5th Grade News
Mrs. Sue Barksdale Mrs. Ellen Long Mrs. Nouma Thaickal
sue.barksdale@arlingtonclassics.org ellen.long@arlingtonclassics.org nouma.thaickal@arlingtonclassics.org
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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.
--------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------ Math (Barksdale):
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 ----------------------------------------------
History (Barksdale): We will be using the red Scott Foresman books most of the time now. Homework for Feb. 8 - 12
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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
Less. # 20 due Wed. Feb. 10
Test over Less. 19 & 20 - Fri. Feb. 12
Grammar - (always use Write Source book as reference)
---------------------------------------------------- Science (Long): We are studying about the Earth and its neighbors in the solar system.
Assignments for Feb. 8 - 12
---------------------------------------------------- Reading (Thaickal): Next book report due on 3/15/10.
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.
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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 |
Quote of the week: "Never let life's hardships disturb you ... no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages."
Nichiren Daishonen