Friday, September 12, 2014

5V News

It was great to see so many of you last night at Curriculum Night!  Your child is taking home a curriculum packet today with an overview of the fifth grade curriculum.  

Curriculum topics:
  • Place value
  • Reading with power
  • Writing personal narrative
  • Building classroom community
Some activities we did this week:
  • Used the place value chart to convert numbers
  • Read, wrote and compared decimals to the thousandths place 
  • Participated in "The Candy Rush" with 5S 
  • Logged in and tried out IXL 
  • Wrote out "I am" poems using the 5 senses
  • Discussed and practiced making positive and meaningful comments on blog posts
  • Brainstormed special people and places in our lives
  • Thought of strong emotions and wrote about times we experienced them 
  • Met with our second grade reading buddies for the first time 
  • Began typing practice on Typing Pal 

Parent conferences:
I created a Google Doc for parent conferences this year.  Here is the link:  Parent Conferences Fall 2014  Please sign up when you have a chance!

Have a great weekend! 

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