October News! • The writer gives reasons why Students will be working in small groups to Imagine It! he/she likes or dislikes the chosen item create a power point of a particular Native American Region. Students will present these to During reading, we will incorporate • The writer supports his/her their classmates as a grade. selections from the Imagine It book that reasoning with three or more specific correlate to the science and social studies details Math! curriculum. We will always utilize “National Geographic Explorer” selections into the • The writer summarizes his/her We will begin a unit on graphing. Students reading curriculum. opinion in a concluding paragraph/sentence will be expected to compare, contrast, and analyze data using various types of graphs. **Spelling, Vocabulary, and comprehension Science! After completing the graphing unit, tests will be administered on Fridays** students will begin a unit of instruction on Through hands on inquiry based learning place value, addition and subtraction Novels: fifth grade students’ focus on using strategies. Please continue to work on evidence, models, and reasoning to form multiplication and division facts! Novel instruction includes vocabulary and scientific explanations. The students will comprehension activities, as well as conduct investigations and use appropriate discussion of key content. technology to build an understanding of Reminders! weather and climate. Bacha ~ The Lion, the Witch, and the * Please make sure students have money for breakfast and lunch. Wardrobe During October, we will focus on the following chapters: * Students are responsible for their own Yonkovig ~ The Westing Game homework. If students don’t have -Clouds and Precipitation: D5 pgs D42-D51 homework for that day, they are still Writing! expected to complete it to show to their - Air Pressure and Wind: D6 pgs D52-D63 teacher. Remember TWO missed homework The focus for writing for the first quarter assignments=fifth grade ticket. is Clarification Writing. Clarification -Air Masses and Fronts: D7 pgs D68-D73 writing encompasses the following * Students need to remember how Social Studies! important it is to keep up with their • The writer states whether he/she assignments. Students should be using likes or dislikes something Areas of Study: Regions of American Indians, their agendas to help them stay organized Reasons European explorers came to America. and prepared. It is the student’s October News! responsibility to record assignments in that work is coming back to school (with their agendas, as it is assigned. any other information to be returned) on Wednesday.

*Since we are a uniform school, please make sure your child is wearing either a *Students are tardy after 8:15 am. Please solid white or navy blue sweatshirt, or an walk your child in for a tardy slip. Eastover sweatshirt. They are not permitted to wear any other colors throughout the day. Students are required Yonkovig: [email protected] to wear shoes that are black or white. Bacha: [email protected]

*If your child is not in school, you MUST send an excuse in with the student when he or she returns. It is legally required of all students.

Tuesday Folders

Students will bring home their Tuesday Folders each week. Parents, please be sure you sign them every week to ensure that you have seen teacher comments and any grades that are sent home. Please be mindful that some of the work sent home will be stamped with a “Please sign and return” stamp. Return those papers in the Tuesday folder. You do not need to return work that doesn’t have a stamp. Make sure