Dec. 14

*Exhibition is Wednesday night from 6:30-7:30.  Students must be in my classroom by 6:15 and parents will go to the Cafeteria while we set up.  Students should be dressed nicely (no jeans or tennis shoes).

*Holiday Party: This Thursday from 1:30-2:30.  We will watch the movie Elf and have some snacks!  I can only have 3 parents attend, so please let me know if you plan on attending (first come first serve), but since it is only a movie and snacks I do not need that much assistance, so please do not feel pressure to help out!  You have already been so gracious donating the snacks for the party.

*Camp Forms: Camp forms went home last week.  I have received a small handful of the permission forms back.  If your child has to take medication while they attend camp, the second page must be filled out and signed by your doctor, otherwise your child will not be allowed to take their medication.  I know this step can take some time, so please let me know if that is the case.

*Redos and extra credit due Wednesday!!!!

Math: Area, Perimeter, and Volume.  Here are a couple of videos on how to calculate volume: Volume as Base Area times Height 

Understanding Volume as Cubic Units

Reading: Inferences

Exhibition projects presentations to two other classrooms in the school as a rehearsal for Wednesday night!

Science: Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition.  

Social Studies: U.S. Government

·      Articles of Confederation

·      Bill of Rights

·      Constitution

Dec. 7

*Progress Reports will go home Tuesday.

*Fifth Grade Camp: We are going to Camp January 20-22. The fifth graders will be split up between Camp Olympia and Forest Glen. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to be outdoors, meet new students, and learn wonderful things about science and nature! Permission slips will go home in Tuesday folders this week. Please read the information carefully and let me know if you have any questions. Here is the website for extra information: http://www.hisdoec.com/aboutus.html

Here are the objectives for this week:

Math: Measurement conversions

Area, Perimeter, and Volume

Area and perimeter of quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, parallelograms)

Volume of Cubes and Rectangular prisms.

Reading: Inferences with reading and using text evidence to support them

Oral presentations for Exhibition

Spelling test this Friday!

Science: Types of Landforms and how they were created.

Social Studies: Articles of Confederation and the Bill of Rights.