Parent-Teacher Conferences are October 27th and October 29th. If you have not signed up for your conference via the Sign Up Genius Link, please make sure to do so as soon as possible. If you need me to re-send you the link, please let me know. Thank you!
Report cards will be emailed home to families beginning on Tuesday.
Students have earned a class reward for working together and making good choices over first quarter! We will be having a pizza party on Wednesday. Please send in $2.00 to help cover the cost of pizza. I will be purchasing drinks and cookies for the children as well. Thank you!
The book fair will be taking place this week and next week. Our class will be visiting to preview the books on Tuesday and purchases may be made beginning on Wednesday.
There will be no school on Friday, October 31st. Our Halloween party will be held on Thursday, October 30th.
Class Updates:
In math, we will be beginning Chapter 3 which covers division concepts. This week we will focus on fact families and relating division to multiplication. We will also review the basic steps to solving long division problems. It will be helpful for students to review their basic facts in division, as they will be using them regularly throughout the chapter.
In reading, we are learning that good readers ask questions before, during, and after reading to aid in comprehending texts. We will continue to work on questioning by exploring the difference between literal and inferential questions. In writing, we will be doing a fall themed project that helps review synonyms and antonyms. Students will also celebrate finishing their personal narratives by having a "gallery walk" with the other fifth grade classes. They will have the opportunity to read each's other published pieces and leave positive comments for each other. Our next big unit will be informational writing.
In social studies, we will be starting a project to wrap up our unit on Native Americans. Students will be working in partners to research a specific region or group of Native Americans. Students will use text books, library books, and websites to gather facts. Once they have finished researching, they will create an online book through a website called Story Jumper and present what they have learned to their classmates.
Last week, we met with our second grade buddies to continue to learn about the military. Students listened to a story about the Navy and recorded facts they learned to add to a display in the hall. Buddies also finished projects to see what they had in common with each other and to share some of their favorite things about themselves. Check out some of their finished work:
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