8-17-15

    

Upcoming Events:   8/18-PTO meeting will be held Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Administration Building 9/7-NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY 9/11- Early Dismissal 11:30am 9/25-NO SCHOOL Teacher work day	Attention Parents: Mrs. Shultz’s email is incorrect in your flip chart. It should read: kshultz@stjschools.org Students will be practicing their address and tested on Friday.
Science: This week we will be working on learning the 6 steps of the scientific method.  We will do two experiments (rolling balls down ramps) to practice the six steps this week.  The first one will be teacher guided.  The second experiment will be done in small groups with less teacher assistance (on a “give help as needed” basis).   There will be a quiz on Friday over the six steps of the scientific method.  A large part of this quiz is being able to memorize the order of the 6 steps.  Since this is such an important skill this year, ordering the 6 steps will appear on nearly every quiz and test the entire year.  The correct order is listed below. Observe and Ask Questions Form a Hypothesis Plan an Experiment Conduct an Experiment Collect Data & Analyze Results Draw Conclusions You can also get the weekly newsletter by going to…...          nsiders.weebly.com     …...and clicking the Newsletter Tab -Mr. Siders	Math This week in Math we will begin Domain 1: Orders and Operations and Algebraic Thinking which includes evaluating and writing expressions and analyzing patterns. Students will also begin our fluency program Rocket Math this week in which they will have daily 1 minute tests on multiplication facts. Students will benefit greatly from extra practice at home. Mrs. Cornelius We are starting our interactive journals on Tuesday. We will use them to support what we are learning. Mrs. Watson Class Dojo sign ups will be coming home this week along with a Parent survey and a few other forms. Please return them to Mrs. Watson as soon as possible!
ELA info, Specials schedule, and Contact info on back.
ELA: Unit One: Why and how do we play with language? Engelbrecht: Syllabus will come home Monday with Unit 1 information, please look through it with your child and sign and return the back page. We will begin Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom/adage/proverb, alliteration, and onomatopoeias, seek opportunities at home to point these things out to your children. We will start our read aloud, Wonder, Write a personal Bio Poem Begin research on a famous creative thinker. Sandusky: Beginning Unit 1- “Why and how do we play with language?” Syllabus will come home Tuesday with Unit 1 information, please look through it with your child and sign and return the back page. We will begin Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom/adage/proverb, alliteration, and onomatopoeias, seek opportunities at home to point these things out to your children. Most students really struggle with literal and figurative meaning. Explain common idioms you use, “a penny for your thoughts”, “barking up the wrong tree”, or “best thing since sliced bread” are good places to start if you’re stuck! We started our read aloud, Wonder, I encourage children to read along with our class, and not read it independently due to class discussions. Shultz: Reading: We are starting our year with reading standard RI5.1--Reading information text and quoting accurately when referring to the text. We will read short biographies with our teams this week and take notes for a project profile which we will complete in Google Docs. Language: We will be looking for words that have a long A sound this week in our texts and all around us. As the week progresses, we will note the different ways it is spelled and choose some of our favorites to work on. AR: Students will visit the library each Monday. We will be discussing AR goals, graphing our progress, and hopefully taking a test this week! Read Aloud: Our first read aloud will be Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

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Specials Week 2

	PE 1	Art	Music1	PE 2	Computers	Music 2
Monday	Engelbrecht	Watson	Cornelius	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky
Tuesday	Watson	Cornelius	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht
Wednesday	Cornelius	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson
Thursday	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson	Cornelius
Friday	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson	Cornelius	Siders

3/9/15

    

Upcoming Events:   March 10 all school spelling bee 6:30 March 17 testing parent night 6:00 March 19 5th grade music program In session March 23 and March 24 (snow makeup days) March 18 is the last day of AR for 3rd quarter DARE Graduation March 24 at 9:00 am	Extra Clothes! Spring is a muddy time of the year! The nurses office would appreciate your help. We would appreciate it if you could send in an extra pair of pants and shirt to keep in your student’s backpack.
Science: This week we are finishing up electricity and electrical circuits. We are less than 1 month away from the Science part of the MAP test.  The topic below is the last topic we are planning to cover before that time. Interactions of Organisms Food Webs, Food Chains, Hibernating, Hibernation, & Migrating We will spend about 1 week of review going over all topics covered so far this year prior to taking the MAP test.	Math ALL CLASSES: STAR Testing Monday. Benchmark Testing Tuesday. Ms. Blankenship Topics this week: -Adding and subtracting fractions/mixed numbers. -Multiplying fractions. *Please work on fact fluency with your child at home.* __________________________________________ →→→Mrs. Watson←←← NO AGENDA or HOMEWORK THIS WEEK! Topics this week: Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers; Multiplying Fractions With the end of the Quarter approaching, please be looking for missing assignments to come home and have students complete and return them as soon as possible.
ELA info, Specials schedule, and Contact info on back! Students will be working on Mother’s and Father’s day essays during morning work. We will turn these into the Leader Journal for publication in May/June. Feel free to assist at home!
ELA: Engelbrecht: We will be comparing and contrasting the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts. We will begin our DARE essays. AR 94% of goal by Friday READING LOGS DUE Monday!!! Sandusky: Wrote our American Symbolism poem on Monday Continuing with our Civil War Unit, using the fictional books “Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt”, “Follow the Drinking Gourd”, “Ballad of the Civil War”; we will be comparing story elements and character traits in these books. For informational standards we will be using the book “What is the Battle of Gettysburg?” and answering explicit text and inferencing questions in regards to historical events. Exit slips this week will be in informational reading, and we will have a mini lesson on comparatives and superlatives. Shultz: Reading: Drawing conclusions/Inferencing and Read aloud with characterization Language: DARE essays Homework: Back to book logs this week. Homework is reading. AR: Students should be at 100% of their goal by the end of this week.

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• Call us at 265-2300 x4320 (Siders) x4321 (Blankenship) x4319 (Watson) x4293 (Engelbrecht) x4294 (Sandusky) x4292 (Shultz)
• Email us nsiders@stjschools.org, bblankenship@stjschools.org, swatson@stjschools.org, lengelbrecht@stjschools.org, bsandusky@stjschools.org, kshultz@stjschools.org

Week 5

	PE 1	Art	Music1	PE 2	Computers	Music 2
Monday	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson	Blankenship
Tuesday	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson	Blankenship	Siders
Wednesday	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson	Blankenship	Siders	Shultz
Thursday	Engelbrecht	Watson	Blankenship	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky
Friday	Watson	Blankenship	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht