We had a great week in 5A! We made new friends, set goals for the year, learned our classroom procedures and expectations, and have had a lot of fun! This will the best year year. Please let me know if you have any concerns about anything. I am here to help. If you haven’t signed up for Class Dojo, please do ASAP! This is the main form of communication, and I use it each day in our classroom.

Our first wonderful Wildcat is Josh! Congrats! Josh is always meeting expectations, choosing kind, and goes above and beyond on his school work! 

Brag Tags this week: There were so many students to brag about this week. I’m so proud of everyone.  Brag Tags went to : Evan, Ella, Humza, Andrea, and Addison! 

Project Impact Information:

Friday, August 31- NO SCHOOL- Teacher’s Institute

Monday, September 3- NO SCHOOL- Labor Day

Tuesday, September 4- First PTO meeting- come check out the great things that will be happening at WW- 6:30

Friday, September 7- Picture Day and Spirit Wear order forms due

Monday, September 10- BOOK FAIR BEGINS!

Thursday, September 13- Family Reading Night- 5:30!

Reading/Lang. Arts:

• We will begin the year by talking, listening, and reading with your student.
• Many students have complete a book already this year! I’m so proud of each of you! Keep reading for your 100 minutes and many more books will be finished!
• Students first journal A new journal entry will be assigned on Monday. Please ask your child about it, but know that they will have plenty of time to complete it in class.
• We will also begin a StoryWorks story. This is a magazine that follows the common core curriculum. There are great fiction and nonfiction pieces in it that we will read and use to help us with comprehension and other reading strategies
• This week the reading log will be due on Friday! Students must now use two of the blocks to create images and two of the blocks to make connections to their reading.

Math:

• We will begin our first math unit: multiplication and division. There are several components to the way students will learn math in 5A!
• We will work to complete another math muscle. This is a group of problems that they work in class to help reinforce the concepts being taught.
• We will also begin math workshop.
• We will continue with our week 2 weekly review paper.
• When students don’t finish the work in class, it does become homework.
• We will take a quiz on Friday.

Science:

• We will begin our science unit by studying the sun, earth, and comets to help better prepare us for our trip to the Challenger Center.

• Social Studies
  • We will begin by studying geography of the United States and learning important vocabulary that will help guide us as we learn about the world around us.
  • We will also begin studying the American Revolution!

If you read this entire post, way to go! You are wonderful! Respond with the answer to this would you rather question in the responses..

We had a great week in 5A! We made new friends, set goals for the year, learned our classroom procedures and expectations, and have had a lot of fun! This will the best year year. Please let me know if you have any concerns about anything. I am here to help. If you haven’t signed up for Class Dojo, please do ASAP! This is the main form of communication, and I use it each day in our classroom.

Our first wonderful Wildcat is Melaina! Congrats! She is always meeting expectations, choosing kind, and goes above and beyond on her school work! 

Brag Tags this week: There were so many students to brag about this week. I’m so proud of everyone.  Brag Tags went to : Josh, Adric, Chloe, Lauren, Yash, and Sara

Project Impact Information:

Friday, August 31- NO SCHOOL- Teacher’s Institute

Monday, September 3- NO SCHOOL- Labor Day

Tuesday, September 4- First PTO meeting- come check out the great things that will be happening at WW- 6:30

Friday, September 7- Picture Day and Spirit Wear order forms due

Monday, September 10- BOOK FAIR BEGINS!

Thursday, September 13- Family Reading Night- 5:30!

Reading/Lang. Arts:

• We will begin the year by talking, listening, and reading with your student.
• Many students have complete a book already this year! I’m so proud of each of you! Keep reading for your 100 minutes and many more books will be finished!
• A new journal entry will be assigned on Monday. Please ask your child about it, but know that they will have plenty of time to complete it in class.
• We will also begin a StoryWorks story. This is a magazine that follows the common core curriculum. There are great fiction and nonfiction pieces in it that we will read and use to help us with comprehension and other reading strategies
• This week the reading log will be due on THURSDAY since we don’t have school on Friday! Students must now use two of the blocks to create images and two of the blocks to make connections to their reading.

Math:

• We will begin our first math unit: multiplication and division. There are several components to the way students will learn math in 5A!
• We will work to complete another math muscle. This is a group of problems that they work in class to help reinforce the concepts being taught.
• We will also begin math workshop.
• We will continue with our week 1 weekly review paper.
• When students don’t finish the work in class, it does become homework.
• We will take a quiz on Friday.

Science:

• We will begin our science unit by studying the sun, earth, and comets to help better prepare us for our trip to the Challenger Center.
• Social Studies
  • We will begin by studying geography of the United States and learning important vocabulary that will help guide us as we learn about the world around us.
  • We will also begin studying the American Revolution!

If you read this entire post, way to go! You are wonderful! Respond with the answer to this would you rather question in the responses..

We had a great week in 5A! We made new friends, set goals for the year, learned our classroom procedures and expectations, and have had a lot of fun! This will the best year year. Please let me know if you have any concerns about anything. I am here to help. If you haven’t signed up for Class Dojo, please do ASAP! This is the main form of communication, and I use it each day in our classroom.

Next Friday I will announce our first Wonderful Wildcat! Keep working hard, earning dojo and super improvers and you will be well on your way to Wonderful Wildcat Status! 

Want to learn a bit about 5A from students who were in 5A last year? Check out this Youtube video the 5A students created from former 5A Wildcats year!

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=jpoU51qtEgg

Project Impact Information:

Monday, August 21- Parent and Student Open House- please come meet me and check out our classroom!

Friday, August 31- NO SCHOOL- Teacher’s Institute

Monday, September 3- NO SCHOOL- Labor Day

Reading/Lang. Arts:

• We will begin the year by talking, listening, and reading with your student.
• Each student should now have a book that they want to read. Reading logs were given out yesterday. This is a weekly assignment. Each week students are required to read 100 minutes. Our first reading log is due on Friday, Aug. 24!
• We will take our STAR Reading test on Tuesday, August 21. This tests helps determine what the students know now and what they need to learn.
• Journals will also be introduced this week. Ask your student which day of the week his/her journal is due! Also ask what the first writing prompt for your student is! If students use their time wisely, this can be completed in class!

Math:

• We will begin our first math unit: multiplication and division. There are several components to the way students will learn math in 5A!
• Ask them about math muscle bingo board! This is morning work that is done each day and then on Friday we play BINGO! If their answers are correct, they have a better chance of winning!
• Ask them about their weekly seat work!  This is a set of 20-30 problems that are all practice problems of concepts that they have learned in the past or will learn this year. This is an assignment that should be completed in class if they use their time wisely. It’s always due on Friday.
• We will take a STAR Math test on Monday. This test helps determine what the students know and what they still need to learn.

Science:

• We will begin our science unit by studying the sun, earth, and comets to help better prepare us for our trip to the Challenger Center.
• Social Studies
  • We will begin by studying geography of the United States and learning important vocabulary that will help guide us as we learn about the world around us

If you read this entire post, way to go! You are wonderful! Respond with the answer to this would you rather question in the responses..