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5th Grade Overview
September 14th - 18th, 2026
Spartan Race – Friday, September 18: 5th grade will be serving our entire school on this day. They will be on the field all day. Students should wear their Spartan t-shirt, length appropriate shorts, sneakers, and hats. Please make sure your child puts on sunscreen BEFORE arriving at school; also send it along for re-application. Students should bring a water bottle. For those who choose a BBS lunch that day, sack lunches will be brought to the BX and we will eat inside.
DATE CHANGE!! – Mom’s Night Out – Sunday, September 27: Invitation will be in Tuesday folders. We hope to see all our 5th grade moms at this relaxing dinner gathering, al fresco.
Chickamauga Battlefield/Gordon Lee Mansion Field Trip – Friday, October 2: Students will enjoy this hands-on field trip to historic Civil War sites to make their unit study come alive. Parents are welcome on this all day field trip. We will need parent drivers. An information flyer will be in Tuesday folders soon along with parent driver sign up sheets. During the field trip we will enjoy a class lunch picnic, so be sure to pack a good one for your child!
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 the Sequence of Events unit. 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 in binders. Try to study 1-2 vocabulary/process questions a week with your child so they will not feel overwhelmed 1-2 days before the test.
English: In Writing, we are investigating fictional narratives and building writing stamina. We are also beginning poetry and working on “All About Me” projects. In ELA, we are near the end of our sentence structure unit and will spend a short period of time identifying types of sentences.
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: Students now have their topics for their google slide presentation and have started working on it in technology class. I will be checking their progress and possibly scheduling a time in SS to work on it in class. We will continue to fight our way through the Civil War in class!!
Spelling: List 2 and its Spelling Activity Sheet are in binders. The Spelling Activity Sheet is due Wednesday, September 16. Due to the Spartan Race on September 18, Spelling Test 2 will be on MONDAY, September 21.
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”