December 16 - 20

We've finally had our first snowstorm!  I hope that everyone was able to stay warm and safe over the weekend.  We have one more week to go until Winter Break.

Writing Assignment due Wednesday!

We have a few things that need to be completed this week.  Students have an essay, My Favorite Colony, that they have been working on for a couple of weeks.  This is due on Wednesday, December 18.  We have had a lot of time to work on this in class and the students have been encouraged to take it home if they felt necessary.  Fifth graders need to begin to make these decisions about their work at this point.  

Math

We are continuing to work on Unit 5.  Part of this is converting fractions to decimals to percentages.  This can be tricky work at times.  Luckily, many of the students have been putting in daily time on their Xtramath work.  This multiplication work will help this to go much more smoothly.  

Class Party

The class voted and decided to have a party on Friday, December 20.  We will have a short discussion in class about this.  I will be sending home a note about this.  It would be much appreciated if you could donate something.  

Over Break...

It is important that your child continue to work on Xtramath, reading, coolmath.com, and any other work that will help your child come back to school ready in January.  Have a safe and wonderful break!!

December 2 - 6

Math: We are starting Unit 5 this week.  Our focus will be on fractions, decimals, and percentages.  Remember that your child should be working on Xtramath.com at least 3 times per week.  If this can not be done at home, I will give your child time do this at school.

Reading: Our new focus in reading is going to be non-fiction text.  We will be analyzing the structure of the texts as well as identifying main ideas and details.

Writing: Our writing focus is similar to what we will be working on in reading.  Students will be writing an essay that has them choose a colony from the original 13.  The essay will state why they think that the colony would be the best.

Science: We are continuing to work on our energy unit.  This week we will be learning about conductors and insulators.  Check out the class pictures page for photos of our last temperature experiment.


Book Fair!! The book fair is coming soon.  Our class will visit the book fair next Monday afternoon (December 9).  The book fair will run from Dec. 10 - 13.  Family night will be December 11th beginning at 6:30 pm.