Students also voted to have a Pizza Party in place of snacks. Each student will need to bring $3 to purchase enough pizza for 3 slices per student. I will be bringing cupcakes for dessert.
Important Dates: PTO $1 Dress Down Day Thursday Skate Party Thursday at 6pm WinterFest Friday 6-8pm (Dinner begins at 5:30.) Operation Santa Toys due next Tuesday Dec. 15th- Class Party Santa Shop will be next week. I will send out specific date information when the sign up is posted for teachers. I will be brief tonight. Please check your email that you have on file with Infinite Campus. I sent an email tonight with details about a classroom Sunshine Basket that we are putting together. If you have any questions at all, please let me know! I will return later in the week to update the newsletter.
Halloween parties will be on Tuesday, October 31st. Students are allowed to wear Halloween themed pajamas or orange and black. For our party, students may bring a "Trick or Treat" bag to collect candy. If students would like to pass out candy to the class they may, no one is required to bring anything though.
Wednesday Folders: This week students will be sent home with KPREP results, Report Cards, assessments from the first grading period, and a letter that explains the new grading system. I will also be discussing these at conferences with many of you tonight. This Week's Instruction: Math- Multiplying Decimals Science- Building Biodomes (Student's had a BLAST!!) Social Studies- Colonial Regions Reading- Eight Days (Narrator's Perspective) Writing- Red Ribbon Week Essay Please use the Lesson Plans tab at the top of this page for detailed plans. Upcoming Important Dates: Oct. 26th- Picture Retakes & Archery Try Outs Oct. 27th- Guidance Nov. 1st- PTO Popcorn Fundraiser Begins Nov. 3rd- Scholastic Book Orders Due Nov. 6th- No School (Teacher Planning Day) Dec. 8th- OES WinterFest (More Details to Come) As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
It's hard to believe it is already time for our Fall Conference Night. Please use the button below to sign up for the time that works best for you. Please remember to arrive on time because time is limited.
It is hard to believe but we are already more than halfway through the first grading period. As I've mentioned to students many times, we now are using a standards based grading system. This means that there will not be any mid-terms sent home. I will send out a letter with the report cards to help with the transition at the end of the grading period.
This Week's Instruction: Math- We have been working through our decimal operations unit. Students are learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with decimals. We will have a test for this unit next week. Science- Students have been working through the Engineering Design Process. They are building shelters based on the regional needs of the Native Americans we learned about in Social Studies. Tomorrow we will be testing the shelters for success. Check out the Classroom Happenings tab for some student work!! Social Studies- We have been studying explorers and their impacts on the New World. We will begin learning about the first settlements in the New World. We will be "exploring" stations to learn about the first major settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth. Reading- We will be focusing on Point of View and Theme using various texts. Writing- Thoughtshots and Snapshots will be the focus for the week. Students will be using this writing strategy to strengthen their writing by creating mental pictures for their readers! Important Dates & Announcements: September 21- Skate Party 6-8pm at Skate-a-Rama September 25- Picture Day (Students cannot wear green due to the use of Green Screen Technology.) September 25- PTO Fall Festival Planning Meeting at 6:30pm & Texas Roadhouse Family Night October 2nd-6th Fall Break October 9th- Teacher Planning Day (No School for Students) Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, the pre-order shirt order has been put on hold. The order will be submitted and sent home as soon as we can. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the school. Watch Dog Pizza Night will also be rescheduled at this time. I will send out information as I receive it. As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to send me an email or note in the agenda! I CANNOT believe that we have already completed our first week of a new school year!! It was wonderful to start off the year by getting to know more about the students. I hope the students have a restful weekend and are ready to jump into new learning this week. My goal with this website is to update it weekly so it will serve as our classroom newsletter. The students will also be accessing this website on a regular basis with their Chromebooks. There are MANY resources on the content pages here to aid students and their learning. As we move forward in the year, please remember to check the website frequently for important information, classroom happenings, and much more. Please feel free to contact me through email ([email protected]), phone (502-869-2800), or Remind. If you did not receive the Remind paperwork at Open House or in last week's Wednesday folder here is a link to join our classroom. HUGE thank you to the 14 of you that were proactive in signing up :) www.remind.com/join/74f2hc Important Reminder: Please turn in ALL Agenda and Handbook paperwork by Wednesday, if you have not already. Upcoming Dates: Aug. 21st Preschool begins Aug. 23rd All NEW T-Shirt order forms due (Forms will be sent home Wednesday) Aug. 24th Parent Meeting Boy Scout 6pm Sept. 4th NO SCHOOL (Labor Day) Sept. 5th Bullitt Day (Teacher Planning Day) Class Schedule: 9:00 - 10:10 Math 10:10 - 10:40 Mustang Math 10:40 - 11:25 Special Area 11:25 - 11:35 Math 11:35 - 12:00 Lunch 12:00 / 12:05 - 1:10 Science M/T & Social Studies W/TR/F 1:10 - 2:40 ELA / Writing 2:40 - 3:10 Racing Readers 3:10 - 3:30 Recess 3:30 - 3:40 ELA |
Mrs. ValdezThis is my fifth year teaching 5th grade. This is a very special time of learning for students and I am thankful that I get to be a part of their journey :) |