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8 June 2020

Dear Fifth Grade Families,

It is difficult to believe that this is the last week of the 2019-2020 school year, and that we are ending it without the usual face to face celebrations and connections. Never in our wildest dreams, in all our years of teaching, could we have imagined being thrown into a pandemic-related shut down of schooling and thrust into an online only format. It was shocking, then surreal and painful, coming to grips not being able to BE with our students. Then we all (students/teachers/parents) gathered ourselves and just kept going. We had no training for this type of schooling, but here we are at the end of our time “together but apart” - heavy emphasis on “apart”... Looking back, there were things we would have done differently had we known otherwise, and many lessons have been learned on the fly. Your children have been so resilient, as have you. Now is a good time to center ourselves in a positive mindset for these three days and do what we can with what we have right now in order to say goodbye with love and a sense of optimism for the future.

On that note, let’s look at the next three days:

This week:

• On Monday we will push out fun, optional, virtual field trips via Seesaw messages. Let’s go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and Museosphere in France, a website with links to a variety of museums in Paris selected for students. We have a fun, Zoom meet-up planned on Monday morning with students at 10:00 for Classe Bleue and 10:45 for Classe Rouge. We will share favorite memories, discuss the fun, optional postcard to Charlemagne activity, as well as a Letter to Self activity that Mme Mendelssohn will explain. We look forward to being able to see each other. Join Zoom Meeting:
  • https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4294179664?pwd=R2YxbWF1eVpMZVJiamNBNEgwRTBtUT09 Meeting ID: 429 417 9664 Password: 5thZoom
• On Tuesday morning we will again push out fun, optional, virtual field trips to spark student curiosity! One virtual field trip will be to the Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park and the other will be science adventures for the mind! Later at 4:30 in the day is the Virtual Promotion. Mme Courtney will send out a link to the promotion Zoom prior to the event.
• On Wednesday, please, look out for the Virtual Field Day led by Mme Erinmarie. She will push out an activity via Seesaw followed by the 4:30 p.m. parade. See Mme Courtney’s email for parade route information.

Please, know that the 5th grade blog with its numerous links to enrichment activities will be available all summer should you and your child be interested.

We hope you have a happy, healthy Summer.

See you Tuesday at 4:30,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

Summer Supplemental Engagement/Enrichment Learning Ideas 30+ minutes of independent reading or reading to a family member (books of their choice) ● Journaling ● Observations of the local environment “I notice...” “I wonder...” Observe and record weather patterns, growth of plants, birds migration ● Board games, puzzles, dice, cards ● Sewing, knitting, crafting ● Measuring amounts for cooking. ● Drawing ● Flash cards/math facts review. ● Create and solve story problems. ● Finding and continuing patterns. ● Listening to audio books. ● 60+ minutes of imaginative play, dance

More Summer Supplemental Engagement/Enrichment Learning Ideas for kids who are hungry for more!

• The Kid Should See This - Interesting videos for the curious.
• Ted Ed for students - Kids can click on the "students" tab and get access to lots of cool videos that are age-appropriate.
• Atlas Obscura - Guide to the world's hidden wonders. Articles and links to audio.
• Science Friday - Science articles and podcasts.
• Mensa for Kids - A bit of everything, games, links, etc. Great project based, self-directed learning units.
• Hoagies' Gifted Education Page - Links for parents, teachers, and kids. (This is one of my favorite sites.)
• Typing and other activities in French (see «le français» page of this blog).
• See the suggested science activities on the science page of this blog.
• Epic books ( https://www.getepic.com/sign-in) provides free books in both French and English! To sign into Mme Mendelssohn’s class: They all know how to log in with the access code (rhn9815), and there are so many great choices available. To sign into Mme Grabowski’s class, go here and use the login information sent by email: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in
• Math sites: www.ixl.com www.khanacademy.org www.dreambox.org

1 June 2020 - Tentative Emergency Remote Learning plan for this week:

Dear Fifth Grade Families,

We begin this blog post with important details from Mme Courtney. Including it here helps decrease the number of school emails crowding your inbox. She states: “An exciting two short weeks ahead for our students... and some special information for all of you below:

• This week is the 5th grade RMS orientation on Tuesday, June 2. Please join us at 10 am at https://zoom.us/j/9366455771/ Meeting ID: 936 645 5771.
• Our Virtual Promotion now scheduled for Tuesday, June 9 at 4:30 pm. A link to the Zoom room will be sent out a few days prior to the event. We need your photos to make a super spectacular slide show! Kinder pictures can be uploaded here and current photos here. If we don't receive photos from you, we will do our best to use students' Lifetouch photos.
• Please also don't forget about the activities in which students can participate: M Chappell's song event and Mme Mendelssohn's two activities, best Charlemagne memories and "The Gift of Words."

Merci! Looking forward to our events!

Courtney Leonard

**Mme Courtney is referring to the TWO SeeSaw/Promotion assignments on the English side from last week. It’s very important all kids complete these special, heart-warming tasks as they are both contributions to the Virtual Promotion ceremony itself on June 9th at 4:30 pm.

As for this shortened week due to a furlough day and a teacher work day, both of us will send out all “Must do” activities this week on Monday from each teacher. Students should pace themselves with these teacher-assignments, perhaps one per day, aiming to finish the activities by Wednesday afternoon. Mme Grabowski will not number the two French activities, so students can choose the order. Wednesday morning would be a good time to double check that all assignment revisions/fix-ups are submitted. Additionally, our PE and Music teachers now send out assignments via SeeSaw on Mondays. Students can add to their learning time each day by completing one Music and/or PE activity. After that, we strongly encourage your child to engage each day with the supplemental learning “May do” opportunities listed below.

** “May do/Can do” Your child will see a SeeSaw message announcing an all school postcard project. All the details of this community building task are described in the message. The outcome would be a wall full of colorful postcards created by all of Charlemagne students visible for all to see when school resumes in the Fall. Fifth graders would include a goodbye message of “Au revoir, Charlemagne”. See the Seesaw message board for details.

Should your child experience any technical difficulties, you can contact tech support. They can be reached by one of two ways:

• Technology help email: student_techsupport@4j.lane.edu or sts@4j.lane.edu (they both get to the same queue, one is just an alias)
• English technology help phone number: 541-790-7770

If you use the email feature, be sure to include: student's full name, school, grade, a short description of the problem, and a phone number where you can be reached.

Housekeeping:

• We have all experienced frustration using Seesaw. Here are a couple of ideas to consider to help mitigate some frustrations:
  • Shutting off and turning on the iPad might resolve some issues.
  • Students should use “save draft” if they know that they are going to return to the activity later.
  • Students should periodically hit the green checkmark to save work.
  • Students should select the green “add response” button and not just click on the image of the assignment.
  • Keep in mind that bandwidth can be an issue as can the number of people getting online at the same time.
  • Some students have shared that they have been cutting and pasting their answers into another word document so that they can paste them back in if necessary.
  • Navigating between apps can be frustrating on an iPad because you can’t have several tabs or windows open simultaneously. We’re not sure if splitting the screen in two in order to have two apps open at a time would be helpful, but here’s a link if your child might want to try it: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207582
  • Students can LEGIBLY write their answers on a piece of paper, take a photo of the paper, and add a page to the seesaw activity and upload the photo. Students MUST write legibly in large script and photograph ONLY ONE sheet of paper/photo.
  • Some students have been accessing Seesaw through Chromebook and have discovered that the interface works more smoothly on an iPad. If you need an iPad from school, send an email to our principal, Mme Courtney, to let her know. Then she can get one ready for you to pick one up from 11-12 on weekdays.
• To prevent work from being “sent back” in either language, students must follow all directions, write in complete sentences when required, and use proper writing conventions such as correct spelling, punctuation and appropriate use of capital letters. Students must use accents in French. There are links below for using accents on Apple and non-Apple devices.
• When watching videos in French, students can change the speed in settings of the video.
• When reading, students would do well to use a highlighter to highlight challenging words that they will look up AND the answers as they find them.
• Should your child not understand something, it would be great if s/he could let us know with a comment in a Seesaw activity or even an email. It is good practice for students to advocate for themselves since next year at middle school they will have more teachers. This is the age when students can practice and develop greater independence when it comes to seeking additional teacher support. Asking for help is a way to grow confidence as a learner.
• Students should communicate in French with Mme Grabowski as though they were in class with her.

“Must do” for the week of the 1st:

On the English side students will:

• (Make sure to have this Promotion task done from last week): Identify and assign positive character traits to each of their 5th grade classmates as part of a visual project that will be shared at the Virtual 5th Grade Promotion. This is a REQUIRED task. Each student will think of one positive character trait/adjective that describes each of their fellow 5th graders (both Bleu and Rouge). Words must be kind and positive, in English OR French, or a mix of both. Lists of names for both classes are provided within the SeeSaw assignment. Given the format of the final visual project (Wordle) for each student, the origin of which student said which word will be anonymous.
• (Make sure this Promotion task is also done from last week): Write their most important memory of Charlemagne, which will be incorporated into a slide show as part of the Virtual Promotion ceremony.
• Multiply fractions by fractions following a short LearnZillion instructional video, the students are asked to use models to express fractions multiplied by fractions. They will also create a math story that uses a given expression. They will also match expressions to their correct area model.
• Engage with Phantom Tollbooth Read Alouds: Due to time constraints with the shortened weeks, Mme Mendelssohn is simply pushing out as many Phantom Tollbooth episodes as possible until the last days of school as our ELA instruction and engagement. Students should not stress if they cannot respond to all that are assigned as we only have three days together this week, and three days of school the following week. If we do not get to all the episodes shared via Seesaw before school comes to an end, then they will be available on her youtube channel “Mme Jocelyn Mendelssohn” here is the link to copy/paste: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrK2bd84O2o-Ibmm5n60Fw/featured

On the French side students will:

• Take on the role of a late-XVth century explorer and create a video advertisement to entice potential crew members to join an expedition. Students should state the name of the selected explorer read about in texts, the reason for the trip, the destination, the route, the possible length of the expedition, the type of ship, tools that the crew members might use, food consumed on board, dangers, and perhaps perks and professions sought for the trip. Students should use «vous» when addressing potential crew members, a dictionary and may wear a costume and include props. This will go out on Monday.
• Watch a video about middle school in France. Students will answer multiple choice questions and note two similarities and two differences between l’école Charlemagne and the middle school in the video. This will go out on Monday.
• Need to type accents. These links are also on the page «le français» of this blog and will remain there.
  • When typing on a Mac… https://macinfo.us/how-to-type-french-accents-on-a-macbook-pro
  • When typing on a PC… https://www.lawlessfrench.com/faq/type-accents/type-accents-with-alt-codes/
  • When typing on a Chromebook… https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-foreign-character-accents-using-chromebook/

“May Do/Can Do” (Supplemental Engagement/Enrichment Learning) 30+ minutes of independent reading or reading to a family member (books of their choice) ● Journaling ● Observations of the local environment “I notice...” “I wonder...” Observe and record weather patterns, growth of plants, birds migration ● Board games, puzzles, dice, cards ● Sewing, knitting, crafting ● Measuring amounts for cooking. ● Drawing ● Flash cards/math facts review. ● Create and solve story problems. ● Finding and continuing patterns. ● Listening to audio books. ● 60+ minutes of imaginative play, dance

More “May Do/Can Do” EXTENSIONS AND ENRICHMENT FOR KIDS WHO ARE HUNGRY FOR MORE!

More live links! Just what you’ve been wanting! The following sites are wonderful options for the 1- 2 hours of recommended daily Supplemental learning.

• The Kid Should See This - Interesting videos for the curious.
• Ted Ed for students - Kids can click on the "students" tab and get access to lots of cool videos that are age-appropriate.
• Atlas Obscura - Guide to the world's hidden wonders. Articles and links to audio.
• Science Friday - Science articles and podcasts.
• Mensa for Kids - A bit of everything, games, links, etc. Great project based, self-directed learning units.
• Hoagies' Gifted Education Page - Links for parents, teachers, and kids. (This is one of my favorite sites.)
• The 4J head librarian, Amy Page, is offering a couple of student clubs via Zoom. The information follows:
• Lego Club: M/W/F @ 3
• Book Club: Tues. @ 3 (not your traditional book club)
• Typing and other activities in French (see «le français» page of this blog).
• See the suggested science activities on the science page of this blog.
• Epic books ( https://www.getepic.com/sign-in) provides free books in both French and English! To sign into Mme Mendelssohn’s class: They all know how to log in with the access code (rhn9815), and there are so many great choices available. To sign into Mme Grabowski’s class, go here and use the login information sent by email: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in

Kudos to you for making it to the bottom of this blog. Know that we are trying to figure out the best way to communicate with you and the best way to share and store information so that it is easily accessible for future use. If you have any questions or concerns regarding French, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu ; Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math; Mme Erinmarie at langsdorf_e@4j.lane.edu regarding PE; and M Chappell at chappell@4j.lane.edu regarding music. We are new to distance learning and appreciate your continued patience, flexibility, and understanding as we navigate this process together.

We hope all of you are well and staying healthy.

Have a great week,

**Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

26 May 2020 - Tentative Emergency Remote Learning plan for this week:

Dear Fifth Grade Families,

We are in the final stretch of the last days of school, and your amazing, resilient children are wrapping up their elementary school experience and on their way to middle school. It all seems unbelievable in a way. We so wish this year could have been what we had envisioned. We had many fun, memorable, community-driven experiences planned. However, given the current state of things and the combined efforts of multiple people, there will be virtual love and kudos expressed at the 5th grade Promotion ceremony - AND - at the end of the year “Parade” of Charlemagne families at the school. Your children are part of an AMAZING cohort of Frenchies who are absolutely ready for the step up to middle school. Please watch for emails from Mme Courtney regarding whole school events. **Also, please be sure to read about the TWO SeeSaw/Promotion assignments on the English side as you scroll below. It’s very important all kids complete these special, heart-warming tasks as they are both contributions to the Virtual Promotion ceremony itself on June 10th.

As for this shortened week, both of us will send out three-four “Must do” activities this week --two on Tuesday from each teacher and one-two on Wednesday. Students should pace themselves with these teacher-assignments, perhaps one per day Tuesday through Friday for English, aiming to finish the activities by Friday morning for Mme Mendelssohn and one per day in French aiming to finish by Thursday afternoon for Mme Grabowski (one/day Tuesday-Thursday). Mme Grabowski will continue to number them. Students should do them in order: 1, 2, 3. Friday morning would be a good time to double check that all assignment revisions/fix-ups are submitted. Additionally, our PE and Music teachers now send out assignments via SeeSaw on Mondays. Students can add to their learning time each day by completing one Music and/or PE activity. After that, we strongly encourage your child to engage each day with the supplemental learning “May do” opportunities listed below.

** “May do/Can do” activities include the bountiful collection of Supplemental Learning activities listed below that your child can choose from each day. District directives suggest 1 - 2 hours a day for these “May do” or Supplemental activities. Scroll down to page three for more details and ideas.

Our increased response times to emails take the form of “office hours”. Rest assured that there is rarely a moment in our day that we are not looking at our computer screens, toggling back and forth between reading and responding to emails and providing feedback for students on SeeSaw. We want to be there for our fifth grade families, therefore we remain available to you for support and guidance and will reply to you as quickly as possible. We know YOU are working hard too.

Should your child experience any technical difficulties, you can contact tech support. They can be reached by one of two ways:

• Technology help email: student_techsupport@4j.lane.edu or sts@4j.lane.edu (they both get to the same queue, one is just an alias)
• English technology help phone number: 541-790-7770

If you use the email feature, be sure to include: student's full name, school, grade, a short description of the problem, and a phone number where you can be reached.

Housekeeping:

• Many thanks to Mme Jeanne, a fabulous EA at our school, who provided comments to students last week!!
• We have all experienced frustration using Seesaw. Here are a couple of ideas to consider to help mitigate some frustrations:
  • Shutting off and turning on the iPad might resolve some issues.
  • Students should use “save draft” if they know that they are going to return to the activity later.
  • Students should periodically hit the green checkmark to save work.
  • Students should select the green “add response” button and not just click on the image of the assignment.
  • Keep in mind that bandwidth can be an issue as can the number of people getting online at the same time.
  • Some students have shared that they have been cutting and pasting their answers into another word document so that they can paste them back in if necessary.
  • Navigating between apps can be frustrating on an iPad because you can’t have several tabs or windows open simultaneously. We’re not sure if splitting the screen in two in order to have two apps open at a time would be helpful, but here’s a link if your child might want to try it: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207582
  • Students can LEGIBLY write their answers on a piece of paper, take a photo of the paper, and add a page to the seesaw activity and upload the photo. Students MUST write legibly in large script and photograph ONLY ONE sheet of paper/photo.
  • Some students have been accessing Seesaw through Chromebook and have discovered that the interface works more smoothly on an iPad. If you need an iPad from school, send an email to our principal, Mme Courtney, to let her know. Then she can get one ready for you to pick one up from 11-12 on weekdays.
• Students should start Monday activities before Tuesday activities even if the Tuesday activities are at the top of their inbox.
• To prevent work from being “sent back” in either language, students must follow all directions, write in complete sentences when required, and use proper writing conventions such as correct spelling, punctuation and appropriate use of capital letters. Students must use accents in French. There are links below for using accents on Apple and non-Apple devices.
• When watching videos in French, students can change the speed in settings of the video.
• When reading, students would do well to use a highlighter to highlight challenging words that they will look up AND the answers as they find them.
• Some students have been super responsible about doing the four French activities posted per week. If your child cannot, however, complete them in an average of about 40 minutes each, it would be great if s/he could submit them anyway on a daily basis. Your child could also focus on a couple of activities per week by doing activity #1 on Monday and Tuesday and activity #2 on Wednesday and Thursday. Most of the French activities are related to a non-fiction unit about XVth century maritime exploration. All of the videos and texts complement each other, so students would do well to do as many as they can to deepen their understanding of the topic.
• Should your child not understand something, it would be great if s/he could let us know with a comment in a Seesaw activity or even an email. It is good practice for students to advocate for themselves since next year at middle school they will have more teachers. This is the age when students can practice and develop greater independence when it comes to seeking additional teacher support. Asking for help is a way to grow confidence as a learner.
• Students should communicate in French with Mme Grabowski as though they were in class with her.

“Must do” for the week of the 26th:

On the English side students will:

• Identify and assign positive character traits to each of their 5th grade classmates as part of a visual project that will be shared at the Virtual 5th Grade Promotion. This is a REQUIRED task. Each student will think of one positive character trait/adjective that describes each of their fellow 5th graders (both Bleu and Rouge). Words must be kind and positive, in English OR French, or a mix of both. Lists of names for both classes are provided within the SeeSaw assignment. Given the format of the final visual project (Wordle) for each student, the origin of which student said which word will be anonymous.
• Write their most important memory of Charlemagne, which will be incorporated into a slide show as part of the Virtual Promotion ceremony.
• Multiply fractions by a whole number to wonder about multiplying fractions by fractions. Using a four-part KitKat bar, students will consider the whole and also the fractional parts to learn/practice/review the concept of multiplying fractions by fractions.
• Explore real world situations to discover multiplying fractions by fractions. Using a cheese and crackers situation, students will think about how multiplication and division are involved as they multiply fractions by fractions.
• May do = Given the circumstances of adding on the Promotion assignments listed above, these episodes of Mme M.’s Read Aloud of our novel: The Phantom Tollbooth are now considered a May Do due to “daily teacher-led minutes” time constraints, but I certainly hope they choose to watch them. We continue onto episodes #8 , #9, and #10 this week. Students choose their own way to respond to the text: making text to self, text to text, or text to world connections, asking a question, making a general inference or prediction, or simply sharing how that episode made them feel. Episode 10 will not require a response due to the length of the video. They simply watch the episode.

On the French side students will:

• Read a text, Colomb prend la mer. Last week the students read about two important Portuguese explorers and their maritime contributions. This text will focus on Christopher Columbus. This is #1 and will go out on Tuesday.
• Describe the three-day holiday weekend. Students should be sure to use a dictionary, write a short paragraph with at least five complete sentences that include at least three complex words (listed in activity). This is assignment #2 and will go out on Tuesday.
• Read a text, Cortés, les Aztèques, et Magellan. This is #3 and will go out on Wednesday.
• Need to type accents. These links are also on the page «le français» of this blog and will remain there.
  • When typing on a Mac… https://macinfo.us/how-to-type-french-accents-on-a-macbook-pro
  • When typing on a PC… https://www.lawlessfrench.com/faq/type-accents/type-accents-with-alt-codes/
  • When typing on a Chromebook… https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-foreign-character-accents-using-chromebook/

“May Do/Can Do” (Supplemental Engagement/Enrichment Learning) 30+ minutes of independent reading or reading to a family member (books of their choice) ● Journaling ● Observations of the local environment “I notice...” “I wonder...” Observe and record weather patterns, growth of plants, birds migration ● Board games, puzzles, dice, cards ● Sewing, knitting, crafting ● Measuring amounts for cooking. ● Drawing ● Flash cards/math facts review. ● Create and solve story problems. ● Finding and continuing patterns. ● Listening to audio books. ● 60+ minutes of imaginative play, dance

More “May Do/Can Do” EXTENSIONS AND ENRICHMENT FOR KIDS WHO ARE HUNGRY FOR MORE!

More live links! Just what you’ve been wanting! The following sites are wonderful options for the 1- 2 hours of recommended daily Supplemental learning.

• The Kid Should See This - Interesting videos for the curious.
• Ted Ed for students - Kids can click on the "students" tab and get access to lots of cool videos that are age-appropriate.
• Atlas Obscura - Guide to the world's hidden wonders. Articles and links to audio.
• Science Friday - Science articles and podcasts.
• Mensa for Kids - A bit of everything, games, links, etc. Great project based, self-directed learning units.
• Hoagies' Gifted Education Page - Links for parents, teachers, and kids. (This is one of my favorite sites.)
• The 4J head librarian, Amy Page, is offering a couple of student clubs via Zoom. The information follows:
• Lego Club: M/W/F @ 3
• Book Club: Tues. @ 3 (not your traditional book club)
• Typing and other activities in French (see «le français» page of this blog).
• See the suggested science activities on the science page of this blog.
• Epic books ( https://www.getepic.com/sign-in) provides free books in both French and English! To sign into Mme Mendelssohn’s class: They all know how to log in with the access code (rhn9815), and there are so many great choices available. To sign into Mme Grabowski’s class, go here and use the login information sent by email: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in

Kudos to you for making it to the bottom of this blog. Know that we are trying to figure out the best way to communicate with you and the best way to share and store information so that it is easily accessible for future use. If you have any questions or concerns regarding French, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu ; Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math; Mme Erinmarie at langsdorf_e@4j.lane.edu regarding PE; and M Chappell at chappell@4j.lane.edu regarding music. We are new to distance learning and appreciate your continued patience, flexibility, and understanding as we navigate this process together.

We hope all of you are well and staying healthy.

Have a great week,

**Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

27 April 2020 - Tentative Emergency Remote Learning plan for this week:

Dear Fifth Grade Families,

Continued thanks for your patience, flexibility, and kindness as we roll out this new interface for learning. We have all been engaging with Seesaw for a few weeks, and we are happy to report that we have received work from every 5th grader! Still, please, bear with us as we continue to work to determine the pacing and the best way to share and track curriculum while also juggling the district level directives that come our way. We very much appreciate you reading this blog update in its entirety (only four pages now!) as there is now much to communicate with you about the week’s plan, and a plethora of resources.

