November 26-30

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. We all have SO much to be thankful for!

This week we are beginning the reading standard of main idea and details and the grammar standard of punctuating titles of works correctly.

• Homework goes home on Monday, November 26th and is due on Friday, November 30th. Remember homework is optional, but if correct, bonus points will be rewarded.
• This is the 2nd 9 weeks' spelling words: unsuccessful, undoubtedly, impossibly, disloyalty, deactivation, unlikable, replacement, unsafely, uncollectible, immeasurable, impassible, encouragement, unbelievable, unselfishly, rearrangement, discoverable, dishonestly, unbreakable, reappearance, reassurance. This spelling test is not until Friday, December 7th.
• There will be a reading test on Friday, November 30th. It will consist of 2 cold read passages and question sets.
• Last week's tests go home on Tuesday, November 27th.
• If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return it by Friday the 30th. 
• Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc.
• Let me know if you need me in any way!
  
  

Coming Up Soon:
Wear BLUE again on Tuesday, November 27th.

Field Trip Money is DUE Wednesday, November 28th.
Kona Ice is also Wednesday, November 28th.

Please send to school with your child an inexpensive pair of head phones or ear buds for computer lab. Thanks to everyone who has already sent them in.

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse when they return.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             tammy.short@sccboe.org   (science)
             laura.allen@sccboe.org  (social studies)

Our websites are available through the school's website.

Any questions, please ask. Looking forward to another GREAT week of learning.

November 12-16

This week is review week. We will be reviewing the reading standard of Cause and Effect. It was continuously missed while we were working on text structure. There will be no grammar standard this week because of the short week.

• Homework will go home on Tuesday the 13th and is not due until Friday the 16th. Remember homework is optional, but is bonus points if completed correctly.
• This week's story is A Drop of Water to help review cause and effect. A study guide will go home on Tuesday, the 13th.
• This week's vocabulary words are:

elongates: stretches to a longer length
elastic: stretches easily
rigid: stiff and does not change shape easily
accumulate: collect over time
underlying: located below or beneath something
intricate: complicated or involved and has many small parts or details
vanish: to disappear suddenly
replenishing: refilling it or making it complete again

• There will be a reading test on cause and effect on Friday the 16th.
• Last week's tests will go home on Wednesday, November 14th. If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return it by Friday the 16th. 
• Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc.
• Let me know if you need me in any way! 

Coming Soon:

• Progress Reports go over Wednesday, November 14th. Please review, sign, and return by Friday, the 16th.
• Wear BLUE on Wednesday the 14th for Diabetes Awareness Day.
• Special Snack is Wednesday the 14th.


• Thanksgiving Feast is Thursday, November 15th. 5th grade lunch time is 11:40.


• No School, November 19-23. Happy Thanksgiving!

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse when they return.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             tammy.short@sccboe.org   (science)
             laura.allen@sccboe.org  (social studies)

Our websites are available through the school's website.

Any questions, please ask. Looking forward to another GREAT week of learning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 5-9

This week is review week. We will be reviewing the reading standard of text structure and the grammar standard of using commas correctly.

• Homework will go home on Monday the 5th and is not due until Friday the 9th. Remember homework is optional, but is bonus points if completed correctly.
• There will be a grammar test correctly using commas on Thursday the 8th.
• There will be a reading test on text structure on Friday the 9th. 
• Last week's tests will go home on Tuesday, November 6th.
• If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return it by Friday the 9th. 
• Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc.
• Let me know if you need me in any way! 
Coming Soon:

• Snake Show: Friday the 9th. $2.00 to attend.
• No School, Monday the 12th.

 

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse when they return.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             tammy.short@sccboe.org   (science)
             laura.allen@sccboe.org  (social studies)

Our websites are available through the school's website.

Any questions, please ask. Looking forward to another GREAT week of learning.