Fifth Grade News

Curriculum Highlights
Cowlishaw Elementary School

Literacy:  Paragraph Writing Mathematics Volume 3 , Issue 3

Focus Skills/Strategies  Ongoing grammar study Focus
 Prefix, Suffix, and  Incorporate technology November 2010
Grade 5
Roots
 Conferencing  Unit 3-Geometry
 Main Idea and Support-
Social Studies  Unit 4-Division
ing Details Fifth Grade Team:
Focus  Jan Kelly:
 Reread for Clarity
 Using Textbook as a Accelerated Math jan_kelly@ipsd.org
 Make and confirm pre-
resource  Ryan Klein:
dictions  Unit 3 Variables, For-
 Life in the Western- mulas, and Graphs
ryan_klein@ipsd.org
 Create inferences
Hemisphere  Christi Grezlik:
**Please remember to read  Unit 4 Fraction Con-
Science christi_grezlik@ipsd.org
with your child using the cepts and Operations
weekly fluency sheets. Focus  Tamela Williams: tam-
ela_williams@ipsd.org
Writing:  Electricity and Magnet-
ism  Julee DeGeus:
Focus julee_degeus@ipsd.org
Spelling
 Memoir Study
Focus
 Explorer Research Reminders:
 Word Study  Check folders
 Revising and Editing
 Weekly spelling units nightly for any im-
portant notes that
need to be signed
and returned.

Fifth Grade Happenings  If you have any

Nov. 9 – Band Concert at Hill changes in email,
Oct. 30 – Report Cards Nov. 24 – 26 - No School
Middle School phone, or transpor-
home (please sign envelope (Thanksgiving Holiday)
only and return) Nov. 10 – P/T Conferences after tation, please send
Nov. 2 – No School (P/T Con- school information to
Nov. 11 – No School (Veteran’s
ferences 8-3p.m.) school with your
Nov. 4 – P/T Conferences Day)
Nov. 17 – Robert Crown Parent child as soon as
after school
Meeting possible.
Nov. 5 – Silk Road Activity
At Brookdale at 7:00p.m.