5TH GRADE TIMES 9.23.16
Weekly Fifth Grade News You Need to Know
Welcome to Fifth Grade!
This is where we share upcoming events, important information, and highlight what students are learning. Please read these each week to ensure you are in the know.
iPads are Here!
Use of ipads is in full swing at school. Ask your child what they are learning on their ipads.
Should you still need to complete any forms, please click on the link below.
Sign up for class DOJO!
Our Apex Fun Run Fundraiser is in full swing! The run is on Thursday at 9:00.
Fifth Grade Schedule
Rotation of Classes
Mrs. Seeman's science class: Variables -Mrs. Friedman's class will be experimenting with swingers (pendulums) next week.
Mrs. Friedmann's science class: Variables - Experimenting with variables that affect both the capacity of boats and the flight of model planes.
Mrs. Cullinan's health class: Chapter 1 Dealing with Feelings, Test this coming Friday September 23rd
Mrs. Cvek's writing class: sentence and paragraph writing with topic sentences, detail sentences, conclusion sentences
Mrs. Thompson's social studies class: Students will be researching and presenting information about American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, Southwest, Western Great Plains, Northeastern Woodlands, and the Southeastern Woodlands and how they used resources to live.
MATH
Mrs. Seeman's Math Groups: Ask your child about the Stock Market Game. Are you an investor in the stock market? Please check your student's assignment notebook regularly. If students use their time wisely in class they will have time to get started on their homework.Testing for Unit 1 has begun. We will finish up the unit and the testing this week.
Mrs. Cullinan & Mrs. Friedmann's Math Groups: Students will be starting Unit 1, Multiplication and Division Word Problems. Please check your student's assignment notebook regularly. All students will be writing down "I Can" Statements and homework daily. If students use their time wisely in class they will have time to get started on their homework. Resources: http://www.mathsisfun.com/ http://www.khanacademy.com
READING
Happy reading! "Fifth Grade Forty"--by the end of the year, each 5th grader should read and respond to 40 books from different genre. Students can stay on track by reading one book/week--by now, students should have read 3 books. In class, we're learning how to craft responses to our books, including "sticky note shares," book reports, book projects, and/or book letters. We are also studying elements of fiction (characters, setting, plot) and nonfiction text features (table of contents, glossary, captions, etc.).
You can best contact us via email:
Mrs. Cullinan: mailto:cullinank@district279.org (Health)
Mrs. Cvek: mailto:cveks@district279.org (Writing)
Mrs. Friedmann: mailto:friedmanna@district279.org (Science)
Mrs. Seeman: mailto:seemanc@district279.org (Science
Mrs. Thompson:mailto:thompsonc@district279.org (Social Studies)
Website: http://schools.district279.org/fb/
Location: 9661 Fernbrook Lane North, Maple Grove, MN, United States
Phone: 763-420-8888