Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
September 6 - 9
Dear Parents,
We hope you enjoyed your long weekend! Because this will only be a 4 day week, students will only be required to read and work on MobyMax 4 nights.
Grandparents' Breakfast will be Tuesday through Friday morning. Don't forget to stop by for a yummy breakfast if you signed up to attend.
This Friday, cookie dough orders are due. We will also be having a ticketed event - Water Day! Students will need to pay 15 tickets in order to attend. They may bring a change of clothes and towel. We will both be sacrificing ourselves as volunteers for the dunk tank! Students may buy 3 chances to dunk us for $5.
We are extending the Scholastic book order deadline to Friday, September 9th. If you are planning on ordering books from any of the catalogs sent home, please return your order form and payment as soon as possible.
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Guided Read Aloud: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin - strategy focus: think marks, skill focus: characterization
- Genre Mini-Unit
- Daily Language: week 3 (plural nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, verb tenses, run-on sentences)
- Writing: routines and expectations, the writing process
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Unit 1: The Land & Early People - Chapter 2: Native Americans
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
- Fractions: We will be adding and subtracting like mixed numbers and adding unlike fractions.
- Mountain Math: Week 1
SCIENCE:
- Our focus will be physical and chemical changes. We will have a mid-unit assessment on Friday.
HOMEWORK:
- Weekly Reading Log: 20 minutes of reading, 5 nights per week, passed out every Monday and due the following Monday. Pleas initial your child's log on the days he/she reads.
- Weekly MobyMax Log: 1 round of Fact Fluency and at least 10 minutes of Math, 5 nights per week, DUE MONDAYS (this is averaged into your child's math grade).
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off. Assignments will be posted on Facebook and Remind.
UPCOMING TESTS:
THIS FRIDAY 9/9: Mid-unit science assessment
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Davis/Martin 5th Grade or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/davismartin/. We will upload photos from the week, as well as important information and reminders.
- If you are not a Facebook person, you can receive homework and test announcements from Remind. Follow this link to sign up for Mrs. Davis' homeroom and choose this link for Mrs. Martin's homeroom.
IMPORTANT DATES
Tues. Sept. 6th: Scholastic book orders due
Tues. Sept. 6th: Grandparents Breakfast
Fri. Sept. 9th: Cookie dough orders due
Fri. Sept. 9th: Water Day - Ticketed Event
Tues. Sept. 13th: Flag Presentation (during block)
Wed. Sept. 14th: Author Visit: Bill Harley
Fri. Sept. 16th: Black & Gold Day