Week of September 25 Newsletter

Wayne Country Day School
Note from the Teacher
     We had a wonderful time meeting and reading with our book buddies. We will start a new novel next week, Indian in the Cupboard. The students will be given a project assignment to be completed once the novel is finished. More project details will be sent home in the coming weeks. Projects will be due after Fall break
     Also, please continue to visit our blog at: http://wcds5thgrade.blogspot.com/ to stay up on classroom happenings and activities.

Weekly Area of Focus

Math: Topic 3 - Multiplying Whole Numbers *test Tuesday
Dividing Whole Numbers – Topic 4
Reading: Author’s Point of View, Greek/Latin Prefixes 

Genre: Informational Text
  Novel- Indian in the Cupboard
  Spelling: r-Controlled vowel words/ur/
  Language Arts: run-on sentences
  Social Studies: USA Weekly #2 *test Friday Migrations to   America
 Science: test on Classifying Organisms was moved to Monday
                                                     Cells to Systems

Upcoming Events                 

¨     Oct. 5 - 9 Fall Break 

¨     Oct. 16-24  I.O.W.A testing

¨     Oct. 27 - Book buddies - (fifth graders bring books and towel)

McKee 29th

¨     Oct. 31 - Spook Parade 8:30 Trunk -or Treat (time to be announced later)

News Flash from Cregersboro   

Happy first week of fall! 

Have a nice weekend!

We love our new book buddies. They are so cute!

Visit these sites for extra help:

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

http://www.spellingcity.com/
http://www.personsuccessnet.com/
http://http://www.ilike2learn.com/