5th Grade News
Upcoming Dates
Oct 20 Parent Club meeting, 9:00am
Oct 27 Sub sale pick-up, 4:00-6:00pm
Oct 27 Turkey Trot, 5:00
Oct 29 Halloween parties
Oct 29 Skating party at Terry Hall, 6:30-8:30, no costumes
Oct 30 No school
Nov 9, 11, & 12 Parent Teacher Conferences
Can Drive Update!
Thank you so much for the overwhelming support shown during our can drive! There was $2513 raised!!! A special thank you to the volunteers who brought back over 25,000 cans-YUCK!!! The winning classes were Mrs. Haagsma’s and Mrs. Higgs’.
Halloween News
Our Halloween Party will be Thursday, Oct 29th from 2:30-3:30. Costumes are allowed for the party. Please make sure that their costume is school appropriate (for example, no blood, gore, knives, guns). We will be having a school wide parade this year, earlier in the afternoon. More information to come at a later time. Below is list of volunteers who signed up at open house:
Willmore’s Class
Sweet Snacks- Elizabeth S and Heather Alber
Salty Snack-Mandy Weemhoff
Healthy Snacks- Jeanette Schuiteman
Game- Elizabeth Washington and STILL NEED ONE to help her
Drinks/Cups if needed- Chris Way
Napkins/Plates- Dawn Marvin
Technology Update: Symbaloo Website,Moby Max, and Gmail
Moby Max
We are also excited to announce that we now have full access to Moby Max. A special thank you to our Parent Club for purchasing the program! Here is the welcome letter from Moby Max....
We are excited to implement a new web-based curriculum called MobyMax in our classroom. MobyMax is tailored to your child's individual needs, and I think you will be very impressed by how fast your child will excel while using Moby. Moby's features include:
-Placement tests that accurately identify where your child excels, and where his or her "missing skills" are
-Targeted instruction to "fill in" those missing skills
-Systematic review sessions that ensure that your child retains 100% of what he or she has learned
Best of all, your child can access Moby from your home computer at any time. Login steps for [Student]
Go to our symbaloo website, click moby max and login with their username and password.
Once logged in, your child will immediately start the lessons and begin improving his or her missing skills.
You can sign in as a parent as well by selecting "Parent" from the drop-down menu and entering your child's username and password. You will be able to monitor your child's progress and even send messages to me.
Gmail
All students do have a school gmail account. These accounts should be used for school purposes only. Thank you!
Subject Overview
Reading: Students have begun the unit, Insight into Characters. Students build theories about characters and gather evidence to support their ideas.
Writing: Students are beginning a unit on Essays, which will include a thesis(claim) and supporting evidence. Be sure to ask what topic your student chose.
Math: Unit 2 is over decimals- place value, addition, and subtraction of them will be emphasized. Be on the lookout for homework pages
SS: Students are studying Three Worlds Meet- the Old World (Europe), the New World (North America), and Africa.
Science: Students were tested today on the night sky, including constellations, why stars are visible, their apparent movement, moon phases, and eclipses.
