This is the schedule of our parent teacher conferences for this fall. I love this time to spend with parents because your students are truly amazing people who are growing so quickly in many areas. There are some spots on Friday to come if the assigned conference does not work for you; please contact the office to change.
Please note that there is no school on November 11, Veterans Day. It falls on Tuesday.
NEWS FROM FIFTH GRADE
WEEK OF OCT.27-31
I will be out of town for a family wedding this Thursday and Friday. Keith Quinton will sub for me- he’s familiar to most students and a great teacher. Please feel free to email me with any questions or concerns. I will call as soon as I am able to do so.
READING
Students are reading a novel of their own choosing for silent reading.
Posterboard came home today for “tree”-mendous book reports. Students should have their ideas finished in their binders on a rough draft worksheet that looks like a tree. I demonstrated some ideas for them, but here’s the rubric.
*Must be a book they have read on their own since September 8, 2014.
*Must be approved by Mrs. Steele (check!)
*Follows the work-sheet rough draft in form- First line has one word or character name, second has two, etc.
*Follows the work-sheet rough draft in function- First line is main character, second has two describing words, third has three words for setting, etc.
*Fills the space-- no teeny trees!
*Incorporates five -eight objects and small drawings that represent events, problems, or people in the book. (Mine has buttons, baseballs, a laundry sack, a prisoner neck tag and a math equation that doesn’t make sense till you read the book. )
*Uses some color on the background in non-smearing media like colored pencil or watercolors.
*Spelling needs to be correct, vocabulary must be varied-- do not use words such as good, very, amazing, cool, super, or great.
DUE NOVEMBER 3, 2014.
POPPY is our current class book and we are already ⅓ of the way through! Excellent
vocabulary in this book makes it a solid choice for fifth grade.
Homework: Read a minimum of twenty minutes nightly (bump it up!) at home starting in October. Please assist your student in making sure this is done.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Spelling: Lesson 8 came home today. Students should complete the packet and write the words for practice on a separate sheet of paper, stapled to the packet. TEST is Friday morning and lesson is due upon arrival in class. Please use cursive at this point for the packet and the test.
VFW essays should be done and turned in. I will grade a copy and submit the rest to the local VFW.
SCIENCE---OWL PELLETS! This Thursday and Friday.
US HISTORY and SOCIAL STUDIES
Four students have registered and I walked the class through the registration process today. If you need another code please contact me. Thanks! The link on the registration slip is working great, just make sure to use the newstudent bit at the end. We are starting week four tomorrow!
BIBLE VERSE: Colossians 2:8 Test Wednesday. Please study! Great verse for our kids as they approach middle school and beyond!
GENERAL INFORMATION
PE is Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday-- please help your fifth grade student remember athletic shoes and good clothes for running and jumping. Showering nightly is a great idea at this age and deodorant is a critical school supply.
MUSIC is Monday and Wednesday. Technology is Friday just after PE.
CHAPEL is every Wednesday. Please encourage your fifth grade student to wear chapel clothes and bring their worship voices! Part of their spiritual growth we look for includes the ability to listen, worship, and participate in the body of Christ. They are leading the way for their younger (and sometimes older!) peers.
PIZZA FRIDAYS! $2 per slice. ORDER by Wednesday 10/29.
