Dogwood Elementary School



October 2019 Newsletter53486052098040Important Dates:School Closed for Students- Systemwide PD Day Wed. Oct. 9, 2019Parent Learning WorkshopTitle: 4th & 5th Grade Math RegroupingFocus: 4th & 5th Grade ParentsTues. Oct. 8, 20199am-11am & 6pm-8pmVIP DayTues. Oct. 15, 2019School Closed for Students- Systemwide PD Day Fri. Oct.18, 2019Reading NightTues. Oct. 22, 20196:00pm-7:45pmConscious Discipline Parent Workshop- Audience: Pre-k, K, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade ParentsTues. Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Nov. 12, Nov. 19, 20186pm Lifetouch Pictures Mon. Oct. 28, 2019 Halloween ParadeThursday, Oct. 31, 20192:00pm-2:45pm1st Quarter EndsFri. Nov. 8, 2019 Early Dismissal at 12:15pm. NO PM Pre-K?00Important Dates:School Closed for Students- Systemwide PD Day Wed. Oct. 9, 2019Parent Learning WorkshopTitle: 4th & 5th Grade Math RegroupingFocus: 4th & 5th Grade ParentsTues. Oct. 8, 20199am-11am & 6pm-8pmVIP DayTues. Oct. 15, 2019School Closed for Students- Systemwide PD Day Fri. Oct.18, 2019Reading NightTues. Oct. 22, 20196:00pm-7:45pmConscious Discipline Parent Workshop- Audience: Pre-k, K, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade ParentsTues. Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Nov. 12, Nov. 19, 20186pm Lifetouch Pictures Mon. Oct. 28, 2019 Halloween ParadeThursday, Oct. 31, 20192:00pm-2:45pm1st Quarter EndsFri. Nov. 8, 2019 Early Dismissal at 12:15pm. NO PM Pre-K?53730141952371Back to School Night SmilesAugust 201900Back to School Night SmilesAugust 2019Principal’s MessageHello Dogwood Family,As the new school begins I would like to thank each of you for continuing to support Dogwood Elementary School. As I enter my fourth year at Dogwood Elementary School, I am still so amazed at how much we have grown as a community. My mission for the 2019-2020 school year hasn’t changed much from the previous years. We must continue to find pathways to increase student voice, create more opportunities for parents to learn about strategies to support their child’s academic and social success, and ensuring that teachers are equipped with the resources and skills to teach daily lesson plans that are aligned with the outlined standards. Please pay attention to the many parent events that will take place this year. I always I look forward to seeing you throughout the year and receiving your feedback. As always, thank you for your unwavering support! Respectfully Submitted,Ms. Johari ToePrincipalDogwood Elementary SchoolPrincipal’s CornerDogwood Elementary School2019-2020 Parent Events Save the Dates*This document was sent home and is posted on the Dogwood ES website. *VIP DaysTuesday, October 15, 2019Tuesday, December 10, 2019 * w/LifetouchTuesday, February 11, 2020 Tuesday, April 21, 2020VIP Days are formal invitations to any very important person in a child’s life. Although parents can visit their child’s classroom at any time, VIP Days are especially set aside for our families. VIPs are invited to join in the learning experience, have lunch in the cafeteria, and hang out during recess. School-wide EventsReading NightTuesday, October 22, 20196:00pm-7:45pmParents are invited to participate in choice sessions that focus on how to support their child in the area of reading fluency, foundational reading skills, accelerating reading skills, writing, and understanding reading assessments (unit test, MAP, and MCAP). Math Night Tuesday, February 11, 20206:00-7:45PMParents are invited to participate in choice sessions that focus on how to support their child in the area of math fluency, foundational math skills, solving real world problems, math literacy, accelerating student mathematical comprehension, and understanding math assessments (unit test, MAP, and MCAP). Parent Learning Workshops (PLW) Tuesday, October 8, 2019Focus: 4th & 5th Grade Math Regrouping Audience: All parents or guardians of fourth and fifth grade students.Choice Sessions: 9:00am-11:00am or 6:00pm-8:00pm Tuesday, November 5, 2019Focus: Middle School Transition Audience: 5th Grade Parents or Guardians Choice Sessions: 9:00am-11:00am or 6:00pm-8:00pm Tuesday, November 19, 2019Focus: Supporting Students with Differentiated NeedsAudience: Existing parents of students who have IEP, 504 Plans, or have Student Support Plans (SSP)Choice Sessions: 9:00am-11:00am or 6:00pm-8:00pm Tuesday, January 14, 2020Focus: Creating and Sustaining Social and Emotional Supports at HomeAudience: All FamiliesChoice Sessions: 9:00am-11:00am or 6:00pm-8:00pm Tuesday March 17, 2020Focus: ReadingAudience: Parents of all students in grades Pre-k – 5th gradeChoice Sessions: 9:00am-11:00am or 6:00pm-8:00pm PLW Locations: TBAThe purpose of the Parent Learning Workshop (PLW) is to provide parents with purposeful information, meaningful activities, and opportunities to engage administration and staff members in discussions about the identified monthly topic. RSVPs will be