While you are all at home, it is important to develop a routine/schedule that works for your family. To this end for now, both of us will send out four “Must do” activities per week --two on Monday from each teacher and two on Tuesday. Students can pace themselves with these teacher-assignments, perhaps two a day Monday through Thursday (one in each language), aiming to finish the eight activities by Thursday afternoon. Friday morning would be a good time to double check that all assignment revisions/fix-ups are submitted. Our PE and Music teachers now send out assignments via SeeSaw on Mondays. Students can add to their learning time each day by completing one Music and/or PE activity. After that, we strongly encourage your child to engage each day with the supplemental learning “May do” opportunities listed below.

** “May do/Can do” activities include the bountiful collection of Supplemental Learning activities listed below that your child can choose from each day. District directives suggest 1 - 2 hours a day for these “May do” or Supplemental activities. Scroll down to page three for more details and ideas.

The district has put directives in place for how much time each grade level should spend on assignments from teachers. We are trying to adhere to the daily 75-minute maximum directive for 5th grade, taking into account we are a Dual Language Immersion school and seeking to provide a balance of learning tasks. We thank you for your understanding as we try to develop this unique approach from scratch. We do not want to overwhelm or underwhelm so we are aiming for a happy medium. Different students finish at different rates. Since all students are now receiving individualized feedback from both of us on all assignments, it’s a good opportunity for students to reflect and revise if necessary.

Our increased response times to emails take the form of “office hours”. Rest assured that there is rarely a moment in our day that we are not looking at our computer screens, toggling back and forth between reading and responding to emails and providing feedback for students on SeeSaw. We want to be there for our fifth grade families, therefore we remain available to you for support and guidance and will reply to you as quickly as possible. We know YOU are working hard too.

Should your child experience any technical difficulties, you can contact tech support. They can be reached by one of two ways:

• Technology help email: student_techsupport@4j.lane.edu or sts@4j.lane.edu (they both get to the same queue, one is just an alias)
• English technology help phone number: 541-790-7770

If you use the email feature, be sure to include: student's full name, school, grade, a short description of the problem, and a phone number where you can be reached.

Housekeeping:

• Friday, May 1st, is Principal Appreciation Day.
• PE and Music activities will be available as of Monday, April 20th. Please, go to the following link for more information: https://safeYouTube.net/w/p2E6
• Some students have been accessing Seesaw through Chromebook and have discovered that the interface works more smoothly on an iPad. If you need an iPad from school, send an email to our principal, Mme Courtney, to let her know. Then she can get one ready for you to pick one up from 11-12 on weekdays.
• Students should start Monday activities before Tuesday activities even if the Tuesday activities are at the top of their inbox.
• Mme Grabowski will label some assignments “a” and “b” from time to time which means that students should do “a” before “b”.
• To prevent work from being “sent back” in either language, students must follow all directions, write in complete sentences when required, and use proper writing conventions such as correct spelling, punctuation and appropriate use of capital letters. Students must use accents in French. There are links below for using accents on Apple and non-Apple devices.
• When watching videos in French, students can change the speed in settings of the video.
• When reading, students would do well to use a highlighter to highlight challenging words that they will look up AND the answers as they find them.
• Students should communicate in French with Mme Grabowski as though they were in class with her.
• Should your child not understand something, it would be great if s/he could let us know with a comment in a Seesaw activity or even an email. It is good practice for students to advocate for themselves since next year at middle school they will have more teachers. This is the age when students can practice and develop greater independence when it comes to seeking additional teacher support. Asking for help is a way to grow confidence as a learner.

“Must do” for the week of the 27th:

On the English side students will:

• Read a fictional 5th grade level passage, record their fluent reading of one paragraph, and respond to an open ended question in the same way we have practiced in class, using correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and making sure to write complete sentences that answer the question. They will continue to practice citing text evidence, just like they learned in class.
• Using the award winning short film “The Present”, students will practice identifying character traits, impactful events that spark change, and describing how the character is at the end.
• Practice multiplying decimal values using given visual models, and explaining their thinking - written or recorded. They will watch an instructional video that models the process and then they will shade a model and find and note the product.
• Match fraction and decimal equivalents, with the enrichment *option* of including the percentage value.
• Practice using parentheses in an expression to make it easier to solve. They will watch an instructional video, recall order of operations rules, and demonstrate their understanding using a given expression. They will also solve the expression and record their thinking.
• Continue their progress on their Hero Biography, unless already submitted. Before submission, they must spell check and clean up any formatting errors, spacing issues, etc... Those that are submitted to Mme M. will be given feedback (gradually, thank you for your patience) and then they can revise and resubmit as a final draft. The goal would be for them to have the essay drafted by the end of the first week in May since all students will now have access to their supplies THIS WEEK! That’s good news for those waiting for their writing spirals!

On the French side students will:

• Read a text, Pourquoi explorer le monde?, about why Europeans began exploring beyond their coastlines. The text complements what students read last week and explains the importance of spices during the XVIth century. This will go out on Monday.
• Watch a video about XVIth century exploration from Europe--reasons, which countries, geographic misconceptions. Students should watch the video AFTER reading the text, Pourquoi explorer le monde?, and familiarize themselves with some vocabulary that they will hear in the video. This will go out on Monday.
• Read about navigation instruments and improvements to ships in the XVIth century which facilitated maritime exploration beyond familiar coastlines. This will go out on Tuesday.
• Review the phoneme, ill, by practicing the phoneme in some words, repeating and practicing a story, and then recording themselves when they have practiced enough to make a good recording. This will go out on Tuesday. The comprehension questions are optional.
• Need to type accents. These links are also on the page «le français» of this blog and will remain there.
  • When typing on a Mac… https://macinfo.us/how-to-type-french-accents-on-a-macbook-pro
  • When typing on a PC… https://www.lawlessfrench.com/faq/type-accents/type-accents-with-alt-codes/
  • When typing on a Chromebook… https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-foreign-character-accents-using-chromebook/

“May Do/Can Do” (Supplemental Engagement/Enrichment Learning) 30+ minutes of independent reading or reading to a family member (books of their choice) ● Journaling ● Observations of the local environment “I notice...” “I wonder...” Observe and record weather patterns, growth of plants, birds migration ● Board games, puzzles, dice, cards ● Sewing, knitting, crafting ● Measuring amounts for cooking. ● Drawing ● Flash cards/math facts review. ● Create and solve story problems. ● Finding and continuing patterns. ● Listening to audio books. ● 60+ minutes of imaginative play, dance

More “May Do/Can Do” EXTENSIONS AND ENRICHMENT FOR KIDS HUNGRY FOR MORE!

More live links! Just what you’ve been wanting! The following sites are wonderful options for the 1- 2 hours of recommended daily Supplemental learning.

• The Kid Should See This - Interesting videos for the curious.
• Ted Ed for students - Kids can click on the "students" tab and get access to lots of cool videos that are age-appropriate.
• Atlas Obscura - Guide to the world's hidden wonders. Articles and links to audio.
• Science Friday - Science articles and podcasts.
• Mensa for Kids - A bit of everything, games, links, etc. Great project based, self-directed learning units.
• Hoagies' Gifted Education Page - Links for parents, teachers, and kids. (This is one of my favorite sites.)
• The 4J head librarian, Amy Page, is offering a couple of student clubs via Zoom. The information follows:
• Lego Club: M/W/F @ 3
• Book Club: Tues. @ 3 (not your traditional book club)
• Typing and other activities in French (see «le français» page of this blog).
• See the suggested science activities on the science page of this blog.
• Epic books ( https://www.getepic.com/sign-in) provides free books in both French and English! To sign into Mme Mendelssohn’s class: They all know how to log in with the access code (rhn9815), and there are so many great choices available. To sign into Mme Grabowski’s class, go here and use the login information sent by email: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in
• Your child can access Dreambox online at any time of day. For 5th grade, 20 - 30 minutes a day is recommended for supplemental learning. It’s the online math program purchased by the district and provided for all students. There are lessons for them to select from their dashboard when they sign in. The program adapts to their level and eventually the work should become more challenging as they demonstrate greater mastery of the skills. Your child knows how to navigate Dreambox quite well. I have recently pushed out 5th grade Dreambox lessons involving decimals that align with skills recommended by the district.

Kudos to you for making it to the bottom of this blog. Know that we are trying to figure out the best way to communicate with you and the best way to share and store information so that it is easily accessible for future use. If you have any questions or concerns regarding French, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu ; Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math; Mme Erinmarie at langsdorf_e@4j.lane.edu regarding PE; and M Chappell at chappell@4j.lane.edu regarding music. We are new to distance learning and appreciate your continued patience, flexibility, and understanding as we navigate this process together.

We hope all of you are well and staying healthy.

Have a great week,

**Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

20 April 2020 - Tentative Emergency Remote Learning plan for this week:

Dear Fifth Grade Families,

Continued thanks for your patience, flexibility, and kindness as we roll out this new interface for learning. You and your child have now experienced Seesaw for two weeks…. Please, bear with us as we work to determine the pacing and the best way to share and track curriculum while also juggling district level directives. We very much appreciate you reading this blog update in its entirety as there is now much to communicate with you about the week’s plan, and a plethora of resources.

A special thanks goes out to the students for their patience and flexibility as we learn more about the Seesaw application. As students respond to prompts, we also learn about formatting issues. We really appreciate how resourceful students have been about work arounds. We especially appreciate when the work is legible and decipherable with our older eyes.

While you are all at home, it is important to develop a routine/schedule that works for your family. To this end for now, both of us will send out four “Must do” activities per week --two on Monday from each teacher and two on Tuesday. Students can pace themselves with these teacher-assignments, perhaps two a day Monday through Thursday (one in each language), aiming to finish the eight activities by Thursday afternoon. Our PE and Music teachers will send out assignments via SeeSaw as well. Students can add to their learning time each day by completing a Music and/or PE activity.

** “May do/Can do” activities include the bountiful collection of Supplemental Learning activities listed below that your child can choose from each day. District directives suggest 1 - 2 hours a day for these “May do” or Supplemental activities.

The district has put directives in place for how much time each grade level should spend on assignments from teachers. We are trying to adhere to the daily 75 minute maximum directive for 5th grade, taking into account we are a Dual Language Immersion school and seeking to provide a balance of learning tasks. We thank you for your understanding as we try to develop this unique approach from scratch. We do not want to overwhelm or underwhelm so we are aiming for a happy medium. Different students finish at different rates. Since all students are now receiving individualized feedback from both of us, it’s a good opportunity for students to reflect and revise if necessary.

Our increased response times to emails take the form of “office hours”. Rest assured that there is rarely a moment in our day that we are not looking at our computer screens, toggling back and forth between reading and responding to emails and providing feedback for students on SeeSaw. We want to be there for our fifth grade families, therefore we remain available to you for support and guidance and will reply to you as quickly as possible. We know YOU are working hard too.

**Due to the death of Mme Mendelssohn’s Grandmother a few days ago, her quick response/availability will vary. Thank you for your understanding.

Should your child experience any technical difficulties, you can contact tech support. They can be reached by one of two ways:

• Technology help email: student_techsupport@4j.lane.edu or sts@4j.lane.edu (they both get to the same queue, one is just an alias)
• English technology help phone number: 541-790-7770

If you use the email feature, be sure to include: student's full name, school, grade, a short description of the problem, and a phone number where you can be reached.

Mme Grabowski’s assignments this week will focus on French grammar, listening skills, reading comprehension of a non-fiction text (which allows for an integrated approach to reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in French). Students who complete the minimum assignments can do extensions--sciences (see sciences page of blog), typing (see «le français» page in blog), and reading (see page «le français» page in blog). Students should develop a plan to pace their work completion a little bit each day, with a Thursday afternoon completion goal. Students pacing their studies is excellent practice for middle school! In each SeeSaw assignment, students should comment with how long each activity took them to complete so it can inform our future planning. After that, we strongly encourage your child to engage each day with the supplemental learning “May do” opportunities listed below.

Mme Mendelssohn’s assignments this week will focus on fiction reading comprehension, written and recorded responses to reading, continuing to work on drafts of the Hero Biography, and math. With the math lessons this week, we will focus on mathematical thinking and reasoning (#1 and #2) and continued work with reading, adding, and subtracting decimals. Students should develop a plan to pace their work completion a little bit each day, with a Thursday afternoon completion goal. For days that seem lighter in workload, those days are perfect for 20 - 30 minutes of Dreambox. Students pacing their studies is excellent practice for middle school! In each SeeSaw assignment, students should comment on how long each activity took them to complete so it can inform our future planning. After that, we strongly encourage your child to engage each day for 1 - 2 hours of the supplemental learning “Can do” opportunities listed below.

Connecting with our students! It is good to connect and hear the voices of our students and to connect with you. We will continue to reach out by phone to stay connected and check in. Just a reminder...our numbers will be blocked when we call you.

Housekeeping:

• PE and music activities will be available as of Monday, April 20th. Please, go to the following link for more information: https://safeYouTube.net/w/p2E6
• Given the fact that we have 55 students, which is quite different from other 5th grade classes in 4j, we are still exploring how to manage a video conferencing tool with our classes.
• Most/all students have submitted work to us via SeeSaw, so we are delighted that this new learning tool is working. Please, do not hesitate to contact us should any issues arise.
• Mme Grabowski will label some assignments “a” and “b” which means that students should do “a” before “b”.
• Please read the italicized/bold updates in the “Resources From Previous Post” from Mme Mendelssohn you see below. There are changes to what was posted in the last blog.

“Must do” for the week of the 20th:

On the English side students will:

• Continue listening and responding to the video read along of Auggie & Me (Julian chapter). After viewing/listening they can choose to write OR record their response to a specific question.
• Reading a fictional narrative independently, recording their fluent reading, and writing a response to a specific question about the text. No fluency timing for now!
• Practicing mathematical thinking and reasoning using given visual models, and explaining their thinking - written or recorded.
• Continue practice working with decimal values. Add 20-30 minutes of Dreambox on days with a lighter workload, perhaps W, Th, Fri. There should be Dreambox lessons involving decimal values assigned to almost all students.
• Continue their progress on their Hero Biography. Before submission, they must spell check and clean up any formatting errors, spacing issues, etc... Those that are submitted to Mme M. will be given feedback (gradually, thank you for your patience) and then they can revise and resubmit. The goal would be for them to have the essay drafted by the end of April. In May we will write fictional narratives!

On the French side students will:

• Continue their study of Roman numerals in preparation for a non-fiction unit about technological innovations that lead to increased maritime exploration in the XVth century. They will watch another video about Roman numerals and complete a worksheet (2a). They will also complete another worksheet (2b) to practice converting to and from Roman numerals. Students should do 2a before 2b.
• Read “La technologie influence l’exploration” to identify what group of Europeans explored the earliest and farthest by the sea and what motivated other Europeans to develop their maritime capabilities. Students will need to use a bilingual dictionary such as wordreference OR a French dictionary such as LaRousse. It is up to the individual student to decide if s/he wants a translation or a definition.
• Review usages of the l’imparfait, a past tense.
• Need to type accents. These links are also on the page «le français» of this blog and will remain there.
  • When typing on a Mac… https://macinfo.us/how-to-type-french-accents-on-a-macbook-pro
  • When typing on a PC… https://www.lawlessfrench.com/faq/type-accents/type-accents-with-alt-codes/

“May Do/Can Do” (Supplemental Engagement/Enrichment Learning) 30+ minutes of independent reading or reading to a family member (books of their choice) ● Journaling ● Observations of the local environment “I notice...” “I wonder...” Observe and record weather patterns, growth of plants, birds migration ● Board games, puzzles, dice, cards ● Sewing, knitting, crafting ● Measuring amounts for cooking. ● Drawing ● Flash cards/math facts review. ● Create and solve story problems. ● Finding and continuing patterns. ● Listening to audio books. ● 60+ minutes of imaginative play, dance

EXTENSIONS AND ENRICHMENT FOR KIDS HUNGRY FOR MORE!

More live links! Just what you’ve been wanting! The following sites are wonderful options for that 1- 2 hours of daily Supplemental learning.

• The Kid Should See This - Interesting videos for the curious.
• Ted Ed for students - Kids can click on the "students" tab and get access to lots of cool videos that are age-appropriate.
• Atlas Obscura - Guide to the world's hidden wonders. Articles and links to audio.
• Science Friday - Science articles and podcasts.
• Mensa for Kids - A bit of everything, games, links, etc. Great project based, self-directed learning units.
• Hoagies' Gifted Education Page - Links for parents, teachers, and kids. (This is one of my favorite sites.)
• The 4J head librarian, Amy Page, is offering a couple of student clubs via Zoom. The information follows:
• Lego Club: M/W/F @ 3
• Book Club: Tues. @ 3 (not your traditional book club)
• Typing and other activities in French (see «le français» page of this blog).
• See the suggested science activities on the science page of this blog.
• Epic books ( https://www.getepic.com/sign-in) provides free books in both French and English! To sign into Mme Mendelssohn’s class: They all know how to log in with the access code (rhn9815), and there are so many great choices available. To sign into Mme Grabowski’s class, go here and use the login information sent by email: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in

Relevant and important information from previous blog post:

** Your child can access Dreambox online at any time of day. 20 - 30 minutes a day is recommended for supplemental learning. It’s the online math program purchased by the district and provided for all students. There are lessons for them to select from their dashboard when they sign in. As they master each lesson, eventually the work should become more challenging. Your child knows how to navigate Dreambox quite well. I have recently pushed out 5th grade Dreambox lessons involving decimals that align with skills recommended by the district.

** Your child can also dive into the amazing offerings on Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math I encourage them to select lessons concerning all things “decimals” - comparing, rounding, and performing operations with decimals. What is great about Khan Academy is that the level of difficulty is really up to the learner. If your child is more of an advanced math student, they should select harder concepts from the 6th or 7th grade menus to challenge themselves. If there are gaps in your child’s math understanding, Khan Academy has 4th grade level lessons that include all math strands as well. Please take advantage of Khan Academy resources during this time of distance learning.

** Another online Math option that could be tailored to your child’s math level is IXL. https://www.ixl.com/ It’s a pretty straightforward interface that your child could learn to navigate quickly. Select 5th grade math skills from the menu. I encourage students to select any and all decimal content: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals, as well as rounding and comparing. These were skills we were going to learn had we not been shut down due to COVID-19.

Kudos to you for making it to the bottom of this blog. Know that we are trying to figure out the best way to communicate with you and the best way to share and store information so that it is easily accessible for future use. If you have any questions or concerns regarding French, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu ; Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math; Mme Erinmarie at langsdorf_e@4j.lane.edu regarding PE; and M Chappell at chappell@4j.lane.edu regarding music. We are new to distance learning and appreciate your continued patience, flexibility, and understanding as we navigate this process together.

We hope all of you are well, staying healthy, and have a great week,

**Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

13 April 2020 - Tentative Emergency Remote Learning plan for this week:

Dear Fifth Grade Families,

First of all, a huge thank you for your patience, flexibility, and kindness as we roll out this new interface for learning. Please, bear with us as we work to determine the pacing and the best way to share and track curriculum. We very much appreciate you reading this blog update in its entirety as there is now much to communicate with you about the week’s plan, and a plethora of resources.

When 4J made our Seesaw accounts, they made them by grade-level. That means that there are a minimum of four teachers in each class--English, French, music, and PE. If each of those main teachers asks students to complete three assignments/week, we will have about 360 assignments in the grade-level in-box...then another 360 for the other class. That’s a lot! Last week students AND teachers practiced using Seesaw, but we might try using google drive this week as well to mitigate the above-described issue, to allow students to provide lengthier responses, and to provide other documents like their Hero Biography. All of the 5th graders have a 4j google account (4j email address/password - see inside of their planner) and have already used it on the English side.

While you are all at home, it is important to develop a schedule/routine that works for your family. To this end for now, we will each send out four “Must do” activities per week --two on Monday from each teacher and two on Tuesday. Students can pace themselves with these assignments and try to finish the eight teacher-assigned activities by Thursday afternoon. “May do” activities include the bountiful collection of Supplemental Learning activities listed below that your child can choose from each day. Based on our latest update, our PE and Music teachers will send out activities via SeeSaw as well.

Our increased response times to emails take the form of “office hours”. Rest assured that there is rarely a moment in our day that we are not looking at our computer screens, toggling back and forth between reading and responding to emails and providing feedback for students on SeeSaw. We want to be there for our fifth grade families, therefore we remain available to you for support and guidance and will reply to you as quickly as possible.

Mme Grabowski’s assignments this week will focus on French grammar, reading fluency, and/or social studies (which allows for an integrated approach to reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in French). Students who complete the minimum assignments can do extensions--sciences (see sciences page of blog), typing (see «le français» page in blog), and reading (see page «le français» page in blog). Students should develop a plan to pace their work completion a little bit each day, with a Thursday afternoon completion goal. That’s excellent practice for middle school! In each SeeSaw assignment, students should comment with how long each activity took them to complete so it can inform our future planning. After that, we strongly encourage your child to engage each day with the supplemental learning “May do” opportunities listed below.

Mme Mendelssohn’s assignments this week will focus on fiction and non-fiction reading comprehension, possibly reading fluency, writing, and math. With the math lessons this week, students will have a choice to complete an optional enrichment challenge with the two math assignments Those optional challenges will be described within the SeeSaw lesson itself, at the bottom of the student directions, and should offer an additional challenge for those interested. Students should develop a plan to pace their work completion a little bit each day, with a Thursday afternoon completion goal. That’s excellent practice for middle school! In each SeeSaw assignment, students should comment on how long each activity took them to complete so it can inform our future planning. After that, we strongly encourage your child to engage each day with the supplemental learning “Can do” opportunities listed below.

Connecting with our students! The week of March 30th, we each called our homeroom classrooms to reconnect with families. It was good to connect and hear your voices. The week of April 13th, we will try to connect by telephone with students not in our homeroom. That means that Mme Mendelssohn will call students in the blue class, and Mme Grabowski will call students in the red class. Just a reminder...our numbers will be blocked when we call you.

Housekeeping:

• In the future we may use Zoom as a video conferencing tool with our class. Meetings would be announced through Seesaw. If you DO NOT wish your child to participate, please, contact us. Otherwise, we will assume you give your consent for participation.
• Most/all students have submitted work to us, so we are delighted that this new learning tool is working. Please, do not hesitate to contact us should any issues arise.
• Struggling with SeeSaw? If you did not watch this video last week, here’s a helpful link to a Seesaw tutorial for your child to learn a little about the app before accessing the activities on SeeSaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5jG9VoROFs
• Remember that when you use a google doc you have to...BE SURE TO “MAKE A COPY”
• Mme Grabowski has moved all of the French links at the bottom of the previous weekly update to their appropriate page in the blog. Please, take a moment to check out the other pages of the blog to familiarize yourself with what is there.
• Please read the italicized/bold updates in the “Resources From Previous Post” from Mme Mendelssohn you see below. There are changes to what was posted in the last blog.

