Fifth Grade News
October 23rd 2017
Thank You for CLX teacher Lunch! We all thank you 5th grade!
HAUNTED HALL COMMITTEE CANCELED WEDNESDAY
Haunted Hall Committee -
Students who have returned their Haunted Hall permission slip will be eligible to participate in the after-school planning of this year's haunted hall.
THURSDAY - Can stay till 4:30 pm PLEASE BE ON TIME for PICKUP
FRIDAY- DAY OF Haunted Hall
Students will stay after school with teachers until 8:30
Pretty Please come help set up and CLEAN UP email rachel.autrey@acsgmail.net
We would love to have pizza and healthy snacks for after school. Please email if you can help out with this as well.
As part of the planning committee, students are expected to collaborate with their peers. If students become a disruption, they will not be allowed return, so it is important for them to understand that they are there to work.
Fall Carnival- Haunted Hall and Cardboard Challenge Friday
Important Info
Message From PTO Volunteers
Claxton Families,
Friday, October 27th is the Claxton Fall Carnival. This is a fun evening to spend time as a school community with bounce houses, games, cardboard challenge, a haunted hallway, food, and many other great events. Come enjoy the festivities with your family and donate your time so that everyone has a chance to participate!
Sign up on the sheets below. Please contact me if you have any questions about either of these events.
Thanks so much for your patience with all of my emails and for all that you do!
Amanda Pattanayak
Claxton PTO VP of Volunteers
EXCITING DC TRIP INFORMATION
April 10-13
Washington, D.C. field trip information packets went home a couple of weeks ago and again today. Please complete and return these as soon as possible. We are still in need of chaperones. Chaperones, please send in two reservation forms with two deposits. Also, please start the background check application found here: http://www.ashevillecityschools.net/pages/Asheville_City_Schools/Human_Resources/Volunteer
Online payments can be made here: https://osp.osmsinc.com/AshevilleNC/
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
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 Field Trips:
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
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
How does the world work around you? What are the invisible forces that help the world work? What are the influences of Isaac Newton’s discoveries? What force and laws act upon moving objects like a car, ball, toy, person, ect.? How is speed calculated? Why does mass affect the motion of objects?
Test on Tuesday10/24
Math- We are beginning to explore multiplication and division strategies. We have begun with division, and used it to help us figure out speed of our Fun Run times. Speed = Distance divided by time.
Reading- HOMEWORK HAS CHANGED! Students will now have the option to read for 20 minutes OR complete an iReady reading lesson each night. On page 24 in the student journals, there is a log glued in for the 5 days of the week. If students choose to read, they must record a reading response using the sentence stems found at the front of their journal--1 to 2 sentences (Reading Strategies). If the students choose to do an iReady lesson, they can record the focus question or provide 1 to 2 sentences explaining what they learned. For every 5 lessons passed on iReady, students will receive a small reward and for every lesson the students pass, they get to add a sticker to the their class poster for the "Fill the Box" challenge.
Social Studies- This week we are studying the 13 Original Colonies. We began with a map last week and are now working to complete a chart on the founding of the colonies, their economies, and the relationships they each had with Native Americans.
The Essential Standards for this unit include:
5.H.1.1 Evaluate the relationships between European explorers (French, Spanish and English) and American Indian groups
5.H.1.2 Summarize the political, economic and social aspects of colonial life in the thirteen colonies.
Washington, D.C. field trip information packets went home last week. Please complete and return these as soon as possible. We are still in need of chaperones. Chaperones, please send in two reservation forms with two deposits. Also, please start the background check application found here: http://www.ashevillecityschools.net/pages/Asheville_City_Schools/Human_Resources/Volunteer
Online payments can be made here: https://osp.osmsinc.com/AshevilleNC/