Mail from

miss moshkowsky
August 19, 2016
Dear Families,
What a fantastic first week of 5th grade we have had! I have enjoyed getting to
know more about your children each day. Our focus this week has been on building
a strong classroom community. Students participated in many activities to get to
know one another and to get to know me as well. Students worked collaboratively
to decide what kind of learning environment suits them best. We used this work as
a springboard toward the creation of our Classroom Constitution. Ask your child
about these expectations! I am so looking forward to working with this group of
students this school year. Thank you for sharing them with me everyday.
Enjoy your weekend,
Lindsay Moshkowsky

Coming up next week

Math: place value and counting up to 10,000,000; comparing numbers; writing
numbers in standard form, word form, expanded form
Reading: comparing and contrasting characters, authors craft, point of view, plot,
& character motivation; application of skills to independent reading as well
as a close read of The Night of the Spadefoot Toads
Writing: characters, literary analysis, retelling a scene from a different point of
view, writing to establish a situation, writing a character description
Word Study: suffix ly; identifying the base word and suffix; the effect of adding a
suffix onto a base word
Social Studies: introduction to Chapter 1: Native Americans, Native American Tribe
group projects

specials

Monday: PE (E Day)
Tuesday: Technology (A Day)
Wednesday: Library and Music (B Day)
Thursday: PE (C Day)
Friday: Art and Music (D Day)

Upcoming dates & reminders:

Please return all purple folders ASAP

Please sign Weekly Progress Report
and return Friday folder on Monday J