5th Grade Happenings

Good Afternoon! I will be sending out class updates about every 2 weeks.  I will attach class calendars as well as important assignments.

WE HAVE PICTURE DAY ON WEDNESDAY, SEPT 18^th!

Upcoming events:

1. Artist Report: Each student should have completed four paragraphs with the rest being done in class this coming week. We wrote their introduction paragraph in class today.  All students have received the directions for their Mini Masterpiece. The final artist report is due Friday, Sept. 20^th .

2. Language Arts:  Our first novel is The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.  Please ask your child to tell you about it.  Look for vocabulary and comprehension questions.

3. Social Studies:  We have been working on our geographical terms.  Our Geo-books are due on Monday.  We chose one National geographical Landmark to research. Examples are Cape Cod, Glen Canyon, and the Colorado River.  They can be anywhere in the United States.  We are finishing up our Fact File this week. We have finished Chapter 1 and started Chapter 2 this week.  Your child can review at http://tutorial.teachtci.com/

4.  Science: The Water Planet is the first unit we are studying. We are studying Evaporation. You and your child can check out this website to review our science concepts. http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html 

5. 1^st Field Trip: Sept. 26^th we will be going to the Fujitsu Planetarium at DeAnza College. Please sign and return the permission slip in the Friday Folder.

6. Please remember to sign and return only the test packet sheet that will be in the Friday Folder this week. You are to keep all the tests for review.

Thank you for all your support and have a great weekend!

                                   

                                                               Andrea Jones

September Calendar

5th Grade Happenings

Happy Sunday!  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We are off to a fabulous start!

Upcoming events:

1.  Artist Report:  We finalized our choice of artist. We are looking for when they were born, died, nationality, influences, famous masterpieces, . . . We started note taking in class this week. And will begin to write  the paragraphs. On laptops, we started our artist PowerPoint project.

2. Language Arts:  Our first novel is The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.  Please ask your child to tell you about it.  Look for vocabulary and comprehension questions.

3.  Social Studies:  We have been working on our geographical terms.  We will be choosing one National geographical Landmark to research.  Examples are Cape Cod, Glen Canyon, and the Colorado River.  They can be anywhere in the United States. We have finished Chapter 1 and will be have a test on Wednesday.  Your child can review at http://tutorial.teachtci.com/

4. Science:  Our first Unit is the Water Planet, We have been learning all about our Solar System and will have a test on Tuesday. Please ask your child to review with you, his study guide.  Here is the website for our foss kits. http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html

5.  Please remember to sign and return only the test packet sheet that will be in the Friday Folder this week. You are to keep all the tests for review.

                           Thank you for all your support and have a great week!

                                   

                                                               Andrea Jones