Ms.
Wagoner’s
Peek at the Week
September 2009
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
21 22 23 24 25
Day 1 – Music Day 2 – Media Day 3 – Gym Day 1 – Music Day 2 - Media
MAP Testing Spanish begins Spelling Test
Reading
1:00 – 2:00 5th GRADE Friday Fun
CURRICULUM
NIGHT
6:00-7:00pm
Parents only please
Star of the Week: Jordan
MAP TESTING IMPORTANT DATES: PATROL UPDATE
MAP Testing will begin next 9/23 – 5th Grade Curriculum Night All patrols were trained in on Tuesday
week. MAP stands for Measures 6:00 – 7:00pm by Deputy Kirk from Ramsey County.
of Academic Progress. We will 10/14 – No School (Staff Development) There are two teams of patrols – the
be taking this test three times 10/15 – No School (MEA) orange team and the black team. One
throughout the year to monitor 10/16 – No School (MEA) team will be on duty for two weeks,
the progress of each student in while the other team has those two
reading and math. weeks off. Please check the schedules
CLASS WEBSITE: posted at school and on the class
We have set up a website for all the 5th grade classes this year. website.
Please check it out!
http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com
CLASS NEWS
September 21 – September 25
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO? HOMEWORK
The first homework packet of
This week we started our new math the year went home today.
curriculum. Our first unit focuses on fluency Students will be getting a
and computation. We are learning different homework packet every
strategies to help us with our multiplication Friday and are expected to
and division facts. Look for daily math complete and return it the
homework coming home each day. following Friday.
We also started our first IB Planner, Please read the cover page of
titled The Human Machine. We started off by the homework for more
tracing our bodies and drawing all we knew specific directions.
about different systems of the body. We then
focused our inquiry on cells and even got to
build our own cell models and compare plant
and animal cells on the computer.
We also started spelling this week.
Each Monday, we will do a pre-test so that PLAN AHEAD
students know which words they need to Ms. Wagoner’s Class 2009-2010 5th Grade Curriculum Night is
study. We will also be spending 20 minutes scheduled for Wednesday,
each day throughout the week working on September 23 from 6:00-
our spelling words in some way. 7:00pm. We are looking
Next week we will start MAP testing forward to seeing you there
and also have our first Spanish class of the and discussing important
information about the 5th grade
year! curriculum and activities
planned for this year.
BOOK ORDERS
Our first book orders of the year went home CONTACT
today. Please make checks out to Scholastic INFORMATION:
Book Clubs if you plan on ordering books. Sarah Wagoner
Orders are due back next Friday, September 25. Room 114
IB Planner – The Human Machine
If any parents are interested in being in charge of (651) 407-7600 x1610
book orders this year, please email me. [email protected]