sent in order to determine how many breakfast and dinners to order for each session. Quarterly Parent Voice MeetingTuesday, November 12, 2019Tuesday, January 28, 2020Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Choice Sessions: 9:00am-10:00am, 12:00pm-1:00pm, or 6:00pm-7:00pmLocation: TBAQuarterly Parent Voice meetings are opportunities for parents to discuss any topics pertaining to the school that they would like to share with administration. If appropriate, these meetings are also used to share any system-wide initiatives or updates that will impact the Dogwood community. Dogwood Parent Action Team (D.P.A.T.)Monday, October 7, 2019Monday, November 4, 2019Monday, December 2, 2019Monday, January 6, 2020Monday, February 3, 2020Monday, March 2, 2020Monday, May 11, 2020 All D.P.A.T meetings will be offered at the choice session of 9:00am-10:30am or 6:00pm-7:30pm The purpose of the D.P.A.T. meeting is to gather the voice of the parent. The meeting will need at least 2-3 representatives per grade level in order to receive input from across all grade levels. During each meeting we will review, discuss, and offer feedback for the 2019-2020 School Progress Plan (SPP); collective input on academic instruction; discuss social-emotional supports; monitor spending per the 2019-2020 Title I budget information, and the impact of parent engagement events, etc. Dogwood Elementary SchoolHonor Roll & Skills and Conduct Award Criteria2019-2020The criteria listed below has been in place since the 2017-1018 school year. All students who meet the criteria will receive the Honor Roll and/or Skills & Conduct Award in their report card envelopes each quarter. Students will be asked to take pictures with administration on the following school day, but they do not need to bring their certificates back to school for the photo. Unfortunately, we do not have the space to hold an assembly every quarter as our cafeteria is utilized daily from 10:30am-1:45pm. The criteria are listed below. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call, email, or stop by to see me at any time. Skills & Conduct Award – Grades 1-5 The rubric is located on the back of the report card.Grades 1-3Quarter 1 & 3Students must earn at least 3 out of 4 – 3’s in all core subjects (ELA, math, social studies, and science) in the Skills & Conduct section of the report card. This certificate is given out quarterly.Quarter 2 & 4Students must earn at least 6 out of 8 – 3’s in all core subjects and special areas in the Skills & Conduct section of the report card. This certificate is given out quarterly. Grades 4-5Quarter 1 & 3Students must earn at least 3 out of 4- 3’s in all core subjects in the Skills & Conduct section of the report card. This certificate is given out quarterly. Quarter 2 & 4Students must earn at least 6 out of 8- 3’s in all core subjects and special areas in the Skills & Conduct section of the report card. This certificate is given out quarterly. Academic Honor Roll – Grades 1-5Grades 1-3Quarter 1 & 3Students must earn the majority of CD’s vs. P’s in each core subject (ELA, math, social studies, and science) area on the report card. This certificate is given out quarterly.Quarter 2 & 4Students must earn the majority of CD’s verses P’s in each core subject and special areas on the report card. This certificate is given out quarterly. Grades 4-5Quarter 1 & 3Students must earn all A’s and B’s in each core subject area on the report card. This certificate is given out quarterly. Quarter 2 & 4Students must earn all A’s and B’s in each core subject and special areas on the report card. This certificate is given out quarterly. Principal’s Award – Grades 1-5Students must earn academic honor roll each quarter for the entire school year. This award is given out annually. Perfect Attendance – Grades Pre-K – 5Students must have perfect attendance from their initial start date at Dogwood ES until the end of the school year. This award is given out annually. Health Corner— Nurse J. Brown, RNMaking sure students get a flu vaccine could help prevent illness. While flu vaccines are only about 60 percent effective, the good news is that vaccinated people who get the flu usually get a mild form.?Influenza, or “the flu,” is a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory tract (nose, throat and lungs) that can cause secondary complications and attack other target organs in the body. The flu is not just a bad cold! Flu symptoms tend to develop quickly (usually 1 to 4 days after a person is exposed to the flu virus) and are usually more severe than the typical sneezing and congestion associated with the common.Flu symptoms can include:FeverHeadacheExtreme tirednessDry coughSore throatRunny or stuffy noseMuscle achesNausea, vomiting and diarrhea are also common symptoms in children Dogwood Elementary is a food-free birthday party school. We celebrate and recognize the children on their special day over the announcements and