Language Arts:
This morning we had our Cougar Pride Assembly and our spellcabulary test.

Math:
Students took the unit 1 math t

est today-part one. They'll continue on Monday.

Science:
We began Chapter 1, Lesson 3: Classification today.
Chapter 1 test = next Friday

History:
Be working on your projects

Other:
We've had three days of random dress because of Harry Potter Day, Picture Day, and Free Dress day. Monday is back to school uniform day.

The PTA fundraiser began today!! So much fun!  The students were given their packets. :)

Language Arts:
1. Finish "Selfie" article writing
2. If you haven't already, finish the "Paw Prints" writing
3. Study spellcabulary for test tomorrow

Math:
Major math test tomorrow- use pages 50-54 to study.

Science:
We worked on a sorting project and took two science quizzes.

History:
Work on your project. I still need the parent signature  on the project form from number 2, 4, 9, 22, 28, 29, 31, and 32.

Other:
Today was picture day.
Tomorrow is Cougar Pride assembly and free dress day.

Language Arts:
1. Finish paragraph on Early American Theater.
2. Study spellcabulary.  Aud/phone, spec/vis words
3. Complete "Paw Prints" 2 main ideas, if you haven't already turned it in.

Math:
Study for math test. Try to do page 51. It looks exactly like the test. !!!

Get an adult signature on the math quiz for rounding. USE it to study for the test on Friday.

History:
Be working on your history project.

Science:
Chapter 1 test = next Thursday.

Other:
Tomorrow is picture day.

Today's Harry Potter Day was very fun!

Language Arts:
1. Finish main idea/details page for Women on 10 Dollar Bill article

2. Study spellcabulary words for Friday test.

Math:
Finish pages 49-50.
Study for test on Friday.

Science:
We covered chapter 1, lesson 2 today.

History:
Be working on your projects

Other:
Tomorrow is Harry Potter Day.  Come dressed up, but neither brooms nor wands will be allowed. :0
Tomorrow night at 6:30 pm is the PTA meeting in the cafeteria. 500 table points if your parent attends and writes a note to that effect. :)

Language Arts:
1. Get story, spelling, and writing signed by an adult.
2. Study aud/phone and vis/spec words for test on Friday
3. "Paw Prints" can be redone and submitted by Friday.

Math:
Complete page 44, number 9 only and page 45 numbers 1-3.
Study for test on Friday-all concepts pages 1-40

History:
Project assignments were distributed today. Sign and return the bottom portion.  This project is due 10/10.


Other:
1. Picture day is Thursday.
2. MKS meeting = 8:30am tomorrow morning
3. PTA meeting = 6:30pm in cafeteria on Wednesday night.

4. Please click here to take the camp survey.  We need your information. 

Language Arts:
Write about 2 main ideas from "Paw Prints" article: Do your graphic organizer and 2 paragraphs

Read

Math:
Do page 39 in math.
Get adult signature on Comparing Place Value Quiz
Get adult signature on iREADY letter.

This afternoon: the students watched the excellent student council videos and elections were held.

Students had PE today.

Other:
Interested in helping fifth grade earn some money by teaching an art lesson?  We're going to have a paid art lesson day to raise money. We need parent helpers who are interested in teaching art! :) Check out Mrs. Faieta's google classroom site for details.

Wizarding Wednesday is next week. Dress up as your favorite Harry Potter character-no brooms/no wands/no polyjuice potion.

Picture day is NEXT Thursday. Students need to bring their forms/money on that day. Smile.

Language Arts:
1. Study PB pages 31/35 words  & "The Night of San Juan" for tests tomorrow.
2. Students who didn't finish their two paragraphs today in class, finish by tomorrow.

Math:
Complete Math workbook page 37 all & p. 38 only numbers 19 & 20

Science:
We learned about cells and their organelles today.

History:
We read chapter 3, lesson 1 today.



Other:
Tonight is the California Pizza Kitchen fifth grade fundraiser: see you there! :)

Please take the 5th grade camp survey. Click here. 

ALL parents need to fill out the Free and Reduced Lunch Form either online or on the physical form- you may opt out on the form. Our school only has 40% completion rate. Please take the time to take care of this item of business.

Thursday folders and behavior cards are due back with adult signatures tomorrow.

1. Get adult signatures on "Marianas Trench" and Pop quiz on Conflict.
2. Finish PB p. 32
3. Study "The Night of San Juan" and PB pages 31/32 for tests on Friday.

By the way, your poems are intriguing and I LOVE them!

Math:
Complete 1 math worksheet on rounding.

Students had music and physical education in the afternoon.  "De colores...."

