January | 2020 | Ms. Hales's World of Learning

Hello Everyone! We had another great week of learning!
I hope you all stay warm and safe this weekend, and do something positive to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We had a great discussion about him and watched a large portion of the “I Have a Dream” speech in class this afternoon. Take a few minutes to speak about the importance of treating everyone with respect as we remember Dr. King.

Remember that students don’t have school on Monday, January 2oth or Friday, January 24th. They will also have an early release day on Thursday, January 23rd.

Because we are having such a short week, we will not be starting a new ELA unit, but we will be learning about the branches of our government in preparation for our upcoming field trip.
Speaking of which, if you have not yet filled out the field trip permission from, please do so as soon as possible. You can find it at this link:
Field Trip Permission Form
  We still need 4 more chaperones, so if you are interested in coming with us, please indicate it on the form.
Thank you to those of you who have already signed up for Parent – Teacher Conferences. If you have not already done so, please follow the link below to sign up for your time. I look forward to meeting with you.
Parent Teacher Conference Sign Up

Math:
We will continue learning about multiplying fractions. This week we’ll investigate finding area with fractions. Most of the class has done pretty well understanding the basics, so we should do pretty well expanding our understanding.

Thank you for everything you do! Let’s have a great week!

Hello All,
We’ve had a great 1st week of school for the new year. For the most part the kids have come back ready to learn and finish up the school year strong. Thank you for everything you do as parents to help your children succeed.

Just a few reminders:
Our weather is crazy and changeable. Please be aware of the weather forecast each day and make sure your children are dressed appropriately. It is especially important for them to have warm coats and gloves on cold days.

We have a really fun activity coming up for STEM. If anyone in your family got new shoes recently, and you still have the shoebox, would you please send it to school with your student. We need them by this coming Thursday, January 16th.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Tuesday, January 28th and Thursday, January 30th, from 3:30pm-7:30pm. Please follow the link below to sign up for a time.

Conference Sign Up

Field Trip!!!
On Tuesday, February 4th, the entire 5th grade will be going on a Field Trip to Salt

Lake City. We will be touring the State Capitol as well as the Clark Planetarium. We
will be renting busses to provide our transportation. Busses will be leaving the school
promptly at 8:45am and returning to the school by 2:45pm. We will have lunch at the
State Capitol, so each student will need to provide their own home lunch and a pack
to carry it in. If you would like to have the school provide a sack lunch, you need to
email me directly by Monday, January 27th. Students will still need a pack to carry their
lunch.
To help cover the cost of the field trip, we are asking for a donation of $5 per student and chaperone who attends. The donations can be paid to either the Q1 or Q2 office. For this field trip we are only able to take five chaperones per class. If you are available to attend as a chaperone please indicate below and I will take the first five adults who sign the form and pay the $5 donation. Please bring your receipt to me to let me know you have paid.
Please complete the form below indicating whether or not your student will be allowed to attend and that you understand the requirement for this field trip.

State Capitol Field Trip Permission Form

As a side note, on May 27th, the 5th grade will be taking the FrontRunner to Ogden for
our Field Day activities. We will be going to the Solomon Center at the Junction.
Students will be participating in IFly, IRock, and Flow Rider. At this time the cost will be $15 per student. As the activity gets closer we will use any extra field trip funds to help cover the cost so the cost might go down, depending on previous donations. Please put this on your calendar and help your students earn money to attend this field day experience.

Math
This week we are learning about multiplying fractions. We will be investigating different ways of looking at it, but the most important thing for the students to understand is that you simply multiply straight across, numerator x numerator and denominator x denominator. See the link below for a video with more information.

Multiplying Fractions Video

Language Arts

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