“Must do” for the week of the 13th:

On the English side students will:

• Continue listening and responding to the video read along of Auggie & Me (Julian chapter). After viewing/listening they can choose to write OR record their question, text connection, and prediction using the SeeSaw tools provided.
• Continue working with decimals by ordering them least to greatest in a given framework.
• Review Factors, Factor Pairs, Multiples, Prime/Composite numbers with a given number.
• Continue their progress on their Hero Biography. Before submission, they must spell check and clean up any formatting errors, spacing issues, etc... Those that are submitted to Mme M. will be given feedback (gradually, thank you for your patience) and then they can revise and resubmit. The goal would be for them to have the essay finalized by the end of April. In May we will write fictional narratives!

On the French side students will:

• Study Roman numerals in preparation for a social studies unit about technological innovations that lead to increased maritime exploration in the XVth century. They will watch a video about Roman numerals and complete a worksheet (1a) sent out via Seesaw. They will also complete another worksheet (1b) AFTER watching the video (through seesaw) to practice converting to and from Roman numerals.
• Review aller and vouloir in the present tense in the orange verb conjugation book (another seesaw activity).
• Review some phonemes (another seesaw activity).
• Need to type accents. These links are also on the page «le français» of this blog and will remain there.
  • When typing on a Mac… https://macinfo.us/how-to-type-french-accents-on-a-macbook-pro
  • When typing on a PC… https://www.lawlessfrench.com/faq/type-accents/type-accents-with-alt-codes/

“May Do” (Supplemental Engagement/Enrichment Learning) 30+ minutes of independent reading or reading to a family member (books of their choice) ● Journaling ● Observations of the local environment “I notice...” “I wonder...” Observe and record weather patterns, growth of plants, birds migration ● Board games, puzzles, dice, cards ● Sewing, knitting, crafting ● Measuring amounts for cooking. ● Drawing ● Flash cards/math facts review. ● Create and solve story problems. ● Finding and continuing patterns. ● Listening to audio books. ● 60+ minutes of imaginative play, dance

EXTENSIONS AND ENRICHMENT FOR KIDS HUNGRY FOR MORE!

More live links! Just what you’ve been wanting!

• The Kid Should See This - Interesting videos for the curious.
• Ted Ed for students - Kids can click on the "students" tab and get access to lots of cool videos that are age-appropriate.
• Atlas Obscura - Guide to the world's hidden wonders. Articles and links to audio.
• Science Friday - Science articles and podcasts.
• Mensa for Kids - A bit of everything, games, links, etc. Great project based, self-directed learning units.
• Hoagies' Gifted Education Page - Links for parents, teachers, and kids. (This is one of my favorite sites.)
• The 4J head librarian, Amy Page, is offering a couple of student clubs via Zoom. The information follows:
• Lego Club: M/W/F @ 3
• Book Club: Tues. @ 3 (not your traditional book club)
• Typing and other activities in French (see «le français» page of this blog).
• See the suggested science activities on the science page of this blog.
• Epic books ( https://www.getepic.com/sign-in) provides free books in both French and English! To sign into Mme Mendelssohn’s class: They all know how to log in with the access code (rhn9815), and there are so many great choices available. To sign into Mme Grabowski’s class, go here and use the login information sent by email: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in

Relevant and important information from previous blog post:

** Your child can access Dreambox online at any time of day. 20 minutes a day would be just fine. It’s the online math program purchased by the district and provided for all students. There are lessons for them to select from their dashboard when they sign in. As they master each lesson, eventually the work should become more challenging. Your child knows how to navigate Dreambox quite well. I will also be pushing out a number of Dreambox lessons having to do with decimals that align with 5th grade common core skills recommended by the district that we were going to dive into over the next couple of weeks if we hadn’t been shut down due to COVID-19.

** Your child can also dive into the amazing offerings on Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math I encourage them to select lessons concerning all things “decimals” - comparing, rounding, and performing operations with decimals. What is great about Khan Academy is that the level of difficulty is really up to the learner. If your child is more of an advanced math student, they should select harder concepts from the 6th or 7th grade menus to challenge themselves. If there are gaps in your child’s math understanding, Khan Academy has 4th grade level lessons that include all math strands as well. Please take advantage of Khan Academy resources during this time of distance learning.

** Another online Math option that could be tailored to your child’s math level is IXL. https://www.ixl.com/ It’s a pretty straightforward interface that your child could learn to navigate quickly. Select 5th grade math skills from the menu. I encourage students to select any and all decimal content: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals, as well as rounding and comparing. These were skills we were going to learn had we not been shut down due to COVID-19.

English Language Arts:

Writing =

For those of you wanting to know more details about the Hero Biography Writing project.

** The Hero Biography writing project is underway, however, not every child has necessarily brought home their writing spiral with all their research. The assignment description and all the notes, outlines, and research live in those spirals, unfortunately. Therefore, they are invited to start fresh since we do have time on our hands, or they can also choose a different hero. The description below matches what the students will see when they are in that activity on SeeSaw.

In a nutshell, it’s a classic five paragraph essay format that includes:

** Their “Imagine if” introductory paragraph. We spent time on this in class

** Ideally, that would be followed by their hero’s background information. If that early life/background/education information is accessible online, great. However, not every hero chosen has a lot of early life information available so this varies student to student.

** Another paragraph will be about the topic connected to their hero. Their hero’s work needs some explanation to help the reader understand the importance of what they achieved. Topic explanations may include describing the situation, the science, problem, crisis, or suffering their hero worked to alleviate. If their hero is/was a scientist, they should be able to explain the science as well as a 5th grader can so the reader has a better understanding. **Another paragraph needs to describe their hero’s achievements, impact, accomplishments, etc… how they made a difference, being as specific as possible, citing evidence. They should include obstacles faced and overcome by their hero. How did they accomplish what they did? What traits did they display that helped make their efforts successful?

** They will need to describe why this person is a hero to them. Why did they choose this person? How does/did this person inspire others as well? This will be a great way to conclude the essay. Some students asked to go beyond five paragraphs, which is totally fine! However, there must be a cohesive flow to the biography with all paragraphs organized in a coherent fashion that propels the reader forward.

They will need to put quotation marks around any direct quotes from their resources, as well as give credit even if they are paraphrasing. This skill was what we were going to cover, but then school shut down so all I am asking is for them to add a Works Cited list at the end of their essay that lists the website addresses of where they got their information. However, if they are dying to dive into how to avoid plagiarism and how to include citations, here is an introductory video lesson: https://www.easybib.com/guides/video-lesson-citations-for-beginners/

Kudos to you for making it to the bottom of this blog. Know that we are trying to figure out the best way to communicate with you and the best way to share and store information so that it is easily accessible for future use. If you have any questions or concerns regarding French, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu ; Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math; Mme Erinmarie at langsdorf_e@4j.lane.edu regarding PE; and M Chappell at chappell@4j.lane.edu regarding music. We are new to distance learning and appreciate your continued patience, flexibility, and understanding as we navigate this process together.

We hope all of you are well, staying healthy, and have a great week,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

On-line Learning Communication from Mme Mendelssohn & Mme Grabowski:

1 April 2020

Dear Fifth Grade Families,

We hope all of you are well and staying healthy. The closure of school due to covid-19 has had a huge impact on all of us, and these continue to be unprecedented and uncertain times.

We are writing to let you know what you can expect from us this week and next:

• You may have already received a communication from Mme Courtney letting you know that we will contact you by phone to check in with your family and to discuss technology and remote learning. She may have mentioned that our number will be blocked, so do not be surprised if you receive a phone call from a blocked number.
• We have already sent you log-in information and instructions for your child to use in order to receive and complete lessons through Seesaw. As we understand it, your child will need the class app to do work while parents will need the family app to receive other communications. If you have not already set up your child’s account, please, do so and let us know if there are any problems.
• Here’s a helpful link to a Seesaw tutorial for your child to learn a little about the app before accessing the activities on SeeSaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5jG9VoROFs
• Please, know that we will continue to update this blog on a weekly basis--by Friday afternoons starting April 10th--to let you know what to expect the following week.
• The week of April 6th, we will send your child lessons and learning activities via Seesaw. Some fifth graders used this app in previous grades at Charlemagne. To refamiliarize students with the app, the first few lessons will focus primarily on how to use the application. (See link above). The work that we send out next week is for Seesaw practice. This is important to note because some students need another device at home and will not receive it from the district until Thursday or Friday of next week. We are fully aware that some students will not have activities until late in the week.
• Mme Grabowski will leave the French resources at the bottom of this blog as students may very well need to use online resources such as dictionaries and verb conjugation websites in order to complete work. Students can also continue to work on their typing skills.
• Please read the italicized/bold updates in the “Resources From Previous Post” from Mme Mendelssohn you see below. There are changes to what was posted in the last blog.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math; Mme Erinmarie at langsdorf_e@4j.lane.edu regarding PE; and M Chappell at chappell@4j.lane.edu regarding music. We are new to distance learning and appreciate your patience, flexibility, and understanding as we navigate this process together.

Have a great week, Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

-------------------- Please scroll on and keep reading. Thank you! -------------------

RESOURCES FROM PREVIOUS POST

<< With some updates that are italicized sections in bold. >>

Math =

UPDATED = (Via SeeSaw) Mme Mendelssohn is just now learning how to create and share activities on SeeSaw using her Growth Mindset! HaHa! So you will see two Math activities. One is an Order of Operations puzzle and the other is a link to a series of Rounding Decimals lessons with practice on Khan Academy, plus an added opportunity to “play teacher” and create four exercises themselves. Hopefully the experience will be glitch-free, but as we know, this entire shift requires lots of new learning and patience and there may be errors. If there are issues, we will figure it out. How long these two math tasks will take is still an unknown aspect of distance learning. We will learn as we go.

** Your child can access Dreambox online at any time of day. 20 minutes a day would be just fine. It’s the online math program purchased by the district and provided for all students. There are lessons for them to select from their dashboard when they sign in. As they master each lesson, eventually the work should become more challenging. Your child knows how to navigate Dreambox quite well. I will also be pushing out a number of Dreambox lessons having to do with decimals that align with 5th grade common core skills recommended by the district that we were going to dive into over the next couple of weeks if we hadn’t been shut down due to COVID-19.

** Your child can also dive into the amazing offerings on Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math I encourage them to select lessons concerning all things “decimals” - comparing, rounding, and performing operations with decimals. What is great about Khan Academy is that the level of difficulty is really up to the learner. If your child is more of an advanced math student, they should select harder concepts from the 6th or 7th grade menus to challenge themselves. If there are gaps in your child’s math understanding, Khan Academy has 4th grade level lessons that include all math strands as well. Please take advantage of Khan Academy resources during this time of distance learning.

** Another online Math option that could be tailored to your child’s math level is IXL. https://www.ixl.com/ It’s a pretty straightforward interface that your child could learn to navigate quickly. Select 5th grade math skills from the menu. I encourage students to select any and all decimal content: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals, as well as rounding and comparing. These were skills we were going to learn had we not been shut down due to COVID-19.

In searching for a broader menu of engaging online learning options for elementary level learners, I came upon this link that had quite of list of websites that go beyond math, reading, etc… Here it is: https://www.weareteachers.com/free-online-learning-resources/#elementary

English Language Arts:

Writing =

For those of you wanting to know more details about the Hero Biography Writing project. I have also added this long term project to the menu of assignments in SeeSaw. The recommendation is for your child to only work on it a little each day, perhaps 20 minutes. They are all at different levels of completion with this final writing assignment and that is OK. What you read below is almost identical to the reminder directions for this project on SeeSaw:

(If we discover roadblocks to sharing this essay with me via SeeSaw, they can simply share it with me directly.)

** The Hero Biography writing project is underway, however, not every child has necessarily brought home their writing spiral with all their research. The assignment description and all the notes, outlines, and research live in those spirals, unfortunately. Therefore, they are invited to start fresh since we do have time on our hands, or they can also choose a different hero. The description below matches what the students will see when they are in that activity on SeeSaw.

In a nutshell, it’s a classic five paragraph essay format that includes:

** Their “Imagine if” introductory paragraph. We spent time on this in class

** Ideally, that would be followed by their hero’s background information. If that early life/background/education information is accessible online, great. However, not every hero chosen has a lot of early life information available so this varies student to student.

** Another paragraph will be about the topic connected to their hero. Their hero’s work needs some explanation to help the reader understand the importance of what they achieved. Topic explanations may include describing the situation, the science, problem, crisis, or suffering their hero worked to alleviate. If their hero is/was a scientist, they should be able to explain the science as well as a 5th grader can so the reader has a better understanding. **Another paragraph needs to describe their hero’s achievements, impact, accomplishments, etc… how they made a difference, being as specific as possible, citing evidence. They should include obstacles faced and overcome by their hero. How did they accomplish what they did? What traits did they display that helped make their efforts successful?

** They will need to describe why this person is a hero to them. Why did they choose this person? How does/did this person inspire others as well? This will be a great way to conclude the essay. Some students asked to go beyond five paragraphs, which is totally fine! However, there must be a cohesive flow to the biography with all paragraphs organized in a coherent fashion that propels the reader forward.

They will need to put quotation marks around any direct quotes from their resources, as well as give credit even if they are paraphrasing. This skill was what we were going to cover, but then school shut down so all I am asking is for them to add a Works Cited list at the end of their essay that lists the website addresses of where they got their information. However, if they are dying to dive into how to avoid plagiarism and how to include citations, here is an introductory video lesson: https://www.easybib.com/guides/video-lesson-citations-for-beginners/

(Via SeeSaw) ** “My Coronavirus Journal” is also a long term project assigned on SeeSaw that involves reflection, writing, and some research. It can serve as an opportunity for your child to create a personal “primary source” document for others to refer to in the future when we look back on this time. This is like a “living history” project that takes the form of a google slides final product. Their goal is to simply edit/personalize up to one slide a day. There are a few different color options they can choose for each slide. They should only spend a short amount of time on this assignment each day or every other day.

English Reading =

Options include:

** Mme Mendelssohn will soon share a video of the Read Aloud for the Julian chapter of Auggie and Me. I may learn how to upload it to SeeSaw. I will also ask students to make text connections as they arise during the reading. Stay tuned for more on what that will look like. I am still learning.

** Students should read books they love! They are always encouraged to read every day and be able to tell you about what they’ve read. They should also practice reading aloud using their “AudioBook Style” expression.

** Epic books online is available to 4j students during school hours. They all know how to log in, and there are so many great choices available. https://www.getepic.com/sign-in

access code = rhn9815

The link below will take you to a google doc that provides a long, alphabetized list of educational websites offering FREE ACCESS to families across the country

during this time of school closures related to the COVID-19 virus:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NUKLZN7hGSu1Hzm70kfzBKs-lsSELaEMggS60Bi2O2I/htmlview?sfns=mo

French language arts:

• Students can work on typing by going to https://foxhchar.taptouche.com/connexion/ . All of the students know their log-in and password.

• Students can work on French verb conjugations and the French language at the following websites:

• https://www.larousse.fr/
• https://bescherelle.com/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/
• https://www.lepointdufle.net/p/jeuxdelangue.htm
• http://www.listeningpractice.org/conjugator.php?lang=fra
• https://fr.brainpop.com/francais/grammaire/

• Students can read in French at the following websites:

• https://www.1jour1actu.com/ (current events but also short articles related to other domains. Plus quizzes to test reading comprehension).
• https://monquotidien.playbacpresse.fr/ (more current events for 10-14 year olds)

Science and math in French:

• Students can explore science and math topics by watching a video and testing their comprehension:

• https://fr.brainpop.com/sciencesdelavie/
• https://fr.brainpop.com/sciencesdelaterre/ (Earth science)
• https://fr.brainpop.com/mathematiques/

Social studies in French:

• Students can also study history and geography by watching a video and testing their comprehension at this website: https://fr.brainpop.com/histoiregeoandsociete/

COVID-19 Closure Communication from Mme Mendelssohn & Mme Grabowski:

13 March 2020

Dear Fifth Grade Families,

We hope all of you are well and healthy. The closure of school has a huge impact on all of us, and these are unprecedented and uncertain times. For the time being, if you so choose, your child could explore these links and learning options during the shut down.

English side:

Math =

** Your child can access Dreambox online at any time of day. It’s the online math program purchased by the district and provided for all students. There are lessons for them to do on their dashboard when they sign in. As they master each lesson, eventually the work should become more challenging. Your child knows how to navigate Dreambox quite well. I will also be pushing out a number of Dreambox lessons having to do with decimals that align with 5th grade common core skills recommended by the district that we were going to dive into over the next couple of weeks.

** Your child can also dive into the amazing offerings on Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math I encourage them to select lessons concerning all things “decimals” - comparing, rounding, and performing operations with decimals. What is great about Khan Academy is that the level of difficulty is really up to the learner. If your child is more of an advanced math student, they should select harder concepts to challenge themselves. If there are gaps in your child’s math understanding, Khan Academy has 4th grade level lessons that include all math strands as well.

** Another online Math option that could be tailored to your child’s math level is IXL. https://www.ixl.com/ There may be access to one or two free trial lessons, but after that a family can purchase a one-month subscription for $19.95. It’s a pretty straightforward interface that your child could learn to navigate quickly. I do believe we may already have families that use IXL.

In searching for a broader menu of engaging online learning options for elementary level learners, I came upon this link that had quite of list of websites that go beyond math, reading, etc… Here it is: https://www.weareteachers.com/free-online-learning-resources/#elementary

English Language Arts:

Writing =

Options include:

For those of you wanting to know more details about the Hero Biography Writing project, and what you child could do, if you so choose, here it is:

** The Hero Biography writing project is underway, however, not every child has necessarily brought home their writing spiral with all their research. The assignment description and all the notes, outlines, and research live in those spirals, unfortunately. Therefore, with respect to equity/access, I am not setting expectations for completion with this project. We will resume upon return to school. However, if your child would like to continue on with the work, they are welcome to do so.

In a nutshell, it’s a classic five paragraph essay format that includes:

** Their “Imagine if” introductory paragraph. We spent time on this in class

** Ideally, that would be followed by their hero’s background information. If that early life/background/education information is accessible online, great. However, not every hero chosen has a lot of early life information available so this varies student to student.

** Another paragraph will be about the topic connected to their hero. Their hero’s work needs some explanation to help the reader understand the importance of what they achieved. Topic explanations may include describing the situation, the science, problem, crisis, or suffering their hero worked to alleviate. If their hero is/was a scientist, they should be able to explain the science as well as a 5th grader can so the reader has a better understanding. **Another paragraph needs to describe their hero’s achievements, impact, accomplishments, etc… how they made a difference, being as specific as possible, citing evidence. They should include obstacles faced and overcome by their hero. How did they accomplish what they did? What traits did they display that helped make their efforts successful?

** They will need to describe why this person is a hero to them. Why did they choose this person? How does/did this person inspire others as well? This will be a great way to conclude the essay. Some students asked to go beyond five paragraphs, which is totally fine! However, there must be a cohesive flow to the biography with all paragraphs organized in a coherent fashion that propels the reader forward.

They will need to put quotation marks around any direct quotes from their resources, as well as give credit even if they are paraphrasing. This skill was what we were going to cover next week, so they can wait on that if they are choosing to work on this essay at home. However, if they are dying to dive into how to avoid plagiarism and how to include citations, here is an introductory video lesson: https://www.easybib.com/guides/video-lesson-citations-for-beginners/

** AGAIN - this is just an option and an explanation of the project. I am not assigning this during the shutdown.

** They are also welcome to journal about their activities, feelings, wonderings during this Corona Virus shutdown. It’s certainly a time for the history books, and what they did during the great pandemic of 2020 might be a journal entry worth writing.

English Reading =

Options include:

** Students should read books they love! They are always encouraged to read every day and be able to tell you about what they’ve read. They should also practice reading aloud with “AudioBook Style” expression. Again, just an option.

** Epic books online is available to 4j students during school hours. They all know how to log in, and there are so many great choices available. https://www.getepic.com/sign-in

** They could also continue to read for the purpose of researching their hero and gather even more pertinent information that would inform their writing.

The link below will take you to a google doc that provides a long, alphabetized list of educational websites offering FREE ACCESS to families across the country

during this time of school closures related to the COVID-19 virus:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NUKLZN7hGSu1Hzm70kfzBKs-lsSELaEMggS60Bi2O2I/htmlview?sfns=mo

French language arts:

• Students can work on typing by going to https://foxhchar.taptouche.com/connexion/ . All of the students know their log-in and password.

• Students can work on French verb conjugations and the French language at the following websites:

• https://www.larousse.fr/
• https://bescherelle.com/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/
• https://www.lepointdufle.net/p/jeuxdelangue.htm
• http://www.listeningpractice.org/conjugator.php?lang=fra
• https://fr.brainpop.com/francais/grammaire/

• Students can read in French at the following websites:

• https://www.1jour1actu.com/ (current events but also short articles related to other domains. Plus quizzes to test reading comprehension).
• https://monquotidien.playbacpresse.fr/ (more current events for 10-14 year olds)

Science and math in French:

• Students can explore science and math topics by watching a video and testing their comprehension:

• https://fr.brainpop.com/sciencesdelavie/
• https://fr.brainpop.com/sciencesdelaterre/ (Earth science)
• https://fr.brainpop.com/mathematiques/

Social studies in French:

• Students can also study history and geography by watching a video and testing their comprehension at this website: https://fr.brainpop.com/histoiregeoandsociete/

Just to reiterate, the suggestions above are optional. We will update this blog when we receive more information from the district. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, please, send them to Courtney Leonard, our principal. Her email address is leonard@4j.lane.edu. We appreciate your patience, flexibility, and understanding.

Sincerely,

Mmes Mendelssohn et Grabowski

Week of 9 March 2020

Dear Parents and Guardians,

FYI from Bernadette regarding transition to Roosevelt: Roosevelt accesses all 5th graders that are destined for RMS and sends out an email that says when registration packets will be available...usually sometime after spring break. You will fill out enrollment forms for Roosevelt just like you did when your child entered Kindergarten. You will need to have proof of age and address/residence, and several other things. If you don't hear anything from Roosevelt by April 6th, please contact Bernadette.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: two papers to be signed and returned tomorrow from Mme Grabowski (the most recent homework responsibility report and the most recent French spelling/vocabulary test). You will receive a Progress Update from Mme Mendelssohn to be reviewed with your child and kept at home.

