Welcome to 5th Grade!

This blog will serve as our weekly newsletter. We, as a 5th grade team, will update the newsletter weekly to include what your child will be learning, important dates, announcements, and more!

What We Are Learning this Week:

Math: Financial Literacy (Types of Taxes, Forms of Payment, Balancing a Budget )

ELAR: Nonfiction Reading and Research Papers

Science: Circuits (closed, open, power source, resister, wires)

Social Studies: The Boston Tea Party

Student Work to Look At:

Math: Multiplying Decimals Quiz - Schoology on Tuesday

ELAR: Subject vs Predicate - Schoology (inside of reading rotations)

Science: Mixtures & Solution Test - sent home earlier this week

Social Studies: Ask your child about our Boston Massacre Crime Scene Investigation!

Important Dates:

Is your child going to Sky Ranch? Commitment form due Monday, Oct. 7th

Friday, October 11: No School/Conference Day

Monday, October 14th: No School

Tuesday, October 15th: Multicultural Night

Monday, October 21 - Friday, October 25: Red Ribbon Week

Thursday, October 31st: Sky Ranch Paperwork and Payment Due

Thursday, October 31st: Character Day Parade

Wednesday-Friday, November 20th-22nd: Sky Ranch Field Trip

April 15th - Reading STAAR

April 22nd - Science STAAR

April 29th - Math STAAR

Please consider donating to the grant submitted by Ms. Rhodes!

https://give.livingtree.com/c/hand2mind-differentiated-math-centers_1

Family Friday Lunches:

Exciting news! Starting Friday, October 4, we will host 9 family lunches before winter break. Our top priority is the safety and enjoyment of all our students and families. Join us as we create a warm and welcoming space for everyone to savor these special moments together!

Each Friday, there will be openings for 18 students per grade level to have 1-2 visitors.
Visitors will be limited to 1-2 per student. This will allow family visitors to sit in a separate section where they can visit with their student.
Guests can register for 2 lunches before winter break.
To reserve a place, one family member will complete this form, state his/her name as well as the name of the second guest lunching with the student(s).
Please note the date of your reservation. While we try to send emails to remind you, it is not always possible.

Push-button link on Austin website below live feed:

2nd Annual Multicultural Night:

We are super excited to announce our 2^nd Annual Austin Elementary Multicultural Night on Tuesday, October 15 from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Please mark your calendars because you do not want to miss this amazing opportunity to learn about your peers’ cultures and heritages.

Questions? Please email Brittany Carpenter at bcarpenter@coppellisd.com.