As February comes to an end I would like to give you some updates for the remainder of the year.
As you are all aware, with an expected due date of March 26, I will not be returning this school year. Kathy Jacobs, a former 5th grade teacher, will be my long-term substitute. Ironically, Kathy was my fifth grade teacher when I attended Albany Elementary :) She has many years of experience and is familiar with Albany Elementary as she is still an active substitute teacher in our district. Please help Mrs. Jacobs with her transition into my classroom.
Kathy will be using my email and school phone number. I will have access to my email as well; however, responses will be sent from Kathy during her time in the classroom. Though she is an experienced teacher, Kathy will modify things to fit her teaching style which is expected of her. This can be a struggle for any student, please help your child understand that.
Spelling Words: Our weeks were laid out a little funky for spelling words the last couple of weeks. I gave NEW spelling words today and we will test on them Wednesday, March 4. There will be no new words until the beginning of the next week to get back on a Monday-Friday schedule. Your child has Google Spelling Vocabulary to complete as an independent practice assignment, due the morning of March 4th
Upcoming Items/Events
Trimester 2 ends on March 6th. I will have all grades posted by March 12th and report cards will be sent home sometime that week.
Reminder that your child's nightly assignment is to READ. They are to complete 10 chapter books of their choice by the end of each trimester.
We began Unit 4 Week 3 in our Reading Wonders Curriculum. Our focus is Author's Point of View, Prefixes/Suffixes, and Biographies. We will be focusing on historical figures throughout the course of the next seven days.
After wrapping up Unit 4 Week 3 we will have to more units in our reading curriculum Unit 4 Week 4 and Unit 5 week 3. Then, our reading block will turn into literature circles where students are choosing from a variety of book titles with their peers. This will take up the majority of April as we will throw in MCA testing, no school days, and other events added to our calendar.
Our Poetry Unit will wrap up next week ending with a Poem called 100% Me. All poems will be typed, printed and binded together hopefully by the week of March 9.
Once we are done with our Poetry Unit we will dive right into our final writing assignment which will be a biography that goes along with the Wax Museum that happens in May.
I am reconstructing my calendar on my weebly page where I will have all upcoming dates available. However, watch for reminders and date changes from Mrs. Jacobs as these events get closer.
https://spohnsuperiors.weebly.com/
Also, refer to our 5th grade website http://albanyfifthgrade.weebly.com/ for updates and due dates as well.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns as I am more than happy to answer them.