in the classroom. If you would like to send in goody bags be creative with non-food items such as pencils, stickers, erasers, or small notepads. Children just enjoy a surprise. October 2019 NewsletterPrekindergartenMrs. G. Cumbo, Room 104 – gcumbo@Mrs. Moore (Para Educator), and Ms. Cross (Teaching Assistant)_____________________________________________________________________________________Phonics/Word Work OverviewIntroducing the first four letters: Aa, Dd, Mm, and Ss Working with first names; comparing lengths, identifying the first letter Introduce the first two sight words “my” and “the” Learning to sing a new version of the alphabet song ELA Overview Identifying story vocabulary Listening to stories and answering questions about details in the text with modeling and prompting ELA Home/School Connection Make flash cards of the alphabet to reinforce letter recognition at home.Have your child use play-doh to form letters or write words in shaving cream, or sand. Math Overview and Helpful Tips Practice identifying 2- and 3-dimensional shapes (oval, circle, triangle, rectangle, square, cube, Cylinder, sphere, rectangular prism) Sorting shapes by attributes at home (3 sides, 4 sides, 0 sides)Using positional words at home (top, bottom, up, down, etc.)Review identifying numbers 0-5 Practice counting out loud from 1-20, each day.Math Home/School Connection Count sets of 1-5 objects. Make sure your child touches each item as they count aloud. Make flash cards of numbers 0-10 to reinforce recognition at home. Have your child match numbers to sets. Use more, less or fewer, and equal to compare sets. Science or Social Studies OverviewFriendship Classroom Activities and Routines Taking Care of Ourselves Classroom Jobs Science or Social Studies Home/School Connection Ask your child to describe what they do in school each day. Make sure you ask very specific questions. Ask your child to share some of the ways they helped a classmate or in their classroom community. Special Note from the Pre-K Team:Sign up for the Class Dojo if you haven’t already done so. Please turn in your permission slip for Apple Week Activities.Please be certain that you have turned in 2 complete changes of clothing for your child.Please check you child's B.E.E. Folder every day for important papers.Dogwood Elementary SchoolOctober 2019 NewsletterKindergarten Mrs. Mc Coy, Room 105 – jmccoy3@ Mrs. S. Brunn, Room 107 – sbrunn@ Mrs. A. Jackson, Room 187 - ajackson9@ Ms. S. Kelly, Room 108 – skelly2@Phonics/Word Work Overview Students are participating in activities to help build a strong foundation to become a beginning reader. Current skills developed in class include:Participating in oral language activities including repetition, rhythm and rhymeReading Decodable Take Home Books. Please re-read these books with your child.Identifying letter names and practicing proper letter formation.ELA OverviewDuring Unit 1, Take a New Step, students will discuss the essential question, “What can we learn when we try new things?” The reading focus strategies for this unit include: Ask and answer questions as you read, Turn and talk, Retell the facts or events of a text, use picture clues, and schema. In this unit, students will continue to recognize common types of texts and name the author and illustrator and define their roles in telling the story. Students will begin to ask and answer questions about key details in the texts and confirm understanding of key details. Students will also become familiar with different story elements including, characters and setting. Students will also learn more about the main topic and key details in a text.ELA Home/School Connection Please access the websites below to practice reading and math foundational skills. Please read books daily with your child. Ask questions about the different story elements to ensure comprehension. Please continue to practice letter and letter sound recognition to enhance reading foundational skills.Math Overview and Helpful Tips Students are working on Unit 2 Measuring, Counting and the Number System.Key skills include the following:Know number names and the count sequenceCount to tell the number of objectsCompare numbersDescribe and compare measurable attributesClassify objects and count the number of objects in each categoryMath Home/School ConnectionPlease provide many opportunities for your child to practice counting sets using one to one correspondence. Please review number recognition for numbers 1-10 and practice proper number formation.Science or Social Studies Overview Students are learning about the life cycle of apples and pumpkins. Upcoming Content ProjectsStudents are learning about emotional health during our Conscious Discipline lessons.We are also exploring and learning about the seasonal changes of autumnUpcoming Field Trips Kindergarten is looking forward to our visit to Clark Elioak’s Farm on Friday, October 11th. Please wear a shirt to match your