Friday, November 20th, 2015

Happy Friday Families!

This afternoon, you will receive an email regarding whether or not you received your child's report card, titled "Fifth Grade Report Card Verification".  At your earliest convenience, please reply to the link.  

You will also receive an email from Mrs. Gluck regarding report cards.  Please follow the instructions in the email from Mrs. Gluck to view your child's report card.  I am looking forward to meeting with you next week to discuss your child's progress!

Our students have worked hard the last few weeks to end our first grading period. Thank you for your continued support at home.

Here are the targets we are currently working on to start off the second grading period: 

Literacy

* Our students are currently working on looking for two or more main ideas in a text and understanding how these ideas are supported by details in the test. We will also continue develop vocabulary by determining the meaning of unknown words in a text. Over the next few weeks, we will learn to identify text structure and how various text structures work with specific types of literature.

Writing

* We will continue research on our " Real Life Superheroes" informative papers. Throughout the writing process, our students will focus on finding domain specific vocabulary to better describe our individuals.

Math

* We will start to review basic fraction skills, then switch our focus to adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators.

The Unit 3 math letter is attached below. 

Unit 3 Family Letter

Social Studies

* We are extremely excited to introduce the Trade Fair coming up in December!  Please keep an eye out for the letter which explains the event!

Science

* Our focus is switching to three of the main systems of the human body (Digestive, respiratory, and circulatory). 

Upcoming Events

** November 23 and 24 - Parent / Teacher Conferences. 

** Reading and Math MAP testing begins the week of December 7th.

Friendly Reminders

** Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack.  Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack!  

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

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.  Thank you and have a fantastic weekend!

Enzie Pangilinan

Friday, November 6th, 2015

Good Afternoon Families!

We had an absolute blast celebrating Halloween last week!  A special thank you to our parent volunteers who made our party a huge success!

And can you believe that our first grading period is coming to an end?  Our students have worked extremely hard to learn our target concepts and have picked up and practiced strong study skills along the way.  Thank you for your continued support at home.

Here are the targets we are currently wrapping up as we start to close the first grading period:

Literacy

* Our students are wrapping up finding the theme of a story, including how characters in the story respond to challenges. We finished reading two inspiring stories about characters resolving their conflicts by finding courage within.

Writing

* Our students completed writing an opinion essay about what they thought were the two most pressing issues and topics of slavery, as told through our text, "The Road to Freedom". They worked very hard to support their ideas with evidence from the text and utilized strategies to help give their readers a lasting impression.

Math

* Through hard practice, our students are learning various strategies of how to multiply and divide using decimals.

Social Studies

* We are wrapping up the first grading period discussing trade expansion, specifically Marco Polo and how he sparked the Age of Exploration.  We are also discussing the Columbian Exchange and its effects on the Europeans and the indigenous people of the Caribbean.   

Science

* We are finishing weather by discussing how meteorologists analyze high pressure and low pressure areas in order to predict weather.

Upcoming Events

** Wednesday, November 11th - No School (Teacher Institute Day)

Friendly Reminders

** Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack.  Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack!  

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

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.  Thank you and have a fantastic weekend!

Enzie Pangilinan