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 expectations, 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 Tuesday, September 17th at 6:30 p.m. I look forward to the opportunity to share some important information about the 5th grade curriculum, classroom expectations and routines, and how we might work together to make this a successful school year.
Subject Update:
- Spelling - The Lesson 1 pretest will be given on Tuesday. The students will be assigned homework during the week to practice their words, and a final test will be given Friday.
- English - We will finish up some beginning of the year writing activities and start our first grammar unit about "The Sentence."
- Reading - We will begin our year with a focus on "good fit" books. In order to effectively practice reading strategies when reading independently, students must know how to pick a book that serves their purpose for reading, is interesting to them, and has words they know and understand. Students will help organize our classroom library and begin selecting books for "Read to Self" time.
- Science - The students will be exploring some of the tools used in scientific inquiry.
- Social Studies - The students will take a "scavenger hunt" to discover the wealth of information found inside their Social Studies textbooks. We will also begin our study of early America in Chapter 4 as it explains how "Spain Builds an Empire."
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - We will start our year looking at place value in Chapter 1.
Mark Your Calendar:
Sept. 2 - No School (Labor Day)
Sept. 3 - MAP Testing (Math)
Sept. 5 - MAP Testing (Reading)
Sept. 17 - 5th Grade Curriculum Night (6:30 p.m.)
