Have a wonderful Holiday Break! Here's an update of what we will be doing upon return!

Scholars -    You should all be very proud of yourself and the work and love that you poured into your Spanish Project.  As always, we are very proud of you.  We hope that you enjoyed your Holiday Break and you have returned ready to conquer six weeks of learning.  Think of a goal you would like to make for yourself for these next six weeks.  What would you like to improve? What tools/support do you need to support it? Write that on the back of your BUZZ now.  Thank you to all of you for being so generous to us not only for the material items but for the beautiful and thoughtful notes, cards, and pictures! 

Parents – We hope you all had a wonderful break! Thank you to each of you who could attend the Learning Experience.  For those of you who were unable to make it we can send it to you electronically so you can see your child’s hard work.  This was an amazing project that they created!

Thank you for all of the generous gifts, cards, pictures, words, candy….we were overwhelmed with your generosity. Thank you! We have had an amazing 1.5 years with this group and it really comes down to your dedication and support.

Academics –

Math – Objective 5.OA 1&2 – Write and interpret numerical expressions(order of operations using brackets)

Reading – RI5.6 – Analyze multiple accounts of the same vent or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent(he said – she said)

Social Studies - .H.1 Analyze the chronology of key events in the United States.

5.H.1.3 Analyze the impact of major conflicts, battles, and wars on the development of our nation through Reconstruction

Scholars -    From Kid Gov – If you would like to participate in “Frosty Friends” you are invited to.  What is Frosty Friends you ask….you will receive a name of another person who is interested in playing this game but shhhh don’t tell, it’s a secret until the 19^th.  You CAN NOT buy your FF friend a gift, you are to write them a nice note or find a great quote that will make them smile each day next week.  If you are interested Kid Gov has will have a table set up today(12^th) in Ms. Kessler’s room.   You will turn your name in and by the end of the day you will draw who your Frosty Friend is. 

Scholars you will notice that your homework has been cut short this week.  We have decided to do that because we want you to use your time in the morning and waiting for the bus to brush up on your Math Skill and Motion and Design objectives so you can shine on the Case 21 tests next week.  Use your notebook and other scholars to help you fill out your Study Guide.  Ask another scholar or an adult to help you study the concepts.  The examples that are real life to you will help you to understand some of the new concepts you have learned this quarter.  If you are interested in participating in the Frosty Friends game please write “I am interested” on the back of your buzz and if you are not we are just curious to why, so please tell us why you are not interested on the back of your buzz now.  We hope that all of you have a wonderful Holiday break and as always we are very proud of you and look forward to returning in January to have a wonderful second half of 5^th grade!

Parents – We will take our Quarter 2 Case21 in Reading, Math, and Science Monday – Wednesday.  Please help your child review addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals in math.  Also, quiz them on the study guide in science.  We feel as though this study guide will really help them do a fantastic job on the test.  We will continue to have Science on Monday and Tuesday afternoon.  Thank you to Margaret, Laurie, Becky, Julie, and Kelly Zellman for offering to volunteer for our Bowling get together on Sunday.  Also, thank you to Margaret, Chris Z., and Ms. Missy for chaperoning our field trip to the Marbles Museum.

Your child will go home with their report card on the 19^th.  Of course if you feel as though there are any errors don’t hesitate to contact either of us.  We have been known to make a few.  We hope you all have a wonderful Holiday break and look forward to seeing each of you in January for our second half of 5^th grade! It is hard to believe!

Those of you that are able to join our Learning Experience on Friday, December 19^th at 9:30am, we look forward to seeing you.! Thank you for all that you do to support our learning environment .__________________Scholars Initials that you have read the BUZZ

Welcome Back!! We missed you!

