Estridge Edition
News From Our 5th Grade Classroom 10/9/15
What's Happening in the Classroom
Notes from the Teacher
Please read through the PDF that I attached to the email this morning regarding the drive "Supplies of GIs". This is a wonderful opportunity for us to show our appreciation to those serving in the military.
We will be taking our NWEA testing for math and reading on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. This standardized test is replacing Acuity this year. We will be using this data during Success Time to help monitor or groups and need for remeditation and enrichment
Subjects
In math, we will continue working on Unit 2: Multiplication and Division. We will be exploring how to use arrays to help us with division.
In Writing, we will begin our Informational Text unit. Students will have the opportunity to look at some mentor text.
We will continue Unit 2 Nouns in Language Arts.
In Reading, we will continue in Unit 2 in Benchmark Reading. We will take the unit test on Canvas on Monday.
We will finish Unit 3-Explorers. Your child will receive their vocab for unit 3 on Monday and take the quiz on Tuesday. Your child will receive a copy of the study guide on Wednesday, review on Thursday, and test on Friday.
Spelling List for This Week
stranger
dirtier
emptier
trickiest
dressiest
cleaner
sweetest
freshest
healthier
shinier
swampy
pricey
fluently
rapidly
eagerly
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Idaho
Dates to Remember
October 10th-Color Run at TJMS
October 22-Last Day of the Grading Period
October 23-No School/Fall Break
Contact Information
Office Hours:
Tuesday: 3:20-3:50
Thursday: 8:00-8:30
Email: kestridge@valpo.k12.in.us
Location: 305 Franklin Street, Valparaiso, IN, United States
Phone: 219-531-3030
Twitter: @EstridgeCentral