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Reports are going home today. Please take everything out of the envelope, sign it, and have your student turn it in on Monday! For ELA, we are still working on book clubs. Students have a schedule of what pages must be read by certain dates in their ELA Binder. Students will be reading their book club book AND their AR book. They are only reading their book club to the page required by their book club meeting date. Please do not have your child read on. Students must make 1 to 2 sticky notes while reading their book club each time. This will help increase participation in book club conversations. Also, A HUGE thank you to all families who donated perishable food items and money for the Canned Food Prix. It is so important that we teach our students to pay it forward and give back to our community during the holiday season! Here are some announcements for next week: Students need to wear their ID cards and DOG tags every day. They are allowed to keep them here at school. This protocol is essential since Maltby is so big that if all students have their cards and tags on them, we can identify them in passing times. Planners: Please sign the planner for Friday! Math: We are working on Unit 3, which is Fractions. Please refer to the Google Classroom for the Math Videos for each lesson, homelinks, and family letter. Reading/Writing: We are working on Book Clubs! Science: We are learning about Zebra Mussels. Homework: Thought Box Paper: 3 thoughts, 2 question due on Tuesday, Math Boxes on page 79, Personification Worksheet, read for 20 minutes, and fill out the reading log. Parent To-Do list:
If you have any questions, then please email me at orricoa@brightonk12.com. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico
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Hello, Parents!
It is a new trimester! We officially finished Unit 2 in Math, and we will be moving to Unit 3 on Monday. For ELA, we have started book clubs. Students have a schedule of what pages must be read by certain dates in their ELA Binder. Students will be reading their book club book AND their AR book. They are only reading their book club to the page required by their book club meeting date. Please do not have your child read on. Students must make 1 to 2 sticky notes while reading their book club each time. This will help increase participation in book club conversations. Our first book club meetings are on Monday, December 4th! They will need to have complete one Thought Box. Here are some announcements for next week: The Canned Food Drive is here. Please start collecting canned food items and nonperishable items. This is an exciting event that the kids love, allowing us to give back to the community. Please send in canned food (no glass or expired food, please) in a bag marked with your child's homeroom on it. You may also donate online (please note your child's homeroom, so they get credit) or send cash or a check to the office. For our class only, if each student brings in 10 canned goods or 10 dollars by December 6th, then I will provide the class with a special snack on Friday, December 22nd! Students can also make monetary donations!! Our kids win for learning to give back to the community!! The winning Maltby classroom of the Food Can Prix also gets to have their names on the Maltby trophy and keep it in their classroom for the remainder of the year!! Thanks to our PTO parent volunteers for their hard work on this. It is great to see the students get excited about giving back to the community. We are always very proud of our Maltby students and their families for their generosity. Here are some examples of what items you can donate:
Planners: Please sign the planner for Friday! Math: We will start Unit 3 on Monday! Reading/Writing: We are working on Book Clubs! Science: We are learning about Zebra Mussels. Homework: Complete one thought box, be ready to talk about your book club book at your meeting on Monday, read for 20 minutes, and fill out the reading log. Parent To Do list:
If you have any questions, then please email me at orricoa@brightonk12.com. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Happy Tuesday Parents!
We made it to Thanksgiving Break! All grades should be in by the end of Today! Grades could change based on absent work. If your student has no missing work, then grades should stay the same! Here are some announcements for next week: The Canned Food Drive is coming up. Please start collecting canned food items and nonperishable items. My class won it last year, and I would love to continue the tradition with this class! Thanksgiving Break - Wednesday, November 22nd to Monday, November 27th. Return to school on Tuesday, November 28th. Students need to wear their ID cards and DOG tags every day. They are allowed to keep them here at school. This protocol is essential since Maltby is so big that if all students have their cards and tags on them, we can identify them in passing times. Planners: No planners! Math: We will be reviewing long division after we come back from break. Then, we will officially test on division and remainders. Feel free to practice your multiplication facts during break! Reading/Writing: Read your student's personal narrative on Google Classroom. Science: We will be starting our new Unit after break. Homework: Enjoy your family time! Of course, you can get some reading in, or even time on Power Up or Imagine Math if you want! Parent To Do list:
If you have any questions, then please email me at orricoa@brightonk12.com. I hope everyone has a wonderful break and Happy Thanksgiving to all our 5th Grade Families! Mrs. Orrico Hello, Parents!
