Week of 9/8 Newsletter

Dear 4th & 5th Grade Families,

I hope this note finds you well! Thanks for sending in your contact information last week! We are continuing to work on organizational and study skills which includes nightly homework. I really appreciate your support with homework folders and homework assignments last week! This week the students will be bringing home Homework Planners, with their math binders and homework folders. I’d like you to sit down with your child on Monday night to make a note of any after school activities he/she will have this week. It will be a way that we can plan ahead for the week when I assign nightly assignments. There will be more information about homework procedures and organizational tools at Back-to-School Night next Wednesday.

What we’ll be learning this week:

Math: Place value with whole numbers to the millions (4th graders), billions (5th graders). You will see “Friendly Notes” in your child’s math binder that explains the concept and vocabulary terms.

Social Sciences: Early civilizations of North America in preparation for a research project about a Native American tribe. You can find the vocabulary terms online in the Homework Links page of our class website.

Language Arts: I will be introducing prepositions, and reviewing paragraph writing. We will also begin our first novel study of The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare.

Science: Environments (4th graders), Mixtures & Solutions (5th graders)

Important Dates:

• Wednesday, 9/10, 6-7PM - Coloma Information Meeting - for parents only, in Room 16 - Maria Fahrner and I will share information about our upcoming trip to Coloma (October 1-3).
• Friday, 9/12, 9:45AM-2PM - Field Trip to Golden State Bulb Growers - a green permission slip was sent home on Friday with your child. Please fill it out and send it back in ASAP. If you plan to drive, please be sure to submit the necessary paperwork to Sharon in the front office.
• Wednesday, 9/17, 7-8PM (6:30PM for New Mountain Families) - Back-to-School Night - I’ll be holding 2 presentations about my plan for the school year - 7PM & 7:30PM. Adults only please.

Thank you for your continued support at home and in the classroom! If you have questions or concerns, please email me at rhonig@mountainesd.org.

Warmly,

Mrs. Honig