We have made it halfway through Q3! Time is flying by! 

Announcements for 5th grade:

• OTA is hosting movie night for this Friday, Feb. 27th! (See info for the movie night here) In previous years, 5th grade has played a large part in donating baked goods to be sold and once again, we (along with 6th grade) will be supplying the baked items that will be sold at this event! We would appreciate all baked goods sent to school with your child on Friday or brought to Movie Night. These desserts will be sold individually, so please cut and package the dessert to be sold individually. Baked goods should be packed to sell individually in $1 increments ($1, $2, $3, etc.). WE APPRECIATE YOU! 

What is happening in 5th grade this week:

• Gala Letters – Our goal is for every student to write 3 letters!! We would like them by the end of this week! Students wrote the first one in class last week. I am encouraging them to use that letter as a guide to write the other 2.
• Publishing our Narrative– Like mentioned before, each student is publishing a book this quarter. This week we are planning for our books and starting our pictures for the book. They can always work on these pictures at home as well! They need 7.
• Wonder- We are reading pg. 236-280 this week and completing 2 more Novel Updates
• Close Reading Article– Motivations for Moving will be completed on Thursday
• History– We are finishing Project #5 (Manifest Destiny ShowMe) and beginning our 6th project (Traveling West).
• Math– Lessons 66-68.
• Target Scores- Target Scores are on the Math page. The link can be found at the very top of the Math page in red!
• St Math– Since we have focused only on ST Math in math lab this quarter, our cones for this quarter should be more than half way done! keep making progress! We need to focus more on Target Scores, since those are new!

Once again, your child is using their project trees as a guide to help them know what they need to work on for the quarter. Their trackers/trees should be be highlighted and you should be able to see what they have not turned in for the quarter yet!

Let me know if you have any questions! Thank you for taking time to help guide your child at home! It is so necessary and appreciated.

-Mrs. Cook