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Welcome to the 2023 - 2024 School Year

Welcome back to another school year! This year I will be teaching 5th grade everything except math and 4th grade their ELA class! I am excited for what our year holds! Welcome back and enjoy learning! 
 
We will be using Google Classroom this year. There will be more information to come about this. This will be one way to share information, assignments, and to communicate. On this webpage, you will find pictures and other information as well about what we are learning or have completed in class. 
 

The topics for this year include: 

Science Topics for 5th Grade:

  • Matter
  • How Organisms Change Over Time
  • Animal Development and Survival
  • Ecosystems

Social Studies 5th Grade: 

  • United States History Past and Present
ELA 5th Grade:
We will be using the Wit and Wisdom program this year and the topics include:
  • Wordplay
  • Native Americans
  • Civil War
ELA 4th grade: 
We will be using the Wit and Wisdom program this year and the topics include:
  • A Great Heart
  • Extreme Settings
  • Making Myths
Scholastic Book Club
If you would like to order books from your child and would prefer to do it online, use the information below.
Connect to Our Class Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/JD4CZ
Shop the flyers with your child: https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=667423

All books ship to the class, and I hand them out to the kids to take home.

Class Code: JD4CZ

You may also choose to send the money in with your child as well. I will also send the flyers home to look at if you prefer. 

Supply List this Year

Grade 4

#2 Pencils and erasers and pencil top erasers

 

Earbuds or Headphones

 

5 -spiral notebooks

 

Crayons, colored pencils and/or markers

 

Pencil box

 

Labeled Water Bottle to be brought home and washed each night. 

 

Ski pants, books, hat and mittens once the weather turns cold

 

Grade 5

Pencils and Erasers and pencil top erasers 

 

Earbuds or headphones

 

3 hole punched notebook paper 

(wide ruled is best) 

 

Colored Pencils 

 

Labeled Water Bottle to be brought home and washed each night.

 

Ski pants, books, hat and mittens once the weather turns cold

 
 
 
 

Posts

Reminders

Just a few quick reminders: 
 
Reading NWEA on Monday 
 
5th grade has 60 minutes of reading due every Friday. Please check their log and sign off that they have completed this 
 
Please send in a pair of headphones for your child to use during the day 
 
We are collecting socks for Socktober! We can use your help with that. 
 
We will have a Halloween Celebration in the afternoon. The 4th/5th grade will have a party together followed by the PreK - 5 Parade of Costumes at 2:15. You are invited to come at this time to see this. Weather permitting it will be outside! 

October Reading Log

Each week in the Month of October, 5th graders are expected to read for 60 minutes and show their completed log on Friday. This can be split up in anyway over the course of Monday night to Thursday night. As parents, please sign each log that your child has completed. This will help them to build skills this year! 

Reminders

As we near October, please try to send in a pair of headphones with your child. This will help with many programs we are using this year. 
 
October 7th and October 10th is a no school 
 
Family Night is October 6th from 5:00 - 6:30 and it will be a camping theme night 
 
October 6th will be Picture Day 
 
Please be checking students Peek of the Week as they will start having homework. This week they need to complete Fluency each night. This will help to improve their skills and they will have this most weeks for the rest of the school year with occasional other pieces of homework too. 

Reminders

Please remember that for both 4/5th grade ELA and Math that your child needs to have a pair of headphones to help them complete Lexia and Zearn during the day. Students are welcome to leave them here at school. I recommend them putting it in a plastic zip lock bag and labeling them or they could keep it right in the pencil holder in their bear binder. 
 
Return all forms back to school 
 
In October, we will be participating in Socktober. This will start on October 3rd for the whole month. The donations can be any type of scosks and we will split the donations between the Emmaus Homeless Shelter and The Community Closet. 
 
Picture Day will Tuesday, October 6th 
 
PE is on Wednesday and shoes are needed for PE class