We had a great first week back! Can you believe that we will begin the fourth and final nine weeks of 5th grade on Monday??? Where has the time gone? We are ready to rock out these final nine weeks in fabulous 5th grade style!
4/16 Student 1/2 Day/Staff Development – dismissal at 11:00
4/16 GAR store visits 5th grade – turn in January, February, March filled out GAR Logs
4/17 5th Grade Math MAPS Assessment
4/27 GAES Field Day
5/7 Science SOL
5/14-5/15 Reading SOL
5/23-24 Math SOL
5/28 Memorial Day – School Closed
6/13 5th grade ceremony
What’s Happening in Reading?
In reading we will be working on comprehension skills that include the following: identifying the main idea and supporting details, analyzing relationships, comparing and contrasting and cause and effect.
GAR (Glen Allen Reads – incentive program): Is your child logging his/her GAR minutes on their calendar? Be sure that they pick up the April log to keep in their GAR folder. The calendars are always ready for pick up on the reading area bookshelf. The GAR program is a fun way to reward the reading that your child does each day at home. The GAR store will be here on Monday, April 16th. If your child is participating they should bring in the January, February, March & April reading logs with total number of minutes read with parent signature.
This week will begin unit 13 of our Greek and L
atin roots (log, logue = word; mono, uni– one). Spelling City is an excellent resource to assist with the meaning and spelling of these words.
Spelling City: We are so fortunate at GAES to have the Spelling City app for our students to practice vocabulary and spelling. Please have your child log onto Spelling City at least 2-3 times each week to 
practice the reading vocabulary. This is such a fun way to increase their knowledge and application of the weekly vocabulary words and to review past lists as well. Look for the link to Spelling City on the right hand sde of the blog.