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5th Grade Weekly Classroom Newsletter - March 27th
Fifth Grade Field Trip to Stone Mountain
In connection with our Civil War unit in social studies, fifth grade students will take a field trip to the Stone Mountain, located at 1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd Stone Mountain, GA 30083. We will be leaving FSA ES at 9:00 AM on Friday, April 3rd and will return at approximately 1:45 PM on the same day. We will be traveling by private school bus, and will have 5 teacher chaperones, and 1 parent chaperone from each class. The expected ratio is 8 students for every adult. If you would like to be a chaperone, please email your child’s homeroom teacher. If more than one parent volunteers in the same class, we will choose the parent by random selection.
The cost for the trip is $25.00 per person (including chaperones). Students must also pack a sack lunch for the field trip. Students must wear their red FSA ES Logo polo shirt with their uniform. Comfortable tennis shoes are recommended. Students may bring spending money for small purchases such as drinks, snacks, and souvenirs.
We feel that students will benefit from this activity; however, attendance is not required and in no way affects the student’s instruction or evaluation. Please complete the bottom of this form and return it to your child’s homeroom teacher no later than Friday, March 27th.
Fifth Grade's Curriculum Corner
READING CENTER - MS. HOLLEY
5th grade On-level Reading Classes (periods 1 and 4):
Next week, we will begin to review for the Georgia Milestones Test that will take place the week we come back from Spring Break. We will be reading stories, plays, articles, and poems to analyze in order to review the 5th grade standards. Students will read each genre of writing and then complete follow-up text structure/text feature activities on each card. We will be working in small groups throughout the week and rotating so that every student has a chance to review each genre. Due to the field trip to Stone Mountain on Friday, we will not have a reading log next week.
5th grade Advanced Reading Class (period 7):
Next week, students will begin a choice board project for “The Secret Garden.” We will go over all of the expectations and rubric in class. The choice board project will count as a project grade and test grade. The choice board will include activities such as compare/contrast, vocabulary extension, problem/solution, and poetry. Students will choose 4 activities to complete. This will be competed mostly in class (as long as students stay on task), and it is due Thursday, April 2. Due to the field trip to Stone Mountain on Friday, we will not have a reading log next week.
6th grade Reading classes (periods 2 and 3):
Next week, students continue to work on their peer teaching projects. We have been utilizing our time in the computer lab, and we will continue to do so next week. This project is due on Thursday, April 2. All groups will present, and presentations will begin on Thursday. If groups are finishing earlier than expected, then we will begin presentations on Wednesday, April 1. ALL students must have a rubric to turn in on Thursday. Extras are located on Classroom Resources. Due to the field trip to Stone Mountain on Friday, we will not have a reading log next week.
Study Island
I have added assignments on Study Island for students to practice their reading skills. Please make sure your student demonstrates a mastery of 70% or more. There are also individual learning paths that have been created. This is a great tool to use to help prepare your student for the Georgia Milestones test in April.
Class Resource Page
If your student is missing an assignment or needs to print off a lost one, please refer to the class resource page on the school's portal through the school website. http://fultonsunshine.org/
**For the interactive notebook, the file was too big; therefore, it will not open. If your student is missing a specific page, please let me know, and I will send a separate e-mail.
Developmental Reading Assessment
Throughout this semester, we have been using the Development Reading Assessments (DRA) in first period to help establish students' reading levels and to monitor reading progress throughout the year. For more information, you can visit http://www.wpcsd.k12.ny.us/Page/307
REMINDER:
March starts a new Scholastic Reading Club month! March 31is the last day to send in any Scholastic book orders. Please use either exact cash or a check written out to Scholastic Reading Club.
The website for ordering Scholastic books is: http://store.scholastic.com/
The class code for ordering Scholastic books is: NF78L
Peer Teaching Project
Peer Teaching Project
Peer Teaching Project
MATH CENTER - MRS. OZKAN
Answer keys for Georgia MIlestones common core practice books are available. If you need them, please email me at kozkan@fsaelementary.org. Since answer keys are copyrighted materials, please don’t make the copies. You can barrow the answer key booklets and return to me as soon as you get the answers.
6th Grade Math
Next week, we will continue reviewing 5th grade math curriculum during warm-up time for Georgia Milestones test in April. We will also continue our unit on decimals. Students will be given Check Up 2 over Investigation 2 on Thursday, 4/2.
We will continue working on Investigation 2 next week. This Investigation has three Problems. Problem 2.1 reviews ideas of place value for decimals (from Comparing Bits and Pieces ) using a card-sorting activity. Next, students analyze student work and develop a standard algorithm for adding decimals. Problem 2.1 also introduces the expanded form of decimals. Expanded form serves as an explicit representation of place value, which will be revisited later in the Unit for the division algorithm. Problem 2.2 uses a similar structure to develop a standard algorithm for subtraction of decimals, using paper and pencil. Problem 2.3 brings back the idea of addition and subtraction fact families, in which students examine fact-family relationships. These fact-family relationships are designed to be an early introduction to algebra.
Unit Vocabulary
dividend
divisor
estimate
expanded form
quotient
ratio
repeating decimal
terminating decimal
percent
unit rate
5th Grade Math
Next week, students will be learning about geometry that will cover coordinate system, ordered pairs, plane figures, triangles and quadrilaterals.
Please make sure your child completes the assignments on Study Island to practice the topics we've learned so far. I send a packet home after we finish each lesson for students to practice everything for Georgia Milestones test in April. Please encourage your child to complete the packets on time.
Study Island
I have some assignments on Study Island. Please make sure your child completes 30 questions on each assignment and demonstrates a mastery of 70% or more. Study Island MAP Learning Path will help your child to reach his/her goal.
Classes with students who finish 15 questions and demonstrate a mastery of 70% or more (blue ribbon on each lesson) in each lesson will be given a pizza party.
ELA - MS. POUNCEY
For the week of March 23rd through the 27th:
1st & 4th, & 7th Period: We will be starting our Unit 7: Prepositional Phrases. The homework packets and study guides will be given out on Monday.
2nd Period: We are underway with our Narrative Writing Unit and I am hoping to finish it up by the end of this week. Final Drafts will be due on Friday.
3rd: We are still finishing up our Teacher conferences for the Narrative Writing Essays. This is my largest class and has taken the longest. I am hoping to have all essays turned in by Wednesday at the latest.
Please take note that there will be no more Spellig words for this year. We are nearing the end of our units and I want to spend as much time as possible reviewing for the GA Milestone in April.
Study Island
I have assignments on Study Island. Please make sure your child completes 30 questions on each assignment and demonstrates a mastery of 70% or more. If you are not able to access these assignments please email me ASAP.
Home Access Center
If you would like to keep up with due dates for this unit, they are all posted a ready on Home Access Center. This will also be a great place to check for NHI's as well and absent work. I post all assignments at the beginning of each unit. I do my best to update grades as often as possible, but sometimes that is only once a week. I appreciate your patience!
Spelling Words
No more for the year.
SOCIAL STUDIES CENTER - MRS. PIERCE
The students have been learning about the fall of communism, President Reagan, President Carter, oil crises, inflation, trade agreements, transportation, and many other topics that are closer to our present day issues.
As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.
Have a wonderful weekend.
SCIENCE - MS. KARAKOYUN
Chapter 7 Test - March 30th
We have a test on Monday. This will be the last test for the book. For the rest of the we will start our review for prior chapters. I will start giving packets to students for review. Two of the packets will be due next week. Other two packets will be given to them to complete during spring break.
Assignments on Study Island are available to students.
Home Visit Program at FSAES
As part of FSAES Home Visit Program, teachers visit students and parents at their home.
Overall goal of home visit is to help strengthen relationships between parents, students and teachers and inform parents & students on how much they care.
We would LOVE to visit our students at home at your convenience.
If you would like to participate, please e-mail me at kozkan@fsaelementary.org or FSAES Home Visit Coordinator Ms. Mingus at amingus@fsaelementary.org.
Tutoring Reminders
Every week, subject teachers offer tutoring for students that need extra help. Here are a few reminders about tutoring:
-Students are invited by teachers as they see neccessary.
-If you feel your student needs extra practice with a specific topic, please e-mail the subject teacher. This way, when your student comes to tutoring, we will be prepared to help.
-Students need to have something to work on during tutoring, i.e. make-up work/test, missing homework
-If students consistently become too much of a distraction to other students, they will be sent to ASP.
-If students fail to comply, they will be removed from tutoring.
We appreciate your cooperation and understanding. We look forward to a great second semester!
SPELLING WORDS
READING VOCABULARY
gouges
desolate
bustles
fervor
immaculate
assuage
"Roll of Thunder..." (periods 2 & 3)
ornate
meticulous
raucous
pensive
outwit
alooof
falter
emphatic
interject
subtle
apprenhensive
placid
inaudible
languid
goad
interminable
idignant
despondent
desolate
despicable
"The Secret Garden" (period 7)
musty
moor
cholera
frail
bewilderment
affectionate
shrewd
corridor
desolate
imperious
befriended
alcove
menagerie
solemnly
bellow
wretched
recluse
gibberish
hypochondriac
ushered
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Fri, Mar 27th – PVO Sponsored Bingo Night
Mon, Apr 6th-Fri, Apr 10th – Spring Break
Thu, Apr 16th-Thu, Apr 30th – GA Milestone Testing (Revised Dates)
Thu, Apr 16th-Wed, Apr 29th – Clubs, Academic Teams, & Tutoring Canceled (Revised Dates)
Mon, May 11th-Tue, May12th - Rock Eagle Overnight Field Trip
FIFTH GRADE TEAM TEACHERS
Kaitlyn Holley- kholley@fsaelementary.org
Tugba Karakoyun- tkarakoyun@fsaelementary.org
Stephanie Pierce- spierce@fsaelementary.org
Kristin Pouncey- kpouncey@fsaelemetary.org
Email: kozkan@fsaelementary.org
Website: http://fultonsunshine.org/
Location: 1335 Northmeadow Parkway, Roswell, GA, United States
Phone: (770) 410 - 1500