Moovers Make Things Happen
September 17th-21st
Mrs. Mackie's and Mrs. Hoover's Homeroom Classes
Upcoming Dates
Starting this week students need to complete 120 minutes of at home reading for their weekly homework.
Monday, Sept. 24
- 3rd-5th Grade Parent Night
- 5:30-7 PM
- See rotation schedule below!
Oct. 8th -9th Student Holiday
Oct. 16th Fall Pictures
Oct. 24th -25th Jog a Thon
Oct. 25th Back to School Picnic
Housekeeping Reminders
- Please send in a family photo if you have not done that yet.
- Please make sure your child is coming with a snack, or purchases it from the cafeteria in the morning. They will not be allowed to go down during the day to go get snack.
- We do not have Wednesday folders yet, so be sure to check the front pocket in your child's binder for graded work.
Back Row: Karen LaCombe, Melinda Hoover
Front Row: Jennifer Mackie , Reagan Habermacher, Melissa Reagan, Abbey LarremoreHere's what's happening in 5th grade this week:
Math
What's Happening This Week?
Introducing
- Division Strategies (Partial Quotients, Ratio Tables and Long Division)
Reviewing
- Factors, Products, and Multiples
- Expressions and Equations
- Volume
- Connections between Fractions and Decimals
Check your student's planners for homework assignments this week. Math homework is assigned Monday through Thursday every week. Binders and planners should come home nightly. I will also be using the planner to communicate behavioral concerns during Math workshop. You may see tally marks if a certain off task behavior is address during independent or whole group learning time.
Tonight's homework is in Google Classroom.
Science
Earth Systems Unit
- Students will discuss and create a model to demonstrate how LANDFORMS are changed by wind, water and ice.
Language Arts
- We are working on our final copies of our personal narratives this week
- We will begin looking at nonfiction text features.
- Reading Homework is 120 minutes this week.
- We will also get started with our novel groups.
Social Studies
- We are working on the Northeastern Region of the United States, we will have a test over this region on October 12th.
- We will be reading about early American settlements.
- We will be comparing Jamestown and Plymouth.
Word Work
Students will need to know how to spell the spelling words only. They will need to know the meaning and how to use the Flocabulary words.
Flocabulary
bland
convert
intense
navigate
pedestrian
require
revert
sparse
retire
Spelling Words
listen
ask
single
clear
energy
week
explain
lost
spring
5th Grade Schedule
7:45-7:55 Announcements
7:55-8:25 FLEX
8:25-9:50 Block 1
9:50-10:40 Specials
10:40-11:30 Block 1
11:30-12:25 Block 2
12:25-12:55 Recess
12:55-1:25 Lunch
1:25-2:50 Block 2
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