What a great week! The GAES Cub love was clearly evident during our Henrico County Christmas Mother canned food drive last week. Amazingly, the 5 GAES Houses earned 6,856 points by sending in canned goods, hats, and gloves! Thank you for your support of others in our community who are less fortunate. We are all anxiously awaiting the announcement of the house that won this competition on Monday. A special shout out to all the 5th grade students who helped count the items collected each afternoon after school!
It’s hard to believe that there are only seven and a half days before Thanksgiving Break. Time flies when you’re having fun learning!
We have a very busy week coming up and we want the students to be prepared. While it may seem overwhelming with the 3 tests scheduled, the tests are 10 – 15 questions in length. This allows us to wrap up units before we leave for break and start fresh when we return after Thanksgiving on November 29. We will be reviewing in class each day, but it will be key that students spend time studying at home using the notes in their notebooks, as well as the notes in Schoology student resources.
Thank you for sending in your recyclable items for our science energy transformation project. If you have not sent supplies in, it’s not too late. Items needed: paper towel and toilet paper rolls, clean half gallon and gallon milk containers, water bottles, 2-liter bottles, etc. We will also need rubber bands and string. Please send these in by Tuesday, 11/16. Thanks so much for your support!
Reflections Program
The 2021-2022 National PTA Reflections Program theme is I Will Change the World By…” All submissions will must be submitted electronically by Wednesday, November 17, 2021. For additional Detailed Rules, FAQ, Entry forms, Submission dates, please check out the HCCPTA website at: www.hccpta.com/reflections.
Don’t forget EVERY Wednesday is House spirit day. Show your house colors and connect with other house members throughout the school!
11/15 GAES Spirit Night at Jimmy Johns
11/16 Social Studies 5 Themes of Geography Test
11/17 Science Energy Test
11/17 PTA Reflections Submissions Due
11/18 Math Decimal Computation Test
11/19 Half Day! Dismissal begins at 11:00
11/19 Family Life
11/22 Tom/Tammy Turkey Writing Assignment Due
11/24-11/25 Happy Thanksgiving! Student/Staff Holiday
12/1 Makeup Picture Day (this is a change)
Math: It’s all about decimals this week. We will continue to work on division with decimals as well as long division. We will then review adding, subtracting, and multiplying with decimals. A test on decimal computation is scheduled for Thursday, 11/18. Be sure that your child is practicing their multiplication and division facts daily. It’s important that they have mastery of facts up to 12.
Reading: We will continue to focus on making inferences and drawing conclusions in both fiction and nonfiction text this week. Our Vocab. List 8 is all about the “not” prefixes.
Writing: Students were assigned a fun creative writing assignment last Monday – Tom/Tammy the Turkey! Please be sure to read all of the requirements and follow the directions on the rubric: Tom/Tammy Turkey Writing Assignment. This assignment will be due on Monday, 11/22. I can’t wait to see all of the students’ creativity!
Science: It’s all about transformation of energy in science this week! Students will be working on designing and then building a musical instrument utilizing recycled materials. They will then test and note the various forms of energy taking place. This will be a great way to prepare for the test on the energy unit on Wednesday, 11/17. Be sure to prepare for this test by reviewing the notes in the student notebook as well as in Schoology student resources.
Social Studies: In social studies students will continue to work on an in class RAFT project to review the 5 themes of geography. A test on the Five Themes will be on Tuesday, 11/16. Be sure your child utilizes the social studies notebook, as well as, the notes in Schoology student resources to prepare for this test.