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Week of November 2nd - 6th:

Dear Fifth Grade Families,

Welcome to November!  I'd like to start the new month by extending my sincere gratitude for offering such wonderful parental support.  Having met with most of you for conferences already, it is apparent as to why I have such an awesome class this year.  THANK YOU for all that you do to make our fifth grade year the best yet!

The Fall Festival was a giant success and I had an opportunity to see many of you enjoying a fun (but hot) Halloween afternoon.  The 5th grade team appreciates your support - from donating items for our basket, to purchasing raffle tickets, last but not least, visiting "Ye Olde Scarecrow Toss"! These proceeds will be returned to our classrooms to used for items we need.  Thanks for making this happen!

On another note, your children did a fantastic job with their "Living Character" projects.  We presented them to both our class and our 1st grade buddies.  I was very impressed with how the characters "came alive" through these clever monologues.

With three weeks left to go before Thanksgiving Break, we will be moving quickly to get as much done as we can before our time off.  Beginning this week, we will be starting our new Reading Unit that will focus on series, and how a character may, or not, change over the course of time.  In Math, we are starting Chapter 7:  Multiplication of Whole Numbers.  Even though most of us understand this concept, we will be working on strategies to multiply one and two digit numbers, and evaluate answers for reasonableness before we begin multiplying decimals in Chapter 8.  In Writing, we will continue building our realistic fiction stories - developing believable characters, problems and solutions.  Social Studies will continue our Enterprise Village Unit in order to be ready for our November 17th field trip date.  Finally, we will complete our "Rain in a Bag" Science Unit.

Things to remember:

• Our Salvation Army canned food drive begins this week!  Please help others less fortunate by sending in a few canned goods.  Thanks for helping with this community project!
• Our first semester grading period ended on Friday, October 30th and report cards will be coming home on November 13th.
• Field Trip Permission Slips for Ruth Eckerd Hall are due as soon as possible. 
• Please complete the survey at the top of the page by clicking on the blue link!  Thanks for taking the time to do this for me.

Looking forward to another great week,

Erin Frazier

Spelling Words:  

1. clear
2. nerve
3. squirt
4. verse
5. surf
6. lurk
7. year
8. stern
9. spurts
10. lurch
11. blurt
12. thirst
13. spur
14. engineer
15. jeer
16. sneer
17. dreary
18. squirm
19. swerve
20. yearns
21. series
22. multiplication
23. characteristic
24. economics
25. evaporation

Homework for the week of 11/2 - 11/6:

Monday 11/2:

Reading:  Read 30 minutes

Writing:  Finish working on Character for Realistic Fiction story

Math:  Book page 158; Set B

Social Studies:  Making Deposits and Withdrawals worksheets (Enterprise Village)

Tuesday 11/3:

Reading:  Read 30 minutes; Time for Kids Comprehension worksheet (for a grade)

Math:  Book page 158; Set C

Writing:  Write a sentence for the first 10 spelling words (cursive, if possible)

Social Studies: 

Wednesday 11/4: 

Reading:  Read 30 minutes

Writing:  Write a sentence for the second 10 spelling words (cursive, if possible)

Math:  Worksheet 7.5 - Problem Solving

Thursday 11/5:

Reading:  Read for 30 minutes

Math:  Study for Chapter 7 Test; Book page 159 (all)

Language Arts:  Study for Spelling Test by taking a practice test with an adult

Social Studies:

Friday 11/6:  Have a great weekend!