5th Grade News!
November 16th - 20th
Passing Along the Message:
#1-Picture Retake Day:
School Portrait Retake Day is Tuesday, November 17th, at Norris Elementary!
SchoolPix Inc. will be taking retakes for any students who were absent on picture day and for all new students. School Portrait order forms are available in the school office for new students. For students who purchased pictures on original picture day and would like a retake, please fill out the customer service form enclosed in your portrait package. Please return the form along with the entire portrait package to your child's teacher on retake day. Original packages must be returned to the photographer on retake day in order to receive a replacement package.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please call SchoolPix Inc. customer service at 972.334.9140 or email us at info@schoolpixinc.com.
#2-Yearbooks-(The attached flyer will go home with students next week)
Yearbooks are available for purchase on the Norris Website for $22 each.
http://schools.friscoisd.org/ES/norris
Effective January 1st, 2016, yearbooks will cost $25 each. Please purchase before the PRICE INCREASE!
Yearbook sales will end on January 31st, 2016.
#3-Lost and Found
Our Lost and Found is getting full. We would LOVE to have your student find their items. Please encourage your student to check the lost and found cart in the Cafeteria BEFORE Thanksgiving Break. All items left in the cart will be donated after we return from Thanksgiving Break. The Cart is located near the stage, in the Cafeteria. Feel free to check it out when you are visiting your student at lunch or before Norris Now on Fridays
Math
We will continue working with Coordinate Planes until Thanksgiving Break. Students need to be able to graph an ordered pair on the first quadrant of the coordinate plane. We only work with the first quadrant (positive numbers) in 5th grade. This week we will think back on what we have learned about tables and patterns, and then take that data and plot it in a coordinate plane.
Vocabulary to help develop understanding of coordinate planes:
- Origin (0,0)
- Ordered Pair
- X-Coordinate
- Y-Coordinate
- X-Axis
- Y-Axis
Homework: Problem Solving Set #66 - Instructional and Guided
(This is in a graded packet of Problem Solving students will receive on Monday. Another copy is also posted on the website)
Writing
Homework: Study Spelling Words
GRAMMAR
This week we will identify and use transition words correctly when writing.
Spelling
1. advise
2. choose
3. increase
4. difference*
5. absence*
6. independence*
7. reside
8. resident
9. compose
10. composition
11. pose
12. position
Challenge List
1. confidence*
2. presence*
3. interference*
4. interdependence*
5. violence*
Science
HOMEWORK: Unit 3 Vocabulary words and STEMscopes activity Week 2
Reading
HOMEWORK: Read at least 20 minutes per night. Keep track in your agenda. A response will be posted on Tuesday. Please respond in your spiral. Remember to track your reading minutes for Book It! Book It coupons will be distributed in class on December 1st. All minutes must be documented by December 1st!
Social Studies
Key Words
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Justices
Legislative Branch
Representatives
Amendments
Coffee Talks
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jeremy Lyon, along with a member of the Frisco ISD Board of Trustees, will be hosting coffee talks throughout the school year at each of the FISD high schools.
The next one is scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, from 8-9 a.m. in the Heritage HS library. Any parent is invited, however, as each one is held, we will draw more attention to it among the families who live within the zone of that particular high school. There is no agenda or topic, just a time for informal conversation with District leaders. Coffee will be provided.
Reminders
- Please let your child's teacher know if they will be going home with another student or going home another way (ex. carpool - walker)
- We do have pencils on hand for students when they don't have one, but they are dwindling away quickly! Please help remind your student to be prepared with supplies when they come to class.
- Pine Cove forms and money is due THIS FRIDAY!!
Wish List
- Paper towels
- Lysol/Clorox Wipes
- Pencils
5th Grade Teachers
Miss Conn connme@friscoisd.org
Miss Newell newelll@friscoisd.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/friscoisd.org/norris-fifth-grade/
Location: 10101 Shepton Lane, Frisco, TX, United States
Phone: 469-633-4075
Twitter: @high5norris5