Back to School Night

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for a terrific Back to School Night.  It was great to see so many of you.  As promised last night here are the online sign ups that you will want to access for your child.

Vocabulary Workshop-  You need to go to the page to the left of the Contents page and enter the student access code found on vocabularyworkshop.com.  You will need to first choose the edition and grade level of the book before entering the code. The grade level is the newest one listed (2011-2013) and the level is blue.  Choose student. Please let me know if you have any difficulty.

Grammar Workshop- Follow the procedure for the Vocabulary Workshop. However, you will go to the website grammarworkshop.com. Choose the 2013 edition, blue, and then student.

envision Math- A parent letter went home recently about envision.  The letter has directions that will walk you through the process for setting up an account.

Reflex Math- Students need to be given passwords to start using Reflex.  I have not done this with my math class yet.  If your son or daughter's math teacher has given them a password they can get started by following their math teacher's instructions.

Quizlet-  Directions for setting up an account on Quizlet are in the letter Mrs. Jaffe talked about last night.  The letter was attached to the 5th grade teacher contact information.  If you need another letter or never received one you can let any of the fifth grade teachers know and we'll get you one

This week in my ELA class we have continued our study of the elements of fiction (setting, character, plot, and theme).  We have searched for them in the Junior Great Books story "Barbie," and mapped the elements of fiction on graphic organizers.  We have written stories that demonstrate the elements of fiction on our ipads using the Book Creator app.  In math we have completed our first topic of the year, Place Value.  We will have our Place Value test on Monday.  We prepared for the test by studying math vocabulary today and playing place value games.  In Science we are studying Classification.  Have a nice weekend.