I hope at the end of each day, when you ask your child, "What did you do in school today?" your child can give you a better answer than, "Nothing." In fact, what I really hope is that you don't even have to ask. I hope that your child is so excited about what they learned that they will blurt out a summary without any need for prompting. I hope your child doesn't dwell on what was taught, but on what was learned. Most importantly, I hope your child can't wait to see just what we will learn the next day. I am so excited for this year! I know it is going to be amazing!

Fifth grade spelling is up and running! A pretest, with list one words, hopefully made it home. If not, I have attached List One to the e-mail. We will pretest on Fridays and posttest on Thursdays. Starting next week, students that miss two words or less will be placed on a challenge list.

Thursday-August 21-Spelling Test

Back to School Night for Grades 3-5

TuesdayAugust 26th 7:00 in the gym to start.

PTO Skating Party- Wednesday, August 27th from 6:00 to 8:00 at Skate City

Math-Topic 1 Place Value to the billions. writing numbers in standard and expanded form, comparing and ordering numbers, decimal place value to the thousandths, comparing and ordering decimals, and problem solving with a focus on the problem solving strategy-Look for a Pattern.

I'm hoping to test Friday, August 22nd.

Reading-

Genre-Humor

Story-A Package for Mrs. Jewels.

Target Skills- point of view, irony, summarizing, context clues, and story elements

Comprehension and Vocabulary Assessment on Friday.

Vocabulary-

disturbing

interrupted

squashing

specialty

struggled

staggered

wobbled

collapsed

numb

shifted

Writing-For our first writing assignment, we will be focusing on point of view. Students will be using the writing process to write a short narrative piece based on a fairy tale written from a different point of view. We will also be reviewing the 6 writing traits-ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, and conventions.

Science and Social Studies begins this week!

We began filling out agendas today. Students will write both the focus of the lesson and homework assignments. Homework will be designated by a box drawn next to the assignment in which students can check off when the task is complete. If the assignment is not due the next day, students will write the due date next to the assignment. We are requiring a nightly parent signature, but hope parents will encourage their child to use the agenda at home.

Fifth grade does not eat lunch until 12:20 so students are welcome to bring in a healthy snack to eat in the morning.

Information about safety patrol and band went home last week. If your child is interested in doing safety patrol, please sign and return the Safety Patrol form. If you need another one, please let me know.