On the English side this week the students will:

• Continue our LZ math unit 5: understanding the concept of multiplying fractions by fractions, using both conceptual / visual models, and standard algorithmic strategies. We will practice drawing models to represent given expressions, as well as using our understanding of multiplying fractions by fractions/whole numbers/mixed numbers to solve word problems. We are short on time until the end of the year (with state testing in mid-May), so we will most likely assess multiplying fractions skills at the end of this week and move on to division of fractions. After Spring Break we will focus on working with decimals.
• Finish the pencil and sharpie work on their Zentangle art projects.
• Work on finishing up rough drafts of their Unsung Hero Biography writing projects!
• Weekly Math/ELA/Science Research project topics will be presented by those that chose to engage with this enrichment opportunity.
• Continue to practice oral reading fluency and reading comprehension skills using the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Qs” passages. They will identify text evidence to support their answer choices in response to this week’s fictional passage.
• Practice computation skills with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, powers of 10, as well as plotting points on the coordinate plane using the Math/ELA Q3:6 after school practice packet.
• Practice this week’s grammar skills including identifying parts of speech, correct placement of commas, determining shifts in verb tenses, determining perfect past/present/future verb tenses, and using our understanding of word roots to determine the meaning of multisyllabic words. Roots for the week will be review of previous roots and affixes.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Mixtures and Solutions. They evaporated some liquid from a chemical reaction last week and will observe it to determine if it was just water or if it was a solution that left behind crystals. They will revisit saturation. The essential questions will be 1) How can we identify the products from the baking soda and calcium chloride reaction?; and perhaps 2) What happens when you mix substances with water in a bag?
• Not have a French spelling/vocabulary test until March 18th. It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• They made some new flash cards last week and finished them on Monday. See the list below.
• Not continue with reading groups.
• Will, instead, take the final part of a four-part, French language test, the same as the one the students took in 3rd grade. This week they will do the speaking section.
• Continue using the passé composé, l’imparfait, articles, and negative expressions.
• Review maps--the different kinds, the information they contain, and common characteristics.
• Discuss why people explore. Time permitting, they will begin reading about the technological innovations of the XVth century that lead to increased maritime exploration from Europe to the Americas and the motivating factors behind this increased exploration.
• Study Roman numerals (time permitting).

Monsieur Chappell has a web site for the Charlemagne music program.Students and their families are invited to explore its contents!

chezchappell.com

Also, the Eugene Symphony is offering PETER AND THE WOLF on APRIL 26 2020 at 1:30 PM.

CLICK HERE TO KNOW MORE!

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great week,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

Week of March 9th STAMP French language assessment in speaking

Friday, March 13th No school-Professional Development Day

Friday, March 20th Last day of school before spring break

Monday, March 30th First day of spring term (aka the last term of 5th grade)!

VOCABULAIRE for test on March 18th (flash cards made week of March 2nd):

le/un navire l’/un inconnu améliorer sillonner

le/un marchand piller expédier malgré

la/une latitude la/une longitude auparavant imperméable

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Week of December 16

Week of January 13

Week of January 20

Week of January 27

Week of February 3

Week of February 10 (As of March 2nd it works!)

Week of February 17

Week of February 24

Week of March 2

Week of March 9

Week of 2 March 2020

Dear Parents and Guardians,

FYI from Bernadette regarding transition to Roosevelt: Roosevelt accesses all 5th graders that are destined for RMS and sends out an email that says when registration packets will be available...usually sometime after spring break. You will fill out enrollment forms for Roosevelt just like you did when your child entered Kindergarten. You will need to have proof of age and address/residence, and several other things. If you don't hear anything from Roosevelt by April 6th, please contact Bernadette.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: nothing from Mme Grabowski. You will receive a Progress Update from Mme Mendelssohn to be reviewed with your child and kept at home.

On the English side this week the students will:

• Continue our LZ math unit 5: understanding the concept of multiplying fractions by fractions, using both conceptual / visual models, and standard algorithmic strategies. We will practice drawing models to represent given expressions, as well as using our understanding of multiplying fractions by fractions/whole numbers/mixed numbers to solve word problems.
• Compare the novel Wonder to the motion picture “Wonder”... We will be making comparisons between the two narrative formats as we finish up the film version on Monday.
• Finally be diving back into their Unsung Hero Biography writing projects! Now that our Wonder unit is concluded, we can focus all our energy on this project as we head toward Spring Break! We will finish researching our heroes, begin better organizing the collected information, polish introductory “Imagine If” paragraphs, decide on the sequence of information for our paragraphs, and work on writing excellent conclusions.
• Weekly Math/ELA/Science Research project topics will be presented by those that chose to engage with this enrichment opportunity.
• Continue to practice oral reading fluency and reading comprehension skills using the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Qs” passages. They will identify text evidence to support their answer choices in response to this week’s fictional passage.
• Practice computation skills with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, powers of 10, as well as plotting points on the coordinate plane using the Math/ELA Q3:5 after school practice packet.
• Practice this week’s grammar skills including identifying parts of speech, correct placement of commas, determining shifts in verb tenses, determining perfect past/present/future verb tenses, and using our understanding of word roots to determine the meaning of multisyllabic words. Roots for the week include: tempor/chron, and sol/mono.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Mixtures and Solutions. They evaporated some solutions and will observe the following crystals: salt, Epsom salts, and citric acid. The essential questions will be 1) What is the effect of mixing two substances with water?; and perhaps 2) How can we identify the products from the baking soda and calcium chloride reaction?
• Have a French spelling/vocabulary test. The next quiz over the words below will be Thursday, March 5th. It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• They made new flash cards last week. See the list below.
• Not continue with reading groups.
• Will, instead, take three parts of a four-part French language test, the same as the one the students took in 3rd grade. This week they will do the listening, reading, and writing sections.
• Continue using the passé composé, articles, and negative expressions.
• Continue studying l’imparfait, the imperfect, which is a past tense. They will finish a project comparing how they were as babies with how they are now as 5th graders. Students will finish editing the compositions that they wrote two weeks ago and will add their photos.

Monsieur Chappell has a web site for the Charlemagne music program.Students and their families are invited to explore its contents!

chezchappell.com

Also, the Eugene Symphony is offering PETER AND THE WOLF on APRIL 26 2020 at 1:30 PM.

CLICK HERE TO KNOW MORE!

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great week,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

Week of March 2nd STAMP French language assessment in reading, writing,

and listening

Week of March 9th STAMP French language assessment in speaking

Friday, March 13th No school-Professional Development Day

Friday, March 20th Last day of school before spring break

Monday, March 30th First day of spring term (aka the last term of 5th grade)!

VOCABULAIRE for test on March 5th (flash cards made week of February 17th):

la/une saturation le/un réactif le/un produit la/une réaction chimique

le/un précipité puis ensuite d’abord

sans lors de à cause de grâce à

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Week of December 16

Week of January 13

Week of January 20

Week of January 27

Week of February 3

Week of February 10 (As of March 2nd it works!)

Week of February 17

Week of February 24

Week of March 2

Week of 24 February 2020

Dear Parents and Guardians,

FYI from Bernadette regarding transition to Roosevelt: Roosevelt accesses all 5th graders that are destined for RMS and sends out an email that says when registration packets will be available...usually sometime after spring break. You will fill out enrollment forms for Roosevelt just like you did when your child entered Kindergarten. You will need to have proof of age and address/residence, and several other things. If you don't hear anything from Roosevelt by April 6th, please contact Bernadette.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: two papers to be signed and returned tomorrow for Mme Grabowski--the most recent homework responsibility report and the most recent vocabulary test. You will also receive a Progress Update from Mme Mendelssohn to be reviewed with your child and kept at home. Corrected Math Unit 4 assessments will be sent home mid-week.

On the English side this week the students will:

• Begin our LZ math unit 5: understanding the concept of multiplying fractions by fractions, using both conceptual / visual models, and standard algorithmic strategies.
• Finish our fiction novel study of Wonder. Students will be examining the various themes, elements of symbolism, their favorite precepts and quotations, the power of point of view, and character comparisons as a form of final assessment for the book.
• Compare the novel Wonder to the motion picture “Wonder” over a period of days, making comparisons between the two narrative formats.
• Weekly Math/ELA/Science Research project topics will be presented by those that chose to engage with this enrichment opportunity.
• Continue to practice oral reading fluency and reading comprehension skills using the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Qs” passages. They will identify text evidence to support their answer choices in response to a passage entitled “The Great Franklin Debate”.
• Practice computation skills with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, powers of 10, as well as plotting points on the coordinate plane using the Math/ELA Q3:4 after school practice packet.
• Practice this week’s grammar skills including identifying parts of speech, correct placement of commas, determining shifts in verb tenses, determining perfect past/present/future verb tenses, and using our understanding of word roots to determine the meaning of multisyllabic words. Roots for the week include: dent/dont, ped/pod… all having to do with teeth and feet! Again, we use the Math/ELA Q3:4 after school practice packet.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Mixtures and Solutions. The essential questions will be 1) What is the identity of the mystery substance?; and perhaps 2) What is the effect of mixing two substances with water?
• Not have a French spelling/vocabulary test. The next quiz over the words below will be Thursday, March 5th. It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• They made new flash cards last week. See the list below.
• Continue reading groups to develop reading fluency and comprehension. The topic is heros.
• Continue using the passé composé, articles, and negative expressions.
• Continue studying l’imparfait, the imperfect, which is a past tense. This will be laying the foundation to start studying history. To practice this tense, students will continue a project to compare how they were as babies with how they are now as 5th graders. Students will edit the compositions that they wrote last week.

Monsieur Chappell has a web site for the Charlemagne music program.Students and their families are invited to explore its contents!

chezchappell.com

Also, the Eugene Symphony is offering PETER AND THE WOLF on APRIL 26 2020 at 1:30 PM.

CLICK HERE TO KNOW MORE!

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonnes vacances,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

Week of March 2nd STAMP French language assessment in reading, writing,

and listening

Week of March 9th STAMP French language assessment in speaking

Friday, March 13th No school-Professional Development Day

Friday, March 20th Last day of school before spring break

Monday, March 30th First day of spring term!

VOCABULAIRE for test on February 19th (flash cards made week of February 3rd):

la/une saturation le/un réactif le/un produit la/une réaction chimique

le/un précipité puis ensuite d’abord

sans lors de à cause de grâce à

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Week of December 16

Week of January 13

Week of January 20

Week of January 27

Week of February 3

Week of February 10 (My apologies but this link is not yet available...perhaps by the 25th)

Week of February 17

Week of February 24

Week of 17 February 2020

Dear Parents and Guardians,

FYI from Bernadette regarding transition to Roosevelt: Roosevelt accesses all 5th graders that are destined for RMS and sends out an email that says when registration packets will be available...usually sometime after spring break. You will fill out enrollment forms for Roosevelt just like you did when your child entered Kindergarten. You will need to have proof of age and address/residence, and several other things. If you don't hear anything from Roosevelt by April 6th, please contact Bernadette.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: nothing from Mme Grabowski. You will also not receive a Progress Update from Mme Mendelssohn until the following Monday, the 24th since she was out with a miserable case of the Flu the entire week from the 10th - the 14th. It’s going to be so good to be back with students!

On the English side this week the students will:

• Review LearnZillion’s unit 4 = Expanding understanding of place value to decimals. Assessing will occur later in the week after additional review of multiplying and dividing by powers of 10.
• Finish our fiction novel study of Wonder: write an acrostic poem that ties into the theme of the novel and the lyrics to “Wonder” by Natalie Merchant. They will finish listing character traits for each character and produce Full Statement Answers to the comprehension questions for the end of the novel.
• Revise their “Imagine if…” introductory paragraph for their unsung hero biography writing project. They will use imagery and descriptive language to create a hook/introduction that compels the reader to keep reading!
• Continue writing their body paragraphs of their unsung hero biography, hoping to have rough drafts ready by Friday.
• Weekly Math Research projects will be presented by those that chose to engage with this enrichment opportunity.
• Continue to practice oral reading fluency and reading comprehension skills using the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Qs” passages. They will identify text evidence to support their answer choices in response to a passage entitled “In the 50s”.
• Using this week’s Math/ELA Q3:3 “AP”, they will continue to practice computation skills with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, determine points on the coordinate plane, and practice standard measurement. This week’s grammar skills include identifying parts of speech, comma splicing, determining shifts in verb tenses, identifying correlative conjunctions, and using our understanding of word roots to determine the meaning of multisyllabic words. Roots for the week include: leg, lig, lect, cur, cour, cor and a review of aqua, hydro.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Mixtures and Solutions. The essential questions will be 1) Does it always take the same amount of solid materials to saturate 50 mL of water?; and 2) What is the identity of the mystery substance?
• Have a French spelling/vocabulary test. The quiz over the DR & MRS VANDER- TRAMPP list (see below) will be Wednesday, February 19th. It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• They made new flash cards last week. See the list below.
• Continue reading groups next week to develop reading fluency and comprehension. The topic is heros.
• Continue using the passé composé, articles, and negative expressions.
• Continue studying l’imparfait, the imperfect, which is a past tense. This will be laying the foundation to start studying history. To practice this tense, students will continue a project to compare how they were as babies with how they are now as 5th graders. To this end, they should have already brought two digital photos to school on a thumbdrive or brought photos to school...not larger than 4 x 6.
• Finish correcting their compositions about winter break.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonnes vacances,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

Monday, February 17th No school--Presidents Day

VOCABULAIRE for test on February 19th (flash cards made week of February 3rd):

Descendre rentrer monter retourner sortir venir

Aller naître devenir entrer rester tomber

Revenir arriver mourir partir passer

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Week of December 16

Week of January 13

Week of January 20

Week of January 27

Week of February 3

Week of February 10 (My apologies but this link is not yet available...perhaps by the 19th)

Week of February 17

Week of 10 February 2020

Dear Parents and Guardians,

FYI from Bernadette regarding transition to Roosevelt: Roosevelt accesses all 5th graders that are destined for RMS and sends out an email that says when registration packets will be available...usually sometime after spring break. You will fill out enrollment forms for Roosevelt just like you did when your child entered Kindergarten. You will need to have proof of age and address/residence, and several other things. If you don't hear anything from Roosevelt by April 6th, please contact Bernadette.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: the most recent homework responsibility report and the most recent French vocabulary test--both to be signed and returned on Tuesday. You will also not receive a Progress Update from Mme Mendelssohn until the following Monday, the 10th, for the same reason.

**It’s a new semester and a fresh start! We want to finish strong in preparation for the continued rigor and increased responsibilities of middle school.

On the English side this week the students will:

• Have their Leadership Traits (raw) writing sample returned with feedback to inform their revision work this week. After the fix ups, it will be time to print and publish. Their leadership line design art and essays will be displayed in the hallway soon.
• Take the last Wonder Vocabulary Quiz with these ten words: rappelled, commencement, Cretinos (cretin), obsession, incantation, aftermath, verbosity, ruminating, seismic, and we are omitting attribution and replacing it with the word: wonder. Quiz day is Thursday, so there is plenty of time for studying.
• Write their “Imagine if…” introductory paragraph for their unsung hero biography writing project. They will use imagery and descriptive language to create a hook/introduction that compels the reader to keep reading!
• Read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional literature using our novel Wonder - the Auggie chapter. They will continue to make text connections, note point of view and the power of perspective, analyze characters’ behaviors, and observe and discuss conflicts in the story.
• Continue our LearnZillion Math Unit 4: Expanding understanding of place value to decimals. Weekly Math Research projects will be reintroduced so those that desire more math enrichment will have that opportunity.
• Continue to practice oral reading fluency and reading comprehension skills using the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Qs” passages. They will identify text evidence to support their answer choices.
• Using this week’s Math/ELA Q3:1 “AP”, they will continue to practice computation skills with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. This week’s grammar skills include identifying parts of speech, comma splicing, differentiating between perfect present/past/future tenses, identify correlative conjunctions, and using our understanding of word roots to determine the meaning of multisyllabic words.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Mixtures and Solutions. Students will solidify their understanding of concentration. The essential questions will be 1) Is there a limit to the amount of salt that will dissolve in 50 mL of water?; 2) Does it always take the same amount of solid materials to saturate 50 mL of water?; and perhaps 3) What is the identity of the mystery substance?
• Not have a French spelling/vocabulary test. The quiz over the DR & MRS VANDERTRAMMPP list (see below) will be Wednesday, February 19th. It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• They made new flash cards last week. See the list below.
• Continue reading groups next week to develop reading fluency and comprehension. The topic is heros.
• Continue using the passé composé, articles, and negative expressions.
• Continue studying l’imparfait, the imperfect, which is a past tense. This will be laying the foundation to start studying history. To practice this tense, students will do a project to compare how they were as babies with how they are now as 5th graders. To this end, they should have brought two digital photos to school on a thumbdrive or brought photos to school...not larger than 4 x 6.
• Finish correcting their compositions about winter break.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonnes vacances,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

Monday, February 10th Two photos due for a FLA project (see above)

Monday, February 17th No school--Presidents Day

VOCABULAIRE for test on February 19th (flash cards made week of February 3rd):

Descendre rentrer monter retourner sortir venir

Aller naître devenir entrer rester tomber

Revenir arriver mourir partir passer

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Week of December 16

Week of January 13

Week of January 20

Week of January 27

Week of February 3

Week of February 10 (My apologies but this link is not yet available...perhaps by the 12th)

Week of 3 February 2020

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Starting the week of February 3rd, we will have a new schedule for PE, music, and library for the rest of the school year. Students will go to PE and music on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 and 12:15. Library will be on Thursdays at 11:05 and at 12:45.

FYI from Bernadette regarding transition to Roosevelt: Roosevelt accesses all 5th graders that are destined for RMS and sends out an email that says when registration packets will be available...usually sometime after spring break. You will fill out enrollment forms for Roosevelt just like you did when your child entered Kindergarten. You will need to have proof of age and address/residence, and several other things. If you don't hear anything from Roosevelt by April 6th, please contact Bernadette.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: three French tests (passé composé, verbes en «ir», la négation) to be signed and returned on Tuesday. Normally you would receive a homework responsibility report from Mme Grabowski, but it will be delayed by a week because of the time demands of report cards. You will also not receive a Progress Update from Mme Mendelssohn until the following Monday, the 10th, for the same reason.

**It’s a new semester and a fresh start! We want to finish strong in preparation for the continued rigor and increased responsibilities of middle school.

On the English side this week the students will:

• Have their Leadership Traits (raw) writing sample returned with feedback to inform their revision work this week. After the fix ups, it will be time to print and publish. Their leadership line design art and essays will be displayed in the hallway soon.
• Take the last Wonder Vocabulary Quiz with these ten words: rappelled, commencement, Cretinos (cretin), obsession, incantation, aftermath, verbosity, ruminating, seismic, and we are omitting attribution and replacing it with the word: wonder. Quiz day is Thursday, so there is plenty of time for studying.
• Write their “Imagine if…” introductory paragraph for their unsung hero biography writing project. They will use imagery and descriptive language to create a hook/introduction that compels the reader to keep reading!
• Read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional literature using our novel Wonder - the Auggie chapter. They will continue to make text connections, note point of view and the power of perspective, analyze characters’ behaviors, and observe and discuss conflicts in the story.
• Continue our LearnZillion Math Unit 4: Expanding understanding of place value to decimals. Weekly Math Research projects will be reintroduced so those that desire more math enrichment will have that opportunity.
• Continue to practice oral reading fluency and reading comprehension skills using the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Qs” passages. They will identify text evidence to support their answer choices.
• Using this week’s Math/ELA Q3:1 “AP”, they will continue to practice computation skills with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. This week’s grammar skills include identifying parts of speech, comma splicing, differentiating between perfect present/past/future tenses, identify correlative conjunctions, and using our understanding of word roots to determine the meaning of multisyllabic words.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Solutions and Mixtures. Students will share their understanding of dissolution and filtering and will study concentration. The essential questions will be 1) What is the relationship between salt-solution concentration and density?; 2) Is there a limit to the amount of salt that will dissolve in 50 mL of water?; and perhaps 3) Does it always take the same amount of solid materials to saturate 50 mL of water?
• Have a French spelling/vocabulary test. The quiz over these words will be Wednesday, February 5th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• They will make new flash cards later this week, so check next week’s blog for the new list.
• Begin new reading groups next week to develop reading fluency and comprehension.
• Continue using the passé composé, articles, and negative expressions.
• Continue studying l’imparfait, the imperfect, which is a past tense. This will be laying the foundation to start studying history. To practice this tense, students will do a project to compare how they were as babies with how they are now as 5th graders. To this end, they should bring two digital photos to school on a thumbdrive or bring photos to school...not larger than 4 x 6.
• Correct their compositions about winter break.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonnes vacances,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

Monday, February 10th Two photos due for a FLA project (see above)

Monday, February 17th No school--Presidents Day

VOCABULAIRE for test on February 5th (flash cards made week of January 20th):

la/un solution la/une concentration la/une densité le/un soluté le/un solvent concentré la/une balance dilué peser le/un volume la/une masse la/une couche

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Week of December 16

Week of January 13

Week of January 20

Week of January 27

Week of February 3

Week of 27 January 2020

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Starting the week of February 3rd, we will have a new schedule for PE, music, and library for the rest of the school year. Students will go to PE and music on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 and 12:15. Library will be on Thursdays at 11:05 and at 12:45.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: nothing from Mme Grabowski. You will receive a Progress Update from Mme Mendelssohn. Please scan this report for any missing work and discuss it with your child. IF they do have any missing work or fixes, they should know where it is and be responsible about getting it into their Rouge or Bleu basket in class. The English side Progress Update is to be read with your child and kept at home. There should be ZERO Progress Updates remaining in the Communications pocket divider after Tuesday. Thank you for your partnership with this routine.

The deadline for turning in Math-a-thon envelopes has been extended to Monday, January 27! It’s not too late.

On the English side this week the students will:

• Compose a narrative writing sample describing the three Leadership/Hero character traits they believe matter most. They will think of people who possess those traits and use that for the content of their body paragraphs of their essay. Self-assessment is also an element of their work.
• Read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional literature using our novel Wonder - the Auggie chapter. They will continue to make text connections, note point of view and the power of perspective, analyze characters’ behaviors, and observe and discuss conflicts in the story.
• Begin LearnZillion Math Unit 4 = Expanding understanding of place value to decimals.
• Continue the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Thursday” (new day!) They will continue working in partners to increase oral reading fluency and strengthen overall reading comprehension.
• Using the weekly “homework/warm-up” - or - “AP”, they will continue to practice grammar skills: identifying parts of speech, comma splicing, differentiating between “larger works” and “smaller works”, identify correlative conjunctions, and using our understanding of word roots to determine the meaning of multisyllabic words. This week’s “homework” will also introduce a conceptual approach to multiplying fractions using models.
• Not have a Wonder Vocabulary Quiz this week!

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Solutions and Mixtures. Students will share their understanding of dissolution and filtering and will study concentration. The essential questions will be 1) How can you determine which solution is more concentrated?; 2) How can you determine the relative concentrations of three mystery solutions?; and perhaps 3) What is the relationship between salt-solution concentration and density?
• Not have a French spelling/vocabulary test. The quiz over these words will be Wednesday, February 5th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Not begin new reading groups to develop reading fluency and comprehension. They will make up any assessments missed due to an absence and review some phonemes.
• Continue using the passé composé, articles, and negative expressions.
• Have a quiz over «ir» verbs in the 2nd group.
• Begin studying l’imparfait, the imperfect, which is a past tense. This will be laying the foundation to start studying history.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonnes vacances,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

Friday, January 31st No school--Grading Day

VOCABULAIRE for test on February 5th (flash cards made week of January 20th):

la/un solution la/une concentration la/une densité le/un soluté le/un solvent concentré la/une balance dilué peser le/un volume la/une masse la/une couche

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Week of December 16

Week of January 13

Week of January 20

Week of January 27

Week of 20 January 2020

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Starting the week of February 3rd, we will have a new schedule for PE, music, and library for the rest of the school year. Students will go to PE and music on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 and 12:15. Library will be on Thursdays at 11:05 and at 12:45.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: the first homework responsibility report for winter term to be signed and returned on Wednesday, notes taken during a dental hygiene presentation, and information about a fun science experiment students can do at home if they’d like. You will also receive a Progress Update from Mme Mendelssohn. Please scan this report for any missing work and discuss it with your child. IF they do have any missing work or fixes, they should know where it is and be responsible about getting it into their Rouge or Bleu basket in class. The English side Progress Update is to be read with your child and kept at home. On the French side on Friday, students cleaned out their cubbies and binders, so please, remove and look at what the students put there. There should be ZERO Progress Updates remaining in the Communications pocket divider after Tuesday. Thank you for your partnership with this routine.

