Halloween and Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences are being held after school on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday of next week.  Students are always welcome to come to conferences, so that they may partake in the discussion about their learning.

Halloween is on Wednesday and students may bring their costumes. The costume might need to be simplified for school purposes since students need to be able to change in a short amount of time. Changing will take place in the classrooms. The fifth grade will have designated classrooms for boys and girls to change into their costumes. Washrooms will not be available for costume changing. Please remember no weapons, even fake, are allowed at school.  Students will then be in the Halloween parade and celebrate the holiday in classroom parties.


A Look at Next Week:
Spelling- We are moving onto lesson nine, with a test on Friday.

Social Studies- We will be reviewing chapter five and will be taking the test on Friday.

Reading-  Students will continue to focus on drawing conclusions from short stories.

Language Arts- Students will review paragraph writing.  We will eventually write a persuasive paragraph about the up-coming elections.

Science- We will be preparing for our owl dissection.

Mastny's Math-  We are now in chapter five, and learning about decimals.  We will hopefully have a chapter five Quest on Thursday.

*Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday- Parent Teacher Conferences

Have a great weekend!

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:
Spelling- We are moving onto lesson eight, with a test on Friday.

Social Studies- We will finish chapter five and will be taking a test the week of October 29th.

Reading-  Students will be focusing on drawing conclusions from short stories.  The first short story they will read is "A Boy Called Slow."

Language Arts- Students will finish our chapter on punctuation.  We will begin reviewing for their test which will be on Friday, October 26th.

Science- I moved the chapter five science test to Tuesday, October 23rd.

Mastny's Math-  We will finish chapter three on division. There will be a chapter three test on Wednesday, October 24th.  

*Thursday- Early Dismissal

Have a great weekend!

Junior Achievement Program

Our class will be starting Junior Achievement on Monday, October 15th.  Our Junior Achievement volunteer, Mr. Blocker, will be visiting our classroom over the next several weeks to present lessons about creating and running a business.  The sessions will teach students different concepts such as supply and demand, use of resources, cost of business, and profit.  This program shows students real-world applications of several Social Studies' concepts.



A Look at Next Week:
Spelling- We are moving onto lesson seven, with a test on Friday.

Social Studies- We will be learning about the 13 colonies.  We will finish chapter five and will be taking a test the week of October 22nd.

Reading-  Students will continue to ask more thought-provoking or "thick" questions while they read "Volcanoes."  All students will be presenting their Memory Bag Project on Tuesday, October 16th.

Language Arts- Students will finish our chapter on punctuation.  We will begin reviewing for their test which will be given the week of October 22nd.

Science- We will finish chapter five and will be taking a test on Friday, October 19th.

Mastny's Math-  We will continue chapter three on division. There will be a lesson 3.1-3.5 quiz on Tuesday, October 16th.  We hope to finish chapter three next week.

Have a great weekend!

Classroom Libraries

The fifth grade teachers would like help in organizing their classroom libraries in a different way. We would like to label each book with its Lexile score so that students can make better choices for independent reading. Selecting books at appropriate Lexile levels will help students increase fluency and comprehension while reading books that are of high-interest to them. Please contact me if you are interested.

A Look at Next Week:
Spelling- We are moving onto lesson six, with a test still on Friday.
Social Studies- We will be learning about the 13 colonies.
Reading-  We will continue our non-fiction unit with a story on volcanoes.  Students will continue to ask more thought-provoking or "thick" questions while they read.  All students should be finishing their books for their Memory Bag Project, that is due October 16th.
Language Arts- We will continue our chapter on punctuation.  We will go over conjunctions, abbreviations, title punctuation, and uses for commas.
Science- We will continue to read chapter five.  Students continue to take notes and read about food-webs and ecosystems.
Mastny's Math-  We will continue chapter three on division.We plan on doing lessons 3.3-3.5.

*Monday- Columbus Day- No School!
*Wednesday- Movie Night permission slips are due.
*Thursday- Movie Night

Have a great weekend!