August 30-September 3, 2010

English
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we will finish Unit 1 and review for the test on Thursday.
Spiral 1 will be distributed on Monday and is due by Friday. Please check your child's work
before they turn it in to me. We will also begin work in our Wordly Wise workbook.

If your child needs extra help in English, I am available Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday
morning this week. I can be in my room from 8:00-8:25 a.m. Please email me if your child
plans to come so that I make sure to be in my room. Thanks.

Science
Monday and Tuesday students will finish working on their Carl Linneaus projects. These will
be due at the end of class on Tuesday. Wednesday we will review for the vocabulary test that
will be given on Thursday. Friday students will complete notes that will give them an
overview of the Classification chapter.

Sweatshirt Sale

Sweatshirt order forms go home today. The sale is next Wednesday and Thursday. Please DO NOT send money with your child until those days. Representatives from School Time will be on campus to take orders. Feel free to stop by school one of those mornings if you want to place the order instead of sending the money with your child.

English Updates

So far we have completed the first four sections in Unit 1. The Unit 1 test will be on Thursday, September 2. The test format, which tells you and your child what they will be expected to do on the test, is in yellow English folders today.

Worksheets- After the class has worked and checked the information in the text, a WB page is assigned. Students may always come to me for help if they still aren't "getting it". These WB pages are turned in for a grade. Once they are graded, I hand them back and ask students to place them in their yellow English folder. They should remain in this folder so you always know where to look when studying. Please ask your child to show you their graded pages.

When studying for the test, please focus on simple subjects and simple predicates.

*** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SIMPLE SUBJECTS WB PAGE WAS DONE AS A CLASS. MOST STUDENTS SCORED A 9/9 BECAUSE IT WAS DONE TOGETHER. PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THE WORK ON THEIR OWN.***

Science clarification

I want to take a moment to make my Science assignment clear. When notecards are assigned as homework, they should come to school BLANK. The making of notecards is an in class assignment and all students should be working on that assignment in class. If a student comes to school with the information already on the cards, they will be made to re-do the work in class.
Please do not encourage/allow your child to work ahead of the class. This is not acceptable.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

August 23-27, 2010

Science-
Students will be given the packet for the next unit, Classification. Students will make study cards for the first test. Students will learn the 6 Traits of Living Things. We will also read about Carl Linneaus and complete a project about him in class.
HOMEWORK: All students must have 20 notecards in class for Tuesday.

English-
Monday will be our first class visit to the library. We will visit the library every other Monday this year.
We will continue to work through Unit 1 in the text book. This week we will discuss simple subjects, simple predicates, and conjunctions.
The test on Unit 1 will be given Thursday, September 2.


I hope to see you all at Open House on Thursday. =)

Church

Don't forget that we will celebrate our first All School Mass this Friday. Remember items for the Food Bank and mass uniforms.

Picture Day

School pictures will be taken on Wednesday. Order forms were sent home the first day of school. If you wish to order pictures, please send the form back to school by Wednesday.

August 16-20, 2010

Science-
This week we will finish the packet on World Geography. The test on the packet will be on Thursday. On Monday all students will make vocabulary notecards and write down the test format. This will let them know what they should focus on when studying.

English-
Monday we will work on completing final drafts of the All About Me writing assignment. Students will create a collage to illustrate their paper. Any pictures being used for the collage should be in class on Tuesday. After the writing assignment is complete, we will begin work in the English textbook. We will begin with types of sentences.

August 9-13, 2010

This week:

English (this is Ms. Register's homeroom ONLY)
This week we are working on a four paragraph writing assignment called All About Me. This assignment helps me to learn more about each student. Part of the assignment is to create a collage, so your child may be asking for pictures or magazines they are allowed to cut up.

Science
We begin the year with the World Geography packet. A quiz on the continents and oceans only will be given on Friday, August 13.

What's Happening?!

Here are some important dates for the rest of August:
18th- school pictures (all money is due by this day if you wish to order)
23rd- English classes begin visiting the library
26th- Open House for PARENTS, No homework night for students
27th- All School Mass- don't forget mass uniforms

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to school and to the 5th grade. This year has gotten off to a great start. Please check my website often as this is where I post all information about English, Science, and anything going on in 5th grade. My goal is to update on Monday afternoons for the week. I am usually pretty good about this, but please forgive me if I fall behind. I hope to see all parents at Open House on the 26th!