A special thank you to Mrs. Arce for picking up film at Walgreens. The students used a picture on a project that is on display which you will see at 5th grade curriculum night. Also, the students make an individual memory book of photos taken throughout the year as a keepsake of 5th grade memories!
REMINDERS:
~Tuesday - Magazine Drive begins
~Wednesday - Red, White, and Blue "Proud to be an American" Spirit Day for 9/11
~Tuesday, September 17th 5th Grade Curriculum Night for Parents Only
SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS:
Your child will have the opportunity each month to order books from Scholastic. This is a great opportunity to purchase independent reading books for your child at a reasonable price. I send home selections from a 5th grade catalog as well as a TAB order. The TAB order has great higher level books however there are some that can contain "sensitive" material since they target a middle school audience. Please review your child's selections carefully. If you have any questions about a book's appropriateness, please ask!!
If your child places an order, I do not have an online account. Please send in the order form and a check made out to SCHOLASTIC or money but it has to be an exact amount! You may write one check and combine the total from multiple order forms.
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:
SPELLING: Lesson 2 - Pretest on Monday. Your child will have the opportunity to learn the "Word of the Week" If they spell the word and use the definition learned in class on their final test Friday, they will earn 1 bonus point! Spelling work is due Thursday. Final test is on Friday.
Challenge word list and activities for anyone that misses 0 or 1 on the pretest!
ENGLISH: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
READING: We will be reading Time for Kids a nonfiction publication and reviewing some reading strategies. Then, we begin our first theme....COURAGE
SOCIAL STUDIES: We did not start social studies last week....so, we will be doing what I mentioned last week! A scavenger hunt using our social studies text book. Then, we begin Chapter 4 and learn about the voyages of Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Exchange. The children will be writing a letter in 1st person, as if they are Christopher Columbus!
SCIENCE: Did your child share what they learned about SEWER MAGGOTS?????
This week we will begin Weather and the water cycle. The layers of the atmosphere and uneven heating
are the main topics.
MATH: ......continuing place value and comparing and ordering numbers....
~Next we will see the relationship between fractions and decimals
~ Decimals to the thousandths\
QUIZ = Friday
