The Weekly Roar
February 12, 2018
Valentine's Day!
Dear Families,
We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, February 14th, from 11:00-12:30. We are asking that each student bring in $5.00 for his or her pizza lunch. The $5.00 is due by Monday (tomorrow), February 12th. There is a Sign-Up Genius for snack food. Please click on the button below.
The students can bring Valentine’s Day cards, but we kindly ask that they bring one for everyone in their homeroom. A list of class names was sent home with the letter about our celebration last week.
Your student can decorate a box to receive their Valentines in, and there will be a contest for those who wish to participate. The students will be judging in categories for, most original, most sports-like, most creative, most valentiney (Is that a word?), etc.
Thank you!
Your 5th Grade Team
TUTORING!
If your child purchases breakfast from the cafeteria, please have them go there first, get their breakfast, and bring it down to the room. It is important to have them to school as close to 7:00am as possible in order for them to get the full benefit of the tutoring session. Tutoring ends at 7:30(35), so if they show up at 7:25, that doesn't give much time to go over the lesson.
Monday and Wednesday (Reading) -7:00am - Ms. Ferrier's room
Tuesday and Thursday (Math) - 7:00am - Mrs. Schluter's room
Friday - 7:00am (Both) - Open. We will help students on this day with any subject we feel necessary or they feel they need help in.
Our Week Coming Up At A Glance:
Writing:
- Spelling words for the week. (More Words With -ed, or -ing): tiring, borrowed, freezing, delivered, whispered, losing, decided, amazing, performing, resulting, related, attending, damaged, remarked, practicing, supported, united, expected, amusing, repeated Challenge: assigned, entertaining, operated, rehearing, donated
- Quiz: Friday, February 16, 2018
- We will be working on plurals.
Reading:
- Reading assessment: Thursday, February 15, 2018
- Vocabulary Words: imagery, italicize, narrative, lyrical, organization, repeat, reveal, conclude, convey, description (We are now reviewing the words that we had from the beginning of the year.)
- Quiz-Reading Vocabulary/Phrases-Friday, February 16, 2018:
- We will continue to work on summarizing using GIST and checking our comprehension by using Author’s Portrait.
- We will continue to practice our choral reading. This is a great way to help with fluency. We read a paragraph together out loud as a class at a pace that I set. The more we practice this, the faster we will get and the more fluent we will become.
- Your child should continue reading or be read to nightly for 20 minutes and then getting their reading log initialed.
- We will continue learning third person, as it pertains to the point of view from which a story is being told. We will also be working on sensory details, imagery and figurative language.
- We will continue our novel study on, Old Yeller.
Social Studies:
- We will continue looking at our government, the three branches, and how power is distributed.
- We will continue our study of Black History Month. The projects that your students made are amazing! I am VERY proud of their work!
From The Seele Office:
Spring and classroom group picture will be on Tuesday, Feb. 20th, the day after a student holiday. Group pictures are $13. Spring picture proofs will be sent home later with ordering information.
5th graders:
Feb. 21st –There will be a Parent information Mtg. for incoming 6th graders. Meetings will be held throughout the day for convenience.
The meetings will be held at 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. in the Oak Run Library.
How Can Your Student Practice At Home?
Dates To Remember:
Tuesday, February 13th: Parent access to progress reports
Wednesday, February 14th: Valentine's Day Party
Friday, February 16th: Club Day!
Monday, February 19th: Student Holiday!
Tuesday, February 20th: Class/Spring Pictures
***Wednesday, February 21st: 6th Grade Meeting for incoming middle schoolers. ORMS Library.
Offered Three Times:
9:00am
1:00pm
5:30pm
Monday, February 26th: ORMS counselors visit with 5th graders at 1:00
Wednesday, February 28th: End of Jump Rope For Heart
Friday, March 2nd: Career Day
If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me. yferrier@nbisd.org or 830-627-6779.
Always With A Roar,
Ms Ferrier