Thursday Homework

Tonight's homework:

1. Read 20 mins.
2. Study for spelling test
3. Comparing Decimals paper
4. Finish Ice Cream problem

Today we spent some time talking about the effects of using tobacco products as part of Red Ribbon Week. Ask your child what they learned about it.

Poems, Poems Everywhere

We just started a poetry unit that we'll be working on the next couple weeks. As part of the unit, each student has chosen a poem to work on and memorize. They will either recite it to me (required) or to the class (extra credit) by the end of next week.

Tonight's Homework:

1. Read 20 mins.
2. Write a short story (about 2-3 paragraphs) using at least 8 spelling words.
3. Work on memorizing your poem. Read it out loud to at least 2 different people.
4. Finish the Ice Cream math problem from yesterday.

**PARENTS: Notice that my email has changed with my new last name. My old one will still work, but please make note of the change! Thanks!!

Mrs. Sampson

WELCOME BACK!!

Welcome back on track! Things have been a bit crazy the past couple days since I just barely got back from my honeymoon. But, we're all excited to be here and are back in the swing of things. We're finishing up the Revolutionary War and starting talking about the Constitution. We'll be discussing the federal government and voting, just in time for the election in 2 weeks. In Math, we're working on some beginning algebra concepts.

Tonight's Homework:

1. Read 20 mins
2. Spelling - sort and write
3. Math problem - due Friday
**If an ice cream shop sells thirty-one different flavors of ice cream, how many different double-scoop cones can they make?


Parents, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns as we approach parent teacher conferences in a couple weeks.

Mrs. Sampson

PTA

We had a PTA rep come in today to remind us to have parents sign up for the PTA. If our class has the most parents signed up, we'll receive $50 worth of books for our classroom! So far we only have 5 parents signed up in our class. D Track has at least double that! We need to catch up!

If you haven't really considered PTA before, or if you don't think you have time, consider these points:

1. It only costs $5 for the whole year.
2. That $5 is a direct donation to your child's school.
3. You don't have to do anything for PTA, just the $5 donation is plenty to help out.
4. You get 10% off at the book fairs throughout the year.
5. You'll be helping your child's school and specifically our classroom if we win!

If you're interested, please send $5 to school with your child TOMORROW (or when we come back on track) and we'll get all the paperwork taken care of. Thanks!

REMINDER: Tomorrow is the last day to turn in fundraisers.

Almost Off Track

Just 2 more days until we go off track!! It's been a crazy week and we're getting things packed up so we can go off track. For those of you that aren't aware, in 5th grade we have to rotate classrooms each time we track off and on. So, this week we'll be packing up our classroom and moving our stuff into storage until we come back in a few weeks. When we come back, we'll be in Room 125 (where Mrs. Engh's class currently is).

Parents, sorry for the smaller amounts of homework this week. I've been sick with a nasty cold, plus all the copy machines at school are broken. Combine that with trying to get the room ready for the next class to come on track, and homework has kind of fallen by the way side. I promise once we're back on track homework will resume it's normal pattern. :)

For tonight, make sure you read 20 minutes for the Road to Success (and mark your chart!).

Also, study those vocab words. We'll have a test on Friday.

Road to Revolution

We're making our way to independence in Social Studies. Parents, ask your student how many M&M's they got today and how they felt about it. :)

Here's tonight's homework:

1. Read 20 minutes.
2. Write about 3 events on the Road to Revolution. Write what the event is and what you know about it. Be prepared to share in class tomorrow.
3. Vocabulary - We will have a vocab test this week instead of spelling. Please look up definitions for these words tonight:

revolution
independence
declaration
prime
composite
commutative
weathering
erosion
uplift
geological

Constitution and Car Wrecks

Today is Constitution Day, so we talked a little about what the Constitution is and how it got started. We'll be learning about it more in detail when we get to that point in U.S. history, but we gave it a brief overview today.

In math today, we explored estimating and adding decimals with a real world example. My car got hit in the school parking lot yesterday, leaving my bumper, trunk, and tail light in sad shape. The whole back end will need to be replaced :( So for math, we assessed the damage (with a field trip to the parking lot to see the car) then estimated how much part would cost to replace. We added in labor costs to come up with final estimates. I then listed the actual costs of each part (based on the estimate I got at a body shop) and we added to see the real total. The student with the closest estimate won a treat!

Here's tonight's homework:

1. Read 20 mins
2. Work on your Reflections project (in case your child didn't tell you, I am requiring each student to enter at least one category as a homework assignment.) For more information, visit the Columbia PTA website and click on "Reflections"