Important Dates

10/20 Field Trip Nazareth Performing Arts Center
Chaperones Serafine, Rimkus, Heirigs, Kilbury
10/31 Halloween Party 1:30-2:10
2/14   Valentines Party  12:50-1:30
6/15 Zoo Field Trip

Math

A Go Math Login will be sent home to you.  Please keep this so you can access the website to do extra practice or if your child forgets their math book you can print out the homework for them at home.

Beginning Chapter 9-Comapring Fractions

 

Social Studies

We are currently learning Ancient Egypt. We will be exploring Egypts geography, the Nile River, culture and life in Egypt. We will be making pyramids, mummies, flipbooks, and more.

Science

In Science we are starting to learn about Magnets and how they interact with different types of materials. Then we will be transitioning into Force and Motion. 

Force and Motion: Egg Drop Experiment 
All eggs survived the drop!!

Skyscraper Structure: 
Only rules: 
Has to be at least 50 cm tall, use no more than 50 index cards, and have ceilings, walls, and floors. 

Health

We are learning about personal hygiene. All about their teeth, eyes, noes, ears, skin, and how to understand/interpret health care products and advertisments. 

We had a gues speaker Dr. Cellura come in today 2/15/18 and discuss the impotance of dental hygiene. 

 

ELA 

We will be using Lucy Caulkins Readers Workshop this year.  Your child will become an avid reader and excited to read new books this year!

 

Writers Workshop

We will also use Lucy Caulkins Writers Workshop.  We have justed finished informational writing and now we are working on Persuasive Writing. Persuasive Writing will allow students to have their own voice and focus on identifying problems and then coming up with possible solutions to that problem.  We will begin the year reading The Report Card by Andrew Clements. Below is a synopsis of the book.
Nora Rowley is a genius. The thing is, nobody but Nora knows that. Being so smart, Nora noticed early on, makes you stand out, and standing out was not something she wanted. Instead, Nora always tried to be exactly average. But now Nora has a new plan, and when she comes home with a bad report card, her parents and the school launch a massive effort to find out what's wrong. But that is exactly what Nora wants. All the attention is the perfect chance to prove how arbitrary grades are and that they don't matter nearly as much as everyone at Philbrook Elementary thinks.

  Wonder by RJ Palacio

The publisher's description:

August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school—until now. He's about to start 5th grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances?  
I have set up the remind app please use the link below to join and get the homework sent directly to your phone.  I have also been checking agendas at the end of the day to ensure students are writing in homework.
You can use the link
http://rmd.me/b?rid=81284002
to join the app. God Bless,
Ms. Moran