Headlines, 10/20

The Headlines

 

Thank you so much for coming in this week for conferences.  Both Mr. Morris and I enjoyed visiting with you and learning more about your student.  You all gave me some great ideas and I hope you walked away with a better understanding of what we do all day.  I am so appreciative for such a supportive and involved group of parents. 

 

Also, a HUGE thank you for feeding us all week!  It was so nice to be treated to such a delicious spread every day.  We are a spoiled group of teachers J!

 

Math:  Last week we completed Unit 2 of Singapore Math.  We have discussed order of operations, mental math, the distributive property and multiplying larger numbers, and long division.  We will be spending a couple of days on review work and will be testing on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week.  I will be holding an additional study session Monday afternoon from 2:45 – 3:25.  If your student needs any additional review I suggest they stay on Monday.  Our next unit will begin after the test, which is fractions.

 

Language Arts: We only have a couple of chapters left in Voyage.  This has been a beautiful book that we all have enjoyed.  We will have a test over the book on Thursday or Friday of this week. It will be composed of vocabulary, comprehension questions, and an essay question.  A review sheet will be coming home this week.  I was very proud of the grades on our Roots test!  I can tell there was a lot of studying that took place.  We are taking a break from Grammar this week and will go back to the study of outlines.

 

Spalding:  We are moving along quite nicely with our spelling words.  This week we will review the phonograms and will have our next set of thirty words. 

 

Science: We have continued reviewing the parts of a cell and their functions.  Unfortunately with our short days we did not make our cell similes, so we will be making these in class this week. We will also be learning about the six different types of cells in the human body.

 

History: We learned about the Medici family this week and discussed the way they impacted Florence’s economy.  Next we are planning on studying the popes and delving deeper into Renaissance artists.

 

Reminders:

 

This is a from last week, but bears a repeating:

This quarter we will be focusing on staying organized and managing time wisely.  I was a bit lax in some of my late work policies, but this quarter I will be more stringent so that they are ready for sixth grade.

Homework turned in late, but on day it was due will receive 10% off, after that they will get half credit.  Please help your students by discussing what homework they have each day.  All due dates and assignments are written in their agendas daily.

 

The Read-A-Thon is coming October 31!  This is a super fun day when students and staff get to dress up as their favorite literary character from our reading list while we enjoy literature together.  We will be discussing this more in class soon, but get your creative juices flowing!

 

 Important Dates:

 

10/29, 10/30: The Barnes and Noble Book Fair, 4-8 pm

10/31: Read-A-Thon

10/5: Picture Retakes

11/15: Fun Run

 

Wish List:

 

We are in need of a few more supplies, so if you are able we would love the donations:

*Old magazines for collage work, needed ASAP!

*Kleenex- We are completely out!

*Hand sanitizer

*Clorox Wipes