Happy Tuesday! A short week but a great week! We can't believe Thanksgiving is already here and before we know it, it'll be December!! Here are a few updates and reminders for next week: - Wednesday, November 24 = No School - Thursday, November 25 = No School - Happy Thanksgiving! - Friday, November 26 = No School - Wednesday, December 1st = Candor Health Education will be at Coonley to present their program, Puberty I - Understanding Changes, to 5th grade students. Please see the attached PDF to learn more - Constellation Brochures = due Monday, November 29th (217) and Tuesday, November 30th (201) - Greek & Latin Unit 4 Test = Friday, December 3rd Here are some academic updates from this past week: - ELA (201) = We learned about finding credible sources and picking out good evidence to support a claim! - ELA (217) = We learned about determining text evidence and then analyzed two sides of an argument about technology impacting our relationships. - SS = We did a great job presenting our newspaper articles about an event between European Powers and Indigenous Powers. - Math (201) = We continued comparing decimals and fractions! - Math (217) = We are adding and subtracting integers. - Science = Students have been working on their constellation brochures. Presentations for their projects will be Monday 11/29 for 217 and Tuesday 11/30 for 201. We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving break! Thank you, Mrs. Kovar & Mrs. Parsons
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Happy Friday! We can't believe another week of November has gone by! It was so great getting to meet with you all in person or virtually on Wednesday. We loved getting to talk to you about your kids and know that working together is helping us start the second quarter strong! Here are a few updates and reminders for next week: - Social Studies Newspaper Project = due Monday, November 22nd - Argumentative Quiz (201) MOVED = Tuesday, November 23rd - Wednesday, November 24 = No School - Thursday, November 25 = No School - Happy Thanksgiving! - Friday, November 26 = No School - Wednesday, December 1st = Candor Health Education will be at Coonley to present their program, Puberty I - Understanding Changes, to 5th grade students. Please see the attached PDF to learn more Here are some academic updates from this past week: - ELA (201) = We finished our Wordly Wise unit 4! We have continued to analyze argumentative writing to see different viewpoints. Then, we worked on picking a side to write a response. - ELA (217) = We finished our Wordly Wise unit 4! We started to learn about argumentative versus persuasive writing. We also focused on understanding the different features of argumentative writing. - SS = We have been working on analyzing documents to help us write a response about why so many colonists died in early Jamestown. - Math (201) = This week we extended the number line to compare positive and negative numbers. We learned what opposites are and how to find absolute value of numbers. We are going to start comparing decimals and fractions next week! - Math (217) = This week we started adding and subtracting integers. We found patterns in the problems we solved and are developing algorithms for solving these types of problems. - Science = This week we took the unit test for Patterns of Earth & Sky and were assigned the final unit project. Students have chosen a constellation and will be creating a brochure about it. Presentations for their projects will be Monday 11/29 for 217 and Tuesday 11/30 for 201. We hope everyone has a great weekend before our short two day week! Thank you, Mrs. Kovar & Mrs. Parsons
Happy Wednesday! We had a great short first week of quarter 2! We can't believe how quickly November is sneaking by us. We are so proud of the hard work and independence that our 5th graders have been displaying. With that, we have a few changes moving forward in addition to our weekly updates:
- Late Work = We indicated this at Open House, however, we wanted to give students first quarter to get acclimated to being back in school and turning in assignments. We will now be taking 10% off for late work. - No Names = No name papers will have 1 point deducted from the grade. - Aspen = Each week, we will have students log in to check ASPEN, however, they should begin to do this independently as well. - Thursday, November 11 = No school in observance of Veteran's Day - FRIDAY, November 12 = CPS announced Friday will be a non-attendance day for students and are calling it Vaccination Awareness Day. Please see Coonley Blast for more information! - Wednesday November 17 = No School for students for Parent Teacher Conferences and Report Card Pickup - Parent Teacher Conferences for Quarter 1 = Please look for the email sent by your homeroom teacher to sign up for an in person OR virtual conference - Science Test = Patterns of Earth and Sky science test will be Monday/Tuesday, November 15th/16th - WW 4 Test = Thursday, November 17th - Argumentative Quiz (201) = Friday, November 18th - Social Studies Newspaper Project = due Monday, November 22nd (if absent this week, please turn it in on the 19th) Here are some academic updates from this past week: - ELA (201) = We started our new Wordly Wise unit! We continued to highlight and differentiate parts of argumentative writing. We started our first argumentative response. - ELA (217) = We started our new Wordly Wise unit! We did an incredible job presenting our final novel projects! - SS = We have been learning about some of the first European explorers and colonies in America. We also learned about trading between countries. - Math (201) = We practiced finding unit rates! - Math (217) = We have been looking at how we can use number lines and integer chips to think about positive and negative numbers. - Science = We identified the missing constellation and reviewed for the upcoming unit test. We hope everyone has a wonderful 4 day weekend! Thank you, Mrs. Kovar & Mrs. Parsons We made it through the first quarter of 5th grade!! All our students worked hard the last couple weeks getting in assignments and finishing the first quarter on a strong note. Here are a few reminders for next week:
- Thursday, November 11 = No school in observance of Veteran's Day - FRIDAY, November 12 = CPS announced next Friday will be a non-attendance day for students and are calling it Vaccination Awareness Day. Please see Coonley Blast for more information. - Final Novel Project (217) = due Monday, November 8th - Science Test = Patterns of Earth and Sky science test will be Monday/Tuesday, November 15th/16th Here are some academic updates from this past week: - ELA (201) = We finished our Greek & Latin roots unit. We began our argumentative writing unit by learning the different components of an argumentative text. - ELA (217) = We finished our Greek & Latin roots unit. We also officially finished our first novel. We learned about theme and plot curve. - SS = We have been learning about some of the first European explorers and colonies in America. - Math (201) = We learned about ratios, rate and unit rates. We also reviewed long division! - Math (217) = We took our first unit test on Variables & Patterns and also started our next unit about integer operations. - Science = . We finished answering the Chapter 3 question, do we see different stars at different times of the year. We will be reviewing for the upcoming unit test. We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Thank you, Mrs. Kovar & Mrs. Parsons |
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