Welcome to fifth grade! We're off to a great start already!
Ask your student about our wonderful talk this morning from Josh Bleil to start our year on a very positive note!

You can look for the assignment book to be coming home every evening. Please look it over with your child and sign the book on that day's section. (Gotcha slips will be given on Fridays for signed books.)
This week in Science we started by looking at Science Safety Rules and by a short visit to the fifth grade lab that we'll be using this year.Students should have brought home their Safety Rules Contract that needs to be discussed at home and returned as soon as possible signed by both the student and by a parent/guardian. The quiz on safety rules will be given next week on Tuesday, August 7.
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We'll try to stick to the following schedule next week (August 6-10):

Science -
> Monday: Introduction to Scientific Method; Begin note taking; Homework - Review safety rules.
> Tuesday: Review safety rules and examples; Safety Quiz; No homework
> Wednesday: Begin investigation of variables; Build swingers (pendulums); No homework
> Thursday: Investigate changes in pendulum variables (weight, length of string); No homework
> Friday: Finish pendulum investigation; Read "What Do Scientist Do?" and answer questions; No homework

Social Studies -
> We'll begin learning states and capitals soon. Please start looking over them occasionally at home and during free time at school. Use the map in your assignment notebook to get started.
> This week in social studies we'll be looking at the handbook pages at the beginning of the book. (pages H1-H18). We're giving latitude and longitude special attention.