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5th Grade News

Mrs. Sue Barksdale Mrs. Ellen Long Mrs. Nouma Thaickal

sue.barksdale@arlingtonclassics.org ellen.long@arlingtonclassics.org nouma.thaickal@arlingtonclassics.org

Announcements:

Classroom Valentine's Parties are from 11:30 - 12:45 on Fri. Feb. 12. A printed and/or email announcement has come home. If you want to get a head start, please have your child prepare to pass out cards to all of his/her classmates in homeroom. Each homeroom has 20 students. Thank you!

PLEASE HELP!!! We need more parent volunteers to help at lunch/recess on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. If you can spare time from 12:10 -12:55 on any of these days, please let your child's teacher know.

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Spanish Corner:

Please check Senora Cobbey's website for information about the video presentation the students are doing! A portion of it is due this Friday. Students can get extra credit - please check with them to see how.

Please check Señora Cobbey’s website for updates on Spanish assignments.

Homework for Fifth Grade

Homework: Please check each class section daily. We make changes as needed so please don't print this out at the first of the week and expect it to stay the same. It is a "living" animal :) The changes will be made by homework time (after school is out.) Thanks!

Late Work Grading Policy:

Late Same Day - 10 points deducted

Late Next Day - 50 points deducted

After that, no credit!!

Citizenship Grading Policy

The following system is used to determine citizenship grades on report cards.

E = 0-8 marks on conduct card over entire grading period

S = 9-17 marks

N = 18-26 marks

U = over 26 marks

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Math (Barksdale):

For extra fun practice at home go to this math website that Mrs. Lowery set up just for our 5th graders!!http://acacomputerlab.com/grade5math.aspx

HOMEWORK for Feb. 8 - 12

Monday: WP 54 all

Tuesday: HW 57 odd

Wednesday: Review for test using Test 10A

Thursday: Reteach # 51 - 53

Friday: none

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History (Barksdale): We will be using the red Scott Foresman books most of the time now.

Homework for Feb. 8 - 12

Mon - none
Tues. - Finish workbook, p. 61
Wed. - Read pages 266 -271; work on vocabulary preview worksheet, p. 65
Thurs. -
Fri. - none

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Language Arts (Long): Note: For Language Arts, Mrs. Long teaches poetry, penmanship, vocabulary, and grammar. Mrs. Thaickal teaches the writing component of Language Arts. Grades for all of these are compiled under the Language Arts grade that you can view on the Parent Portal, progress reports, and report cards.

Assignments for Feb. 8 - 12

Poetry - "Barbara Frietchie" - First 30 lines. Need to be able to recite by Wed. Feb. 24 Practice a little every day!!

Penmanship (D'Nealian Handwriting) -

pp. 49-50- Due Fri. Feb. 12

Vocabulary (Homework scheduling tip: If it helps you, feel free to complete vocabulary assignments over weekends, instead of during the week. Just make sure it is completed and returned on Wednesday due dates.)

Less. # 20 due Wed. Feb. 10

Test over Less. 19 & 20 - Fri. Feb. 12

Grammar - (always use Write Source book as reference)

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Science (Long): We are studying about the Earth and its neighbors in the solar system.

Assignments for Feb. 8 - 12

Mon. - Solar System Packet - due Tues. 2/9
Tues. - Sun Packet - Due Wed. 2/10
Wed. - Brochure draft is due today.
Thurs. -
Fri. - None
Solar System brochure draft is due by Wed. Feb. 10. The final brochure is due by Wed. Feb. 17. Instructions and rubric have been handed out and explained. Follow instructions carefully...this is worth a test grade!

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Reading (Thaickal): Next book report due on 3/15/10.

Mon: None
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs:
Fri:

Writing (Thaickal): Note - Writing grades appear under the Language Arts subject when viewing grades on the Parent Portal, progress reports, and report cards.

Students are learning what The Six Traits of Writing are and how to implement the steps in their own writing. This week we are uncovering how to write a strong conclusion.

Mon: None
Tues: None
Wed:
Thurs:
Fri: Have a smashing weekend!

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Art, Music, PE, and Spanish: Please check the websites of your teachers for assignments.

Teachers' Corner:

Just a reminder that we will start collecting the money for our Forest Glen field trip soon!

We appreciate our volunteers!!Thanks so much for helping!

Mrs. Barksdale:

If you know of anyone who can help with lunch duty on

Tuesdays, PLEASE let me know!! I also need someone every Monday except the first Monday of the month. Thanks!!

Mrs. Long

ACA's 5th Grade is "going green" and making some extra money for the school at the same time!

We're now also collecting any size, empty Frito-Lay chip bags - Doritoes, Potato Chips, Cheetos, Fritos, etc. We have collected over $8.00 so far!

We have collected many juice drink packs so far that total over $65.00! Students are doing a great job of removing straws and liquid from the packs before dropping them in our collection box. Remember, for every item collected we earn $0.02 for ACA.

There will be incentive rewards to encourage students who participate, such as prizes and a fun party. Please collect items such as: any brand of drink pouches, Frito-Lay Chip Bags, Malto-O-Meal Cereal bags, Toasted Chip bags, and Scotch Clear Tape Dispensers and Cores.

For more general information, please go to Terracycle.net

Mrs. Thaickal