5th Grade Newsletter- October 26th
Upcoming Dates
Oct 30- Picture Retakes
Oct 31- Halloween parade, 9:20
Halloween party, 2:30
Nov. 2- Early Release
Nov 6 & 8- Parent Teacher Conference
Nov 6 & 8- Book Fair (library 4:30-7:30)
Background Checks
Please be aware that every year, each adult that would like to volunteer at Park needs to fill out a Background Check form that is found at: http://www.hudsonvillepublicschools.org/ The “Volunteer Background Check” tab is found on the main page in the bottom right corner. Park is asking that if you are planning on coming into our building and going beyond the office, please fill this form out at your earliest convenience. This does include class parties (ie Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s), field days, field trips, classroom work, etc.
Halloween News
Park Families: In our efforts to partner with the Laurels, we are going to try a new start time for our annual Halloween Parade. We will leave Park at 9:20am and parade down VanBuren, through the Laurels, and back to school by coming up Curtis. Please have your child dressed (or mostly dressed) for the parade when he/she arrives at school. (The Director of the ECC is aware of our morning parade plans and understands Park students may arrive for before school childcare in costume.) Please only send your child to school in school appropriate costumes (specifically, no weapons or anything that might scare little ones). The parade will be canceled if the weather does not cooperate. Classroom parties will still be in the afternoon.
Our Halloween Party will be Wednesday, Oct 31st 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). Below is list of volunteers who signed up at open house; let us know if you would be willing to organize/run a game:
Bolhuis’ Class-23 students
Sweet Snacks- Ava & Lucas
Salty Snack- Haley
Healthy Snacks- Alexis
Run/Organize the Games- 2 Still needed
Drinks/Cups if needed- Bryton
Napkins/Plates- Caeden
Higgs’ Class-23 students
Sweet Snacks- Noah & Hayden
Salty Snack- Jia
Healthy Snacks- Allison & Lucy
Run/Organize the Games- Hunter & One still needed
Drinks/Cups if needed- Gabe
Napkins/Plates- Kate
Willmore’s Class- 21 students
Sweet Snacks- Janaiah & Amiya
Salty Snack- Emma
Healthy Snacks- Ashlynn
Run/Organize the Games- 2 Still needed
Drinks/Cups if needed- Jared
Napkins/Plates- Kaylin
Computers
Study Island is a great resource for students to review material for a test at home. The question format will continue to give additional practice for the M-STEP test, and the content will prepare them for the unit test. In order to find the website, your child will need to first log into www.clever.com. They just need their school e-mail and school password. Their e-mail is their username@hpsstudents.net. Their password is whatever they use to log onto the computers at school. They can then get to Study Island from that website. Students should know where to go from there. However, if they forget, have them click on MI Programs, 5th grade.
Study Island is a great resource for students to review material for a test at home. The question format will continue to give additional practice for the M-STEP test, and the content will prepare them for the unit test. In order to find the website, your child will need to first log into www.clever.com. They just need their school e-mail and school password. Their e-mail is their username@hpsstudents.net. Their password is whatever they use to log onto the computers at school. They can then get to Study Island from that website. Students should know where to go from there. However, if they forget, have them click on MI Programs, 5th grade.
In Clever, students can access All the Right Type to work on their typing skills. By the end of 5th grade, students should be typing 20 WPM. Students can check their typing skills by taking a test on https://www.freetypinggame.net/free-typing-test.asp
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. Thank you for helping us in this matter.
Math Help?
We encourage students to take their math notebook and textbook home to help with their homework. That way they can use them as a resource if they forgot how to do their homework. If they forgot their materials or need additional help, the following links can be used:
5th Grade Homework Help OR http://elemmath.jordandistrict.org/5th-math-expressionslearnzillion-by-lesson/
4th Grade Homework Help (might be helpful for review) OR
http://elemmath.jordandistrict.org/4th-grade-math-expressions-learnzillion-corellation/
What’s happening in…
Reading: Students are continuing their 2nd reading unit, which is on Characters.
Writing: Students will be starting the Interpretive Essay Unit with Mrs. Willmore.
Math: Students are beginning Unit 3, Multiplying Fractions and Mixed Numbers.
SS: Students have begun unit 2, Three Worlds Meet- Europe, America, and Africa.
Science: Students are working on crafting an interpretive essay on a character from our read aloud books.
