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Thank you for coming!
Jackie Robie and Beth Daniel

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Subscribe to Seesaw. We will send out frequent and brief communications throughout the year. They will be sent directly to your email.

Email anytime.

Stop in before or after school for quick conversations. Make an appointment for longer discussions.

Leave a phone message anytime.

Please empty and return Friday Folders.

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Conferences: students attend both conferences

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Conferences: students attend both conferences

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Wednesday, October 17

Thursday, October 18

Thursday, February 28
Friday, March 1

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Teachers College units: fiction; nonfiction
Readers:

read “just right books” at their reading level.

record daily reading in reading logs.

reflect by jotting on post-its, writing in reading notebooks, talking with partners and participating in book clubs.

read 30 minutes (at least 20 pages) per night, Monday through Thursday. (Weekend reading is strongly encouraged).

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Math in Focus units: Place Value; Multiplication and Division; Fractions; Algebra; Area of Triangles; Ratio; Decimals; Percent;  Angles
In addition:

Weekly large-number computation review (math combo)

Emphasis on learning multiplication facts

Emphasis on developing a positive mathematical mindset

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Plan for one hour per night, Monday through Thursday.

We do not assign regular weekend homework, but we do expect reading to continue during the weekend.

Reading is part of the nightly homework hour (30 min. + 20 pages).

Homework is not assigned if your child is absent for religious observances.

If you child is ill or out-of-town, we’ll catch them up on work when they return to school.

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Units:  Introduction to the United States government and elections; Introduction to the American Revolution

Morning meetings build community.

Service: help our K buddies; assist in the lunchroom; sing for senior citizens, participate in various service activities with our K buddies; personal challenge

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Words Their Way philosophy:  understand and apply spelling patterns rather than just memorization

Weekly “spelling sorts” at home

Weekly tests on Fridays

Story Grammar program focuses on building effective sentences using sentence parts (subject, predicate, phrases, clauses) and sentence positions.

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Teachers College units: narrative; information; opinion/argument

Writers:

self-select many of their topics.

write for extended periods of time.

work through the writing process: gather and rehearse ideas in writer’s notebooks, draft, revise, edit, and publish.

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Science Companion units: Energy; Human Body in Motion

The Human Development unit takes place in May.

Optional Parent Book Club:

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• We meet every other week with our buddies to do a variety of activities: reading, writing, art projects, service learning, etc.

• We eat lunch with our buddies every day.

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Friday, April 27, 7:00 p.m.,  Hopkins Campus

Play Information Night, Thursday, February 8, MPAC

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• Middle School Transition Night, Thursday,  February 22, 7:00-9:00

• Middle School tour in the winter before students make music and language choices for sixth-grade

• MS Counselors visit HC classrooms in May

• Students receive their summer reading assignment in May

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Tuesday, May 28, 2:00 p.m. Students arrive at 1:15 p.m.