Weekly Update 5th Grade
Week of October 6-10
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 photos of fifth graders placing a whip cream pie in Mr. Soto's face for mastering multiplication facts. Thank you, Mr. Soto, for championing student learning! Also, a special shout out to our math teachers, Ms, Rivas & Ms. Underwood for sponsoring this motivating experience!
Mark your calendars!
- Oct. 9 - Hispanic Heritage 5:30-7:00 p.m. (See dress-up days below)
- Oct. 13 - 17 Conference Week (Early Dismissal)
- Oct 13-17 Book Fair
- Oct. 20-24 STARBASE for 5A & 5D
- Oct. 27-31 STARBASE for 5B & 5C
- Red Ribbon Week - Oct. 27-31
Donut Day
Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Red Ribbon Week
Learning Fun This Week
Math - Students reviewed converting metric measurement using powers of ten.
Science- Students explored earthquakes, learning about tectonic plates and movement, along with seismograph detection.
ELA - Students continued reading the novel, Thunder Rolling in the Mountains. This novel of historical fiction by Scott O'Dell and Elizabeth Hall is the story of Sound of Running Feet, Chief Joseph's daughter from the Nez Perce tribe, narrating the tragic defeat of the Nez Perce. Students will be closely examining, "character development"
Learning Topics for Next Week
Math - Students will be studying customary measurement conversion
ELA - Students will continue reading Thunder Rolling in the Mountains. They will be analzying plot structure and rising action.
Science- Students will be learning all about volcanos and covering vocabulary such as magma, lava, fault, and tectonic plates.
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
Weekly Communication/Homework
Reading Specialist Corner
Knowledge of dividing syllables can assist with decoding unknown words and spelling words! Check out this video showing how to divide VCCCV words!
EIP Math Corner
ESOL Corner
Células!
Durante las últimas semanas los alumnos han pasado la clase de ciencias aprendiendo sobre las células y sus contenidos. Si quieres saber más sobre los “bloques” que componen todos los organismos vivos, este video tiene más información. Los alumnos pueden explicar 5 de las partes más importantes en una célula.
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.