Before our class parties we will be doing a Sock Swap! Students wishing to participate need to bring a NEW wrapped pair of socks to exchange. Socks can be funny, fuzzy, holiday, polka-dots, stripes, or any school/child appropriate theme.

Money Limit: Please do not spend over $5 on socks. Dollar stores & Walmart are great places to find fun and cozy socks.

Math - I can divide unit fraction by whole number and whole number by a unit fraction.

ELAR - I can explain the use of sound devices and figurative language and distinguish between the poet and the speaker in poems across a variety of poetic forms.

Science - I can explain how the sun and ocean interact in the water cycle and affect weather. & Review for CBA.

Social Studies - I can ) explain the purposes of the U.S. Constitution as identified in the Preamble, identify and explain the basic functions of the three branches of government, identify the reasons for and describe the system of checks and balances outlined, in the U.S. Constitution, and distinguish between national and state governments and compare their

responsibilities in the U.S. federal system

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.

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.

Dec. 9 to 13 - PTA Tip Top Holiday Shop

Dec. 16 - Campus Spelling Bee

Dec. 18 - Polar Express Day

Dec. 19- 5th Grade Class Parties 9 - 10 am

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.

Conference Time: 9:55 - 10:45

ELAR & Social Studies - Amaton and Young homerooms

belen.amaton@redoakisd.org

972-617-3523 Ext. 1039

ELAR & Social Studies - Thomas and Bennett homerooms

constance.thomas@redoakisd.org

972-617-3523 Ext. 1040

rhonda.bennett@redoakisd.org

972-617-3523 Ext. 1041

april.young@redoakisd.org

972-617-3523 Ext 1042