1. Leggings must be solid colored
5th Grade CLASS NEWS
Biweekly Newsletter
October 12th – 16th October 19th – 23rd
Mark Your Calendar…
Overall Creek 5:00 Boys and Girls Basketball, Tuesday, October 13th
Third Thursday Clubs!! Thursday, October 15th
Our first home game! MNS v JPE, Thursday the 15th at 5:00. Cost $5
PTO Meeting in the E library Monday, Oct. 19th at 4:00
Elementary Picture Day Tuesday Oct. 20th
Reeves Rogers Tuesday, 20th at 5:00
Book Fair Preview Day Thursday, Oct. 22nd
MNS v. SCALES, also Thursday 22nd at 5:00.
Cost $5
SCIENCE
Oct : We are learning about adaptations, as well as fossils.
Oct : This week we will begin our study of traits & heredity.
7 Habits Focus:
12th, Habit Seven: Sharpen Your Saw
19th, Habit One: Be Proactive
SOCIAL STUDIES
For the next 3 weeks, we will be learning about the major role Tennessee played in the events during the Civil War, as well as the hardships civilians in the South faced while battles ensued around them.
We will focus on the timeline of battles, the major people involved, the Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, and the 13th Amendment.
Reading & Writing
Over the next 2 weeks we are focusing on:
Narrative writing prompts.
Drawing conclusions as we compare 2 or more literary texts, and analyzing the authors’ approach to theme.
Summarizing an informational text using main idea and details.
Correcting sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
Using conjunctions to combine and reduce sentences.
DARE Essay due dates:
Rough draft October 16th
Final draft October 23rd
MATH
Oct :
In math we will be adding & subtracting decimals.
Oct : Our focus will shift to multiplying decimals.
Dress Code Reminder
Leggings must be solid colored
Shirts must be solid-colored collared shirts, no stripes, words, or designs
Twill pants, no denim
Sneakers, no boots
Birthdays
Jenna Ghee Oct. 7
Dionne McCullough
Mitchell Neilson
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