Author: emachuga

5th Grade News

November 8, 2013

Upcoming Events
Swimming has started (Wright and McKenna class). Please bring suit and towel on A days
At this time all families should have received a form requesting a parent-teacher conference.
November 11th: No School—Veteran’s Day
November 13th: November Book Order due. PTO Open Swim
November 13th—class photo day
November 13th—Wear Red for Mrs. Hain Day. Students will be able to change before their class photo
November 20th: PTO Open swim
Nov. 21, 22: ½ days, dismissal at 11:05, Parent/Teacher Conferences
Nov. 27-29: NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break
December 2nd: PTO meeting at 5:30pm
December 4th: Half Day 11:05 Dismissal. Teacher Conference Day
December 11th: Band and Chorus Concert, 7:00pm
December 19th: Holiday Extravaganza 12:30-2:15
December 20th: Half day, 11:05 dismissal, Ugly sweater contest day

ELA: Mrs. Wright lwright1@cscsd.org
This week in English Language Arts, we continued to work on the module that focuses on the novel, Esperanza Rising. While working this week, students discussed the big metaphors that occurred throughout the novel. They were also able to determine how these metaphors showed Esperanza changing over time. Students also wrote a “Two-Voice Poem focusing on comparing and contrasting Esperanza’s relationship with another character of their choice from the novel. We completed the week by beginning our end of the unit assessment work. Students will be writing a three paragraph essay as a culminating piece to this unit. Two out of the three paragraphs will be modeled, broken down and written in class. The third paragraph will be written next week on their own in class. Please watch planners for this. Please continue to check my website at toolboxpro for information. At this time, all report card conference confirmations should have been sent home with your child. If you did not see one, please contact Mr. McKenna or myself.

Math/FOSS: Mr. McKenna jmckenna@cscsd.org
This week’s math focus was on dividing decimals by whole numbers. The students learn to complete the process using both place value disks and the traditional algorithm. I gave the students a quiz today to assess their progress...look for the results on Tuesday.
Next week the students will be solving word problems associated with the concepts we have been learning. They will be using visual models to represent the problems then computing them traditionally. The students will also take part in review activities throughout the week to prepare for the end of module test that will take place the week of the 18th.
Ask your child how many grams of salt it takes to saturate 50 ml of water...our Science experiments focused on that very question this week! Next week they will take part in some close in reading activities to take a deeper look into saturation and solubility.
Enjoy Monday...but take time to remember and cherish the work of our veterans!!

Special Education-Mrs. Taft dtaft@cscsd.org
We have been working hard on math modules being retaught in the resource room. We have also been spending time working on our individual goals.
Some people have been slipping on their homework each night. We need to make sure that we are completing our homework each night. This helps us to become stronger each day.
Have a fun three day weekend.