Mrs.

Stonehouse’s
Peek at the Week
March 2010
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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Day 1 – Phy Ed Day 2 – Music Day 3–Media

Science Unit:
Variables Student Preview - CONFERENCES CONFERENCES
Book Fair (NO SCHOOL) (NO SCHOOL)
**Extra Yearbook
Club Meeting 10:10am
Spanish
3:45-4:45
if you can come! DARE
Remember to
bring your
Spanish houses
back to school

BOOK FAIR
The spring book fair is coming to our
school. Our class will be visiting the
book fair during school on Tuesday,
March 2. Feel free to send money
with your child to purchase books.
Families may visit the book fair
during conferences.
Thursday, March 4 – 9:00am-8:00pm
Friday, March 5 – 9:00am-8:00pm
Monday, March 8 – 5:00-8:00pm
IMPORTANT DATES:
 3/4 – Evening Conferences
(NO SCHOOL) SCIENCE NEWS
 3/5 – Morning/afternoon Conferences Students will be taking a break from
(NO SCHOOL) our IB Planners and focusing their
 3/8 – Evening Conferences inquiry on a new science unit. This
 3/18 – 5th Grade Music Performance science unit is titled Variables. They
 3/29 – 4/2 – Spring Break (NO SCHOOL) will get to perform many neat
experiments and see how different
variables affect the outcomes. We are
very excited to start this unit and look
CLASS WEBSITE: forward to the students sharing their
We have set up a website for all the 5th grade classes experiences with you!
this year. Please check it out!

http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com
 A Picture Mystery
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO?
In math this week, we started a new unit on
multiplication and division with whole numbers and
Class composite pictures, with
decimals. This week, we learned several strategies to every student’s picture, were
multiply two and three digit numbers. Many of the sent home a couple of weeks
strategies we have learned involve breaking the ago. We had a substitute
problem apart, so it is very important that students teacher the first day they went
know their multiplication facts. Students can practice out, and I have one or two extra
facts at home with flash cards. There are also some composites, so I’m wondering
great games and activities under the math links on our if a family did not get theirs?
class webpage. The following students should
We also continued with our science unit, titled have a class picture: Muira,
“Variables”. With this three week focus, we hope to
Zach, Dylan, Emily, Sam,
give our students some important, fundamental science Kindergarten parade comes to our class
knowledge that they will build on in middle school and
Jalen, Lauren, Heather, Casey,
beyond. This week our class conducted experiments Ryan, Ben, Tricia, Micalah,
with Life Boats. Ask your child to share the results of Eric, Brittany, Kristina, and
our controlled experiment and how they can predict the Kelly. If your child’s name is
number of passengers a boat can hold. We will finish listed and you DON”T have a
up the science unit next week with one final picture, please let me know! 
investigation on Flippers.
In literacy, students’ reading was related to our
science topics. Spelling this week focused on words
with the final /l/ sounds spelled le, el, or al.
We are continuing to work on demonstrating
the IB learner profiles and attitudes. Our classroom has
had a hard time lately showing respect towards
classmates and adults. Please continue to discuss
appropriate and respectful behaviors for school with
your child.
As we approach the spring, please remind your
child to be responsible with turning work in on time.
We have had several students struggling to complete CONTACT
their homework on time over the past couple weeks. INFORMATION:
Julie Stonehouse
Room 115
Working with Flippers in Science (651) 407-7600 x1609
jlston@wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us