October Newsletter

Curriculum

Math: 5^th:  We are working on passing off math facts for Math All Star Awards! Fifth Grade has completed and taken tests on Math Topic 1: Place Value, Topic 2: Adding and Subtracting Decimals, and Topic 3: Multiplying Whole Numbers. This month we will focus on Topic 6: Multiplying Decimals, Topic 4: Dividing by 1-Digit Divisors, and Topic 5: Dividing by 2-Digit Divisors. We will also retake the Math Skills test at the end of the first term to check for student growth!

        6^th:  We are working on passing off math facts for Math All Star Awards! Sixth Grade has completed and taken tests on Math Topic 1: Numeration, Topic 3: Operations with Decimals, and Topic 5: Number and Fraction Concepts. This month we will focus on Topic 6: Decimals, Fractions, and Mixed Numbers, Topic 7: Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers, and Topic 8: Multiplying Fractions and Mixed Numbers. We will also retake the Math Skills test at the end of the first term to check for student growth!

Spelling/Vocabulary: Spelling and vocabulary lists will be given for each FULL week this month. I will make an adjustment for Fall Vacation. Spelling Tests will usually be every Friday. This is also the day that ALL spelling practice work MUST be turned in for full credit!

Reading: We will be reading the basals and working on fluency, comprehension, and text analysis. Remember that each Wednesday is BASAL HOMEWORK NIGHT! Students need to bring their basal/Chrome Book home to reread the story and write a summary on their planner sheet.  Make sure your student is doing 20 min of reading Sun-Thurs with a short summary on their gold planner sheet. Parent signatures earn 3 extra credit points!

 *Each week, students who complete their reading with 5 summaries, turned in ON TIME, will receive 1 Read to Ride ticket for the end of the year bike drawing.  

Language Arts: We have completed Unit 1: Sentences. We are now working in Unit 2: Nouns.

Writing: We will continue to practice the writing process, and six +1 traits of writing. We will complete our first Narrative writing project and move on to learning about Persuasive Writing. We will continue working on expository writing in the afternoon. We will also continue to practice the Four Square Method of organizing writing.

Announcements

*Donut Orders are due Oct. 6!

*T-shirt Orders are due Oct. 6!

*School Pictures will be Oct. 15!

*Fall Vacation is Oct. 20, 21, and 22.

*Our first keyboarding class will begin Oct. 6 and end Oct. 31.

* Students are expected to earn 60 AR points throughout the course of this year.

*Spotlight: We will spotlight Bret Beebe and Paige James this month! You may send a class snack on the day we spotlight your child (optional). I will send home all the necessary materials needed for this activity when it is your student’s turn.

*There will be an Anti Bullying Assembly on Oct. 16.

*There will be a Utah Opera Assembly on Oct 29.

*Book Orders are due Friday Oct. 10! If ordering, please send the order form with a check made to scholastic in a sealed envelope with your child’s name on the front.

*Chrome books are becoming more and more useful! Please take great care in handling and charging the Chrome book each night and remembering to bring the Chrome book in its case with charger to school EVERY day!

*Beginning Dibels scores and DRA scores are attached! Please view them carefully. We will discuss this data in detail when you come for your SEP in November.

*The Character Education Trait for the month of October is Responsibility.

*News assignments for this month are as follows:Trinity H. Oct.7, Paige H. Oct. 14, Paige J. Oct. 28, and Brandon M. Nov. 4.

*First Term ends on Oct. 31. Official grades will be sent home during the first week of November.

*We will be having a Halloween Party this year! More information on this will be coming! Parent Volunteers are WELCOME to come and help!

*Please feel free to visit our class blog at mrsgeorgesfantastic5th6thsplit.blogspot.com to keep up to date on things happening in the classroom and at school.

*Please watch for your child’s weekly behavior chart. These are half size sheets telling how your child’s behavior was during the week!

*Thank you! Thank you! Thank you to all parent volunteers who have come and helped in the classroom so far! It is so wonderful to see you in class! We appreciate it SO much!

 *We appreciate ALL the wonderful donations of school supplies so far! If you are still planning on donating, please send your donation of pencils, cap erasers, lined paper, glue, notebooks, highlighters, sticky notes, or composition notebooks to school! THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR CLASS!

sarah.george@beaver.k12.ut.us      Phone: 386-2822