Color Cycle at SME

Hello Families,

Mrs. Johnson introduced the Color Cycle project here at SME at the beginning of the year to prevent dried up markers from going to the landfill. Fifth Grade offered to count how many markers SME has recycled throughout the year. To this date, 11/26, everyone at school has kept 531 markers out of the landfill and has recycled them via the Color Cycle program! Amazing job!!

Below is a chart that categorizes the numbers of each color that was recycled.

Warmly,
Ms. Kelleher and Ms. Moran

Pajama Day Wednesday

Hello Fifth Grade Families!

In celebration of a short week and all the hard work the fifth graders have done, we would like to have a fifth grade Pajama Day this upcoming Wednesday, November 27th. Please make sure that your student comes to school prepared for outside recess!

Warmly,
Ms. Kelleher and Ms. Moran

Upcoming Concert Information

Hello Fifth Grade Families!

Wednesday, December 11th is the fifth and sixth grade Winter Concert! The concert will begin at 6:30 in the gymnasium at SME. Students will be dropped off in their classrooms before the concert begins and will be picked up from their classrooms after the performance.

Below are the links to the songs the students will be performing so they can practice at home!

Sing-A-Long: (Song)    (Lyrics)

Falling Snow: (Song)   (Lyrics)

It's Snow Wonder: (Song)    (Lyrics)

Warmly,
Ms. Kelleher, and Ms. Moran

Upcoming Assessments

Hello Families,

Tomorrow we have our second unit assessment in math. Please click on the link below to review practice problems we went over in class. It would be helpful to go over these problems and make similar problems for your student(s) to prepare for the assessment!

Unit 2 Review Questions

Next Tuesday (11/26) there will be a Social Studies test, please check in with your student to prepare for this!

Best,
Ms. Kelleher and Ms. Moran

Intervention Schedules

Hello Fifth Grade Families,

Wow! Just like that conference time is over. You can expect report cards to be mailed home December 9th.
Starting next week we will be incorporating Intervention and Extension activities in our schedule on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday each week. Over the course of a four week schedule, groups of students will be working either with Ms. Moran or Ms. Kelleher on math or language arts activities to enhance their learning and understanding in these concepts. Each group will meet with the teacher almost daily for two weeks. Once the four weeks are complete then groups will be changed and the Intervention process will continue.

As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to us!

Warmly,
Ms. Kelleher and Ms. Moran

Conferences This Week!

Hello Families!

Conference week is finally here! Tomorrow your students will be given reminder sheets for your conference dates and times! Please be sure to check bags for these! Conferences in fifth grade will be happening Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. These will be traditional 3-way-conferences, where your students will lead the discussion for how they are doing in class. We have slightly changed the model for the conferences. Instead of meeting with only your child's advisory teacher, you will be meeting with both Ms. Moran and Ms. Kelleher for 15 minutes each. This allows teachers and parents to communicate and supply additional comments on student behavior and achievements in class.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns!

Best,
Ms. Kelleher and Ms. Moran

Parent Teacher Conferences

Hello Families!

How exciting that we are almost halfway through October! Crazy! Conferences are right around the corner. Sign-up sheets will be going home soon. Stay tuned and check backpacks!


Warmly,
Ms. Kelleher and Ms. Moran

Upcoming Events

Hello Fifth Grade Families,

Lots of exciting things are coming up for SME. This Thursday, from 6:00-7:00 PM, we will be having our Curriculum Night! We look forward to seeing you there!

Next Tuesday, October 8, will be SME's All School Hike. A permission slip went home last week. Please be sure to sign and return that slip ASAP.

Lastly, this upcoming Wednesday, October 2, fifth graders will be finishing up their scarecrows that we have been working on in class. We would love to have parent volunteers come in and help us finish and put the scarecrows out around our school's campus! Please email us if you are available and would like to come join us!

Best,
Ms. Kelleher and Ms. Moran

Updates

Hello 5th grade families,
     It has been an exciting start to the school year! We would like to thank our students for the hard work they have put into the new school year. In class, we have seen a lot of new and positive friendships as the Samuel Morey and Westshire classes have merged. We will continue to work and develop these new relationships through bonding activities in the coming weeks.  
     Also, we want to reach out to families about 5th grade's homework policy. We believe that homework is an important tool that helps students practice and improve skills outside of school. Important things to keep in mind:

-Students should expect to have homework every night.
-This work should not take more than 30 minutes if the student is focused.
-On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday students will receive homework in Humanities.
-On Tuesday and Thursday students will have homework in STEM.
-If students do not turn in homework, their guardian/ parent(s) will receive a phone-call in addition to losing points for the assignment

     Please reach out if you have any questions about this policy. 

      Also, we have received questions about volunteering in the classroom. If you or another adult in the school community would like to volunteer please use the link below to complete a volunteer form! We are excited to collaborate with the community! 

     Volunteer Form Link: https://forms.gle/YjXCs7Pnf9yHJgMc8 

Best,

Ms. Kelleher and Ms. Moran

mkelleher@rivendellschool.org
mmoran@rivendellschool.org