Because it’s a new term, your child’s homework responsibility average might be lower than before since there are fewer scores used to calculate this average: Each assignment carries more weight. If you have not yet done so, please, take the time to help your child set goals for this term. These goals could include 1) maintaining a score of 90% or better by adhering to a regular homework routine; or 2) striving to maintain a score of 90% or better by developing better time management skills, sticking to a regular homework routine, (re)submitting unsatisfactory work to learn from mistakes, and making up work after an absence. Parents do not need to wait for bi-weekly reports to know if their child has missing work. All they have to do is look at the child’s planner: If there are any stamps missing for a school day, there is missing work. On the English side, missing work is noted clearly on the Weekly Progress Update.

Like the Read-a-thon, there is an all-school Math-a-thon as well! The pledge envelopes were sent home Monday the 13th with the math challenges inside. All the Math-a-thon directions are printed on the envelope. We hope for 100% participation in 5th grade! The math problems being offered appear perfectly puzzling and fun! Please encourage your child to participate and return the envelope with the completed problems starting Tuesday, the 21st - Friday, the 24th.

On the English side this week the students will:

• Learn how to write a thesis statement and an introduction for their Unsung Hero biography writing project. They MUST have all their information gathered this week. Check in with your child about their progress and ask them why it’s important for people to know about their hero of choice. Writing rough drafts using their 4j Google Docs account should be happening by the end of the week.
• Complete the Winter round of online Fastbridge assessments for Reading and Math on Wednesday. We may use the easyCBM assessment as an additional data point to inform report cards, and that testing would occur Friday if they schedule allows.
• Read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional literature using our novel Wonder - the Auggie chapter. They will continue to make text connections, note point of view and the power of perspective, analyze characters’ behaviors, and observe and discuss conflicts in the story.
• Take the Wonder Vocabulary Quiz for the Justin chapter on Wednesday: tic, fluke, monologue, spitefully, psyched, audiology, bionic, taciturn, flubbed, bungalow.
• Take the LearnZillion Unit 3 Math test on Wednesday = using equivalency to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators. That
• Continue the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Thursday” (new day!) They will continue working in partners to increase oral reading fluency and strengthen overall reading comprehension.
• Using the weekly “homework/warm-up” - or - “AP”, they will continue to practice grammar skills: identifying parts of speech, comma splicing, differentiating between “larger works” and “smaller works”, identify correlative conjunctions, and using our understanding of word roots to determine the meaning of multisyllabic words.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Solutions and Mixtures. Students will share their understanding of dissolution and filtering and will study concentration.The essential question will be 1) Are all solutions made with soft-drink powder and water the same?
• Make new flash cards (see below). The quiz over these words will be Wednesday, February 5th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reading groups to develop reading fluency and comprehension. The first part of the term students will read some fiction.
• Take a listening assessment.
• Continue studying the passé composé and articles (definite, indefinite, and partitive).
• Perhaps have a quiz over the passé composé.
• Review «ir» verbs in Group 2. 5th graders studied these verbs last year with Mme Jana.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonnes vacances,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

Monday, January 20th No school--MLK Day

Friday, January 31st No school--Grading Day

VOCABULAIRE for test on February 5th (flash cards made week of January 20th):

la/un solution la/une concentration la/une densité le/un soluté le/un solvent concentré la/une balance dilué peser le/un volume la/une masse la/une couche

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Week of December 16

Week of January 13

Week of January 20

Week of 6 January 2020

Bonne année, Parents and Guardians,

Welcome back! We hope that you had a restful and joyful winter break. It’s hard to believe that one third of the school year is behind us and that there are only about five months left before the 5th graders head to middle school.

We are looking for parents willing to volunteer as representatives for Mme Grabowski's (blue) class to liaison with the PTO once a month at our monthly meetings. This will ensure the families in each classroom are connected with school events and activities. Please email frenchiepto@gmail.com if you’re willing to volunteer. It's a great opportunity to have a low-level involvement-- attend PTO meetings once a month and send info out to your student's class!

Thank you to the Kiva and to Hideaway Bakery for giving us discounts on the cheese and baguettes for our cheesing tasting Friday, December 20th.

Thank you to all who generously donated snacky items to the “Happy New Year” themed party on the English side! It was a fun, festive, food-filled gathering! (Yes, Mme Mendelssohn enjoys alliteration!) It was great to celebrate 500 credits worth of positive behaviors.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: two papers to be signed and returned on Wednesday (the most recent French homework responsibility report and the most recent French spelling/vocabulary test), some art work with shadows, students’ moon phases, notes taken during a cheese presentation, cheese worksheet. You will receive a Progress Update Tuesday, the 7th, from Mme Mendelssohn. It is to be read with your child and kept at home. You will also find their scored Wonder Vocabulary Quiz they took before we left for Winter Break. The vocab quiz grade has already been entered and can be kept at home unless they need to fix it.

The above-mentioned, homework responsibility report for French class is the last for fall term, so everyone starts anew with a clean slate as of today. This new term will go up until spring break. On both the English and French side, students have until Friday, January 17th to turn in missing work from this last report. Please, take the time to reflect with your child on the homework responsibility grade for first term and to set new goals: 1) to maintain current effort and 90% or better; or 2) to improve time management skills and responsibility in order to achieve 90% or better. The latter will require more parent supervision. Please, keep in mind that 1) homework is due everyday on the French side; and 2) that by looking at the planner, you can tell if your child is keeping up with French work and/or re-submitting unsatisfactory/ incomplete work. If your child’s planner is missing stamps, your child has missing or unsatisfactory/incomplete work to (re)submit. Students would do well to 1) take notes in class when teachers explain homework; 2) ask questions before leaving class if something is unclear; 3) complete homework carefully by using notes and strategies practiced in class and by following the instructions; and 4) have a set time and place to do homework.

On the English side this week the students will:

• Locate needed information for their Unsung Heroes writing project. They will learn how to determine importance as they read, use an outline to guide their search, take notes, and cite sources. We will be using Google docs for this assignment to better support “collaborative feedback writing trios” once initial drafts are created. Writing is a process! Learning how to use Google docs in 5th grade, and learning how to give and receive feedback will serve them well as they head off to middle school and beyond.
• Read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional literature using our novel Wonder - the Jack/Justin chapters. They will make connections, note point of view, analyze characters, and observe and discuss conflicts in the story.
• Continue the new LearnZillion Math Unit 3 - Using equivalency to add and subtract unlike denominators. We will explore ways to decompose fractions with different denominators to find equivalency, create equivalent sums and differences of fractions, estimate fractional values as greater/less than a given whole number.
• Continue the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Friday” working in partners to increase oral reading fluency and strengthen overall reading comprehension.
• Using the weekly “homework/warm-up” - or - “AP”, they will continue to practice grammar skills: identifying parts of speech, comma placement, and using our understanding of word roots to determine the meaning of multisyllabic words.

On the French side this week students will:

• Begin the science unit called Solutions and Mixtures. The essential questions will be 1) How can a mixture be separated?; and perhaps 2) Where does the solid material go when a solution is made?
• Make new vocabulary cards. The quiz over the vocabulary words below will be on January 22nd. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reading groups to develop reading fluency and comprehension. This term students will read some fiction.
• Take some assessments: reading fluency, comprehension, listening, speaking, and writing.
• Have a presentation about dental hygiene by Mark Stapleton on Friday, the 10th.
• Continue studying the passé composé and articles (definite, indefinite, and partitive).
• Study negative expressions (see vocabulary below).

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonnes vacances,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

Tuesday, January 7th Classes resume

Monday, January 20th No school--MLK Day

Friday, January 31st No school--Grading Day

VOCABULAIRE for test on January 22nd (flash cards made week of January 6th):

ne...pas /point ne...plus ne...jamais ne...guère ne...aucun(e)

Ne...rien ne...que ne...ni...ni ne...personne le/un mélange

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Week of December 16

Week of 16 December 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

Winter break is just around the corner, and we hope that it is a restful and joyful time for you.

Fourth and fifth grade students who turned in a signed permission slip by Friday the 13th are required to come to our first Yearbook Club meeting on Monday, December 16 at 3:15 in Mme Jana's room. Mme Michele and Mme Jana need all students present at this first meeting. Parents please pick your kids up from the carpool area promptly at 4:00. We will see you then!

If you attended the Halloween parade and took photos, Mme Elise would like you to email them to her at salmond_e@4j.lane.edu.

We are looking for parents willing to volunteer as representatives for Mme Grabowski's (blue) class to liaison with the PTO once a month at our monthly meetings. This will ensure the families in each classroom are connected with school events and activities. Please email frenchiepto@gmail.com if you’re willing to volunteer. It's a great opportunity to have a low-level involvement-- attend PTO meetings once a month and send info out to your student's class!

Thank you to the Kiva and to Hideaway Bakery for giving us discounts on the cheese and baguettes for our cheesing tasting this Friday.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: nothing. You will receive a Progress Update Monday, the 16th, from Mme Mendelssohn. It is to be read with your child and kept at home. You will also find the math test from our Unit 2 Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers.

5th graders’ bodies are approaching or have reached puberty which means that their hygiene habits are probably no longer keeping up with their bodies. Last week we sent home some hygiene tips on a sheet of blue paper. If you missed it, check out this website and talk to your child about improving his/her routine: https://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/teen-hygiene#1 . Some of the kids had questions about proper fingernail length. They might have other questions too, so please take a moment to chat about hygiene and products if you have not done so. Reproductive health will be covered in May.

On the English side this week the students will:

• Make progress locating information about our Unsung Heroes for their writing project. So far, many students have found amazing people who have made an impact on our world in some meaningful, inspiring way. They are learning how to collect information in an organized way and how to determine importance.
• Take their third Wonder Vocabulary Quiz for the Summer/Jack chapters on Tuesday the 17th. Ten words tested: retrospect, sympathetic, Zydeco band, horrific, hypocrite, syndrome, protocol, potential, stringent, illuminate. They are growing their vocabulary as it relates to each chapter, including defining and correctly using the word and identifying the correct part of speech. They are continuing to use their metacognition to deepen their text connections. Also, they will practice responding to questions thoroughly and coherently, while meaningfully citing text evidence using the proper format. Developing character descriptions is also in the plan.
• Continue the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Friday” working in partners to increase oral reading fluency and strengthen overall reading comprehension.
• Begin the new LearnZillion Math Unit 3 - Using equivalency to add and subtract unlike denominators. This week we will explore ways to decompose fractions with different denominators to find equivalency, create equivalent sums and differences of fractions, estimate fractional values as greater/less than a given whole number.
• Prepare their arty gifts for their Buddies: origami cranes! They practiced quite a bit last week and many are now hooked! This bodes well for the Cranes For a Cause social impact project I’d like to try here at Charlemagne in the Spring. Origami paper donations are happily accepted. ;-)
• Celebrate wonderful whole group behaviors exhibited since September by having a mock New Year’s Eve Party on Thursday the 19th. Each class will have their own party that day and it should be a fun time for all! If you have questions please refer to the handout sent home in the Communications pocket of their binder last week. It was also posted on Class Dojo. How fun to pretend to ring in 2020 *a new decade* together here at school! Thank you to all of you who have already offered to contribute to our snack buffet. Much appreciated.

On the French side this week students will:

• Finish the science unit called Earth and Sun. They will take a final test over the unit this week.
• Have a quiz over the vocabulary words below on December 18th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reading groups. Students will finish reading about cheese production while working on vocabulary development, reading fluency, and comprehension.
• Continue studying the passé composé and articles (definite, indefinite, and partitive).
• Continue studying reflexive verbs while reviewing good hygiene.
• Review the imperative (commands).
• Last week Yves made a presentation about une dégustation de fromage, and the students will have one on Friday, December 20th! They will have the opportunity to try cheeses made from the milk of cows, sheep, and goats.
• Time permitting, they will work on their listening skills and watch a video about cheese production.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonnes vacances,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

Friday, December 20th Last day of school before winter break

Tuesday, January 7th Classes resume

VOCABULAIRE for test on December 18th (flash cards made on 2nd):

brosser se brosser laver se laver réveiller

se réveiller habiller s’habiller l’/une évaporation la/une condensation

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Week of December 16

Week of 9 December 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

We hope that you all had a relaxing and rejuvenating Thanksgiving break.

If you attended the Halloween parade and took photos, Mme Elise would like you to email them to her at salmond_e@4j.lane.edu.

We are looking for parents willing to volunteer as representatives for Mme Grabowski's (blue) class to liaison with the PTO once a month at our monthly meetings. This will ensure the families in each classroom are connected with school events and activities. Please email frenchiepto@gmail.com if you’re willing to volunteer. It's a great opportunity to have a low-level involvement-- attend PTO meetings once a month and send info out to your student's class!

The week of December 9th, in the communications pocket divider you will find: the most recent homework responsibility report to be signed and returned tomorrow, hygiene information on blue paper, and corrected reading comprehension questions about the solar system. You will receive a Progress Update Monday the 9th from Mme Mendelssohn. It is to be read with your child and kept at home.

5th graders’ bodies are approaching or have reached puberty which means that their hygiene habits are probably no longer keeping up with their bodies. While we will discuss the information on the blue sheet in class, please, take some time to go over it as well with your child. This website is also a good resource on the same topic: https://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/teen-hygiene#1 . Reproductive health will be covered in May.

**Reminder = Toys should be left at home. Please remind your child to leave collector cards, small figurines, and other little toys at home. They get lost, ruined, and can potentially spark conflicts and upset feelings when “traded” or “given away”... Thank you for supporting our efforts to minimize distractions here at school.

On the English side this week the students will:

• Continue our whole group reading of the realistic fiction novel Wonder. They are growing their vocabulary as it relates to each chapter, including defining and correctly using the word and identifying the correct part of speech. They are continuing to use their metacognition to deepen their text connections. Also, they will practice responding to questions thoroughly and coherently, while meaningfully citing text evidence using the proper format.
• Continue the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Friday” working in partners to increase oral reading fluency and strengthen overall reading comprehension.
• Examine their collaboratively crafted Abe Lincoln paragraphs and assess them for quality. What must a biographical 5 paragraph essay include? They will review the correct structure, understanding that it supports the organization skills required of the more advanced academic writing that lies ahead. (Fiction writing is on the horizon here in 5th grade, but right now we are focusing on informational/persuasive pieces.)
• Explore and research possible subjects for the Leader/Unsung Hero essays. What questions should we ask as we begin researching our chosen person of influence/unsung hero? How do we know they qualify for this assignment?
• Conclude our LearnZillion Math unit studying multiplication and division strategies (whole numbers) and take the unit test mid-week. They’ve worked hard to add the Area Model for division to their “strategy toolkit” and will also practice the Partial Quotients strategy too. For a number of students, multiplication fact practice at home is strongly encouraged! Next up will be Unit 3 - Using equivalency to add and subtract unlike denominators.
• Continue to grow our understanding of compassion as being empathy in action. Please see the Charlemagne parent newsletter for more information regarding the school-wide season of giving that leads up to Winter Break. We are still collecting non-perishable food donations for Food For Lane County until Friday. We are growing and celebrating compassionate behaviors here in the 5th grade at Charlemagne.

On the French side this week students will:

• Finish the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential question will be: 1) What is the water cycle?
• Have a quiz over the vocabulary words below on December 18th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reading groups. Students will read about cheese and work on vocabulary development, reading fluency, and comprehension.
• Continue studying the passé composé and articles (definite, indefinite, and partitive).
• Begin studying reflexive verbs while reviewing good hygiene.
• Correct the descriptions of their Monday routine and what they did on November 11th. The goal is to know when to use the present and past tenses and to conjugate the verbs correctly.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min,

Friday, December 20th Last day of school before winter break

Tuesday, January 7th Classes resume

VOCABULAIRE for test on December 18th (flash cards made on 2nd):

brosser se brosser laver se laver réveiller

se réveiller habiller s’habiller l’/une évaporation la/une condensation

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week of December 9

Weeks of 25 November and 2 December 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, this blog will not be updated until Monday, December 9th.

If you attended the Halloween parade and took photos, Mme Elise would like you to email them to her at salmond_e@4j.lane.edu.

We are looking for parents willing to volunteer as representatives for Mme Grabowski's (blue) class to liaison with the PTO once a month at our monthly meetings. This will ensure the families in each classroom are connected with school events and activities. Please email frenchiepto@gmail.com if you’re willing to volunteer. It's a great opportunity to have a low-level involvement-- attend PTO meetings once a month and send info out to your student's class!

The week of November 25th, in the communications pocket divider you will find: nothing from Mme Grabowski. You will receive a Progress Update Monday, November 25th from Mme Mendelssohn, but not the following Monday, December 2nd due to the short week.

In the communications pocket divider on December 2nd, you will find: the most recent French spelling test to be signed and returned on the 3rd. Look for the next homework responsibility report from Mme Grabowski on the 9th.

**Reminder = Toys should be left at home. Please remind your child to leave collector cards, small figurines, and other little toys at home. They get lost, ruined, and can potentially spark conflicts and upset feelings when “traded” or “given away”... Thank you for supporting our efforts to minimize distractions here at school.

On the English side over the next two weeks the students will:

• Continue our whole group reading of the realistic fiction novel Wonder. They are growing their vocabulary as it relates to each chapter. They are continuing to use their metacognition to deepen their text connections in an effort to further develop overall comprehension skills.
• Develop their written responses to fiction reading, improving their use of text evidence.
• Continue the weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Friday” (the following week) working in partners to increase oral reading fluency and strengthen overall reading comprehension.
• Collaboratively organize a large set of randomly ordered facts about an influential person. They will sort them into five paragraphs that will each focus on a main idea. This is preparing them for organizing their own upcoming Leader/Unsung Hero essay that is on the horizon.
• Continue our LearnZillion math unit “Developing multiplication and division strategies”. We will be using additional teaching materials in conjunction with LZ. Standard algorithm for multiplication and a variety of division strategies will be covered. A system of Math enrichment options are available in the form of weekly math research mini-projects and Dreambox online learning. Multiplication fact practice at home is strongly encouraged!
• “Level-up” compassionate behaviors towards ourselves and others. What do we do when we know a classmate is suffering? How can we act on our understanding of kindness in a way that strengthens our classroom/school community? We are growing and celebrating compassionate behaviors here in the 5th grade at Charlemagne.

On the French side over the next two weeks students will:

• Continue the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential questions will be: 1) How does energy transfer to the air?; 2) What happens when a volume of fluid is warmed at the bottom?; 3) What causes condensation to form?; and maybe 4) How does water vapor get into the air?
• Have a quiz over the vocabulary words below on November 27th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reading groups. Students will begin reading about cheese and will work on vocabulary development, reading fluency, and comprehension.
• Continue studying the passé composé and articles (definite, indefinite, and partitive).
• Continue a nutrition unit. Students will analyze the meals that they tracked for five days, study portion sizes, and perhaps analyze their favorite meal and snacks. They will also try some pain au chocolat which is sometimes part of a French breakfast.
• Correct the descriptions of their Monday routine and what they did on November 11th. The goal is to know when to use the present and past tenses and to conjugate the verbs correctly.
• Graph and analyze the results of a survey that the students did about respect (time permitting).

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min,

Wednesday, November 27th French spelling/vocabulary test over the words below.

November 28th and 29th No school--Thanksgiving Break

Friday, December 6th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

VOCABULAIRE for test on November 27th (flash cards made on 13th):

absorber la/une conduction se contracter la/une convection

le/un rayon réfléchir la/une radiation se dilater

le/un transfert le/un courant

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Week of November 25 and this one too

Week 18 November 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

Thanks to everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to meet with us during conferences. Though our time was short, we enjoyed meeting with you!

Thanks to Yves for his presentation last Friday about French meals and food.

If you attended the Halloween parade and took photos, Mme Elise would like you to email them to her at salmond_e@4j.lane.edu.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: the most recent homework responsibility report (to be signed and returned Tuesday). You will also find a Progress Update from the English side. More details are printed at the top of that report from Mme Mendelssohn.

Readathon envelopes are being collected. Please have your child bring theirs to the office.

**Reminder = Toys should be left at home. Please remind your child to leave collector cards, small figurines, and other little toys at home. They get lost, ruined, and can potentially spark conflicts and upset feelings when “traded” or “given away”... Thank you for supporting our efforts to minimize distractions here at school.

On the English side over the next two weeks the students will:

• Continue our whole group reading of the realistic fiction novel Wonder. We are all becoming quite absorbed in this story! Such fantastic discussions... Each day we practice our metacognition as it relates to reading. We continue to make Text Connections: text to self, text to text, text to world and share them out whole group.
• Take the first Wonder Vocabulary Quiz - Monday, November 18th. They should have their Wonder Flip Book for studying.
• Continue the new weekly routine of “Fluency/Comprehension Friday” work in partners to increase oral reading fluency and strengthen overall reading comprehension.
• Continue reading their “practice” biography books in class as a way to better understand the genre and how to organize biographical information. These books serve as models for their own Leader/Unsung hero biography writing project that begins later.
• Continue our LearnZillion math unit “Developing multiplication and division strategies”. We will be using additional teaching materials in conjunction with LZ. Standard algorithm for multiplication and a variety of division strategies will be covered. A system of Math enrichment options are now available in the form of weekly math research mini-projects and Dreambox online learning. Multiplication fact practice at home is strongly encouraged!
• Continue noticing of acts of kindness around our school community. We will share these whole group each day. Support your child in noticing acts of kindness all around them. Classroom culture is a key to academic growth. We are growing and celebrating compassionate behaviors.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential questions will be: 1) What happens to earth materials when they are exposed to sunlight?; and 2) How does energy transfer to the air?
• Have a quiz over the vocabulary words below on November 27th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reading groups. Students will finish reading about the solar system or space exploration and will also work on vocabulary development, reading fluency, and comprehension.
• Continue studying the passé composé and articles (definite, indefinite, and partitive).
• Continue a nutrition unit. Students will read about what constitutes a healthy diet, share their findings with others, and perhaps discuss the food pyramid.
• Graph and analyze the results of a survey that the students did about respect (time permitting).

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min,

Wednesday, November 27th French spelling/vocabulary test over the words below.

November 28th and 29th No school--Thanksgiving Break

Friday, December 6th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

VOCABULAIRE for test on November 27th (flash cards made on 13th):

absorber la/une conduction se contracter la/une convection

le/un rayon réfléchir la/une radiation se dilater

le/un transfert le/un courant

If you received an email from Mme Grabowski regarding French reading fluency, here are the links for your child to access the lessons:

Week of November 11

http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~grabowski_c/audio/Ratus%2030-31.mp3

Week of November 18

Weeks of 4 and 11 November 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

Mme Grabowski hopes that some of you were able to make it to the College Hill Reservoir Friday evening. Luckily the sky was much clearer than it was a month ago. While there, she saw the Moon through two telescopes--one powerful enough to show many craters including Atlas and Hercules. She also saw some double stars and Saturn. If you couldn’t make it, perhaps you can try on Friday, December 6th (weather permitting). You can stay for as long or as little as you like.

