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A full week of school and the students are working hard on some projects! Students are working on Comics about Matter in Science. We will record these at school and turn them into Google Classroom next week, so ask your students to show you! Also, our first Book Club Meeting was AMAZING! Students came ready to discuss their book using sticky notes and assignment #1. This book club focuses on Character Traits. Please ask your student to share information about their book club with you! Remember, if your student is absent, please look at Google Classroom. Most of the time, I put what we did on there. Plus, most science assignments, all the Math Lesson videos, and ELA assignments are on Google Classroom. Here are some announcements for next week: No School on Monday, May 27th Thursday, June 6th, will be the PTO Magic /Science Assemblies Friday, June 7th, is Red, White, and Blue Spirit Day Tuesday, June 11th is Field Day- Wear a Classroom T-shirt! Last Day of School is on Wednesday, June 12th 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: This week, we dove into Unit 7 and started working on some geometry. Also, students who took the retake for Unit 6 will get those back on Monday. Remember that all homelinks and the family letter for the unit are on Google Classroom. The McGraw Hill app has many games students can play at home to practice their skills. Reading/Writing: The Book Club discussions were excellent! The students did an awesome job discussing their thoughts and character traits. The second set of sticky notes and the second assignment are due on Tuesday, May 21st! Students are still working on reading for AR points and writing sticky notes while reading. AR Goals are due Friday, June 7th! Science: Students worked on their Matter Comic this week. The comics will be due on Monday. Students did take the Changes Cycle 2 Test. We will be starting the new Unit on Gravity on Monday. Homework: HL 7.5, Read their Book Club book and start working on Book Club assignments, finish Science Comics, and read for AR by filling out the reading log! Parent To-Do List:
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico
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We are done with MSTEP! We celebrated with a Confetti Throw! Each day of MSTEP, we wrote down all our worries and stresses on test days, ripped them up, and collected them—today was the day we threw them in the air! We also celebrated with some Dunkin Donuts, which the kids enjoyed! Plus, one of our students’ Pawsitives got pulled to have our therapy dog, Hope, in our classroom all day! Let’s just say we had a fabulous Friday! Click here to see the video of the Confetti Throw Remember, if your student is absent, please look at Google Classroom. Most of the time, I put what we did on there. Plus, most science assignments, all the Math Lesson videos, and ELA assignments are on Google Classroom. Here are some announcements for next week: Brain Chick was here today to talk about his new book Wayfinder. An order form went home today if your child wants to order a book. Unit 6 Math Test went home today! Please review those tests with your student. If students want to retake, test corrections are due Tuesday! Grade Check-In Sheets are going home today! Please review and sign your name. Then, have your student turn it in on Monday. This sheet will replace the Friday Communication Sheet this 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 started the first lesson of Unit 7. Homelink 7.1 and Math Boxes for 7.1 are due Monday. Remember that all homelinks and the family letter for the unit are on Google Classroom. The McGraw Hill app has many games students can play at home to practice their skills. Reading/Writing: Book Clubs started today! The first set of sticky notes and the first assignment will be due on Wednesday, May 15th! Students are still working on reading for AR points and writing sticky notes while reading. AR Goals are due Friday, June 7th! Science: Students took their Science Vocabulary Test today. The scores are in their email if you want to see what they got! Homework: Read their Book Club book and start working on Book Club assignments, Unit 6 Math Test corrections (only for students who want to retake portions of the test, and read for AR by filling out the reading log! Parent To-Do List:
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello Families!
Another week of 5th grade went by, and we finally hit the six-week mark of school! Students worked hard this week to finish up Unit 6 in Math. Also, students had some fun analyzing Disney Cartoons to find common archetypes. This week, we started our Student of The Day celebration! Every day, students get to pick two things they would like to do as Student of the Day. I believe the students are excited about their day, and it’s a way to celebrate their success as 5th graders! Remember, if your student is absent, please look at Google Classroom. Most of the time, I put what we did on there. Plus, most science assignments, all the Math Lesson videos, and ELA assignments are on Google Classroom. Here are some announcements for next week: MSTEP Testing Dates
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 finished Unit 6 and took the test! We are doing some math practice to prepare for the MSTEP Math Test on Monday. We will be starting Unit 7 next week! Remember that all homelinks and the family letter for the unit are on Google Classroom. The McGraw Hill app has many games students can play at home to practice their skills. Reading/Writing: Students learned about common archetypes in fictional stories. We will be moving on to Character Traits and then starting Book Clubs. Students are still working on reading for AR points and writing sticky notes while reading. AR Goals are due Friday, June 7th! Science: Students will be starting Changes Cycle 2 on Monday! Homework: Two Science questions in packet, Math Packet Problems #39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 52, 55, 58, 60, 63, 69, 74, 80,82, work on SS review, and read for AR - 20 minutes with a reading log. Parent To-Do List:
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello Families!
