Newsletter - October 27th

A Peek at What We are Doing in Fifth Grade

What did you think of student-led conferences?  Our goal was for students to start reflecting on and to begin to take ownership of their own learning.  Although I feel like I could have done some more coaching before the conference to prepare the kids, I think each student did an amazing job.  

On Halloween, Zach Elementary celebrates with an all-school costume parade that starts at 2:15.  After the parade, the fifth graders will head to the cafeteria for an all-fifth grade Halloween party.  

Please keep the following in mind when thinking of a costume. Costumes must be elementary - age appropriate - we have young children viewing the parade.  Masks are acceptable for the parade only. This means that masks cannot be worn before/after the parade in the school. Students need to be able to dress in the costume independently; makeup and hair can be done prior to school. No toy weapons (follow the student code of conduct).

Our Classroom blog is https://khalesclass.blogspot.com and our class twitter @HalesHomeroom.   

Dates to Remember:

Halloween - Parade starts at about 2:15.  The All-Fifth Grade Halloween party will take place in the cafeteria immediately following.

No School - Friday, November 17th.  

Report Cards for the 1st Trimester will come home on Monday, November 27th.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, Brooklyn!

Newsletter, October 13th

A Peek at What We are Doing in Fifth Grade

We have completed our first writing unit, personal narratives.  To start the unit, we learned how to generate ideas then moved into drafting and finished with revising and editing our best draft.  I’ll send out an email to you next week with a link to “Our Written Word” blog where you will find our final pieces.  We would love for you to read our pieces then leave a comment.

Our upcoming conferences will be student-led.  The students will spend a little time next week preparing for this time by evaluating their progress so far this year and determining their goals for the rest of the year.  

Wow!  Parents, you are wonderful.  Thank you to those parents that attended our All-Fifth Grade Halloween planning meeting and for all the parents that signed-up to donate supplies or run games at the party.  You are the best.

Our Classroom blog is https://khalesclass.blogspot.com and our class twitter @HalesHomeroom.   

Dates to Remember:

Parent/Teacher Conference Days - Thursday, October 19th and Friday, October 20th - No School

Halloween - Parade starts at about 2:15.  The All-Fifth Grade Halloween party will take place in the cafeteria immediately following.

No School - Friday, November 17th.

Newsletter, October 6th

A Peek At What We are Doing in Fifth Grade

ECO Week was a blast. Although it started out snowy, we had some beautiful weather on Tuesday and Wednesday and the kids had a great time. We have a few items that were left behind at Eco Week that we have put out in Mrs. Odom’s modular.  If you think your child is missing something, please encourage your child to ask to go over and look or feel free to stop anytime before or during during conferences.    

Next Wednesday at 3:45, we will have an all-fifth grade Halloween Party planning meeting in Mr. Kenna’s room.  If you are available to help plan, please attend.  If you’d like to volunteer to put can’t attend the meeting and you signed up to help through our parent volunteer form, a signup genius link will be send out to you following the meeting.  If you’d like to help, but didn’t have an opportunity to complete the parent volunteer form you can access it at this link -  https://tinyurl.com/zach5vol.  

Fall conferences start Thursday, October 19th.   Conferences are 20 minutes long so please arrive on time. Please remember these are student led conferences – so students need to attend!  If we find we have more to discuss than the 20 minutes will allow, we will schedule another time to meet so I can honor everyone’s time.    

Our Classroom blog is https://khalesclass.blogspot.com and our class twitter @HalesHomeroom.  I’ve posted a few Eco Week pictures there for you.  

Dates to Remember:

All-Fifth Grade Halloween Party Planning Meeting - Wednesday, October 11th at 3:45 in Mr. Kenna’s room

Parent/Teacher Conference Days - Thursday, October 19th and Friday, October 20th - No School

A Look at Eco Week