Week 25 Update

Just a quick update on a few important things happening over the next few weeks... 

Report Cards

Today (2/22) your student will have their progress report and Friday folder as usual. This is the last one for a few weeks as I start to work on report cards. Report cards will be coming home on Friday, March 8th.

Read-a-thon

In your Friday Folder you will see a sheet about the upcoming Read-a-thon to help raise funds for our school and classroom libraries. The PTA is sponsoring this event. Next week is full of spirit days to help spread the word.

• Monday, 2/25- Fox in Socks. Wear silly or mismatched SOCKS.
• Tuesday, 2/26- Green Eggs & Ham. Wear GREEN.
• Wednesday, 2/27- Horton Hears a Who. Random Acts of Kindness
• Thursday, 2/28- Cat in the Hat. Wear your favorite HAT.
• Friday, 3/1- Favorite Things. Dress as your favorite story CHARACTER.

Math Test

The Module 4 math test is on Friday, March 1st. This will be the first math grade of the 3rd trimester report card. 

Class Economy

Our next Pay Day is on Thursday, February 28th. Our next Class Auction will be on Monday, March 4th.

Science Fair

Please see my email with all the latest information about the upcoming science fair. This is 100% optional and is open to anyone wanting to participate.

Mohr PTA

Thank you to our PTA who sponsors many events at Mohr. Check out all they do... HERE

Mid Module 4 Study Guide

Tomorrow is the Mid Module 4 test... check out the study guide to help you prepare. Don't forget that watching the homework videos could be a great resource.

STUDY GUIDE

Week 29 Newsletter

We have been enjoying the novel, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. Would everlasting life be a blessing or a curse? Our class has been having a lot of wonderful conversations around life and how we treat each other. This book is full of great characters and it's been fun to spark some debate in the room.

Speaking of debates... we started our Argument writing unit. Our very first argument piece will be on the topic of Chocolate Milk in schools. We definitely have a lot of opinions in the room and it's leading to very good debates. Students will be publishing a final argument piece after we return from Spring Break.

Next week will be a very busy 4 day week, especially in math. We will be finishing up Module 5 by learning about several different kinds of quadrilaterals. Geometry is always a really fun unit, and the students have been doing so well on all our new lessons. For homework, students will often have 2 lessons a night, so we can finish Module 5 before Spring Break.

Attached to this week's progress report is an important letter about all our upcoming events. You can view the letter HERE. Please keep this letter in a safe place! 5th grade has a lot of events happening from now until June 1st. Make sure you mark your calendars!


UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Monday, March 26
• Library Books due
• Thursday, March 30
• Module 5 Math Test
• Pay Day
• Friday, March 31- April 8
• Spring Break
• Monday, April 9
• Auction

Week 27 Newsletter

So many things have been happening this week! In reading we've been working on summarizing complex nonfiction texts which often feature multiple main ideas. This can be tricky work, but I'm very impressed with how hard everyone has been working.

Today, students turned in their second nonfiction writing assignment, this time featuring a Historical report. These reports will be graded and will become the first writing grade of the 3rd trimester. Please do not expect to see them on the report card that will be sent home next Friday.

In Social Studies next week we will start diving into the Revolutionary War. This is always such a fun unit as we explore how our country earned their freedom from Great Britain.


Also, please see the letter below from Mrs. Berglin regarding recent changes to our school:

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Monday, March 12
• Library Books due
• Read-a-thon continues (ends March 16th)
• Thursday, March 15
• Science Fair
• Friday, March 16
• Report Cards go home (2nd Trimester)
• Mid Module 5 Test