Parent News 9/29

NEWS FROM FIFTH GRADE                                                 WEEK OF SEPT. 28-OCT. 2

Thanks for coming to parent night last week!  I appreciate your willingness to listen to what our goals are for the year and how we “do” 5th grade!  It means a great deal to teachers to have parents informed and to be able to touch base with you all regularly.  BLUE FOLDERS have finished/graded work and important things. We use these heavy duty blue folders to communicate notes home along with finished work to stay with you. Planners  were updated today with upcoming events.

READING

Students are reading a novel of their own choosing and our class novel, Shiloh.

We are also doing some weekly vocabulary games called word ladders alongside a quick reading comprehension practice to keep those skills sharp.  Ask your student what they are reading- see how many titles they have read so far this year.

Homework:  Read a minimum of fifteen minutes nightly (400 plus for month) at home starting in October. Please assist your student in making sure this is done. Reading records (this month is a calendar to track minutes) are due Sept. 30-TOMORROW!  Please remind students to total their minutes and then a parent should sign their calendars verifying their effort. New calendars come home tomorrow.

Classtime:  Shiloh pen projects came home today. This is a fun project with found objects.  Students need to create their pen within some type of box, but not use the box as their pen.  This is due next week on Tuesday and should provide some weekend entertainment and creativity for your student.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Spelling: Lesson 3 came home last Friday. 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.  

We are still learning to navigate IXL and logging onto computers, etc.   Please see the email I will send today for your student’s personal email/username and password. A computer use policy agreement came home today for signature  by both student and parent.  Please sign and return by tomorrow if possible.

SCIENCE

We examined common objects to determine their engineering history and use.   Tomorrow we will have some fun with air and flight.  

US HISTORY and SOCIAL STUDIES

Map skills review is still taking place.  We will begin the states and capitals memorization in November, along with US History.

BIBLE

Matthew 7:24-25 Test Wednesday.   If your child is new to Cornerstone, they may tell the verse orally to me for the first few weeks and practice writing it; October will be an appropriate time to begin writing it for those students.

GENERAL INFORMATION

PE is Monday,Tuesday, and Friday-- please help your fifth grade student remember athletic shoes and good clothes for running, jumping and playing fun games!

MUSIC is Wednesday and Thursday.  Strings class is T/TH.

CHAPEL is every Wednesday.  Please wear chapel clothes and bring your worship voices!

GLOW RUN  THIS WEEKEND! RAC in Lacey.

SPIRIT WEEK October 12-15

NO SCHOOL October 16 Teacher Inservice

Field Trip October 23- Ft. Vancouver National Historic Site.  ** This is an early departure event.  We will leave school promptly at 8:15. Plan to arrive by 8:00.  Cost should be about $5.  We need three drivers.