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 some 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 4th 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 "close reading." Close reading involves students reading (and rereading) texts in order to develop a deeper understanding of it. One part of this will be "reading with a pencil," or marking the text where there are unfamiliar words, important details, something confusing, etc.
- 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 and different ways to express numbers.
Mark Your Calendar:
Sept. 1 - No School (Labor Day)
Sept. 4 - 5th Grade Curriculum Night (6:30 p.m.)
