In the weekly posts, you will find information about the academic content and special events for the upcoming week.
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
Thank you to all the parents who turned in homework! If you haven’t yet written me a letter, please do! I’d love to be able to help teach your child even better! The more I know the better I will be! Thank you!
Project Impact Information:
Our 5th graders will participate in Project Impact this year! Project Impact is a service and leadership program that all fifth graders get to take part in this year. We will be walking in the homecoming parade this year to kick things off. Please look for more information to come about this topic!
Please make sure you return your t-shirt order form by Monday, August 27!
** No one is required to walk in the parade. It’s just a fun after school activity!
Important Dates:
Thursday, August 30- Band sign ups at Hickory Grove – Media Center- 6:30-7:30
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!
Field Trip Dates:
Lincoln Museum in Springfield- we will need parent volunteers– Friday, October 5
Challenger Learning Center: Wednesday, November 7
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..
Would you rather it be warm and raining or cold and snowing today?
I would rather it be warm and raining because I love warm weather!
I would choose it to be rainy and warm. I chose this because it’s peaceful and nice conditioning for a rainbow to appear. Though it would mean that we would have to stay inside for recess but I would’ve liked to see what we would’ve done. Plus I did already rain today but we still got to go out for recess. Well that’s what I think about would you rather it be warm and rainy or cold and snowy.
I would rather have it be cold and snowing, then warm and rainy because I don’t like the rain that much. Also in the snow I could build a snowman, sled, or play with my dogs.
I’d rather it be cold and snowy because I don’t like rainy and warm together. I like the warm but not the rain ☔
I would pick warm and rainy over cold and snowy. I like to go out and play when it is raining!!!!
I would rather have it warm because I like the warmth. I can also play outside in the warm weather.
I would rather it be warm and rainy because i don’t like snow and rain is much better.
I would rather it be warm and rainy than cold and snowy because I like rain more than snow.
Hey Mrs. Arnott! Middle school is great but.. I’d rather be in your classroom again and being able to see you again!
I would rather it to be cold and snowy because I can go skiing, build snow forts and snowmen. Also, it would be Christmas time and Christmas is my favorite holiday. However, the only bad reason is that I would not be able to play soccer.
I would rather have it cold and snowy because I would sled and snow ski. And I love to ski even if it is water skiing.
I’d want it to be warm and rainy because if you chose cold and snowing you could hypo thermia.
I would rather it be warm and rainy. I chose warm and rainy because I hate snow so much. Snow is slippery and all of that other stuff. Rain makes me focus more in class. I also love warm or hot weather.
Sincerely,
Lucas Wetzel
I would rather have the weather be warm and rainy. I chose this because I don’t like the cold. The cold is like you are about to die. If you have it warm and rainy, it will be hot but have a cool breeze.
From,
Humza Javed
I would like it to be warm and raining. It’s so fun to jump in puddles when it’s rain. I also don’t like to be cold.
I would like it to be warm but not hot.
I would rather have warm weather and rain because in warm weather you could play more sports. In cold weather you can only play in the snow. In the summer you could play literally anything. Once in soccer training I was sweating so much. Suddenly, it started rain. It felt so good because it gave us a soothing effect!
Warm and rainy unless it is cold and snowy and I get to be at home watching the snow fall.
Warm and Raining because I hate the cold.