Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
January 9th - January 13th
Dear Parents,
We hope everyone enjoyed their snow day on Friday! It was so nice to actually see some snow on a snow day, hehe.
We have a FULL week ahead of us. Students will have MacBook orientation Monday afternoon and then they will be assigned a MacBook to use at school for the remainder of the year. We are SO excited that each student will have this technology at their fingertips every day! If your child has not returned the MacBook contract, he or she will not be assigned a computer until it is returned.
We will also be starting D.A.R.E. this week! Every Wednesday our classrooms will meet with a Jonesboro police officer who will teach students about living drug and violence free.
Second quarter report cards will be sent home this Friday. Please sign and return them on Tuesday, January 17th. There will be no school on Monday the 16th due to it being MLK Day.
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- MacBook Lessons and introduce Genius Hour
- Daily Language Week 14: adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, progressive verb tenses, quotations marks
- Finish New Year's resolution writing
- Guided Read Aloud: The Wild Robot written by Peter Brown
- Begin mid-year diagnostic testing for fluency and comprehension
- Introduce nonfiction reading strategies
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Begin Colony Creations simulation project
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
- Unit 4- Multiplication. This week we will be multiplying whole numbers and then start multiplying decimals. (Unit 4, lessons 4-7)
- Mountain Math quiz #14 will be on Monday.
- Mountain Math quiz #15 will be on Friday.
SCIENCE:
- MacBook Lessons and introduce Genius Hour
HOMEWORK:
- Weekly Reading Log: 20 minutes of reading, 5 nights per week, passed out every Monday and due the following Monday. Pleas initial your child's log on the days he/she reads.
- Weekly Math Log: 1 round of Fact Fluency and at least 10 minutes of Math, 5 nights per week, DUE MONDAYS (this is averaged into your child's math grade).
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off. Assignments will be posted on Facebook and Remind.
UPCOMING TESTS:
Mon. 1/9: Mountain Math Quiz #14
Fri. 1/13: Mountain Math Quiz #15
Fri. 1/13: Daily Language Quiz
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Davis/Martin 5th Grade or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/davismartin/. We will upload photos from the week, as well as important information and reminders.
- If you are not a Facebook person, you can receive homework and test announcements from Remind. Follow this link to sign up for Mrs. Davis' homeroom and choose this link for Mrs. Martin's homeroom.
IMPORTANT DATES
Fri. Jan. 13th: report cards go home
Mon. Jan. 16th: MLK Day - NO SCHOOL
Tues. Jan. 24th: BYOD Ticketed Event
Wed. Jan. 25th: 5th Grade ACT Aspire Interim Testing
Thurs. Jan. 26th: 5th Grade ACT Aspire Interim Testing
Tues. Feb. 14th: Valentine's Day Party
Fri. Feb. 17th: Make-a-Wish
Mon. Feb. 20th: President's Day - NO SCHOOL
Thurs. Feb. 23rd: Night of the Arts