5th grade news

Our election results are in for the President and the 5th grade chose Mr. Romney by a count of 16-14.
Some of the students stayed up to fill in a chart for the electoral college, it was a long night for some of them
We are finishing up with the colonies in social studies, and ready to begin the American Revolution
In math we are studying fractions.
Next Monday we will celebrate Vereran's Day. The students are to bring the names of the veterans that they know of.
Thanksgiving will be here soon, we have just 7 school days  till vacation. Have a happy turkey day.

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

OCT. 18 AND 19

 

THURSDAY

4:00-ABBY

4:30-AARON

4:45-SOUTHERN

5:15-KASSIDI

5:30-JOEL

5:45-KATELYNN

6:30-AJ

6:45-ANDREW B

7:00-MCKENZIE

7:15-DREW

FRIDAY

8:00-JODI

8:15-ANDREW W

9:15-MARK

9::45-CARSON

10:00-RILEY



State assessments and more

State testing will be on April 10, 11, and 12 in both the morning and afternoon. Please try to keep these days open from appointments.Make sure your child has a good night's rest and a full stomach in the morning, we don't want any unwelcome distractions.We are welcoming volunteers to bring treats so if you are interested let Mr. Fenton or Mrs. Kramer know.

Some dates to remember:
Tuesday April 3rd-Literacy
Friday April 6th-No School on good Friday
Monday-May 7th-Spring Concert
Friday May 11th-Play Day
Wednesday, May 16th-Last day of school, awards assembly at 8:30

Science Class

Our 5th grade class began science classes this semester. The first 3 weeks we did investigations on air, gravity, and weight. Our 1st chapter will be on life science and the study of cells. We will be preparing during the semester to do a science fair project at the end of the year. More will be posted on that as the semester moves on. We are also doing mini lessons on phonics this semester. We spend about 15 minutes a day on the phonics.

December classes

The 5th graders are beginning to study the American Revolution, and with that will be getting into the making of our government. We have a textbook called We The People that we will be studying out of. Later this week we will be learning parts of the Declaration Of Independence. Please help your child with this. In math we will begin a chapter on measurement. Learning parts of an inch will be difficult. We round to the nearest inch, half, fourth, and eighth. We will be learning about area and perimeter. Our problem solving activity this Friday will be designing a 5000 square foot backyard with whatever they choose to put in it. They will use perimeter and area to figure out what will fit and then design their own backyard.

subject areas for December

The 5th graders will be studying government in December and will start fractions after they come back from Thanksgiving vacation

Thanksgiving Vacation

Jackson Heights will have 5 days for their Thanksgiving vacation this year. The days begin Wed. Nov. 23 till Nov. 27th.