5th Grade News: September 28th-October 2nd

What's Happening Down C-Hall... 

LA/SS:

•  This week we participated in two mind missions which focused on American Indians' way of life. We also started a new Junior Great Book. Make sure to ask your learners about "Charles". 

Math/Science:

• This week we worked on our Decimal Must Do/May Do Board. The learners worked on decimal riddles and created some of their own. We also discussed the difference between expanded form and expanded notation. In science we continued talking about the properties of matter. We looked at displacement for finding the volume of irregular objects and began our study on density.

Homework: 

In 5th grade, your child will be exposed to more flipped homework. This means that we will send assignments home that will need to be completed that evening in order to be able to participate in the activity the following day. Some of these assignments will need access to technology. We understand that at times technology does not work properly. If this is happening to your child, will you please let us know in an email or a note for the next day, and we will accommodate accordingly. If you have any other questions or concerns about technology homework being completed at home, please do not hesitate to contact your child's homeroom teacher. 

Thanks!  

In Other News... 

• Please make sure you look at the Sky Ranch Information Letters. They are on a GREEN sheet of paper in your learner's folder. Please look over them and discuss this awesome opportunity with your learner. We will have a parent information meeting January 20th, 2016 at 5:30 in the TCE Cafeteria.  A $50 deposit to secure your learners' spot will be due by THIS FRIDAY, October 2nd, 2015.

• In order to help keep our students hydrated during these warm temperatures, we encourage them to bring a water bottle to school.
• Fall parent conferences will be Friday, October 9th. Please look for a e-mail from your child's homeroom teacher to sign up for your conference time.

5th Grade News: September 21st-25th

What's Happening Down C-Hall... 

LA/SS:

• This week in language arts, we published our autobiographies and even created an audio version to go with it. Some of these will be on display in our hallway and on all student Google sites. In social studies, the students explored American Indians and how their way of life was affected by their environment. Students were able to use their online interaction notebooks to share what they learned. 

Math/Science:

• This week in math we finished up our whole number operations math ports and began our new unit on decimals. We will cover decimal place value and decimal operations over the next few weeks. We will do working on some learning experiences to go with our unit. In science we began discussing mass, magnetism, and volume. We talked about the differences between mass and weight as well as the formula for finding volume. 

Homework: 

In 5th grade, your child will be exposed to more flipped homework. This means that we will send assignments home that will need to be completed that evening in order to be able to participate in the activity the following day. Some of these assignments will need access to technology. We understand that at times technology does not work properly. If this is happening to your child, will you please let us know in an email or a note for the next day, and we will accommodate accordingly. If you have any other questions or concerns about technology homework being completed at home, please do not hesitate to contact your child's homeroom teacher. 

Thanks!  

In Other News... 

• Please make sure you look at the Sky Ranch Information Letters. They are on a GREEN sheet of paper in your learner's folder. Please look over them and discuss this awesome opportunity with your learner. We will have a parent information meeting January 20th, 2016 at 5:30 in the TCE Cafeteria. A $50 deposit to secure your learners' spot will be due by October 2nd, 2015.
• If you are not getting Ms. Applegate’s e-mail with the blogs and updates at TCE, please let your learners' homeroom teacher know and we will relay the message to the office.
• Special Friend's Day and The Fall Family Picnic will be on September 25th. We hope to see you all there! The 5th Grade time for your Special Friend's visit is from 1:30-2:30.

• In order to help keep our students hydrated during these warm temperatures, we encourage them to bring a water bottle to school.

5th Grade News: September 14th-18th

Parents,

We are going to begin using a blog to update you on our important information going on in 5th grade.  This will take the place of the newsletter presentation that was being sent home. Your learners' homeroom teacher will still continue to send you the link at the end of the week or first thing Monday morning. As we update each week, the new posts will be at the top of the page. 

What's Happening Down C-Hall... 

LA/SS:

• Freedom was our theme this week as we participated in Celebrate Freedom Week! The students had a chance to create freedom poems of their own and explore the preamble of the Constitution. We also wrapped up the rough draft of our autobiography and the students will have a chance to clock their papers on Monday. 

Math/Science:

• This week in math we reviewed all of our multiplication and division strategies. We began the discussion on unknown quantities through our learning experiences. In science we began our unit on Matter and Energy. We talked about the different properties of matter and how they are connected to the real world. 

In Other News... 

• Sky Ranch information letters went home last week. They are on a GREEN sheet of paper in your learners' folder. Please look over them and discuss this awesome opportunity with your learner. We will have a parent information meeting January 20th, 2016 at 5:30 in the TCE Cafeteria. A $50 deposit to secure your learners' spot will be due by October 2nd, 2015.
• The BLUE emergency contact cards will be coming home with your learners. Please fill them out completely and send them back to school ASAP.
• If you are not getting Ms. Applegate’s e-mail with the blogs and updates at TCE, please let your learners' homeroom teacher know and we will relay the message to the office.
• Special Friends Day and The Fall Family Picnic will be on September 25th. We hope to see you all there! The 5th Grade time for your Special Friends visit is from 1:30-2:30.

• In order to help keep our students hydrated during these warm temperatures, we encourage them to bring a water bottle to school.

Geography Club

Please use the link below to view the flyer on the Geography Club for this year. The first meeting will be September 14th from 3:00-4:30. Contact information for questions can be found in the flyer.

Geography Club Flyer