Weekly Update 5th Grade
Week of September 8-12
Thank you for reading the fifth grade Weekly Update! We look forward to the week ahead!
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
Enjoy pictures of our fifth graders enjoying Grandparents day, building decimals with place value blocks in math, and working together to read about the Nez Perce tribe, take notes, and complete informational writing in ELA!
Mark your calendars!
- 9/11: DLI Math Night
- 9/12: MHS Football players and cheer help with AM arrival
- Sept. 17 - Pie Mr. Soto Day - Must pass/know all multiplication facts to participate!
- Sept 18 - Fall Pictures
- Sept 19 - Doughnut Day
- Sept 19 - Falcons Friday Pep Rally 9-10 a.m.
- Sept. 22-26, FALL BREAK, No school
- Oct. 9 - Hispanic Heritage
- Oct. 13 - 17 Conference Week (Early Dismissal)
- Oct 13-17 Book Fair
Donut Day
Hispanic Heritage Celebration
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 begin a new unit on place value and powers of 10! 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 continue to read articles about various 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 be writing informational paragraphs regarding meaningful aspects of Nez Perce culture. You will see an outline located in ELA learning resources that will be utilized to guide students' writing.
Learning Topics for Next Week
Math - Students will multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals by powers of ten!
Social Studies - Students will be reviewing map skills and examining concepts/key vocabulary such as scaling, legend, map key, longitude, latitude, cardinal rose, and learn the continents and the oceans!
ELA - Students will deepen their understanding of Nez Perce culture and its relationship to homeland as they listen to and read traditional stories at the heart of Nez Perce culture. Students will listen to storyteller J.R. Spencer bring to life the origin story, "Coyote and the Monster." Students will be summarizing key story elements, address problems, attempts to solve the problem, and resoution.
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
Social Studies Resources
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
Septiembre ESOL Noticias
¡Hola familias! ¿Conocen la frase “inteligencia emocional?” Es importante para todos los estudiantes, pero especialmente cuando los niños llegan al momento de la adolescencia. Aquí les presento un video en español donde pueden aprender más sobre este tópico. —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.