January 29, 2018

Dear 5th Grade Families,

Middle School Course Forms: Thank you!  Our entire class turned in the middle school course form last week. That is a fantastic start to being organized and prepared for next year!

Conferences: Highcroft's Spring Conferences are the week of February 12th.  We will once again use the MyConferenceTime website.  The website is open now.
Valentine Party Request: Please send your child to school with a photo of him/her taken prior to Kindergarten.  It is for a fun activity at our party!  The photos will be returned after the party!
No Food Policy: As Valentine’s Day approaches, remember that Parkway has a no food policy which includes NOT sending candy or any type of food/snack items.
January
29: Land of Smiles Dental Presentation, Grades K-3, 2:00 pm, MPR
January 29 - February 2: Stuffed Animal Drive
February
1 - 2: Stuffed Animal Drive
7: Late Start, School begins at 11:05 am
   Spirit Day - Twin Day
8: All Read, 3:25 pm
12: Author Visit, Coach Sloth, 1:00 pm - 2:45 pm
13: Spirit of Excellence, 6:30 pm, Touhill Performing Arts Center
14: Valentine Parties, 2:35 pm - 3:30 pm
15: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
16: No School - Records/Professional Development Day
19: No School - Presidents Day
21: Parkway Board of Education Meeting, 7:00 pm, Central Middle
22: PSO Meeting, 7:00 pm, Highcroft Library
28: Strings Concert, 4th & 5th Grade, 6:30 pm, Highcroft Gym
Reading: This week in reading we are continuing our Argument and Advocacy unit.  We are going to be studying perspective.  It is important for readers to figure out an author's perspective to understand how his or her ideas fit into the issue.  In addition, we are going to consider the way author's craft their writing pieces by analyzing the organization and word choice.  We will also discuss how readers need to be skeptical of what they read and evaluate writing carefully to determine if it seems valid.
Writing:  This week in writing we will bring a critical perspective to writing by critically reading.  While we read, we are evaluating evidence in order to make our arguments solid.  Also, we are going to add new vocabulary by focusing on rebuttals and counterclaims.  We will discuss the importance of adding evidence supporting the opposing viewpoint and then offering a rebuttal.
Math:  This week in math, we will be continuing to study mixed numbers.  We will be focusing on how to add and subtract mixed numbers.  Sometimes we need to regroup numbers to make it easier to subtract mixed numbers.  We will spend time analyzing key words or phrases to help us determine which operation(s) we need to use in order to solve a real world math problem correctly.
Social Studies: This week we will continue our Discovery, Exploration and Early Settlement unit.  We will begin Chapter 5 where we will study famous explorers who helped discover America.  Students will be assigned explorers to research and share out their learning to the rest of the class.
Science: Students will get their Levers and Pulleys tests back this week.  Towards the end of the week they will begin their next unit titled, Mixtures and Solutions with Miss Epstein.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  Have a wonderful week!
Thank you,

Emily Kohut

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