Weekly Update 5th Grade
Week of August 25-29
Welcome fifth grade Park Street students! We're excited about our upcoming year!
We strive to create an environment that helps our students to meet their highest potential.
Please read our newsletter each week to get important updates and reminders.
Meet the Team
Ms. Underwood (5C)
Math/Science/Social Studies
Mrs. Brown (5B)
Reading & Writing
Ms. Gawdun (5A)
Reading & Writing
Ms. Maxwell
Mrs. Olusegun
Ms. Kinney
Reading Specialist
Mrs. Caspary
Mrs. Bennett
Ms. Rivas (5D)
Weekly Fifth Grade Photo Album
Check out our amazing fifth graders partipating in math partner games, writing study groups, small group instruction, and samples of student work exploring the word, "culture." Also, we celebrated Ms. Rivas' birthday!
Open House Slide Show
If you were unable to attend open house, check out fifth grade informational slide show! Pictured are students that attended our Park Street Open House along with staff and translators!
Join your Homeroom Class Dojo!
Ms. Gawdun's Class 5A
Mrs. Brown's Class 5B
Mrs. Underwood 5C
Mark your calendars!
- Week of August 25th - MAP Assessment
- Sept. 1st - Labor Day, No school
- Sept. 3 - Grandparents Luncheon 3, 4, 5
- Sept. 17 - Pie Mr. Soto Day - Must pass/know all multiplication facts to participate!
- Sept. 22-26, FALL BREAK, No school
Donut Day
Girls On the Run!
Classroom DoJo
Teachers will be using Classroom Dojo to communicate with parents and send important updates. Teachers also use Classroom DoJo to send quick text messages when needed.
Weekly Communication/Homework
Learning Fun This Week
Math - Students will be studying area, perimeter, volume, and review multiplication facts. Students that can recite all math facts will be able to "pie Mr. Soto in the face!"
Science - We are learning about Earth changes over time including constructive and destructive forces
ELA - We will begin module one in the New Wit & Wisdom curriculum. Fifth Grade Module 1, "A Cultural Perspective," helps students explore what it means to belong to a culture and how beliefs and values guide actions. Through studying U.S. westward expansion and its impact on the Nez Perce tribe, students learn about cultural conflicts and the losses Native Americans faced. They will read the historical novel Thunder Rolling in the Mountains and analyze Chief Joseph's "Lincoln Hall Speech" to understand and write about how cultural values shape people's actions. Specifically next week, students will review the impact of Lewis & Clark's exploration along with the term "cultural values." We will be closely examining the process of identifying "main idea" along with summarization skills.
Learning Topics for Next Week
Math - Students will begin a new unit on place value and powers of 10! Students will also be taking MAP test! Keep working on math facts so you can "Pie Mr. Soto in the face!"
Science- Students will continue learning about Earth changes over time including constructive and destructive forces. Science vocabulary includes weathering, erosion, deposition, and sediment.
ELA - Students will be reading articles about different aspects of Nez Perce culture and lifestyle such food and drink, clothing, shelter, transportation, children's play. These articles will seek to uncover the focusing question, "How did the Nez Perce's homeland sustain lifestyle and culture." Students will seek to explain the function of topic statements and body sentences in an informative paragraph and use knowledge of afixes and context clues to determine word meaning. Eventually students will be writing their own informative paragraph about a chosen aspect of the Nez Perce culture. Students will focus on topic sentences and annotating text.
Resources for Math
Check out helpful websites and anchor charts to enhance student's learning in math! Also, we have pictured some exemplary student work from our math journals.
Resources for ELA
Science Resources
Enjoy photos pictured below taken from student's science journals! Works of art!
EIP Math Corner
We will be learning about how multiplying by powers of 10. It can be pretty simple if you remember a few little rules
Reading Specialist Corner
ESOL Corner
¡Hola familias! ¿Tienen preguntas sobre la estructura del sistema educativo en los EEUU? Aquí les presento una hoja de información (en español) para mejor entender el proceso escolar desde el pre-K hasta la Universidad. —Sra. Caspary, maestra de apoyo para el desarrollo del inglés
Park Street Dress Code
Transportation
Arrival / Dismissal
Change of Transportation
If there is a change in transportation arrangements, we require notice from the parent before allowing students to be transported by anyone other than a parent. You may send in a note with your child or email parkstreet@marietta-city.org with the details of the change. We do not allow students to walk or to ride home with unauthorized people.
At dismissal time bus riders will be put on the school bus unless a parent is present for pick-up, or the parent has notified the school office of another arrangement.
Students are not permitted to change buses to ride home with friends without a note from their parent. Please make arrangements for your child before he/she comes to school. If you must make a change during the day, notify the school office staff before 2:30 p.m.
Pick-up by Car in the Afternoon
Anyone picking up a child must have his/her Panther Car Tag. If you do not have a Panther Car Tag, you may get one at Sneak-A-Peek or by coming to the front office.
Please do not park across the street and have your child designated as a “walker”.
This is extremely dangerous, and teachers on duty will stop children crossing the street
unescorted by a parent or adult. If you need to come into the building, please park in a parking space.
Tardy Drop-Off
When a student arrives late (after 8:30), an adult must sign the student in at the office.
Early Pick-Up
Please limit early pick-up of children to emergencies and appointments. If a child is out for any portion of the school day, the missed time is recorded as a tardy. A note sent in the morning will help us to have your child ready. To avoid interruptions to instruction, no student
will be released between 2:45 and 3:15. Parents will be asked to wait for the dismissal bell. Come to the office to check out a student. Please be prepared to present photo identification upon request. No student will be released to an unknown or unauthorized person.
Late Pick-Up
Students waiting to be picked up will be supervised until 3:30. After 3:30 they may be sent to the After School Program if they are pre-registered ($10 fee). Regular after school charges will apply. Many parents sign up for the program so their children can attend in case of emergency.