Keenoy Koala News 2-24-17
Dear
Families,
I
hope that everyone had a wonderful week.
The Keenoy family will be traveling to Kansas City for Caleb’s first
soccer league games on Saturday. It
looks like the weather will be perfect for an early March day outdoors. We also solidified a trip to Florida over
Spring Break. The kids are so excited to go on a vacation to see the ocean!
Have a terrific week and thanks you for all that you do.
Koala of the Week: Lily Fox
BizTown Junior Achievement
Included
in your child’s Friday folder is an informational sheet about this fantastic 5th
grade opportunity. If you are interested
in volunteering, please return the Volunteer Information form by Friday, March
10th (next week). If you are
unable to volunteer, you do NOT need
to return the form.
We
will begin our preparation work in the next couple of weeks so that we are
ready to travel to Chesterfield on Tuesday, April 25th for our field
trip. Students will learn about:
*The
importance of sound personal finance.
*Explore
their role as citizens of a community.
*The
circular flow of money and goods in an economy.
*Interests,
skills, and careers.
This
will be an exciting unit of study so be sure to ask your child about his/her
learning during the week.
The
link below was shared with the class this week and gives general information
about the visit. Feel free to take a
look!
Writing
*Students completed their
non-fiction research post assessments on Thursday. These will be scored over the weekend and
given back next week. I am EXTREMELY
proud of their effort and progress with this genre of writing. The comparison of pre and post tests are
quite remarkable.
*Our
new focus is on research-based argument essay writing (opinion writing). Students will complete their pre-assessments
early next week. Students will form an opinion and write an essay about whether
exotic animals should be allowed/kept as pets.
*We
will be tying social studies in with writing as students will be choosing
inventions that they feel are the most important invention of our time.
Math
* Students
learned how to multiply mixed numbers.
Students were surprised to learn that the
first step in this process is to change mixed numbers
into improper fractions.
* Students
learned how to divide whole numbers by fractions.
* Students
learned how to divide fractions by whole numbers.
*
Quick checks were completed and extra support was given to students who needed
it.
* We
will be assessing over this topic next week (more than likely on Wed. or
Thurs.).
Reading
I
continued reading aloud the book called Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie
Babbitt. Students seem to be enjoying
the character’s decision making involving a ‘fountain of youth.” We worked on
main ideas and identifying cause/effect relationships within the story. Students were asked to practice these skills
within two short shared texts. I met
with each student to clarify any confusions on their Dust Bowl homework. These were marked with a grade at the top,
but solely for the purpose of identifying who needs a bit of extra practice
with this skill. I would expect that
many students would fall into this category at this point. I will continue meeting with individuals and
small groups to support all comprehension skills taught this year.
Word Study
This
week we focused on words that have a silent consonant and become sounded
consonants. Students will take a test
over their 10 words next week. These
words should be found in their student planners, and they are encouraged to
study them a little bit each evening.
Social Studies
We
created a chart this week that outlined important information about the first
battles of the Revolutionary War (Bunker Hill, Fort Ticonderoga, and
Lexington/Concord). I showed each
student my completed chart and they were asked to modify their own chart (if
needed). I then gave students class time
and two evenings to study for the quiz.
They must have used this time wisely, because I was very pleased with
the overall scores. The quiz was created
directly from the chart. Nice Job!
Science
As
you know, we started our matter unit this week.
Students are in the beginning stages of identifying the properties of
matter in learning cycle #1.
My School Color Run
This year, Paxton will be hosting our own school color run! This is an exciting new program that will help create awareness for healthy living, raise funds, and is sure to be a blast. Register Online by 4/7/17
Reminders
March
7 Early Dismissal 12:50
March
16 Spring Pictures
March
27-31 Spring Break - No school!
Have a terrific week and please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.
Dan Keenoy
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