Fifth Grade News
Captain James E. Daly, Jr. Elementary School
December 2015
Mark Your
Calendar
12/7-12/11- SCA
Spirit Week
12/14- 12/18Classroom Spelling
Bee
12/16- Café Rio PTA
Fundraiser
12/16- Parent Tours
12/22- Daly’s Green
Day
12/24- 1/3- School
is Closed
Writing
for Winter
Break. Students
return
January
The 5th on
graders
will 4,
2016.
continue to complete
their movement
writings and publish
them. Students will
then continue to use
the writing process
of prewriting,
drafting, revising,
proofreading and
publishing in order
to write an opinion
piece about the
Amendments to the
United States
Constitution.
Students will also
apply their
knowledge about
myths in order to
Read All
About It!
 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.
 Birthdays are to be
celebrated in the
cafeteria only.
Please remember,
only store bought
cupcakes are
permitted. Parents
must stay and serve
cupcakes to your
child’s class only.
 Students will
be
Students
will
their agenda
be using
working
books to write down
towards
their long term
proficiency
in
assignments and
adding
and Please
homework.
subtracting
check them daily.
Math
fractions.
Students will
use several
models to add
Social
Studies
Students will be
learning how the
United States
government can be
changed through
social movements.
The movements
that will be focused
on are the same
that the students
will be researching
in their inquiry
project for writing.
Science
Reading
Students will be using
mysteries and myths in order
to identify characteristics of
each genre. They will also be
focusing on point of view and
working on using examples to
support written responses.
Please continue to make sure
your students are reading for
at least 20 minutes every
night. Since a new quarter has
now 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
Contact us!
Students will be
developing an
understanding of
electricity. They
will begin their
studies with static
electricity and how
the transfer of
electrons occurs.
We will be
experimenting with
electricity which
includes building a
working circuit.