It’s almost Winter Break! I am very proud of all of my students for staying focused and working hard! I would like to wish all of you a very happy, safe winter break and holiday season! Have a happy new year and see you in 2021! (Aren’t we all excited for 2021???) 🙂
Here is a look at our week ahead:
Mrs. Jacobsen’s Homeroom
- Morning Meetings (8:00 – 8:15): We will continue to build our classroom community with activities and questions that will allow us to get to know our classmates better.
- Small Group Reading Block (9:55 – 10:30): On Monday, students will take the “Saving America’s Wolves” Reading Quiz. The class will also have a menu to complete on Monday & Tuesday, which will be due by Wednesday at 8:00 am. While students are not working with me in their reading group, they must be working on their Reading Menu in the “lobby.” As I have discussed with the students, they must click to join our class meeting, but then be in the “lobby” so I can see that they are present in class. All students in 5th grade will have the same reading menu assignments. The assignments in this menu will consist of a mix of reading, writing, science, and social studies activities. Students will have 2 days to complete the “Must-Do’s” in their menu, and they will be due by 8:00 am on the following morning.
- Wordly Wise: As part of their Reading Menu activities, the class will take the Lesson 5 Wordly Wise Quiz on Tuesday 12/15.
- Class Read-Aloud: From 1:00-1:15 each day, I will be reading aloud from our class novel, Save Me a Seat. Please encourage your child to enjoy listening to the story and not do anything else during this time.
Math Classes:
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Math 5 and Math 5/6:
- This week we will be continuing with our unit on Mean, Median, Mode, & Range (SOL 5.17). Please remember to look in your math course on Schoology for notes and practice problems to help you review and study. For this unit, you MAY use a calculator.
- The class will take the Mean, Median, Mode, & Range 5.17 Test on Thursday 12/17.
- As a reminder, students must be working in Dreambox throughout the week. As I have discussed in class, students are now required to complete either 4 lessons per week or 60 minutes per week on Dreambox. A week on Dreambox begins on Sunday morning and ends on Saturday evening. I will count all of the minutes and lessons that occur during that time. Every Sunday morning, the time starts over again.
Thanks so much for all of your support! Have a wonderful week and a fantastic winter break!
-Mrs. Jacobsen