Fifth Grade News
Captain James E. Daly, Jr. Elementary School
September 2015
Mark Your
Calendar
September 7- NO
SCHOOL
September 8- 6:30
p.m. - Back to
school night/PTA
meeting
September 14- NO
SCHOOL
September 23- NO
Writing
SCHOOL
September
25th
The
5
graders
School Picnic
will use the
characteristics of
adventure stories,
including an
antagonist and
protagonist, in
order to write an
original adventure
story. Students
will continue to
use their Chrome
Books (laptops)
throughout their
writing process
including drafting,
editing and
publishing.
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 Please note that
students do not enter
the school building in
the morning until 9:05
am. Please do not
send your child to
school before 9:05
am, as we do not have
the staffing to
supervise them before
this time. Thank you
for your help in this
matter.
 All parents must
check in at the front
office before going to
any classroom,
including portables.
 Birthdays are to be
celebrated in the
cafeteria only. Please
remember, only store
bought cupcakes are
permitted. Parents
must stay and serve
cupcakes
your
Students
willtobe
working
towards
child’s class only.
proficiency in
 Students will be using
multiplication using
agenda
books to
area their
models
in order
to better
understand
write down
their long
the standard
term assignments and
algorithm. Students
will homework.
be able toPlease
checksingle
them daily.
multiply
digit
Math
and double digit
numbers by other
single digit, and
multi-digit numbers
up to the tenthousands place. The
Social
Studies
Students will be
studying and
identifying the
characteristics and
differences
between conflict
and compromise.
Students will use
the Colonial time
period to evaluate
the conflicts and
compromises
between the
Colonies and the
British Empire.
Science
Students will be
developing an
understanding of the
characteristics of energy
production and motion.
Our students will be
begin working on their
first quarter project which
covers energy production
and the development of a
theme park roller coaster.
The students will be
conducting experiments
that will help them design
their roller coaster.
Reading
We will begin the year by
building up students’
endurance in order to prepare
for the beginning of small
group instruction. The focus of
small group instruction will
coincide with writing by using
adventure stories as the
chosen genre. Please continue
to make sure your students are
reading for at least 20 minutes
every night. Now that the
school year has started, we
will have a new set of book
logs. The expectations are
that the students will read at
least 6 books and write short
summaries about each of them
that they can share with their
classmates.
Mr. Altamirano:
Carlos_O_Altamira
no@mcpsmd.org
Mr. Fitzpatrick:
Frank_Fitzpatrick
@mcpsmd.org
Miss Grossman:
Kimberly_R_Grossm
an@mcpsmd.org
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