Williams/Grieb Newsletter
Week of Aug. 18-22, 2014
Newsflash
**YEAH! We have made it to the 2nd week of school and students are adapting well. 
Mon., Aug. 18: BeeSmart Tutoring begins (2:55-3:30pm): This is a time for students to get
extra**help from their teacher on homework or topics discussed in class.
This is during dismissal time so
PLEASE make sure your child is getting the extra support…Thanks!
This will be the 5th grades policy on AR for each nine weeks:


2 A.R. Books - 1 Fiction and 1 Non-Fiction
2 A.R. based Reading projects per nine weeks -1 Fiction and 1 Non-Fiction
Please collect and send in Box Tops! They help us provide needed items for the
classroom….THANKS!!
**BATHROOM BREAKS: PLEASE HELP!! We are having an ongoing concern in reference to bathroom breaks. Students are given at
least 2-3 bathroom breaks throughout the day. However, we do realize emergencies do occur and we do our best to accommodate
these situations. Excessive bathroom breaks tend to interrupt instructional learning time. PLEASE talk with your child to help us keep
bathroom breaks at a minimum. If your child has a medical condition PLEASE let us know, otherwise we will be following our regular
class schedule. We want to optimize learning, but we need the cooperation of parent/student and teachers to achieve this
goal……Thanks in advance!!  Mrs. Williams, Ms. Grieb & Mrs. Pierce
Thurs., Aug. 21, at 5:00pm:
Grading:
PLEASE plan to attend!!
Students will receive grades in each subject according to the following categories and weights (percent category makes up
of total grade):
Quizzes……………….20%
Test/Projects…………30%
Mrs. Grieb’s
Reading/Writing/SS
Reading:
** We are continuing to read the Novel: Steal Away Home. Ask your child to tell you about it…It’s a GREAT story!! 
**There will be vocabulary to study and a Quiz on the words Friday, 8/22.
**AR book #1: NEEDS to be finished Monday, 8/18 and tested on before our visit to the library, Wednesday, 8/20.
**Wednesday, 8/20 book report due. AR book #2 MUST be finished on or before Tuesday, 9/2…Thanks!
Writing:
** We will be improving our writing with short responses throughout the week.
Social Studies:
** We will finish up on how to be an effective citizen. Look for worksheets in the SS section of your child’s binder. There
will be a Quiz on Tuesday, 8/19. Your child should study and be prepared…Thanks!
**We will begin the Bill of Rights next week.
Mrs. Williams
Math/Science
Math Update:
** Whew, it’s been exciting learning Partial Products!

**This upcoming week: We will continue Division and work on other methods to divide. Look for: Doubling Method in
your child’s interactive notebooks.
**Homework: Homework is assigned each Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights. Students will have lots
of time during BeeSmart tutoring time: 2:55-3:30 to complete homework and get help from their teacher.
**Please note: Division Quiz, Friday, 8/22. Also, PLEASE review multiplication facts daily with your child. This is
soooo important for their success in MATH….THANKS!
Science Update:
(Visit my webpage for Vocabulary Graphic Organizers & DOS’s)
** We will continue learning about inquiry skills, lab safety, and begin discussing 7 Steps to Scientific Method.
**We will have a Science Lab, investigating the Georgia peanut in our NEW Science Lab….NEXT WEEK. I am still
missing clinic cards for some students sooo…..Please inform me if your child has an allergic reaction
to peanuts….THANKS!! 
Vocabulary: inquiry, interpret, infer, classify, experiment, observation, measure, quantitative and qualitative data, predict, investigation, scientific method,
independent variable, controlled, dependent variable, criteria, conclusion, scientific method, graphs, diagrams, volume
**Please note: Inquiry Skills Vocabulary Quiz/Lab Saftey Rules Quiz moved to next Thursday,
August 21, 2014….PLEASE ensure your child study and is prepared for these quizzes!!!!!
Day
Monday
8/18
Math
Science
*Dividing whole
numbers
*DOS (Daily Oral
Science)
*Inquiry Skills
HW: 5 division problems
Social Studies
L.A.
** “Steal Away
Home”
**New vocabulary
for the week
**AR TEST # 1
**DOG (Daily Oral
Geography)
**Finish-up on how to be
an effective citizen
Study for Quiz
Tuesday
*Computer Lab (Math
Fluency)
*Discuss Inquiry Skills
Graphic & Lab Safety
8/19
HW: 5 division problems
Wednesday
*Dividing whole
numbers
8/20
NO HW
Thursday
8/21
Parent
Night
Friday
8/22
*Dividing whole numbers
HW: Division W/S
*DOS (Daily Oral Science)
*7 Steps to Scientific
Method
*HW: Science Tools
Worksheet
*DOS (Daily Oral Science)
*Quiz~ Lab Safety &
Inquiry Skills
*DOS Quiz
*Quiz~7 Steps to
Scientific Method
**AR TEST # 1
**Book Report
DUE tomorrow,
8/20
**HW: Finish
Worksheet on
Seahorses
Study notes NIGHTLY!

**DOG (Daily Oral
Geography)
**Bill of Rights
Study notes NIGHTLY! 
*Quiz ~ Division
** “Steal Away
Home”
**DOG (Daily Oral
Geography)
**Quiz~How to be an
effective citizen
Study notes NIGHTLY!

**DOG (Daily Oral
Geography)
**Begin Bill of Rights
**DOG (Daily Oral
Geography) DUE
**Bill of Rights
Study notes NIGHTLY!
Reading
**HW DUE
**HW: Finish
Worksheet on
John Muir
**HW DUE
** “Steal Away
Home”
**Book Report DUE!
**Study for
Vocabulary Quiz
Fri., 8/22
** “Steal Away
Home”
**Study for
Vocabulary Quiz
Fri., 8/22
** Vocabulary Quiz:
“Steal Away Home”