KEEPING IN TOUCH with you

Each week a newsletter will be sent home in your child's Friday Folder. It will provide you with information on what's happened at school this week and events in the weeks to come.

You might also be interested in "Pathways" which is Diamond Path's electronic mail list-service. By subscribing to Pathways, you will receive weekly mailings with timely news and information about our entire school. Click here to go to the Pathways Signup Page

GETTING IN TOUCH with me

You can contact me in any of the following ways:

• Electronic Mail - pamela.stevens@district196.org
• Front Office - call the school's main office (952-423-7695) and the front office staff will take a message for me. I will return your call as soon as I'm available.
• Voice Mail - 651-683-6969, extension 92678

IMPORTANT DATES and EVENTS in FIFTH GRADE

For the most current and comprehensive listing of Diamond Path events,
visit the School Calendar page.

AREAS of FOCUS this TRIMESTER

Please visit our 5th grade CURRICULUM area for further information.

In the first TRIMESTER, we will focus on the following areas of study:

• Math: Number sense, addition, subtraction,multiplication, division of whole numbers and decimals
• Writer's Workshop: Personal narrative writing
• Reader's Workshop: Independent reading, guided reading,biography study
• Science: Landforms
• Health: Organization and study skills, leadership
• Social Studies: Time For Kids
• Responsive Classroom: Daily Morning Meeting
• Technology: Creation of multimedia projects to present information learned about a world leader.

Specialists: In 5th grade, we are on a four-day cycle in which the specialist classes rotate through:

• Physical Education
• Spanish or Chinese
• Art
• Music

Your child will be attending Library, Technology and Enrichment classes also.

THAT QUIZ MATH ASSIGNMENTS

Hey Fifth Graders! Click on this link to find our quiz.org web page. Please complete the tests assigned to you. http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classpage?0060e36baa121e9