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  5th Grade Overview

 August 31st - September 4th, 2026

Fall Pictures – Thursday, September 10: Students should wear regular uniforms with belts and tucked shirts.

Chapel Uniforms: Boys will be required to wear a button down and BBS tie starting after Labor Day on Wednesday, September 9.

House Games: Our first competition will be on Friday, September 4th, in the afternoon. Students should wear their house shirts on that day.

AR T-shirts: 5th grade students will be able to wear their AR shirts (once they earn it) on Fridays (with the exception of House Games, on which they should wear House shirts).

Late Homework: Just a reminder that in 5th grade, late homework is accepted; however, every day it is late is minus 10 points.

F&F: We will continue our first F&F unit, Sequence of Events. Reading homework (with 5+ notes) assigned 2-3 days a week, on average. Encourage students to check agendas daily to remind them of homework. 

Students should take reading notes based upon their process questions. Students may read on their own, with a parent, or with Audible. Study materials are now in student binders. I recommend studying 1-2 vocabulary and process questions a week with your child so they will not feel overwhelmed 1-2 days before the test. Testing TBA.

English: In Writing, our Writing Workshop is underway! We are working on “All About Me” projects and introducing poetry. In ELA, we have completed our unit on noting the differences between sentences and fragments and will begin focusing on subjects and predicates.

Math: We are continuing Unit 1 covering volume and multiplication strategies, including the standard algorithm, partial products, the over strategy, and doubling & halving. Homework will go home Monday and is due Friday. 

Science/Social Studies: Next week we will study the steps to the Civil War. Students will have an open note quiz on Wednesday, September 2.  I will make sure they have all their notes for taking the quiz.

Spelling: List 1 and its Spelling Activity Sheet is in binders. The Spelling Activity Sheet is due Wednesday, September 2. Test 1 will be on Friday, September 4.

Bible: Memory Verse: The first memory verse we’re going to work on this year is our verse for the school year, Hebrews 10:24-25. “Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds…encouraging one another”