Scholars -   There is not a message from Kid Gov. this week but I am excited to know how our first Community Service project went.  I am sure they will have lots to share and many people are keeping warm in our community because of your efforts! Way to go!  We have a very busy 2 weeks ahead of us BUT we have to stay focused when it’s work time.  We have so many objectives to learn and master before we leave on the 19^th! For those of you who did not turn in your Let’s Plan a Party Project, you will have until December 17^th to complete it.  We will allow this project to be late but we will be conferencing on how we can improve your independence and time management! We believe in you! Push yourself to be your very best!!  We have a new student who has joined the G5/T2 crew and her name is Madalyn.  Please help her to feel welcomed and help her to understand what our procedures are! You will notice our word work looks a little bit different this is to help you study for the Science test on Motion and Design. We will be working on Science every afternoon this week and next so we still have lots to learn!  You will notice that we no longer have a website as we are slowly transferring everything to our new blog.  All assignments will be posted there from this day forward.  You can access the blog the same way you use to access our website for now. Write a sentence of your favorite part of your break on the back of your buzz…now;) We really missed you! Ms.Graf and Ms. K-

Parents – We really hope that you all had a wonderful break and enjoyed November.  We have a field trip on Friday to Marbles. We will be leaving around 9:45 and returning approx. 1:15.  If you need to get a hold of us for any reason, please just contact the office and they will get in touch.  We can have 2 chaperones from each class so please let us know if you are interested.  I know Margaret Nobles sent out a lengthy email with updates, if you did not receive them please send us an email so we can add you to the list.  Your child has a hard copy of a Bowling Event on December 13^th, please have all forms returned by the 12^th at the latest as we need to let the bowling alley know a number! It should be loads of fun!  We will also have Case 21 testing Monday the 15^th – Wednesday the 17^th.  Stay tuned for more information on our learning experience happening on December 19^th!! Thank you! Laura and Stacy

We hope you all have a wonderful, safe, and restful break! Thank you for all that you do to support our learning environment .__________________Scholars Initials that you have read the BUZZ 

Scholars – (from kid gov) –Don’t forget to go to Mary Blake about the SBA. Raleigh Rescue Mission “bundled up” will end on November7th.  So, if you have anything that you would like to donate please get it in before Track out. Happy Trackout!  Please remember that ALL Yoga balls will need to be deflated and sent home on Thursday.  We are going to do that because we do not want anyone to ruin your ball while we are tracked out.  You need to remember that others use our room when we are not here so really take home anything of value.  All materials will be stored in Ms. Kessler’s room BUT Ms. Graf’s kids, you NEED to bring a bag to store your items in. We will have this first contest with the kids that are almost done with Lexia and then we will create a new contest once that is finished for others who are not close to finishing.  Either way, please feel free to work on at home. Write the 3 formulas of work on the back of the buzz!

PARENT’S Corner – We have been wrapping up Coordinate Planes in Geometry(5.G.1) and are beginning multiplication with decimals.  We have started our Motion and Design science unit and will be creating our vehicles by the beginning of next week.  In reading, we finished reviewing all text structures and turned in our first assignment.  We will have another assignment this week that reviews different types of text structures(sequence, chronological etc.)  We are continuing to use the program, Empowering Writers.  The scholars are learning to really use their senses to create a vivid and detailed story focusing on organization and variety of word choice.

We hope you all have a wonderful, safe, and restful break! Thank you for all that you do to support our learning environment .__________________Scholars Initials that you have read the BUZZ

Parent’s Corner -  In Math we are working on Coordinate Grids and also multiplying multi-digit numbers with decimals.  Encourage your child to go on the website and play one of the games listed as a form of practice.  In Science we started our Balance and Motion Unit.  We will be building cars this year with this unit.  We hope to start that next week.  In reading, we will continue to focus on different text structures.  By Friday we will have covered 8 of them.  Ask your Scholar to fill you in on what they are and what the key words are in the text structure.  We are continuing to focus on the Revolutionary War in Socials Studies and getting further and further into Chains, our novel study.

We received many beautiful books from the book fair for the classroom, thank you as we will all really enjoy reading them.   Stacy and laura

Community Service Project

Raleigh Rescue Mission

This is from the 5th grade student government. We have great news!! Brassfield is starting something new called Bundle Up.

Its where you give your old gloves, Mittens, Scarves or hats and on special occasions coats and blankets to the Raleigh Rescue Mission. There will be bins at the bus loop and in the lobby starting on October 13th.

We will run it until November 3.

If you want to help make sure to donate.