This week, we continued MSTEP testing by taking the Social Studies and Science MSTEP. The good news is that we are testing for math on May 6th, so we have a week off of MSTEP testing. For any students who were absent or did not finish one of the MSTEP tests, students will be called during the afternoon and finish testing at that time. NWEA Reports are coming today in the report card. Please take the reports out of the report card, sign it, and have your student return it to school on Monday, April 29th. Also, thank you to the parents who volunteered their time to help out with the Great Maker's Race! The students had so much fun! Remember, if your student is absent, please look at Google Classroom. Most of the time, I put what we did on there. Plus, most science assignments, all the Math Lesson videos, and ELA assignments are on Google Classroom. Here are some announcements for next week: MSTEP Testing Dates
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 finished Unit 6 and reviewed for the test today. Please take the weekend to start studying and practicing the skills for Unit 6. Unit Test on Wednesday, May 1st! Remember that all homelinks and the family letter for the unit are on Google Classroom. The McGraw Hill app has many games students can play at home to practice their skills. Reading/Writing: Students finished their Opinion Papers this week. These papers are AMAZING! Please ask your students to share their work on Google Classroom. For the next unit, we will work on Archetypes. Students are still working on reading for AR points and writing sticky notes while reading. AR Goals are due Friday, June 7th! Science: Students will be starting Changes Cycle 2 on Monday! Homework: Math Boxes on Math Journal page 216 and 229, read opinion paper to you, and read for 20 minutes with a reading log. Parent To-Do List:
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello Families!
This week was a short week filled with reading, answering questions, and writing. Students are doing an excellent job with their stamina in writing an opinion essay with facts to back it up! They will be editing their work soon and typing it next week. Remember, if your student is absent, please look at Google Classroom. Most of the time, I put what we did on there. Plus, most science assignments, all the Math Lesson videos, and ELA assignments are on Google Classroom. Here are some announcements for next week: Book Fair from Monday, April 15th to Friday, April 19th Preview and Set Up Your E-Wallet with this link. MSTEP Testing Dates
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 finished Unit 5, and retakes will be on Wednesday, April 17th. We are starting Unit 6. Also, remember that all homelinks and the family letter for the unit are on Google Classroom. The McGraw Hill app has many games students can play at home to practice their skills. Reading/Writing: Students continued writing their Opinion Paper this week. All daily writing assignments are on Google Classroom for students to refer back to. We will continue writing, revising, and editing this writing for the next two weeks. Students are still working on reading for AR points and writing sticky notes while reading. AR Goals are due Friday, June 7th! Science: Students finished Changes Cycle 1 this week. For the next week and a half, we will be reading and writing to prepare for the MSTEP ELA Test. Homework: If your student is retaking the Unit 5 test, make corrections on the test and get the retake ticket signed by a parent, do Homelink 6.1, and read for 20 minutes with a reading log. Parent To-Do List:
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello Families!
