Welcome to Fifth Grade!
Good Afternoon Families! 😎
It was an absolute pleasure seeing you last night! I hope you found Curriculum Night to be informative. Your involvement and support are greatly appreciated!
The link you clicked on is our classroom Blogger page, which will have bi-monthly classroom updates. Included in the updates will be our current target concepts in all academic areas, classroom events, and important upcoming dates. An email with a link to our classroom Blogger page will be pushed out every two weeks when our Blogger page is updated.
Here are the targets we are currently/planning on working to master over the next couple of weeks:
Literacy
*Our students are currently working on finding the theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
Writing
*Our students are off to a great start writing narrative pieces. We are currently working on planning our baseline free-topic narrative piece.
Math
*Our students are currently working on writing and evaluating numerical expressions with parentheses as well as demonstrating their understanding of how find the volume of rectangular prisms.
Social Studies
*We plan on starting geography in the coming days. We will start with locating states and countries based on relative location.
Science
*We started instruction of TCI science curriculum! Our current focus is on understanding the makings of a various ecosystems around the world.
Upcoming Events
**Sept. 4: No School (Labor Day)
Friendly Reminders
** As I mentioned last night, we use our Bonus Bucks to "purchase" prizes at the end of every trimester. If you have any unused toys laying around or would like to donate to our Classroom Store, it would be greatly appreciated.
** Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack and a water bottle. Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack and staying hydrated!
** Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack and a water bottle. Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack and staying hydrated!
** Please continue to have your child practice their multiplication facts up to 12.
(We love collaborating together to solve math problems! 😁)
And... that concludes our first full week of the school year! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you and have a fantastic weekend!