Hello Room 13 parents,
I am seeing a lot of exciting growth as we reach the halfway mark of 5th grade. I am also excited to have some exciting up-coming field trip opportunities for our class in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters.
In this weeks Thursday folder you will find your child’s progress report for the second trimester.
If your child turned any late work in this week, it most likely was not recorded for this progress report. This is meant for your child to see what assignments are currently missing and what they need to work on to improve their grade.
Again, the two major reasons students are likely getting a poor grade is that they are not turning in their work or not putting their names on their papers (and are thus not receiving credit for the work they are doing).
Many students are not doing their vocabulary homework. As a result, several students continue to do poorly on the vocabulary tests. This also impacts their ability to understand weekly class readings. I do not assign a large amount of homework and I expect students to devote an adequate amount of time each day to learn the weekly vocabulary words, which are often quite challenging.
Please keeping mind that in social studies, science and writing journals will also make up a considerable part of student’s grades in those respective subjects. Another thing to keep in mind, is that there were not very many graded writing and science assignments on this progress report, so if an assignment was missed, it drastically impacted your child’s grade. Science fair projects will also account for a large part of student’s science grades. AR goals are 15% of reading grade!
What you can do to support your child’s school success:
*make up missing work (most of it, especially important/big point items)
*check-in with your child about their homework (and help them study for their vocab. tests if they have been struggling)
*check my blog for updates about classroom and assignments (http://mssaras5thgradeclass.blogspot.com/)
*ask them about their AR goal (you can also get regular updates by signing up for home-connect on the Mar Vista website: http://www.marvista.pvusd.net/).
*you may request a second, mid-February progress report for your child (please let me know if you would like one know by Feb. 11th)
*feel free to call or email me with questions or concerns
Math Notes:
We spent a lot of time on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions this trimester. This was a difficult set of chapters for many students. I saw a lot of exciting progress for most students on the retake unit 5 test.
I am still having many students coming to class unprepared. Not having pencils or correcting pens or even binder paper! Please make sure your child has binder paper in their math folder everyday!!! One side of the folder should have blank binder paper. The other side should have their classwork and homework beneath their assignment log. We are returning to the old system of keeping all of our work until the day of the test.
What you can do to support your child’s math success:
*continue to practice math facts (x and ÷)
*help your child organize their math folder and come to class prepared
*help them correct old tests
Important Dates to Remember:
Jan. 28th= cereal book report due
Feb. 9th = science fair projects due
Feb. 10th=science fair parent night 6-7
Feb. 14th= Lincoln’s B-day holiday (no school)
Mar. 1st= Trimester 2 ends
*a side note…. if you might be interested in driving on a future fieldtrip, please make sure that your info is on file with the office. Some of our trips that we will need drivers for will be: 2/25 life lab (permission slip out next week), 3/16 O’neill Sea Odyssey, 5/10 NASA.
Thank you for your continued support and dedication to your child's learning!
:) Ms. Sara
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