T1W2 - Term 1, Week 2

This week were are continuing our Unit of Inquiry, How We Organize Ourselves, by learning about the following:

Math:  We are beginning our inquiry into how number systems create order.  Students will learn the procedure for using a place value charge to understand dividing and multiplying by multiples of 10.

T1W2 Homework -- parents can print this at home if they want to see a bigger sheet. Students may also attach scratch paper to their homework if they need more space to write.

Students can use the following videos to help them with their homework if they get stuck:  Lesson 1 Video, Lesson 2 Video, Lesson 3 Video.

ELA:  Students are continuing to work on supporting their explanations with text evidence.  We are also going to review parts of speech, subjects and predicates.  In writing students are practicing TAG (ask your child what this means) and we are beginning the writing process for this term's narrative essay.

Science:  We are inquiring into how we develop order in our natural world by exploring classification.

Social Studies:  We are continuing to learn about the Bill of Rights and see how they maintain order in our communities.  Students are beginning to get a pretty good grasp of many of their Constitutional rights.

Author Visit Announcement

5th grade will see Jewell Parker Rhodes, Coretta Scott King Honor winner and author of a new novel, Towers Falling. Ms. Rhodes is known for taking tough subjects and helping upper elementary kids understand them through novels. Her last book, Ninth Ward, was about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Her current book, Towers Falling, is about a 5th grade girl. Deja, who knew nothing of the events of September 11, 2001. Deja is homeless and living in a shelter, going to a new school as she learns about what home, family, and community mean to her.

She will present in assembly format and after the assembly, students who brought books by that author will come to media center to meet the author and get their book autographed. If you would like to purchase books through F.AVE, 20% does go to the media center, however, students are not required to pre-order their books through us. All F.AVE orders are due to the media center by Friday, August 19th. Your child has one in their Monday Communication Folder. 

Thank you to DEF and Little Shop of Stories for bringing these wonderful authors to F.AVE every year!

Message from Ms. Smith, your media specialist

As most of you know, F.AVE has a wonderful 1:1 technology program using iPads. Your student will have an iPad assigned to them to use at school during this year. This week, I visited all classrooms to introduce or review our school-wide expectations for student use of iPads. Your child will be bringing you a permission/terms of use form very soon. In order for a class to begin using iPads for learning, all terms of use forms must be returned by all students in the class.

Please sit down with your child and look over the iPad Terms of Use form together. Ask your student what expectations we discussed this week in our orientation session, and discuss the form as you initial and sign it together. This is a great opportunity to discuss one of our IB Learner Profile traits: Balanced. We need to balance our enthusiasm for technology with being responsible and concentrating on our learning objectives.