BOOK FAIR WILL BE OPEN DURING THE FOLLOWING TIMES
Sunday, March 9th– 9-11 am
Monday, March 10th – 8-9 am 5th Grade visits 9:30-10:00am
Tuesday, March 11th – 11 – noon, 4 – 5 pm
Wednesday, March 12th – 3-4pm
Thursday, March 13th– 12-3pm
Friday, March 14th– 10 am – 1 pm – Grandparents Day
National Lutheran Schools Week:
MOVING OUT: Following Grandparents Day, we will be moving things out of the classrooms to get ready for new carpet! Please come help to move the things in the fifth grade classroom to one side, as the carpet will be started one day, the stuff will get moved to the other side, and then it will be finished the following day. We start moving things at 12pm!
BizTown: I was able to go to an orientation meeting to prepare for our next field trip. It will be such a great experience for our 5th grade class to learn about Kansas City’s economy and their place as a citizen. Our field trip will be April 10th, 10:00am-1:00pm. Please consider driving our students to the destination, and if you are able to stay and volunteer. They will need volunteers to help it to run properly, and if I have a good count of parents staying to volunteer they will know how many more to get for our visit. I will be sending out an email with a signup genius for drivers and volunteers. Pizza will be provided for lunch, and we are encouraged to bring our water bottles. Permission slips are going home today!
Math: To start off our new quarter, we will be learning how to divide fractions. Please, feel free to have your child work on their math facts at home on 99math.com! They especially need to be focusing on their multiplication and division skills for the remainder of the year, as those are necessary in their future math lessons.
Reading: Students will be choosing a book to use for their next book report project. The project will be a cereal box representing the book each student chooses. Save a box and send it to school ASAP to be ready for this project!
Writing: This week we are starting on a writing project to use their imagination to write a fictional fantasy story about finding a time capsule.
Social Studies: We continue to explore the southeast region, which includes Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. We have the opportunity to learn about each state’s history, economy, environment, culture, important places, and important people. Shortly after spring break each student will be researching two states and creating a presentation to give as a 4th and 5th grade combined audience. This presentation will be worked on in google classroom at school during our social studies time. Midwest Pretest on Wednesday, March 12. If students score 91% or higher, they do not take the Post Test. Click HERE for our Midwest song to practice!
Below is the exact resource I will be using. The maps will be labeled with a number, and the students will write the State and Capital that matches the location on the map. It would be a great resource to print for studying and preparing for the test for each region. When we move on to the next region, we will start with a pretest, and if a student gets 94% or higher on the pretest, then they will not be required to take the final test at the end of the region’s unit. When a student takes the post test for the region, the higher of the two scores will remain in the gradebook.
Norway: We are continuing to learn our traditional Norwegian dance! We are having such a fun time learning all of the steps! We look forward to continuing our hard work in learning the dance, as we will be performing it at the international fair on May 1st.
Technology: Mrs. Stava will be working with the fifth graders to create some stop motion projects starting with Google slides. Our goal with these skills is to create a stop motion video of a bible story using canva or Google slides.
