Reading Programs

Parents and Grandparents,

We just received two new programs for reading incentives this month that I’d like to initiate very soon. However, in order for this to be successful, I need several parent volunteers (once or twice per week) to read with individual and/or small groups of students. I am happy to work around your schedule if needed, however I’m hoping to incorporate this reading program from 3:00 to 3:30 Mondays, Tuesdays, and/or Thursdays.

If you’re able to help out, please contact Mrs. Hill as soon as possible. Thank you!

Update 9/28

Mrs. Benner talked with our class today about responsibility for the things we HAVE to do along with the things we WANT to do. Ask you child about the ping-pong balls and rice in a jar activity! Your child can also share his or her list of responsiblities and enjoyable activities from the lesson today, too!

We DO NOT have math homework tonight. If you want your child working on math, please access www.everydaymathonline.com using the student's login and password that was sent home at the beginning of the year.

Spelling test tomorrow-Remember, NO CONTRACT DUE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

Social Studies: We have a quiz over the states and captials of the Midwest Region on Friday.

Reading: We have Media Center check out tomorrow, so students need to bring their books to return
***One Reading Counts quiz is due by the end of the day Monday for a quiz grade in September. Please check with your child about whether or not he or she has completed the quiz for this month. This can only be done at school.

Science: Moon Journals are due Friday.

Friday is our Fall Party! Mrs. Bronger and Mrs. Webb have been diligently working for this party to be a success. Thanks to everyone for the donations. If you still wish to make a donation, she will accept the money or items at any time.

T-Shirt Assignment

Each fifth grader should have or will bring home a letter that Mrs. Edwards, our music teacher, gave to each student on Monday. In the letter are all of the details of the programs on Nov. 10^th.   

In addition, students WILL NEED TO BRING ONE plain white t-shirt by Friday, Oct. 7^th.   Students should bring the t-shirt folded nicely and in a gallon-sized zip-lock bag. If you need a bag, let me know, and I will gladly send one home with your child. Both the shirt and the bag should be labeled with the student’s first and last name.  The bag should also have the classroom teacher name on it. 

Update 9/26

Volunteer Opportunity:
Mrs. Edwards, our music teacher, is in need of some parent volunteers to help the fifth graders decorate their shirts for the fall musical coming in November.  If you are available from 10:15 to 11:00 on Mondays (our class music day) or another day during the weeks of October 10 and/or 17, please let me know as soon as possible. 

Homework Update:

Spelling: We DO have a list this week and will test on Thursday, but we DO NOT have a contract due. We are trying something for a week or so due to the consistently great scores many students are receiving in spelling. I think our time can be better spent on other areas of need. However, I will reassess this for the second nine weeks which begins October 10.

Reading:
We have an assignment tonight--page 27-28 due Tuesday.

Math:
We had Acuity assessments today during our math time, so we DO NOT have math homework tonight!

Science:
Moon Journals (September calendar) is due Friday with drawings of the moon each night. If you did not see the moon or forgot to look, as I did some nights, please try to search the newspaper or Internet for the results. (If your student goes to Math Lab, he or she does not have this task.)

Social Studies:
Midwest Regions quiz on Friday over the states and their capitals. We went over this information together today, so each student should have the correct information to study for Friday. (If you student goes to Reading Lab, he or she does not have this task.)

Box Tops Collection

www.boxtops4education.com

www.rewardyourschool.com
Follow these two links to help our class WIN with Box Tops! We are currently in 3rd place for the title this year! GO DICESQUAD!

Update 9/23

NO HOMEWORK this weekend other than sketching the moon each night until next week. The moon calendars are due next Friday, September 30.

We have our fall party next Friday, too, at 2:30. Mrs. Bronger, our room mom, and Mrs. Webb are heading this party. A note went home at the beginning of this week requestiong dontations and $1 per student for pizza.  Please contact me if you need any more information.

Friday papers are coming home today in your child's GAME File (accordian folder). Please check through those papers with your child and correct if needed. This process will greatly benefit your fifth grader!

BEF Yankee Candle packets went home today. Students have a few weeks to sell. This is another great way to support the classrooms in your child's school!

Have a wonderful last weekend of September! Next Saturday is already October 1--WOW, it's gone fast!

Reagan Recycles

Reagan is recycling again this year, and we’re excited to be adding some new items to our list!
Reagan gets  $.02 for each item. Last year we did drink pouches and Ziploc bags for part of the year and made $142.88!

Please send in the following items to be recycled : (bins are in the cafeteria)

• Empty drink pouches (Like Caprisun, but any brand is ok. No straws or juice boxes please.)
• Ziploc Bags (any brand)
• Solo drink cups (any brand with #6 on the bottom, also STYROFOAM CUPS!!)
• Candy wrappers  (Individual Candy Wrappers, Large Candy Bags, and Multi-Pack Candy Bags - be sure to save these at Halloween!)
• Glue sticks and glue bottles

Kindergarten will also be recycling old, broken crayons again this year.
Send all of these items to school as you collect! Thank you!

Update 9/22

Happy Thoughtful Thursday! We have such a thoughtful group of kids here at Reagan--everyone wrote a kind note to a teacher at Reagan for today's celebration! We received many kind words/responses back from the teachers!

We had A LOT of time today to catch up on work, so very few students will have homework tonight! However, here is what is due tomorrow if not completed (two of these assignments we've had since Tuesday to complete):

• Compound Sentences handout (front and back)
• Time For Kids quiz handout (front and back)
• 3.2 Math assignment
• Roberto Clemente comprehension questions

TGIF tomorrow! Enjoy this fall-like weather!

Update 9/21

Wednesdays are always so busy for us! However, the time that I spend with my colleagues in the mornings at our PLC meetings is so beneficial for each of your kids! We are making so many gains with all of the strategies we're incorporating!

