*The Fun Run fundraiser is back
-Kickoff date is February 16th
-Final day of donations is March 2nd
-https://video.link/w/Nj0Qb
*5th Grade will celebrate Valentine’s Day this Friday 2/12. Our afternoon will be filled with decorating virtual Valentine’s and watching Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (PG).
Hi, parents! I wanted to remind you that we will not have school on Wednesday. It is a district day off. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday will be regular days of instruction.
During the past few weeks, I’ve noticed more students with a growing number of missing assignments. We are moving into new standards in all of our subjects, and students who do not complete the graded assignments will notice a sharp dip in their grades. Please encourage your student to complete and turn in all of their missing work.
With that in mind, we have weekly asynchronous math and reading assignments. These include a ReadTheory passage, Khan Academy minutes, and Lexia or designated reading program minutes. Though some students are completing this work regularly, many simply do not complete these assignments. These reinforce what we do in the classroom and are adaptive, so they meet students where they are learning. Please remember, we decided not to assign additional homework after school releases. Completing their tech time during asynchronous sessions is what reinforces what we’re learning and helps them better understand in class concepts.
We started our Wax Museum project this week, and we’ll start a setting reading project for our novel. Students will have specific portions of each of these assignments to complete each day. Please check in on them. They are really excited about Wax Museum!
Here’s our digital planner for the week: http://bit.ly/39Vqyh9
Wednesday 2/10 – No School
Friday 2/12 – Pink & Red Day
Monday 2/15 – President’s Day – No School
2/25 – 3/2 Vitual Fun Run – More information to come soon!
For the next few weeks, your student will be preparing 5 facts and interview questions for their historical figure!
What to expect:
-Brainstorm three possible choices of historical figures. Teacher will select students using a random picker for selection choice. Only one student can be that historical figure. See list in Google Classroom.
-Interview questions and factual responses will be our writing activity for the next few weeks in Google Slides.
-Costumes are not mandatory, but highly encouraged. Please be creative and use items around the house.
-Presentations will be virtual using Flipgrid.
-All costumes must be school appropriate and no weapons are allowed on screen.
-TBA – viewing schedule for February 26th!
Can you believe it? It is February already!
Don’t forget that tomorrow we will have our publishing party for our opinion pieces.
Your child completed their first opinion writing. We really focused on developing an opinion, researching supporting details, and putting the writing into a five paragraph essay.
Monday, February 1st, we will have a publishing party at 2:10pm! The party will include:
-Sharing & presenting their writing
-Snack (example: goldfish, chips, fruit snacks, etc.)
-Drink (example: water, Capri Sun, juice)
*Can you help me by allowing students to gather a fun snack/drink for the celebration?
😃
On Tuesday, students will start working on their Wax Museum projects.
Here’s our digital planner for the week: http://bit.ly/3pAaffa
Your students knocked their interviews out of the park. I told them how proud I was of them on Thursday and Friday. If you wouldn’t mind telling them again, they sure deserve it!
We’re going to have a great week!
Congrats! 🎉
Your child completed their first opinion writing. We really focused on developing an opinion, researching supporting details, and putting the writing into a five paragraph essay.
Monday, February 1st, we will have a publishing party at 2:10pm! The party will include:
-Sharing & presenting their writing
-Snack (example: goldfish, chips, fruit snacks, etc.)
-Drink (example: water, Capri Sun, juice)
*Can you help me by allowing students to gather a fun snack/drink for the celebration?
😃
When: Thursday, January 28th & Friday, January 29th
Where: Google Meet scheduled on your child’s Google Classroom page.
Why: We are concluding our Economics Unit with College and Career readiness and preparation.
What to Expect: Your child will present their resume in the interview and answer questions about the job of their choice.
How You Can Help: Please review your child’s resume; make sure all sections are complete and representative of your child. Also, ask your child questions from the sample list of Interview Questions and practice responses encouraging a clear speaking voice and eye contact.
*The resume, interview questions, and Google Meet interview links/times are posted in Google Classroom.
This week we will culminate our career unit with students creating resumes and attending interviews. Each student will be assigned to an interviewer and will be asked questions similar to those in job interviews. It will give students an opportunity to see what the interview process is like.
Here’s this week’s digital planner: http://bit.ly/2LS9Ztr
Our school SOT Meeting is Tuesday at 3:30 PM.
Friday is football day! Wear your favorite team jersey!
Thank you for making Career Day such an awesome success!!!I know the kids enjoyed learning about a variety of career options. You made Friday amazing!
This week, I will meet with smaller groups of students on Wednesday and Friday. Students are encouraged to come to their group time promptly and complete their small group work when not meeting with me. Any student who is struggling with a concept can stay for a reteach of that lesson as well. Our group times are show on our calendar and I will review with the students on Wednesday. Remember Wednesday is a our normal morning synchronous class day as well, and students will have asynchronous work to complete after lunch.
Small group math times on Wednesday and Friday are as follows:
I’ve sent each of you a link to your student MAP data as well as a breakdown for improvement. Please reach out to schedule a conference about any of the data contained should you have any questions.
Something must move up and down
for the medallion to be found.
You can search after dark or by the light of the sun
we hope while you’re looking you have a bit of fun.
Happy hunting!
Ms. B. in Class 