I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! Here is a look at what’s happening in our class this week…

Library: Books that have been checked out are due back every Monday morning. 

Homework: Reading comprehension and chapter summaries on Google Classroom.  Reading 25 minutes daily Mon. – Thurs. 

STEM: Our STEM project this month is about the connection between monarch butterflies and milkweed. Monarch caterpillars ONLY eat milkweed. In fact, the monarch butterfly is also known as the “milkweed butterfly.” The milkweed plant provides all the nourishment the monarch needs to transform the Monarch caterpillar into the adult butterfly. This Friday we will be planting our milkweed in egg cartons. We received plenty of them. Thank you!  

Music: Nearly everyone enjoys music, whether by listening to it, singing, or playing an instrument,. There are many benefits to music education, including creative thinking, engagement, improved academic scores, coordination, and emotional development. On Monday we will begin playing the recorder. We will continue practicing tis wind instrument throughout December and January. 

Math: We will continue to work on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, as well as solving word problems involving the addition and subtraction of fractions. Practice at home with Front Row, Prodigy, or Reflex. As always, math tutoring is available on Thursday, after school, from 3:00p.m. – 3:30p.m..

Science: We will continue our unit on electricity. 

Language Arts:

• Thank you to all of the parents and students for making our canned food drive a success! Check out the awesome video of our administration getting sundae toppings poured all over their heads on Quest Academy’s Facebook page. 

• Math: This week we began working on adding and subtracting fraction with unlike denominators. We also learned how to convert a mixed number in to a improper fraction. 

• Art: In December, the hallway outside of our classroom will be decorated with artwork that our class has created based on the famous ballet, The Nutcracker. To learn more about the creation of The Nutcracker, check out Wonderopolis.  The Youtube tutorial video for drawing the nutcracker can be found by clicking on this link. 

• The deadline for finishing book report books is the end of the second quarter , which is January 12th. Although there is no homework during Thanksgiving break, it is a great opportunity for catching up on reading, practicing writing on Utah Compose, or working on math skills on Front Row, Prodigy, and Reflex math. 

• Nov. 20-24: Thanksgiving Break, no school! Yay!

Important Information:

• We will be having a field trip on Thursday, 11/9, to Fremont High School to see the play Cinderella. Please be sure to be on time that day. The bus will be leaving Quest at 8:45. We will return to the school by noon for lunch. 

• We are still doing the canned food drive, so don’t forget to bring those cans in this week. This will be the last week to do this. 

• Parent-teacher conferences are next Tuesday and Thursday. You should have received an email with a link to the sign-up sheet. If you need me to send it again, please let me know. 

• Our STEM project this month involves growing plants. If you could save your egg cartons and bring them in this week, that would be great! Thanks in advance!

• Second Annual Rudolph the Reindeer Run –  Here is the link to register: https://secureinstantpayments.com/sip/cart/event.php?EID=2925 Runners and “Breakfast Eaters” can register and pay right on this website! We are so excited about this! Please share this with your classes, families, friends and neighbors!

• Yearbook Cover Contest:

Spelling 11/6 – 11/10 

1. dentist

2. jogger

3. fifteen

4. flatter

5. submit

6. mustang

7. absent

8. hollow

9. empire

10. blizzard

11. culture

12. goggles

13. summon

14. excite

15. kennel

16. valley

17. fragment

18. gallop

19. vulture

20. pigment

Vocabulary  11/6 – 11/10

1. ambitious – having a strong desire to succeed at something

2. memorized – learned by heart

3. satisfaction – the condition of being satisfied

4. shuddered – trembled suddenly from fear or cold

5. free verse – shares ideas and feelings with no set rhyming pattern or rhythm; has no set line length

6. narrative – tells a story; has characters and dialogue; can rhyme

7. repetition –  the repeating of words, phrases, or lines in a poem

8. rhyme – lines that end with the same sound

Dear Parents:

   The fifth grade will be beginning their after school club soon.  Our first club session will be STEM Challenges with Mrs. Jaques and Mrs. Trujillo.  Students will be given a different challenge each week and will have to complete the challenge within the time allotted.

   The club will be held every Tuesday afternoons from 3:10 – 3:40 pm. It will be held November 14th and 28th, and December 5th and 12th. All sessions need to be attended.  Students will be required to be picked up promptly at 3:40.  This is a fifth grade club only,  no siblings allowed. 

   Students will be selected by random drawing, and there are limited spots available.  If you are interested in attending the club, print the form, and return it completed to Mrs. Jaques or Mrs. Trujillo by November 6th.  A fifth grade teacher will then notify you by the 8th if your student was selected. There is a cost of $3 per students, to help cover the cost of materials.

    Please note that this is not required, but an extracurricular activity that students can participate in.  Students who are not following school and classroom rules and who are choosing not to participate in the club will be asked to leave the club.  If you have any questions please contact your fifth grade student’s teacher.

STEM Club Form 

 –       5th Grade Team