Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
February 20th - 23rd
Dear Parents,
We REALLY need your help with our Night of the Arts silent auction baskets! We are less than 3 weeks away. Any donation is greatly appreciated.
Mrs. Davis - Gift Cards Galore
Mrs. Martin - I LOVE Books
A reminder that the Red Wolves Read basketball game is THIS Thursday, February 22nd. If you turned in an order form for tickets, they can be picked up at will call the night of the game at First National Bank Arena.
Students are in the creating phase of their Genius Hour projects! If your child plans on creating a poster or model, those materials need to be purchased and brought to school. All projects MUST be completed by Friday, March 2nd.
JA Biztown permission slips have been sent home. Please return those at your earliest convenience. Students will get back to school around 4:30 p.m. and will not be able to take the bus home. They will need to be picked up from the school. The cost of this trip is $8.
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Reading: Students will be responding to their personal book choices by creating #booksnaps!
- Writing: Students will be writing an opinion essay over the course of a few days.
- Language: coordinating and subordinating conjunctions review - quiz on Friday
- Guided Read Aloud: The Wild Robot written by Peter Brown
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- We are still working on JA Biztown lessons. This week's focus is work readiness. Students will be looking at the 4 main career types and reflecting on which area they fit into. We will talk about skills employers look for in employees. Students will practice filling out a job application after looking at the various positions and businesses at JA Biztown. Next Monday, students will participate in mock interviews for the jobs!
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
- We will be starting our algebra unit. It will be a quick unit, the test will be before the end of the nine weeks. This grade can improve your student's math average.
SCIENCE: (JA Biztown)
- We will be going back to our Earth's Spheres Unit. This week we will be wrapping up the Geosphere portion.
HOMEWORK:
- Monthly Reading Log: Students are being asked to keep a log of how many nights they read throughout the month of February. They will turn these in on March 1st. Don't forget to log pages read!
- Weekly Math Log: 1 round of Fact Fluency and at least 10 minutes of Math, 5 nights per week (please initial your child's log on the days he/she works on Moby Max), DUE on MONDAYS (this is averaged into your child's math grade). When your student has mastered his/her basic facts they will no longer be required to work on Fact Fluency.
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off.
UPCOMING TESTS:
Friday 2/23: Conjunctions Quiz
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Team Davis & Martin or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teamdavismartin/. 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
Wed. Feb. 21st: 5th Grade OLSAT Testing
Thurs. Feb. 22nd: AState Red Wolves Read Basketball Game
Fri. Feb. 23rd: NEF Bowling Fundraiser Kickoff
Thurs. March 1st: Spring/Group Pictures
Fri. March 2nd: NEF Bowling Fundraiser
Mon. March 5th and 6th: ACT Interim Assessments
Thurs. March 8th: Night of the Arts
Wed. March 14th: DREAM Team
Thurs. March 15th: Movie Madness & Parent Teacher Conferences
Fri. March 16th - March 23rd: Spring Break
Tues. March 27: Davis JA Biztown Field Trip (8 - 4:30 p.m.)
Wed. March 28: Martin JA Biztown Field Trip (8 - 4:30 p.m.)
Fri. March 30th: Good Friday - NO SCHOOL