Fifth Grade News
Captain James E. Daly, Jr. Elementary School
January 2016
Mark Your
Calendar
1/11 Spelling Bee
Semi-Finals 2pm.
1/18- No School
Martin Luther King
Jr. Day
1/22 – End of Marking
Period
1/25- No School
Professional Day
1/29- Report Cards go
home Writing
The 5th graders will
continue to write
narrative stories.
Students will also
working on the
writing process by
brainstorming and
organizing ideas
using a graphic
organizer. This will
allow students to
better organize their
thoughts before
moving on to the
drafting stage of the
writing process.
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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.
 Studentswill
will be
Students
using their agenda
be working
books to write down
towards
their long termin
proficiency
assignments and
multiplying
homework. Please
fractions.
check them
daily.
Students
will
use both
partitive and
measurement
models in order
Math
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
informational text in order to
identify text features and their
role in understanding the text.
They will also be focusing on
text structure 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. 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.
Contact us!
Students will be
developing an
understanding of
magnets and how
they are related to
electricity. They
will do
experiments to
explore this
relationship.
Mr. Altamirano:
Carlos_O_Altamira
no@mcpsmd.org
Mr. Fitzpatrick:
Frank_Fitzpatrick
@mcpsmd.org
Miss Grossman:
Kimberly_R_Grossm
an@mcpsmd.org