Because this week is short due to conferences and because of the holiday on Monday, November 11th, this blog will not be updated until Monday, November 18th.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: the most recent vocabulary test and the most recent homework responsibility report (both to be signed and returned Tuesday), a health screening report, and school photos. You will also find a Progress Update from the English side. More details are printed at the top of that report from Mme Mendelssohn.

The week of the 11th in the communications pocket divider you will find: perhaps a vocabulary test to be signed and returned.

Ordering for this first Scholastic book order is closed, but stay tuned for our next book order opportunity before the Winter Break. Orders that were placed by the 10/31 deadline should arrive soon for distribution to those individual students.

Readathon envelopes for our annual fundraiser went home last week and your child should be able to let you know the details! Start recording those minutes read outside of school!

Conferences are just around the corner. We will both be present and are looking forward to meeting with you, so go to the following website to sign up for one 10-minute slot per student. If you have more than one child, please, be sure to leave at least 10 minutes in between the conferences. Here is the link to use: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c4baaaa2fa6fc1-5thgrade1

On the English side over the next two weeks the students will:

• Continue our whole group reading of the realistic fiction novel Wonder. We are all becoming quite absorbed in this story! Such fantastic discussions... Each day we practice our metacognition as it relates to reading. We continue to make Text Connections: text to self, text to text, text to world and share them out whole group. Vocabulary work, character analysis, and crafting high quality written responses to questions about our reading are the focus.
• Continue the new weekly routine of “Fluency Friday” work in partners to increase oral reading fluency and strengthen overall reading comprehension. This practice and assignment completion will occur Tuesday/Wednesday due to the short week.
• Survey books to prepare for small group informational reading - biographies of great leaders. Materials are being collected - stay tuned.
• Work on organizing our questions and ideas for our upcoming informative “leadership” essay writing. Preferably, the leader each student chooses would be more of an “unsung hero” who is making a positive difference in some way. We can be flexible and creative.
• Begin our LearnZillion math unit “Developing multiplication and division strategies”. We will be using additional teaching materials in conjunction with LZ. Standard algorithm for multiplication and a variety of division strategies will be covered. A system of Math enrichment options are now available in the form of weekly math research mini-projects and Dreambox online learning. Multiplication fact practice at home is strongly encouraged!
• Continue noticing of acts of kindness around our school community. We will share these whole group each day. Support your child in noticing acts of kindness all around them. Classroom culture is a key to academic growth. We are growing and celebrating compassionate behaviors.

On the French side over the next two week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential questions will be: 1) How do parts of the solar system interact?; 2) Why do stars appear to move across the sky?; and 3) What happens to earth materials when they are exposed to sunlight?
• Have a quiz over the vocabulary words below on November 6th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Make new vocabulary cards on the 13th (see words below). The test over these words will be on the 27th.
• Continue reading groups. Students will read about the solar system or space exploration and will also work on vocabulary development, reading fluency, and comprehension.
• Continue studying the passé composé and articles (definite, indefinite, and partitive).
• Continue a nutrition unit. Students will read about what constitutes a healthy diet.
• Graph and analyze the results of a survey that the students did about respect (time permitting).

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min,

Wednesday, November 6th French spelling/vocabulary test over the words below.

Wednesday, November 6th Conferences from 4-8 p.m.

Thursday, November 7th Conferences from 8 - 8

Friday, November 8th No school - Make up day for conferences

Monday, November 11th No school - Veterans Day

Wednesday, November 27th French spelling/vocabulary test over the words below.

November 28th and 29th No school--Thanksgiving Break

Friday, December 6th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

VOCABULAIRE for test on November 6th:

graviter croissant décroissant gazeux/euse

rocheux/euse la/une lune la/une planète la pleine Lune

la nouvelle Lune attirer

BONUS: la/une gravitation l’/une intertie

VOCABULAIRE for test on November 27th (flash cards will be made on 13th):

absorber la/une conduction se contracter la/une convection

le/un rayon réfléchir la/une radiation se dilater

le/un transfert le/un courant

Weeks of 28 October 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

Mme Grabowski may have jury duty starting on Tuesday, the 29th. If that is the case, please, remind your child to be kind, cooperative, and respectful toward the substitute teacher(s). This means that she may not respond promptly to emails and appreciates your understanding. This also means that students will go to the library on Tuesday this week and not Monday.

If the sky is clear, be sure to head to the College Hill Reservoir between 7 and 10 p.m. on Friday to observe the Moon, stars, and planets. This is not a required activity...just for fun.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: 1) read-a-thon information.

Please consider placing a Scholastic Book order. Simply refer to the link in the email from Mme Mendelssohn sent previously. Since we do not have a Scholastic Book Fair on the Charlemagne calendar, this is a great way to buy books and support our growing classroom library. Deadline: Thursday, 10/31. Thank you!

Conferences are just around the corner. We will both be present and are looking forward to meeting with you, so go to the following website to sign up for one 10-minute slot per student. If you have more than one child, please, be sure to leave at least 10 minutes in between the conferences. Here is the link to use: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c4baaaa2fa6fc1-5thgrade1

On the English side this next week the students will:

• Continue our whole group reading of the realistic fiction novel Wonder. So far it’s a hit! Each day we practice our metacognition as it relates to reading. Ask your child about making Text Connections: text to self, text to text, text to world. Vocabulary work, summarizing, and character analysis are the skills we are focusing on this week.
• Small Group Reading - biographies of great leaders - coming soon!
• Write a second and final draft of their opinion paragraph titled Who Has the Power. We will collectively determine the Criteria For Success for writing high quality paragraphs. Character trait vocabulary continues. From their own perspective, they will write about the three character traits they believe are the most important in a positive leader. A five paragraph Leadership Traits essay is coming up before we dive into researching a specific leader.
• The Volume unit in math is complete, they’ve taken their assessment, and they will be getting those back at the start of the week. We begin our LearnZillion math unit “Developing multiplication and division strategies”. We will be using additional teaching materials in conjunction with LZ. Standard algorithm for multiplication and a variety of division strategies will be covered. A system of Math enrichment options are now available in the form of “weekly” math research mini-projects.
• Continue noticing of acts of kindness around our school community. The Kindness Kudos system is now in place and students are to be on the lookout for any and all acts of kindness, big or small. We share these whole group each day. Support your child in noticing acts of kindness all around them. Classroom culture is a key to academic growth. We are growing and celebrating compassionate behaviors.

On the French side this next week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential questions will be: 1) How does the shape of the Moon change over four weeks?; 2) How do parts of the solar system interact?
• Have a quiz over the vocabulary words below on November 6th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reading groups. Students will read about the solar system or space exploration and will also work on vocabulary development, reading fluency, and comprehension.
• Begin studying the passé composé.
• Continue studying the partitive article and review definite and indefinite articles.
• Begin a nutrition unit. Students will track what they eat for five days this week.
• Perhaps do some lessons about safety at the beach and on ice, at home, and in public if the substitute teacher does not speak French (if Mme Grabowski has jury duty).
• Graph and analyze the results of a survey that the students did about respect (time permitting).

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min,

Track their food and fluid intake for five days.

Thursday, October 31st Scholastic online book orders due - if ordering.

Friday, November 1st Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

Wednesday, November 6th French spelling/vocabulary test over the words below.

Wednesday, November 6th Conferences from 4-8 p.m.

Thursday, November 7th Conferences from 8 - 8

Friday, November 8th No school - Make up day for conferences

Monday, November 11th No school - Veterans Day

Friday, December 6th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

VOCABULAIRE:

graviter croissant décroissant gazeux/euse

rocheux/euse la/une lune la/une planète la pleine Lune

la nouvelle Lune attirer

BONUS: la/une gravitation l’/une intertie

Calling all Charlemagne artists! It is time for the annual yearbook cover art contest. Remember, our school mascot is a plain ol’ fox! Draw, paint or computer draw a cover for our yearbook. Make sure the paper is 8 ½ by 11 portrait (standing tall) and that you put your name and grade on the back. Submit all art by Monday, November 4th. Turn your work in to the Fox Box across the hall from Mme Bernadette!

Weeks of 21 October 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: 1) two papers to be signed and returned tomorrow--the most recent homework responsibility report for French class and a written test over avoir, être, faire, aller, and les verbes en «er» in the present tense.

Conferences are just around the corner. We will both be present and are looking forward to meeting with you, so go to the following website to sign up for a 10-minute slot. If you have more than one child, please, be sure to leave at least 10 minutes in between the conferences. Here is the link to use: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c4baaaa2fa6fc1-5thgrade1

On the English side this next week the students will:

• Begin our whole class Book Club using the novel Wonder. There are MANY essential questions we can ask with this book. An example: How does “point of view” influence a character’s description of an event? This realistic fiction novel supports growing our comprehension skills, but also our social emotional learning with its themes: inclusion, kindness, fitting in/standing out, leadership, courage, friendship, bullying, resilience, etc… After understanding the routines and roles at the heart of Book Club, students will be more successful when our smaller book clubs begin at a later date.
• Deepen their conceptual understanding of Leadership and the character traits of positive leaders. Character trait vocabulary, comparisons, discussions, reading about leaders (Epic Books online) and finding commonalities. From their own perspective, they will write about the character traits and qualities they believe are the most important in a positive leader.
• We will be wrapping up our Math unit: Understanding Volume. We have been working to recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement. Using both conceptual and concrete approaches: working with manipulatives as well as formulas and other strategies to determine the volume of a rectangular prism and - even dabbling with finding the volume of composite figures.
• Continue our discussions around Growth Mindset, Empathy and Respect, co-creating a classroom culture where everyone feels like they belong.

On the French side this next week students will:

• Continue the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential questions will be: 1) How would you describe the size of and distance between Earth, the Moon, and the Sun?; 2) How does the shape of the Moon change over four weeks?
• Have a quiz over the vocabulary words below on October 24th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Begin reading groups. Students will read about the solar system or space exploration.
• Begin studying the passé composé (past tense).
• Begin studying the partitive article and review definite and indefinite articles.
• Discuss ways to control unpleasant emotions (time permitting).
• Graph and analyze the results of a survey that the students did about respect (time permitting).

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

October 24th French spelling/vocabulary test over the words below.

Friday, November 1st Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

Wednesday, November 6th Conferences from 4-8 p.m.

Thursday, November 7th Conferences from 8 - 8

Friday, November 8th No school - Make up day for conferences

Monday, November 11th No school - Veterans Day

Friday, December 6th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

VOCABULAIRE:

mais mes mets met où ou

et est donc or car lorsque

News from the School Nurse - The screening for your school this year is October 25th. Once a year all elementary schools are required to conduct a health screening consisting of a brief vision and dental check. Lion’s volunteers bring a SPOT machine which is like a camera that takes a brief picture of a person’s eyes. The Lion’s will run a report of the results that are stored in the SPOT which we will pass on to you about a week later. The dental check involves a hygienist taking a quick look inside their mouth to see if there are any cavities, infections, or other anomalies. Please contact the school nurse if you have questions or concerns. Lourie Morgan, RN morgan_l@4J.lane.edu

Calling all Charlemagne artists! It is time for the annual yearbook cover art contest. Remember, our school mascot is a plain ol’ fox! Draw, paint or computer draw a cover for our yearbook. Make sure the paper is 8 ½ by 11 portrait (standing tall) and that you put your name and grade on the back. Submit all art by Monday, November 4th. Turn your work in to the Fox Box across the hall from Mme Bernadette!

Weeks of 7 and 14 October 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

Hooray! The clouds burned off earlier in the morning on the 1st and stayed away all day, so the 5th graders were finally able to make sundials.

Because this week is a short week due to a professional development day on the 10th and an in-service day on the 11th, this blog entry will cover two weeks and not be updated until the week of the 21st.

The week of the 7th in the communications pocket divider you will find: 1) two papers to be signed and returned tomorrow--the most recent homework responsibility report for French class and an oral quiz over avoir, être, faire, and aller; and 2) information about school photos.

The week of the 14th in the communications pocket divider you will find: 1) the most recent French spelling/vocabulary test to be signed and returned on the 15th.

On the English side this week students will:

• Each reflect on how they performed on the Informational Text Structures test in such a way that they determine the skills they still need to grow. I have been clear that when we assess, it should inform us: what have we mastered, and what do we still need to practice. It’s all about growing our skills, not test-stress. :-) They will use Informational Text Structures in their writing once we get to their expository paragraphs and persuasive pieces describing a positive leader of their choosing.
• After a final skills check in on Monday, it’s then time to begin LZ Unit 1: Understanding Volume. We will begin working to recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.
• Begin a new routine practice for in-class warm up and at home practice: the Weekly Language Review. It consists of English language elements that will improve their understanding of English and support their writing as well. It will include: types of sentences, all parts of speech, verb tenses, comma usage, possessives, simile/metaphor, word roots/affixes, etc… So now instead of doing their Growth Mindset warm up upon entry, they will get a quick head start on their Math/Language Review Homework (“AP” - at home practice we like to call it). Their routine homework load has not increased on the English side, it’s just changed a bit.
• Begin our initial study of Leadership - What can we control and not control and how do we handle that? What is a leader and what qualities do they possess? How have well-known, impactful leaders used Growth Mindset to achieve their goals? Various classroom activities will support reading, writing, vocabulary, and thinking skills, all within the context of “Leadership”... more to come.
• Introduce concepts of fictional narratives and how certain stories can increase our understanding of positive leadership. Then hopefully we will begin small groups as well.
• Continue our discussions around Growth Mindset, Empathy and Respect, co-creating a culture where everyone feels like they belong.

On the French side over the next two weeks students will:

• Graph and analyze the results of a survey that the students did about respect
• Read a story about how a lack of respect can impact relationships
• Continue the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential questions will be: 1) What can be learned by studying the length and direction of shadows?; 2) What causes day and night?; 3) How do meteorologists measure and record weather variables?; and perhaps 4) How would you describe the size of and distance between Earth, the Moon, and the Sun?
• Review interrogative expressions
• Have a quiz over the vocabulary words below on October 9th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reviewing avoir, être, faire, aller, and “er” verbs in the present tense (a review of what students studied last year) and using the dictionary by writing a story about a bear and its shadow. The students will take a test over these verbs in the present tense the week of the 14th.
• Make new flashcards. The test over these words will be on Thursday, October 24th.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or Math/English assignment, and read 20 min.

October 9th French spelling/vocabulary test over the words below.

October 10th No school--Professional Development and Planning

October 11th No school--State In-Service Day

Week of October 14th Test over avoir, être, faire, aller, and er verbs in the

present tense

October 18th Picture Day

Friday, November 1st Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

Friday, December 6th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

VOCABULAIRE:

• le/un vent • l’/une atmosphère • pourquoi • comment

• quand • combien • où • avoir chaud

• avoir honte • avoir sommeil • avoir froid • faire froid

• faire chaud • avoir hâte de • avoir envie de • **la météorologie

The library will be open to classes starting ​Monday​,September 23​. Do you want to volunteer in the library? Contact Camilla Johnston atcamillajohnston@icloud.com​ for details and training.There are still some overdues and fines from last year. The week of September 16, your student may receive a library notice regarding overdue books. If your child has overdue books please return them to the library or pay the assessed fines to Bernadette in the office. All fines/overdues must be addressed before your child is able to check out books. If you need financial assistance with fines, see Bernadette in the office.If there is an error in the notice, please let us know in one of the following ways:

■Library Dropbox: Located outside the library. Let us know your student’s first and last name, teacher and the error. For Example “Bruni, Carla/3rd Grade; Paid fines - $20 to office. Please remove fines.”

■Email the Library at ​charlemagnelibrary@4j.lane.edu​. Give the same information.

Week of 30 September 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: 1) corrected homework from French class; 2) last week’s French spelling/vocabulary quiz to be signed and returned on Tuesday.

Our goal for 5th graders is to develop time management and organization skills. To this end, we ask parents to empty ONLY the Communications pocket folder on Mondays, the day we will send home materials and classwork. We will do binder checks and clean out binders periodically to ensure that students are keeping track of notes and important papers and sharing with you what they should.

Starting on Monday, September 30th, homework on the French side will include Moon observations for the next month. There is a sheet to fill out, and it should remain in the pocket divider called “devoirs” which means homework. Students are asked to include the time, the place, and whether or not they saw the actual Moon and why not. If you have an obstructed view of the sky, please, take the time to walk to a safe spot with your child. Remember that the moon is not visible just at night. If you are out driving around (even on the way to school) or attending an outdoor game or practice, remind your child to observe the daytime sky as well. Thanks in advance for your help! Mme Grabowski has included Star Party dates below. She will attend at least one depending on the weather and her schedule. If you have never gone, it is a wonderful opportunity to observe the Moon, planets, and stars. If it’s not too cloudy this Friday evening, please, join Mme Grabowski at College Hill where the Eugene Astronomical Society will be there with their telescopes. It is a wonderful opportunity to gaze at planets, stars, and the Moon...weather permitting, of course.

On the English side this week students will:

• Resume and complete the test for Non-Fiction Text Structures, comparing two or more texts: Compare/Contrast, Cause/Effect, Problem/Solution, Chronology (Order & Sequence), and Description. For this assessment, students are able to choose between history or science articles as the focus. They can use their Albert Einstein model and their Text Structures Flip Book as resources. We should wrap this up on Monday.
• Continue our Math unit: Representing Algebraic thinking. We are reading, writing, and evaluating expressions using the Order of Operations (PEMDAS). (Sometimes we examine the relationships between expressions without evaluating them.)
• Introduce a Weekly Language Review that will include English language skills, etc… It will be rotated in as an at-home practice assignment, alternating with math, week by week. It will consist of: types of sentences, parts of speech, verb tenses, comma usage, simile/metaphor, word roots/affixes, etc...
• Begin our initial study of Leadership - What can we control and not control and how do we handle that? What is a leader and what qualities do they possess? How have well-known, impactful leaders used Growth Mindset to achieve their goals? Various classroom activities will support reading, writing, vocabulary, and thinking skills, all within the context of “Leadership”... more to come.
• Continue our discussions around Growth Mindset, Empathy and Respect, co-creating a culture where everyone feels like they belong.

On the French side this week students will:

• Survey some students about respect, analyze, and graph the results
• Read a story about how a lack of respect can impact relationships
• Continue the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential questions will be: 1) How do meteorologists measure and record weather variables?; and 2) What can be learned by studying the length and direction of shadows? Hopefully we can use a real sundial instead of watching a video of a sundial, but we’ve waited long enough for the weather to cooperate. This Fall sure has been cloudier than the past three years or so.
• Review idiomatic expressions with avoir and faire
• Have a quiz over the vocabulary words below on October 9th. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reviewing avoir, être, faire, aller, and “er” verbs in the present tense (a review of what students studied last year).

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Friday, October 4th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

October 9th French spelling/vocabulary test over the words below.

October 10th No school--Professional Development and Planning

October 11th No school--State In-Service Day

Friday, November 1st Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

Friday, December 6th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

VOCABULAIRE:

• le/un vent • l’/une atmosphère • pourquoi • comment

• quand • combien • où • avoir chaud

• avoir honte • avoir sommeil • avoir froid • faire froid

• faire chaud • avoir hâte de • avoir envie de • **la météorologie

The library will be open to classes starting ​Monday​,September 23​. Do you want to volunteer in the library? Contact Camilla Johnston atcamillajohnston@icloud.com​ for details and training.There are still some overdues and fines from last year. The week of September 16, your student may receive a library notice regarding overdue books. If your child has overdue books please return them to the library or pay the assessed fines to Bernadette in the office. All fines/overdues must be addressed before your child is able to check out books. If you need financial assistance with fines, see Bernadette in the office.If there is an error in the notice, please let us know in one of the following ways:

■Library Dropbox: Located outside the library. Let us know your student’s first and last name, teacher and the error. For Example “Bruni, Carla/3rd Grade; Paid fines - $20 to office. Please remove fines.”

■Email the Library at ​charlemagnelibrary@4j.lane.edu​. Give the same information.

Week of 23 September 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

Thanks to everyone who joined us last Thursday evening at Curriculum Night!! We enjoyed seeing you.

5th graders use planners to help them manage their time and keep track of their homework assignments. Ours are in French and currently in Illinois on their way from Canada. Hopefully they will arrive on Tuesday. Until then students will keep a homework log in the front of the binder. Furthermore, during September we ask you to sign/initial their homework log/agenda every night. This will help them get into the routine of sharing with you their work and properly using the agenda. Mme Grabowski has been putting a stamp next to assignments that students have completed, so keep an eye out for it. A missing stamp means missing work.

This week in the communications pocket divider you will find: 1) information from the school nurse; 2) corrected homework from French class; 3) a student profile to be checked, corrected if necessary, and returned to school; and 4) the first homework responsibility report for Fall term to be signed and returned on Tuesday.

Starting on Monday, September 23rd, homework on the French side will include Moon observations for the next month. There is a sheet to fill out, and it should remain in the pocket divider called “devoirs” which means homework. Students are asked to include the time, the place, and whether or not they saw the moon and why not. If you have an obstructed view of the sky, please, take the time to walk to a safe spot with your child. Remember that the moon is not visible just at night. If you are out driving around (even on the way to school) or attending an outdoor game or practice, remind your child to observe the daytime sky as well. Thanks in advance for your help! Mme Grabowski has included Star Party dates below. She will attend at least one depending on the weather and her schedule. If you have never gone, it is a wonderful opportunity to observe the Moon, planets, and stars.

On the English side this week students will:

• Continue our ELA/SS unit building our understanding of Non-Fiction Text Structures, comparing two or more texts: Compare/Contrast, Cause/Effect, Problem/Solution, Chronology (Order & Sequence), and Description. Article topics of interest: The Great Depression, Albert Einstein, Severe Storms, Caymans/Alligators.
• Continue our Math unit: Representing Algebraic thinking. We are reading, writing, and evaluating expressions using the Order of Operations (PEMDAS).
• Review classroom behavior expectations/agreements as they related to the 4 Classroom Norms. Continue discussion: Respect: What does it look like and sound like?
• Begin (soon!) our initial study of Leadership/Social Impact - project to come.
• Practice school safety protocols as a class so we can feel secure and informed.

On the French side this week students will:

• Discuss respect of oneself and others
• Survey some students about respect, analyze and graph the results
• Read a story about how a lack of respect can impact relationships
• Take a speaking assessment in French
• Continue the science unit called Earth and Sun. If the weather cooperates, the essential questions will be: 1) How and why does your shadow change during the day; and 2) What can be learned by studying the length and direction of shadows? If the weather does not cooperate, the essential questions will be: 1) What is Earth’s Atmosphere?
• Review question asking
• Have a quiz over the vocabulary words below. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reviewing avoir, être, faire, aller, and “er” verbs in the present tense (what students studied last year).

