amazing growth as we constructed solid responses to open ended questions using Readworks passages, both fiction & nonfiction
- Introduced our new reading of the novel Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
- Dissected all kinds of words through word study & word morphology
- Continued learning all about the Lenape Native Americans with a focus on how they lived
- Moved through the powerful legend of The People of Twelve Thousand Winters by Trinka Hakes Noble
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LIGOS / ORT 5TH GRADE HOMEROOM
Daily Schedule
2024-2025
8:40-9:05 Homeroom / Announcements / Morning Meeting
9:05-10:35 English Language Arts (ELA) & Snack
10:35-11:05 Social Studies (SS)
11:05-11:35 Lunch
11:35-12:05 Recess
12:05-1:05 Specials
1:05-2:25 Math
2:25-3:05 Science
3:05-3:15 Homeroom / Dismissal
LIGOS / ORT 5TH GRADE HOMEROOM
Specials Schedule
2024-2025
Day 1 - Art with Mrs. Bruno
Day 2 - Health with Ms. Ressland & Spanish with Senor Rocha
Day 3 - Library / Computer with Mrs. Kerpez
Day 4 - Gym with Ms. Ressland (Be sure to wear or bring sneakers to school!)
Day 5 - Music with Ms. English
Contact Information
908.876.3865 ext. 1217
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