Welcome November! Thank you to those parents who were so kind and flexible about rescheduling their conferences.  I will add an extra week to the schedule and resend it.

Jordan Zuniga was our class Spelling Bee winner! The school-wide Spelling Bee is scheduled on Thursday, November 3.

This week’s Spelling is:  Unit 2, Week 5 Closed Syllables (I accidentally skipped a week, but had taught the concept of closed syllables by the time I realized.  We’ll “jump back” to U2, W4 Contractions next week).

ELA: Genre:  Fairy Tale; comprehension strategy:  make predictions; comp skill:  compare and contrast.

Math: CHAPTER 4 MATH Test on Friday!!! – Multiply Decimals.  The Chapter 4 Review in the text book mimics the actual test, but with different numbers.

Social Studies:  Writing a 5-paragraph essay on the effects of geography and climate to the North American Indians.  The Northeast New England States and Capitals

Science: Begin Chapter 7, Types of Matter.

Please set aside Thursday, November 17^th for the 5^th Grade Colonial Day!  More info to come!

Upcoming November dates:

November 2: Scholastic Book Orders DUE!  On-line Class Code:  HZPJV

November 9:   Rendering Plant Meeting 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (multipurpose room)

November 11: Veteren’s Day ~ Holiday (no school)

November 15: PFO Night Out @ Spaghetti Factory

November 17: 5^th Grade Colonial Day ~ in costume

November 18: Minimum Day; B Track goes off; Progress Reports go home

November 21-25: Thanksgiving Break ~ no school

Red ribbon week this week. Today was superhero day.

Wednesday: “Sock it to Drugs” ~ Crazy socks day

Thursday: “Shade Out Drugs” ~ Sunglasses day

Friday: “Put a Cap on Drugs” ~ wear a cap

This week in class:

ELA: We are analyzing the Author’s Point of View, Greek/Latin prefixes,  and types of nouns.  Spelling is Unit 2, Week 3:  Inflectional Endings.

Math: We will be midway through Chapter 4, Multiply Decimals.  Our mid chapter quiz is on Friday.  We will finish chapter 4 by the middle of next week.

Social Studies: We will be finishing up our studies on American Indians.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Upcoming “Colonial Day” on Thursday, November 10^th.

In fifth grade we study the colonization of North America. The fifth grade B, C, and D Tracks are having a “Colonial Day” where the students will be invited to dress as colonists as they spend the day living like colonists playing games, cooking, and doing activities.

We will need supplies and plenty of parent volunteers to help lead the stations.  I will send out a link in the near future to sign up for stations/times and to donate various supplies that we’ll need.

Our Field trip to the California Caverns is scheduled for Monday, October 17^th.  Please have your child to school by 8:05 am.  The buses are scheduled to leave promptly 8:15 am on Monday, October 17^th.

The weather forecast predicts rain, so expect muddy conditions. The students will need to be dressed in shoes for walking in the mud, warm clothes (in layers), and a rain coat.  They will also need a sack lunch.  We will not be going to the classroom on Monday.

Their Monday homework was assigned and provided today, Friday, to complete Monday evening.

We have finished Math Chapter 3, Add and Subtract Decimals, and will test on it Friday, October 21^st.  In Social Studies, we began studying about the North American Native Americans.  We won’t have a spelling list next week, due to the field trip.