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5th Grade Overview

November 16 - 22

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

!!Nursing Home Donations Needed: East Ridge Life Care Center – Students will be caroling to residents and dropping off gift bags. Please send: small Christmas gift bags, signed Christmas cards (bought or homemade), soft candies and chocolates, ChapStick, Large-sized crossword puzzles or word search puzzles, 150-300 piece puzzles (no tiny pieces).


Spelling Bee – Tuesday, December 17 – 8:30 AM in BBS Sanctuary

Yearbook Staff Applications: Applications were in Tuesday Folders and are due no later than November 20.


Middle School Visits: Please get your tours scheduled if you have not done so already. Remember, BBS recommends they be complete before Christmas, if at all possible. Also, keep in mind your child’s time away from school during these visits. Tours generally do not last an entire school day. Students are expected in BBS classes when not on tour. Otherwise, the days absent and the work related could really overwhelm our students. On the other hand, shadow days last the majority of the day and we don't expect students in class at all on those days.


Coin Collection for Manderson Community Church: Keep sending in those coins for the church on the Lakota Indian Reservation in South Dakota. It will provide a much needed play area for community children and a gathering place for unchurched local families. Help them share the gospel of Jesus Christ! Send in your coins!


November 22: House Games - Students wear shirts!

November 22: Thanksgiving Lunch

November 22: Service Project Field Trip: East Ridge Life Care Center, 1:45 P.M. A form was in Tuesday folders requesting parent driver volunteers. We would love to have as many families join as possible to make a “joyful noise” together! Please send the form back ASAP to let us know who can join us.


F&F: Students will finish in the unit Character with Setting this week. Hopefully they have been studying throughout the unit. Please help them finish well by studying the vocabulary and process questions with them. Vocabulary & Skills testing will be on Tuesday, November 19. Performance test is on Wednesday, November 20.


English: In ELA, we will continue to focus on nouns - this week, we will look heavily at improper nouns, improper plural nouns, and possessive nouns. In Writing, we continue to work on our narrative and opinion writing, and immigration journal project with Mrs. Gruner.


Math: We will continue Unit 3, focusing on place value, comparing decimals, rounding, and finding decimal and fraction equivalencies. Homework Packets will be due on Thursday. 


Science/Social Studies: Students will be working on their immigrant journals next week. This will be an English AND a Social Studies grade.


Spelling: There will be no new spelling lists until after Thanksgiving break. This will allow students to spend more time studying for their F&F tests.