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme Mendelssohn and Mme Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

September 25-27 District testing in math, ELA (FastBridge)

September 23-27 French speaking assessment

September 26th French spelling/vocabulary test over the words below.

Friday, October 4th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

Friday, November 1st Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

Friday, December 6th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

VOCABULAIRE:

• l’/une orbite • le/un jour • jouer • le/un coucher du soleil

• la/une nuit • l’/une ombre • l’/un axe • le/un lever du soleil

• l’/un air • la/une pression • la/une rotation

• la/une matière • comprimer • la/une révolution

The library will be open to classes starting ​Monday​,September 23​. Do you want to volunteer in the library? Contact Camilla Johnston atcamillajohnston@icloud.com​ for details and training.There are still some overdues and fines from last year. The week of September 16, your student may receive a library notice regarding overdue books. If your child has overdue books please return them to the library or pay the assessed fines to Bernadette in the office. All fines/overdues must be addressed before your child is able to check out books. If you need financial assistance with fines, see Bernadette in the office.If there is an error in the notice, please let us know in one of the following ways:

■Library Dropbox: Located outside the library. Let us know your student’s first and last name, teacher and the error. For Example “Bruni, Carla/3rd Grade; Paid fines - $20 to office. Please remove fines.”

■Email the Library at ​charlemagnelibrary@4j.lane.edu​. Give the same information.

Week of 16 September 2019

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

Welcome back! We hope that your child had a great week whether at Canoe Island or in Eugene. Curriculum Night is this Thursday (see below for details). We are looking forward to seeing you then!!

Please note that this will be the last paper letter sent home this year as we are trying to reduce our carbon footprint. Instead, we have a 5th grade blog that we will update weekly so that you are aware of what’s happening. Please, bookmark it so that you can easily check it for updates. Here’s the address: https://sites.google.com/site/charlemagne5thgrade/

5th graders use planners to help them manage their time and keep track of their homework assignments. Ours are in French and currently delayed in transit from Canada. Until they arrive, students will keep a homework log in the front of the binder. Furthermore, during September we ask you to sign/initial their homework log/agenda every night. This will help them get into the routine of sharing with you their work and properly using the agenda. Mme Grabowski has been putting a stamp next to assignments that students have completed, so keep an eye out for it. A missing stamp means missing work.

To ensure that students memorize the keyboard and learn to type by touch, every student needs to bring a small hand towel or cloth napkin by Friday, September 20th. Students will use this to cover their hands. When not being used, they will store it in their cubbies all year long and will bring it home at the end of the school year.

Students can have a snack in both classes only in the morning. As there are students with both tree nut and peanut allergies at our school, please, provide your child with a healthy snack that does not contain peanuts or tree nuts. Thanks in advance for helping us keep a safe environment for all of our students.

This week we will both review school and classroom expectations. In addition to that...

On the English side this week students will:

• Continue our ELA/SS unit building our understanding of Non-Fiction Text Structures, comparing two or more texts: Compare/Contrast, Cause/Effect, Problem/Solution, Chronology (Order&Sequence), and Description. Article topics of interest: The Great Depression, Albert Einstein, Severe Storms, Caymans/Alligators.
• Continue our Math unit: Representing Algebraic thinking. We are reading, writing, and evaluating expressions using the Order of Operations (PEMDAS).
• Review classroom behavior expectations/agreements as they related to the 4 Classroom Norms. Continue discussion: Respect: What does it look like and sound like?
• Begin (soon!) our initial study of Leadership/Social Impact - project to come.
• Practice school safety protocols as a class so we can feel secure and informed.

On the French side this week students will:

• Discuss what the new school year represents for everyone
• Read a story about a new school year
• Take oral reading fluency and comprehension tests in French reading
• Begin the science unit called Earth and Sun. If the weather cooperates, the essential questions will be: 1) How and why does your shadow change during the day; and 2) What can be learned by studying the length and direction of shadows? If the weather does not cooperate, the essential questions will be: 1) What is air?; and 2) What is Earth’s Atmosphere?
• Review how to use a bilingual dictionary
• Make vocabulary (see below) flashcards on 3 x 5 index cards. Students should study the spelling and the definition of the words and learn the gender (for nouns). It is a good idea to start with a few words the first day and then add a few more words daily. It is not a good idea to wait until the night before the quiz to study. Studying is an active pursuit. This means that students should write or speak to study. Just looking at flashcards is not engaging enough and is not a good study strategy.
• Continue reviewing avoir, être, faire, aller, and “er” verbs in the present tense (what students studied last year). Students will recite/sing avoir, être, faire, aller by week’s end.
• Read about and discuss respect (time permitting).

If you have any questions or concerns, please, send an email to Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Mendelssohn at mendelssohn_j@4j.lane.edu regarding English language arts and/or math.

Just as in the past, students will alternate on a weekly basis the class that they start with. The week students return from Canoe Island they will be starting with their homeroom teacher again (since they will have skipped a week).

Bonne semaine,

Mme. Mendelssohn and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

September 16th-20th FastBridge testing (piloting instead of easyCBM) in math, ELA and French oral reading fluency and comprehension

Thursday, September 19th, Curriculum night:

6:00-6:40 K,1,2 in classrooms

6:45-7:15 in gym (PTO)

7:20-8:00 3,4,5 in classrooms (Mme. Grabowski’s room for 5th grade)

September 26th French spelling/vocabulary test over the words below.

Friday, October 4th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

Friday, November 1st Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

Friday, December 6th Star Party at the College Hill Reservoir from 7-10 p.m.

VOCABULAIRE:

• l’/une orbite • le/un jour • jouer • le/un coucher du soleil

• la/une nuit • l’/une ombre • l’/un axe • le/un lever du soleil

• l’/un air • la/une pression • la/une rotation

• la/une matière • comprimer • la/une révolution

Week of 3 June 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

OH MY, the END IS NEAR! Thank you to Stephanie Chandler who has offered to head the promotion ceremony committee. If you’re interested in helping out with the ceremony that will take place on June 13th, please, contact her. Promotion is next Thursday, June 13th - 6pm (students should arrive around 5:30pm).

Students from the Yearbook Club are proud to present the 2018-2019 Yearbook. We are selling it for $10.00 or $5.00 for families on the Free and Reduced lunch plan. Please fill out the form so that we can correctly deliver the yearbooks to your children on Yearbook Day. Also, please consider donating the cost of a yearbook to a child who cannot afford one. Look for the order form that went home last week. Please turn in orders to the Fox Box located outside of Mme Bernadette's office.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 3rd, you will find: information regarding safety when children are home alone or out in public without a parent.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying direct objects. Students have notes in Ma grammaire personnelle which they should use when doing homework.
• Continue (time permitting) with the current science unit, Living Systems. This week’s essential question will be: 1) How are nutrients transported in plants?; and 2) Why do people breathe?
• Will study Settlements Take Root in social studies. For the next week students will study the Pilgrims: 1) What prompted them to settle in New England?; 2) What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?; and 3) How was their relationship with Native Americans? Mme Pierce has been reading a novel about the Pilgrim’s journey to the New World. The students will apply what they have learned in her class in a simulation activity over the next week.
• Continue a comic strip project. This week students will write their stories in class. Time permitting, they will begin illustrating them.

On The English side students will:

• English Language Arts
  • Students are working diligently on finishing up their State Project Posters - each student was assigned a poster to learn about the history of our states and territories. The will hopefully be on display next week somewhere throughout school.
  • Poetry Unit - students will be creating poems about their classmates for promotion. Students will read these poems allowed at the promotion as a kind way to represent every student in 5th grade.
• ART: state project and historical figure artwork/drawings
• English Social Studies: Students are working on their Historical Figure Research. Once finished with their research packet, they will begin a poster. Students will be working in groups of 2-3 to design their posters, intentionally learning about more than one historical figure along the way. In addition to this, we will have a Gallery Walk in the gym where all posters will be hung and students/families will be able to come read about the historical figures of the Colonial America time period. The Gallery Walk will be on Wednesday, June 12th.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science and/or social studies; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great week,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Week of June 3rd French reading fluency & comprehension tests & speaking

assessment

Friday, June 7th Several Roosevelt Staff will be visiting to talk about RMS

(Mr. Lee, counselor AND Karen Doefert, music teacher)

Monday, June 10th Students visit RMS during the day for a tour

Wednesday, June 12th Gallery Walk

Thursday, June 13th 5th grade promotion ceremony

Week of 13 May 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Thank you for much for the flowers and the luncheon last week!

Thank you to Stephanie Chandler who has offered to head the promotion ceremony committee. If you’re interested in helping out with the ceremony that will take place on June 13th, please, contact her.

Students from the Yearbook Club are proud to present the 2018-2019 Yearbook. We are selling it for $10.00 or $5.00 for families on the Free and Reduced lunch plan. Please fill out the form so that we can correctly deliver the yearbooks to your children on Yearbook Day. Also, please consider donating the cost of a yearbook to a child who cannot afford one. Look for the order form that went home last week. Please turn in orders to the Fox Box located outside of Mme Bernadette's office.

The talent show is not too far away. To sign up your child, use this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfr952_pyXImVJH6dgGNzKBkklt08ksJBEAmJWgsdOq6rBWrQ/viewform. If the link does not work, just cut and paste it. HMMM. THE LINK DOESN’T WORK.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 13th you will find: two papers to be signed and returned on Tuesday (the most recent homework responsibility report and notes about a dental hygiene presentation) and a multiplication quiz. Many students would do well to study their multiplication facts daily and master them.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying direct objects. Students have notes in Ma grammaire personnelle which they should use when doing homework.
• Continue with the current science unit, Living Systems, next week. Because of the math lessons, there will be no science lessons this week. Next week’s essential question will be: How are nutrients transported in plants?
• Study the relationship between numerical patterns and coordinate systems, distance on a cartesian plane, and line and bar graphs. Since time is running out before the students will take the SBAC test in math, Mme Grabowski will finish covering a couple of concepts this week. The students will take a test over this material next week.
• Finish studying The Age of Exploration in social studies by taking a test over the unit. They will then study Jamestown and early Spanish colonies. They will understand why people leave their homeland, summarize the economic activities of Spanish settlements, describe the importance of the Spanish mission, and analyze the relationships between Spanish settlers and Native Americans. Students will perhaps sample hardtack and try to identify some spices. Thanks to Mme Catherine who made the hardtack for the 5th graders to sample.

On The English side students will:

• Math: Year Long Review
  • We are now reviewing all concepts learned throughout the year
  • These include:
    • Area and volume
    • Place Value
    • Powers of 10
    • Multiplication and Division Strategies
    • Geometry
    • Adding and subtracting of Fractions
    • Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
    • Graphing
    • Line Plots and more
  • SBAC Math Testing will begin next week

• English Language Arts
  • Reading and Writing: students are now working on a Literature Circle Project in and out of class. This is a 3 part, complex book report that includes a number of comprehension questions that are applied to their novel, as well as lots of creativity and artwork. It is due this Friday, May 17th.
  • SBAC ELA Performance Task Testing this week

• ART: we are working on our Dodecahedron Globe Project for their Literature Circle Project.
• English Social Studies: Later this week will also start a mini states and capital unit. Students will be working in class this week and at home next week to create a colorful poster that represents the state they will be assigned to research.
• Coming Up Soon: Students will be learning all about colonist and we will finish off the year with a Colonial Wax Museum in English and French. More to come on this next week.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science and/or social studies; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great week,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Week of May 13th A test over early explorers

May 17th - Literature Project Due and an inclass Book Talk will take place

Week of May 20th A test over the most recent math unit (see above)

Monday, May 27th No school--Memorial Day

Thursday, June 13th 5th grade promotion ceremony

Week of 29 April 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Thank you to Stephanie Chandler who has offered to head the promotion ceremony committee. If you’re interested in helping out with the ceremony that will take place on June 13th, please, contact her.

The talent show is not too far away. To sign up your child, use this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfr952_pyXImVJH6dgGNzKBkklt08ksJBEAmJWgsdOq6rBWrQ/viewform. If the link does not work, just cut and paste it. HMMM. THE LINK DOESN’T WORK.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 29th you will find: the most recent homework responsibility report to be signed and returned on Tuesday, the 30th.

This week the 5th graders will take the Smarter Balanced test in science. Please, be sure that your child gets enough sleep and has a solid breakfast before coming to school. KEEP OR OMIT, ADRIENNE?

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying negative expressions. Students have notes in Ma grammaire personnelle which they should use when doing homework.
• Perhaps study direct objects.
• Take the SBAC test in science.
• Perhaps continue the current science unit, Living Systems. Time permitting, this week’s essential question will be: What does yeast need to break its dormancy?
• Continue studying The Age of Exploration in social studies. Students will identify innovations that impacted exploration and reasons for the increased maritime exploration and will identify contributions to maritime exploration made by Prince Henry of Portugal and of Vasco de Gama. Time permitting, they will understand what motivated the king and queen of Spain to support explorers and what route Spanish explorers took and why, and will perhaps sample hardtack and try to identify some spices. Thanks to Mme Catherine who made the hardtack for the 5th graders to sample.

On The English side students will:

• Math: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
  • Quick Revision of adding and subtracting decimals
  • Using their understanding of multiplying and division of fractions, students are beginning apply their strategies to decimals
  • Students are using Models and Compensation method to practice multiplication and division of decimals
  • Next will be using their understanding of place value and powers of 10 to apply to conversions in the metric system

• English Language Arts
  • Reading and Writing: students are now working on a Literature Circle Project in and out of class. This is a 3 part, complex book report that includes a number of comprehension questions that are applied to their novel, as well as lots of creativity and artwork.
  • In addition, we will be reviewing reading strategies to apply to reading passages and practices prior to English Language Arts SBAC testing starting next week.
  • Opinion Writing: next week we will begin a quick unit on how to write a 5 paragraph opinion essay. This will include using resources, referencing them within the text and properly following an essay format now practiced several times this year.
• ART: we are working on a beautiful sunset silhouette art project. This project has been amazing to watch and every student’s work is absolutely stunning! Please take your time to walk through stairwell next week as they will be hopefully hanging up by Monday!

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science and/or social studies; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great week and a lovely break,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Week of April 29th 5th graders will take the Smarter Balanced test in science

Thursday, May 2nd District 5th grade Math Assessment

Most of MAY SBAC testing for Science, ELA and Math

Friday, May 3rd No school--Transition Day

Wednesday, May 16th Literature Circle Project Due for Mme Pierce

Monday, May 27th No school--Memorial Day

Thursday, June 13th 5th grade promotion ceremony

Week of 8 April 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

5th graders are in their last term of elementary school and will soon be moving on to middle school. To honor their accomplishments, there will be a promotion ceremony on Thursday, June 13th. We will provide more information at a later date. In the meantime to prepare for this, we need the help of a chairperson for a promotion committee. If that’s you, please, contact Mme Grabowski.

Do you enjoy baking? Would you like to make some hardtack for the 5th graders? If your answer is yes, please, contact Mme Grabowski.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 8th you will find: nothing.

While the 5th graders will continue to do some science this term, they will spend more time doing social studies. In the near future they will start learning about the reasons and technological innovations that pushed Europeans to broaden their maritime horizons.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying negative expressions. Students have notes in Ma grammaire personnelle which they should use when doing homework.
• Continue studying the imperfect tense. This week they will finish a composition that describes how they were when they were babies and how they are now. This work includes both the imperfect and present tenses.
• Discuss systems in science. This week’s essential questions will be: 1) How can you identify a system?; and 2) Is planet Earth a system?
• Begin studying The Age of Exploration in social studies. Students will discuss reasons that people explore, identify innovations that impacted exploration and reasons for the increased maritime exploration.
• Have a presentation on good dental hygiene by Becky Witt and Dr. Laleh Rezaee on Thursday.

On The English side students will:

• Math: Dividing Fractions
  • Students are practicing modeling and using standard algorithm to solve problems with fractions and division.
  • Students also compare the similarities between multiplying fractions and dividing fractions
  • Test on Dividing Fractions on Thursday (4/11/2019)

• English Language Arts
  • Reading: We will be working on reflecting and quoting texts when providing evidence to a reading response question.
    • How far has your child gotten on their 40 book challenge? We are almost ⅔ of the way through the school year, have they read at least 20-30 books? I know they’ve been reading a TON in class, so hopefully they are also reading outside of school and they are tracking their progress!
    • Individual Conferences are this week: I will be checking in again on their 40 Book Challenge - students will be adjusting goals and reflecting on what genres they still need to explore.
  • Writing: Non-fiction writing unit. We are collecting ideas, questions and curiosities. This week we are finishing up our research and now beginning the writing process of our research papers.
    • Students are now deep into their essay compositions. Some should be nearing their editing phase while others are still working on finishing up their body paragraphs. These essays are due by Wednesday: April 17th, 2019.
  • Book Review: the next book report students will be working on will be an at home project. More to come on that later!

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science and/or social studies; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great week and a lovely break,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Daily - review multiplication facts - I'm noticing too many students do not have these strongly memorized

Week of 1 April 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope that you had a fun and restful spring break and are ready for the last trimester of 5th grade.

This means that our students will soon be moving on to middle school. To honor their accomplishments, there will be a promotion ceremony on Thursday, June ___. We will provide more information at a later date. In the meantime to prepare for this, we need the help of a chairperson for this committee. If that’s you, please, contact Mme Grabowski.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 1st, you will find: the most recent homework responsibility report (the last one for winter term) to be signed and returned tomorrow.

The above-mentioned, homework responsibility report for French class is the last for winter term, so everyone starts anew with a clean slate as of today. This new term will go up until early June. Students have until Friday, April 12th to turn in missing work from this last report. Please, take the time to reflect with your child on the homework responsibility grade for winter term and to set new goals: 1) to maintain current effort and 90% or better; or 2) to improve time management skills and responsibility to achieve 90% or better. The latter will require more parent supervision. Please, keep in mind that 1) homework is due everyday on the French side; and 2) that by looking at the planner, you can tell if your child is keeping up with French work and/or re-submitting unsatisfactory/ incomplete work. If your child’s planner is missing stamps, your child has missing or unsatisfactory/incomplete work to (re)submit. Students would do well to 1) take notes in class when teachers explain homework; 2) ask questions before leaving class if something is unclear; 3) complete homework carefully by using notes and strategies practiced in class and by following the instructions; and 4) have a set time and place to do homework.

While the 5th graders will continue to do some science this term, they will spend more time doing social studies. In the near future they will start learning about the reasons and technological innovations that pushed Europeans to broaden their maritime horizons.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying the imperfect tense. Students have notes in Ma grammaire personnelle which they should use when doing homework. This week they will finish a composition that describes how they were when they were babies and how they are now. This work includes both the imperfect and present tenses.
• Write a description of winter break.
• Finish conferencing with Mme Grabowski and editing their composition about winter break.
• Continue studying negative expressions.
• Discuss systems in science.
• Take a oral reading fluency test.

On The English side students will:

• Math: Dividing Fractions
  • Students have finished their dog houses and they are now on display in the stairwell of the school
  • We will be focusing on using models to divide fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by fractions.
  • We will also work on year long review of previously taught concepts in homework and during station work.
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• English Language Arts
  • Reading: We will be working on reflecting and quoting texts when providing evidence to a reading response question.
    • How far has your child gotten on their 40 book challenge? We are almost ⅔ of the way through the school year, have they read at least 20-30 books? I know they’ve been reading a TON in class, so hopefully they are also reading outside of school and they are tracking their progress!
    • Individual Conferences are this week: I will be checking in again on their 40 Book Challenge - students will be adjusting goals and reflecting on what genres they still need to explore.
  • Writing: Non-fiction writing unit. We are collecting ideas, questions and curiosities. This week we are finishing up our research and now beginning the writing process of our research papers.
    • Students will be writing a minimum 5 paragraph essay that will cover the research that they have focused on collecting over the past few weeks
  • Book Review: the next book report students will be working on will be an at home project. More to come on that later!

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great week and a lovely break,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Monday, April 1st Classes resume.

Week of 11 March 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

In the communication folder on Monday, the 11th, you will find: the most recent homework responsibility report (and the second to last one for winter term) to be signed and returned tomorrow.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying the imperfect tense. Students have notes in Ma grammaire personnelle which they should use when doing homework. This week they will work on a composition that will include the imperfect and present tenses. They will write a description of how they were when they were babies and how they are now.
• Continue the science unit, Mixtures and Solutions. The essential question will be: What happens when you mix substances with water in a bag?
• Finish conferencing with Mme Grabowski and editing their composition about winter break.
• Take a French language proficiency exam, STAMP, which will assess their level in reading, writing, speaking, and reading. This is the same assessment that students took in 3rd grade.
• Begin studying negative expressions (time permitting).

On The English side students will:

• Math: Multiplying Fractions by whole numbers and Fractions by Fractions
  • We are now focusing on scaling with fractions
  • Students are working on a Project Based Learning opportunity where we will be building miniature Dog Houses. After students have done all the preparation calculations, they will then begin the design phase where they will be able to plan, calculate more (hehe) and “build” miniature dog houses.
    • If students want to bring in decorations from home, this is certainly accepted but please do not encourage them to go buy anything! There are LOTS of ways to create decorations that do not include bought things!

• English Language Arts
  • Reading: We will be working on reflecting and quoting texts when providing evidence to a reading response question.
    • How far has your child gotten on their 40 book challenge? We are almost ⅔ of the way through the school year, have they read at least 20-30 books? I know they’ve been reading a TON in class, so hopefully they are also reading outside of school and they are tracking their progress!
    • Individual Conferences are coming up: I will be checking in again on their 40 Book Challenge - students will be adjusting goals and reflecting on what genres they still need to explore.
  • Writing: Non-fiction writing unit. We are collecting ideas, questions and curiosities. This week we are also reading non-fiction novels to gather more information about what we may want to write about for our research paper. We will hopefully pick our research topics by Friday!!!
  • Spelling: Relevant to the writing and reading we will be doing. Test on Friday.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great week,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Week of March 11th French language assessment, STAMP

Friday, March 15th Spelling Testing in English - (just words, no sentences). It’s an instructional day to make up for one snow day. They were fun while they lasted right??!? haha

Friday, March 22nd The last day of school before spring break

Monday, April 1st Classes resume.

Week of 8 March 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope that you enjoyed the Mardi Gras celebration as well as the snow days! Time continues to fly by. In just three weeks, it will be spring break, and then the last term of 5th grade will be upon us.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 8th, you will find: the most recent quiz over «ir» verbs of the second group to be signed and returned tomorrow and a science activity that students can do at home.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying the imperfect tense. Two weeks ago they took notes in Ma grammaire personnelle which students students should use when doing homework. Next week they will begin working on a composition that will include the imperfect and present tenses. For this project students will need two photos--a baby (or toddler) one and a current one. Students have only two options for bringing these photos to school: 1) They can put the two photos on a thumb drive, and Friday, the 8th, they will put the photos on their school file server; or 2) They may bring in hard copies of the photos not larger than 3 x 5. Please, do NOT email photos.
• Continue the science unit, Mixtures and Solutions. They will finish up their studies of saturation and solubility before learning about chemical reactions. Time permitting, the essential questions will be: 1) What is the effect of mixing two substances with water?; and 2) How can we identify the products from the baking soda and calcium chloride reaction?
• Practice the STAMP test which is a 4-part French assessment covering reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The students took it in 3rd grade and will take it again next week.
• Finish editing their composition about winter break.
• Finish art projects about positive and negative spaces (time permitting).

