Fifth Grade Happenings
Ms. Sanfacon’s Class
January 30, 2009
Reading-Audrey Hazleton ahazleto@psdschools.org
Math - Tim Pearson
February is “I Love to Read Month!”
Students are bringing home logs to record their
nightly minutes this month. Prizes will be awarded
for the most minutes, class averages, and most
books read. Please help your child by signing the
sheet each week!
Third Quarter Book Projects
Next week, each student will be assigned a book
project that will be due just before Spring Break.
Help your child to plan for the project by choosing
their book early so they can have it read when they
begin the project!
We have skipped Unit 7 because it isn’t supported by
our standards and are moving on to Unit 8. Look for
your child to bring the Family Letter with tips and
study link answers.
Writing/Language/Spelling –
SCIENCE
Jean Sanfacon jsanfaco@psdschools.org
WE NEED YOUR HELP! Students want to
publish their narrative stories in some kind of book
form. Can you help type these pieces? Please email
or call me. (488-8410)
Next week we start persuasive writing. What do
you children want to convince you to do?
Students have been having a ball with our Variables
unit! We have been making pendulums, floating boats,
flipping objects, and more! The main concept students
need to grasp is that good science experiments only
change one variable at a time in order to understand
what changes the outcome of the experiment.
Language Arts: Students took their third Every Day
Edit. quix today. I see great progress. An area for
growth is when to use apostrophes – distinguishing
between a possessive and plural.
Please help your kids get their spelling homework
in on time. It’s assigned Mondays and due Fridays.
Fifty States and Capitals – Quizzes continue! Practice
at home, in the car, on the computer, with a puzzle! We
know it is tedious, but kids shouldn’t leave fifth grade
without knowing their states and capitals!
Good websites for practice:
kidsgeo.com
funbrain.com/where/index.html
Homeroom News
Announcements & Upcoming Events
Teacher Evaluation – Please return the teacher
evaluation by Feb. 6th. Your feedback will really
help me improve as a teacher. Thanks to those of
you who have already taken he time to complete
one.
Conferences- If you’d like one, please contact me if
you already haven’t.
timothyp@psdschools.org
Many students are struggling with fraction conversions
because they don’t know their basic facts. To encourage
this learning, I will begin giving weekly multiplication
and division facts tests. Unlike in the fall, I will collect
grades for these tests.
SOCIAL STUDIES
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Can you help coach the Olander CHESS
CLUB? Contact Ms. Sanfacon.
WEB POSTINGS: Our newsletters are on
the 5th grade page the Olander Website!
MID-TERM Grades will be sent home next
Friday, Feb. 6.
Parent Meeting at Blevins 6:30-8, Feb. 12
NO SCHOOL: Monday, Feb. 16th
Blevins Registration Visit, Feb. 17th.