Fifth Grade Newsletter
April 16, 2020
Important Message from 5th Grade Teachers
Smith Elementary Talent Show
Site Address: flipgrid.com/alleman4633
Password: Smithtalent
DUE TOMORROW!! Pictures Needed for End-of-Year Video!
Some of our awesome parent volunteers are in the process of collecting photos for the 5th grade End-of-Year slideshow. This is a special tradition that we treasure here at Smith, and we need your help to make it happen! Please read the attached letter from our parent volunteers for more information and let them know if you have any questions!
Click your child's teacher name below to access the photo submission link. Instructions are included below.
Principal Appreciation Day: May 1
Good afternoon parents,
If your child would like to make a short video to submit into the video slide show we are creating for Mrs. Young please drop it in the link below by April 27th! They can dress up as Mrs. Young, sing her a song, talk about a memory of Mrs. Young, make her a poster and share it, or do whatever they would like to do in the video to make her feel appreciated!
Thank you!
Smith PTA Book Fair
The PTA along with Scholastic is hosting an ONLINE Book Fair that will run April 6 through April 19.
Orders of $25 or more will ship to the students' home FREE.
CLICK HERE to shop on our Scholastic Book Fair website!
Important Dates:
April 6-19th: Smith PTA Book Fair
April 17th: All 5th Grade End-of-Year Video Pictures are DUE!
April 27th: No School (Staff Development) & Principal Appreciation Videos Due
Lesson Plans and Assignments
As a reminder, all assignments are due on Sundays at midnight.
Next week's lesson plans will be available Monday at 8:30 a.m.
Lesson plans will be available in multiple locations. We will send them via email (a S'more), post them on our Google Classroom so students can see them, and post them on the Smith website.
We have had several questions about logins. Please note that the most common sites and login information are listed below.
Please reach out to us if you have any questions.
eLearning Reminder
Accessing various resources, tools, and websites
Some of the most common sites we anticipate using and their logins are listed below, as well as a link to a document with additional resources you can access at home.
Seesaw: seesaw.com
- A separate email will follow with your child's NEW individual login codes. This is the ONLY login that will be different for them during this time. Your student needs to make sure to use NEW login we provide instead of the one they are used to.
Google Classroom: classroom.google.com
- Username: firstname.lastname.###@k12.friscoisd.org
(### is your child's last 3 digits of their lunch number)Password: 8 digit birthdate
Epic!: getepic.com
- Families can join for free for 30 days.
STEMscopes: stemscopes.com
Username: Student ID # (lunch number)
Password: 8 digit birthdate (mmddyyyy)
Username: Student ID # (lunch number)
Password: 8 digit birthdate (mmddyyyy)
BrainPop: brainpop.com
- Go to brainpop.com and click sign in with 'G Suite for Education'
- enter your Google Student Account login information
(### is your child's last 3 digits of their lunch number)
Password: 8 digit birthdate
Additional Login Links <-- click here
How Teachers Will be Facilitating This Process
Emails:
We are excited about this new adventure but know it will not come without its challenges. We look forward to working through this learning experience together with you and your child.