Welcome back and Happy New Year!! First of all, I
would like to thank all of you who were so thoughtful to contribute to the
class gift or to send in your own gifts to me this holiday season! You are too
kind!
Flexible
Grouping in Math
Today
we began our first rotation of flexible grouping in math. This went really
well! Whomever your child had math with today, will be his/her math teacher for
the next 2 ½
weeks. The kids really seemed to enjoy this today and I think it will be an
exciting new way to learn math. After this first fraction unit, we will regroup
the kids based on their pretest results for adding and subtracting fractions.
It is our hope that grouping the students in this way will help us to better
meet their needs. Math homework (aside from study guides) will be assigned each
Thursday and be due to your student’s math teacher the following day.
5th
grade Snow Day?
Sign up for a fun afternoon of snow day fun hosted
by Mrs. Stump, Mr. Tilley Mrs. Thornton and Mrs. Whitley!
The night includes…
- Pretend Snowball fight
- Hot chocolate &
snacks
- Movie
- Fun with friends
Where/When?
Harmony Elementary from 2:30-4:00pm January 15, 2015
Who
can come? 5th graders willing to donate $20.00
or more
*Sign up now! The more the merrier! We’re going to have a blast so please come
and join the fun! All money donated will go toward our classrooms.
If you would like to
sign up, please print and return the attached form along with $20. Checks
can be made out to Harmony Elementary.
Here’s what we will be
learning about this week!
Science: This week we will begin a new unit on
energy and matter in organisms and ecosystems. The main idea this week is to
understand how humans get their energy and that the most basic source of energy
is our sun.
S.S.: We are going to continue our Mission U.S.
lessons on the computer.
Math: Regardless of which teacher your child has,
the learning goals for the week will be to learn fraction equivalence,
simplifying fractions, and how to convert between fractions and mixed numbers.
Reading: Students will build even further background
on the Revolutionary War through reading.
Writing: The kids will have the opportunity to read
and write poetry about events leading to the American Revolution.
Below you will find some photos of the kids in their holiday gear enjoying a music lesson with Mr. A prior to break. Enjoy! :)
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