5th Grade Yellow House
Mrs. Jennings Classroom Newsletter: 2020-2021
Week Two: August 24th-28th
WELCOME BACK! 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR
Welcome 5th Grade Yellow House famiLEE to our weekly newsletter! This website will be updated weekly (on Fridays) for you to find important news and resources about our learning.
Schedules:
Important Times
- Morning Meeting 7:50-8:10
- Specials: 8:30-9:15
- Recess: 11:30-11:00
- Lunch: 1:00-1:30
Conference Time:
- Daily: 8:30-9:15
Specials Rotation
- Day 1 - P.E.
- Day 2- Music
- Day 3 - Design
- Day 4 - P.E.
- Day 5 - Art
- Day 6 - Create
Leader of the Week: Amani Harper
Each week one learner in every class will be selected by the designer to be the "LEEder of the Week." Students will be selected by who showed the "Leadership Quality of the Week" best that week.
Our Leadership Quality of the week is "Respect."
CHARACTER TRAIT OF THE WEEK
LEEdership Quality of the Week:
Respect-showing consideration for others
Lesson in Leadership:
We will often have visitors in our school. When a visitor arrives, look them in the eyes, shake hands, tell them who you are, and welcome the person to our school.
Lee Quote of the Week:
“Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society” -Confucius
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
READING & WRITING
We are working on writing about reading. This week we introduced our read-aloud novel, Home of the Brave" by Katherine Applegate. Also, learners started working on creating journal entries to raise their level of reading. Spelling unit 1 was introduced.
MATH
We explored addition and subtraction strategies, estimation, and rounding. Learners focused on the rule of three. Always read the math problem three times before solving it.
SCIENCE
We introduced the triple beam balance. Learners completed a GIMZO to explore how to use this scientific equipment.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Learners began the unit on colonization in America. They studied a timeline on the first three colonies, St. Augustine, Plymouth and Jamestown.
Meeting ID: 975 7695 4552
Passcode: Yellow5
Important Information
Student Zoom Sign In Update: Please make sure that learners log into ZOOM with their g.coppellisd.com accounts starting on Monday, August 31st. If you would like more information, please view this website.
Schoology: As we continue with virtual learning, Schoology is a very important tool during this time. We know some of our learners are using the app, but it is best for them to use the web-based version: https://schoology.coppellisd.com/
Learners need to make sure they are completing and submitting all of their work for each course since that is how we are taking attendance. In addition, although online learning is taking place at home, learners should be starting and finishing their work on their own as they would in-person at school.
Lee Specials Quarterly Newsletter: Our specials team puts out a newsletter each week. Check it out!
Box Tops: Did you know you can SCAN Box Tops and earn money for our school with items you already purchase for your home? Learn more about this quick and easy way to help our school.