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January’s Newsletter
We hope that you and your family had a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. We are sad to announce that Ms. Bullard will not be returning to North Vista after the New Year. We would like to wish her well in her endeavors. We are please to announce that Ms. Sharonda Daise will be our new 5th grade teacher, taking Ms. Bullard’s place. I am sure that we will all make Ms. Daise feel right at home. Focus Skills for January: Math: The students are wrapping up their study of Dimensional Geometry. We have had some wonderful lessons using many different manipulatives like Geoboards, blocks that snap together, and cutting out nets to make three-dimensional shapes from two-dimensional shapes. We will begin the year working with protractors for the first time to find the degree of angles. Next, we will begin our study of Data. Social Studies: Fifth grade just finished their study of World War I and will begin studying the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression. Ask your child what happened during the Great Depression. As always, make sure your child uses their study guide and their notebooks to study for tests. Science: The New Year will find the fifth grade beginning their study of Force and Motion. We are planning many exciting lessons to reinforce what the students will be learning while we use the District Science Kits which will arrive January 12th. Ask your child to define force and motion and give you an example of both. English Language Arts: Fifth grade will start off the New Year by reviewing for the ELA Benchmark Test. Students will take the Benchmarks from January 8th through the January 12th. As always, we will continue to improve our reading, writing, and researching skills. We will continue using Compass Odyssey to promote a greater understanding of many aspects of ELA. Please remember parent, we have spelling homework every night. Make sure that your student is studying their spelling words. The completion of homework is vital. It allows the student to practice the concepts they learn in the classroom. Also, we will be concluding our novel study of, The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Patterson. The students have really enjoyed this book! Ask your child how the story ends and what Gilly learns.
The following events are happening in January: January’s School-wide Events 9-Bi-Weekly folders sent home 15-Early Dismissal 19-No School/Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday 21 Report Cards Issued 22-PTA Meeting@6pm 23-Fire Drill, Bi-Weekly folders sent home 26-School Improvement Council @4pm in media center Terrific Kids @1pm in the cafeteria 30-Operation Get Smart-Grades 4-6 “Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.”- Marva Collins
December’s Newsletter
It is so hard to believe that Christmas is here! We have a lot of material to cover before the Christmas break. We know that our fifth graders are up for the challenge. We are proud of each and every one of them for the effort they put forth! Focus Skills for December: Math: Fifth grade is working on Dimensional Geometry this month. Students learned about congruency last week and now they are learning more about two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. They will be creating three-dimensional shapes from two-dimensional shapes this week. Next week, we will be analyzing shapes to determine line symmetry and/or rotational symmetry. Social Studies: Fifth grade is now studying the United States as a World Power unit. Ask your child who we bought Alaska from, or what annexation means. The students will be delving into WWI and learning about the causes of the war and who the Central and Allied Powers were. We should be completing this unit before the Christmas break. The Unit test will be sometime the week of December 8-12th. Make sure your child uses their study guide and their notebooks to study for tests. Science: Fifth graders are still covering the Landforms and Oceans unit. We are now beginning our study of tides, waves, and the shoreline. Ask your child what they learned about the tides and ask them to describe the crest or the trough of a wave. English Language Arts: In ELA we will be focusing on our reading and writing skills. We will be studying author’s bias and determining fact from opinion in literature. Each week we will have spelling and vocabulary tests. Please make sure that your student is studying for these tests. Fifth grade continues their novel study of The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Patterson. Ask your child what is happening in the story. Ask them to describe their favorite character from the novel. The following events are happening in December: December’s School-wide Events 10-12 Christmas Store Sponsored by PTA 11-Winter Concert @ 6pm 15-Jingle Bell Jamboree 17-Half-Day for Students-No Lunch 18-January 2 Winter Break “Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.”- Marva Collins Ms. Bullard, Mr. Davis, and Ms. Bannister would like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!
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