Sandy KH’s

Peek at the Week

September – October 2009
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
28 29 30 1 2
Day 3 – Music Day 1 – Media Day 2 – PE Day 3 – Music Day 1 - Media

MAP Testing Spanish Spelling Test

Math
WBL Volleyball
2:30 – 3:30 Friday Activity Day
Youth Night
7:00pm 
South Campus

YOUTH NIGHT
White Bear Lake Volleyball is
having a youth night at their match
at 7:00pm on Tuesday, September
29 at South Campus. All youth get
in free with a flyer and have the
opportunity to win many cool
prizes. Ms. Wagoner and the Bears
Volleyball program hope to see you
We have set up a website for all the 5th grade classes this year.
there!!
IMPORTANT DATES:
 10/05 – Innisbrook fundraiser ends
 10/06 – School Picture Day CURRICULUM NIGHT
 10/12 – 5th Grade Fundraiser begins
 10/14 – No School (Staff Development) We would like thank those of you
 10/15 – No School (MEA) who attended Curriculum Night on
 10/16 – No School (MEA) Wednesday. We were happy to see
 10/30 – 5th Grade Fundraiser ends and meet many 5th grade parents and
guardians! Parents who did not
attend should have received
CLASS WEBSITE: materials we went over from their
child on Friday.
Please check it out!

http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com
 CLASS NEWS
September 28 – October 2
PATROL UPDATE
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO?
The black team will start duty next
week and will continue their duties
We continued working with our IB Planner, titled The Human Machine.. We until our MEA break in October.
measured the approximate length of our digestive system and were quite surprised with Please check the schedule
the result! We also worked with experiments about pathogens and our skin. Next week carefully! Remember to get your
we will homework in on time or else you
In spelling we focused on words with the long a sound. Please remember that all will receive a demerit!
of our spelling work is done at school, but we encourage students to study and practice
at home. A great website for practice and games with our spelling words is
www.spellingcity.com.
We also started Spanish this week with Senorita Leon. We are excited to
continue seeing her and working on Spanish every three days.
Next week we will wrap up our MAP testing for the fall and also have picture SUPPLIES NEEDED!
day. Also be on the lookout for important forms coming home regarding our overnight
Camp trip in November. We have a class set of whiteboards
to use, but very few dry erase
Sandy KH’s November Conferences for our classroom are Monday, November
markers. If you would be willing
16 through Thursday, November 19 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. Attached is a to donate any dry erase markers to
schedule. Please send this conference schedule back to school with three choices our classroom that would be great!
for a conference time. I will send you confirmation as soon as I receive your Thank you!!
choices. First come, first scheduled.

MATH
This week we continued working on fluency and computation in math. We
learned different strategies to help us with our multiplication and division facts.
One strategy we practiced was breaking apart a problem into two simpler CONTACT
problems. Next week we will start Unit 1, which focuses on multiplication and INFORMATION:
division word problems. Sandy Kriz-Herbert
A homework packet comes home today. The children have experienced all
of the math in the packet. This packet is a review of what they have learned and Room 113
worked with in class. It is due Friday, October 2. (651) 407-7600 x1608
skkriz@wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us

IB Planner – The Human Machine