class color. Dress warm. I know it will be fun to pet and feed the farm animals!Special Note from the TeamThank you for continuing to reinforce language, literacy and math skills at home. Our goal is to help your child become a proficient student in all content areas!Please provide a complete change of clothing that is seasonally appropriate. Dogwood Elementary SchoolOctober 2019 NewsletterFirst GradeMrs. Caplan Room 111 lcaplan@ Mrs.Halperin Room 101 rhalperin@Ms. Haberkorn Room 110 chaperkorn@ Ms.Ruehr Room 109 sruehr@Mrs.Winings Room 102 kwinings@Phonics/Word Work Overview In the month of October first graders will: Substitute initial consonant sounds Segment final consonant soundsIdentify and generate rhymesHigh frequency words: be, come, good, pull, fun, make, they, jump, move, run, tooPut words in alphabetical orderBuild and blend words ELA OverviewListening comprehensionVisualizing and retelling a story in sequential orderIdentify key details in a storyAsk and answer questions about a story or topic ELA Home/School Connection Phonics websites to practice reading: -great for sequencing and retelling a story Make flashcards of sight words and play go fish or concentration. Math Overview and Helpful Tips In the month of October, we will be identifying 2-D geometric shapesWe will observe, describe, and compare 2-D shapes.Identify and label 2-D shapesRepresent and compose and decompose 2-D shapesSort and describe shapes Conscious Discipline How can we resolve conflict in friendship and family?How can I help my family and friends using kind deeds? Social StudiesStudents will use geographic concepts and processes to understand location and its relationship to human activities.Use photographs and pictures to describe a place.Define map elements as parts of a map that make it easy to use.Upcoming Content Projects N/A Upcoming Field Trips Trip to Clark’s Elioak Farm - October 25, 2019Special Note from the Team: Bring your folder, homework, and agenda to school every day.Check your child’s Schoology account for updated grades.Remember the weather may be getting cooler. Please dress your child for the weather that day. Remember to wear Sneakers on Gym days. Dogwood Elementary SchoolOctober 2019 NewsletterSecond GradeMs. J. Miller, Room 214 jmiller13@ Mrs. D. Naden, Room 212 dnaden@ Mr. J. B. Miller, Room 213 jmiller32@ Mrs. P. Bogle, Room 211 pbogle@ Unit 1 Phonics/Word Work Overview Short vowels, two letter blends and long a and i. Unit 2 ELA Overview Identify main topic and key details.Describe the connection between a series of historical events. Know and use various text features (e.g. captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.Writing an informative paragraph-introducing a topic, detailing 3 facts and a concluding sentence.ELA Home/School Connection Pebble Go Unit 1 Math Overview and Helpful Tips Make sense of and develop strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems with totals up to 45.Skip count by 2, 5, and 10.Use manipulatives, drawings, tools, and notation to show place value understanding.Represent computational strategies on a number line diagram.Solve word problems involving money. Math Home/School Connection Dreambox (math) Conscious Discipline - HealthUsing our big voice to stick up for themselves.Strategies to control anger/ calming techniques.Identify ways to be kind to others.Making new friends. Upcoming Content Projects There are no upcoming projectsField Trips:We are looking forward to a field trip to the Maryland Science Center in Early December. Special Note from the Team: Please remember that spelling journals come home on Monday and should be returned on Friday. Spelling tests are on Friday.If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!Dogwood Elementary SchoolOctober 2019 NewsletterThird GradeMrs. D. Pickens, Rm. 206 dpatterson4@ Mrs. J. Haygood, Rm. 209 jhaygood@ Ms. D. Brown, Rm. 207 dbrown19@ Ms. C. Josey, Rm. 210 cjosey@Ms. A. Brown, Rm. 208 abrown7@ Phonics/Word Work Overview??Final “Silent” e?Long a:? ay,?ai,?a_e,?ea,?eigh,?ei,?ey?Long i:?i,?ei,?igh,?i_e, y?Long e: e,?ea,?ee,?e_e,?ie,?ey, y?ELA Overview – Unit 1: How humans affect animals?Main Idea and Key details?Summarizing?Asking and Answering Questions?Cause and Effect?Animal ResearchUnit 2:?Stories that Teach?asking and answering questions?retelling, sequencing, and summarizing fables?identify?character traits/motivations?identifying theme/moral/lesson?write?paragraphs?write original fableELA Home/School Connection??Questioning and Summarizing Practice?? – Into the Book??Main Idea?? This game will help students identify the main idea, especially with multiple choice options that are?similar to?each other.??Cause and Effect? the theme/moral? character traits Typing Practice? Overview and Helpful?Tips -?Unit 1 Multiplication and Division?Multiplication Strategies:?Repeated Addition/ Skip Counting?Pictures?Arrays?Number Lines?Multiplication?Facts:?0-10Division Story problems focusing on the number in each group and number of groups?Commutative Property of Multiplication?Distributive Property of Multiplication???Unit 2 Addition and SubtractionAddition PropertiesRounding two and three-digit numbers to the nearest ten and hundred?Place Value?identifying hundreds, tens, and onesexpanded form Addition Strategies with?3-digit?numbers?estimating sums?partial sums – using expanded form?place value blocks?standard algorithm?Subtraction Strategies with?3-digit?numbers?estimating differences?partial differences?regrouping with place value blocks?standard algorithmBar Graphs and Pictographs?Math Home/School Connection?