Ms. McCarthy Teaches About Speed, Velocity and Acceleration
Students built ramps and adjusted heights to teach about speed, distance and time.
Looking for Books By Lexile Level
As you know, choosing “Best Fit Books” is an important component of our Daily 5 literacy model. Students were given their SRI recommended reading lists to have parents sign, and they were then stapled in their planners for easy access. At the top, you will find your child’s lexile level, according to SRI. Students can […]
Math Retakes
The retake for our unit 2 math test will take place this Friday, November 1st. Anyone interested in taking it must sign up with Mr. Wahl so we now how many copies are needed. Thanks!
Spelling Stars
All students earning a 1 on their spelling test may wear a hat on Monday to celebrate! Congratulations!
A Word About Mini-Quizzes
As you know, we have had several mini-quizzes across several subject areas. These quizzes are based upon the content and language objectives of each lesson, each day. Typically, but not always, a class will have 2-3 mini-quizzes per week, per subject. Mini-quizzes serve one main purpose~to tell students and teachers who is paying attention and […]
Science Test on Friday!
There will be a short science test on Friday covering contact and non-contact forces. Students need to know the definition of each type of force and be able to provide examples. The green science book and their science notebooks will be key in studying. Thanks!
Our Native American Field Trip
We learned so much about Native Americans and their culture. Thank you to Mrs. Bublitz for coordinating!
XtraMath
Congratulations to the following students who have already gone on XtraMath: Ali H. Angela Ayah Hamza Ibrahim Janel Kaleb Salsabeel So far, our winner for most XtraMath minutes is Ayah! I’ll have a prize for the student who spends the most time on XtraMath each week. Get busy!
Thank You!
A big “thank you” to Mohsen’s and Ayah’s family for the tissues! 🙂 Also, thank you to everyone for getting the field trip money in on time! 100% of our class made the deadline! Woohoo!
HELP!
We seem to have an overabundance of sneezy students in fifth grade, and we’ve run out of tissues! I am sending out an S.O.S. for boxes of tissues! Please donate a box or two to our classroom to help us get through allergies and cold and flu season. Thank you so much!