On The English side students will:

• Math: Multiplying Fractions by whole numbers and Fractions by Fractions
  • Students will be working on concrete representations of multiplication with fractions. This concrete representation greatly helps students better understand the operations of multiplying fractions and why they work.
  • Students will also practice the standard algorithm for multiplying Fractions.
  • Extension Opportunities for the fraction unit- students can either work on a Volume Art Project or they can one of the following things independently:
    • Create a Game Board that uses Algebraic Expressions or Multiplication/Division of multi-digit equations (with rules and an answer key), Comparing Decimals and/or Adding/Subtracting Fractions
    • Create a KeyNote that explains the strategies of solving and of the previous operations, provides examples of how to solve different equations.

• English Language Arts
  • Individual Conferences with each student as we check in on their 40 Book Challenge - students will be adjusting goals and reflecting on what genres they still need to explore.
  • Reading: We will be working on reflecting and quoting texts when providing evidence to a reading response question.
    • We will finish up our Mini Unit on Black History Month - this will last the next 2-3 weeks intermittently
  • Writing: Students will begin a mini research project - topics to be determined
  • Spelling: Relevant to the writing and reading we will be doing

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great week,

Mme. Pierce and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Friday, March 8th Two photos needed by this day (see above for more info)

Week of March 11th The STAMP assessment

Week of 4 February 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Just a reminder that 5th graders are growing everyday, and their bodies need adequate rest. Some students have been coming to school tired and have indicated that they have been going to bed late. Studies have shown that limiting technology access and having earlier bedtimes support student success in school. Thanks for supporting that at home as well!

Another quick reminder about supervision from Mme Courtney... School supervision goes from 8:00 am to 3:10 pm Mondays through Thursdays and until 1:55 on Fridays. The school playground is *not* open before school starts for unsupervised play; students must be in the cafeteria prior to the morning bell at 8:20. Thanks for your help and cooperation!

As of Monday, February 4th, 5th graders will go to PE and music on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:00 and from 12:45 to 1:15 for the rest of the school year. The new library schedule has yet to be determined.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 4th, you will find: the most recent homework responsibility report to be signed and returned tomorrow and a science activity that students can do at home.

On the French side this week students will:

• Study 2nd “ir” verbs in the present tense and passé composé;
• Continue the science unit, Mixtures and Solutions. The essential questions will be: 1) Are all solutions made with soft-drink powder and water the same?; 2) How can you determine which salt solution is more concentrated?; and 3) How can you determine the relative concentrations of three mystery solutions?
• Finish editing compositions written about winter break by refining the organization of the composition, correcting spelling and grammatical errors, and improving vocabulary and sentence fluency.
• Study complementary colors in art (time permitting).

On The English side students will:

• Decimals Work Continues: We are now exploring how to compare decimals and use our number lines to provide evidence of our understanding with regards to comparing decimal numbers and their place values
  • Extension Opportunities for the division/multiplication unit- students can either work on a Volume Art Project or they can one of the following things independently:
    • Create a Game Board that uses Algebraic Expressions or Multiplication/Division of multi-digit equations (with rules and an answer key)
    • Create a KeyNote that explains the Order of Operations or strategies of solving with Powers of 10 and provides examples of how to solve different equations.
    • Create a children’s book that has the characters explaining Order of Operations and how to solve different algebraic expressions
    • Finish Decimal Art Project
• English Language Arts
  • Individual Conferences with each student as we check in on their 40 Book Challenge - students will be adjusting goals and reflecting on what genres they still need to explore.
  • Reading: We will be working on reflecting and quoting texts when providing evidence to a reading response question.
    • We will begin a Mini Unit on Black History Month - this will last the next 2-3 weeks intermittently
  • Writing: Students will begin a mini research project - topics to be determined

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great break and a happy new year,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Monday, February 18th No school--Presidents Day

Week of 28 January 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Just a reminder that 5th graders are growing everyday, and their bodies need adequate rest. Some students have been coming to school tired and have indicated that they have been going to bed late. Studies have shown that limiting technology access and having earlier bedtimes support student success in school. Thanks for supporting that at home as well!

Another quick reminder about supervision from Mme Courtney... School supervision goes from 8:00 am to 3:10 pm Mondays through Thursdays and until 1:55 on Fridays. The school playground is *not* open before school starts for unsupervised play; students must be in the cafeteria prior to the morning bell at 8:20. Thanks for your help and cooperation!

As of Monday, February 4th, 5th graders will go to PE and music on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:00 and from 12:45 to 1:15 for the rest of the school year. The new library schedule has yet to be determined.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 28th, you will find: a science activity that students can do at home.

On the French side this week students will:

• Finish up a hygiene unit by taking a quiz over it;
• Continue the science unit, Mixtures and Solutions. They will finish up the first investigation about mixtures and solutions. The essential question will be: 1) What is the difference between dissolving and melting?
• Edit compositions written about winter break by refining the organization of the composition, correcting spelling and grammatical errors, and improving vocabulary and sentence fluency.
• Study “ir” verbs (2nd group) in the present tense and passé composé (time permitting).

On The English side students will:

• Decimals Work Continues: We are now exploring how to compare decimals and use our number lines to provide evidence of our understanding with regards to comparing decimal numbers and their place values
  • Extension Opportunities for the division/multiplication unit- students can either work on a Volume Art Project or they can one of the following things independently:
    • Create a Game Board that uses Algebraic Expressions or Multiplication/Division of multi-digit equations (with rules and an answer key)
    • Create a KeyNote that explains the Order of Operations or strategies of solving with Powers of 10 and provides examples of how to solve different equations.
    • Create a children’s book that has the characters explaining Order of Operations and how to solve different algebraic expressions
    • Finish Decimal Art Project
• English Language Arts
  • Individual Conferences with each student as we check in on their 40 Book Challenge - students will be adjusting goals and reflecting on what genres they still need to explore.
  • Writing - Students will be working on a Book Recommendation of one of their books from their 40 Book Challenges. This will be a persuasive paragraph as they try to convince the reader that they should consider reading the book they are recommending.
  • Reading: We will be working on reflecting and quoting texts when providing evidence to a reading response question.
    • We will begin a Mini Unit on Black History Month - this will last the next 2-3 weeks intermittently

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great break and a happy new year,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Friday, February 1st No school--Teachers fill out report cards

Week of 21 January 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Just a reminder that 5th graders are growing everyday, and their bodies need adequate rest. Some students have been coming to school tired and have indicated that they have been going to bed late. Studies have shown that limiting technology access and having earlier bedtimes support student success in school. Thanks for supporting that at home as well!

Another quick reminder about supervision from Mme Courtney... School supervision goes from 8:00 am to 3:10 pm Mondays through Thursdays and until 1:55 on Fridays. The school playground is *not* open before school starts for unsupervised play; students must be in the cafeteria prior to the morning bell at 8:20. Thanks for your help and cooperation!

In the communication folder on Tuesday, the 22nd, you will find: the first homework responsibility report for winter term to be signed and returned on Wednesday, hygiene information on a yellow sheet of paper, and perhaps some recent art projects.

Because it’s a new term, your child’s homework responsibility average might be lower than before since there are few scores used to calculate this average: Each assignment carries more weight. If you have not yet done so, please, take the time to help your child set goals for this term. These goals could include 1) maintaining a score of 90% or better by adhering to a regular homework routine; or 2) striving to maintain a score of 90% or better by developing better time management skills, sticking to a regular homework routine, (re)submitting unsatisfactory work to learn from mistakes, and making up work after an absence. Parents do not need to wait for bi-weekly reports to know if their child has missing work. All they have to do is look at the child’s planner: If there are any stamps missing for a school day, there is missing work.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying reflexive verbs in the present and past tenses;
• Finish up a hygiene unit by taking a quiz over it;
• Continue the new science unit, Mixtures and Solutions. The essential question will be: Where does the solid material go when a solution is made?
• Edit compositions written about winter break by refining the organization of the composition, correcting spelling and grammatical errors, and improving the vocabulary.
• Learn about the similarities and differences of French and American elementary schools when Mme Catherine gives a presentation on the topic.

On The English side students will:

• Decimals: Understanding Place Value
  • Decimal Art Project
  • Extension Opportunities for the division/multiplication unit- students can either work on a Volume Art Project or they can one of the following things independently:
    • Create a Game Board that uses Algebraic Expressions or Multiplication/Division of multi-digit equations (with rules and an answer key)
    • Create a KeyNote that explains the Order of Operations and provides examples of how to solve different algebraic expressions
    • Create a children’s book that has the characters explaining Order of Operations and how to solve different algebraic expressions
• ELA and Novel Studies - Students are finishing up their mini book reports and they are displayed in the stairwell of our school
  • Reading Reflection and Writing Opportunities

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great break and a happy new year,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Monday, January 21st No school--MLK Day

Friday, February 1st No school--Teachers fill out report cards

Week of 7 January 2019

Happy New Year Parents and Guardians,

We hope that you had a relaxing and fun-filled winter break and are ready for winter term. It’s hard to believe that one third of the school year is behind us.

Just a reminder, now that we are back from winter break germs like to spread quickly around school. Please remind your children to wash their hands regularly, eat well and get enough rest. Please don't hesitate to keep them home if you think they will be contagious.

Another quick reminder about supervision from Mme Courtney... School supervision goes from 8:00 am to 3:10 pm Mondays through Thursdays and until 1:55 on Fridays. The school playground is *not* open before school starts for unsupervised play; students must be in the cafeteria prior to the morning bell at 8:20. Thanks for your help and cooperation!

In the communication folder on Tuesday, the 8th, you will find: the most recent homework responsibility report to be signed and returned on Wednesday.

The above-mentioned, homework responsibility report for French class is the last for fall term, so everyone starts anew with a clean slate as of today. This new term will go up until spring break. Students have until Friday, January 18th to turn in missing work from this last report. Please, take the time to reflect with your child on the homework responsibility grade for first term and to set new goals: 1) to maintain current effort and 90% or better; or 2) to improve time management skills and responsibility to achieve 90% or better. The latter will require more parent supervision. Please, keep in mind that 1) homework is due everyday on the French side; and 2) that by looking at the planner, you can tell if your child is keeping up with French work and/or re-submitting unsatisfactory/ incomplete work. If your child’s planner is missing stamps, your child has missing or unsatisfactory/incomplete work to (re)submit. Students would do well to 1) take notes in class when teachers explain homework; 2) ask questions before leaving class if something is unclear; 3) complete homework carefully by using notes and strategies practiced in class and by following the instructions; and 4) have a set time and place to do homework.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying articles (défini, indéfini, et partitif). Students have notes in their grammaire personnelle, the lavender notebook, and should use those notes when doing homework;
• Begin a hygiene unit. Students will discuss strategies to implement for good hygiene as their bodies are changing.
• Study reflexive verbs along with the hygiene unit.
• Clean out their cubbies and binders.
• Finish the art project with geometric shapes, regular and irregular.

On The English side students will:

• The Black Stallion - Essential Question: What can a person learn by building a relationship with an animal?
  • Reading comprehension focus: story structure
  • Spelling Test on Friday
• ELA and Novel Studies - We have a new book report that students will be working on.. It is a mini foldable book. The Mini Book Reports are due on Friday.
• Understanding Place Value and decimal numbers - comparing decimal numbers, writing decimal numbers in various forms etc.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great break and a happy new year,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Monday, January 7th Professional Development day for teachers

Tuesday, January 8th School resumes

Friday, January 11th Spelling Test

Week of 17 December 2018

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

It’s hard to believe that the first term of 5th grade is nearing its end. We hope that you have a relaxing and fun-filled winter break.

5th graders are growing everyday, and their bodies need adequate rest. Some students have been coming to school tired and have indicated that they have been going to bed late. Studies have shown that limiting technology access and having earlier bedtimes support student success in school. Thanks for supporting that at home as well!

Another quick reminder about supervision from Mme Courtney... School supervision goes from 8:00 am to 3:10 pm Mondays through Thursdays and until 1:55 on Fridays. The school playground is *not* open before school starts for unsupervised play; students must be in the cafeteria prior to the morning bell at 8:20. Thanks for your help and cooperation!

In the communication folder on Monday, the 17th, you will find: your child’s Hot Air Balloons from Mme Pierce and nothing from Mme Grabowski. Normally Mme Grabowski would send home a homework responsibility report because it has been two weeks since the last one was sent home, but she will wait until January 8th. That report will cover the end of this term and will be one of the first assignments for the new term. In the meantime, parents can look in the planner to see if their child has any work to complete. If there is a stamp missing for a school day, there is missing work.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying articles (défini, indéfini, et partitif). Students have notes in their grammaire personnelle, the lavender notebook, and should use those notes when doing homework;
• Finish a nutrition unit. Students will analyze their food intake and the characteristics of healthy meals and will revamp their favorite meal to ensure that it is healthy. Time permitting, they will read about what students around the world eat for lunch.
• Perhaps have a taste of a French breakfast and some French cheeses on Friday, the 21st. Mme Grabowski is still ironing out the details. Time permitting, they will read or watch a video about cheese production.
• Finish the art project with geometric shapes, regular and irregular.

On The English side students will:

• Addition and Subtraction of Fractions with Unlike Denominators - We will dig deep into adding and subtracting mixed numbers with unlike denominators. We will have a quiz on Thursday.
  • Extension Opportunities for the division/multiplication unit- students can either work on a Volume Art Project or they can one of the following things independently:
    • Create a Game Board that uses Algebraic Expressions or Multiplication/Division of multi-digit equations (with rules and an answer key)
    • Create a KeyNote that explains the Order of Operations and provides examples of how to solve different algebraic expressions
    • Create a children’s book that has the characters explaining Order of Operations and how to solve different algebraic expressions
• ELA and Novel Studies - We have a new book report that students will be working on.. It is a mini foldable book.
• Poetry Unit - We are taking our poetry to final draft. All students should publish at least 2 finished poems, and they ideally will be completely done by Thursday so that they can take them home on Friday.
  • Students will be graded on completion of this work since I’m conferencing with each students multiple times throughout this unity.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Have a great break and a happy new year,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

December 20th Fraction Quiz

December 21st Sample of French breakfast and cheese tasting

December 21st Last day of school before winter break

Monday, January 7th Professional Development day for teachers

Tuesday, January 8th School resumes

Week of 10 December 2018

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

5th graders are growing everyday, and their bodies need adequate rest. Some students have been coming to school tired and have indicated that they have been going to bed late. Studies have show that limiting technology access and having earlier bedtimes support student success in school. Thanks for supporting that at home as well!

5th grade was super excited to participate in the voting this year of our own Oregon Kid Governor. Today was the kid Governor was announced and the red class got to even watch part of the announcement live. We are proud to announce that Erikka Baldwin, a local 5th grader from McCornack Elementary School was nominated for 2019’s Oregon Kid Governor.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 10th, you will find: the test over the passé composé (1 means does not meet; 2 means nearly meets; 3 means meets; and 4 means exceeds) to be signed and returned on Tuesday and some French work that the students have done over the past few weeks.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying articles (défini, indéfini, et partitif). Students have notes in their grammaire personnelle, the lavender notebook, and should use those notes when doing homework;
• Finish the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential question will be 1) What is the difference between weather and climate? Students will finish watching a video about weather and instruments that meteorologists use to predict and analyze weather data. There will be a test over the unit by the end of the week.
• Continue a nutrition unit that will last through December. During this unit students will track their food intake over five days (some students still have not completed pages 98-102 in their green nutrition workbook), analyze their food intake and the characteristics of healthy meals and snacks.
• Study geometric and irregular shapes in art (time permitting).

On The English side students will:

• Addition and Subtraction of Fractions with Unlike Denominators - We are jumping straight into to our new Unit of Fractions. We have reviewed a little bit about Least Common Denominators and practicing adding equivalent fractions on number lines. Tomorrow we will continue to practice number lines using fractions with unlike denominators.
  • Extension Opportunities for the division/multiplication unit- students can either work on a Volume Art Project or they can one of the following things independently:
    • Create a Game Board that uses Algebraic Expressions or Multiplication/Division of multi-digit equations (with rules and an answer key)
    • Create a KeyNote that explains the Order of Operations and provides examples of how to solve different algebraic expressions
    • Create a children’s book that has the characters explaining Order of Operations and how to solve different algebraic expressions
• ELA and Novel Studies - We have finished up our first ongoing novel project! They will be displayed in the hallway outside the office hopefully after Thanksgiving Break
  • We will reflect on our progress with our 40 Book Challenge and take a Novel Quiz that will challenge students to all the different reading strategies/elements we have been studying this year
  • Journeys - we are reading a story called DOG NEWSPAPER and practicing main idea and inferencing
• Poetry Unit - last week students explored different styles of poetry. This week will learn about a number of different forms of poetry as well as literary devices.
  • Students will work on taking at least one poem to final draft before winter break.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Week of 10 December Test over the science unit

December 14th Star gazing party at 6 p.m. at the College Hill reservoir

Week of December 17 Cheese tasting

December 20th Possible Spelling/Vocab Quiz in English

December 21st Last day of school before winter break

January 7th Professional Development day for teachers

January 8th School resumes

Week of 3 December 2018

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

Wow! Time flies when you are having fun. There are only three more weeks before winter break which means that fall term is coming to a close.

5th grade was super excited to participate in the voting this year of our own Oregon Kid Governor. Today was the kid Governor was announced and the red class got to even watch part of the announcement live. We are proud to announce that Erikka Baldwin, a local 5th grader from McCornack Elementary School was nominated for 2019’s Oregon Kid Governor.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 3rd, you will find: the most recent homework responsibility report to be signed and returned on Tuesday and some French work that the students have done over the past few weeks.

On the French side this week students will:

• Continue studying the passé composé. Students have notes in their grammaire personnelle, the lavender notebook, and should use those notes when doing homework;
• Finish doing experiments regarding the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential questions will be 1) What causes condensation to form?; 2) How does water vapor get into the air?; and 3) What is the water cycle?
• Continue a nutrition unit that will last at through December. During this unit students will track their food intake over five days (some students still have not completed pages 98-102 in their green nutrition workbook), analyze their food intake and the characteristics of healthy meals and snacks. Mme Catherine will do another presentation about different meals from around the world this week or next.
• Have a test over the passé composé the week of the 3rd. Students will be able to use their notes if they want for a maximum score of a 3 (meets). Students who do not use their notes could earn a 4 (exceeds).
• Study articles in French (défin, indéfini, et partitif).
• Not work on art as we finish up with the science materials by December 7th because the kit has to be inventoried and then sent off to the next school the week of December 10th.

On The English side students will:

• Mini Geometry Unit - Students are exploring the attributes of different 2D polygons such as: triangles and quadrilaterals. In addition to this, they are classifying these objects, based upon their known attributes.
• Reading Comprehension Focus: Main Idea and Supporting Details
  • We are reading a story called Cougars from Journeys, we did a Read-Aloud with The Trees of the Dancing Goats, and students are also analyzing their own Novels.
  • Next week we will begin another Book Report on one of the novels they are currently reading
• Poetry - students are beginning a 3 week poetry unit where they will be learning about a number of different Literary Devices that make up Poetry. We will analyze poetry both in English and in French. My goal is that we take at least 2 pieces of poetry to final draft before winter break.

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Week of 3 December Quiz over the passé composé

Week of 10 December Test over the science unit

December 14th Star gazing party at 6 p.m. at the College Hill reservoir

Week of December 17 Cheese tasting

December 20th Spelling/Vocab Quiz in English

December 21st Last day of school before winter break

January 7th Professional Development day for teachers

January 8th School resumes

Week of 19 November 2018

Bonjour Parents and Guardians,

Thank you to the parents who took time out of their busy schedules to attend conferences in person or on the phone. We enjoyed meeting with you.

5th grade was super excited to participate in the voting this year of our own Oregon Kid Governor. Today was the kid Governor was announced and the red class got to even watch part of the announcement live. We are proud to announce that Erikka Baldwin, a local 5th grader from McCornack Elementary School was nominated for 2019’s Oregon Kid Governor.

Because this is a short week, this letter will cover two weeks and will not be updated until December 3rd.

In the communication folder on Monday, the 19th, you will find: 3 items to be signed and returned on Tuesday--the most recent homework responsibility report and a quiz over the verbs that take être for the passé compos (Mme Grabowski) AND a multiplication quiz (Mme Pierce).

On the French side over the next two weeks students will:

• Continue studying the passé composé. Students have notes in their grammaire personnelle, the lavender notebook, and should use those notes when doing homework;
• Continue the science unit called Earth and Sun. The essential questions will be 1) How do meteorologists measure and record weather variables?; 2) What happens to earth materials when they are exposed to sunlight?; and 3) How does energy transfer to the air?
• Continue a nutrition unit that will last at least through November. During this unit students will track their food intake over five days (some students have not completed pages 98-102 in their green nutrition workbook), study articles (definite, indefinite, and partitive) and the characteristics of healthy meals and snacks, and learn about French eating habits (Mme Catherine will give a presentation).
• Have a test over the passé composé the week of the 26th. Students will be able to use their notes if they want for a maximum score of a 3 (meets). Students who do not use their notes could earn a 4 (exceeds).
• Time permitting, they will study value contrast in art.

On The English side students will:

• Division Strategies - area model, array diagrams, partial quotient etc. - Students will use different strategies with manipulatives to represent division statements, as well as solving a variety of different equations
  • Extension Opportunities for the division unit- students can either work on a Volume Art Project or they can one of the following things independently:
    • Create a Game Board that uses Algebraic Expressions or Multiplication/Division of multi-digit equations (with rules and an answer key)
    • Create a KeyNote that explains the Order of Operations and provides examples of how to solve different algebraic expressions
    • Create a children’s book that has the characters explaining Order of Operations and how to solve different algebraic expressions
• Novel Studies - We have finished up our first ongoing novel project! They will be displayed in the hallway outside the office hopefully after Thanksgiving Break
  • We will reflect on our progress with our 40 Book Challenge and take a Novel Quiz that will challenge students to all the different reading strategies/elements we have been studying this year
• Geography, Vocabulary, Art and Reading - We will be doing a 1-2 week mini unit on US geography. We will discuss different landforms as well as locations of these landforms and how this influences the geography of our country. While studying this we will use our vocabulary that we’ve been studying around “directions” and create a short written piece that describes an art project that reflects the geography of our nation.
• Time Permitting - A mini Lesson on the Analysis of Thanksgiving
• Coming Up Next - December Poetry

If you have any questions or concerns, please, email Mme Grabowski at grabowski_c@4j.lane.edu for questions regarding French and/or science; and Mme Adrienne at carlson_a@4j.lane.edu for regarding English language arts and/or math.

Bonne semaine,

Mme. Carlson and Mme. Grabowski

IMPORTANT DATES

Daily French or math assignment, and read 20 minutes

Week of 26 November Quiz over the passé composé

December 14th Star gazing party at 6 p.m. at the College Hill reservoir

Decmber 20th Spelling/Vocab Quiz in English

December 21st Last day of school before winter break

January 7th Professional Development day for teachers

January 8th School resumes

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