Important Dates

October 6

Early Release/Student Dismissal 11 am

October 8

World Teacher Appreciation Day

October 28

Grade 5 Assembly

Star of the Week

Dhay Al Baker

Each week we will celebrate a student in the

classroom for who they are. This has nothing
to do with behavior, we are just celebrating
the fact that they are important to our
classroom community.

Dear Families,
I hope you all had a great weekend! Tuesday this week will be a half-day and pick-up
is at 11 am. Please be sure to make the appropriate arrangements. The buses will be
running for those who ride the bus.

Literacy

Ask who, what, when, where, how, and why questions while
reading a story (Suggested questions on the blog under
Helpful Questions for Reading tab)
Distinguish Long and Short Vowel sounds while reading
Continue to use reflexive pronouns (ex: myself, ourselves)

Ways to help at home: Have your child read nightly and then tell
you who is in the story and what did they do, where did they do it
and most importantly why did they do it. Please have your child
write 2-3 sentences per night using proper capitalization and
punctuation.

Math

Place Value
Skip Counting by 5s, 10s, and 100s up to 1000
Data Collection and Graphing
Begin to inquire into Measurement

Ways to help at home: Have your child count a collection of

something (beans, legos, etc.) in groups of 5s, 10s, and 100s and
then graph the different sizes or colors. Have your child start
measuring things in the house (beds, couches, chairs, etc.)

Unit

Communities
Citizens

Ways to help at home: Have your child write down and name all of
the communities that they are part of and then graph the number
of people in those communities (ie: family, classroom, school,
neighborhood)

Our class is in the process of building our community here at school.

Every student is an important part of our community. Please discuss at
home their responsibilities within our classroom and school community.
Thank you!