Mrs. Sigrist's 5th Grade Class

Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more.

You are currently using the Homework With Text Formatting page type. This is an old page type with limited formatting options.

We would recommend switching to the Enhanced Text page, a more advanced page type with many more options. Click here for more information on the different page types.

Please note: You may continue to use this page type if you desire.

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="10" Day="21" Year="2009"> <st1:date Month="10" Day="21" Year="2009"><st1:date Month="10" Day="21" Year="2009"><st1:date Month="1" Day="4" Year="2010">
February 8, 2011
Mrs. Sigrist’s Fifth Grade News<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
<DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #7b7d7b 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 31pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 28pt; BACKGROUND: white; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #7b7d7b 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-element: para-border-div; mso-border-left-alt: solid #7B7D7B .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #7B7D7B .75pt">
<DIV class=WordSection1>
News<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
          In order for Ms. Seishas to complete her training, she must videotape a lesson in class and provide copies of written work performed by the students.  I have attached a permission slip which will authorize her to videotape a lesson that she will be teaching to the class while I am observing from the side.  The video tape is to be submitted to The University of San Francisco and will be treated with care.  Students who are not given permission to sit in on the lesson will be placed in a separate classroom during filming.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me.  The exact date for when this will take place is yet to be determined, but I wanted to get the permission slip to you as soon as I had received it.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Parent Volunteers<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
          Thank you for all of your hard work and participation in and out of the classroom.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Recent Fieldtrips<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
We recently traveled to Oak Ridge High School to see the “Tempest.”  The students had an enjoyable time.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Upcoming Fieldtrips<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Sly Park – We will be attending Sly Park the week of February 21st – February 25th.  We will be leaving school on Tuesday morning of that week and will be arriving back on Friday after lunch.  I am missing paperwork for several students.  I wanted to remind all of you that all of the paperwork must be turned in to me by Wednesday, February 16th, 2011.  If you would like additional information about Sly Park, please go onto the Silva Valley website or go to Sly Park’s website at <A href="http://www.scoe.net/slypark/">http://www.scoe.net/slypark/</A>.  <o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Current Projects<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
The Colonies <o:p></o:p>
Colony Project (I will be handing your child a copy and it is online.)<o:p></o:p>
        Project Begins:  January 28th<o:p></o:p>
        Final Project is due:  February 11th <o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p>
Upcoming Projects<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
The students will be working on the following projects in the upcoming months:  <o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
¨       My Skills Tutor and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Education</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> <o:p></o:p>
o   Students have passwords and have been assigned assignments that they can work on at home or during their computer lab time to review certain concepts and to provide enrichment.  If you hear your child stating that they don’t have any homework, please encourage them to log in and dive into their work online.<o:p></o:p>
¨       Social Studies<o:p></o:p>
          The American Revolution<o:p></o:p>
                   We will be reading My Brother Sam is Dead.<o:p></o:p>
¨       Language Arts<o:p></o:p>
                    Core Literature <o:p></o:p>
                   Review areas of weakness in preparation of the STAR Test<o:p></o:p>
Literature Circles<o:p></o:p>
                    Practice with Grammar and Spelling<o:p></o:p>
                    Writing – Narrative and Persuasive<o:p></o:p>
¨       Science<o:p></o:p>
Science Teacher - students will be paired up with a partner to teach a state standard to the class from the 4th and 5th grade curriculum to help prepare students for the STAR test.<o:p></o:p>
                             Project Begins:  February 14th <o:p></o:p>
                             Presentations Begin:  March 11th <o:p></o:p>
Planet Fact Book – students will be asked to take a journey through space.  On their travels, they will stop at each planet and send home a postcard describing what each one is like.  They even get to make up their own planet.<o:p></o:p>
¨       Math – Please be sure to look at the top of the weekly homework online to see what we are presently working on in math.  The following concepts will be taught in the upcoming weeks:  geometry, area and perimeter of a complex figure, division of decimals, percentages, negative numbers, and a review of concepts we have learned so far this year.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
STAR Testing<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
This year, STAR testing will be occurring the 2 weeks before Spring Break (April 5th – April 15th).  I would appreciate full attendance during our week of review prior to STAR testing, unless someone is sick.  It is also important that during STAR testing, each child gets the appropriate amount of sleep they require for performing well the next day.  During STAR testing, I will be assigning a minimal amount of homework to ensure they are not up late working on homework after they have completed any after school activities.  <o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>

</DIV></DIV></st1:date></st1:date></st1:date></st1:date>

Automatically clean input to optimize for the web.

Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions?

Password: Forgot your password?

TeacherWeb.com

Content on this site is the responsibility of the Subscriber. Additional information is available in the TeacherWeb Terms & Conditions

Mrs. Sigrist's 5th Grade Class

Announcements