Other:
1. TOMORROW IS THE CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN FUNDRAISER!  YUMITUDE!

2. Next week we'll have Wizarding Wednesday. Come to school dressed as your favorite Harry Potter character or with  Harry Potter t-shirt. (NO wands or broomsticks or polyjuice potions will be allowed...or you'll get a remembrall from Mrs. Cannon!)

Language arts:
1. Redo the poem NEATLY. I want to display them. I need to brag about your awesome writing!!!
2. Attach a note  with a paper clip about which poetic elements/devices you use in your poem
3. Those that are submitting for reflections: make sure that your artist's statements explain how your poem relates to the theme of "Within Reach"
4. REREAD "The Night of San Juan" I assigned this yesterday and many students got a zero on the pop quiz because they did not read it as assigned.
5. Story "Night of San Juan", spelling PB page 35, vocab tests PB page 31= Friday

Math:
Complete all of p. 34.

History:
We read about the Easter Native American tribes.  The tribes had a grand council which were appointed by the Clan Mothers. This led into a comparison with our own government, a grand discussion about our American government with its three branches.  This morphed into a discussion about our laws, then into the legal system...jails, bail, insane asylums, murder charges, false murder charges. I assured them that they need to continue to make good choices and that they don't need to worry about being falsely accused of committing crimes.

Science:
Boy oh boy did we have a discussion....staying healthy by not eating too much sugar, refusing cigarettes/drugs/alcohol. We also discussed how drugs and alcohol are bad for the working of the mind and hard on their organs.  They had many stories to tell...I expect dinner conversations to be lively tonight.

Other:
Tomorrow is PE.

Isabelle Bruyere is beginning a Scratch class on Tuesdays, beginning 9/26/17. Check out Mrs. Faieta's Google Classroom for more details.

Thursday is Dine-Out night at California Pizza Kitchen... a way to deliciously donate to Keppel's fifth grade activities.

Language Arts:
1. Get spellcabulary signed, rewrite missed words AND definitions ten times.
2. Get Subordinating conjunctions signed, you may redo a 1 or a 2 for one grade higher.
3. Read "Night of San Juan"
4. Tests on spelling words from practice book page 35 and vocabulary words from practice book page 31 = Friday.

Math
We worked on comparing number values. Finish page 32-except #14, do ALL of page 33

History:
We read about the Native American tribes of the Great Plains.

Science;
We did a chromatography experiment...ask your children about how density factored into their results.

We had library today.

Other:
Tomorrow is an instrumental music day.
Thursday is dine out at CPK day...YAY!
Mrs. Faieta wants students to check the Fifth grade Google classroom daily to stay in the loop.

Language Arts:
Today students took their spellcabulary tests and wrote letters to the Cooper Elementary students. These will be collected on Monday.

Math:
Students took a quiz on standard form and one on comparing place values.

Science:
Students took the chapter 8 test.

PE: Finally, a cooler PE day was had!

Other:
Next Thursday is Pizza with a Purpose at CPK...C U There! Bring the flyer.

Next Tuesday is the last day that we're collecting donations for the students of Cooper Elementary fifth graders. :)

Have a restful weekend. :)

Language Arts:
20 line poems on the theme of "Within Reach" are due tomorrow. Don't forget to fill out the submission form, if you want to compete...this part is optional.

Complete 14 coordinating conjunction sentences-two sentences each for each FANBOYS word.

Study scrip/scrib/graph words...you can use spellingcity.com for games & tests.

Math:
Read pages 29 & 30.

Science:
Chapter 8 test is tomorrow. We did the chapter review and the test on pages 450-453 today.

Other:
Share the google classroom presentation with your parents. If your parent writes me a note that you shared this with them, then you'll earn 100 points for your table. :)

Attending a fifth-grade committee meeting is worth 500 table points...

THANK YOU to the families that have donated towards the Cooper Elementary School campaign, the last day to donate is September 20. Mrs. Pimenta will be mailing off our contributions soon. :)

Tomorrow is a PE day. :)
Please remember to get Thursday folders and BC signed. :)

Language Arts:
Work on poems: 20 lines, use at least three poetry features.  Submit poem for reflections-if you want.
Study scrib/scrip/graph words-test = Friday

Math:
Get 3 parent signatures: Place value quiz, multiplication quiz, Read & Write decimals worksheet.
Finish page 28, only numbers 11,13, and 16.

Science:
Chapter 8 test = Friday, use your quizzes, notes, worksheets, and book to study. :)
All extra credit is due TOMORROW! I will NOT accept any late assignments.

History:
We'll read chapter 2, lesson 2 tomorrow.

