Week of October 17th, 2016

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This week we are beginning our 4th unit-focusing on multiplying and dividing fractions!
Our 5th grade Tokaido Inn projects are AWESOME- clearly our students worked very
hard to complete their projects on time and it shows!We will have presentations
Thursday and Friday this week! We are beginning our vocabulary study for Don
Quixote. Ask your students about their vocabulary list and what new words they
own.
We are beginning our study of the Renaissance and the Reformation! This week we will be
catching up on background knowledge about Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and the contributions
of both- ask your students what they have learned about these time periods this week!

This week we are beginning our study of cell structures and processes. Follow along with
your student using their cell booklet!

Make sure that your student is walking you through their binder every night! They should be able to tell you
everything that they learned today and review any classwork done. Even if your student feels that they
completed the full assignment during class time, part of their homework is to go over the classwork and
assignments with you- having your student teach you what they have learned, concretes their
understanding!

Week of October 17th, 2016

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MATH TUTORING NOW AVAILABLE

Math tutoring (remediation), Mondays: 4:00-4:30pm
Homework help: Thursdays 7:45-8:15 am
LANGUAGE ARTS TUTORING AVAILABLE
Mondays: 4:00-4:30 and Thursdays 7:45-8:15

TENNIS BALLS FOR CHAIRS

A huge thanks to Mrs. Jackson for cutting all of the tennis balls that we had over break! If you have any
avenues for donation, we would love some more tennis balls- thanks so much to everyone who already
donated!
LUNCH TIME VOLUNTEERS!
We have had some awesome parent volunteers- thank you! We are hoping that with more participation,
we will be able to let student groups go outside and have more social lunch, while those choosing to be
quiet can have a separate space. Let us know if youre interested!
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns, we hope that you are having a fabulous week!
Mrs. Althoff (kalthoff@excelsiorca.org)
Ms. Brackett (sbrackett@excelsiorca.org)