Parent Conferences

All parent conferences have been scheduled.  Please email me if you do not remember your day and time.
Please remember that 5:00 - 5:30 is blocked out.  Looking forward to meeting with each of you.

Week of February 27th

Week of February 27^th

Mrs. French’s Language Arts Class

Spelling VV Pattern

Poem, idea, create, diary, area, giant, usual, radio, cruel, quiet, diet, liar, fuel, riot, actual, lion, ruin, trial, rodeo, science

Challenge Words

Appreciate, variety, enthusiastic, realize, eventually

Story for the Week – Mom’s Best Friend

Vocabulary

Dog guide, cinch, memorizing, layout, pace, mature, veered, soloed, mastered, routes, obedience, instinct, strolled, obstacles, diabetes, optic, atrophy, braille, exhausted, groomed, attachment

Word Building – Multiple meaning words

Grammar Concepts/Skills – Proper use of commas

Comprehension Skill – Noting details

Strategy – Monitoring and clarifying

Math

         Both classes will begin on Chapter 11: Multiplying fractions.  Please continue to work on basic facts and the practice tests that were sent home on Thursday/Friday.

Music – Butler Middle School is coming for an assembly on Monday.

No School on Friday – Teacher work day

Parent Conferences next week

Week of February 21st

Parent Conferences are coming up.  Please be sure to register online.

Week of February 13^th

Mrs. French’s Language Arts Class

Spelling

District, address, complain, explain, improve, farther, simply, hundred, although, laughter, mischief, complex, partner, orphan, constant, dolphin, employ, sandwich, monster, orchard

Challenge Words

Abstain, conscience, function, extreme, control

Story for the Week – Mariah Keeps Cool

Vocabulary

Approach, springboard, decorate, errand, suspect, detain, spectators, millet, honor, celebration, amazingly, festive, staples, stifle, beamed volunteered, reluctant, hundred

Word Building – Use of est and ier to make comparisons

Grammar Concepts/Skills – Use of adjectives to combine sentences and changing positions of adjectives in sentences

Comprehension Skill – Problem Solving and Decision Making

Strategy – Predicting and inferring

Math

         Both classes are working on Chapter 10: Adding and Subtracting Fractions.  Please continue to work on basic facts and the practice tests that were sent home on Thursday.

Utah Symphony Field Trip – February 23^rd

            Please be sure your child is at school promptly at 8:20 on this day.  We will return in time for lunch so no special arrangements need to be made.  Students do need to be dressed nicely as the program is held at Abravanel Hall.

Music – We want to thank Angelica Molloy for sharing her musical talents with us each Thursday.  This has been a wonderful gift and we are learning so much.

Science and Social Studies – We continue our studies of electricity/magnetism and the events leading to the Civil War.

Benchmark Tests – We will progress monitor on Thursday.  Students making a minimum 5 point improvement will earn extra recess on Friday.           

Spelling Bee and Talent Show

Students will be receiving a list of the words for this year's class Spelling Bee.  The top 5 finalists in each class will go on to the Grade Level Bee. The Grade Level Spelling Bee will be held on Monday, May 14.  The finalists will be selected two weeks before and given the new list to study.  Along with the Spelling Bee on the 14th, we will have our 5th Grade Talent Show.  Students may perform individually or in groups.

State Projects Update

Amended 5^th Grade State Project Guidelines

The State Projects consist of 3 main parts:

1.   A classroom presentation/report that is between 4-6 minutes in length.  This must be in the student’s own words.

2.   A shoebox float

3.   A trifold brochure (done in computer class)

The report should include information and illustrations of the following:

a.   state flag

b.   state bird

c.    state flower

d.   state nickname

e.   license plate

f.     primary natural resources

g.   main geologic features

h.   map of the state

i.      state seal

j.      a brief history of the state; including the date of statehood

 Please have students do their own drawings for the illustrations.  The information for the report should be secured in a presentation folder.

The shoebox float should represent the highlight(s) of the state in 3D format.  For example, New York could have the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, and/or Niagara Falls built on the top of the decorated box.

         The trifold brochure is done in the computer lab but students will need to bring the information with them.  Student’s research should include information that might be used in a travel brochure such as:

a.   cultural highlights

b.   recreational activities

c.    climate and weather

d.   educational institutions

e.   famous people

f.     historical monuments, museums, etc.

g.   sports teams

Please note that students need all of their research no later than March 12.

This research is to be done at home and brought to school for the computer project.  This can be in a notebook or folder

The state reports will be presented on Friday, April 20^th.