I appreciate your efforts on the timelines and your patience with our computer issues. Students should be reading every day and finishing their first books. AR is available and students have set goals for the first nine weeks! Have an awesome week!

Class Activities: Our lessons are tentative and adjusted based on time and student need!

Math – Double bar graphs, line graphs, and stem-and-leaf plots. Computation practice sheet 4. Write multiplication facts from timed test last Friday 5 times each.

Spelling – Begin Unit 3 – the sounds of u.

Handwriting – Practice masters 4 and 42 Letter W - due on Thursday.

Language – Continue grammar review and Caught Ya lessons. Grammar focus: conjunctions and combining sentences. Continue writing the rough draft for 5th grade goals. Study subjects, predicates, and commas.

Reading – Reading Logs due Friday – 100 minutes per week. Students should be reading daily and preparing to write letters to me. Continue reading the novel Frindle. Start “Forests of the World” – compare and contrast and vocabulary. Keep working on nonfiction book report – due Sept. 2nd. Write a letter to me about your nonfiction book.

Science – Apply scientific method in a lab. Study systems of measurement.

Social Studies: Geography: Map Grid. Study archaeology. Begin a timeline of world history. Read about the first Americans.

Dates for Tests & Projects & Graded Activities: Test/Quiz dates are tentative & depend on lessons being completed.

Tuesday – Reading Test on “Davy Crockett Saves the World” vocabulary and grammar included.

Language – grammar quiz – subjects, predicates, and commas.

Science Quiz – surface tension, tabs, and vocabulary.

Bring props for Technology Project filming Tuesday!

Wednesday - Social Studies – lessons 2-3 & Daily Geography 2.

Thursday – Handwriting Master 4 and 42 – Letter W due for a grade

Math Quiz – double bar graphs, line graphs, & pictographs.

Book reports due – direction sheet, legal ‘News’ sheet, and bibliography page from class.

Friday – Math multiplication fact quiz (no grade)

Spelling Test 3 – the sounds of u.

Social Studies – DG 3 (hemispheres), map quiz, archaeology, and lesson 4 notes (open book.)

Weekly Folders are sent home on Mondays, but you can check STI Home for grades and averages in each subject any day of the week! Please sign and return Weekly Folders by Wed.

Our Pull-out Schedule:

Monday - Music 9:25-9:55

Tuesday - Music 1:55-2:25

Wednesday - P.E. 8:15-8:50 (Wear tennis shoes)

Thursday - Library 10:45-11:30 (Bring books!)

Friday - P.E. 10:15-10:50 (Wear tennis shoes)

Reminders:

1) Band begins this week. Students are responsible to get work from the teacher and make up work that night.

2) Students may keep a water bottle with cap or closed bottle of water on their desk at all times. Students may bring a healthy SMALL snack that may be eaten while students continue working. Snack time is usually 10:00 A.M.

Important Dates to Remember:

Tues., August 31 – Open House 6:30 PTA & 7:20 5th Grade

Fri., Sept. 3 – class elections for student council rep.

Mon., Sept. 6. – Labor Day –no school

Thurs., Sept. 9 – Interims go home

Fri., Sept. 10 – Student Council Officer Elections

Please put lunch card # on envelopes:

Breakfast $.60 full price & $.30 reduced price

Lunch $1.00 full price & $.40 reduced price

September $12.60 breakfast $21.00 lunch (full price) $6.30 breakfast & $8.40 lunch (reduced price)