Ms. Strickland

FEBRUARY

IMPORTANT DATES

Feb. 2-6  School Counselor Week

Feb. 4  Early release

Feb. 6 Sock Hop

Feb. 16  Student holiday/teacher work day

Feb. 19-20  Kids program

January and February's reading focus is on nonfiction. We will be reading nonfiction material to support the space unit in science as well as newspaper articles,reading charts and graphs, and short nonfiction articles. Our writing focus is on nonfiction/research/informational writing. We will be doing some expository and informational essays. The big project we'll be working on is a research paper. Students will use the media center and internet for their research. The outline and paper will be typed at school. Student need a pack of 3 by 5 note cards for this project. There will be step by step directions for how to write a research paper. It is a good idea to save this for the next time they have a research paper assignment.

Pin Wheel Book Report on a biography is due Feb.27.

DECEMBER

DECEMBER

IMPORTANT DATES

12/6 Breakfast with Santa

12/8-12/12 Book Fair

12/18 Holiday party

12/19 The King's M & M's project

12/22-1/5 Winter break

READING

We continue to use leveled book in reading groups alternating between fiction and nonfiction. Please continue to read for 20 minutes each night. Students should try to meet the goal of 12 books read and a response written for each by 12/15. Don't forget to read during the winter break.

WRITING

This nine weeks we are working on Response to Literature. The historical fiction book reports due at the end on November will be kept in each students' writing portfolio. Students continue to write a response to the 25 books they are working on for the year.  

ENGLISH

This nine weeks we are working on verbs,adverbs, and pronouns. We continue to review sentence structure as well as nouns and adjectives.

December

December

December

September News

IMPORTANT DATES
9-5 Family movie night
9-9 Innisbrook orders due
9-11 Hot Wheels Skate Night
9-12 Spirit day
9-16 Early release & Brusters Night
9-26 Spirit day

READING
We have started our Guided Reading Groups with leveled books. Students will have a reading group book and will be reading it at school. Students should continue to read 20 minutes each night. When a book is completed it should be added to their reading log. ( In their agenda) and a reading response needs to be completed in their Reading spiral notebook.

ENGLISH
We have been reviewing the four kinds of sentences in English. Next we'll be going over subject and predicate. By the end of the September we'll be working with nouns.
In writing we are working on using the writing process. (plan, rough draft, revise, edit, final copy) Students will be given a copy of the Georgia Writing Rubric for Fourth and Fifth Grade to keep in their expandable folder. They will use the rubric for self-evaluation.

Welcome

Welcome to Ms. Strickland's fifth grade class. I'm excited to be back at school and looking forward to a great year. I hope to see parents at the fifth grade Open House on Tuesday, August the 28th. Be sure to check your student's cover page of the homework packet. There are important events and dates there.
Frances Strickland