5th Grade News

October 15-18

Homecoming Week

Don't forget, Friday is early release. Students will be dismissed at 12pm. 5th grade lunch will be from 11 to 11:30 on this day. Join us for the Homecoming Parade at 2 pm, followed by the football game at 7pm.

ROE Bookfair - Online Sales Open Now

Order Online!

In-Person Book Fair runs Oct 21 - Oct 25

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 investigate and describe the transformation of energy in systems such as energy in a flashlight battery that changes from chemical energy to electrical energy to light energy. I can demonstrate that electrical energy in a closed circuit can be transformed into motion, light, sound or thermal energy: and identify the requirements for a functional circuit.

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.

YEARBOOK ART DUE FRIDAY!!!

Calling all 5th grade artists! We are having our second annual yearbook cover art contest! Our theme this year is BETTER TOGETHER. Students must complete artwork on a 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper. Submissions can be turned in to your homeroom teacher as early as Monday, September 30th.

All artwork must be turned in by Friday, October 18th. No late submissions will be accepted!

Trunk or Treat - October 22

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. 15-18 - Homecoming Week
Oct. 16 - Unity Day (Bullying Prevention) - Wear Orange
Oct. 18 - Early Release, Parade 2 p.m., Football vs. Cleburne, 7 p.m. at Goodloe
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

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.