5th Grade Newsletter

April:

14: STAAR READING

20: Baby photo due to homeroom teacher

21: STAAR SCIENCE

23: STEAM night 5PM

29: STAAR MATH

30: Field Day (see information below)

May:

1: Field Day (see information below)

13: Pinstack field trip

15: 5th grade celebration in cafe at 12:30PM

15: 5th grade walk the halls at 2:00PM

18: 5th grade class awards (8:15-8:45AM) and class party (9:40-10:25AM)

20: Last day of school

Please see the flyer for information. In order for your child to participate in the Ninja Nation activity, a waiver must be signed prior to the event. Here is the LINK for the Ninja Nation waiver. If you plan to come for field day and/or volunteer, please fill out the form on this LINK. Thank you!

Please fill out this form if you would like to make a change to your course requests for next year. We will do our best to accommodate this request; however, changes will be based on availability. The last day to submit changes is Friday, May 23, 2025.

Rushing Course Request Change Form, HERE

Please see the flyer for information.

If you would like to order school supplies for next year for Rushing, please use the following link and school code.

Ordering link: https://www.educationalproducts.com/ShopPacks

School code: RUS074

The EPI school supply kit sale is now live for Windsong students next year! In order for these kits to be shipped directly to campus, order's must be placed prior to 06/16.

Ordering link: https://www.educationalproducts.com/ShopPacks

School code: WIN106 (3 letters/3 numbers)

For those who do not want to purchase an EPI pack, please see the flyer for all grade level supply lists.

Kids Heart Challenge is here! Our students are learning how to keep their hearts and brains healthy, and raising funds to help kids with special hearts.

We’re asking all families to sign up and complete Finn’s Mission, where they will learn Hands-Only CPR and the warning signs of a stroke. All students who sign up will receive a wristband.

Here’s how you can help:

1. Sign Up Today or download the AHA Schools app.
2. Complete Finn’s Mission: Share with family and friends through social media, text and/or email so they too can learn the warning signs of stroke and Hands-Only CPR.

Thank you for supporting our school and students in saving lives!

To keep our classroom clean, safe, and focused on learning, gum is not allowed at school. Gum can be distracting, messy, and difficult to clean from floors, desks, and furniture. If a student chooses to bring gum to school, it will be thrown away, and repeated incidents may result in additional consequences.

The good news? Gum is something you can look forward to in 6th grade! It’s one of the small privileges that comes with growing up and taking on more responsibility.

Thank you for helping keep our classroom clean and ready for learning!

As the weather gets nicer and we all enjoy spending a little more time outside, we want to share a few friendly reminders about dismissal procedures to help keep everyone safe and our afternoons running smoothly:

• All dismissal changes must go through the front office.

• Changes must be communicated before 1:30 PM.

• We cannot accept dismissal changes after 1:30 PM.

• Students cannot be checked out after 2:30 PM.

• If your child is a car rider, you must use the car line for pickup.

For the safety of students and staff, we cannot release students to parents who walk up. If you arrive on foot, you will be asked to return to your vehicle and go through the car line.

We appreciate your understanding and partnership in helping us keep dismissal safe, organized, and smooth for everyone. Thank you!

A permission slip went home with your child to be signed for our fifth grade field trip to Pinstack on May 13th. Thank you to our PTO for funding the entire field trip for the students, so no payment is due. Please have this form signed and returned to your child's homeroom teacher no later than March 13th. If for some reason your child will not be able to attend, please email your child's homeroom teacher to let them know. There are no chaperones for this field trip.

If you are able to donate supplies to STEAM, please see the flyer. Thank you.

To help keep our classrooms running smoothly, please take a moment to check your child’s supplies. Please be sure they have pencils, scissors, colored pencils, dry erase markers, and headphones for class. This helps them be ready to learn each day. Thank you for your continued support!

Student passwords have been changed for this year. It is very important that you go into Skyward Family Access to retrieve your child's updated password. For directions, please follow this LINK for instructions.

Please be sure your child memorizes their password and their ID number. Thank you for your support at home!

Math:

**Unit 5 Summative on Thursday, April 16th.**

I can:

- estimate to solve problems using all four operations

- generate a pattern when given a rule (y=ax or y=a+x) and a graph

- recognize the difference between an additive and multiplicative rule

- describe attributes of a coordinate plane and graph ordered pairs

- represent and solve problems using data from frequency tables, bar graphs, dot plots, scatterplots and stem/leaf plot

- understand financial literacy terms and solve problems (taxes, gross/net income, methods of payment, budget)

ELAR:

Reading STAAR Tuesday, April 14th

I can ask questions and respond to variety of texts to deepen my comprehension.

I can paraphrase information in a meaningful way to share with others what I've read.

Science:

I can analyze the structure and function of species to identify how they survive.

Social Studies:

I can explain issues and events of the 20th century.

Elementary Curriculum Maps

Parents,

If your kiddo would like to join our mileage club you can find more info and sign up here:

WRE Mileage Club

If you have any questions, please reach out to Coach McClain: gmmcclain@prosper-isd.net

Please make sure to remind your child that all cell phones, watches, devices are turned off and in your child's back pack as they are not permitted to use these devices during the school day.

• Pack a dry, healthy snack (nothing too messy)
• Water is the only liquid allowed in the classroom
  
• Bring corded headphones with them to school each day.
• Be sure to check your child's take-home pocket divider in their binder weekly

• Attendance / Absence Information

• Attendance - Please read how to enter absences for your child ahead of time! All doctor's notes need to be entered electronically via Skyward to excuse an absence. We cannot accept paper copies at the building.

This month we will be focusing on courage in our daily classroom meetings. Please see the attachment below for more information.

• School Lunch Program - Menus, how to add money and nutrition information
• Volunteer Background Check - Anyone that wants to volunteer throughout the school year is required to complete a background check. I always encourage all parents to complete this at the beginning of the year just in case they would need it!
• Windsong Weekly- In case you missed it, see what great things are going on at Windsong!

Angela Rutledge: arrutledge@prosper-isd.net

Heather Parham: hmparham@prosper-isd.net

Sarah Betty: sebetty@prosper-isd.net

Amy Pence: ampence@prosper-isd.net

Jennifer Krueger: jlkrueger@prosper-isd.net

Sheridan Serrano: smserrano@prosper-isd.net