                 Prizes + The Raffle

If you donate you get to write your name and your teacher’s name on a sheet of paper to win a prize But, you can only turn in a raffle sheet once a day and only if you donating.People will be there at the stations to collect your entry.Good Luck Brassfield and get donating!

October 10th

Scholars Corner – Hello scholars, there has been a technical difficulty and we will send the Lowdown soon but it will be late.  Mrs. Monroe comes back Monday and will help us to get it up and running.  The school should be informed about the Raliegh Rescue Mission and be able to donate scarves, gloves, hats, and mittens.  If you or any other person donates you will have a chance to win a prize at the end of each week. Remember the Book Fair begins on the 13^th.  Camp Flintlock will be here for a on-campus field trip. Good Luck, happy reading, and enjoy the field trip!  G5/T2 Kid Gov.

You will notice we have made a change to when last week’s CAFÉ work is due.  You will no longer have Wednesday CAFÉ to work on the previous week’s work.  You need to remember that work is due on Friday.  You need to make sure that you have your buzz on your desk each morning so that we can check over your work.  Also remember, even if it is not done on time that you will still need to complete it so you will not be getting out of that practice that we feel is beneficial!

PARENT’S CORNER-  last week we began many new objectives.  In math we have begun to compare and contrast quadrilaterals and triangles.  We have also started a project on Discovery Education that incorporates our decimal objectives and also our objectives in Economy. It’s titles Let’s Have a Party  Your scholar has an individual login if you would like to check it out.  They will have three weeks to work on this project and it will be worked on here at school.  We are continuing to learn about and find articles about different text structures and we will eventually be writing our own.  We have started a book titles Chains by Laurie Anderson.  This book is an historical fiction novel and it is about our country becoming America and the different obstacles that we had to withstand in that time period.  It begins in 1776.  In writing, we are continuing with Empowering Writing series and worked on adding detail and a variety of adjectives to our pieces.  We hope to begin quarter 2 Science Objective, Motion and Design within a week.

We hope to see you at Media by Moonlight on October 15^th.  G5/T2 is holding a schoolwide fund raiser for Raleigh Rescue Mission and will be collecting scarves,socks hats, gloves.  They have titled it – Bundle Up Brassfield.

Let us know if you would like to schedule a conference and we would love to meet with you! Thank you for all that you do!

September 29th

Scholars Corner – (From Student Government) – We will begin sending a monthly video called The Lowdown so if you would like us to feature something that you are doing at school, let us know and we will take pictures/video you.  We hope to have our first production done within a month.  We will be working with Raleigh Rescue Mission and donate clothes. Please remember that if you have any concerns or ideas to share them with us at G5T2kidgov@gmail.com.  We are hoping to get a Twitter Account so we can have a livc feed to our families.  Ask if your parents have a Twitter Account and let us know….G5T2!! Thank you for those of you who ordered books through Scholastic Book Fair.  We are hoping to do some sort of clothing drive this year.   You will notice that you received 3 copies of UNRAVEL homework. You have your UNRAAVEL homework for the next three weeks.  Please just keep it in your binder.  Please initial the back of this paper that you have read this and understand.  If you don’t understand please write your question on the back of your buzz.  Ms. K and Mrs. G.

Parent’s Corner – We have had a wonderful week of learning.  Thank you to all of you that donated and volunteered at the Walk-A-thon.  We are always blown away with how much money is raised for the school in this event, thank you! A shoutout to Margaret N., Laurie H., Julie D. and Becky S. for the awesome banner! What will be do next year;)  In writing we have begun a new writing program, Empowering Writers, we will be working on this program 2 days each week for 45 minute blocks.  We are currently working on narratives.  The kids will turn in their final narrative for Quarter 1 Friday.  In Math we have finished rounding decimals and multiplication and division using the power of 10 with decimals.  In reading we have continued to working on inferencing, main idea, and theme.  Most of the scholars are reading several titles, they are working hard.  We have begun an Economics unit in Social Studies and will continue learning these objectives for the next three weeks. Please get your field trip permission/payment in as soon as you can.  Thank you for your continued support and as always, if you would like a conference please just shoot us an email and we will get it scheduled.  Stacy and Laura

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