We are wrapping up the last week of second quarter. I will have Infinite Campus updated by this Friday so you can login and get a sneak peek of your student's report card. If you have questions or concerns or would just like to meet, I will have open office hours Tuesday and Thursday of this week, plus Tuesday-Friday hours the week of January 19th - 22nd. I can also schedule phone conferences if that's what works best too.
This week we will be wrapping up Winter MAP testing. I should have all the scores by this Friday. If you are interested in seeing where your student scored, please shoot me an email. Because of the MAP testing, there will be no spelling test this week. However, there will be a Science test coming up soon. Study notes will appear on the blog when the test date is set. I am thinking Wednesday, January 20th. Don't forget to check out the last blog entry where we practiced our knowledge of atoms by building them.
This quarter in 5th grade your student can look forward to learning:
- Everything Fractions and competing in an on-line math competition with a grand prize of every student earning their own Kindle Fire. (More info coming home this week)
- Cells, Microscopes, Genetics, Plants and Plate Tectonics
- Finishing our book study on Mary Norton's "The Borrowers" and starting a Lit Circle book group
- Optional Cookie Dough/coupon book sales to earn money for a field trip
- The Revolutionary War and how government works
- Sketching 3 dimensional objects in art
- Story Writing techniques and publishing our own book
Grab your planners for this week's to do list:
- Monday, January 11th - MAP Reading
- Wednesday, January 13th - MAP Math, Book Orders Due
- Friday, January 15th - No School - Teacher In service
- Monday, January 18th - No School - Human Rights Day
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