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Class Subject News...
For the Week of November 2nd-6th 2009.
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History
& Geography
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Language: Next week students will be working on writing an essay
about what they are thankful for. This essay will be due on Friday 11/20 because of the break. Students will be
learning easily misspelled words in Spelling. |
History
and Geography: Next week students are going to be working on a frontier map. They will be charting different routes
pioneers took to get out west as well as some physical features of North America. |
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Reading: Students are going to be reading nonfiction books about the western
expansion period of America. They will be practicing note-taking. |
Science: This week students had the opportunity to make an animal cell
model in class. They have been assigned to create their own at home using materials of their choosing. These are
due next Wednesday. Next week, students will be amking a model plant cell and learn more about the different functions
of the organelles. |
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Math: Students
are learning about fractions in math. They have been working on finding fractions of a whole and learning about mixed
numbers. We'll be doing more with these next week. |
Health:
No Health this week. |
We have
art every Thursday. Last week students worked on a coloring project with school colors and warm or cold colors. This is a
school wide project and we look forward to seeing the results.
This week, students made a picture using
various lines. It has been a great deal of fun.
Please make sure you ask your student how they like it.
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Meadows Valley School
Student of the Month: 
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Click the A+ Paper to View Student Work
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Snacks
Aside from the snack shack, students are welcome to bring their own snacks to the
classroom. It is often difficult to make it from the time school starts at 8:00 to lunch at 11:30 without
eating. I encourage students to bring healthy snacks to help them fill the gap between meals.
Healthy snacks include but aren’t limited to, nuts, fruit, applesauce, yogurt, cheese and crackers.
If the snack is unhealthy like chips or candy bars, students will be asked to return it to their bags and save it for
lunch. They will be given one warning, but after that, students will be asked to put the food in the trash.
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Planners & Agendas in 5th Grade
Our school is providing student planners again this year. These are fantastic tools.
I believe they helped my students greatly last year by providing a way to stay organized. The first
planner is free but if it is misplaced, there is a $5 replacement fee. It is important that students keep
track of these because they are extremely useful. We will spend time at the end of each day to fill in
our assignments. Students also use these as their reading logs. Students are required
to read 30 minutes each school night. They are to write the title of their books in the space provided
in the planner and note the number of minutes they read each day. These planners are to be signed by parents
on Monday when they return to class. Please feel free to leave notes for me in the planners as I will be
looking at them every Monday.
Click on the Pencil to view Mrs. Luff's Homework Policy
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A Notice to Parents:
I would also like to invite students to bring water bottles to keep at their desks.
There is a water fountain in the classroom that students are welcome to use, but it is often easier to just have the
water at their desks. There will be no soda, sports drinks or energy drinks allowed in the classroom as
they’re packed with sugar and could stain if spilled. Again, if any of these things are brought to
school, students will be asked to put it in their backpacks the first time and the second time they will be expected to dump
it down the sink. |
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Friday Folders...
Friday
folders will be sent home weekly. They will include the students’ completed and graded work, a newsletter
with classroom information and other important information regarding things going on in our school and community.
Please make sure to go through these papers over the weekend.
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Reading Homework:
Every night, students are expected to read for thirty minutes as homework.
Students will keep track of their minutes and book in their planners. Parent or guardian is expected
to sign the planner on Thursday to note that their student did in fact do their reading. I will try to
give students enough time to work on their assignments in class, but that is not always possible and the left over work will
need to be turned in the following morning. Occasionally, students will be assigned something that is strictly homework.
Please ask your students daily about their work and check their planners.
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Book
Reviews Fifth graders, you will be doing book reviews on the books you are reading during DEAR and at home.
You are going to be responsible for doing a book review every four weeks. You will sign up for your
book reviews the first time, after that, you will need to have one completed every four weeks. You
will have the choice of the kind of book you would like to do a report on from the following genres. You
must read a book from each genre before you can read another from the same genre. Select from: You will also have your choice of what type of book review you
do. You may do each review only once. Select one that works well with the book you are
reading.
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Click Here for Book Review Rubric
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DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?
Call me
at school 347-2411. Thank you for your time and we look forward
to another productive year with your students.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Luff
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Click Here for 5th Grade Core Knowledge Information
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Click Here for Idaho Content Standards for 5th Grade
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