Fifth Grade ELA & History

Hello Families!

Thank you to those who were able to attend our All School Meeting October 15th. Fifth grade did a great job - especially after a four day weekend with no time to practice the day of. Also, thanks go to Dan Bisbee who brought the Bisbee Museum to us Friday, October 9. See pictures below.

We wrapped up our nonfiction book study of A Cod's Tale and began our first novel study of the year. We are now reading Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret. This novel study includes reading nonfiction articles about earthquakes, the California Redwoods setting, and integrates our vocabulary lessons. Fifth Graders will write short essays as part of our novel study, using evidence from their reading notebooks and the novel. These essays will be posted on Google Classroom.

Conferences:

Family/Teacher Conferences happen the first week of November. You will receive instructions soon in how to schedule a conference with me. Please email me with any questions.

Dates to note:

November 4, 5, & 6: Half Days - Parent-Teacher Conferences - sign up information forthcoming

November 11: No School - Veteran's Day

November 25: Half Day

November 26-27: No School - Thanksgiving Break

Please reach out with any questions, concerns, or just to say hello. Email is the best way to reach me. My email address is wsomes@hr-k12.org

Some reminders from last month's newsletter:

Homework

ELA homework is weekly and is typically assigned on Mondays and will be due the Friday of that week. In the case of a Monday holiday or shortened week, the homework is given the first day of that week and due the last school day of that week.

Google Classroom

Your Fifth Grader uses my Google Classroom to type their final drafts of their writing submissions and to access digital assignments. Feel free to ask your student to show your their Google work, if they know how to login from home. If you you would like to receive updates from Google Classroom, please let me know.