Sunday Update 11/13

Hello Fifth Grade Families,


A couple of updates....

Spelling-- Your students took their first spelling test of the year on Friday. This is the first class period during the week, where we have started some flexible groupings across the three 5th grade classrooms. Your students received their new list for next week. While we do take a test on Friday, we have tried to stress that the important take away from learning spelling words and any new vocabulary, should be using them in your writing and everyday conversations.

Poetry-- We had a special guest teacher, Ms. Flom, (actually my Mother, a former teacher and principal) on Friday,  who taught the class a lesson in Haiku poetry. Students got a chance to complete their own Haiku poems, and Ms. Flom and I were amazed at the talented poets that we have in the room. A collection of these poems will be put together by Ms. Flom and added to our classroom library. I will give your student their poem back so they can keep it in their portfolio, which we will soon start compiling.
It was especially fun to have my Mother in class. We tried to keep up the illusion that she was just another guest teacher, but I wish parents could have seen the astonishment on the faces of the kids when I told them that Ms. Flom was my own Mom!

Math-- We are continuing with Unit 3 centering mostly on Geometry. In addition to helping with homework when necessary, I encourage you to ask your student about what they are learning in this unit. Any conversations they can have with you will help them process their knowledge.

Field Trip-- We will be going to our field trip at Northwestern College, with Mrs. Liadova, the music teacher to see a Children's Opera. We have been allotted 2 chaperone spots per class. I have one parent coming, but if another would like to join us let me know. I will honor requests in the order that I receive them.

Coming soon.....This week will start talking about Descriptive Writing, continue our Science Pendulum Unit, and start to settle into our Guided Reading routines.

Thanks,
Mr. Norman