5TH GRADE NEWS
September 11th - 15th
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, 9/11 -- NO SCHOOL DUE TO HURRICANE IRMA
Wednesday, 9/20 -- Field Trip @ GSU -- *Field Trip is CANCELLED*
Thursday, 9/28 -- Picture Day
Wednesday, 10/4 -- Field Trip -- Trout Release in the Chattahoochee River
Friday, 10/20 -- Field Trip -- Carter Library
ASSESSMENTS
Wednesday, September 13th -- Write Score Pre-Assessment (Online)
Thursday, September 14th -- ELA: Reading Test (Fiction) *NEW DATE*
Friday, September 15th -- MATH: Order of Operations Quiz
Friday, September 22nd -- ELA: Affixes Quiz
THIS WEEK'S SKILLS & CONTENT
ELA - READING: Theme vs. Main Idea
ELA - GRAMMAR: Prepositions & Conjunctions
ELA - WRITING: Analyzing and Writing Narratives
SOCIAL STUDIES: Westward Expansion & Cowboys
MATH: Order of Operations & Writing Expressions
SCIENCE: Current Electricity
INFINITE CAMPUS
Infinite Campus is now up and running. All current grades will be posted by the end of this week. Be sure to check Infinite Campus on a regular basis as future scores will be posted weekly. As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
CONFERENCES
Mrs. Schirmer and I look forward to conferencing with each of you. The majority of our parent-teacher conferences will be held on Tuesday, 9/26 and Tuesday, 10/3. Please be sure to sign up using this link. Currently, there are only 34 slots. However, we will be adding additional times later this week. If none of the times listed work with your schedule, please send us an email, and we will work to find a time to accommodate you.