5th Grade Newsletter
September - October 2015
Happy Fall!
Silver Lake Parents,
Thank you for a great start to our new year. Below you will see some updates from all the departments with the information of what is happening in our classrooms through the end of October. Please contact your classroom teacher if you have any questions.
General Grade Wide Reminders
Library schedule
Anderson: Tuesdays at 8:00 a.m.
Miller: Tuesdays at 1:15 p.m.
Payne: Mondays at 1:15 p.m.
Vega: Mondays at 8:00 a.m.
Zayas: Mondays at 1:30 p.m.
5th Grade Homework
ELA- 25 Book Challenge / One passage with questions per week after winter break to prepare for STAAR
Science- None except 2nd semester project
Math- Packet sent home Monday due Friday. Packet covers already taught concepts broken down into 5 questions per day.
Parent Teacher Conferences Begin
Wednesday, Oct 7, 2015, 01:00 PM
Silver Lake Elementary School, North Dooley Street, Grapevine, TX, United States
Sky Ranch Parent Meeting
Everything parents need to know will be discussed. Chaperones should plan to attend.
$100 due Monday, Sept. 28.
Contact homeroom teacher with concerns.
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2015, 06:00 PM
Silver Lake Elementary School, North Dooley Street, Grapevine, TX, United States
Social Studies Update
This month students learned basic U.S. Geography, which will provide schema as we move forward in Social Studies. Our attention most recently has been on the people of our beautiful country, Native Americans and European Explorers. Next month we will focus on early English settlements including Jamestown and Plymouth and the Thirteen Original Colonies. Don’t forget our first states and capitals test is October 15. This test will cover the Western Region. Students are responsible for knowing where each state in located, the capital city of each state, and the correct spelling of both the state and capital. A few apps you may want to check out at home include “Maptastic” and “Capitals and States.”
Science Update
In the month of September we will be finishing covering our first two units: Classifying Matter and Properties of Water. This next month our units will move onto mixtures and solutions and changes to the earth's surface.
Math Update
Language Arts Update
Dual Language: Ms. Zayas
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Dual Language: Ms. Vega
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Mrs. Anderson
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Mrs. Miller
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Mrs. Payne
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Website: http://www.gcisd-k12.org/Domain/3426