The digital planners for this week can be accessed by clicking the link below:
Boelter/Young AM Digital Planner (if your student start their day with Ms. Boelter in the morning): Boelter Young Digital Planner
Young/Boelter AM Digital Planner (if your student start their day with Mr. Young in the morning): Young Boelter Digital Planner
Announcements
Mrs. Dressler asked that I have all students remember to bring their recorders to school!
Field trip paperwork went home Friday for the Phil Harmonic. PLEASE PLEASE get that back to us ASAP. We have a quick turn around and students who do not fill out all parts cannot attend. This is FREE. No cost to students.
- Staff Development Day – 9/16 No School
- Picture Day 9/18
- Talk Like a Pirate Day 9/19 – Dress like a pirate! Ms. Boelter Will as well.
- Field Trip Forms Due 9/20 – No exceptions (form below:)
- Rock Your School Day 9/27
I know you’ve heard this from everyone, but attendance really does matter. We’re working really hard to get your student at grade level and extend that learning. When students are gone, even one day of the week, they miss key scaffolding to understanding. Should your student miss, the board work for the day is always in the digital planner, and the CYU link is in the digital planner. That is what they’re expected to make up, but know that pales in comparison to what we do together in the classroom.
Curriculum
Thank you so much for all that you do with your student to help them grow academically. Last week I was able to meet and conference with all students. In their Friday folder, you should find their Proud Moments and Areas for Growth as well as their rubric for topic 13’s math assessment. Thank you to everyone who returned the number of the day! Many students gained a better understanding from completing that activity with you. You may notice that for some of these topics, we are spending two days per topic. Place value is the bedrock of what we do in 5th grade, and we want to make sure students have a firm foundation before moving on. This week we’ll compare decimals and round decimals.
I will send home the number of the day again on Tuesday. If students could complete one of those, front and back by Friday, including the rounding, it would be really helpful. I have students take out their Friday folders and put them in those Friday folders. If they don’t have that Friday folder in their backpack, I give them another. This will help you know where it is.
We have a lot of content to get through this year, and we’re trying to fill in gaps in concepts students have from previous grades. I know that’s a hefty goal, but together I know we can do it. If you’d like to work with your student at home (and some of you have. Thank you so much! Your can see their confidence when working with groups after working with you as well), students have two volumes of their math workbook at home. I sent those home at the beginning of the year. We are currently in topic 1 (volume 1), and in section 4. If you cannot find them, send me a message. I’ll send another home. Please know, I do not want your student working on school work for hours at home. If completing one Number of the Day is what you and your student get through, that’s great.
Some videos to help understand current concepts can be found here:
Ms. B. in Class 