Other:
Make sure that your children are getting enough sleep. Most fifth graders need to be asleep by 9pm (at the latest) to feel rested and ready to work the next morning.

NEXT Week on Thursday = Dine out night!! Dine Out night is next week at California Pizza Kitchen, all day, dine in or take out.  You must bring the flier. It will be in tomorrow's Thursday folder. :)

Language Arts:
1. Work on your poems. The theme is "Within Reach". Remember to use at least 3 elements of poetry that we took notes on last Thursday. (alliteration, rhyme, etc.
2. Study your spellcabulary  words: script, scrib, graph.  You can go to spellingcity.com and search for me, Melissa Cannon, then search for this list of words. :)  Test = Friday

Math:
We worked on expanded notation with decimals and fractions. :)
Do pages 25 and 27 in the math workbook.

Science:
We took science quizzes today.

History:
Students were to read Chapter 2, lesson 1 in the history book.

Other:
Tomorrow is PE. :)  Students may bring a towel or mat, if they wish.

Language Arts:
A. Get 3 signatures: 1. Subordinating conjunctions quiz. 2. Story Test  3. Spellcabulary Test
B.Write words and missed definitions 10xs each. (unless I wrote sp. for spelling only 10 times each.
C. Extend the Tortoise and the Hare fable, due tomorrow.

Math:
Complete the worksheet that I gave you today on writing decimals.

Science:
Quiz on chapter 8, lessons 1/2 tomorrow.
Chapter 8 test = Friday
There are two extra credit worksheets available for students who wish to complete them. They are due by Thursday at the latest.

Other:
It's hot!  Please make sure that students are dressed for the heat. They can bring water if they like.

Tomorrow is orchestra day.

Language Arts:
READ, have a lovely weekend. We'll work on our poems next week. :)

Math:
We took the place and value quiz. We also learned about reading and writing numbers with decimals. Pages 19 &21.

Science:
We read Chapter 8, lesson 2 on Metals and Alloys.
Be sure to know these terms: steel, brass, bronze, ductile, malleable.
Chapter 8 test = next Friday. Quiz on either lesson 1 or 2 on Tuesday.

Students who want to do extra credit science may pick up worksheets on Monday. They are due by Friday. :)

PE today...it was hot!!!

Other:
The back to school picnic is tonight. I hope  to see you there. 6pm-8pm

Christopher won our Keppel Card drawing today. He is the only student who gets to bring the stuffed animal of his choice to school on Monday.

There is a fifth grade committee meeting next Wednesday! Come find out all the great information/events that are going on for your child! :)  6:30pm-7:30pm in room 1130 - down the hall from 5th grade classrooms. (Flyer came home today!!!)

Language Arts: Study for Story and vocabulary test for "A Drop of Water", the mono/uni words test, and subordinating conjunctions quiz.

Finish list of 6 ideas for poems with the theme "Within Reach"

Math:
Study, quiz tomorrow on place vs. value.


History:
We read chapter 1, lesson 3.

Science:
We read chapter 8, lesson 1 on chemical reactions.

Other:
Tomorrow is the school wide picnic...see you there. :)

Language Arts:
1. Study your stor, ("A Drop of Water")  your vocabulary and mono/uni words for Friday test.
2. READ

Math
1. Write your steps for math for multiplying and dividing by powers of 10

Today students had music with Mrs. Acitelli and PE in the afternoon.


Other:
Friday is the school-wide picnic. 6pm-8pm

Language Arts:
1. Get spelling test signed
2. Get story test: "Line Drive" signed
3. Get subordinating conjunctions signed even if you are redoing it!!!

4. Study story and vocab for tests on "A Drop of Water"
5. Study spellcabulary words for "Mono/Uni" words-you can play/study these words for free on spellingcity.com, search "Melissa Cannon", the choose the Glendale Melissa Cannon, then search the list for the words.

Math:
Get place and value quiz signed by an adult.
Get homework page signed by an adult. "Y" mean Yes, your child understands this concept. "NY" means "NOT Yet"...your child doesn't understand yet.
Get tenmarks.com paper signed by an adult.

Science:none, we took chapter 7 test today.
History: none

Other:
ALMOST everyone was in uniform today...good job!
It's hot outside, please have them dress accordingly. Tomorrow is PE.

LA:  Students took Line Drive, vocab, and spelling tests today.

Math:  Students took a place and value quiz today. We reviewed what these mean. STUDY your notes.

Science: Chapter 7 test = Tuesday

History: Students took the quiz today.

Other:
No school on Monday-Labor Day.

Drink LOTS of WATER to stay hydrated.