Author: Courtney Arruda

Fifth Grade Huskies

2/1-16 - 2/12/16

Dates to Remember

100th Day of School	2/3
Cumulative Math / CDB	2/4
Middle School / Counselors Visit / And Folks Band / Performance	2/5
Reading CDB	2/9

Reminders…
Planners signed daily
Behavior calendar signed By Monday
Spirit Day every Friday
Reading Log due on Fridays

What’s Happening in 5th Grade?

English/Language Arts/Reading: Writing: In writing, we will be focused on writing fictional stories. The students will start with a variety of quick writes. From there, they will choose one story to expand on and take to publishing. Ask your student what they are writing about!
Reading: Students will be synthesizing between two texts in order to compare and contrast various genre's. We will also focus on multiple genres in order to hone reading comprehension skills using Storyworks magazines. In writing we will begin quick writes using various fictional prompts in order to spark creative ideas.
Math: In math we will continue our study of two-dimensional figures. Students will classify figures by attributes and properties. In addition to this, students will be taking a cumulative assessment of all math skills taught up to this point in the year on February 4. Please talk to you child about the importance of doing their best on this assessment.
Science: In science we will continue with our Ecosystems Unit. In the next two weeks we will be going over animal and plant adaptations as well as complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
Social Studies: In social studies we will be going over the Lewis and Clark Expedition as well as the Louisiana Purchase.

Contact Us
courtney.arruda@nisd.net ext. 3213 victoria.martinez@nisd.net ext. 3214
jill.baker@nisd.net ext. 3216 oliver.marcos@nisd.net ext. 3215
ginger.brown@nisd.net ext. 3218 suzanne.walker@nisd.net ext. 3217