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Veteran's Day Ceremony
We will have our Annual Veteran's Day Ceremony in the TCE Gym on November 11th at 8:00 am. Ms. Martin included more information about this in her Parent Blog.
Give for Grants
We love the Coppell Education Foundation and their mission to fund educational, motivational and transformational programs for learning. Check out these grant proposals in the link below. We wrote a grant for Apple Pencils for the fifth graders. We'd love for you to consider supporting one or more of these grants.
Yearbook Sales
Our yearbook sales have officially begun! Our yearbooks are distributed in the spring and include class pictures, individual photos of year learner, and fun candid shots from the year. If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook, please click on the link below. You can also purchase yearbook ads with the same link. https://www.balfour.com/student-info?smi=98688
Pansy Planting
We'd love to have volunteers help us with our annual pansy planting. We've purchased enough for all learners to plant one in the front of our school next Thursday, November 14th on the way to recess. If you'd like to volunteer to help out, please click on the link below and sign up.
**All volunteers need to have a completed background check on file to participate. https://apps2.winocular.com/coppell/workspace/
Colored Name Cards for Car Loop
Several weeks ago, you received a colored name card to keep in your window as you drive through the car loop. We want to give a quick shout out to all of the parents that have been using the colored name plates in the car loop line. They are so helpful when we're trying to make dismissal run quickly and efficiently. Thank you!
5th Grade Spelling Bee
Every year, the fifth grade has a School Spelling Bee. Prior to the School Bee, we have Class Bees, which are open to any student that wants to participate and serves as the "qualifier" for the School Bee. You can learn more in this letter explaining the School Bee.
We are not allowed to post any study lists online, but we have sent study lists home with the students. (We initially had some issues with the copies, but all of the students have the correct lists now.) We will include some addition study resources in the "Option Homework and Review Resources" section of the blog below.
Accessing Your Son/Daughter's Schoology
As we shared at Curriculum Night, Schoology is a great resource to use to learn more about what we are doing in class. If you login to your son/daughter's account (or ask them to login and show you), you'll be able to see resources added by teachers, assignments, pretests and quizzes, and discussions. Each of us uses Schoology differently, but it would be beneficial for each class of parents to visit from time to time. If you'd like to access your own account (rather than logging in as your child), you can use this site to learn more about how to do it.
2019-2020 Creative Writing Competition
It's time for the 2019-2020 Creative Writing Competition sponsored by the Coppell Gifted Association. This will be the 12th year CGA has run this competition, and we'd love to have our 4th and 5th graders participate. Please see below for the link to register and important details:
- FREE for Coppell ISD to students to enter.
- Open to any student in grades 4-12
- Students do not have to be part of the gifted program to participate in the competition
- Deadline for submissions: December 6, 2019
- Details and Rules at https://coppellgifted.org/2019-2020-creative-writing-competition/
As you know, we have a payment plan for our Sky Ranch trip. You can view the information letter here. The second payment of $50 was due Friday, November 1st. The third payment of $50 will be due February 2nd. You may pay by cash, check, or online via 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 continuing our fractions unit by practicing adding and subtracting fractions with unequal denominators. Please check the homework section of the blog to see links to help your leaners practice this vital skill!
Science
In science, we will be continuing our unit on forces and motion. Learners will explore concepts such as friction, gravity, pushes/pulls, and unbalanced/balanced forces.
Reading
In our nonfiction reading unit, we will take what we've learned about finding the main ideas and begin to practice summarizing the text using those big ideas. We'd love for you to talk to your son/daughter about a book he/she is reading in reading workshop.
Writing
We will also continue to write our informational texts. We'll focus on adding specific details such as dates, quotes, sizes, and shapes, as well as writing engaging introductions and conclusions. Ask your son/daughter about the information book he/she is writing. What part of the book makes him/her the most proud
Social Studies
Now that we have finished our Veterans Day project, we will be revisiting our study of the American Revolution. We'd love it if you'd ask your son/daughter to share his/her Veterans Day essay with you. You can access the essays through Schoology.
As a reminder, all of the activities listed below are optional resources for you and your family.
Math
Click here to view a 30 page fraction review document with important pre-requisite skills to our current unit. We recommend having learners practice 1 sheet at a time, since there are many pages in this resource! (We realize that every other page on the pdf is upside down. The learners can just flip it over once it's printed.)
Reading & Language Arts
We would love for your son/daughter to spend time reading at home! They can read any text that catches their interest. We are currently in our Nonfiction Unit, so any informational texts they are interested in would be great.
Here are a couple of websites that offer current event articles targeted towards preteens and teens. With your guidance, they could choose articles of interest to read.
If you would like some extra resources to help your son/daughter study for the Class and School Spelling Bees, you can use these sites:
- My Spell It
- Word Central Games (Alpha-bot or Robo-Bee)
- For Fun: Could you win the Spelling Bee?
Your son/daughter can also work on an entry for the CGA writing competition. (See information above)
November 11: Veteran's Day Ceremony 8:00 AM
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| Playing a round of "Equivalent Fractions War" to practice finding the common denominators of two fractions. |
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| Exploring friction! |
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| Learners trying out different text structures for their informational books |
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| Learners trying out different text structures for their informational books |
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