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SMS lunch menu:
You can find the school lunch menu on the SMS website here.  We will no longer be sending home paper copies.

NECAP testing:
After Friday we will be more than halfway done with our NECAP testing with three more sessions next week.  Students have been working extremely hard and should be proud of their efforts.

Global Read Aloud:
Did you know our class is participating in a Global Read Aloud?  That means we are reading Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper at the same pace as thousands of other students around the world.  Not only are we reading the same book but we are also connecting with them!  Check out more about the project here.

Curriculum topics this week:

• Place value in decimals- comparing, ordering, rounding
• Reading strategies- keeping track of our thinking during reading 
• Blogging- commenting as a way to have a conversation 
• The circulatory system- the heart as the main muscle of the system 

Reminders:

• Picure day is Thursday, October 10th
• No school on Monday, October 14th 

Have a great weekend!  

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We had a great day at Stratham Hill Park today!  I was impressed with the teamwork, positive attitudes and overall cooperation of all of the students in 5V!

Blogging:
This week students wrote their first blog posts (other than hopes and dreams) and they worked hard on using creative titles and adding details to engage their readers.  Thank you for all of your comments and please keep them coming!
www.kidblog.org/5Vclassroom 

NECAP schedule:
NECAPs begin next week and as of right now our schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, October 1st: Reading
Wednesday, October 2nd: Reading
Thursday, October 3rd: Reading and Math
Friday, October 4th: Math
Monday, October 7th: Math
Tuesday, October 8th: Writing
Wednesday, October 9th: Writing

Friday folders:
This week you will find your child's first math test, some math work and some of the poetry he or she has written.

Have a great weekend!

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It was great to see so many of you last night at our Curriculum Night.  I hope you have a better idea of how things work in 5V and I will keep you updated on a parent technology night soon!

Some activities we did this week:

• Classified prime and composite numbers
• Created factor trees to find the prime factorization of numbers
• Took our first math test
• Celebrated Dot Day as a whole school
• Learned about the power of "I" in poetry
• Experimented with different line breaks in our poems
• Met with our reading partners to retell our books
• Practiced summarizing and choosing the most important parts of a story 
• Wrote our first blog posts on our hopes and dreams

Notes and reminders:

• Please comment on our hopes and dreams posts: www.kidblog.org/5Vclassroom 
• The entire fifth grade will be going to Stratham Hill Park on Friday, September 27th for a team building day

Enjoy the weekend and please let me know if you have any questions!