***We are a peanut, and tree nut free classroom***
AVA offers water bottle filling stations and not drinking fountains. Be sure and send your child to school with a water bottle every day.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
April
01 - 12: Sneaker Drive
09: CMAS Testing
10: CMAS Testing
11: CMAS Testing
12: Spirit Wear Day
15: CMAS Testing
15: Civil War Reenactment Practice
16: CMAS Testing
17: Pay for Dress of Choice - Donations benefit JDRF
18: Civil War Reenactment Practice
19: No School - Professional Development Day
20: Glow Party 6p - 8p
22: Civil War Reenactment Practice
25: Fifth Grade Orchestra
26: Civil War Reenactment
30: MAPS
May
01-07: MAPS
10: Spirit Wear Day
11: Used Uniform Sale
14: Spirit Night at Smart Cow 1p-9p
17: Free Dress of Choice
18: Kid's Night Out - BASE
20: Field Day - PreK through 5th
23: Last Day - 11:30a Dismissal
Happy Summer Break!!
FREQUENTLY USED LINKS:
- Google Classroom: http://classroom.google.com
- AR: https://hosted100.renlearn.com/244814/default.aspx
- AR bookfind: https://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx?RedirectURL=%2fdefault.aspx
- Flash Card Math: https://ascendmath.com/fcm/html5/
- Math Playground: https://www.mathplayground.com/grade_5_games.html
- Wolf Shack: https://avawolfshack.square.site/
- Epic: www.getepic.com/students
- NWEA (MAPS) Practice Test: https://studentresources.nwea.org/app/gradetwoplus/gradeTwoPlus.html
- Infinite Campus: https://campus.dcsdk12.org/icprod/icprod.jsp?status=login
- Mr. Larson's Website
- Mrs. Kolmetz's Website
- Mrs. Kendall's Website
CURRICULM FOR 5th GRADE:
Math: ***Please make sure books are covered. Please use paper bags as the elastic covers do not protect the books that well. Here are instructions on how to cover the math book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fpaUSjqXro or https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Book-Cover
History: Westward Expansion After the Civil War
Reading: Drama - What can you discover when you give things a second look?
Science: Please see Mr. Larson's webpage
Growth Mindset:
Idioms: Don't bite the hand that feeds you, chip on your shoulder, count your blessings, eat crow, eleventh hour, eureka!, every cloud has a silver lining, few and far between, forty winks, the grass is always greener on the other side, kill two birds with one stone, lock, stock, and barrel, make a mountain out of a molehill, a miss is as good as a mile, its' never too late to mend, out of the frying pan and into the fire, a penny saved is a penny earned, read between the lines, sit on the fence, steal his/her thunder, take the bull by the horns, till the cows come home, time heals all wounds, Tom, Dick, & Harry, vice versa, a watched pot never boils, well begun is half done, what will be will be (que sera sera).
Writing: Expository Essay
