Open House

A HUGE thank you to those who attended Open House last night! I appreciate it very, very much! If you were unable to attend Open House, I will send home the paperwork that I covered in your child's Tuesday folder. The papers include: Power School username and password (so you can check grades at home), Math book online information, your child's STAR reading level, information regarding our new Lead 21 reading series, and facts about our transition to Common Core standards. Please let me know if you have any questions! Happy Friday! :)

Spelling Words - September 17th-21st

Long i and Long o Test on Friday, September 21st compose, mighty, thrown, strike, reply, approach, sign, excite, apply, slight, odor, spider, stroll, silent, brighten, control, waist, swift, to, too

Upcoming Events

Friday, September 14th: Ice Cream Social ~ Thursday, September 20th: Picture Day ~ Thursday, September 20th: Open House from 6:00-7:00 ~ Thursday, September 27th: Early Out at Noon ~ Saturday, September 29th: Saturday Live from 10:00-4:00 at Pioneer Park (don't forget about our Arts and Crafts basket!)

Spelling Words - September 10th - 14th

Spellings Words - Test on Friday, September 14th - 1. repeat 2. feast 3. release 4. praise 5. disease 6. awake 7. display 8. beneath 9. ashamed 10. sleeve 11. scale 12. sheepish 13. stray 14. remain 15. strain 16. waist 17. crush 18. vanish 19. can’t 20. there’s

Saturday Live basket

Our class has chosen an "Arts and Crafts" theme for our Saturday Live basket. Any donations would be greatly appreciated. All the money raised at the basket auction stays right here at Arrowhead (which will go towards upgrading our technology)! Thank you for your continued support of this fun fundraiser! :)

Book Order

If you are interested in placing a book order (they came home in your child's Tuesday folder), please return to Miss Michel by next Tuesday (Septemeber 4th). You may also order online at :https://orders.scholastic.com/GRWLL. Our class activation code is: GRWLL Thank you!

Testing, testing, oh my!

Tis the season for... testing! Our class will be taking our NWEA tests on September 4th (Tuesday), September 5th (Wednesday), and September 6th (Thursday). We will be taking the tests first thing in the morning, so please make sure your child is at school on time. Our class will also be completing the 5th grade Writing Assessmnet on September 12th and 13th. Thank you in advance for sending your child to school well rested and well feed (and most importantly well loved). :)

Unit 1 Spelling Words

frantic, closet, grasp, crush, direct, promise, blister, fund, vanish, breath, stingy, comic, bundle, solid, energy, swift, a lot, until, our, it's

Next Week's Agenda

What a great first three days together! I look forward to our first FULL week together next week. Here is what we will be learning about next week (August 27th - 31st): Reading: Lead 21 Week 1. Our theme in reading this week will be "Common Ground: What brings people together?" We will also learn about determining an author's purpose and determining important information while reading. Language: We will be studying the meaning of different prefixes and talking about synonyms and antonyms of our theme vocabulary words. Spelling: Short Vowels Science: We will begin our first unit: Populations and Ecosystems. Social Studies: We will be reviewing our map skills by completing four different Geography Challenges! Fun! Math: We will be learning about Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Circle Graphs, and Stem and Leaf plots (all in Chapter 5 of our textbooks). Hopefully we will have time to start our surveys, which will allow us to create our own graph!

Welcome back!

I simply cannot believe the day has arrived: the much anticipated first day of school! I am so excited to spend another year with this amazing group of students. We are going to learn a bunch and have tons of fun along the way. On the first day of school, a plethora of papers will be coming home in need of your signature(s). Returning these in a timely manner would be greatly appreciated. As always, please feel free to contact me via phone (281-6393), email (michelw@billingsschools.org), or appointment with any questions, concerns, or feedback. It is going to be a fabulous year! Thank you for raising such wonderful kids and sharing them with me for another year! :)

Needed

Our classroom is in need of disinfecting wipes. Any donations would be greatly appreciated! :)