Week of Sept. 9-13

Thank you for those of you who made it to Special Friends Day! Please see updates below:

September 20th: Texan Town starts

September 24th: Sonic Night Fundraiser

October 4th: First Sky Ranch Payment Due

October 4th: TCE's 25th Birthday Picnic

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, we will continue our place value of decimals unit. We will begin to compare and order decimals using a variety of methods.

In reading, we will be starting Fiction Book Clubs! The learners will have a chance to read a fiction book and participate in discussions with a group of classmates. In writing, we will continue to grow as writers as we focus on Personal Narratives. This week we will focus on including story elements and elaboration that make the story more interesting. We have also finished working on our Where I'm From Projects. We are really impressed with the kids' work, and we have loved learning about your families. If you would like to see the projects, you may visit this link.

In science, we will continue our unit on matter and energy by participating in learning experiences on density and volume of irregular shapes.

In Social Studies, we will use what we've learned about each colony to write a letter declaring which colony we'd prefer to live in if we had the chance back then.

Mrs. Schaaf and her husband welcomed their baby girl, Hayden Grace Schaaf, on September 10th at 10:58pm! We are so excited for the new family of three!

Fifth grade enjoyed getting to show their Special Friends around the school today!