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December 2024

 

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

- Created and presented an AMAZING Constitution project - Constitution, the Musical! This was written, directed & performed by our very own students and demonstrated their a) knowledge of the Constitution and b) how the Constitution connects to their lives today. They did an INCREDIBLE job!

- Began reading the powerful novel, City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

- Learned 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

- Completed our first WordMasters Challenge of the year

- Worked with verbs & helping verbs

- Constructed solid responses to open ended questions using the I.R.A.C.E.S. formula

- Introduced our new unit of study, Westward Expansion

 

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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

- Wrote powerfully persuasive opinion essays on The Best Field Trip Destination in New Jersey is...

- Dissected all kinds of words through word study & word morphology

- Identified what makes a sentence a sentence 

- Completed a mini unit of study on mythology

- Identified the elements of mythology

- Summarized the story, Odysseus and the Bag of Winds 

- Introduced our new unit of study on the Lenni Lenape Native Americans

 

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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

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908.876.3865  ext. 1217

  

 

 

 

 

 

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