5th Grade
Ms. Booker & Mrs. Linzmeyer
Upcoming Events
March 11th- Culver's Night (Ms. Booker will be there from 5-6pm)
March 11 & 12- Math MAP Testing
March 13- D.A.R.E. Graduation from 6-7 at the High School Auditorium
March 18- Spring Student Led Conferences (more information below)
April 1st- Yearbook Orders due (online)
April 11th- Parent Camp Whitcomb Meeting at the high school from 6:00-7:00pm
Spring Conferences
Parent-Teacher Conferences for Spring of the 2018-2019 school year will be held Monday, March 18. These conferences are student let and optional. Four slots will be available for each 15 minute block. During this time students will present what they have been working on this semester. Through a series of interactive slides, you will gain insight into your child's proficiency on standards, observe your child's selected artifacts, and more! We will be there for any questions or comments you might have, but know these are optional, student led conferences. If you chose not to attend a conference at school, your child will be sharing their presentation with you via email.
Information on sixth grade placement or math class placement for next year will not be available for these conferences, as we need data from later in the year to make this determination.
If Mrs. Linzmeyer or Ms. Booker would like an individual conference with you, you will receive an email with time options.
Summer School
Option 1- simple let parents know that they can go on the summer school web-page to get needed information about summer school
Option 2- you could share with parents that Step One in the registration process starts on Monday Feb 18th and closes M March 4th. Step Two in the registration process will be signing up for classes this will open on Saturday March 16th at 8 am. The final step will occur in May when parents need to pay for any classes their child is taking that have a fee. All fees must be paid prior to summer school starting.
Yearbook Orders
If you have not yet ordered a yearbook you may still do so. The cost is $14.00 and can be done online or your child can pick up an envelope in the office and pay with cash or check.
To order a yearbook online visit:
Select "Horizon Prepay Yearbook" from the dropdown menu
Enter code: prepay
Enter your email and click submit
Click the products tab and select yearbook and checkout.
The deadline for ordering a yearbook is April 1st.
Spirit Week
3/18-Monday- Idol Day (Who is your idol or someone you look up to? Dress like them today)
3/19-Tuesday- Farm Day (Dress up as your favorite Farmer or Farm Animal)
3/20-Wednesday- Dream Career Day (Dress for your dream job)
3/21-Thursday- Dress as a Horizon Staff Member Day (Come to school as a Horizon Staff Member)
3/22-Friday- Pirate Pride Day (You can't hide that Pirate Pride!)
Language Arts
Reading - This week we continued working on our Argument and Advocacy Unit. Groups will present information they have researched about various topics. They will be using skills they have developed to determine author's perspective and reading with a critical eye.
Writing - We will start to wrap up our Research Based Argument Essay this week and work on our final draft of these essays. They have been working on a claim and then supporting that claim with reasons and solid evidence.
Math
This week:
- Completed Unit 4 Assessment (you will see these during Spring Conferences)
- Investigated what division means through a task card activity
- Learned how to divide 4-digit dividends by 2-digit divisors
**Next week we will begin MAP Testing on Monday.
Dreambox Reminder: Students are expected to have a minimum of 7 lessons completed each week!
Science
We all know the famous experiment, baking soda and vinegar; bubbles form when the baking soda comes into contact with vinegar. Students learned that this reaction is a chemical reaction since a new substance, gas (carbon dioxide) is formed. Using two different powders and two different liquids, students planned and carried out an investigation to identify which substances react together to form new substances.
Mrs. Quick's Math Class
This week we:
Completed the last chapter of the 5th grade curriculum, Measurement and Data!
Reviewed and practiced finding the volume of composite figures
Classified Geometric Figures - quadrilaterals, triangles, and other two-dimensional shapes
Took the Volume Assessment
Logged into Mathia - the 6th grade online component to the Carnegie curriculum! This was very exciting for students!
Monday we will dive into Module 1, Composing and Decomposing, where we’ll focus on Factors and Area, Positive Rational Numbers, and Decimals and Volume
Dreambox Reminder: Students are expected to have a minimum of 7 lessons completed each week! While in homerooms, students will continue their work on Dreambox, and will be given time for Mathia in math class.
MAP Testing will be Monday and Tuesday!
Bonus Phrase/Word
Bonus Phrase/Word: Sunshine