January 12, 2012
REPORT CARDS!
REPORT CARDS are coming home tomorrow! Please make sure you ask your child for the envelope. Please sign the signature card and send the envelope and card back to me next Tuesday.
I will be sending home math goal sheets next week. These will be the 1st and 2nd quarter goals that your child chose to work on before CRCT. This means they still need extra help in these areas. If you need extra resources, the Internet has great websites. See the “Website” section at the end of the newsletter. Don’t forget to use the OAS website for practice. A letter with the username and password went home last month.
Curriculum Night
Next Thursday night, 1/19, is our curriculum night. We will be showing you different ways to help your child with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarter math concepts. It is from 5:30-7:30pm. From 5:30-6pm, is an important CRCT Presentation in the cafeteria. 6-7:30pm will be for 3 breakout sessions: Primary Math Games in Gym, Intermediate Math games in classroom, and Online resources and support in the Labs. All of the information is on the yellow sheet in the Thursday folder. Please come if you can!
Glue Sticks
Help! We are STILL in need of glue sticks!!!! We use glue sticks every day and are running low. Please send in a big pack of glue sticks for your child. This will ensure that important notes will stay securely in student journals.
Looking Ahead
January:
16th- NO SCHOOL
19th- Curriculum Night
27th-31st- Book Fair
Specials
Tom.- PE
Tues- Computer Lab
Wed- Math Lab Thur- Science Lab Fri- PE Mon- Music
Curriculum Corner
Reading- Please continue to read 20-30 minutes every night with your child. Make sure he/she knows what the story is about and understands what he/she is reading. Reading with your child is one way for you to know if your child understands what he/she is reading. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, as we want them to understand and NOT just read words.
Math- Please review multiplication facts through the 12’s with your child. I am STILL noticing students are still struggling with their facts. They need to know the exact answers and know them quickly. We started our geometry/ measurement unit. We have talked about congruent figures. Some synonyms we used were: clone, identical, and exact. We have also started working on finding area for rectangles, squares(review), and parallelograms. Next week we will explore area of triangles and irregular polygons. PLEASE look at the math journal for steps on how to find the area for all of these polygons. Also, please continue to do extra practice, at home, on all topics we have learned so far!
Science- What moves from place to place, allows us to use electronics, and see in the dark? You guessed it! Electricity. We are learning about static electricity, electrical circuits, conductors/insulators, and magnetism.
Anchor Tip of the Week
When driving down the street, have your child look at different addresses and tell you whether it is a prime or composite number using their divisibility rules, or just tell you if it is divisible by 3, using the “ADD” rule.
Great Websites
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5
Great math practicePractice in all subjects
**Don’t forget about the OAS website for CRCT practice!
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