Fifth Grade Newsletter Friday, December 4, 2015 Dates to Remember: ● Sound to Sea payment #2 was due on November 30. Please make plans for the next installment of $65.
● DARE (Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education) graduation will be held at 8:30 am on Thursday, December 17. ​
All
parents are invited to attend. We are very thankful for Officer Jack Bowles, who had weekly sessions with our
students about making good choices.
● Fifth grade homework help is available at 7:20 for those students who need extra help with attempted homework on three mornings:
Math on Wednesday mornings, Science on Thursday mornings, and ELA on Friday mornings. Note that this is for students who have
struggled with homework and need help, not a time to do homework. It is for students who come in early on those days, not as all
students are arriving.
● Fifth grade students will go to the Christmas Cove sponsored by our PTO ($1-$6 gift shopping opportunity for students) on the
following days: Mrs. Mize’s class and ½ of Mrs. Spoon’s class on Dec. 8; Mrs. Weston’s class and ½ of Mrs. Spoon’s class on Dec. 9.
Mrs. Spoon: Language Arts
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his week in Language Arts we have been
working on comparing and contrasting
nonfiction text with similar topics. We have
been comparing and contrasting text
structure, author’s purpose, and other
aspects of each text. We have also been
reviewing how to identify the main idea of a
text while we read. Below is a website with
many different links for reviewing and
working with main idea.
If your student received a grade of 50 on
their progress report due to a Reading Log, it
means that this was a missing assignment.
Mrs. Weston: Math
We started a new unit this week. We have
been working on multiplying numbers by 10,
100, 1000 and on the relationship they have
with place value. We have also begun a unit
on exponents. We will continue working on
powers of ten and exponents next week.
There will be a quiz on Wednesday. We will
then begin on Thursday multiplying multi-digit
numbers.
Wednesday mornings is when I am available
for students to come get extra help with their
homework. For more practice at home, this is
a great website:
Mrs. Mize: Science
Students are working on applying new
vocabulary: momentum, acceleration, speed,
velocity, balanced/unbalanced forces, and
how each factor affects motion. Newton’s
three laws of motion are an integral part of
this study. We will have a unit test before the
holiday break; please help your child with his
or her homework and vocabulary.
I am available on Thursday mornings at
7:20 for students who need more help.
Newton's Second Law
Newton's Third Law
Vocabulary Interactive Flashcards
Please ask your student to come to me for a
make-up assignment for these Reading Logs.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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