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January 31st: 5th Grade Growth and Development Talk (A handout with more information came home this week.)
February 2nd: 3rd Sky Ranch Payment of $50 is due
February 2nd: 3rd Sky Ranch Payment of $50 is due
February 6th: *optional* Sky Ranch Chaperone Interest forms due
February 13: 5th Grade Valentine's Day Party from 2-3pm
February 14th: No School (Teacher Work Day)
February 17th: No School (Weather Day)
April 3rd: All Sky Ranch Paperwork due
Friendship Friday
As a special 5th grade treat, every Friday for the rest of the year will be "Friendship Friday." Learners will get to sit anywhere they like in the cafeteria (mixed up classes). This is an opportunity for learners to begin preparing for middle school cafeteria etiquette, as well as a special reward for their great behavior!
Author Visit: Elly Swartz
5th graders will get the opportunity to hear from author Elly Swartz on Thursday, January 30th at 1:30pm. If your learner is interested in bringing one of her books to get signed while she is here, they may purchase a book from her Amazon site linked here.
Yearbook Pictures
Yearbook Sales
The Yearbook deadline has been extended! See info below to purchase.
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.
5A Schaaf: https://photos.app.goo.gl/MKzHHRr5ZM539zW89
5B Foroodi: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EKppkUJuzWkkVW23A
5C Natherson: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xb4Lyjm3zVrnUhGGA
5D Taylor: https://photos.app.goo.gl/NJgD6S8Ef7JyYKh49
Photos for 5th Grade Graduation Slideshow
The 5th grade room parents have created Google photo folders where you can start uploading photos of your learners with their TCE friends to be used for the 5th Grade Slideshow at the end of the year. The ideal photos to upload are of groups of 3 or more and have Town Center 5th graders in them. Please use the links below to upload photos to your homeroom teacher's album.
5A Schaaf: https://photos.app.goo.gl/MKzHHRr5ZM539zW89
5B Foroodi: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EKppkUJuzWkkVW23A
5C Natherson: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xb4Lyjm3zVrnUhGGA
5D Taylor: https://photos.app.goo.gl/NJgD6S8Ef7JyYKh49
Thank you to those of you who were able to make it to the Sky Ranch Parent Meeting last night. If you weren't able to make it, your learner should be coming home today with the packets that we handed out. Please note that the packet has information pertaining to Sky Ranch as well as many forms that need to be filled out. For a digital version of the information packet, please click here.
For access to a digital Google Folder that includes all of the required forms to be filled out and returned, please click here.
Please remember that the required Sky Ranch forms are not due until April 3rd, 2020. However the sooner you get them in the better!
Also, please note that there is an earlier due date for the *optional* Chaperone Interest Form: February 6th, 2020.
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.
Math
In math this week, we will continue to work on our Expressions and Equations unit. We are exploring types of graphs such as stem and leaf graphs and dot plots.
Science
In science this week, we have started our unit on renewable and nonrenewable resources. We even had a chance to present our project about the types of alternative energy to Ms. Martin and Mrs. Ford!
In writing, we will continue to learn how to write argument essays. The students have been researching about chocolate milk. Based on this research, each student will make a claim as to whether or not schools should sell chocolate milk. In reading, each student is researching a debatable issue. Students will learn how to research both sides of an issue, synthesize information from multiple sources, and determine which facts are most important to the argument. You could help us out by talking to your son/daughter about claims, reasons, and evidence!
Social Studies
We have been learning about the Branches of Government. The students are learning the major roles and responsibilities of each branch and the ways in which the constitution balances their powers. Want to review your government knowledge and learn with us? Ask your son/daughter to watch the Branches of Government Flocabulary with you or play the vocab review games on Quizlet (which is linked in our Schoology courses).
As a reminder, all of the activities listed below are optional resources for you and your family.
Math
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 Argument & Advocacy Unit, so persuasive texts, debates, or nonfiction articles would be advised. You can check out some interesting debate topics here.
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.
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