Sept. 23-27

We had another great week in 5th grade!
Please see updates below:

October 4th: First Sky Ranch Payment Due ($50)

October 11th: Parent Conferences

Please sign up for a Parent Conference if you haven't already. You can find the link that was e-mailed to you from your learner's teacher. (Please e-mail them again if you can't find it!)

Please review the information from our 5th Grade Curriculum Night Presentation. 

Popcorn Subscription starts Friday, September 20th. Please see the flier that came home about popcorn money! Your learner can bring 50 cents each day there is Texan Town, or $2.50 all at once on September 20th in order to get popcorn delivered to the classroom. 

Your learner came home with a letter that explains Sky Ranch Payment for the year. You can view the letter here. Our Sky Ranch trip will be April 22-April 24. The first payment will be due October 4th and it will be $50. If you would like to pay online, you may visit this link. Please contact your homeroom teacher or Mrs. Ford, the assistant principal, if you would like to discuss payment plans. 

In math next week, we will be learning new skills for multiplying and dividing decimals. This is a new skill in 5th grade so we will be sure to practice and talk about growth mindset! Learners will be keeping track of their own growth and data as the unit goes on. Click here for some optional decimal at-home practice.

In science next week we will be exploring conductors and insulators with some hands-on learning experiences and labs. We will also be wrapping up our Matter and Energy unit with some review games and then our unit assessment. 

In reading, we will spend our last week of the fiction unit focusing on the theme, or life lesson, in our Book Club books. We will continue to analyze how the characters problems and relationships lead to the bigger meaning  of our stories. We'd love for you to talk to your son/daughter about the characters in their books. What motivates the characters and what kinds of  lessons are the characters learning? 


We will apply similar author's craft ideas in our own writing as we continue to write about what our stories  are really about. If you haven't yet, talk to your son/daughter about his/her narrative story. Ask them to tell you all about the story they've been writing about and the bigger meaning or  feeling  behind the story! 

We have started our study of the causes of  the  American Revolution,  and the kids are already really interested! We will continue to explore the reasons why America and Great Britain went to war. Talk to your son/daughter about the Google Expedition we did in class! Ask them what was their favorite thing to see on the guided tour.