Week of Sept. 16-20

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

September 24th: Sonic Night Fundraiser

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

October 4th: TCE's 25th Birthday Picnic

October 11th: Parent Conferences

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. 

Parent Conferences will be held on Friday, October 11th. Please sign up for a time slot using the link from your homeroom teacher's e-mail so that we can share all of the great things your learner has been doing in school this year! 

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, we will be showing what we know about decimal place value next week (post-unit assessment). We will begin our next unit, which is decimal operations. Learners will remember adding and subtracting decimals from the fourth grade standard, however we will also add multiplying and dividing with decimals this year. Please use this link to access optional math practice for at home.

In science, we will continue our unit on matter and energy by participating in learning experiences on two properties of matter, density and solubility

In reading, we will continue to study theme, story problems, resolution, and character traits through our Book Clubs. Learners have a reading calendar for their book club, and they are expected to keep up with the assigned reading. However, learners have lots of time to read in class during Reading Workshop! We hope that your son/daughter has been telling you all about his/her book! If not, you might ask them about it! In writing, we will continue to learn strategies for raising the level of our narrative writing and revising to improve.

In Social Studies, the learners will finalize their letters from Unit 1. This assignment will serve as a major grade and will wrap up all that the studetns have learned about the early American colonies. We will also start Unit 2: The American Revolution.