November 12, 2009
Dear Parents and Students,
I have so enjoyed meeting all parents! Sorry for my laziness lately, and
not keeping up with the newsletter. Hopefully, it's not too late to let you
know about our 5th Grade awards assembly at 10:45 am on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13!
Please join us in the gym to honor and celebrate EVERY 5th grader and their
amazing achievements thus far!
Wishing you guys a fabulous break,
Mrs. Hyde
Important Dates
Friday 10-30-09 - Gradebook closes for Trimester 1; HALLOWEEN PARADE: 1:15 PM
Friday 11-6-09 - End of First Trimester
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES/MINIMUM DAYS: 12:00 pm dismissal
Friday 11-6-09
Monday 11-9-09
Tuesday 11-10-09
Wednesday 11-11-09 Veterans Day, NO SCHOOL
Thursday 11-12-09
Friday 11-13-09 AWARDS ASSEMBLY: 10:45 AM
INNER-SESSION BREAK: Mon 11-16-09 thru Fri 11-27-09
Monday 11-30-09 BACK TO SCHOOL
This Week In:
LANGUAGE ARTS: Unit: "Give it All You've Got!" Story: The Fear Place. We
practiced parrot reading (to achieve fluency), we focussed on linking verbs
in grammar, and we wrote our first multiple paragraph essay on how a quote
relates to the story we read.
MATH: We dove head first into Algebra. At first students were leary, but by
Thursday, they were so excited about how well they understood the new
concepts, that I had to kick them out to get them to go to lunch!
SOCIAL STUDIES: We did a lesson together because students are having
difficulty doing the assignments independently and getting a passing score.
(Only 2 students out of the whole class got passing scores!) Until they can
work independently AND competently, we'll have to forgo the cool activities
and do the book work as a class.
SCIENCE: We started to work on Chapter 2. We will have to complete chapter 2
while learning about Mars, since our space mission in two weeks revolves
around an intimate knowledge of the red planet.