Thank you to ALL families for snack donations and Hershey Kisses! We are still in need of more snacks daily, but I also encourage the kids to bring their own snack, too, just in case we run out.

Also, please be sure to sign and send the party information back to school with your 5th grader! Mrs. Bronger is asking for $1 per student for pizza. Our party is next Friday at 2:30 if you want to volunteer or just come to enjoy.

Homework:
Social Studies Chapter 2 test tomorrow--study guide is to be completed ONLY for a "No Homework Pass." It is not required.

Spelling: Test tomorrow and contract activities due Thursday, too.

Science: Moon Journal--track and sketch the moon nightly on your calendar (Do not do this if you go to Math Lab).

Math: We started some different math grouping today, so the assignment tonight corresponds with Lesson 3.1, but some have the Study Link while others have a 3.1 handout. Due tomorrow.

ALL handouts we did during stations over the last few days will be due on Friday. We will attempt to work on them at some point tomorrow, but they ARE NOT homework for tonight.

Quote of the Day

“...Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think, say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.” by Charles Swindoll

Update 9/19

We are completely out of snacks for our "brain fuel" mornings. If you can donate any healthy items such as Cheez-Its, Pretzels, Granola Bars, etc., that would be super! We do have some dietary needs in the classroom, so please be cautious of the following ingredients:
Egg whites/eggs
Dried onions
Garlic
Gelatin
Meats/Fish oils

We are also VERY low on Hershey Kisses and other small items for our "Initiative Dice Box." These items motivate the kids to do small acts of kindness or the use of initiative around the building and the classroom.

Homework update:

• Math: Unit 2 Test tomorrow--study guide coming home again today. We reviewed this study guide in class together, as well as another guide on Friday of last week.
• Social Studies: Chapter 2 Test Thursday-Review guide will come home Tuesday after we discuss and complete together.
• Social Studies: Workbook pages 25 and 26 due Tuesday
• Reading: Workbook pages 23 and 24 due Tuesday
• Reading: Unit 1 Test on Friday over the first 6 stories, skills, and vocabulary words
• Spelling: Contract due Thursday and test over words on Thursday (We have at least 15 minutes a day to work on contracts in class.)

Update 9/16

Go BULLDOGS! Beat Avon!

We have no homework this weekend, however we do have a few things coming next week that everyone needs to be aware of:

Math: Unit 2 Test Tuesday--a study guide went home today. It is NOT homework, but rather students that complete the packet will receive a "No Homework Pass" for a future assignment.

Social Studies: Chapter 2 test will be Thursday--we will review this chapter next week.

Friday Folders went home today with graded papers and picture information. Picture Day is October 4. Everyone will be pictured that day, even if a package is NOT purchased.

Have a safe, relaxing, and fun-tabulous weekend!

9/15 Update

A whirlwind of a day, but a very productive one at that! Each of the kids were given 20 minutes at the end of the day to "catch-up" on any unfinished work, writing, reading, etc. Homework tonight, if any, should be minimal because of this alloted extra time today.

Entertaiment Book orders went home yesterday. Please let me know if you did not receive the books you ordered.

Homework:
Math: 2.10 Mathboxes due Friday (this is different than Study Links pages) We will have a math test on Tuesday next week. Please look for a review packet and test alert tomorrow.

Reading: Elena quiz tomorrow over vocabulary and comprehension of story. The Elena comprehension questions, and the backside of that same page, are due tomorrow. Answering these questions, working with the vocabulary words, and/or discussing them with your child will help him or her succeed on tomorrow's test.

Social Studies: Southeast Regions state locations on a US map and capitals quiz on Friday--study guides went home on Monday and we've been working with this region throughout the week.

9/14 Update

Thank you to all students and families for your thoughts over the last few days for my family. For those of you that don't know, my grandma passed last week, so I was out at her funeral all day Tuesday and half day Monday afternoon.

Now we're back to our normal routine . . .
Spelling: Test tomorrow and contract due tomorrow, too.
Reading: Elena quiz on Friday
Social Studies: Southeast Regions quiz on Friday (a study guide was filled out, discussed, and should be in your child's GAME file for studying)
Math: Study Link 2.9 Lattice Multiplication practice

Have a great Wednesday night!

9/9 Update

Parents and 5th graders,
My apologies for the lack of posts to the blog this week. My grandmother has been very ill, and when I was not here, I was sitting with her. She passes away this morning, so I am sure I will be out some time at the beginning of next week. I assure you, however, that the kids will be in good hands here.

We DO NOT have any homework this weekend. All kids will bring home papers from the week, however, although there are very few. PLEASE be sure to check through your child's GAME accordion folder for Friday papers and to help keep it organized. We have a Market Day order form going home today, as well.

Starting next week, spelling contracts and test will be on Thursdays. I am sending home the spelling lists and contracts today so students that wish to get a jumpstart on the activities can do so this weekend.

Update 9/2

I am out today at a writing workshop. The kids are aware of this. I just wanted to be sure to mention a few changes, as well as things coming up next week.

Spelling: New spelling lists and contracts (same sheet) are going home today. The tests will officially begin  on Thursdays during the week of September 12, and the contracts will be due on Thursdays, too. This coming week, though, the test will be on Friday and the contract will be due Friday, too (shortened week).

Social Studies: We will have a Chapter 1 test on Thursday next week. We will prepare for this test at school, but some home study will be necessary.

Math: We started Unit 2 this week. Please work on Study Link pages with your child to enhance his or her understanding of the skills.

Health: We began creating commercials yesterday. We will complete this activity at school.

Have a super three-day weekend! I will be checking email periodically over the weekend since I was out today. Thanks for a wonderful August!