Hello, Parents.
This week we will be collecting data to measure our students' academic growth. These two measurement tools are DIBELS and MAP, and will be conducted Monday and Wednesday. As always, ensure that your child is well rested and has a normal breakfast to feel their best for these assessments. We look forward to sharing their growth with you at the end of the school year. In Grammar this week, we will continue to review the parts of speech covered thus far (noun, pronoun, verb), and add adjectives and adverbs into our mix. Scholars should be memorizing definitions taught in class, as well as lists of helping verbs and personal pronouns. A strong understanding of sentence structure is an important foundation for good writing. Writing conventions should be automatic for fifth graders in their use of capital letters and punctuation, so we will continue to review these skills until writing samples are showing consistency. If you observe writing samples that are missing a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence or in a proper noun, gently ask your child to observe what is missing and guide them to correct these errors. If they have fallen into a bad habit, it will take a lot of retraining and reteaching to establish accuracy. Follow the same procedure for punctuation marks at the end of sentences. Students will recite first poetry memorization on Friday, and should be practicing at home each night. In Literature, we will read Chapters 10-12 of Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Each week one comprehension quiz is given in class at random, and discussion questions are posed for students to respond to orally and in writing. Some students have been so engrossed in reading that they have gone beyond daily reading assignments, but then struggle to answer comprehension questions for specific chapters. I have encouraged them to resist the urge to rush ahead, unless they are willing to go back and reread assignments to be ready for class. Once a week, questions are sent home for students to answer as homework. They should use complete sentences on homework responses. I hope you are enjoying the book if you are reading it with your child! Don't forget to join us on Thursday night at 6PM for our 3rd-5th grade Curriculum Night. We will begin in the MPR before gathering in the 5th grade classrooms. I look forward to seeing you all there. Warm regards, Mrs. Baird
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