Dear 5th Grade Families:

Apologies for the late update this week, Field Trip preparations disrupted the routine.  Thank you to all of those that were able to help out with chaperoning duties – we are truly grateful for your help with making great memories today!!

A couple of new items this week are the upcoming Headmaster Coffee Talks, as well as information on a great new event from our Specials team:

 

Headmaster Coffee Talks

Our commitment is to continue to foster conversation and community through rooted relationships and friendship. In the spirit of promoting conversation and community, I would like to invite you all to our upcoming Headmaster Coffee Conversations. We have these conversations once every semester. We will hold a coffee talk for a different grade level throughout March and April. We will send EVITE invitations to families the week preceding each grade level’s coffee talk. Please, check your emails and RSVP if you plan to attend so that we can plan accordingly. The goal of our Headmaster Coffee will be:

  • Reflect on the year 2021/2022 and discuss areas of growth. Your feedback is always welcomed.
  • Share the plans for the upcoming school year 2022/2023
  • Have a Lead teacher present expectations for students in the grade level they are transitioning into for the 2022/2023 school year.
  • Take questions from parents.

All Coffee Talks will be held in the MPR from 8:15am-9am. Here are the dates:

  • Kinder Coffee Talk: March 9th Sign Up
  • 1st Grade Coffee Talk: March 23rd Sign Up
  • 2nd Grade Coffee Talk: April 13th Sign Up
  • 3rd Grade Coffee Talk: April 20th Sign Up
  • 4th Grade Coffee Talk: April 27th Sign Up
  • 5th Grade Coffee Talk: May 4th Sign Up

 

Fine Arts Festival

On Saturday, April 9th , from 10am-2pm, we will be presenting our Fine Arts Festival.  Events will include a walking tour of artwork, Latin and Music video performance, Usborne Book Fair (one day only!), food trucks, balloon animals, and family fun!  Please mark your calendars for thig wonderful event!

 

       Here is the curricular information for this week:

Math – This week we will continue our geometry unit.  We will be learning the hierarchy and how to classify triangles and quadrilaterals.  We will also learn the properties of intersecting lines.  Our unit review will be on Friday, and our test will be on Monday, 3/7. 

 

Science – In Science, we will continue our look at living organisms. We will be learning about the Fungi Kingdom this week.  We will take some notes, and we will also construct a poster about a specific type of fungus.

 

History –  This week in history we are continuing our unit on the Reformation, as well as finishing up Geography of American states.  Geography quizzes will be segmented by regions, starting this week:

Friday, March 4: West and Southwest

Future quiz dates are as follows:

Tuesday, Mar 8: Southeast and Northeast States

Thursday, Mar 10: Midwest + State Capitals (Matching capitals to states)

 

English Language Arts –  

Grammar

  • We are continuing our review of common homophones, and covering basic conventions daily in our Morning Work practice .

Literature

  • We are continuing our reading and analyzing of our current noves, The Phantom Tollbooth.  Please have your student bring in their own copy if at all possible.  A link to purchase the book on Amazon can be found here.

GYV

  • This week we are working on GYV chapter 19.  We will have spelling practice homework on Wednesday, and brief homework throughout the week.  For the weekly spelling test, please see the GYV tab on this blog for study materials.

Writing

  • This week we are  continuing our guided essay on Renaissance artist Michelangelo.  We will be working on writing plans in class, and taking unfinished work home for homework.   This week we are working on body paragraphs from t-charts we completed together as a class.

Important Dates

  • March 1 – 22/23 Re-Enrollment Begins!
  • March 1 – PSO Board Meeting
  • March 2 – Rare Tea Chandler
  • Mar. 5th – Family Picnic
  • Mar. 8th – Kinder Cap & Gown Picture Day!
  • Mar. 9th – Kinder Headmaster Coffee Talk
  • Mar. 11th – Half Day!
  • Mar. 14th-18th – Spring Break!
  • Mar. 22nd – Counselor Coffee
  • Mar. 23rd – 1st Grade Headmaster Coffee Talk

 

Please see the Headmaster Update for further information on upcoming events.

Have a great week!

The 5th Grade Team