Our First Week Together
We are off to a fantastic start to 5th grade! We have had a chance to get to know each other, review rules and expecations, and have a little fun along the way. Hopefully your child has shared with you some of their first experiences of their final year at Prairieview. Let's continue to move forward with a positive attitude and strive to do our best!
5th Grade Curriculum Night
Don't forget that 5th Grade Curriculum Night is Thursday, September 3 from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. I look forward to discussing the curriculum, as well as some of the expectations and routines set for our classroom. If you are not able to attend, please look for information that will be sent home with your child next Friday.
FYI - Intramurals
4th and 5th grade intramural games will be starting the week of September 14th. Permission slips will be handed out next week. Forms are due to Ms. Stainman by Friday, September 4th.
Subject Update:
- Spelling - Lesson 1 will focus on adding suffixes to silent -e words. The students will receive detailed information about our weekly spelling routine on Monday, but please note that students will be tested over their spelling words each Friday!
- English - We have begun the year with some simple writing activities to exercise our creative minds. Next week, we will begin learning about sentences. Students will distinguish between complete sentences and fragments, and they will learn to identify the four types of sentences.
- Reading - We begin the year working on the strategy of predicting. We will be predicting outcomes by using details given in the story and our personal knowledge. We will also confirm or revise our predictions as we read.
- Science - What is a scientist? What tools does a scientist use? We will learn the answers to these questions next week!
- Social Studies - The students will be learning about the early history of the United States. We will begin with Chapter 4 "Spain Builds an Empire."
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - We will begin the year with Chapter 1 about place value. The students will learn how to write and work with numbers through the billions period.
Mark Your Calendar:
Sept. 3 - 5th Grade Curriculum Night
Sept. 7 - No School (Labor Day)
