This past week's emails

Just a reminder that our school fun-run, the Digger Dash, is this coming Friday, September 27th!!  Our team name is the Mrs. Hagerty's Hungry Hippos!  To get into the team spirt, it would be awesome if everyone could wear a grey shirt.  Mrs. Hatton and Mrs. Bliesmer have graciously put time and effort into making our class banner and are going to get the kids grey hats.  If you would like to make a $2 donation to off set the cost of the materials, that would be appreciated.  I'm happy to collect that any day this week.  

Here is the schedule for the day.  Please be sure to send a labeled water bottle with your kiddo!

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As I stated in a previous email, Digger Dash is this Friday!  Please refer back to that for times and attire.  

Also, conferences are coming up.  Later this week, look for an email from the school to schedule that.  As I know that sometimes these days and times don't work for everyone, please email me if you need another morning before school or would prefer a phone or email conference.  

I hope everyone is having a great start to their week!

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A few of you have already emailed me about additional times for conferences.  If the times the school has set up don't work for you, here are a few additional options:

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Geography Unit

Traditionally, fifth grade geography is centered around the U.S. states and regions.  The regions we are studying are: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and the West.  We've had discussions on how different geographers split up the regions differently, but we've decided to stick with these.  We look for defining characteristics of the ares through the concepts of climate, landforms, natural resources, industry, agriculture, and culture.  We also look at population density, reasons for this, and why people migrate to particular areas.

To get students more engaged, this year we, have decided to tie this unit to the sport of the season: football.  Students began by studying NFL teams across the nation: locating them, looking at why they're located in particular places, population, why they have their given mascot.  In the end, students will work in collaborative groups to present a proposal for a new NFL team to the commissioner (me!).  They will be assessed on the concepts, the presentation, the thoughtfulness of their proposed team, and how they collaborated.  Below is the rubric I will be using to score.

Student Blogger - Trista

Student Blogger - Trista

Hello, Gold Rush Parents! We are currently doing...

Math: In math we have been working on our decimals trying to

figure out if one is greater, less than or equal to. We have also been

working on, listing decimals in order from biggest to smallest.

Writing: In writing we have been working on making our own small

moment stories. Where we take a small moment that has happened to

us and write about it like it was an actual story we are writing, but

about ourselves.

Geography: In geography we have been learning all the 5 parts of

the United States, West, Southwest Midwest and etc.. We have also

been learning how all the parts of the United States act like their culture.

Reading: In reading we have been taking notes in our books and

taking notes about our characters and storyline. We have also been

working on setting goals and pushing ourselves to those goals and accomplishing them.

Other: This month we have the Digger Dash! The Digger Dash is

on September 27th. We are also doing student council this month.

If you want extra information the meeting is on Friday,

September 13th.