Ms.

Wagoner’s
Peek at the Week
November 2010

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8 9 10 11 12
Day 2 - Spanish Day 3 – Gym Day 1 – Music Day 2 – Spanish
*Because of the short
5th Grade week, there will be no Homework Packet due!
spelling this week. We NO SCHOOL!
Drumming will resume with
Exchange spelling next week. First Grade Buddies
BRING A BAG PTO Meeting
LUNCH! 6:30pm

Star of the Week: Stephanie

FUNDRAISER PICK-UP IMPORTANT DATES: PATROL UPDATE

Delivery of Innisbrook items is scheduled
for Monday, November 22nd from 3:30
until 6:00 in the school gym. Watch for
more information regarding delivery
details in your child’s backpack and in the
Buzz Sheet as delivery day approaches.
 11/8 – Drumming Exchange
 11/12 – NO SCHOOL
 11/19 – Hat Day
 11/22 – Innisbrook pick-up
 11/25 – NO SCHOOL
 11/26 – NO SCHOOL
The Black team took over duties on
Monday, November 1. They will be on
duty two weeks, until November 12.
Please check the schedule posted in the
fifth grade classrooms or on the team
website.

CLASS WEBSITE:
We have set up a website for all the 5th grade classes this year. Please check it out!

http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com
 ROOM 114 – CLASS NEWS
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO?
TRICK OR CAN
Our classroom collected 35 cans
This week in math we continued
for the food drive. Way to go
working in Unit 3 which focuses on addition
fifth graders!!
and subtraction of whole numbers and
decimals. We learned strategies to add and
subtract decimals. We also started working
with larger numbers – all the way up to the
billions!
This week we began working on our
new Unit of Inquiry, titled Civil Struggles. We
discussed the women’s suffrage movement.
And students learned that women were given
the right to vote 90 years ago. We also worked DRUMMING EXCHANGE
with our Social Studies curriculum to learn 5th graders will be participating in a
about the causes of the Civil War. Next week, drumming exchange with 5th graders
We love dominos! from Sheridan Elementary School on
we will find out more about what happened
during the Civil War. Monday. Students will be coming
Students began literacy rotations in together to perform World
which they work on spelling, journaling, DEAR, Drumming pieces that they have
and a book club assignment. There are also been working on in the music
times where they meet with their teacher to classroom. Students will spend half a
go over important reading skills and day at each other’s school working
strategies. Our spelling list this week focused together to perform previously
on words with the /oo/ sound. learned and new material.
We also started a science journal this Please provide your child with a
week. Each day students will be getting at bag lunch and a bottle of water on
least one science question that they glue and Monday, November 8th.
answer in their notebooks. We have a short
discussion about the correct answer. We also CONTACT INFORMATION:
discussed the different types of science as we
looked at a science magazine. Sarah Wagoner
Have a great weekend! Don’t forget to Room 114
Pointillism Art Lesson
turn back your clocks on Sunday!! 
(651) 407-7600 x1610
sjwago@wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us