***Please use these recourses to help explain math concepts to your child at home.?Multiplication with pictures?-??(game)?Repeated Addition?-??(game)?-? ??(game)?Arrays??(game)??(game)?Multiplication on a number line??-? Property??-? Property?-? and Multiples (game)Division???(game) (game)Expanded Form?Game:? (Level 2)? Sums and Differences Addition with regrouping? (Level 4 or 5)? (2- Digit)? with regrouping? (2-Digit)? (1-300)? Graphs??(go to the end)??(go to the end)? (need free account)Pictographs?? (go to the end)? (need free account)?Science/Social Studies/Health?In Social Studies, we will be exploring Asia. We will explore specific countries: Japan, India, and China. We will be learning about the geographic features, culture, government, and economy of these countries. Your child will complete a Wixie project about one of the countries of Asia as their final project.??Upcoming Content Projects????Unit 1 of ELA requires students to research an endangered animal. The students will create a book, poster, or?Wixie?to publish their reports.?The project will be completed in class.?Upcoming Field Trips??We are in the process of planning a field trip to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. More information will be sent home late October. Special Note?from?the Team:??Spelling tests will be held almost every Friday in correlation with the word work sound of the week. To access the LearnZillion videos, you may need to create a free account. LearnZillion has tons of math and reading videos, so we highly encourage you to create an account, so you can have access to these resources. We also recommend checking Khan Academy for more resources.Additional games for your child to play will be available on Schoology’s courses. These games will change based on the skills we are working on. If there is a game that is helping your child or enjoyable to your child, please bookmark it. If you would like to return to an activity from previous weeks, you can change the weekly date or look on the calendar to return to that activity.???Dogwood Elementary SchoolOctober 2019 NewsletterFourth GradeMrs. B. Linehan, Room 201 blinehan@Mrs. S. Wall, Room 202 swall2@Ms. C. Sutton - Room 203- csutton@ Ms. E. Egert- Room 204- eegert@ Ms. B. Williams Room 205- bwilliams11@ Phonics/Word Work Overview Short vowels in single and multisyllabic words Long a, e, and i, in single and multisyllabic words ELA Overview Unit 1 is entitled, “We are the Stories We Tell.” As they interact with various first and second hand accounts, students will be asked to consider the following essential questions. Essential QuestionsWhat makes a person memorable?How do journeys shape a person’s identity?Culminating Project Students will imagine they are a children’s book author who is fascinated by first and second-hand accounts about memorable individuals in history. Each person’s individual experiences have contributed to their own unique life story. Students decide to write a short, fictional narrative that describes an important small moment in the life on a real individual. The small moment will be told from a first-person point of view and will be published as a children’s book.ELA Home/School Connection Detailed explanations on the reading and literature standards addressed during Unit 1- reading comprehension skills- - Math Overview and Helpful TipsUnit One: Place Value and Addition/Subtraction- Place Value understanding of numbers to the millions and addition and subtraction of whole numbers. Unit 1 Vocabulary: base-ten numerals, expanded form, number name, millions, place value, value, decomposing, composing, period, rounding, estimation, conjecture, Commutative, Associative and Identity Properties of Addition, counting on, compensation, variable, algorithm, inverse operationsUnit 1 Practices: During this unit, students will learn to represent numbers from the ones place to the millions place using a variety of numerical forms. Students will compare and round numbers using their place value knowledge. Additionally, students will practice addition and subtraction of numbers up to the millions place. Unit 2: Strategies and Properties of Multiplication- Students will become familiar with multiple strategies of multiplication for both 1 by 4 digit multiplication and 2 by 2 digit