5th Grade Weekly Update
Mrs. Livesay
October 23-October 27
Reminders & Classroom News
October 31st: Halloween Parade and Classroom Party (parade starts at 8:50 a.m.) 🎃
November 1st: Swiftie Day!! Fund Run assembly and Mrs. Lawson concert!!! 🎤
November 2nd: Mrs. Livesay absent for the day
November 3rd: No School--Teacher Work Day
November 13-17: Book Fair 📚
November 15th 12:35 pm: Thanksgiving Lunch 🍗🥧😋
November 20-24: Thanksgiving Break 🦃
Halloween Parade and Party!
Our Halloween Parade and Party will be Tuesday, October 31st beginning at 8:55 and YOU ARE INVITED! We begin the fun with the all school parade to show off our costumes, then party in our classroom! Here's a few things you should know for the day:
Please have your child wear their costume to school on Tuesday, October 31st!
No masks, weapons or super scary/gory costumes please! We don't want to scare the little kindergartners! 👹
The parade will start at 8:55 am. If the weather is nice, we will walk outside the doors leading out to the playground and circle around the blacktop. If you would like to see all of the amazing costumes, make sure to be out there. Line up around the perimeter of the basketball courts for best view!
The party will begin directly after the parade and last around an hour. Come and go as you please. We'd love to see you there!
We need your help to put together a fantastic party! Please bring in $5 to cover costs OR Venmo Kristin Hill at @mrskristenhill0830. If you are willing to help out during the party, please let me know!
Swiftie Day on November 1st!
On November 1st, we will have our Fund Run Assembly in the afternoon. We are so excited that we raised enough money to watch a live concert by Mrs. Lawson and her family! She is doing it Taylor Swift style and we want to bring some fun into the experience. On Wednesday, have your child come to school dressed in their favorite Taylor Swift Era gear, bring their friendship bracelets to trade and get them pumped for the Swiftie fun!!
Yearbook orders--HURRY!!
Order your Heritage yearbook today to get 10% off (price only good until October 31st). Price will go up after this date. Here is the Yearbook Link to order.
DCSD Apple Award Nominations
Each year, Douglas County School District holds the Apple Awards to recognize outstanding staff members. The 2024 Apple Award Nomination window will be open from Monday, October 2, 2023 through Sunday, November 12, 2023. We invite our students, parents, teachers, staff and community to join us in nominating their favorite teacher(s), principal, classified employee and department employee! You can nominate as many staff members as you'd like to! Thank you for recognizing our amazing Heritage staff members! 🍎
Boo Pops! 👻
There's still time to get your orders in for Boo Pops! Forms are available to download here. Parents and students can visit the table in our front entry each morning during the soft start (8:25-8:35 am) to turn in forms and money. Don’t delay - supplies are limited and we will sell out! All proceeds go towards our Make a Wish Fundraiser.
Boo Pops will be delivered to classrooms on Tuesday October 31st. 🍭
WHat we are Learning
In reading, we have been working hard in our Wonders reading curriculum. We will move into a few expository stories that surround the question, "What do good problem solvers do?" Our key skills include problem/solution, text structure and graphic features. We will also read Chapter 9 in Harry Potter this week.
The 5th graders continue to work on answering the question: Should Florida's government use funds to protect natural resources or develop land? The students have been perfecting their paraphrasing skills as we are mindful about plagarism. We are working on revising and editing skills as well.
Topic 5 will begin this next week and includes long division. In order to remember the algorithm to solve these problems, we use the saying, "Does McDonald's Sell CheeseBurgers?" (Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Compare, Bring down.). Here's a great video showing this procedure step-by-step.
Our next science unit is titled "Watery Planet". In this unit, students consider the profound importance of water as a natural resource. Students investigate the distribution of water, how it cycles through Earth’s systems, and explore how it affects human societies.