This week...

We had a great week in 5^th grade, here is what is happening!

Language arts-- At this point quite a few of the students are reading above grade level and I would highly suggest that they start reading books that challenge them. For example, we all know and love Junie B. Jones books but it’s not challenging enough for kids who are reading far above their grade level! There is a great list at public libraries for recommended 5^th grade books.

As a class we only had 50% of everyone turn in their Road To Success reading logs this past week…I know we can do better this week!

Spelling words for this week:

Mrs. French’s class-wife, wives, sheep, foot, lives, leaf, mouse, wolves, knives, tooth, feet, women, geese, loaves, mice, knife, deer, loaf, leaves, woman, life, goose, wolf, teeth

Ms. Stanger’s class-active, safety, novelty, specialty, casual, humid, certain, minority, activity, festive, tranquil, novel, royalty, minor, casualty, sensitivity, safe, special, festivity, royal, tranquility, humidity, sensitive, certainty

Math- I can’t stress enough how important it is to know math facts at this point. As a reminder if you haven’t passed off math facts that is homework every night! (Even if you have it is still good practice!)

Science fair—You are on your own for science fair at this point. If you have specific questions about your project please contact me. We are no longer having you turn in pieces of the science fair packet but continue to use it as a guideline.

We are still going out to recess everyday, please remember to wear proper winter gear!

Finally, on November 29 at 1:00pm we will be doing out monthly Meet The Master’s art project. However, this one is a bit more involved and I am asking for one parent volunteer to come in and be able to help. If you could email me and let me know I would appreciate it.  I know there are several of you who have offered to help and will definitely be on the lookout for more needed volunteers in the future. (My previous post also has some ideas for classroom volunteers as well.)

Thank you for all your support and for allowing me to work with such wonderful 5^th graders!