Sandy KH’s Fifth Grade Class Peek at the WeekMarch 2010 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 22 23 24 25 26 Day 2 -PE Day 3 – Music Day 1– Media Day 2 -PE Day 3–Music IB Planner CivilStruggles Spanish DARE (last day) First Grade Buddies Spanish Spelling Test FAD Book Character Day IMPORTANT DATES: 3/26 – Book Character Day 3/29 – 4/2 – Spring Break (NO SCHOOL) 4/26 – 5 th Grade Orientatation 7:00pm (at Sunrise Park and Central) HOMEWORK UPDATE Fifth graders will no longer be receiving the homework packet every Friday. Homework will be given out in classrooms as teachers feel it is needed. We will be reminding students to keep track of their homework in theiragendas. This change will help ease them into the homework patterns they are likely to see in middle school. Students will have to continue to read at home and will be required to fill out a monthly reading log. Math homeworkwill also continue on a regular basis. CLASS WEBSITE: We have set up a website for all the 5 th grade classes this year. Please check it out! http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com SPRING BREAKSpring Break is March 29 – April 2. Students are encouraged to continue reading at home and filling out theirmonthly reading log. They also need to complete a book report for theirgenre pizza or about a novel they have read. It is also sugg ested that students visit Study Island overSpring Break. This is an online program that helps students prepare for tests in the spring. Students should know their log-in information and passwords. http://www.studyisland.com
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Sandy KH’s Fifth Grade ClassPeek at the Week
March 2010
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
22 23 24 25 26 Day 2 -PE Day 3 – Music Day 1– Media Day 2 -PE Day 3 –Music
IB Planner Civil Struggles
Spanish DARE(last day)
First Grade Buddies Spanish
Spelling Test
FAD
Book Character Day
IMPORTANT DATES:
3/26 – Book Character Day3/29 – 4/2 – Spring Break (NO SCHOOL)4/26 – 5 th Grade Orientatation 7:00pm
(at Sunrise Park and Central)
HOMEWORK UPDATE
Fifth graders will no longer be receiving
the homework packet every Friday.Homework will be given out inclassrooms as teachers feel it is needed.We will be reminding students to keep
track of their homework in their agendas. This change will help ease
them into the homework patterns theyare likely to see in middle school.
Students will have to continue to read athome and will be required to fill out amonthly reading log. Math homework
will also continue o n a regular basis.
CLASS WEBSITE:
We have set up a website for all the 5 th grade classesthis year. Please check it out!
http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com
SPRING BREAK
Spring Break is March 29 – April 2.Students are encouraged to continuereading at home and filling out their monthly reading log. They also needto complete a book report for their genre pizza or about a novel they
have read. It is also suggested thatstudents visit Study Island over Spring Break. This is an online
program that helps students preparefor tests in the spring. Students
should know their log-in informationand passwords.
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO?In math this week, we continued working on
division. We learned two different strategies to usewhen dividing long numbers. We also learned differentways to represent the remainder – including asfractions and decimals. We will wrap up our unit onmultiplication and division next week and have our unit
test on Thursday. Work with your math packet thisweekend using the division method you prefer. Makesure to show your work. Please continue to practicemath facts at home! There are also some great gamesand activities under the math links on our classwebpage.
We continued work with our current IBPlanner, titled Civil Struggles . The central idea of this
planner is that societies have civil conflicts due todifferences. Inquiry this week focused on the Civil War in the United States. Students imagined that they were
Union soldiers in Gettysburg as they visited differentstations around the room to learn about life as a soldier during that time. Next week, we will look at differentconflicts of the past and present time. Angie Roe was aspecial guest in our room and was a wealth of information about the Civil War. Thank you Angie!
In literacy, students are writing their reflectionsabout the book, FROM SLAVE SHIP TOFREEDOM ROAD, by Julius Lester. Your paragraphis due Monday about “When I Was Young. . . . Thatwas the last time I saw him. Parents can edit their
children’s writing and sign that you edited it. Spellingthis week focused on words with suffixes and wordswith different endings. Students should have their spelling words written in their Trackers every week.
DARE this week focused on peer pressure and bullying. Students learned several strategies to helpthem in different situations.
As we approach the spring, please remind your child to be responsible with turning work in on time.We are trying to instill good habits as they make thetransition on to middle school next year.
Angie Roe talking about the Civil War
THANK YOU!!Thank you to all of thefamilies who came andsupported their son or
daughter at the music performance on Thursday.
We appreciate the hard work Mrs. Farinella put in to
