GOING BATTY IN OCTOBER!

What a great October week it has been! Did you see the blood moon and the lunar eclipse? Did your child tell you about something new he or she learned this week? It was fun to see the kids' handsome faces in their school pictures which were delivered. Students who did not order pictures received a catalog from which you may place orders now. 

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17  

5:00 UNTIL 8:00

WRIST BANDS $10 EACH

FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM HOLY TRINITY

GAMES, PRIZES, DJ, FOOD, BAKE SALE, VENDOR FAIR, BOUNCE HOUSES, PHOTO BOOTH, DUNK TANK (additional fee)

Parents must be present with children -- no drop offs, please,

25 CONFERENCES ARE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK!

Please bring your child with you. I know that you will be impressed with all that he or she has to share. Please arrive on time as we have a very full schedule.

We learned about factors, multiples, rules of divisibility, prime, and composite numbers this week. We are able to decompose numbers to find the prime factors. We played a couple of games to practice the Rules of Divisibility. The students enjoyed the games so much that I promised to put them on the blog! Access the Divisibility Rules powerpoint at star.spsk12.net/math/5/DivisabilityRules.ppt. The practice games are embedded in the lesson and there is an additional game at the end of the powerpoint. Next week we will work on multiplying multi-digit numbers. Yes, it is so much easier when you truly know the basic multiplication facts! Please continue to expect your child to practice daily!
I have added websites for practicing basic addition and subtraction facts to our "Links for Learning" that will help students become more efficient with simple facts. Let's try to stop using our fingers for addition and subtraction this year!

Writing is an art that requires skill. We are sharpening our skills and applying them in our writing. This week we focused on writing good topic sentences and developing paragraphs from a given set of details on a topic. This will lead into gathering our own details as we research our Native American tribes, organizing our subtopics, and writing our informational pieces about our assigned tribes. 

Here is a very good slide show that introduces the Native American tribes we are studying: http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4e4445794f546b784e44593d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_instructions_directurl_makeyourown
Social Studies Native American projects are due October 29. The students are so excited to learn about America's early cultures. We will be writing our reports in class but information gathered from home is certainly welcome. There are links on Addison's website to help with research. I'm beginning to hear some very creative ideas! Parents, thank you for your support.

Today in the Science Lab, we made six weather instruments. Each group of four or five students was led by a volunteer. Mrs. O'Donnell who has a kindergarten student at Addison and a seventh grader, helped us make a wind vane. Mr. Reece assisted our class again, helping us build an anemometer. Mrs. Paine instructed us as we made a hygrometer, Mrs. Brown was the barometer expert, and Mrs. Hernandez knew just what to do to make a rain gauge! Mr. and Mrs. Eid were there to help the group that made a thermometer. After all the instruments were created, each group presented and gave a demonstration of how their instrument works. Every instrument worked and we were so proud! We are so appreciative of our volunteers and Mrs. Knobbe!