Quarter 3 Newsletter Glencoe Elementary School

Kelly Connolly, Naomi Fisher, & Paula Jeppesen

5th Grade Newsletter

DEAR 5TH GRADE FAMILIES,

It is truly amazing that we are already entering the last quarter of school. It seems like just yesterday we were getting settled into the new school year. Now that we’re moving onward to the last months of school, there is a lot to information to pass along to families. As our principal, Lori Clark, wrote in the most recent Glencoe newsletter, there will not be third quarter report cards this school year. This is due to the snow days that had to be made up, including the April teacher planning day (used to work on report cards) changed to an instructional day. If your child’s academic achievement has significantly declined since second quarter, a progress report will be mailed to you. A fourth quarter report card will be mailed at the end of the year. State testing at Glencoe will begin the week of April 17th. Fifth graders will be tested in the areas of: English Language Arts, Math, and Science. We will be sending out a letter/email to inform families of specific testing times and dates for each classroom. The month of May will bring about the 5th grade health curriculum—Family Life and Sexual Health. If you wish to review the materials, they are located in the office. A letter and permission slip will be sent April 17th, 2017 to all families. We will begin the health unit the week of May 1st, 2017. Lastly, at this time of year, it is doubly important for your child to keep working on managing classroom/homework assignments and organizational skills. Creating and maintaining good practices will make the transition to the sixth grade less stressful for all. Thank you for your continued support! It is greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

The 5th grade Team

Kelly Connolly, Naomi Fisher, & Paula Jeppesen

SCIENCE INQUIRY UNIT

The fifth graders have worked incredibly hard to complete their Science Inquiry pro-

jects, gaining an increased knowledge of the scientific method. This unit introduced

them to many concepts and skills. They learned to:

Ask questions and make predications that are based on observations and can be

explored via simple investigations

Design an investigation to answer questions and check predictions

Collect, organize, and summarize data from investigations

Analyze, interpret, and summarize data

Create a data table and graph of collected data

Compile and synthesize information into a written conclusion

Present findings and artifacts on a tri-fold board

Give a rehearsed presentation of their findings

UPCOMING DATES:

Variety Show: Thursday,

April 20th at 6:00pm

Run For the Arts: Friday,

April 28th

Timbers Field Trip: Fri-

day, May 10th

Field Day : TBD

Memorial Day-No

School: Monday, May

29th

Story Book Parade: Fri-

day, June 2nd @ 9:00am

5th Grade Promotion:

Wednesday, June 14th

@1:00pm

Last Day of School/

Bowling Field Trip:

Thursday, June 15th

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people

can change the world . Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

-Margaret Mead

In the upcoming weeks, students will be researching a state

and creating a persuasive writing piece to convince their audi-

ence to agree with them.

Our 5th grade writers will learn to…

Research a topic using a variety of resources

Take and organize notes using a graphic organizer

Write body paragraphs using a topic sentence, supporting

sentences, and a concluding sentence

Compose a strong, engaging introduction that states writer’s

position on the topic

Add transitional words and phrases to improve sentence fluency

Write a strong ending, which revisits the position stated at the

beginning

Create a resource list/bibliography

Revise using A.R.M.S. (add, remove, move, & sub-

stitute)

Edit using C.U.P.S.

Use Google Classroom to format and type a final

draft

UNITED STATES WAX MUSEUM

OPINION WRITING UNIT

This spring, our 5th graders will be pre-

senting the first ever, United States Wax Muse-

um. Students will be portraying one of the

many Americans that have positively influenced

our nation, including citizens from multiple

backgrounds, races, and perspectives. After re-

searching their historical figure, students will write a monologue to showcase

the person’s life and impact on the United States. Caren Graham, our artist in

residence, will be helping students bring their historical figure to life using an

actor’s workshop model. We will be putting on an evening performance later in

the month of May. Stay tuned for further details!

Student writing is scored

within 6 traits:

Ideas/Content

Organization

Voice

Sentence Fluency

Word Choice

Conventions

Students are scored using

The Oregon Department of

Education Official Writing

Scoring Guide Rubric. A

score of 4 or higher is con-

sidered meeting in 4th grade

and up.

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BRIDGES MATH UNIT 3

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Unit 3 Math Overview continued on back of this page…

This spring students will be participating in the 5th grade health unit:

Family Life and Sexual Health. This unit focuses on several topics in-

cluding family, self-esteem, gender roles, friendship, decision-making,

sexual exploitation, puberty, reproductive systems, pregnancy, and

HIV/AIDS. A parent letter regarding this unit will be included with stu-

dent report cards. Please review the letter and the contract with your

child and return it at your earliest convenience.

F.L.A.S.H. HEALTH UNIT

MULTIPLICATION

FACT FLUENCY

Thanks to the PTA for pur-

chasing the Reflex Math

program, students have

been able to practice their

multiplication and division

facts at school and at home.

This wonderful program

continually monitors stu-

dent progress and adapts to

each student’s individual

needs as they gain math fact

fluency.

Student Login

Directions:

1. Go to:

www.reflexmath.com

2. Click “login” in the

upper right corner of

the page

3. Login using the

teacher username,

class, and password

information given to

your child.

Encourage your

child to login

and play as

often as

possible!

BRIDGES MATH UNIT 3 CONTINUED