Fifth Grade Newsletter
January 11th – 15th
Important Dates:
*January 11th After School tutoring and Super School begin
*January 14th Parent Teacher Conference from 5-7
*January 18th Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (No School)
News from the Teacher:
Spring tutoring will begin January 11th and end March 3rd. Math tutoring will be
Mondays and Tuesdays. Reading tutoring will be Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Permission slips were sent on Wednesday, January 6th.
We will be having our second parent teacher conference on January 14th from 5-7. If
you can’t come at this time please send me a note so we can make an appointment.
*Please have students practice multiplication tables daily and study their notes.
*Please sign agendas daily.
*Students are now able to use I Station at home, please let Mrs. Aveytia know if you are
interested by writing a note in the agenda.
*Students should be reading 20 minutes a night and summarizing their reading
Monday – Thursday.
*Parents if you would like to meet with Mrs. Rodriguez send me an e-mail at
arodr144@sisd.net to make an appointment.
*Parents if you would like to meet me please send her an e-mail at eaveyt@sisd.net to
make an appointment.
What We are learning this week:
ELAR: We will be reviewing different genres in fiction, Literacy Nonfiction, poetry, drama, expository, and
persuasive. Make connections between and across multiple texts of various genres and provide textual evidence.
MATH: We will be learning about fractions
SCIENCE: We will be learning about Earth Science
SOCIAL STUDIES: We will understand the important ideas in the U.S. Constitution with a focus on the Preamble and
the Bill of Rights.
SPELLING:
dishonest
impatient
incomplete
nonfiction
unsure
dislike
impossible
incorrect
nonsense
unknown
disagree
imperfect
inactive
nonstop
unequal
disobey
impolite
informal
nonviolent
unbutton
Birthdays for the Month of January:
Dominic Medina: January 7th
Isis Sarellano :
January 11th
Anthony Moreno: January 28