We had a great week of jumping back into routines and learning from Spring Break. Students are working hard to prepare for the MSTEP and strengthen their reading and writing skills. Also, students had some fun observing frozen and hard-boiled eggs to make discoveries about physical and chemical changes. Remember, if your student is absent, please look at Google Classroom. Most of the time, I put what we did on there. Plus, most science assignments, all the Math Lesson videos, and ELA assignments are on Google Classroom. Here are some announcements for next week: No School on Monday, April 8th New Encores starts Tuesday, April 9th Book Fair from Monday, April 15th to Friday, April 19th MSTEP Testing Dates
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 finishing Unit 5. We will review on Tuesday, and the test is on Wednesday. Students can study using homelinks, math boxes, and the review. Also, remember that all homelinks and the family letter for the unit are on Google Classroom. The McGraw Hill app has many games students can play at home to practice their skills. Reading/Writing: Students started their Opinion Paper this week. All daily writing assignments are on Google Classroom for students to refer back to. We will continue writing, revising, and editing this writing for the next two weeks. Students are still working on reading for AR points and writing sticky notes while reading. AR Goals are due Friday, June 7th! Science: Students finished their final explorations of properties of matter and physical and chemical changes. Test for Changes Cycle 1 on Tuesday! Homework: Study for the science test on Tuesday, Homelink 5.14, and Math Boxes page 193, and read for 20 minutes with a reading log. Parent To-Do List:
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. I hope everyone has a great three-day weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello Families!
We made it to Spring Break! Please take this next week to relax! We all deserved it! Remember, if your student is absent, please look at Google Classroom. Most of the time, I put what we did on there. Plus, most science assignments, all the Math Lesson videos, and ELA assignments are on Google Classroom. Here are some announcements for next week: Report Cards and Friday Folders go home tomorrow! Please sign and return the Friday Folder Communication Sheet and report card Envelope on Monday, April 1st! MSTEP Testing Dates
Spring Break is from Saturday, March 23rd to Sunday, March 31st. I will see everyone back at school on Monday, April 1st. 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 5, which includes solving fractions with all four operations. We will also learn about equivalent fractions, factors, multiples, and common denominators. We are looking to test the first part of Unit 5 the week after spring break! Also, remember all homelinks and the family letter for the unit are on Google Classroom. The McGraw Hill app has many games students can play at home to practice their skills. Reading/Writing: Students worked on their Non-Fiction One Pager Projects this week. The project directions will be posted on Google Classroom if your student is absent. Students are still working on reading for AR points and writing sticky notes while reading. AR Goals are due Friday, June 7th! Science: Scientific Method Project Presentations were great! Homework: No homework over break unless you were absent this week. If you were absent, then please check Google Classroom for all the assignments we did this break. Of course, if your student wants to do some academic work then they can do Lexia or Imagine Math or read! Parent To-Do List:
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. I hope everyone has a wonderful Spring Break! Mrs. Orrico Hello Families!
We made it through the first week of the Last Trimester of 5th grade, and the students did a fantastic job testing this week! As the new trimester starts, there will be new AR Goals. I have met with each student to let them know their new reading level for AR and Lexile (based on NWEA reports), and students have chosen an AR Goal based on how they did last trimester. This choice will motivate them to meet their AR goal since they are the ones who decide on it. Remember, if you are absent, please look at Google Classroom. Most of the time, I put what we did on there. Plus, most science assignments, all the Math Lesson videos, and ELA assignments are on Google Classroom. Here are some announcements for next week: Author Visit on Friday, March 22nd MSTEP Testing Dates
Spring Break is from Saturday, March 23rd to Sunday, March 31st. I will see everyone back at school on Monday, April 1st. 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 5, which includes solving fractions with all four operations. We will also learn about equivalent fractions, factors, multiples, and common denominators. Also, remember all homelinks and the family letter for the unit are on Google Classroom. The McGraw Hill app has many games students can play at home to practice their skills. Reading/Writing: Students are working on reading nonfiction texts and finding the main ideas in them. We will start our nonfiction project on Monday. The project directions will be posted on Google Classroom if your student is absent. Students are still working on reading for AR points and writing sticky notes while reading. AR Goals are due Friday, June 7th! Science: Practice Scientific Method Project Presentations at home! Presentations start on Monday! Homework: HL 5.4, Math Boxes on page 166, practice Scientific Method Presentations, read for 20 minutes, and fill out the reading log. Parent To-Do List:
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello Families!
