DECADES in FIFTH GRADE
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS!!! IMPORTANT END OF YEAR ACTIVITIES FOR FIFTH GRADERS & THEIR FAMILIES:
A fun part of our Promotion Program is our Fifth Grade Slideshow! We are so appreciative of Emily McClure and her talents with our slideshow! Thank you as well for Jette Stephens, VC parent, who designed our shirts and promotion motto! May IMPORTANT DATES: May 30th - Fifth Grade’s Living Museum (8:30-11:00) May 31st - Promotion at 8:15 (8-10) DRESS CODE: Sunday Best Ladies: Dresses, pants, NEEDS TO BE DRESS CODE APPROPRIATE Gentlemen: Pants, Collar shirt, etc June 1st - 5th grade Breakfast, Cougar Dad Hot Dog Lunch & End of Year Party, and Fifth Grade Swim Party We are excited about starting this final quarter of elementary school with your student! Enjoy the time and join us in some of these memorable events! :) The Fifth Grade Team DECADES IN FIFTH GRADE
TUESDAY: 30th: LIVING MUSEUM - Come dressed as their researched subject and help us create our Living History Museum for Valley Creek. Students will be sharing interesting facts about their influential figure from the 20th century. What do I wear? Something that represents the research person! |
CALENDAR/SAVE THE DATES!!!! Monday, May 29th HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! Tuesday, May 30th LIBRARY BOOKS DUE TODAY! LIVING MUSEUM TODAY - Come dressed as your research subject! 8:30-11:00 Wednesday, May 31st PROMOTION 8-10 See below for more details SPECIALS AWARDS & OH MY STARS PARTY in specials Thursday, May 25th LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS HAVE A RELAXING, SAFE SUMMER!!!! BEST OF LUCK IN 6th GRADE! :) The Fifth Grade Team LAST DAY of 5th GRADE ACTIVITIES:
June 1st - Wear Class Shirt or Promotion Shirt 5th grade Breakfast -7:00-7:45 The last day of elementary school is creeping up on our fifth graders! Breakfast will be from 7:00-7:45 am on Thursday, June 1st, under the gazebo at the upper playground. Please sign up to bring one or more of the listed items and help this day be a great memory for our kids. You can bring it early or send it with your child. You are also welcome to stay. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Jennifer Williams. Also, please pass this along to any 5th grade parents. Click here to sign up:http://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084aa9ac22a64-fifth Meetin’ @ Creek Assembly -8:15-9:00 Cougar Dad Hot Dog Lunch & End of Year Party with Kona Ice Truck - 11:30-12:30 Flag Lowering Ceremony - 1:30 Fifth Grade Swim Party - after school is out! 3:00-6:00 ALL FIFTH GRADERS ARE INVITED TO A SWIM PARTY AT ELDORADO COUNTRY CLUB AFTER SCHOOL on JUNE 1st. The cost is $5.00 to get into to swim and students may bring extra money for a snack. WE WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYONE TO COME!!! This is a fifth grade only activity! |
Incoming 6th grade students and families, are invited to join the FMS “PRIDE”
Friday June 2, 2017 from 1:00 pm -2:30 pm
Faubion Middle School
2000 Rollins Drive
McKinney, TX 75069
Find out what 6th grade is all about! Meet FMS students! Get a tour!
Join the PTO!
Purchase school supplies, PE uniforms, and spirit-wear!
For more information check out our website: http://www.faubionmiddleschool.com/index.html
VOLUNTEERING IN FIFTH GRADE!!
We have many exciting opportunities for parents to help and volunteer in fifth grade! From Camp Jolt to Decades.....we need YOU!!! Below is the link to apply for volunteer status with the district. Thanks in advance for your help!!
http://www.mckinneyisd.net/parents/volunteer/
We have many exciting opportunities for parents to help and volunteer in fifth grade! From Camp Jolt to Decades.....we need YOU!!! Below is the link to apply for volunteer status with the district. Thanks in advance for your help!!
http://www.mckinneyisd.net/parents/volunteer/
Reminders for FIFTH GRADERS:
TEACHING TEAMS:
Hardin (ELAR & Social Studies) & Hodnett (Math & Science)
Williams (ELAR & Social Studies) & Elston (Math & Science)
Recess at 10:30 & Lunch at 11:00
Healthy Snacks in the afternoon
Don’t forget TENNIS SHOES for PE, Music & Recess
What we’re learning..
Hello Math and Science friends, these are the concepts we will be covering this week ENJOY !!!
- Problem Solving: involving real life situations and scenarios.
- Target The Question: Daily Problem Solving scenarios reflecting all operations of math in real life situations.
- Mountain Math: Daily skills for building a conceptual foundation towards higher math development.
- BEGIN Personal Finance Unit ( Balance A Budget , Taxes, )
- CONTINUE: Scatterplots & Frequency Tables & Dot Plots )
- CONTINUE:( X, Y) Coordinate Grid / Graphing in 4 quadrants using negative and positive coordinates.
- Student Created Grids in the 4 quadrants.
- Unit Module Assessment Skill Checks
- Skills practice for concept review.
- Vocabulary development and recognition practice. ( Pair IT , Fill IT , Find IT)
UNIT: What Happened Before? / Earth Changes (Web Surf, Outline research tasks, Skills Check, Guided Practice, Student Journals, Content Connections).
- Daily Segment: BIG IDEA ( Water Cycle ( can we really Run out of Water? ). Vocabulary / Reading science information passages ).
- Daily Science Review Bundle
- Google Drive Slide Q & A group sessions with Media Resources.
- PRODUCTS: Sedimentary Rock / Renewable/ Non Renewable Resources
- Assessments for PRE TEST, PROGRESS MONITORING, CONCEPT READINESS, POST TEST
- DIY Set for daily completion.
- FUSION: Workbook charts, math connections, definitions, vocabulary recognition, Application Analysis.
- Vocabulary development and recognition practice.
COACHING HOMEWORK: Please make sure that the weekly COACHING Homework is completed by the completion days below:
MOBY Math/ TTM / MOBY Science/ KHAN ACADEMY - Min. are DUE by Friday 8 AM
PRACTICE PAGE : Thursday
Reading & Writing :
- Read Aloud: Bud, Not Buddy: Historical Fiction novel about a young boy living during the Depression years.
- Literature Circle books and discussions
- Research Project
- We are finishing our create project on inventions
- Decades !
docs.google.com/document/d/1BudJHa_wF2D4H2iXM8oz1wO77_UZbpxEnj9XunAJIUA/edit
FIFTH GRADE STAAR VOCABULARY: quizlet.com/75872813/staar-reading-vocabulary-5th-grade-flash-cards/
DRAMA: quizlet.com/63312363/drama-genre-flash-cards/
NONFICTION: quizlet.com/63310946/expositorynonfiction-flash-cards/
FICTION: quizlet.com/63296961/fiction-genre-flash-cards/
POETRY: quizlet.com/63300524/poetry-figurative-language-flash-cards/