The first trimester is coming to an end! All grades should be in by Tuesday, November 21st. Also, we are finishing up our Novel Study on Restart. If your student missed any book chapters, I have posted them in a Google Doc on our Google Classroom. Please ensure your student is all set to turn that in on Monday. For math retakes, we will do it on Tuesday, November 21st. The students who are retaking please take the weekend to do test corrections. Finally, the biome shoebox project was AMAZING! Please check out the Google Photo Album to see the student’s projects! Biome Shoebox Projects 2023 Here are some announcements for next week: The Canned Food Drive is coming up. Please start collecting canned food items and nonperishable items. My class won it last year, and I would love to continue the tradition with this class! Thanksgiving Break - Wednesday, November 22nd to Monday, November 27th. Return to school on Tuesday, November 28th. Students need to wear their ID cards and DOG tags every day. They are allowed to keep them here at school. This protocol is essential since Maltby is so big that if all students have their cards and tags on them, we can identify them in passing times. Planners: Please sign the planner for Friday! Math: Students need to know their multiplication facts! Please practice at home! Please go onto Google Classroom for all the Unit 2 resources, including the family letter, homelinks, all lesson videos, and additional videos to help at home. Reading/Writing: We are working through his Figurative Langauge Unit. Please use Google Classroom as a guide if you are absent. AR points were due today! Science: We will be starting our new Unit after break. Homework: Idiom Worksheet, Division Practice sheet, read for 20 minutes, and fill out the reading log. Parent To Do list:
If you have any questions, then please email me at orricoa@brightonk12.com. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello, Parents!
Wow, what a week! A day off, biome shoebox project presentation, and narratives are finally done! Students are working very hard to finish the 1st Trimester strong! We will have a Math Unit Test on Monday for the first part of Unit 2. Please use the review, test homework, math journal, and homelinks to study. The lessons to review are 2.1 through 2.8. Also, regarding technology, students will need access to a computer at home to do Social Studies assignments and other subject-related activities. Please log into Google Classroom, Clever, and TCI. (the social studies curriculum) at home. Please email me with any questions! Here are some announcements for next week: The Canned Food Drive is coming up. Please start collecting canned food items and nonperishable items. My class won it last year, and I would love to continue the tradition with this class! Thanksgiving Break - Wednesday, November 22nd to Monday, November 27th. Return to school on Tuesday, November 28th. Students need to wear their ID cards and DOG tags every day. They are allowed to keep them here at school. This protocol is essential since Maltby is so big that if all students have their cards and tags on them, we can identify them in passing times. Planners: Please sign the planner for Friday! Math: Students need to know their multiplication facts! Please practice at home! Please go onto Google Classroom for all the Unit 2 resources, including the family letter, homelinks, all lesson videos, and additional videos to help at home. Reading/Writing: We are starting on our Figurative Langauge Unit. Please use Google Classroom as a guide if you are absent. Keep reading for AR. AR points are due Friday, November 17th. Science: We will be moving to the next Unit on Monday! Homework: Study for Unit 2 Math Test on Monday, finish page 53 in the Math Journal, read for 20 minutes, and fill out the reading log. Parent To Do list:
If you have any questions, then please email me at orricoa@brightonk12.com. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello, Parents!
We had a fun week with Halloween celebrations! Thank you to all the families who donated food and supplies for our activities. The students had so much fun! This week, students started to use U.S. Traditional to solve multiplication problems. Please practice at home using the game Top-It on the McGraw Hill App through Clever. This game will help them practice 2 by 1, 3 by 1, 4 by 1, 5 by 1, and 6 by 1 multiplication. We will start 2 by 2 digit multiplication, so please check out the Top It game for that. For Science, we are working on research for the Biome Shoebox Project. Please make sure you are working on it at home. This project is due Wednesday, November 8th. Also, regarding technology, students will need access to a computer at home to do Social Studies assignments and other subject-related activities. Please log into Google Classroom, Clever, and TCI (the social studies curriculum) at home. Please email me with any questions! Here are some announcements for next week: No School on Tuesday, November 7th Magic Show Field Trip on Friday, November 10th Donate items for Hero Packs! I sent an email about this yesterday! The Canned Food Drive is coming up. Please start collecting canned food items and nonperishable items. My class won it last year, and I would love to continue the tradition with this class! Thanksgiving Break - Wednesday, November 22nd to Monday, November 27th. Return to school on Tuesday, November 28th. Students need to wear their ID cards and DOG tags every day. They are allowed to keep them here at school. This protocol is essential since Maltby is so big that if all students have their cards and tags on them, we can identify them in passing times. Planners: Please sign the planner for Friday! Math: Students need to know their multiplication facts! Please practice at home! Please go onto Google Classroom for all the Unit 2 resources, including the family letter, homelinks, all lesson videos, and additional videos to help at home. Reading/Writing: We are finishing our Narrative Writing Unit. Please have your student share their writing, which is on a Google Doc on Google Classroom. Science: We are continuing our learning of food webs, food chains, ecosystems, and the components of an ecosystem. We started our Biome Project by researching information about it. Homework: Homelink 2.5, Math Worksheet Given In Class Labeled Homelink 2.6, Work on the Biome Shoebox project, and read for 20 minutes, and fill out the reading log. Parent To Do list:
If you have any questions, then please email me at orricoa@brightonk12.com. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello, Parents!
