Welcome back to school and welcome to 5th grade! I will be posting homework assignments nightly for the students. They should be bringing home an agenda paper starting next week where they will also be keeping track of their assignments.

Open House is Thursday May 19th from 6-7 pm. I hope to see all of you there!

Parent teacher conferences are Wednesday, April 20th and Thursday, April 21st from 1-4. Parents with students with the last names A-L can meet with me Wednesday at your convenience between 1 and 4, and parents with students with the last names M-Z can meet with me Thursday at your convenience between 1 and 4. Conferences usually last between 15 and 20 minutes. If we need to make different arrangements to meet about your student, please let me know and I can try and accommodate your schedule. I hope to meet with all of you!

 

Thanks!

 

Ms. Jessica

Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 20th) students are taking their test on Chapter 9 in Math. Chapter 9 was all about graphing and patterns. Please make sure students study tonight; they are bringing home a practice test for homework. We went over it in class, but they should do it again for extra practice.

5th grade is the year when students learn about the 50 states and their capitals in Social Studies. We will be starting this unit Monday, April 11th. It's a fun one, but it will require some studying and research done outside of class time. Our first job will be to learn about the states and their capitals, and when that is done the students will be conducting a research report where they will go in depth and discover things about the state they are assigned. More information will come about the research report as we get closer.

We will be taking our Chapter 8 Math Test tomorrow, Wednesday March 23rd. Chapter 8 was all about dividing fractions. The students will be bringing a practice test home for homework, and can use their books to study. 

We are starting Chapter 8 in Math this week. The chapter is very short; we will finish right before the Spring Break holiday. Chapter 8 is all about Dividing fractions. Students will use the skills they gained in chapters 6 and 7. They should continue to practice multiplying fractions at home. On IXL, they can work on N.1-N.12 to practice dividing fractions, and M.1-M.29 to practice multiplying fractions.

Students have their math test on Chapter 7 this Friday, March 11. Chapter 7 was about multiplying fractions. They will bring a practice test home on Thursday to study for their math test. They will also be allowed to bring their math books home to study.

We are writing Personal Narratives in class. This unit will last through February and March. Students will learn how to write a descriptive, 5 paragraph essay about an event that happened in their lives.

Students have their math test on Chapter 6 this Friday, February 17th. Chapter 6 was about adding and subtracting fractions. They will bring a practice test home to study for their math test. They are also allowed to bring their math books home to study.

We will be having our last Science Test for the quarter on Monday, February 8. Students should study all 18 of their Science Vocabulary words from Chapter 4. They will be getting a study guide today (Thursday) to take home and study. Chapter 4 was all about plants and how they reproduce.

Thank you to everybody who attended the Hayward board meeting for Key Academy's renewal petition. Your presence and support was noticed and greatly appreciated!

This week we are starting our unit on Fractions, starting with Chapter 6, Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators. Students can always practice math on IXL, the J section is all about Fractions, they can practice on any of those skills.

 

I also recently passed out usernames and passwords for their Think Central account. Think Central is the website that we use with our math curriculum. They can go on Think Central and review the math lesson we did in class by watching it again at home and doing extra sample problems. The website is https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do.

Students have their math test on Chapter 5 tomorrow, Friday January 22nd. Chapter 5 was about dividing decimals. They will bring a practice test that we went over in class home to study for their math test. They are also allowed to bring their math books home to study.