NEWS FROM FIFTH GRADE
WEEK OF NOV.4 -6
Thanks to our students for fantastic attitudes in a transitional week. We had a student transfer and another student enroll within two days during a week when we were helping another friend grieve. Your kids handled it with grace and aplomb, demonstrating grace and kindness. We welcome Anneke Collins.
READING
Students are reading a novel of their own choosing for silent reading.
POPPY is our current class book. It has such incredibly chewy vocabulary, it really brings interesting discussion around word choice. We will also be studying three real-life creatures as we read about their fictional counterparts Students will be learning about taking notes, and writing a report about them over the next few weeks. We will be dissecting owl pellets either just before or after Thanksgiving. (I order from a biological supply company and the specimens are sterilized. We use gloves and masks.) “Treemendous” book reports are going to be underway this week as well; these are classroom projects that take a structured look at a book your child has recently read.
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Homework: Check with your child to see what the new format for their reading log looks like. Some chose to track by time and others are tracking titles read this month. BOOK IT pizza slips came home today, a free personal pizza for your strong reader!
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.
IXL We just finished the skills on run ons, fragments and complete sentences. This was good practice! It’s easier to identify than to avoid using them in writing sometimes. We’re still learning.
US HISTORY and SOCIAL STUDIES
We will be picking our states at the end of the month and starting to memorize states and capitals this week. We will start with Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. I’d recommend the app Stack the States as well as Drive Through USA to help with practice if needed. It’s very fun! They finished coloring and labeling their initial maps. I’ll check and correct these, then send them home soon.
We are sending our Ft. Vancouver packets in for a Junior Ranger badge. Students did either five or six activities depending on age. This was pretty independent, they did well!
BIBLE VERSE: James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
SCIENCE-
We are entering our final engineering challenge for the aeronautics unit. Your students
will be working in teams of two to three to create a drop copter that can hold weight and drop slowly to beat a challenge parameter. They’ve worked with several styles to investigate what works. You should have seen two types come home today. Our animal units that go with Poppy will be our next science topics.
GENERAL and UPCOMING INFORMATION
NO SCHOOL next Wednesday due to Veteran’s Day.
CONFERENCES week after next- November 16-20 ( I love telling you how amazing your kids are!)
NOON DISMISSAL at conference week (Tuesday-Friday only.)
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.
PE M, T, F
Music W, TH
PIZZA FRIDAYS! $2 per slice. ORDER by Wednesdays.
SHOEBOX COLLECTION starts next week, November 9-13.
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