What better way to begin a new year than with rain. It must be good luck! This year is going to be full of change for the students. New schedule. New teachers. They seemed to handle both very well today. Let's hope it continues. Fifth grade is a year of transition and this year will be no exception. If you or your children have any questions, just stop by or give me a call.
Just to fill you in: Ms. McQuade will teach science this year. Mrs. Valenti-Turskey will handle Language Arts. I will be teaching Social Studies to 6th & 7th graders! Woohoo!
Today was interesting. We moved some desks around to get rid of some "less than desirable" desks and replaced them with desks in much better condition. We actually got to some instructional time. We started Math, Social Studies, Vocabulary and covered our Math books. We had some "timed" tests on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The kids were so excited! Homework includes finishing Math Lesson 1 Practice and Problem sets. (You can expect Math homework everyday.) For Vocabulary they will need to complete pages 10 & 11. We will have an exercise on Friday in Spelling and Vocabulary.
Last little note: Star of India permission slips went home today. Thanks to the Tryka Family raising $1,100.00, the cost for the field trip is only $50.00 per student. The cheapest it has ever been. We will be spending the night on board Thursday, September 22nd. There will be no school for 5th graders on Friday, September 23rd. I also need chaperones for this journey. Any volunteers?
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