Fifth Grade News

Welcome to the 2008-2009 school year. The students are off to a great start and are all becoming comfortable with the new routines and expectations. We are very excited to have two teachers in fifth grade, so that we get to experience switching classes. This month the curriculum and units focused on are:

Math - Unit 1: Multiplication and Division Word Problems. Please assist your child with fluency and mastery of basic facts by using flash cards and or timing their practice with multiplication and division.

Reading - Unit 1 Nature's Fury Students are reading a variety of stories that focus on the power of nature and how people cope with its challenges. The students will use their Post-It-Notes and Reading Strategy Cards to ensure they are implementing the strategies that good readers use.

Writing - Students will be writing a news article and a description using all the elements of the writing process including prewriting, drafting, editing, revising and publishing. We first read models and then implement the skills and processes introduced.

Science - Students will be working with the FOSS Kit Mixtures and Solutions using the steps in the Scientific Process to investigate materials performing hands-on experiments to determine the differences and make up of mixtures and solutions and states of matter.

Social Studies - The students are focusing on Native Americans and the cultures and social structures they established in North America before the times of settlers.

Spelling - we are implementing a new program Lee Jenkins "Permission Not To Forget" this will be further explained at open house.

Please feel free to contact either Ms. Wagner at rtwagner@ccps.org or Mrs. Edler at kedler@ccps.org if you have any questions.
Thank You!

Fifth Grade Team
Ms. Wagner, Mrs. Edler and Mrs. Ayres

Fifth Grade Supply List:

Students entering fifth grade will need the following supplies:

5 spiral notebooks
2 packs of loose leaf notebook paper
several pencils with erasers (no mechanical pencils allowed)
1 pencil pouch (no boxes, please)
1 pack colored pencils
1 ruler (with both inches and centimeters)
1 pack of graph paper (to be used in science and math)
1 highlighter
5 pocket folders (2 with clasps and 3 to use with binder)
1 vinyl binder
several packs of "flag sized" post it notes ( to be used during Guided Reading)
1 box of tissues
1 box of ziplock sandwich bags any size

NO rolling bookbags are allowed. They will not fit in our lockers. Thank you for your cooperation.

Student Work:

To send an email message to Ms. Wagner and Mrs. Boylan, use the following addresses.
rtwagner@ccps.org.and jboylan@ccps.org.

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