Good Afternoon Parents,
Welcome to week four! We are off to a great start, with our first month already almost in the books. A few things to remember for this week.
Galileo testing is Monday-Wednesday of this week. Please ensure that your student arrives to school on time, and gets a healthy breakfast. If they don’t eat breakfast at home, they are more than welcome to arrive at school at 7:00am for breakfast here in our cafeteria.
Monday-Reading
Tuesday-Math
Wednesday-Science
*Tomorrow is the PTA meeting at 6:00pm in the Black Box at TSP. Everyone is welcome.
*Early release next Wednesday, September 5th. Students are released at 11:30 am
*Curriculum night Tuesday, September 11 from 5-7pm in the fifth grade classrooms. More details to come.
ELA: This week we finished up components of plot. Next week we will move to comparing characters and settings within a text. Reading Logs will be handed out every Friday, and due back the following Friday. Students need to read a minimum of 4 nights a week for 20 minutes each. Check and sign their logs each night.
Science: We will be starting to study the Human Body this week. Get ready to quiz your child on the bones, muscles, and other systems in the body!
Math: This week we are finishing up with ch. 1, place value, and will begin ch. 2 on Wednesday. In chapter 2 we will be studying multiplying whole numbers. Due to Galileo testing this week, I will not be giving math homework. Also, beginning the week of September 17th, math homework will be completed online through google classroom. If you come to curriculum night on September 11 from 5-7 pm (more details about this will be coming out in the next week or so), I will be explaining how our online homework works and showing parents how to access it.
Social Studies: We will be diving into our online curriculum, Discovery Education, to learn more about exploration of North America and its colonization.
Mr. Pitts (Music Class): This week, 5th grade music students continued working on musical form (the blue print of music). Students reviewed the piece we worked on last week with a partner on our African drums. We followed up by adding in a new section to the piece of music that was entirely created by the students. Some groups will be continuing this lesson into next week as we have testing, while others will continue form in a different context: Movement.
PTA: We are off to an amazing 2018-2019 school year. To continue to stay so effective and prepared we are kicking off our first PTA fundraiser. Your child attended the informational assembly that outline what they get to sell and all the AWESOME prized they will be able to earn for their sales. This is sponsored by our fabulous PTA to help raise much needed funds to improve and benefit, the school, staff, and most importantly your kiddos!!!! So use these awesome cups as a great holiday gift and help us keep Trailside on top of our “A+” game! Details on deadlines for money and form collections are attached to this email. Please enjoy the complimentary cup to help you pump up your buyers! On behalf of PTA we GREATLY appreciate all your support this year.
The Panther P.A.C.T.:
Here at Trailside we follow the Panther P.A.C.T. The P.A.C.T. stands for Personal best, Accountable, Critical thinker, and Tolerant. It is a proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports and social culture needed for all students in a school to achieve social, emotional, and academic success.
Personal Best: Personal best means putting forth 100% effort into work and home responsibilities.
Accountable: Accountable means being responsible and accomplishing tasks. If you say you are going to do it, you do it in the time allocated.
Critical Thinker: Critical Thinker means being a problem solver and making every effort to independently find appropriate solutions to problems that come up.
Tolerance: Tolerance means being patient, accepting, and understanding of others and their situations. Put yourself in other person’s shoes.
How to use the P.A.C.T. at home:
It is beneficial to have common language between home and school to reinforce positive behaviors in all aspects of the student’s life.
Examples and importance of using the P.A.C.T.
Personal Best: “I can see you have done your personal best by helping wash the dishes.”
Accountable: “I can see you were being accountable by completing your homework.”
Critical Thinker: “I am proud of you for being a critical thinker when determining which items were garbage, and which were recyclable.”
Tolerant: “Great job being tolerant of your siblings when they were trying to finish their homework.”
Students can spend panther bucks that they earn throughout the week at the panther store. Items for purchase are pizza with the principals, week of dress down, help a teacher pass, among other examples. The panther store will be open to students on Wednesdays and Fridays.