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