Mrs. DaBruzzi's Digest
Week of October 8
Upcoming Events:
-October 11: Enrichment Wheel
-October 12: Boosterthon Fun Run
-October 13: OM; First Quarter Ends
-October 16: Hurricane Make-up Day; students come to school
-October 19: Patriotic Concert (Chorus)- 6:30 p.m.
-October 23-27: Red Ribbon Week
-October 31: Report Cards Issued
Important Information:
-Our Boosterthon Fun Run is this Thursday, October 12! Thank you to Carri Grass, our Boosterthon parent, for taking care of our class. Thank you to those who have signed up to send in drinks and popsicles, worked on our decorations, and donated to our school. DaBruzzi's Dukes and Duchesses look forward to another successful Fun Run on October 12 at 8:45 a.m. We hope to see you there!
-We need two subs for OM this Friday, October 13. Any cleared volunteer can sub. Please contact me as soon as possible if you can help out!
BrainPoP Update: We created classes on BrainPop. Your child can now log in as a student and join our class. This will help a lot because Ms. Wellborn and I can assign videos, assignments, and quizzes within our class. Students will no longer need to worry about emailing us quiz scores. Please have your child go to www.brainpop.com and click the "enter code" link in the top right corner. Students in Mrs. DaBruzzi's homeroom should enter "dabruzzi5" and students in Ms. Wellborn's homeroom should enter "wellborn5". Students who join over the weekend will receive an extra Dojo point on Monday. Thank you for your support!
Character Counts!
Student of the Week
Thank you!
Social Studies:
- SS.5.A.2.1, SS.5.A.2.2, SS.5.A.2.3
- Approx. six weeks of instruction/enrichment
- Students should work on the Foldable/Words to Know (p. 37-38) and the Show As You Go activity (p. 33). These two assignments will be due Thursday, Oct. 12.
- Unit 2, Lesson 5 quiz will be on Wednesday, Oct. 11.
- The Native American Structure Project will be due on Monday, Oct. 9. This project will count as a summative assessment grade for Unit 2.
- Students will present their shelter projects in class this week.
-Unit 3: The Age of Exploration
- SS.5.A.3.1, SS.5.A.3.2, SS.5.A.3.3, SS.5.E.2.1, SS.5.G.1.1, SS.5.A.1.1
- Approximately six weeks of instruction/enrichment
- Coming soon!
ELA/Writing:
- LAFS.5.RL.1.2
- Approx. 2-3 weeks of instruction/enrichment
- We will start theme centers this week; students will rotate through five centers (spell THEME) while I work with small groups.
- Tentative quiz date: Oct. 20
-Novel Study:
- We are reading Hatchet by Gary Paulson together in class.
- Students have a mini book project they'll work on throughout this novel study; completion of the book will count as a summative test grade. Students have a copy of the rubric for this project, and should use it as a guide when working on their mini book.
-Weekly Language Skills: Apostrophes and Context Clues
- LAFS.5.L.1.2, LAFS.5.L.1.2.e, LAFS.5.L.3.5.c
-Writing: Establishing the Writing Community & Narrative Writing
- LAFS.5.W.1.3
- Approx. five weeks of instruction/enrichment
- Final drafts of narrative writing will be due on Oct. 23 (tentative date).
-Weekly Vocabulary: -ject words
- LAFS.5.L.3.4.b
- Our vocabulary quiz will be Thursday, October 19.
Resource Schedule:
Day 1- Monday: Media
Day 2- Tuesday: Music
Wednesday 10:30-11:30: Art
Day 3- Thursday: Boosterthon; no resource
Day 4- Friday: Nothing (iReady Lab)
Day 5- Monday: PE (Coach Brewer)
Day 6- Tuesday: Art
Wednesday 10:30-11:30: PE **bring water!
Day 7- Thursday: PE (Coach Anderson)
Day 8- Friday: iReady Lab
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Contact Mrs. DaBruzzi
Email: emily.dabruzzi@stjohns.k12.fl.us
Website: www.classdojo.com
Location: 555 Pine Tree Lane, Saint Augustine, FL, United States
Phone: 904-547-7400