Fifth Grade News
September 18th 2017
Important Info
Our first school dance is this Thursday from 3:00-4:00. Field trip forms went home today, please read, sign, and return.
Fifth Grade Parents are still needing volunteers and donations! Please see the sign up sheet below and help out if you can.
Volunteer/Donation Sign-Up Sheet for the Back-to-School Dance:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5jtv4BoH7VAbQTOEvVoWoBBE5frnRv-4960GbUPNX0/edit#gid=0
Planners
Dates and Times to Remember
School Hours are from 8am - 2:30pm
If your child is tardy, an adult has to escort them in. No student early checkout from 2-2:30
School Dance Thursday, Sept. 21st 3:00-4:00
Night of the Arts (Winter Concert) December 7th
Family Voices - Dec 14
Holiday Assistance Night Thursday, December 14th
International Potluck (replacing Celebration of Learning) TBA
Thanksgiving Dinner - Reading Celebration - Book Fair - Wednesday, November 15th
Hour of Code (1st Week of December)
Career Fair (April 17th)
Red Ribbon Week - Drug Prevention (October 23-31)
Storytelling Festival - December 7th or 14th. TBA
Christmas Lunch - December 13th
Bee Day (Around Earth Day) - April 19th
Day of Service (2-5th, one a quarter and 5th for MLK)
Stand Against Racism Day- April 27th
Muddy Sneakers Trips
9/13- Day 1 - Bent Creek-Ledford
10/4- Force and Motion (Weaver Park)
11/2- Energy Transfer (Bent Creek)
12/15- Weather (Weaver Park)
3/7- Ecosystem Interactions Or Terrestrial Ecosystems Bent Creek
4/25- Aquatic Ecosystems (Bent Creek)
5/2-Rain date (we will hold it on the schedule and utilize if a day needs to be rescheduled)
DC Trip: April 10th - 13th (Parent meeting to come in September)
Monthly PTO Meetings, 1st Tuesday of every month
Testing Dates
BOY Testing Window (iReady and mCLASS) - September 11 - 29, 201
MOY Testing Window (iReady and mCLASS) - January 8 - 30, 2018
EOY Testing Window (iReady and mCLASS) - May 7 - 25, 2018
EOGs, Friday, May 25 - Friday, June 8
Parent and Student Resources
Claxton Student Links
Current Learning Topics
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/curriculum/science/scos/support-tools/unpacking/science/5.pdf
Math- In math we are working on establishing routines and procedures with our math notebooks, leadership notebooks, and math workshop. We have been building our understanding of the number system by studying place and base ten concepts.
Reading- Last week, students began taking the iReady diagnostic assessment. If students did not complete the assessment last week, they will have time later in this week to complete it. As we move forward in to this week, students will be participating in reader's workshop and engaging in lessons that focus on characters, settings, and events in a story. Students will work on comparing and contrasting settings and events in multiple texts by using textual evidence to support their thinking. With the reader's workshop, it is imperative that students remember to bring their independent reading book to class every day. As a reminder, students should be reading nightly. I have told the students that if they are having to complete any reading for their other classes, that they can use that as their reading time and that they should just note it on their reading log.
Social Studies- We are studying the relationships between European explorers (France, Spain and England) and Indigenous groups in the Americas. Students will be examining primary sources to learn the reasons as well as the results of European exploration. We will also be learning about specific explorers from each of the 3 countries mentioned above. If you have internet access at home, please ask your daughter/son to spend a few minutes on Quizlet studying terms/definitions/people from this unit: https://quizlet.com/220803519/age-of-exploration-vocab-flash-cards/.