Week 2 Update

5th Grade Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

Welcome once again to the new school year and to Grade 5 at HIS!

The first two weeks have been spent familiarizing the students with our routines in Grade 5. We have worked together to ensure that every student is aware of the need for organization at this grade level and the students have done well to adapt to the organizational systems we use in our classroom. I am especially impressed by how much independence and determination to get it right they have shown, even before being informed that I will be away for a week. 

My initial diagnostic and formative assessments are mostly completed and I will continue with these when I return, but I am already very happy for us to start tackling the curriculum in a more in-depth fashion and I look forward to all of the work that the students will produce in the coming year.

What we learned this week

Math: Topic 1 –  Place Value

Literacy: Realistic Fiction/Sequence of Events/Narrative Perspective  

Science: Part One – The Nature of Science

Social Studies: Ch. 1 People and Geography

What we will learn next week

Math: Topic 2 – Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers and Decimals

Literacy: Fiction/Non-Fiction. Predicting outcomes/Narrator’s Perspective/Personal Narratives/Novel: Because of Winn-Dixie

Science: Part One – The Nature of Science

Social Studies: Ch. 1 People and Geography

Announcements:

Student of the Week: Congratulations to Phoebe Zou. Please visit the Student of the Week page on our blog to find out more about each week’s recipient. 

Dojo Masters:  I will start awarding Dojo points in the week starting on Monday, September 9th. I apologize for the delay caused by my absence.  

Reminders

1. Please be sure to log in to Achieve 3000 and complete the Thought Question each time it is assigned as homework. Homework assignments will begin to be assigned upon my return. 
2. Keep rehearsing our morning routine and classroom rules to be sure that you are ready to start learning at the start of every lesson each day.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Mr. Robus