Miss Fender's 5th Grade Class

2nd Week Here We Come!!! Please remember that our Open House is this week on Tuesday Night. We will be starting at 6:00 and will be about 2 hours long. Thanks so much in advance to those of you that are able to come out and get information about our school and classroom. We are continuing to work on routines, procedures, and classroom community. It is really important to me that your students feel safe and confident in my room. I really want this to be a space where kids want to be curious and learn together. In the next few weeks we will be starting to get into our 5th grade groove, but it will take us a little while to learn the little things that help us get there. Math: Place Value Reading: Who are we as readers? Writing: Who are we as writers? Science: Scientific Method Health: Healthy Self Image

My expectation is for students to do 50 minutes of IXL every week. On Monday, I tell them what standard we are working with and they have until the Sunday of that week to complete their 50 minutes. www.ixl.com IXL Usernames and Passwords Aikens, skye username: saikens@sedaliapark password: grand72 Basile, Madeline R. username: mbasile@sedaliapark password: mb Berry, Sidney A. username: sberry@sedaliapark password: seat61 Carstens, Chloe H. username: ccarstens@sedaliapark password: 18bread Cash, A'Rizon C. username: acash@sedaliapark password: north87 Edmondson, Mackenzie username: medmondson1@sedaliapark password: 78please Escandon, Jose V. username: jescandon@sedaliapark password: 71train Johnson, Christopher username: cjohnson@sedaliapark password: cj Kemp, jaylen username: jkemp@sedaliapark password: jk Momaya, vivek username: vmomaya1@sedaliapark password: fresh52 Nicolas, Saul E. username:

WOW! I have the best students and room mom in the world! The kids knew that Sunday was my birthday and they did the sweetest thing! They all signed a birthday card for me and surprised me when we came in from recess with a birthday song and cupcakes. Thank you Lena Carstens, you are the best room mom and we are so grateful to have you. I felt SO so special. Thank you for letting me be a part of your student's lives. I feel so lucky to get to do this job. *I am currently working on getting my FAQ's and  pages for each subject up and live on my blog. They should be ready to go by later today. Thanks so much for your patience

Open House PowerPoint Some parents have asked that I post the PowerPoint from Open House. You will find it on SlideShare via this link  here

Another great week under our belts! Thank you to those of you that came out to school for open house! I know it can be a lot on a school  night to mix up your routines. Please keep in mind that next Monday August 21st we will have an extended school day because of the solar eclipse. The students dismissal will start at 3:00. Math: Order of Operations Reading: Story Elements Writing: Blowing up Small Moments Grammar:Types of Sentences Social Studies: Causes of the Civil War

It has been such a fun couple of weeks getting to know your students. Thank you to those of you that came to Meet and Greet and/ or Open House. It is always so nice to meet the parents and be able to answer any questions you may have about 5th grade :)  I am sure that the kids told you we have done a lot of getting to know you activities and team building activities. Happy Birthday to Juan!! I hope that your day was a special as your are! We had A LOT of fun together this week! This year is going to be great!