We made it through 2nd trimester! Please take this three-day weekend to celebrate your student’s hard work towards school work and testing! A grade sheet will come home today so you can be aware of your student’s grades on the report card. You can also look at Parent Connect. Please sign this grade sheet and have your student turn it in on Tuesday, March 12th. NWEA Testing is Here! We will be testing on…
For Math, we are working on Unit 5, which includes solving fractions with all four operations. We will also learn about equivalent fractions, factors, multiples, and common denominators. Also, remember all homelinks and the family letter for the unit are on Google Classroom. For ELA, students published their comparing-and-contrasting themes in two book essays. If you want to read the essay, please ask your student to show it on Google Classroom. We are now moving on to our Nonfiction Unit. If your student is absent, we have mini lessons on Google Classroom that we are doing in class. For science, we started Changes Cycle 1 unit. We are investigating the idea that different metals conduct heat at different rates. Also, we turned in our Scientific Method Projects today. Students were able to share the projects with their peers in small groups, but students will present their projects in front of the whole class the week before spring break. Therefore, I asked the students to practice presenting their projects in front of their families, dogs, or even stuffed animals at home. The goal is for the student to refrain from the words right off the slides. They should be able to go through each slide summarizing and giving more details than the slide says when presenting since they did the project! Remember, if you are absent, please look at Google Classroom. Most of the time, I put what we did on there. Plus, most science assignments, all the Math Lesson videos, and ELA assignments are on Google Classroom. Here are some announcements for next week: No School on Monday, March 11th Movie Night at Maltby on Friday, March 15th Spring Break is from Saturday, March 23rd to Sunday, March 31st. I will see everyone back at school on Monday, April 1st. We have had many students not write in their planners correctly, which is causing communication problems with what homework to do, which can also lead to students not turning in homework assignments on time. Therefore, please talk with your students about how they are doing with assignments and turning them in. Also, please make sure you are checking the planner and Google Classroom for all assignments. 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: Unit 5 homelinks and family letter are on Google Classroom. The McGraw Hill app has many games students can play at home to practice their skills. Reading/Writing: Students are learning how to read complex nonfiction text. We will be starting a non-fiction book project soon! Science: Practice Scientific Method Project Presentations at home! Presentations start the week of March 18th! Homework: Read for 20 minutes and fill out the reading log. Parent To-Do List:
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. I hope everyone has a fantastic three-day weekend! Mrs. Orrico Hello Families!
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**Please check your student's grades! These are the grades if the semester ended today. There is still time for students to improve their grades. You should check your student's AR goals and comprehension grades. These grades impact the reading grades significantly, so it is essential to see if your student is on track. The trimester does end on Friday, March 8th, so AR goals should be met on that date!** For Math, we have our Unit 4 Test on Monday. Students do have Math Test Homework to do this weekend to help them prepare for the test. Remember, the Math Journal and Homelink packet are excellent resources for studying for the test. Also, remember all homelinks and the family letter for the unit are on Google Classroom. For ELA, students work hard to organize and construct an essay by comparing and contrasting the themes of two books. If you want to read the essay, please ask your student to show it on Google Classroom. For science, we started Changes Cycle 1 unit. We are investigating the idea that different metals conduct heat at different rates. Also, we turned in our Scientific Method Projects today. Students were able to share the projects with their peers in small groups, but students will present their projects in front of the whole class the week before spring break. Therefore, I asked the students to practice presenting their projects in front of their families, dogs, or even stuffed animals at home. The goal is for the student to refrain from the words right off the slides. They should be able to go through each slide summarizing and giving more details than the slide says when presenting since they did the project! Remember, if you are absent, please look at Google Classroom. Most of the time, I put what we did on there. Plus, most science assignments, all the Math Lesson videos, and ELA assignments are on Google Classroom. Here are some announcements for next week: No School on Monday, March 11th Movie Night at Maltby on Friday, March 15th Spring Break is from Saturday, March 23rd to Sunday, March 31st. I will see everyone back at school on Monday, April 1st. We have had many students not write in their planners correctly, which is causing communication problems with what homework to do, which can also lead to students not turning in homework assignments on time. Therefore, please talk with your students about how they are doing with assignments and turning them in. Also, please make sure you are checking the planner and Google Classroom for all assignments. 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 taking the Unit 4 test on Monday. There are many games on the McGraw Hill app that students can play at home to practice their skills. Reading/Writing: Students are still working on reading for AR points and writing sticky notes while reading. AR Goals are due Friday, March 8th! Science: Practice Scientific Method Project Presentations at home! Homework: Do Math Test Homework for Unit 4, study for Unit 4 math test for Monday, read for 20 minutes, and fill out the reading log. Parent To-Do List:
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