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What’s Coming up- Week of September 30th

Miscellaneous:

  • Walk-A-Thon money is due Monday, September 30. Please place your child’s and teacher’s name on envelopes.

  • Safeties start Monday, September 30. Please look at the safety schedule on the blog to see what week you are scheduled for.

  • The 5th Grade Camp fundraiser brochure will be coming home this Thursday, be on the lookout for that.

  • MEAP testing starts the second week in October (8, 9, 10, & 15, 16).

  • Hot lunch menu change for Monday, September 30th.  Instead of BBQ chicken chips chicken tenders will be offered.

Math:

  • We will be finishing up our first unit in math and will have a test over this fraction unit on Thursday, October 3.  We will then begin Unit 2 which students will be learning about decimals.

Social Studies:

  • Fifth graders will be wrapping up the first unit on government.  There will be a quiz on Federalism this Monday, followed by the unit test on Thursday.  Watch for notes to come home to study from.

Science:

  • This week we will be finishing up content review and then getting into our first unit on the Solar System and Night Sky.

ELA:

  • Our reading unit is focusing on strategies and tools to help us read with agency.  In writing are moving towards drafting our memoirs.  During english language arts we are  also continuing to review good test taking strategies when reading and writing.

On a personal note….Thank you for making my birthday celebration so much fun!  We had a Tigerrific Day! 

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A Letter to Parents

Dear Parents,
I cannot believe  we are approaching the end of October this week already.  Our time together since early September as a class is literally flying by.
 
Parents have been busy planning our Fall party that is from 2:30-3:30 on October 31.  Everyone is welcome to join if they are able.  Just be warned, we might put you to work! 🙂  Today I told the kids that they should bring their costumes and that they would change into them after lunch.  Hopefully with all the excitement with the arrival of our Raey Guang visitors and our welcoming assembly today the kids all remember.  If not, well….we will just make the best of our day!
 
Today I sent home a take home essay question that will count towards part of their grade on the the kids final assessment for unit one in Social Studies.  Due to all the interruptions in our day today, I decided if some kids forgot I would make arrangements with them to complete this at school. 
 
I wanted to let all of you know that this week is our last week toward our goal of 750 minutes of nightly reading for the month of October for the kids.  We are so close to reaching our goal and having our party.  We need 75% of the class to have the party, and the kids needed to fulfill their reading goal to participate.  Double check your child’s minutes and allow them a quiet environment to catch up in their minutes if they need to.
 
On Monday I had the substitute send home conference slips for each of your children.  In an earlier post I posted the entire schedule for your reference.  I have had a few minor changes to accommodate last minute schedule changes.  If you find your scheduled time just won’t work for you, please email me so we can make arrangements to meet at another time.  Parent teacher conferences are always such a pleasure for me.  I always look forward to sharing all the successes your children are having!
 
Finally, it has come to our attention that many of you have not been receiving blog updates.  We have learned that if you have subscribed to the class blog through the email subscription, your email notifications may be going to your SPAM folder.  Please go to your SPAM folder to see if this is the case. If this is the case, you can change your filter settings so that these emails go to your INBOX not your SPAM box.
 
As always, please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns!
 
See you all soon,
Kym Burdis
 
 
 

Week of April 16

Miscellaneous for the week:

  • April 18,  Marco’s Pizza Night
  • April 20, Popcorn Friday

Reading

  • Read Aloud Historical Fiction; The Liberation of Gabriel King, by K.L. Going
  • Independent Reading Time
  • Retelling Non Fiction Text
  • Reading Conferencing

Writing

  • More Mechanics and Grammar
  • Writing Celebration

Science

  • Motion and Measuring Motion
  • Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday

Social Studies

  • Colonization and Settlement-Open Note Test
  • Facing Slavery

Math- Unit Nine

  • Unit 9 test
  • Multiplication Concepts
  • Multiplication with Non Unit Fractions
  • Multiplication with Fractional Solutions
  • Playing Games to Review Converting Within A Measurement System

Week of April 9

Miscellaneous for the week:

  • April 10,  Instrument Fittings @ Georgetown
  • April 10, Middle School Counselors visit students to answer questions, hand out Course Selection/Enrollment sheets to go home for parents to fill out and sign. “Getting Ready for 6th Grade” brochures are also sent home.
  • April 11, Field Trip to Grand Rapids Museum Planetarium (Pack a SACK LUNCH! :))

Reading

  • read aloud Historical Fiction; The Liberation of Gabriel King, by K.L. Going
  • independent reading time

Writing

  • Mechanics and Grammar

Science

  • Beginning Physical Science Unit

Social Studies

  • Colonization and Settlement-Comparing the Colonies/Facing Slavery

Math- Unit Eight

  • prime factorization of numbers
  • exponential notation
  • prime numbers
  • creating games to learn measurement conversions
  • 10 Marks homework- (20  problems on Area of a Triangle, and a Trapezoid)