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!