December 4th through 8th

Keenoy’s Pups News

December 8, 2017

Dear Families,

It is so hard for me to believe that we completed our first week in December already! Although it seems like the weeks are flying by, things have slowed down a bit for the Keenoy family at home. Caleb’s soccer season came to an end, so I am excited about relaxing weekends with the family. I love that he is on a competitive/successful team, but the traveling takes up a lot of time.

We hope you will be able to join us next Friday for our winter performance and open house. Students have been practicing their songs for several weeks now.

Keenoy Pup of the Week-Henry S.

Hello, my name is Henry. I live with my sister, mom, dad and two dogs. I love each of them very much. I really enjoy fishing and my favorite fishing spot is Wall Lake. I like catching bass, bluegill, and northern pike and I love Mr. Keenoy😊.....I promise that I did not pay him to say that!

Pup of the week on Monday-Sher S.

Please bring any pictures or items that you would like to put on our bulletin board that is located outside of our classroom.

Winter Performances/Open House

Mark your calendars for Paxton Keeley’s annual winter performance and open house on Friday, December 15. Fifth grade choir begins singing in the gym promptly at 1:05. Then, the entire 5th grade takes the stage at 1:25 to sing. Following the singing, feel free to join us in the room for an open house from 1:45-2:00 This will be a very busy day for Paxton Keeley. Our parking lots and hallways will be full. Be sure to arrive early as we begin singing promptly at the time above. We only sing a few songs, so if you are late you could miss the performance. Due to limited space in the gym, students are not allowed to attend their siblings performances.

BizTown

This week we focused on financial literacy. We are learning about types of bank accounts, how to fill out a bank application, how to write a check and deposit ticket, and the differences between standard vs. direct deposits. As a class, we are really enjoying this unit.

Math

We completed Topic 3 on Tuesday and spent Wednesday and Thursday reviewing concepts from the fraction unit. Students took an assessment today that will be scored over the weekend. I feel confident that they are prepared and will score well. Our next unit will focus on Decimal and Coordinate Grid concepts.

Reading

We completed the book, Zach’s Lie this week. I’ve enjoyed our conversations and their deep level of thinking shared during this book. I decided to wait until this book is over before giving the assessment over the skills: context clues, inferring, and predictions. This gave me a bit more time to meet with students who needed extra support on a certain skill. Students will take a common assessment over these comprehension skills next week.

Writing

Our focus on writing interesting paragraphs was successful. Students will apply this information learned on our Photo-Speak project next week. Students will research a person from the social studies book, plan their writing, and develop a short report. We will then connect this report to our Photo-Speak App that will be shared with you at our Holiday Open House next Friday. The class seems excited about using technology to bring their writing to “life.”

Next week students will also be introduced to their topics for their informational reports. To keep with the spirit of the holiday season, students will be researching about a charitable organization.

Word Study

This week students learned the plural rule with words ending in y (changing y to i-adding es or just adding s) I noticed our class as a whole, commonly misspelling these words.

Essay

essays=vowel before the y=just add s

Colony

Colonies=consonant before the y=change y to i and add es.

Important Dates:

Dec. 15 Winter Performance & Open House

Dec. 21 Winter party at 2:15

Dec. 22-Jan. 3 Winter Break

Jan. 4 School Resumes

Jan. 9 Fine Arts Extravaganza (field trip) - note is in the folder

Jan. 10 Biztown (field trip to Chesterfield)

Jan. 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-No School