5th Grade News
Upcoming Dates
Oct 31 Halloween parties
Nov 4 Early Release Day- Wear your “Color the Park” Shirt
Nov 8 Parent Club Meeting
Nov 11 Report Cards Go Home
Nov 14 & 16 Parent Teacher Conferences
Halloween News
Our Halloween Party will be Monday, Oct 31st from 1:40-2:40 pm. Costumes are allowed for the party. Please make sure that their costume is school appropriate (for example, no blood, gore, weapons).
We will be having a school wide parade this year to The Laurels.
Weather permitting, we will be walking there on Monday, the 31st. We will leave school around 1:00, walk down Park Ave. to Van Buren. We will take a right onto Van Buren down to 36th. Then we will turn right on 36th Ave. walking toward Curtis, turn right onto Curtis which will take us back to school. If you are interested in attending our parade, we are asking parents to line the parade route rather than going in through the Laurels with us, as there is limited space. If it does rain we will not be having the parade. Teachers will have a rain plan for their individual classes.
Below is list of volunteers who signed up at open house:
Willmore’s Class 25 students
Sweet Snacks- Skyler E., Giselle D
Salty Snack- Ellie W
Healthy Snacks- Keegan H
Run/Organize the Games- Garrett C,
Drinks/Cups if needed- Bryce M
Napkins/Plates- Mason M
Bolhuis’ Class- 24 students
Sweet Snacks- Gaby P & Cameron F
Salty Snack- Malachi K & Jonah D
Healthy Snack- Lily L
Game- Jack V & Liam V
Drinks/Cups if needed- Bretyn V
Napkins/Plates- Naomi J
Higgs’ Class- 23 Students
Sweet Snacks- Anneke V & Samantha M
Salty Snack- Noah R
Healthy Snacks- Arika M
Games- Jordan G, Cassie R, Noah R
Drinks/Cups if needed- Carlee D
Napkins/Plates- Angelina N
Assessments
If your child receives a 1 on any type of assessment, please do one of the following: sign the assessment and send it back to school the next day OR write a note in your child’s agenda stating you saw the assessment.
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 finishing a unit on Essays, which included a thesis (claim) and supporting evidence.
Math: Unit 2 is over decimals- place value, addition, and subtraction of them will be emphasized. Unit 2, Test B will be on Thursday.
SS: Students are studying Three Worlds Meet- the Old World (Europe), the New World (North America), and Africa.
Science: Students are studying an inquiry based unit on force and motion. This is a fun and hands-on on unit where students are creating investigations within a collaborative group.
