5th Grade Newsletter for September 9-13

Dear Families,

This is just a reminder that Boy’s Reading Night is on Thursday, September 19 and Girl’s Reading Night is on Thursday, September 26. It will be a “Mystery-filled” evening. Doors open at 5:45 and it will go through 7:30 p.m. Please RSVP for this event by calling 720.886.4049. We hope to see you there!

Have you sold any items for our PTCO Fundraiser? We hope so! All orders and checks are due this Thursday. We appreciate our BTE families supporting this important cause and enabling field trips for our students.

Finally, if you have not joined the 5^th Gear Kids Program, it is not too late! Students who are signed up for the program will receive extra PE time once a month with Mr. Gaede.

Remember, there will be no school for students on Friday, September 20. Have a great week! J

Vocabulary: This week’s words come have the prefix trans- which means “across” and the prefix inter- which means “between.” The test on Friday will cover definitions and parts of speech.                                             

1.     interactive (adj.)

2.    interfere (v.)

5.    intermittent (adj.)

6.    intersect (v.)

9.    interval (n.)

3.    transact (v.)

4.    transfer (v.)

7.    transmit (v.)

8.    transfusion (n.)

 

Spelling: This week’s words are frequently misspelled. Look for homophones, compound words, and words with prefixes or suffixes.

 

1.       anyone                                  6. terrible                           11. impossible                                   16. vacation            

2.       were                     7. trouble                           12. independent                              17. winner

3.       getting                  8. hole                                 13. prettier                                         18. hopeless           

4.       weather               9. whole                              14. question                                      19. hidden         

5.       whether              10. thought                         15. unhappiness                               20.  together

 

Reading: Students will be expected to read a fiction book of his/her choice every 2 weeks. This book MUST be brought to school each day as in-class assignments will be given in the Reader’s Response Notebook based on the reading. BOOK #2 and MENU #2 are DUE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.

Science: A weekly review packet will be sent home each Monday. This is DUE ON FRIDAY. This week we will focus on sound waves and properties of light (pages 105-112). In class, we will begin our first FOSS Kit called “Mixtures and Solutions.” This week we will create and separate mixtures and solutions.

Social Studies: Students will receive information on a geography project Tuesday in class. Directions and a model will be given to help students complete his/her “Island.” This project is DUE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. Students will be writing an informative article in class about his/her island. While some class time will be given to work on the project, students are encouraged to continue working on this at home.