5th Grade News

October 21 - 25

Trunk or Treat - October 22

ROE Bookfair - In Person & Online Open Now

Student Work and Grades

As we are preparing our students to take on more responsibility and be accountable for their learning, in 5th grade and beyond, we are asking them to check skyward weekly. We encourage you to do the same. If your student has any missing work please encourage your student to ask their teacher about the assignment. If you still have questions after your student has advocated for themselves, please reach out to the teacher and we will be happy to clarify any questions.

A Hydrated Brain is a Thinking Brain

We love that our kiddos are bringing cups and bottles! Brain research tells us that a hydration helps us think faster and focus better. Plus, water stimulates the flow of nutrients and hormones that release those feel-good endorphins you need to feel happy! There are so many reasons to stay hydrated.

With that being said we need your help. We are seeing an excessive amount of spills in class and in the hallways. This creates a hazard to safety and electronics. In addition, it interrupts the instruction time.

You can help us with this by only sending cups or bottles that are leakproof, and will not spill if knocked over or dropped.

Focus of the Week

Math - I can represent and solve multiplying decimals & represent and solve dividing decimals

ELAR - Realistic Fiction - I can revaluate details that I have read to determine key ideas in an informational text.

Science - I can demonstrate and explain how light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object and is reflected, refracted, or absorbed.

Social Studies - I can explain when, where, and why groups of people explored, colonized, and settled in the United States.

School Hours

Parents, please help us set your students up for success by getting them to school on time. School doors open at 6:50. Remember that all students have free breakfast & lunch this year! Students arriving to school at 7:40 have missed a full 20 minutes of instruction. This could more than half of the instruction time for their first class that day.

School starts at 7:20 am and students are tardy after 7:25. Every minute of instruction counts! Dismissal is at 3:05.

Important Information To Help Your Student At Home!

You may have noticed that your student does not have daily homework. The only time a student should have homework is to make-up missed work from an absence or work that was not completed in class.

Here are some suggestions if you want your student to have extra practice.

Read daily for at least 20 minutes
Practice fact fluency (multiplication & division)
Check out Sora, our online digital library.
Studyjams.com - Science review and extra practice.

Make-up missed work from an absence or work that was not completed in class will be considered homework. If your student was absent they have the number of days they were out to return missed work. For example, if your student was sick and missed two days of school, they have two days to complete the work they missed while they were out. It is the students responsibility to ask for makeup work.

Dates to Remember

Oct. 21 - Board Meeting, 7 p.m.

Oct. 22 - ROE Trunk OR Treat 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 - Big Kahuna Order Delivery
Oct. 28-Nov. 1 - Red Ribbon Week

Oct. 30 - Big Kahuna Limo Ride

Oct. 31 - Halloween

Nov. 6 – Coffee Talk with Supt. Brenda Sandford @ 7:45 a.m.

Nov. 7 – ROE Veteran’s Day Concert @ 6 p.m.

Nov. 8 – Early Release/Staff Development

Birthday Celebrations

We love to celebrate birthdays! Birthday celebrations will take place at the end of the day, on the last day of the week, so instruction is not disrupted. If you will leave any items you want to share with the class in the front, the office will make sure to get them to your child's class.