I want to say thank you to the families I met with this week. It was a pleasure meeting you and discussing your student progress this year. This week, students started Unit 2, which is all about Place Value. Please go onto Google Classroom this weekend to see the family letter, homelinks, and additional resources provided for Unit 2. Also, students worked on CERER and their narrative stories. Also, regarding technology, students will need access to a computer at home to do Social Studies assignments and other subject-related activities. Please log into Google Classroom, Clever, and TCI (the social studies curriculum) at home. Please email me with any questions! I am looking forward to seeing student’s writing as we complete them next week. This might be an opportunity for you to ask your students about the personal story they are writing about in class. Here are some announcements for next week: We will be celebrating Halloween on Tuesday, October 31st. Our day will consist of math games, spooky writing, and reading, and we will end our day with a movie—just a reminder: Students can not wear their costumes to school. We are asking for materials for the games we will play and treat donations during the movie. If you can donate any items, we would greatly appreciate it! Donations will be used for both classes! Thank you in advance for donating items! Halloween Sign Up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4BADA629A6F8C07-45642320-halloween Students need to be wearing their ID Cards and DOG Tags every day. They are allowed to keep them here at school. This protocol is essential since Maltby is so big that if all students have their cards and tags on them, we can identify them in passing times. **Students do need headphones and computer mice for class every day. Please send in plug-in headphones and mice (not Bluetooth) for your student starting Monday, October 30th** Planners: Please sign the planner for Friday! Math: We started Unit 2. Please go onto Google Classroom for all the Unit 2 resources, including the family letter, homelinks, all lesson videos, and additional videos to help at home. Reading/Writing: We are working on CERER and Narrative Writing. Science: We are continuing our learning of food webs, food chains, ecosystems, and the components of an ecosystem. We will be starting a biome project next week. Homework: Math Journal page 43, study for social studies test on Tuesday, do paragraph 2 and 3 of narrative, Read for 20 minutes, and fill out the reading log. Parent To Do list:
If you have any questions, then please email me at orricoa@brightonk12.com. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello, Parents!
Thank you to all the parents who chaperoned Fifth Grade Camp! I hope you had as much fun as the students did! Camp photos are coming soon! Yesterday, students did an excellent job with the read-in. We had our TV fireplace going, and the students were reading away. We also finished NWEA testing this week. I will be sharing these results with you at conferences. This is a reminder to sign up for conferences if you haven’t already (the link is below!) Math Retake will be on Monday! We did reteaching today, and students should study over the weekend for their retake on Monday. Also, if you haven't already, here is a cute little video of STEAM Mania from last week, so please take a look if you have time! https://animoto.com/play/3B0P3hMAbp0rxqIfOr036g Here are some announcements for next week: Picture Retake Day on Friday, October 27th! Parent-Teacher conferences are coming up. I will have Face to Face Conferences on Monday, October 23rd, and Virtual Conferences on Tuesday, October 24th. We will be going over NWEA scores and student progress in the classroomIf you have any questions you want to ask me, please ask them first so that I can answer them! Many of you have signed up for a conference, but if you have not, please schedule one using this link: https://calendar.app.google/moKgsAyExP8gF2Xc8 We will be celebrating Halloween on Tuesday, October 31st. Our day will consist of math games, spooky writing, and reading, and we will end our day with a movie. Just a reminder: Students can not wear their costumes to school. Students need to be wearing their ID Cards and DOG Tags every day. They are allowed to keep them here at school. This protocol is essential since Maltby is so big that if all students have their cards and tags on them, we can identify them in passing times. **Students do need headphones and computer mice for class every day. Please send in plug-in headphones and mice (not Bluetooth) for your student starting Monday, October 30th** Planners: Please sign the planner for Friday! Math: Test Corrections for the Unit 1 Test were due today; Retake students only: please take the weekend to study for the retake test on Monday Reading/Writing: Students worked on their camp writing assignment. Science: We started our first unit on Food Chains and Food Webs. We will continue this unit on Monday. Homework: Read for 20 minutes and study for Math retakes on Monday (Only a few students are retaking) Parent To Do list:
If you have any questions, then please email me at orricoa@brightonk12.com. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello, Parents!
