See some of the great maps below! More to come....

Extra Math Group: We will start next Monday, October 8^th at 7:30 AM. Our initial focus will be integers. Students should come to the door they usually enter, not the front door. It will be propped open. A note will be in the Wednesday Watch about this. It is optional, but I do want commitment, not just an occasional attendance.

Book Orders: If you are writing a check for a book order, please make it out to me. That way I can order online, use my credit/debit card, and the orders get processed faster. 

Parent Teacher Conferences:

Report cards will be coming home  Oct 30^th. Parent teacher conferences will start on Halloween! We will not be meeting late that day.

I know a lot of you have kids in other schools, and you will need to attend conferences for those children as well. If you would like to meet before or after school the week of October 22^nd to avoid conflicts in scheduling OR meet the week after parent/teacher conferences, just send me an email with the day & time that works best for you. We’ll go on the first come, first served basis. If I do not hear from you, I will schedule you per your request on the form that will be coming home in the next couple of weeks.

How are things going??

I’m going to be calling all 5^th grade parents this weekend to see how things are going on your side of the fence. I know on my side we are continuing to work on listening, organization, and work completion. I appreciate input, suggestions, and concerns. If you are busy and do not have time to talk, call me another time when it is convenient for you. 697-5934

Upcoming dates:

Thursday, Oct  11^th               Elementary X-Country meet

Friday, Oct 12^th               PICTURE DAY (order forms came home last Wednesday)

Wednesday, Oct 17^th     NOON dismissal

Tuesday, Oct 30^th          Report cards go home

Wednesday, Oct 31^th- Thursday, Oct 31^st

Parent Teacher Conferences

Reading

5^th graders: Will be working on finding an answer to their inquiry question about explorers or paleontology. They have written a conjecture and will begin researching their topic next week. It will culminate in a sharing of their knowledge.

6^th graders: Students will present their projects on Monday. They will begin new books next week.

Language

More expository writing work. I am introducing the 5^th graders to the “stop light writing method”.

Next week’s LWR & definitions are at the end of the blog.

Spelling—words & sentences are listed at the end of the blog.

6^th grade: Unit 8 (words below & sentences below)

5^th grade: Unit 8 (words and sentences  below)

Math

Geometry: Still there. We’ll be working on transformations.

5^th grade Social Studies

Mrs. Saur’s class will present their maps on Monday. We will read Ch 2 Tu & Th. Evaluations of their maps should be done by Monday.

Science—More robots.

LWR  for the week of Oct 8^th

Focus: sym, syn

Prefix:

anti-                  against, opposite

sym/syn          with, together

Root:

bio                     life

chron               time

arch                           first, chief, rule

metr                  measure

opt                     eye, vision

onym                name, word

path                  feeling, disease

phon                 sound

Suffix:

-sis                    action, process

-ic                      like, related to

-ous                           having the quality of

-y                       state, quality, act

5^th grade spelling words for the week of Oct 8^th

Unit 8  More Vowel + /r/ sounds

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

1.    The weary travelers fell asleep.

2.    Did you peer through the telescope? (I remember this one is what you do with your eyes because there are 2-e’s together, representing 2 eyes)

3.    Did you volunteer to make dinner?

earth, twirl, burnt, further, worthwhile, nerve, squirm, alert, murmur, sturdy, reverse, worship, research, smear, appear, pier, career

CHALLENGE WORDS

yearn, external, engineer, interpret, dreary

6^th grade spelling words for the week of Oct 8^th

Unit 8       Final /er/ sounds

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

1.    A history scholar studies past events.

2.    The house sat on an acre of land.

3.    The soldiers were made to surrender.

fiber, barrier, character, consider, laser, superior, rumor, director, junior, senior, razor, similar, regular, grammar, solar, particular, familiar

CHALLENGE WORDS

escalator, cursor, geyser, perpendicular, maneuver

Real World Challenge Math--Measuring

measurement, metric, customary, unit, fathom, furlong, conversion, factor