multiplication Unit 2 Vocabulary: factor, factor pairs, prime number, multiple, generalize, composite number, Associative Property of Multiplication, Distributive Property, Commutative Property of Multiplication, numerical expression, compensation, partial products, compatible numbersUnit 2 Practices: During this unit, students will learn that Multiplication and division are inverse operations, a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors, there are multiple ways to solve multiplication and division problems, products can be computed?using various strategies, estimation serves as a tool for judging reasonableness of products, computational fluency requires efficient, accurate, and flexible methods for computing, computational fluency includes understanding not only the meaning, but also the appropriate use of numerical operations, the magnitude of numbers affects the outcome of operations on them, in many cases, there are multiple algorithms for finding a mathematical solution.Math Home/School Connection: Math Sites that support Unit One and Unit Two Rounding activity: Place value relationships: on a number line: Multiplying 2 by 2 digit numbers: Pearson Lesson videos from Topic One – accessed by students logging in to BCPS One, going to Digital Content, and choosing PearsonScience Overview- Unit 1: Geologic Journeys During this unit, students will virtually travel around the world and discover how Earth changes over time. Students will study topics such as erosion, volcanoes, rocks, fossils, earthquakes, and tsunamis. At the end of this unit, students will identify one of these changes to the Earth that may impact the state of Maryland. Students will work with groups to determine what they can do to help moderate the impacts/ damage that may be done during this Earth change. Upcoming Content Projects Memorable Person Research: Students have the option to conduct research on a memorable person of their choice. Students will use the research they find on this person to create a short presentation that they will show to their class. Upcoming Field TripsFall Trip: National AquariumLook out for more information on this trip coming home very soon!Special Note from the Team:Upcoming assessments during the month of September MAP- Math and ELA Fountas and Pinnell- Instructional Reading Level Dogwood Elementary SchoolOctober 2019 NewsletterFifth GradeMs. A. Robinson-Ali, Room 186 arobinsonali@ Ms. J. Smith, LC #2 jsmith26@ Ms. A. Voystock, LC #1 avoystock@ Dr. J. Tillery, Room 286 jtillery2@ Phonics/Word Work Overview We are focusing on short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds in single and multisyllabic words.We are identifying different spelling patterns for each sound.ELA Overview Unit 2A: Revolutionary PerspectivesPrimary and Secondary Sources about the American RevolutionaryMultiple of Points of View about the same eventMultiple main ideas of a textSummarizingReporting on a topicClarify the meaning of unknown wordsELA Home/School Connection Kid Friendly Current Events Nonfiction for Kids (helpful tips for parents): Instructional Materials for Literacy ?Reading and Writing Resource Reading Comprehension Resource: ?Tips for Strengthen your child’s reading comprehension at home: Math Overview and Helpful Tips Unit One: Decimal Place Value, Addition, and SubtractionUnderstanding powers of tenDecimal place valueRepresenting decimals with modelsWriting decimals in multiple formsRead, write, and compare thousandthsRounding decimals to estimate addition and subtraction problemsAdd and subtract decimals to thousandths Math Home/School ConnectionKhan Academy Adding Decimals Playground (games to play to practice decimals): PracticeAccessed through BCPSOne-Digital Content-Click the green “P”-Click “Pearson realize”Dream Box or access through BCPSOneScience or Social Studies Overview We are focusing on the beginning days of building our nation, looking at the original 13 colonies, and determining their connection with England while ultimately establishing themselves as, what is now, the United States.Science or Social Studies Home/School ConnectionSafari Montage: Liberty KidsBrain Pop: Search colonial Upcoming Content Projects Culminating Event in ELA: Creating an infographic in chronological order using details from multiple sourcesUnit 1 Math Assessment Parts 1 and 2Upcoming Field TripsTentative: Morgan State University- November 15thMore information to come Special Note from the Team: All fifth-grade classrooms are using Class Dojo to monitor positive behavior. Please let your student’s homeroom and math teacher know if you would still like to sign up for class Dojo. We are hoping for 100% participation from all parents. Please check Schoology regularly for updates on your students’ academic progress.If helpful, send your child with a water bottle to limit trips to the restroom during the day ................
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