Homecoming Spirit Week was so much fun! The students did a great job dressing up! This week, students took their first Math Test. Grades are going home today. Students can retake parts of the test if they received a 2, 1, or 0 on that standard. Retakes are optional but highly suggested! To do a retake, students must do test corrections first. I will be sending home the retake ticket today. Please read through the directions and sign the retake ticket if your student wants to retake. Also, here is a cute little video of STEAM Mania from last week, so please take a look if you have time! https://animoto.com/play/3B0P3hMAbp0rxqIfOr036g We also did NWEA testing this week. I will be sharing these results with you at conferences. No Friday Folders this week due to Camp on Tuesday! Here are some announcements for next week: No School on Monday, October 16th! Fifth Grade camp is next Tuesday and Wednesday! Please watch the weather so you can dress your student appropriately since we will be outside most of the day. Also, students are provided lunch and dinner on those days, so please just feed your child breakfast! We had a camp meeting with the students today to inform them of what camp is and how each day will go. Please read the Camp Reminders Sheet coming home today. I will also link it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VETFnoDPHFfE6qN4OrdLa2anNZLL1xG7Mz0U57l17rw/edit?usp=sharing Parent-Teacher conferences are coming up. I will have Face to Face Conferences on Monday, October 23rd, and Virtual Conferences on Tuesday, October 24th. Many of you have signed up for a conference, but if you have not, please schedule one using this link: https://calendar.app.google/moKgsAyExP8gF2Xc8 Mrs. Krayer will be sending her's out later today. Students need to be wearing their ID Cards and DOG Tags every day. They are allowed to keep them here at school. This protocol is essential since Maltby is so big that if all students have their cards and tags on them, we can identify them in passing times. **Students do need headphones and computer mice for class every day. Please send in plug-in headphones and mice (not Bluetooth) for your student starting Monday, October 30th** Planners: Please sign the planner for Friday! Math: We took our 1st Unit Test, and we took the pretest for Unit 2 this week. We will not be starting the new Unit until after camp. Reading/Writing: Students had their CERER due today for their silent reading book. We will continue to write CERER each week. For writing, we are starting to map out our narrative. Please be aware if your student is absent, they will have writing homework. Also, students are working on sticky notes in our books. So, students are expected to write one to two sticky notes in their book per reading time. Science: We started our first unit on Food Chains and Food Webs. We will continue this unit after camp. Homework: Read for 20 minutes, and fill out the reading log due Thursday! Get ready for Camp on Tuesday! Do not bring backpacks with school supplies on Tuesday or Wednesday. Only bring your day pack and coat for Camp! Parent To Do list:
If you have any questions, then please email me at orricoa@brightonk12.com. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello, Parents!
We had an awesome week in 5th grade! Students are working hard with learning how to write a CERER in ELA for our read-aloud Restart and continuing their understanding of volume in rectangle prisms. We will be having our first math test early next week! Students also had many fun days implementing the four C’s (Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, and Critical Thinking) in our STEAM Mania for Science. Also, Friday Folders are going home this week. Please clear out the folder, sign the communication sheet, and send the folder to school with your student on Monday. Here are some announcements for next week: Students need to be wearing their ID Cards and DOG Tags every day. They are allowed to keep them here at school. This protocol is essential since Maltby is so big that if all students have their cards and tags on them, we can identify them in passing times. **Students do need headphones and computer mice for class every day. Please send in plug-in headphones and mice (not Bluetooth) for your student starting Monday, October 30th** Planners: Please sign the planner for Friday! Math: We will be taking the Unit 1 test early next week. Remember to study by reviewing your homelinks, math journal pages, and math boxes. If your student is absent, all the lesson videos are on Google Classroom. Reading/Writing: Students are working on writing CERER for our read aloud book Restart. They will write a CERER for their own silent reading book starting on Monday. Also, students are working on sticky notes in our books. So, students are expected to write one to two sticky notes in their book per reading time. Science: Students had a fun time doing the STEAM Mania to work on the four C’s (Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, and Critical Thinking). We will be starting our first unit on Monday! Homework: Homelink 1.12, read 20 minutes, and fill out the reading log Parent To Do list:
If you have any questions, then please email me at orricoa@brightonk12.com. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico |
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