05.29.2014

Happy Friday Parents,

This will be our last blog of the school year. It has been such a wonderful year with all of your children. It is hard to believe that the year is coming to an end. Thank you for all of your support throughout the year. We will miss seeing your children in the fall, but we know they will love Twin Groves and they will all enjoy many successes there! Have a wonderful summer filled with family, friends, and sunshine!

Literacy

* We will continue looking at the themes of poems and compare/contrast different poems. We will be giving the last benchmark test on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

Writing

* We are writing 5th grade opinion papers. The theme is what makes Ivy Hall a great place to be. We are enjoying hearing all of their great ideas.

Math

* We are working on a fun Tessellation activity next week. Be on the lookout for some great final pictures!

Science

* We are currently working on light and sound.

Important Dates

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* 5/29: PTO Wildcat Allstars Family Picnic @ 6-8pm

* 6/1: 5th grade field trip to Camp Duncan

* 6/5: Field Day (9:00-11:00)

* 6/8 Last Day of School (Dismissal at 2:00)

Friendly Reminders

** Please remember to send your child on Monday with long pants, long sleeved shirts, shoes, socks, and insect spray. They also need to bring their own lunches. We will be at Camp Duncan all day.

** Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack.  Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack!  Also, because allergies, please make sure your child's snack complies with our district's safe snack list.

** Please continue to have your child practice their multiplication facts up to 12.

       ** Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  Thank you and have a fantastic weekend!

Here is a message from our PTO about The Family Picnic.

1.Wildcat All Stars Annual Family Picnic

2. Friday, May 29th - 6-8 PM

3. Bring all your family and family

4. See if you can dunk a teacher

5. Most Important - Family, Friends and Fun!!!!

6th Grade Placement Info

http://www.kcsd96.org/curriculum/documents/Grade6PlacementInfo_2015_16.pdf

Attachments area

Preview attachment 5th Grade - Unit 6 Family Letter

5th Grade - Unit 6 Family Letter

Classroom Update - 05.08.2015

Happy Friday Parents!

Hopefully April showers will bring May flowers! We have a very exciting Spring coming up with many fun and interesting activities for 5th Grade!

Here are the targets we are currently / planning on working to master over the next couple of weeks:

Literacy

* We will continue to work with poetry as we analyze poems and understand the themes.  We are also writing poems of our own to practice using figurative language. We have all enjoyed using song lyrics to look into figurative language and themes used in popular music.

Writing

* We are working on writing informative pieces. We are also working describing information verbally by completing short films and adding those to our informative Google Presentations.

Math

* We are moving on to our last unit on geometry - Unit 6.  Targets will cover coordinate planes, polygon classification, and line plot data. To practice these targets we have worked on a comic project that used scale drawing.

Information to help your child :  Unit 6 Math Family Letter is attached as a link because it has online resource links.

https://docs.google.com/a/kcsd96.org/document/d/1uc_kiq8sRJygNHAYK6kbf87eqqw5hqu2_uYnUeUw03c/edit

Social Studies

* We are working on describing how indentured servitude affected the growth of the colonies.  This will lead into our discussion about slavery and how it affected the growth of the colonies. The kids will have a neat culminating iPad video to share! The students were also involved in an indentured servitude simulation which provided some hands on learning.

Science

* We are currently working on light and sound.

Dates to Remember

5/13: Ivy Hall Celebrates Learning

5/14: Orchestra Extravaganza at Twin Groves @ 7:00pm

5/15: 5th Grade Spring Fling 6:30-8:00pm

5/19: Early Release @ 2:00pm

5/21: Fifth grade day. Visit to Twin Groves.

5/22: Half-day Dismissal @ 11:45am

5/25: Memorial Day- No School

5/29: PTO Wildcat Allstars Family Picnic @ 6-8pm

6/01: 5th grade field trip to Camp Duncan  **Permission form and money due May 20th

5th Grade Transition Day

This is a special 5th grade day! We will visit Twin Groves in the morning. Students will meet Mrs. Barnes (Principal), along with a few of the Twin Groves staff. Students will also receive a tour of the building and have their questions answered by student tour guides. 

Upon our return, we will have a pizza lunch with the 5th grade classes. We will send out a permission slip for a pizza lunch in next week's Friday Update. After lunch, we will go outside to participate in team building games and activities. We plan on being outside from 12:00 to 1:30.  All parents are welcome to bring their chairs to see the kids in action! In the case of inclement weather, games will be inside the classrooms. Unfortunately, parents will not be able to attend due to lack of space.

Family Picnic

1.Wildcat All Stars Annual Family Picnic

2. Friday, May 29th - 6-8 PM

3. Bring your whole family!

4. See if you can dunk a teacher!

5. Most Important - Family, Friends and Fun!!!!

Friendly Reminders

** Please remember to turn in the field trip form for Camp Duncan.

** Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack.  Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack!  Also, because allergies, please make sure your child's snack complies with our district's safe snack list.

** Please continue to have your child practice their multiplication facts up to 12.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  Thank you and have a fantastic weekend!

Enzie Pangilinan