• The Scholastic Book Fair will be held this week in the IMC.  Use the following link to access online information regarding the book fair.  BOOK FAIR

     

    RESPECT WEEK IS THE WEEK OF 10/6 TO 10/10.  BELOW IS HOW THE JT 5/6 SCHOOL WILL BE CELEBRATING:

    Monday, October 6th: Wear blue to celebrate World Day of Bully Prevention.

    Tuesday, October 7th: Wear mismatched clothes to respect our differences.

    Wednesday, October 8th: Workout with kindness & respect, wear workout gear

    Thursday, October 9th: Wear bright colors to celebrate your beautiful you. 

    Friday, October 10th: Show unity by wearing your JT 5/6 colors.  

     

     

    It's hard to believe, but the first month of school is already behind us.  Mrs. Peters and I are happy to report it has been a fantastic month getting to know all the students and beginning our instructional lessons in both math and science.  Below is an outline of some of the topics and concepts the students have been learning about. 

     

    Math:  Topic 1 Understanding Place Value

    • Representing whole numbers & decimals in standard form, expanded form, expanded form with exponents, and number name (word form).  
    • Comparing and ordering whole numbers and decimals through the thousandths place. 
    • Rounding decimals to the nearest thousandth.
    • Identifying the value of given digits in a whole number and decimal.
    • Understand when 2 (of the same) digits are next to each other in a number, the digit on the left is 10 times greater than the digit on the right. And the digit on the right is 1/10th the value of the digit on the left.  

    TEST ALERT:  TOPIC 1 TEST UNDERSTANDING PLACE VALUE IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH.  

    Project Alert:  Next week I will be assigning a "Place Value Project" that will be completed online (using the chromebook).  Students will receive a detailed explanation of the guidelines / expectations in class next week.  This project will be a great way for students to grow / develop the place value skills learned in topic one while allowing them to be creative using Google Slides.  The project will count as a test grade, but will be completed at home (not in school). 

    Science — Triangles & Quadrilaterals

    • Classifying triangles by sides and angles
    • Identifying triangles
    • Classifying Quadrilaterals by sides and angles
    • Identify Quadrilaterals

    Important Dates to make note of:  

    • Thursday, October 2th — School Closed 
    • Picture Day is Friday, October 10th
    • Friday, October 3rd — Student Den T-shirt size is due.
    • Monday, October 13th - School Closed