Spelling Words-Unit 2, Week 3

1. snore
2. tornado
3. spare
4. appear
5. career
6. square
7. report
8. prepare
9. pioneer
10. chair
11. beware
12. smear
13. repair
14. sword
15. ignore
16. order
17. engineer
18. resort
19.volunteer
20. declare
*21. impair
*22. directory
*23. hardware
*24. clearance
*25. porpoise

Amazing Words
1. stranded
2. favor
3. panic
4. distress
5. praise
6. nurture
7. aid
8. selflessness
9. social worker
10. victim
11. impair
12. directory
13. hardware
14. clearance
15. porpoise

Best Students Ever!

Happy Trick or Treat!

We have Halloween on our minds!

Brainstorming writing ideas related to Halloween!

Book Fair

Our book fair is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:00.  Students can bring money in if they would like to purchase books! :)

Shaving cream spelling!

Run Away From Poor Choices Day!

TEST UPDATE

Good morning everyone!

As you know, students are to bring tests home on Friday to get signed and brought back to school if they get more than 2 wrong.  However, over the last few weeks, I have spent much of my time trying to get students to bring their tests back signed and keeping track or who did and who didn't.  I don't like to take recess from them so basically, I don't have any way to reinforce the importance of parents seeing tests.

With that said, I am no longer going to require students to get their tests signed and brought back to school.  Please look for their tests to come home each Friday so that you are aware of how your child is doing in reading/writing.  I don't want grades to be a surprise at report card time.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.  

Thanks!

Mindy Smith :)

Yay! It's the weekend!

Spelling and Reading Tests-Update

Reminder: Students took their Unit 2 Week 1 Spelling and Reading Tests today.  If they got more than 2 incorrect, they will be bringing it home to get signed.

Starting next week, we are going to try something new.  Students are going to take the Reading Test on paper.  While I really like administering it online, allowing students to take the test on paper will let them go back and highlight/circle answers.  While they can go back and reread on the computer, I'm wondering if the opportunity to use a highlighter and pencil to go back and find answers will be more beneficial to students.  I polled the kids today and half wanted to do it on paper and half wanted to do it on the computer.  I'm going to check the scores over the next few weeks and make a decision going forward depending on the results.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks,
Mindy :)

Red Ribbon Week

Monday-Respect Yourself, Eat Healthy-Students are invited to enjoy a healthy apple snack during lunch
Tuesday-Run Away From Poor Choices-Wear sneakers!
Wednesday-Love Yourself-Dress Red!
Thursday-Sock it to Drugs!  Wear crazy or silly socks!
Friday-Team Up Against Drugs! Wear school colors!

Unit 2 Week 2 Spelling List

1. staffs
2. ourselves
3. pants
4. scissors
5. loaves
6. volcanoes
7. chiefs
8. buffalos
9. flamingos
10. beliefs
11. echoes
12. shelves
13. quizzes
14. sheriffs
15. dominoes
16. thieves
17. measles
18. avocados
19. chefs
20. pianos
*21. bailiffs
*22. wharves
*23. mosquitoes
*24. armadillos
*25. desperadoes

Amazing Words
1. poses
2. officers
3. unwavering
4. maneuver
5. cooperation
6. nation
7. trembling
8. sacrifice
9. audacity
10. brazen
11. bailiffs
12. wharves
13. mosquitoes
14. armadillos
15. desperadoes

Our Beautiful Artwork!

Fifth Grade Party!

Benchmark Testing

Students will be bringing home their benchmark test today to get signed.  Please sign it and send it back.  On the front of the test, you will see notes from me regarding scores.  This is what they stand for:

Literary Elements-out of 9 points
Cause and Effect-out of 5 points
Compare and Contrast-out of 1 point
Sequencing-out of 3 points

The open-ended response was worth 4 points towards compare and contrast.  The question was: Think about what Ichiro and Daedalus did in the two stories you read.  In what ways do the two characters act similarly?  Use details or examples from both stories to explain your answers.

Students should have shared 2 ways that the characters acted similarly and should have provided an example for each.

Let me know if you have any questions!
Mrs. S :)

Stuffed Animal Day!

Fall Party Reminder

Just a reminder that our fifth grade Fall Party is on Thursday, October 22nd from 11:35-1:15.  Students are encouraged to wear RED on Thursday in support of Red Ribbon.  In addition, students are encouraged to bring in supplies for our Backpack Project.  Supplies needed include crayons, wooden rulers, pencil boxes, pencil pouches, highlighters, big erasers, pencil top erasers, markers and dry-erase markers.

Secret Walker Lunch!

Spelling Words-Unit 2, Week 1

1. shovel
2. southern
3. northern
4. chapter
5. hyphen
6. chosen
7. establish
8. although
9. challenge
10. approach
11. astonish
12. python
13. shatter
14. ethnic
15. shiver
16. pharmacy
17. charity
18. china
19. attach
20. ostrich
*21. emphasis
*22. sophomore
*23. athlete
*24. phenomenal
*25. chimpanzee

Amazing Words
1. emphasis
2. sophomore
3. athlete
4. phenomenal
5. chimpanzee
6. integrity
7. frank
8. honorable
9. moral
10. oath
11. principled
12. candid
13.guilt
14. justice
15. deceit

Getting to know each other better by comparing and contrasting...

Stuffed Animal Day

Stuffed animal day was today but lots of kiddos forgot!  Hey, it's Monday.. I totally understand!  So we will have Stuffed Animal Day tomorrow too!  Don't forget everyone! :)

Assembly will continue...

Tonight at 6:30 in the high school for anyone that's interested!

Ask your child about our assembly today! Incredible message!

Some info from our PTO volunteers.... :)

The Fifth Grade Fall Party Sign Up Genius is now available!  Please sign up as soon as possible...the party will be held on Thursday, October 22nd!

Here's the link!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0845aaa62ea46-fifth

Check out this work!

This week is a review week for us. Students have been working on carefully reading text and paying attention to videos so they can answer comprehension questions. They have improved a lot over the last two days! Check out this work!

Working together to find literary elements

Spelling and Reading Test Update

Hello everyone!  I hope that you all enjoyed your long weekend!

This week is a review week.  Students will have a benchmark test on Friday on all of the reading skills that we've practiced over the last 5 weeks.  In addition, there will be a spelling test on all of the regular spelling words over the last 5 weeks.

Looking forward to a fun week!
Mrs. S :)

Just a reminder...

Spelling and reading tests are coming home today. If students got more than 2 wrong, they are to get the test signed and bring it back to school.:)

Assembly!